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W3R3W00F W3R3W00F is a male

W3R3W00F is a male

Starving artist/DnB newbie

Registration Date: 04-02-2011
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This is kind of a vague question, as most softwares can make DnB just as well as the next. I'm using the FL8 demo right now, and either I lack experience in the field of music and/or don't have much equipment (I've got sound files, that's about it... Tongue

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), or FL8 doesn't have what I need. I'm really assuming it's the former, but who knows?

Anyway, what would YOU recommend, and/or what do YOU use?

Edit: Left something out. Added.

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This post has been edited 1 time(s), it was last edited by W3R3W00F: 09-02-2011 21:15.

09-02-2011 21:14

BattleDrone BattleDrone is a male

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FL has all you need, I always work with FL, a lot of others on here do too.
Keep at it... Rome wasn't build in a day.
Watch a lot of youtube tutorials on beat slicing, sound programming,... in FL Studio.

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09-02-2011 21:36

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tokyotoxvo tokyotoxvo is a female

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Registration Date: 27-03-2011
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I recommend Reason 4 and FL Studio (latest). I prefer to Rewire Reason into FL Studio because I like using FL's step sequencing features and piano roll. Reason has great stock sounds and is usually a tad more stable than FL Studio 9 but I work more with FL because of the ease of use. If you do not like the stock sounds in FL just download some sounds (Google keywords: DNB drumkits, soundkits, loops etc.,) and try some VST's out. Some of my favorite VST's come from Native Instruments, Re-FX and various free ones. Good energy to you and your productions.

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22-09-2011 12:07

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Surya

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Reason 4? I like Reason 5 better, and in 8 days, I expect tot like Reason 6 even better Big Grin

Big Grin

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22-09-2011 15:07

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charlie427
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Registration Date: 22-09-2011
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i like ableton live personally bcuz of the versatility...there are endless possibilities and a huge library...but i havent tried reason

22-09-2011 17:05

analysiss analysiss is a male

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anyone u want tbh,they all hve ther pros n cons,logic looks really good and ivehad a quick go on my mates and was impressed,i luv reason as its just so quick to get ideas down and really easy to make tunes on rewire with cubase,logic,fl or wat ever takes ur fancy to use with vst,i kno quite a few use fl studio and i must say it has a nice sound i tried to use it but it wasn't for me,all in all i would say to give them all a go n see wat works best for u,oyeah orion is really easy n good aswell infact defo give orion ago great programme or go all out foe cubase or logic as u find with time these are te most common used in studios across the globe.peace hope this helps u in sum way

23-09-2011 17:17

Muad'Dib Muad'Dib is a male

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Sound Forge. Definitely. Nothing beats it.

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25-09-2011 03:08

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Lejitt Lejitt is a male

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Wow, I'm suprised that almost nobody mentioned cubase. with the rite plugz and practice u can do almost anything i reckon.

19-11-2011 01:33

Surya

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Yes, indeed. And it's a resource hog. And it's expensive.

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19-11-2011 10:48

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Lejitt Lejitt is a male

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quote:

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Yes, indeed. And it's a resource hog. And it's expensive.

LOL true, i was just shocked, the most of the people i know use cubase.

19-11-2011 11:11

m-ej

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dance ejay best dnb crafting daw m8,
hahaha
ITS NOT ABOUT THE DAW,
its about the guy sitting infront of it at the time.

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20-11-2011 10:09

jeffijoe jeffijoe is a male

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I use FL10. Smile

Smile

I use 2 monitors though - one for the main FL window, and one for the playlist. Looks oh so nice, and is easy to work with!

When I started out I had a hard time believing it was the idiot behind the DAW that mattered, not the DAW itself. Well, no more. Smile

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27-11-2011 20:14

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Sentinel Sentinel is a male

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quote:

Originally posted by m-ej
dance ejay best dnb crafting daw m8,
hahaha
ITS NOT ABOUT THE DAW,
its about the guy sitting infront of it at the time.

no no marc !!! Pro's use RAVE eJAY & autotune !!!

As marc said it's not about the DAW at all.

I use Reason mostly as it makes more sense to me because I like hardware & understand it better than most other daws which are just a load of floating windows to me.

I also use Presonus Studio One on odd occasion although mostly when finished track in reason & want to chop up sections / add glitch fx or check levels with spectrum analayzer.

All down to what YOU feel most comfortable with.
Try a few daws & see how it goes, youtube & forums are your friend when comes to sound design & production tips Wink

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10-12-2011 22:14

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jemesright
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I know theres stuff like frooty loops and cubase just wonderd what the best or most commonly used software for making, mixing and sampling D&B is. cheers

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21-03-2012 12:18

BattleDrone BattleDrone is a male

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It's about you and what works for you.
Don't blame the software if your tune sucks.
Don't praise the software if your favorite producer's tune rocks.

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21-03-2012 13:02

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