Guest trenino Posted April 21, 2003 Posted April 21, 2003 hello . I am a complete beginner and trying to figure out how it works..many functions but beleive i ll get it working. btw is there any tutorials available? i have this question: i 've been told that i need some other software like acid pro and cubase sx. the question is if i can produce a song in fruityloops why would i need to use either of these programs afterwards? cant i just have it on fruityloops? what is the use of cubase sx or acidpro? thanks any aditional help is very welcome .like tutorials for beginners or something thanks again Quote
Guest soliptic Posted April 21, 2003 Posted April 21, 2003 u can make an entire track in fruityloops people saying "ohh you 'need' to use this program" are just being dicks, who think their own choice is the only "right" way. fruity, sx and acid are not really different tools, (like, for different aspects of production - one a sequencer, one a wave editor, or anything like that)... they are all kinda alternatives to one another fruity is a sorta pattern-based tracker/sequencer type thing acid is a mainly loop-based composition tool - its main "use" is taking many loops at different keys and tempos and making them fit together sx is a traditional hybrid midi/audio sequencer - its main "use" is, well, just about anything under the sun really which u choose just depends on which methodology and interface u prefer as for beginners tutorials-- u might want to try getting hold of computer music, future music or sound on sound magazines, these have good beginner advice. websites: www.computermusic.co.uk / www.sospubs.co.uk Quote
Guest soyouth Posted April 22, 2003 Posted April 22, 2003 Fruityloops is perfect for beginning, the best tutorial is to watch the demo songs given with the software, you can also download the manual in pdf (very well done) on fruity website. I started with fruityloops and you can do good stuff wit hit but you'll then get limited by the sequencer that is not so convenient (you cannot have melodic patterns that are 64 and rythmic one on 16 or 32, everything has t obe the same length and is gets annoying after a while) PLUR Quote
Guest stuart Posted April 23, 2003 Posted April 23, 2003 get a mac and logic/ cubase sx thats your best bet to start the ball rolling Quote
Guest soliptic Posted April 23, 2003 Posted April 23, 2003 no its not, thats just what u like fruityloops is fine to start the ball rolling, without spending four thousand pounds on a mac Quote
Guest primitive_brain Posted April 24, 2003 Posted April 24, 2003 If you feel ok using fruity loops then its fine,you dont need nothing else especially when fruity studio comes out , hopefully its gonna be all in one!Do whatever you like and dont listen to anyone who says SX is better/logic is better (more proffesional programs). I use fruity loops since 99 and although i used lots of others 2 , i feel im never gonna give it up! ooooh and the thing about the sequencer ! You may think that every pattern has to be of same length but that's not quite it! If you use The pianno roll , you can have as big or as small patterns you want in the same track and its quite easy to be done 2 : ))) Especially if you're not using any hardware,stick to fruity!!! Quote
Guest random Posted April 24, 2003 Posted April 24, 2003 there is only one right way : your way. whatever floats your boat. Quote
Guest Ramesh Posted May 31, 2003 Posted May 31, 2003 Use Notepad!!!!!!!!!!! Just kidding. I would buy a good synth (ex: used JD-800), a computer with a sequencer software, and good active speakers. That would be good to start, then you can buy other stuff each year...(professional sampler, 50-input mixer, other synths, maximizer, SFX units, and other kewl toys) Always listen and try all functions of a synth before buying it because "it looks nice" or because "I heard of it in the newspaper"!! Don't buy Quasimidi synths. Quote
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