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I have come to the conclusion that website coding is a talent I do not possess.

At 3/12/13 02:52 AM, Breed wrote:

At 3/12/13 02:44 AM, Back-From-Purgatory wrote: Random Note of the Day

I have come to the conclusion that website coding is a talent I do not possess.

Theres always dreamweaver....or god forbid....wix

I've been debating downloading something of the sort if for no other reason but to test out changes before I put them on my live site... suppose it'd help me learn what I can and can't do as well... But first, I need to find a better FTP Client... Filezilla is refusing to let me download my site so I can work on it offline... Disconnect after disconnect after disconnect after disconnect.

lol that reminds me I should pop in once in a while and say hi. :P

At 3/12/13 10:32 AM, SineRider wrote: Hey cool, Reason 7 was just announced

My head exploded into a horrible array of colours and wires

At 3/12/13 10:32 AM, SineRider wrote: Hey cool, Reason 7 was just announced

This covers most of the features the guys on the Propellerhead forum have been begging for for a decade. I gave up about 2 years ago, lol

At 3/12/13 10:32 AM, SineRider wrote: Hey cool, Reason 7 was just announced

And still no VST support.

At 3/13/13 10:11 AM, SineRider wrote: Did you really expect them to? I mean I think Rack Extensions are the closest thing we're going to get. Personally, the whole VST support never really bothers me. If I want to use them I just pull up Live and rewire.

Yeah this is why reason is totally not the DAW for me. I cannot imagine making music without my VSTs. Reason's racks may be great, but if Reason doesn't give me the ability to hop on the Internet and download an awesome free VST or fork out some money for something as incredible as Omnisphere or East/West, without buying yet another DAW and rewiring, then yeah I'll steer clear and stick to FL.

But that's just me. I'm the type who likes getting new sounds, editing them a little and using them more than making my own with the plugins offered to me. While I love the idea of making my own, I'm not very good at it and having an orchestral background I'm more used to just browsing through a bigass library and picking the sounds I want. And no matter how big Reason's libraries are, I'm sure I'll always feel the need to expand to new VSTs.

What's the big deal with adding VST support anyway? I know it must be easier said than done but frankly it really limits Reason and if anyone else out there is like me, it must put other people off buying it :(.

At 3/13/13 10:27 AM, Step wrote: What's the big deal with adding VST support anyway? I know it must be easier said than done but frankly it really limits Reason and if anyone else out there is like me, it must put other people off buying it :(.

It's not that they haven't come around to it, they have actively chosen not to support it. One of their employees has written a thorough explanation of their reasoning:

Part 1
Part 2

IMO that is rock solid. If you don't like it you can use a different DAW, which you already do.

forgot the last part, also it's a bit outdated since what they call Record got adapted into the next version of Reason and they have added more expandability since

If I ever get Reason in the future, I do want to try and see how it is rewired into another DAW though.

At 3/13/13 10:44 AM, SineRider wrote: I didn't mean to say I'd be against it, but I think the limiting nature of it helps me really focus on the music I'm making. I know all the tools in Reason's rack almost in and out, and I can create what I hear in my head no problem.

This is a good point.

But yeah, I'm still not convinced that Reason is better off without VST support. I can see Propellerhead's reasoning (pun entirely intended) after reading the threads and it makes a lot of sense, but for me, looking through all the free VSTs people like sorohanro post and considering all the amazing specialised VSTs out there that have incredible sounds, I'd lose sleep on the fact that I wouldn't be able to touch any of them had I chosen Reason as my DAW. The shortcomings of third-party plugin support don't really outweigh the limitless benefits, in my opinion. VSTs 4 lyfe.

Not everyone will agree though. In the end it boils down to whatever works best for you I guess.

At 3/14/13 02:46 AM, Yoshiii343 wrote: to any producers who make hardcore techno/gabber or has knowledge of making phat, filthy kicks:

how do you do it?

@midimachine @jarrydn
hello there, love

distortion compress distortion compress distortion compress distortion compress distortion compress distortion compress distortion compress distortion compress distortion compress distortion compress distortion compress distortion compress distortion compress distortion compress distortion compress distortion compress distortion compress distortion compress distortion compress distortion compress distortion compress distortion compress

At 3/14/13 04:22 AM, Yoshiii343 wrote:

At 3/14/13 02:56 AM, Sequenced wrote: distortion compress x as many times as you feel like it

not very helpful there, seaquence'd

But that's actually how you do it :P

At 3/14/13 02:46 AM, Yoshiii343 wrote: to any producers who make hardcore techno/gabber or has knowledge of making phat, filthy kicks:

how do you do it?

@midimachine @jarrydn
hello there, love

My little brother makes gabber music, but I have no idea how he does it. His problem is that his productions are of really good quality, but he never finishes anything. This is one of his WIPs.

At 3/14/13 02:46 AM, Yoshiii343 wrote: to any producers who make hardcore techno/gabber or has knowledge of making phat, filthy kicks:

how do you do it?

@midimachine @jarrydn
hello there, love

i program a snappy kick into microtonic, then i use lots of multiband distortion to get it punching at the right frequency. you could probably pull it off using parametric eq and blood overdrive. i use stuff like ohmicide and camelphat.

there's heaps of ways to make disgusting kicks

At 3/14/13 04:07 PM, stratkat wrote: I got some physical copies of my album printed up, it came out better than expected.
http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w198/bloodismyink/100_051 9.jpg

ooooo shiny

At 3/15/13 02:37 AM, Braiton wrote: All numbers are approximated to look like nice numbers and not mean numbers that give ugly stares.

we want fractions! we want fractions! we want fractions!