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Thats all you have to say? Seriously. For the guy who started this thread, would you be happy with people giving you half assed vague comments with no explanations? All you're doing is confusing people and steering them down the wrong path and its becoming a problem. Either start explaining more and writing well thought out comments or stop giving bad advice. I really don't mean to sound like an ass, but you keep doing this and it's not cool.

UGH! Don't even try to pretend to tell me that game was good. A: It wasn't the Wizards & Warriors that I knew and loved. B: Terrible terrible game C: 1 and 2 were way ebtter D: Unlike 2, three didn't have a shop owner with his pants at his ankles that threw you out of his shop if you went broke! Full Image: http://i.imgur.com/uE5JU.jpg

No see.. the problem here is that you are talking about a specific synth/specific effect but are trying to generalize it. Keyboard tracking doesn't do the same thing on every synth, etc. What keyboard tracking means, is that on some synths, certain effects/envelopes/etc can be keyboard tracked. This means that the higher up on the keyboard you go, the more pronounced these effects/envelopes/etc will be (sometimes its reversed etc). Saying "Don't ever use keyboard tracking on synth bass because it sounds bad" isn't useful advice because its not something that is consistent between synths. You need to isolate what the keyboard tracking is actually doing in the synth you're using as an example and use that as the statement. Again just to stress. - Keyboard Tracking DOES apply a different amount of certain effects/envelopes depending on what keys you are pressing on the keyboard. - Keyboard Tracking does NOT control the same effects/envelops on different synths. Each synth is different. While some might control the same effects/envelopes, it is not general enough to specify as a general statement

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Alright so I need some help once again from all you hardware gurus around here. Here is something I prices out pretty quickly. http://ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=55299 ASUS Sabertooth X58 LGA1366 DDR3 CrossFireX SLI 3PCI-E16 2PCI-E1 PCI USB 3.0 Motherboard Usually ships in 1-2 business days. $219.99 http://ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=39590 Intel Core i7 950 Quad Core Processor LGA1366 3.06GHZ Bloomfield 8MB LGA1366 4.8GT/S Usually ships in 1-2 business days. $309.98 http://ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=34802&promoid=1270 Corsair XMS3 Dominator TR3X6G1600C8D 6GB DDR3 3X2GB DDR3-1600 CL 8-8-8-24 Core i7 Memory Kit Usually ships in 1-2 business days. (X2) = $257.66 http://ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=57430 OCZ Vertex 2 80GB Sandforce 2.5IN SATA2 Solid State Disk Flash Drive SSD $129.99 http://ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=49591&promoid=1270 Western Digital WD20EARS Caviar Green 2TB SATA2 3Gbps 64MB Cache 3.5IN Hard Drive OEM Usually ships in 1-2 business days. $79.99 http://ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=56262 XFX Radeon HD 6870 900MHZ 1GB 4.2GHZ GDDR5 2XDVI HDMI 2x Mini Display Port PCI-E Vide *IR-$20* Usually ships in 1-2 business days. $229.99 http://ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=56380 ASUS VE228H 21.5IN Widescreen LCD Monitor 1920X1080 LED Backlit 5ms 10M:1DC HDMI DVI-D VGA Usually ships in 1-2 business days. Add EXPRESS COVERAGE What's this? ($15.50) (X2) = $309.98 YOUR TOTAL $1,537.58 I'm looking to know if you guys know if any of this is incompatible, or if you guys know any better setups/deals that I should be looking at. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

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you realize that those pictures don't explain anything? I understand what they mean, but people new to mixing/mastering wont. It would help them if you explained why one is good and one is bad, not just post 2 seemingly random images.

Im not sure if something is being miscommunicated here. It sounds like you're going to render your project in mono.. thats not the idea.

Yeah I get that. My problem is that both of you guys were like "LOLZ these metal songs have panning in them! you are wrong!!" when he wasn't saying that metal songs dont have panning. Regardless, lets just let it die Advice is: Throw it in mono to resolve any phasing/arrangement issues before you apply panning and stereo effects. You can take the advice, or not take it. End of Discussion. Resume thread plz.

holy crap people in here are dumb. Nowhere does Ghetto say that rock/metal whatever is released in mono and doesn't have stereo effects. He specifically points out that lots of tracks of this genre DO have stereo effects and panning, yet if it is done properly, it will still sound good in mono (Sure the average home user doesn't listen to stuff in mono, but some radio stations play music in mono, some clubs play music in mono, etc. It does have a place). The one point he is trying to make is "Throw it in to mono and resolve arrangement/phasing issues before adding panning and stereo effects". You guys can't just take that piece of advice for what it is, advice, and either use it or don't. Most of you guys are completely twisting what he is trying to say, and making counter points on something he never even said in the first place. Either way, it sounds like good advice to me, and I will experiment with it next time I do my mixing/mastering.

Now THATS what im talking about . I might grab that mix station one of these days. I also like the one shaggy has, but it doesnt have a pull out think for the keyboard/mouse which I would need because my 88key midi controller would take up all the desk space

NO! You are completely wrong. I don't understand where you are getting your information but it is wrong. I don't even believe this. Sure the card might output sound to your speakers better than a default card will, but again, thats your card coloring the sound. It has no effect on what you do in your daw. I give up. Wherever you're getting your information from, just stop.

all I'm going to say is that... your audio interface has NO EFFECT on electronic music that is rendered in an audio program. If you were recording real instruments, it would matter, but when you make electronic music in a DAW, its just binary data. Your soundcard/audio interface has NO PART in the rendering of the music. It might.. but not to the extent you think it does.

NO!! JUST NO! UGH!!! I know lots of people with shitty as hell sound systems, but can still mix and master like a champ because they understand their setup and how the sound comes out of their speakers/etc. You need to know how your setup colors sound, and how to mix/master properly. Take the advice of the other guys as well.

8 to 16ish hours. Either a full day, or 2 full days. I usually finish stuff in a day, and then do the mixdown/master another day.

woot completed my track. Final wav is submitted. yay I feel really good about this remix.

OMFG you are impossible. The point was that he is building a MUSIC ONLY computer. I give up.

Did you not read his post at all? Did you COMPLETELY miss the part where he said "i'm in the process of building an offline-only windows-based pc solely for music creation". You know... the FIRST LINE! anyways, I don't really have any experience with xp x64, but I'd personally suggest w7. Its where things are headed, and it probably makes more sense to go with the flow. Ive been using w7 x64 for a while now, and its been pretty good for me, and hopefully the stuff that doesn't work on w7 now, will get patched down the road.

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wow.. first off I HATE dubstep, and I would never mix dubstep... but this.. this is awesome son. If I ever do a dubstep mix.. I'm playing this, and thats it (only good dubstep song I have ever heard)

well to be fair I dont think they have ever upgraded recycle since like.. reason 2 came out. so, its really an old piece of software.

*rage* lol wow how can somebody be so uninformed. I put that specific line in the post SPECIFICALLY to not have this argument. Learn to read.

Ugh, if you would have actually read my post I distinctly said "I'm just comparing the 2 options that were brought up". And I'll stop now so this doesn't turn in to a "which program is better" debate. We all like the shit we use. End of story.

Ive used both daws extensively, and I find that most of the reason that people don't like reasons is because they dont know how to use it effectively enough. Ive learned how to use both, and when you know what you are doing, FL's is no faster than reasons. Lets take an example of this one delete function. Lets say you have a bunch of notes in fl that you want to delete. You have to traverse your mouse over each and every one while holding the right mouse key. Or.. you can draw a big box around all the notes you want to delete (big sweeping box motion vs controlled point to point motion) and hit a button. I'm just comparing the 2 methods that were brought up.

I dont know why you people are selecting individual notes to delete them... you know you can drag a box around notes to select them and then hit the delete key?