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Subject: Software VS Hardware
Original Message 1/48 14-Mar-01 @ 08:03 PM - Software VS Hardware
I would appreciate all thoughts on this topic! Please don't say "Software sucks" or something like that. Tell me WHY it sucks. WHY doesn't it sound/act like hardware? Will software close up on hardware once the computers can start handeling more and more voices/realtime effects?
Thanks!
Message 2/48 14-Mar-01 @ 08:44 PM - RE: Software VS Hardware
Message 3/48 14-Mar-01 @ 10:03 PM - RE: Software VS Hardware
I understand what you mean though.
But I also think that the computer mouse is one of the best tools for draging and copying music parts.
I will need arguments from both sides.
Message 4/48 14-Mar-01 @ 10:33 PM - RE: Software VS Hardware
As for the lack of sliders on your keyboard... If you don't have any knobs or sliders on your hardware, you can't really use your hardware for comparing hardware to software. You'll have to compare a hardware synth to a software synth, a hardware delay unit to a software delay unit and so on.The mouse is good for drag, copy and other software sequenser related stuff. It doesn't really seem relevant to the questions you were asking, tho.
Message 5/48 14-Mar-01 @ 10:38 PM - RE: Software VS Hardware
I have a kickass software sampler (gigastudio) for $500. it beats
ANY hardware for ease of use, hands down.
the downside is, using software takes precious computer resources that could be used somewhere else....
for example, I could probably incorporate some VSTi software synth sounds, but my computer is too busy running the sampler alongside a sequencer....
once I've recorded all the tracks, then I turn the sampler off to do the mixing. during mixdown, I wish I had 32 digital outs from my PC and a hardware digital mixer, so I could offload some of the tracks' dynamics processing, EQ, and fx to it, and give every track the treatment it needs.....
my PC can't handle all of that processing for 32 tracks....
also, in general, hardware is more reliable. software has trouble because there are so many things it needs to be compatible with.....
Message 6/48 15-Mar-01 @ 07:26 PM - RE: Software VS Hardware
Message 7/48 15-Mar-01 @ 08:08 PM - RE: Software VS Hardware
Are the software effects as good as the hardware boxes? Reverb, delays, phasers, compressors, eqs?
How will the future be like? Will the X000 MHZ computers be able to sound exactly the same as hardware synths in realtime?
Thanks for your thoughts!
Message 8/48 15-Mar-01 @ 08:27 PM - RE: Software VS Hardware
I've heared about hardware freezing or causing unexpected things to happen just like the pcs. Though, I guess they should be a bit more stable since pcs are so much more than just a synth/mixer/effect unit. PCs have to do lots of things and weren't created to do music/edit in the first place.
Would anyone bring their PC to a live gig? I think not... But why? Is it only because of the size, the unreliability and the lack of knobs and sliders?
Message 9/48 15-Mar-01 @ 09:19 PM - RE: Software VS Hardware
Message 10/48 15-Mar-01 @ 10:04 PM - RE: Software VS Hardware
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