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Original Message 1/18 21-Mar-99 @ 08:44 PM - Microwave XT or Nova 4 house??????

shamu buff, the stuff king

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Hi guys, its shamu here. i want 2 get your opinions on whether the XT or nova is better suited 4 house. i know that the xt has an "analog classics" soundset that supposedly sounds nice and cheesy but im not sure how this thing would stack up 2 the nova overall.

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Message 2/18 22-Mar-99 @ 06:53 AM - RE: Microwave XT or Nova 4 house??????

thesignus

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Both of them !!!

They are both excellent ...

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Message 3/18 22-Mar-99 @ 09:13 AM - RE: Microwave XT or Nova 4 house??????

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Names of sounds are one thing...personally I trust my ears...

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Message 4/18 24-Mar-99 @ 01:39 PM - RE: Microwave XT or Nova 4 house??????

paul

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Buy a sampler and lot's of cheesy sample CDs. You don't need synths to make that sort of music.

What is house now anyway.

The stuff they churn out on Radio one over the weekend is a very sad comercial imitation of what house used to be (with a few jems chucked in here and there).

Do people out there really think it has progressed or am I just getting old ?

I used to buy a lot of house. The old stuff still sounds good but, to me, the current stuff just sounds like money (which, of course, is a perfectly good enough reason to make it).

Paul

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Message 5/18 24-Mar-99 @ 04:50 PM - RE: Microwave XT or Nova 4 house??????

Stevoe

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There are still some people out there doing some good House music, I think it has just evolved through the 90's and branched of in a zillion diferent directions. As far as the commercial stuff goes, some stuff is good and valid, but the majority passes over me without even an acknowledgement. Maybe I'm getting old too. Commercial Artists that I think make great music now are BT and Paul Van Dyk, and I like the DJing/production of Sasha, Digweed, Oakenfold. I find it incredible how dance music generally manages to reinvent itself every few years, although the wide-eyed Acid House days are long gone sadly.

As far as the Supernova for house music debate goes, in my opinion, it is ideal, but then again so is the Microwave. At the end of the day if you are creative enough a couple of your mum's saucepans, some wooden spoons, some milk bottles with different levels of water in them and an 8 bit sampler could be all you need to lead the next generation into the next big thing....who knows, stranger things have happened.
What I am trying to say is that, to reiterate what Paul said, there is no substitute for creativity and imagination. It is wonderful to have new toys that make all sorts of incredible sounds, and the Supernova is a prime example of that but without any desire or creative juices it soon becomes a box of chips (a nice pretty blue one though, to impress your mates!) I have experienced those awful days and weeks sometimes when inspiration is just a memory and the danger then is to churn out predictable rhythms with dull chords and boring melodies using factory presets and once you slip into that mode you become lazy and thats the time to remember that these beautiful instruments we own, are just tools.

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Message 6/18 24-Mar-99 @ 07:39 PM - RE: Microwave XT or Nova 4 house??????

Mickey

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Wise words!

Mickey.

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Message 7/18 14-Apr-99 @ 06:05 PM - RE: Microwave XT or Nova 4 house??????

shamu

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any others opinions on the SOUNDS, not the state of house music???????

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Message 8/18 14-Apr-99 @ 07:10 PM - RE: Microwave XT or Nova 4 house??????

Phill

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Listen...

Phill@Novvation

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Message 9/18 01-May-99 @ 10:51 AM - RE: Microwave XT or Nova 4 house??????

e.mccay

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The nova is a LOT more powerful in terms of dsp power - see article on waldorf Q in current Sound on Sound

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Message 10/18 02-May-99 @ 04:39 AM - RE: Microwave XT or Nova 4 house??????

shamu

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yea but i was goin 2 get an alesis q20 ne way----what about the tones?

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