MIDI composition software
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In my studio, I have Sonar, Pro Tools LE, Nuendo and Cool Edit Pro (now Adobe Audition). Although these days everybody tries to do everything, I keep this many around because each one shines in a particular area (PT is there via legacy, I still use the 001 hardware for some inputs). Although PT and Nuendo both do MIDI, nobody touches Cakewalk/Sonar's functionality. I use it for all MIDI stuff, and it's best of breed. Another reason to go with it is the VST plugins. As mentioned, things like Garritan Personal Orchestra sound incredibly real and are head & shoulders above the old wavetable synth stuff, and Sonar also ships with a number of synths. Don't buy the Producer version. It's got a bunch of loops and stuff that even I don't need. I'm running Sonar Studio (version 3 at that), and it rocks. You'll also be able to do full audio recording & mixing with it as well. They've also got stuff beyond the Studio version (Project5, Home Studio, etc.). Do yourself a favor and get the full Studio version (~$350). The pain in your wallet will heal quickly, but the joy of having killer tools will live on day after day. If you're diving back into the music scene, shoot me an email if you want to hook up via phone & kick this stuff around. Lots of cool new stuff out there since the old days.
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Christopher Duncan wrote:
If you're diving back into the music scene, shoot me an email if you want to hook up via phone & kick this stuff around. Lots of cool new stuff out there since the old days.
Seeing that I don't need it immediately, I think I may have to just wait and the pony up the real cash for it. I already have Audition, but it doesn't do MIDI all too well as I'm sure you know, and I ever got into buy software that just ships with a ton of loops (although this may be a good option for me, I just need more than techno). The only reason I know all this stuff is because I used to have a bunch of musicians for friends, personally my music education needs some work because I'd sit there for hours trying to write a score that one of my old friends would do something better in like matter of 10 minutes. :-D You win some you loose some. I'll send you an email btw.
Jeremy Falcon A multithreaded, OpenGL-enabled application.[^]
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Ed.Poore wrote:
Only downside is a basic system is ~£6,000.
Sounds cool, but yet that's a bit beyond my budget. :laugh:
Jeremy Falcon A multithreaded, OpenGL-enabled application.[^]
It was very :cool:, possibilities were endless, Dad suggested they should have a miniture version you clip on a fish tank and as the fish break the beams it plays soothing music (or I suppose for people like CG if he had a fast snappy fish the speed of the break would play some heavy rock music the angrier the fish got :rolleyes:)