Thanks for the suggestions everyone. I'm going to look into Reaper further, I think I've heard good things about it in the past. Besides, I'm having issues with my hardware studio, and am starting to think going the software route would be more productive anyways.

Ok, so I just bought a new computer. It's an HP, and is running Windows 7. I've got this: http://www.musiciansfriend.com/pro-audio/behringer-u-control-uca202-usb-audio-interface/702540000000000 plugged into it. Everything works fine with it. Monitoring my music is fine, music I'm playing from the co...

Thanks for the suggestions, tekkentool! There's also LMMS which has a gameboy emulator as one of its native plugins. It's a completely free DAW too so don't worry about not having one. http://lmms.sourceforge.net/ I'm going to start with this one first. It looks like it will be useful for a lot of t...

Ok first of all, I don't have a DAW, so an 8-bit VSTi is out of the question. But I'm very into the sound of 8-bit music. Are there any standalone programs out there that I can make 8-bit songs with? Either programs that are freeware, for sale, it's all good. I think I've heard about something on th...

Oh wow, seeing cEVIN and company release synth modules is the last thing I would expect out of them. So very cool. Cevin and the people he works with are true legends, and seeing them put out gear is totally awesome.

/subcon fanboy

Some of you folks are listing some amazing artists as influences. My current influences are: Ladytron Fading Colours Miss Kittin and the Hacker downLOAD All projects associated with Front Line Assembly and Delerium Richard H Kirk/Cabaret Voltaire My recent discovery of Absolute Body Control will be ...

So, I've got a LE Blue Micron. I bought it 6-7 months ago. Lately it's been giving me problems. I'll be running a sequenced song and the thing will freeze on a note and give me this: SORRY, REPORT ERROR 01800 This has happened twice last week, and 4 times this morning. What's the deal? What can do a...

minime123 wrote: as for it weighing as much as a baby elephant, you might wanna take your vitamins and get to the gym or something. :p
mini

Never! I intend to preserve my androgynous physique.

HT-3000 was my first ever synthesizer, I bought it new back in the late 80s. I don't really consider the 3000 (at least, not sure about the 6000) as a 'real' synthesizer, more a home keyboard with a pretty cool synthesizer section built in. And I don't remember it sounding particularly warm or powe...

I just bought/received a DSI Evolver Desktop from nukeitfromorbit. Good communication with him, the unit was exactly as described, included everything promised, and was packaged very well. It also arrived very quickly. 5 star seller.

Well, first I'd like to welcome you to forums. Second, you've got a very nice track here. Great ambience and the glitchy percussion sounds are great. What did you use to make this track? Third, don't worry about genre classification too much. While I would refer to this as ambient, I don't think it'...

As someone said before, I don't envy gear, I envy talent.

That said, I do lust after particular pieces of gear, but don't really plan to ever have a massive collection like some people have.

Well, TAPCO's seem decent but I've just bought a Yamaha MG series mixer. I was particularly motivated by a review wherein the the guy said he had been using one for 10 years with no problems.

Thanks for the help and input guys.

Thanks for the help Stab Frenzy. I'll avoid the Tapco mixers I'm seeing on eBay. Yamaha MG seems the way to go for me. They have a mixer that would suit my needs: http://www.musiciansfriend.com/pro-audio/yamaha-mg82cx-8-input-stereo-mixer-with-compression-and-effects Would this be a good choice? I'm...

I really wouldn't recommend either of these models to a beginner. I have a Micron, and it's very complicated to program. If you don't know anything about subtractive synthesis, I would imagine it would be a nighmare to learn on. If you've heard demos of either, and like that sound, buy an Alesis Ion...