obeah Posted February 16, 2005 Share Posted February 16, 2005 Posted this in the general forum , completely forgot about this one Anybody making psytrance, what kind of equipment do u use? synths, programs etc. I mainly use Reason and have various VSTs I use with Cubase, (mostly NI instruments) and have an Andromeda A6. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cybernetika Posted February 16, 2005 Share Posted February 16, 2005 My "dream quartet" of VST plugin consists of: - Audiorealism Bassline (great for thumping and heavy basslines) - ReFX Vanguard (does most of the synthwork, great in producing metallic Leads, 303's, Gated and Arpeggiated Synths, bassline and FX also) - Linplug Albino (great for wierd Psy FX, this one is a really powerful synth capable of almost everything) - Spectrasonics Atmosphere (sample-based pad- and ambient-synth, great for atmospheric soundscapes - and some very nice pads!) I also use some free Plugins, one worth mentioning is EffEm - it's a quite nice FM-Synth, great for Psy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xamanist Posted February 16, 2005 Share Posted February 16, 2005 I use Reason, Nuendo and VSTs... great VSTs: Waves, Voxengo, Native Instruments, Orange Vocoder, Lexicon VST Instruments: Vanguard, Albino, Korg Wavestation, Atmosphere (this almost seems a copy of Cybernetika's) against my will, i have a giant tendency of making everything from scratch @ reason, not using too much VST instruments.. wich sound great!! I definitely have to go find some kind of reason addiction treatment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benf52 Posted February 16, 2005 Share Posted February 16, 2005 i have logic 5.5 as a sequencer... then a bunch of plug-ins, main ones i use: -pro-53 -battery -ES2 synth from logic -absynth -waves for eq and some more and i have a nord lead 2, that i could be using more hehe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obeah Posted February 16, 2005 Author Share Posted February 16, 2005 I noticed nobody really uses hardware then, I was planning on getting some new synths, Fantom XR and V-synth XT, what are ur opinions of these and would u recommend any other hardware/synths. Do u think software is the way forward, In my experience I was always against hardware having started out on Reason, but I'm begining to think that hardware has the edge over software, quality-wise, this is quite obvious when I use the Andromeda and compare it to the likes of the Subtractor in Reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benf52 Posted February 16, 2005 Share Posted February 16, 2005 well i said i have a nord lead so that's hardware.. as far as software vs hardware i feel that spftware is def good enough.. but hardware has an extra warmth to it, especially analog synths... and my nord has some pretty fat filters and oscillators... a little bit better than the software i use... i am no expert though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slyman604 Posted February 17, 2005 Share Posted February 17, 2005 i currently own a kurzweil k2000, nord modular and korg oasys, all sitting in a closet collecting dust. I personally think they all sound better than any software i own but its so much easier to have all the patches saved within a project(not to mention messing with piles of IO cables) that its not worth bothering with for a bit better sound quality that in the final mix no one will care about anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LivePsy Posted February 17, 2005 Share Posted February 17, 2005 I'm begining to think that hardware has the edge over software, quality-wise, this is quite obvious when I use the Andromeda and compare it to the likes of the Subtractor in Reason. 220110[/snapback] Subtractor is a really basic softsynth, I dropped Reason a little while back because your only analog synths are Subtractor and Maelstrom. I know lots of people coax brilliant sounds out of it, but its only software, there should be at least 10 unique sounding analogy synths in Reason. And you have to manually patch effects in. You don't get to select a patch, hit a key and go *wow* Hardware rules in that you get hundreds of sounds all instantly available. If that's good for you (it sure is for me), then get hardware once you have researched and know what you're getting. But it doesn't sound better. Your artistry in making things work together makes the music sound better. You can do everything in software and midi controllers, it appears that most people do these days. Neither option is clearly better. What's clearly better for me is that hardware's workflow makes more sense to me. And I make more music and with less effort than on a computer. Live Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
electronist Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 I use Reason, Cubase, Wavelab, An200, MS2000... and a load of VST. Also have an ATARI next to me, but no programs for the moment... But soon. Will soon get a new soundcard, and monitors... hope so... I also us my sick brain... Mabey we could get a topic where we tell about our gear(music gear)... perverts. And mabey put up some pictures... If some one would like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paroxysm Posted February 19, 2005 Share Posted February 19, 2005 I use a mac powerbook g4 1.3 ghz with one meg of ram korg triton 61 key workstation Elektron monomachine Soon to have a access virus TI 61 key synth X-session Layla 24 KrK monitors Im a hardware guy....Sure the whole world is moving towards softsynths and thats cool with me... you can all sell me your hardware for cheap and drive the prices down! namaste, kenton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rishi Posted February 19, 2005 Share Posted February 19, 2005 I mainly Use My Novation Remote 25 with my Virus B and Nord rack 2 . I have a ok soundcard , and some studio speakers( Near05 ) And i rec some samples on my condenser mic that runs thru a mini preamp and thru my mixer . Thats what i use for hardware Software . I love the waves Renassaince series , and Vanguard and Z3ta + is also to be found in my vsti setup , For my full on bass i use the v station .. Its great for this Imo . Next step xeon ,adam speakers a rme fireface soundcard . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiragkotak Posted February 20, 2005 Share Posted February 20, 2005 how about the virus ti , c or nord lead 3.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamez_23 Posted February 22, 2005 Share Posted February 22, 2005 I sold most of my hardware last year to go to festies ..... to be honest it was all gathering dust .... Still have a Roland JP8000 and a Virus Indigio - both still used but fairly minimally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foRaver Posted February 28, 2005 Share Posted February 28, 2005 I use FL, Cubase and some VST's like Asynth 3, Trilogy (powerfull bass sinthesizer) reFX Vanguard... @WinXP pro.. but I desided to do this with mac and I'm gonna take mini mac.. BUT... I'm not sure i can use normal PC display... and apple's one is very expensive can u somebody help with this whole mac stuff.?? thanx alot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest .::E.P Posted March 1, 2005 Share Posted March 1, 2005 I use FL, Cubase and some VST's like Asynth 3, Trilogy (powerfull bass sinthesizer) reFX Vanguard... @WinXP pro.. but I desided to do this with mac and I'm gonna take mini mac.. BUT... I'm not sure i can use normal PC display... and apple's one is very expensive can u somebody help with this whole mac stuff.?? thanx alot. 224051[/snapback] I would not buy a mini mac for Music purpose. It's build in Hardisk is way too slow for that. Yes you can use a PC monitor and I think the Mini come with a cable for that. You should go to www.appple.com and look at the specs. Just for your info. You can not use your PC plugin's on a Mac and most PC plugin's are not made for mac. The mac is best used with Logic'as new program that include the various Logic plugins + good old Hardware Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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