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Ahh this was easily one of my favs from VotL. The arrangement and sound choices totally heightened the mood and atmosphere of the piece. The intricate rhythms and lofi choir are def my favs. It gives the piece this slow but bouncy feel with an indefinite coolness factor.

Ahh okay. Here is a pretty good conversation on KVR about the M3 and V-Synth. There is some good info in there. http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=215585 The Korg Triton is another one to check out. The sound demos for the Roland Fantom-8 were pretty good. http://www.rolandus.com/products/productdetails.aspx?ObjectId=918

Hey Malcos are looking strictly for hardware solutions? If so the Roland V-Synth is another to check out. With the V-Synth you can add a $99 card that will allow to play the full Roland D-50 on it. It also has a ton of functionality as well. Getting IK-Multimeda Sampletank 2.5 or Sonik Synth 2 are other options. Native Instruments Komplete will give you an ENORMOUS amount of sounds to work with for a much lower price. Although some are CPU hungry like Massive, GuitarRig3 for starters. It would prob be best to demo a lot of NI stuff first before you shell out that huge amount of cash. If you are looking for something that is just completely kick ass this might float your boat: http://www.spectrasonics.net/omnisphere_teaser/ Are you looking at a workstation for it's functionality or its vast array of high quality sounds? You looking for sampled or synth sounds?

Today is a great day indeed. Happy B-Day dude.

Hey Soc just go with your usual style dude. It will fit that theme perfectly.

Except for the China Theme it's pretty awful.

Its referred to clipping. The bass drum is causing the volume to go up to high causing clipping. (audible distortion) EQ can help. Lowering your volume levels is probably the best way to go. Try this: lower all of your volume levels on your mixer by 20 (except for the master) and then play it and see if there is any noise or clipping.

Happy B-Day, wait...wrong thread.

Congrats Danny!!! Coactive has always been one helluva tune.

All of this in is regards to the pencil tool, unless stated otherwise. All differences in terms of workflow are highlighted in bold. (Note in both programs the size of the note to be entered is determined by the size of the last note you inputted, moved, or resized) Entering Notes: Logic: a single left click enters notes. (The length is determined by the length of the previous note you inputted or moved. If you left click and hold while entering a note you can resize it by moving the mouse around left and right.) FL: a single left click enters notes. (The length is determined by the length of the previous note you inputted or moved. If you left click and hold while entering a note you can move it.) Moving Notes: (both with pencil tool) Logic: Move cursor over the midi note region. Left click in the body of the note to move note in all directions. FL: Move cursor over the midi note region. Left click in the body of the note to move note in all directions. Resizing Notes After Input: Logic: Move cursor over left or right side of note to resize in any direction. FL: Move cursor over right side of note to resize in any direction. Delete Existing Notes: Logic: Double click with left mouse button to delete a note. FL: Right click with mouse button to delete a note. Listen to Notes as you Input, Move, and/or Resize them: Logic: Press the Midi Out button in the piano roll so it highlights itself in green. (this is on by default) You will hear the note on input or when you move it around. FL: You will hear the note on input or when you move it around. (you cannot turn this feature off. I looked in the options for FL but did not find a way to turn this off.) Move/resize multiple notes: Logic Hold the command key to use Pointer Tool. Drag to highlight multiple notes. Use either the Pencil or Pointer to move and/or resize groups of notes. FL: Hold the ctrl key to highlight multiple notes. You move and/or resize groups of notes while holding the ctrl key or not holding the control key. Delete Multiple Notes: Logic: Hold the command key to use the Pointer Tool. Drag to highlight multiple notes. Hold command and x to cut all notes selected. OR Let go of command key and double click on any note within the group of notes to delete all notes selected. FL: Hold the ctrl key to highlight multiple notes. Hold ctrl and x to cut all notes selected. I think in this regard the pencil tools (primary input and delete method for notes) are very similar. Like Rozo said you can customize what tools are assigned to what mouse buttons in Logic 8. If this was not the case in the 7 my bad I’ve never used 7. I the example I was you would have the pencil tool selected as the primary tool, and the pointer tool selected as the secondary tool. For me personally I will often enter in notes into the piano roll while other parts are playing. In this instance I do not want to hear a note play everytime I decid to resize, input, or move a note around. I only want to hear the notes I have already inputed. This is very annoying when working with any instrument with very long delays. To the OP there are lil nuances between these features in both programs that can enhance your workflow or put a damper on it. Garageband will help you decide on whether or not a linear type of arrangement style will better suit you or not. FL has a very unique arrangement method that is a either a love or hate relationship.

From the Logic Manual To show the note events of all MIDI regions in a project: Ensure that View > Show Selected Regions Only is switched off, then double-click on the background of the Piano Roll Editor. The start point of each MIDI region is indicated by a vertical line of the same color as the MIDI region itself. Double-click on a note event to revert to a display of the contents of a single parent MIDI region (the region that contains the note. OR To limit the display to note events of selected MIDI regions: Switch View > Show Selected Regions Only on. This restricts the Piano Roll display to the note events of MIDI regions selected in the Arrange area. Logically, this hides the events of non-selected regions, making multiregion editing simpler. This is a feature similar to Cubase's piano roll. Where you can view multiple midi events and edit them at the same time. When you have multiple midi regions selected at the same time and open the piano roll; it shows all of the selected regions. Do you guys know per chance when it happens when the other notes show up? I've never had it happen unless I highlight another midi region. The biggest similarity I was hinting at is the pencil tool. It acts basically identical to FL's. You can resize, input, and move single notes in the same way. Editing velocity in FL is a easier. To the OP def go with Express first if you choose to use Logic.

Mmmmm creamy. Yeah this def has that late 80's early 90's vibe. I think the style is perfect for the source tune. This is really a high quality song. I wish some of the dynamics were more apparent. I can hear the big drums hits but I can't feel them really shake the ground from my subwoofer. That's my only nit pick. The guitar was an excellent choice to round out the mix, very well played too!

Hey dude if you don't know what sequencing is it might be beneficial to watch different videos of both programs in action. There is no demo of Logic so this is prob your best bet to really get a hands on look at it. FL Studio: http://videotutorials.e-officedirect.com/videotutorials.exe?forumname=flstudio Logic: http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?p=r&user=SFLogicNinja&page=3 They both have piano rolls that actually act very similar in terms of inputing and editing notes.

I really enjoyed the lead. Fit the mood perfectly. Something so simple yet sublime at the same time. While the song is minimalist and repetative I don't mind. It has "atmosphere" that is enhanced by the arrangement choices. Really chill stuff dude!

Holy poop its The Coop's birthday! Nice B-Day dude.

Excellent dude! I'm really liking this. In the first 30 seconds there is some FX for the bass loving that. Although having a double bass or nice pad playing some low notes would really help balance out the soundfield in the intro. They don't have to be loud just something soft in the background to help round out the frequency range. Once the actual song kicks in you can go with a normal bass. Could make for an awesome transition when everything breaks out. The guitar sound is awesome nice FX choices. The synth sounds go well too. Keep it up dude can't wait to hear more of this!

McVaffe and ethnic down tempo music = WIN. I really enjoyed this from start to finish. The arrangement was excellent. My interest in the song never waivered. Production was awesome. This song is just pleasing to listen to. Lovin it dude!

Happy b-day dude!

Ah what the hell maybe they'll release some of those JRPG's over here finally? 1. Seiken Densetsu 3 2. Secret of Mana 3. Lufia 2 4. Terranigma 5. EarthBound / Mother 2

Diddo. Custom Racks FTW.

My checking account is now $10 smaller.

Genshiken kicked ass! Just finished watching it and Gundam Wing...oh the irony.

Def my favorite feature is easily SliceX's ability to take audio and make a midi out of it. I tested with Gregorian Chants and it was dead on. The hintbar at the upper left giving db readouts is def a nice workflow upgrade.

To be honest I am not a big fan of anything resembling jazz music at all. But damnit JJT always gets me goin. I really enjoyed the focus and execution of rhythm during the song. Def a nice lil piece, it really stood out amongst the other pieces at the DoD at Mag. Excellent take on the theme dude.

Hooray for Supa Dodgeball! oh btw happy b-day dude!