First off Biostream (nice email address....very original...oh, and you
use aol...you obviously know exactly what you are talking about then),
it is much easier and more intelligent (which you claim to be) to get
your point across to someone minus all the demeaning and childish
language. Cursing at someone you personally know is a different thing,
but to talking to someone you don't know ANYTHING about like that....
Second... beware of the RDJ is god theory which most people on the IDM
list seem to adhere to. There are MANY people out there who know just as
many tricks (if not more) than him.. He just has more hype (mind you I
am not dissing RDJ here..I'm a fan of his OLD material...his new stuff
is just stupid).
Third... Check your sources of information before you blindly claim that
one piece of gear (a sampler) is better or faster than another. Have you
had the pleasure of testing out your theory? Do you have a computer with
a professional soundcard (Macintosh is a better computer for music...get
with it) and a sampler? I personally have done this test... Try creating
a loop (one that doesn't click at the loop point) for a single cycle
waveform (like a sine wave or a saw wave) in your sampler. Once you have
done it, calculate the time it took you to do it....divide that number
by 4 and that's how long it probably would have taken you to do it with
a computer (bigger screen...easier to see...less pages to scroll
through). That's just basic stuff... with most sample editing software
that is available for computers today (i.e.. Bias Peak) there are
plug-in effects that allow you to further mess with the sound/add
effects...stuff that you could never do with any hardware sampler.
Respectfully yours,
James Bernard
Korg USA Product Development
quoted 143 lines From: Subject: Re: (idm) Aphex/Autechre/Gear (Response to Dipwank)
> From: Subject: Re: (idm) Aphex/Autechre/Gear (Response to Dipwank)
>
> In a message dated 97-08-31 13:42:05 EDT, you write:
>
>
> Listen you CUNT!!!!! I was talking about a fucking computer with no
> add
> ons!
> Of course you can soup up your computer you fuck up, what the fuck do
> you
> think RDJ works with! But if you're just gunna take your basic Home PC
>
> then
> it's a whole other fucking story!!!!!!!! You flame me for all this
> stupid
> shit but you don't realize that I was talking about how many add ons
> you'll
> need to buy before you're computer will be up to professional
> abilities.
> Like
> the fucking Zip Drive, Jazz Drive, Sample Cell, etc. Oh and another
> thing, if
> you think your gunna try to use floppy disks to store your audio then
> you're
> the most dipwanklyest Cunt around! Think before you FLAME!!!!!
> Shithead!!!!!
>
> - -Biostream
> <<
>
> >The advantage of samplers is that even though computers can do
> everything
> and
> >more that samplers can do, samplers are much much more faster.
>
> "much much more faster." ?
>
> Two words:
>
> Macintosh.
> SampleCell <<~~~~~ You've got to buy these things fuckboy, they just
> don't
> grow on your ass one day.
>
> Just as fast, if not faster than any dedicated sampler. <~~~ you seem
> to
> know jack shit about samplers
>
>
> >Another thing is you don't have to worry about your hard drive
> filling
> up,
> proccessing
> >power, and most importantly sound quality.
>
> Bollocks !
> Some more words for you:
>
> Floppy Disk. <~~~~~???? What buttfuckery is this?
> Zip.
> Jaz.
>
> How much space do you need ?
> Works fine for me, I have three albums in progress on my drives at
> the
> moment.
> Yeah, shithead, and you had to BUY those things. In
> the
> end you end up paying just as much as you would for a sampler.
>
>
>
>
> >A sound card is not designed for professional sampling
>
> SampleCell is just that. <~~~ of course you can just wait for it to
> grow
> on
> your ass.
>
>
> > if you're going to do it straight computer, like RDJ does now,
> you've
> got
> to
> get a very good
> >audio interface to go with that wonderful soundcard that will also
> cost
> you
>
> another few hundred
> >dollars.
>
> Simple fact of life:
> If you want professional sound.
> Be professional and use professional equipment.
> Yeah, you've gotta buy it first though.
>
> >you'll have to also buy a special type of audio interface to cut
> noise
> between whatever you're sampling
> >and the sound card which also requires expensive software.
>
> Eh ?
>
> >You'll need to get a good sound editing program, something like
> CoolEdit
> >or Goldwave ( I think cooledit is better, but that's just my
> opinion)
>
> Just buy a damned Mac and play with the big boys.
> Macs are just as good, but there is
> no
> "better" computer.
>
> >You'll need a fast fucking computer with a fuckload of RAM.
>
> Not true.
>
> >RDJ himself uses 4 powerpc macs, along with a bunch of interfaces,
> and
> alot
>
> of add ons.
>
> Who cares what RDJ uses ?
> One PowerMac will do.
> It doesn't even have to be a PowerMac, a standard Mac will work just
> fine.
> I think you need to come back down from "buttfuck my brain"
> land.
>
> Don't bother posting until you know what you're talking about
> "Biostream".
> There's too much opinion presented as fact on the net.
> I can't stand all this ill-informed crap.
> I'd like to fucking stick my foot down your throught. =D
>
> To answer the original question, when they're working entirely on
> computer for audio,, most pros use a Mac with ProTools and/or
> SampleCell.
>
> B. >>