Malevol3nt

Crystal, which is a free vst, I've found to be really powerfull for sweeping lush pad. If you know how to use it. It's also good for some groovy reggae style sounds, it requires some messing around tho. It's not a 2 clicks with the mouse and you got a great preset, takes more then that. But still a great synth.

I don't think that one would sell much.

I see no eggs in the first one. I'm sure theres a few dozen other cover arts with a wooden boat waving lonely in the sea/river/lake. But free range must be the nicest.

I must say I've started enjoying flac lately. Doesn't eat up too much space (compared to wav), and sounds just as good.

No no no, you got me wrong. I'm not talking about their old stuff. I'm talking about their new stuff, as the thread starter said something about IM being so great compared to nowaday artists.

I'll give it a shot. That squaky sound has it's taste. Balls. I can't get the soundcard to work without getting the blue screen. Soz.. I'll have to drop out of this one.. damnit.

Actually they release a new version about every year around October. From the forum posts over at cakewalk forum, the biggest change is in the code itself. It said to be optimized alot better, sometimes increasing performance from 40% to 140% compared to sonar 7 (im not quite sure about those percentages). Someone has allready got their sonar8 box, and he reported that the performance boost is already quite noticable. You can read the complete details on what's new in sonar 8 here: http://forum.cakewalk.com/tm.asp?m=1496133

Oh give me a fucking brake. IM creative geniouses? Have you even heard their latest stuff? Get back to your cave on isratrance pls.

Chick with a dick.

Tim Story & Hans - Joachim Roedelius / Lunz Sweet music.

FAKE! They're behind the bath tub! Clearly a failed attempt at making the album cover look gay.

Ishkur's guide is one of those names that when posted in forums usually ends up as a flame war.. well that's on other forums at least. Seems some people agree with his view of points, some don't. Some like his site, some hate him. I don't think it's a bad site. But I haven't visited in ages really.

If you can't understand the meaning behind the message then there's nothing I can do to help you. So stop the meaningless fine print discussion, it only gets unfriendly

Well you can allways offer someone a peace of cake they never tried before. He or she might like it, he or she might not. But comparing cake to pizza, that's 2 of a kind! Pizza might give you that similar feeling of joy, but that doesn't mean it 'beats' cake.

Well guess what, universally they don't. It's a matter of personal taste. One man's trash is another man's gold. And vice versa.

That's actually not a bad idea. I totally spoiled some good ambient music, just because I overlistened it. Maybe it has to do with the fact that it's lowtempo and that there are not that many changes hapenning throughout an ambient track. But a good idea is to spend a few days or weeks avoiding the music, and then coming back to it. It feels like its new again. Or maybe that has to do with my poor memmory hehe.

You just asked the question wrong, that's all. You should of asked "Is there classical music out there that gives you the same feeling as some of the goa music", not "does classical beat goa". It's really like asking if the new mountainbike is better then a Hummer H2. I could recommend you the Hummer, but I wouldn't know if you need to drive on the road or go mountain biking. There is no 'this genre is better then that one', because it all comes down to personal taste. Wether you will like some classical music or not, is totally up to you. But genres don't beat each other off.

Which artists, albums or comps have you listened to so many times that if asked if you could remember what melody comes in at 5:30 of track 8 on a particular album, you would immediately know. My most overlistened artist has to be AP. I mean I must of played their albums tens of thousands of times, and even tho I know exactly what to expect when I press the play button, I can still enjoy this music today. And it never gets boring (thats how good they are). One other artist that has a huge replay value for me is Man with no name. Of course there are other artists music out there that I enjoy, some of them are on my alltime favourites list, but their stuff doesn't really give me that much replay value as AP or MWNN. I guess what I'm asking is which artists, albums or comps have the most replay value for you?

apples and oranges really. Plus it's comparing music that is recorded live with sometimes 100+ people, while electronic music can be edited at any time and improved at any time. With classical music you need to make that one take that is close to perfect. So it really is comparing apples and oranges.

Fuk you abasio, I took a zip of water and almost choked on it for cryin out loud!

Goa Trance: Astral Projection - Another World (1999) Ambient: Ulrich Schnauss - A Strangely Isolated Place (2003) Metal: Machine Head - Burn My Eyes (1994) Jazz: Billy Cobham - Spectrum (1973) - Got it on vinyl With other genres I couldn't really pick a favourite, altho I listen to a variety of music. But favourites can change at any time really..

That's like the worse feedback you could get ever. (jk) No but, it's really not bad for a first try. Try experimenting more.. I've only used reason a couple of times so I can't really give you any technical advice. But keep on, you'll get better.

Holy Shit, that's GOLD!

Downlo... I mean I'm checkin it out right now. Edit: Oh stupid me I allready had that track. That has a beat btw.

You know a great track that could of been beatless is Astral Projection - 12,000 Suns , however that one has a kick so it ain't. But I'm guessing this is the type of sound you are looking for. I'm not familiar with any music that features such melodies but without beats. Most of the beatless ambient out there is just dark and drone-like, without the melodies 'leading' anywhere.. I would appreciate some beatless trance tho.. If anyone knows of any please do tell.