DAW

[DarkbearX]

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Calling Live Ableton is like calling Cubase Steinberg or FL Studio Image-Line.

Anyway, I agree about FL's piano roll being the best, but I think Live beats it out on everything else. Dunno too much about any other DAWs really.

Edit:

I'm more interested in learning how people make their sounds, and/or what VST/VSTi people use. :[

A little off-topic, but I might as well post this. It's kind of hard for someone to just straight -tell- you how to make synths/pads, etc., because honestly that's a skill on its own. What I can suggest is that you download How to Make a Noise and read it top to bottom. It's extremely in depth and its knowledge basically spreads over every synth/plugin out there.

As far as VST instruments and effects: my favorite two (free) VSTis are Cygnus-SF and Synth1. I also suggest getting reverb and EQ plugins if you use FL because FL's reverbs don't have a Hold feature, and FL's EQs don't have L/R or M/S modes. I suggest Freeverb or Ambience for reverb (both free, Ambience takes a HELL of a lot of CPU though). I haven't found a good free EQ (haven't looked), but FabFilter's Pro-Q is really good.

[kid_merkury]

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Making sounds? Give me ES2. That's all I need

[AsphyxZero]

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Have lots already.

SGM v2.01

[kid_merkury]

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Wow a lot of FL users :P

I used FL from 4 all the way to 9, then switched over to Logic in about '07

[Zageron]

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SGM v2.01

Daaaaaaammmmnnn. Thanks

[Manmademusic]

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FL's definitely my DAW of choice... Been using it for very nearly four years, now, and though I know how to use a lot of its features qutie well now, I still am not the best mixer. Takes time to really master any DAW.

[sakura080789]

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FL is my choice as well i have been experimenting with it recently and love it better than my old one

[Dreddshott]

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I have only ever used FL Studio, seemed the easiest to me. Using it now infact, I mainly use Nexus and Zeta with some sounds made in 3xOsc and vengence packs.

Edit - Never heard of Cakewalk, but shouldn't Garage Band be up there as a choice??

[DarkbearX]

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Edit - Never heard of Cakewalk, but shouldn't Garage Band be up there as a choice??

There are a lot of DAWs that aren't named (no luv for trackers up in hur).

[championanwar]

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I sequence in FL rewire via Reason. Honestly, FL's sequencer is probably the best I've ever come across. Piano Roll is just epic, though the soundscape and the layout of Reason is pretty awesome too. . I guess I use both, they're amazing in their own right.

[Coolboyrulez0]

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FL due to ease of... everything but trying to get used to Reason once I get my Midi Controller

[RobertsonaIsBack]

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i use logic at school so i guess that

[typeMARS]

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i'm a FL user

[Starshot]

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Gonna say this right now: In this day , the DAW that you use doesn't mean anything, it's how you use. Four years go, that statement would be a simple dream.

That said, I still use FL Studio. Version 9 fixed all the memory leak issues that were causing my major projects to idle at 90+ CPU usage.

[customstuff]

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FL Studio 9 FTW