Did you try hooking up Reaktor to Rebirth and using LM-4 as a drummachine?
If you see what is possible with Reaktor, even without really knowing all
the ins and outs of the program I find it hard to believe any single
hardware synth (which is usually a lot more expensive) can compete! Only
downpart is you need a hefty computer to run it, but buying a computer is a
much more 'lucrative' investment than buying a synth, because you can do so
much more with it (anybody for Unreal Tournament? ;) and since there is a
stupendous amount of sotware nowadays (just look through a copy of Computer
Music, that English mag about music, and you'll see what I mean!).
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> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: foam bee [mailto:foambee@splink.com]
> Verzonden: donderdag 9 maart 2000 11:40
> Aan: idm@hyperreal.org
> Onderwerp: Re: (idm) Your sentimental talk about gear fucks the G.U.I
>
>
> I don't know whether or not to agree or disagree. The reason I love my
> synth so much isn't really anything sentimental. I was just
> kidding really.
> But it's better than anything I know. If there was a softsynth
> that was half
> as good as my hardware synth, I'd be more than happy to use it. I have a
> number of soft synths and things like that, and i think they're shit
> compared to the real thing. Plus I really hate sequencing. I have yet to
> find a way to actually get a real sounding song out of just my computer.
> ReBirth is nice, and it got me into making music, but it's so limitied by
> what your computer can do and you can't really do much with it outside of
> rebirth. same with Surreal. It makes a bunch of cool sounds using a midi
> controller, but what the hell is that gonna do? I will say, that if
> Propellerheads' Reason is as good as it looks, I'm going to buy it....
> twice. And eventually I'll sell my JP, if i like reason enough.
> But until
> then, I'm sticking with my hardware.
>
> example: I own a roland R8. I also own Fruity Loops. I find FL
> to be 100
> times better than any drum machine, just because it can do so much. But I
> can't seem to find a real soft synth that sounds like I want it
> to, and does
> what I want it to do.
>
> PS. The only people that prefer software over hardware are the one's that
> don't own any hardware. I'd like to have a real 303 over
> rebirth. any day.
>
> I'm tired.
>
> foambee@splink.com
> http://www.splink.com/punkrag/bzrec/ (my record label)
> http://www.splink.com/punkrag/crtrader/ (cdr/mp3 trading)
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: dwane <dwane@chello.se>
> To: <idm@hyperreal.org>
> Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2000 1:45 AM
> Subject: (idm) Your sentimental talk about gear fucks the G.U.I
>
>
> > I have never used hardware. When i saw rebirth, i wondered why it had to
> > work as the original stuff seems to work. Since then ive learned more
> about
> > Graphical User Interface -GUI -how stuff in a computer look and work
> > basically, but still wonder why music software have to look like music
> > hardware. Theres thousands of ways to graphically represent a
> sound being
> > manipulated.. and the manufacturer chooses.... a knob. " just like the
> real
> > thing" BUT I DONT WANT THE REAL THING. After reading you guys promoting
> > mostly sentimental reasons for using hardware, Ive learned
> why.. its all
> > your fault. youve scared the software industry into believing
> musicsoftware
> > HAVE TO look like an instrument or physical objects because these
> musicians
> > love their instruments so dearly, and think the computer is
> "less africa"
> ,
> > "you cant work with your HANDS!" etc.. Im sick and tired of
> softsynths in
> > 3d, with chunky knobs. This isnt the best soloution for working with
> sound,
> > and thats why so many on this list complains over working with
> a keyboard
> > and a mouse...no shit, the manufacturer is selling you a piece of
> > psuedohardware! -software have to be produced to be well
> working software
> > and nothing else.
> > _Dwane
> >
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