producing tunes...but which software?!

[shudder]

excuse me prof. shitface of the university of shut the fuck up. trackers (especially buzz) are cheapy things that love to crash whereas with sequencers you can make pretty shapes with blocks and pass it off as music.

if you come to my gig i'll buy you a pint of red stripe, as long as you promise to neck it and be my bitch.

[holden]

Fruity Loops 5 gives you a lot for freeware.
Acid XPress in a pinch, though it's quite limited (i have Acid 5.0, so it's hard to go back to basics).

There's scores of lil drum machines out there if you just want to fool around with sounds. Stuff like Hammerhead, AnalogX, etc.

[thee carp dreamer]

Originally Posted by shudder

excuse me prof. shitface of the university of shut the fuck up. trackers (especially buzz) are cheapy things that love to crash whereas with sequencers you can make pretty shapes with blocks and pass it off as music.

if you come to my gig i'll buy you a pint of red stripe, as long as you promise to neck it and be my bitch.

1) i made my own alterations to buzz, and it hasn't crashed since. that's cos i rock.

2) university rocks. all the girls get freaky constantly.

3) red stripe, eh? how very men-behaving-badly of you. and yea, i'll probably be there, and possibly take some hooligans along. maybe.

[shudder]

you wont bring anyone with you, you have no friends. how else would you have time to make 40 minute tracks?!

[Professor]

i use live and reaktor and some outboard gear and record into protools. it's a dark path. i suggest getting all the demos you can get your hands on and see what's comfortable. get friendly with one and save your money till you are ready to spend it. cus you will have to spend it sometime if you are serious.

[shudder]

how the hell does reaktor work? i saw a video of exile playing live off it and it sounded sweet so i downloaded a demo but i gave up after about 30 nano seconds. it just looks like a glorified tracker - ?

[thee carp dreamer]

Originally Posted by shudder

you wont bring anyone with you, you have no friends. how else would you have time to make 40 minute tracks?!

you just wish you could write tracks that last longer than 3 mins 30.

[shudder]

my last track was 3:48 so fuck you.

[Renze]

OK, I take it you don't have a professional or prosumer soundcard. You don't need one if you're just starting out, but I recommend getting the ASIO4ALL drivers for your crappy AC'97 or SoundBlaster Live (or whatever you use). You can download them at www.asio4all.com. They're better drivers for use in software such as Reason, Live, Cubase etc.
Eventually though, an upgrade to a better soundcard is a good idea.

[Future Proof]

Originally Posted by shudder

excuse me prof. shitface of the university of shut the fuck up. trackers (especially buzz) are cheapy things that love to crash whereas with sequencers you can make pretty shapes with blocks and pass it off as music.

if you come to my gig i'll buy you a pint of red stripe, as long as you promise to neck it and be my bitch.

PWNED!!!!!!!!!!!1111!!!!1!1!!!!!