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Steinberg Sequel

Advantages: Brilliant music creation and editing system!
Disadvantages: Needs a high spec computer...

Steinberg Sequel is music editing software that alows the user to choose from more than 5000 loops on more than 600 instruments. This mix of genres, sounds and speeds gives the user an infinite amount of patterns and songs to make. You can then export these songs to ITunes or as a .wav file. There is also the option to perform and mix your songs live! The only thing holding you back when using sequel is the speed of your processer and your sound ...
...is impossibly slow. The box says that 1GB+ of RAM gives the best results (most modern computers come with more than this anyway). Any sound latency (blips and pops due to too much information trying to be played by the sound card) can be reduced by this patch: http://www.asio4all.com/ It reduces the amount of information being sent for your sound card to procsess speeding up the playback. Now, this all seems very complicated but making this program ...

Orangeman19 12.09.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Steinberg Sequel

Make your own kind of music, ableton live 7 review

Advantages: ease of use amazing array of features, fantastic online support
Disadvantages: price, depending on your computers ability you may struggle to run other tasks at the same time

...a friend introduced me to ableton live. what a difference this made. It was simple to install following the on screen instructions. this really does put a virtual studio in your hands and allow you to manipulate music in ways unparalleled by its competitors. it has everything in one, no more chopping samples in one program and transfering to another, no more recording vocals in another program to transfer, ableton live has it all. it has great in ...
...THE GRITTY PART ableton live 8 ( the newest version with even more features ) retails at over three hundred pounds which is very pricey but worth it if your serious about your music and you can also pick up a free trial version or a cracked version (for try before you buy purposes only) ableton 7 however is still top and is now retailing at just over two hundred pounds if you use a price comparison website you should find yourself a nice deal and ...

Gerryatrix 25.06.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Ableton Live 7

Fruityloops 8 does make some pretty fruity loops!

Advantages: User friendly, cheap, fantastic results, perfect for anyone whatever your level!
Disadvantages: NONE! and thats rare for me!

WOW! what a software package! i have been faithful to ImageLine's Fruity Loops long line of software since almost day dot! back in the day when computers were never used to make real music, when "boom boom boom" music was all that could be created properly in a purely digitised environment.. and my god how much it has changed! Now, with FL8 (Fruityloops8) you can realistically have virtual instruments using the many plugins and features available! ...
...unlimited potential for variation! drum synths, keyboards, infact every instrument that goes into a band is there to use! you can even use your pc's keyboard as a piano! not only that, it will support having instruments plugged directly into your pc and will work in perfect harmony with them too for recording note finding etc!!! But to add, it is a very very simple program for making "Dance" type tracks as looping is simple and done virtualy automatically! ...

sentientphil 16.07.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Image Line FL Studio 8 Producer Edition

Cheapest way for good quality guitar recording

Advantages: cheap device for recording guitar
Disadvantages: only one input

...choice has always been the Line6 tone port. Althogh I don't use it anymore, I would say it is a very good interface for guitar recording, especially for electric guitar. This tone port come with the gearbox software bundle, which has a wide range of virtual amplifier, actually almost every amplifier in the market. So instead of buying a new amp for each style, all you need is this software. The amps sound very realistic, even for acoustic guitar, ...
...find in other softwares. Just lug your guitar into this Gearbox, connect it to your computer with USB 2.0, and ready to rock! Howver, if you want to make some serious work, the UX1 and UX2 should be your consideration as they offers 2 inputs, one for guitar and one for condenser mic. ...

doreamonOO 08.06.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Line6 GearBox

Music Synth - One of the best

Advantages: Amazing, does what you want. Outstanding sound.
Disadvantages: Little point upgrading to newer versions!

Native Instruments Massive is one of the best computer synthesizers I have ever used. It is a VST compatible instrument, so you can use this is most music sequencers including Sonar and Zynewave Podium, which are what I am currently using. For those who are not up to modern music making techniques, Massive is a an instrument that is played on your computer. You use your music keyboard to send messages about which keys you are pressing and Massive ...
...easier to find a sound you are looking for. Without a doubt, one of the best computer synthesizers out there. If you are interested, Native instruments do allow you to download a demo version from their website. It is almost fully functional and is amazing to play with. ...

NegativeG 15.11.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Native Instruments Massive