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Ya...ReBirth is pretty amazing. I mean the 303 emulation is by far the best I have ever heard, better then any synth (besides the actual 303 obviously). I was gonna buy a Roland 303 off ebay, but then I heard Rebirth and did not see the point. It would be nice to have a real 303 just because it is a classic piece of equipment. I heard the Chems use Rebirth.

But using Rebirth can be a pain in non-mentioned body parts in the beginning.

ReBirth is pretty cool - I had to uninstall it from my computer though, along with Cubase which never ran properly anyway. (I have a PC, maybe that has something to do with it) I tinker a lot with Reason and for me it was pretty intuitive. I finally have the hang of it and have gone to great lengths trying to disguise some of the raw sounds using the 'equipment' that's available in the program. It seems limitless with the sounds you can generate and that's pretty much 90% of the fun for me. As far as making music besides tinkering on my piano or strumming a couple chords on the guitar, my cheap ass old Yamaha keyboard that's 15 years old is pretty much all I've got to work with. Reason is perfect for someone like me who doesn't have the money to put into solid equipment or music programs (or the know-who to download those music programs.) It's great.



But nothing, nothing beats having solid equipment imo. It's tangible, solid equipment that really lets you get your hands dirty. I worked with a guy who had so much equipment it was coming out his ears - most of it was used and had seen better years but it was still a blast. There's nothing quite like the feel of playing around with a synthesizer, or a guitar, or a voice and running it through a couple pedals and a phaser, fiddle it around with the frequency and pitch lfo, etc etc and creating a sound that can't be emulated using a music program. Of course it takes forever just plugging all that stuff together, hehe, but that's fun!



The ultimate would be to have my very own room, a studio with a nice computer, a decent mixing board and a multi-track recorder, loads of pedals, racks of synths, a couple of really nice guitars and a really nice full sized keyboard. Then again it's nice to dream about having the money to do this. ;-)

Maybe we will be listening to a whirlygirl track in the near future then ? :)

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Usually.

Whirlygirl is not a usual girl.( I mean that in a good way ;-) )

Thats quite sexist antype ;-)

I agree with wirlygirl about having equipment makes it more hands on but i disagree that you can't do somthing with a music program that you can do with outboard gear. In some cases there are audio programs that can do things that hardware just can't do, metasynth for one and the malstrom in reason 2 but it's definetly less tiresome using hardware as opposed to tweaking parimeters with the mouse. I used to have a few bits of gear but sold it all and got a big ass yamaha ex7 keyboard which i now just use as a master keyboard with my pc running reason,cubase sx with a ton of plugins (fm7 battery halion 2) lots of samples and my trusty guitar. I'd like to hear other peoples tunes pehaps we should make a music post so people can post links to there music ?

Well, there are not many female djs and artists that do this kinda stuff. Electronica is male dominated, but I find alot of female DJs and artists are really good (Sasha, Sonique, etc)



I use rebirth and it works great. It took me a while to figure out the song and loop mode when I first started, but then it becomes quite easy. I still need to tinker with my drum machine up stairs :?

has sasha had a sex change???

Is sasha a guy?!

sasha, is a guy, shrot for alexander

sasha deffo is a guy! say him support the chems in 99,what a set,by both!

Hardware is much more solid than software. Knobs and sliders are much more fun than onscreen knobs and sliders. Of course, plug-ins are much handier than pedals and sound just as good.

And about affording the higher-end software: I bought Logic for $400 CAD. It came with a software sampler and a couple (very-tweakable) softsynths. I love software but, as it stands, hardware is the way to go if you got unlimited funds.

GLAKO I pretty much am on par with you but agree with what everyone else is saying to an extent. Making music is very personal. It's all a matter of taste, what you want to work with and how you can work it. It's kind of like choosing to learn a musical instrument, except when you're down to the composingand recording part, you use what you've got that best allows you to get the desired effect.



I'm certainly no pro when it comes to mixing and recording. I've played music most my life but when it comes to software I'm a novice and forever learning something new, which is why threads like this are great. I'm also very very shy about the music I have composed, and anal retentive since I tend to be a perfectionist and most of my songs are not complete - Always open to criticism and willing to share privately, but it is not very likely I'll be posting a link here anytime soon. ;)

I would go with some private sharing.

All the music I make is for my OWN personal satisfaction and entertainment. Thats why I do it :D

Well, it always makes me feel good if other people appreciate my work as much as I do.

have any of you checked this new program out? Its called "stanton Final scratch" and what it is; is a program and plug in that connects your decks to your computer and allows you to scratch and mix digital audio files using your decks! when you spin your turntable,it spins the digital music file! its well fresh!