Pro Tools is much more like a traditional tape-machine-and-mixer setup, it's stable (never crashed on me when I've been recording) the bussing system is extensive but well ordered and the mix engine sounds good, much better than Live's. Not to say that Live's is awful, but I can hear the difference....

anybody here make electronic music for a living? if so, have you/do you ever deal with record labels? I'm just curious to see how people form these types of relationships, and I don't want to come off like some scene-riding douche to label people if I can ever get in touch with any. Part II: I feel ...

We use an AX60 live and the autotune feature is solid- VCOs sound nice live, seems to be the only place where it shines (on a record no one can hear the difference between it and a similarly programmed 106). They can be had for cheaper and are somewhat sturdy and light

Evolver does cool strings with the digi-oscs set to do slight fm for getting the noisy bursts at the beginning of marcato/staccato strings, and the delays help.

also, ableton/ vst autopanners are useful for those kinds of pumping fx. like superimposing an inverted sawtooth lfo on the amplitude of a given signal. with envelope-follower laden fx in Live i would be really surprised if they don't use it. the distortion reminds me kindof metasonix.

anybody had problems with the knobs on their PEK? My filter cutoff knob doesn't turn by a predictable amount any more. I have to use one of the general purpose ones to change this oft-moved parameter and I fear the board underneath to be faulty. Maybe some tightening/help I can do myself? ps i would...

the oberheim DX has a mixer (AND indiv. outs), can't sample but you can change the EEPROMs out to put whatever sound you want in, and you can transpose each drum tone a few semitones. My bandmates just found one for $250. Later ones (most) are MIDIfied. Unfortunately no x0x-style sequencer, but you ...

hey, my PEK's 4th voice just started crackling and sounding much more muted than its compatriots. I've isolated it to the filter circuit (I'm pretty sure) and gone through firmware updates, OS c**p, checking the chips themselves, etc. with DSI. I was wondering if anyone has had similar problems or a...

more channels of recording means you have the ability to record more tracks simultaneously. unless you need to record your drum machine, synth, and whatever other parts at the same time, there's no reason to have more than 2 channels (esp. if they're a great two channels) because your stuff will rec...

I use my macbook with my motu traveler live with ableton 6 for audio and to sequence my ms2000r for vocoder stuff- that way i can use it live without having to set up a midi controller to play it while singing into it. You sometimes have to mess with the midi clock output delay in live's prefs, but ...

z1- you are harsh but expressive, and your presets are generally terrible. But you still make very useful (if identifiably digital) strings too. ms2000r- i love your delay line and your waveforms. I can make a terrifying sound or a subtly shifting rhythmic texture with the twist of two knobs. The sa...

macbook 2.0
live 6
reason
logic 7
max for controlling stuff
live and macs are great now that 6 is out. 5 was less happy until the update for intel chips (lame that it cost $50)

live 6
mac book and mbp
motu traveler with:
rode nt5 condenser pair for drumkit/bells
akg dynamic for acoustic guitar
DI bass
going into it
theremin w/memory man
microkorg
z1
AX-60
HS-60
shitty eurorack mixer
a couple m-audio controllers
we do live looping electronic music

what equipment do you guys use to sample stuff? do you mostly sample other synths, or find sounds from wherever (walking down the street, whatever) to create new sounds? i play in a band where we pretty exclusively use samples of our live performances to create tracks out of, and so I'm always open ...

let's think about sound quality for a second. there are many many digital synths that do many things an analog could not do (at least at the price point, etc) but as far as FM it seems the DX7 doesn't provide nearly enough control/tweakability an it seems to sound kind of, well, annoying. or at leas...