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To answer your first question, the sounds in Finale (well, the new versions at least) are a version of Garritan Personal Orchestra. As for getting new, higher quality sounds for Finale, it is a VSTi host so you should be able to load any VST plug-ins into it to use their sounds.
While you can get things to sound pretty decent straight out of Finale, you're going to need a to export the midi from Finale and open it up into a DAW/sequencer (what you referred to as a mixing program). It will give you much more options for tweaking, mixing, automation, etc.
As for which one you should get, that's all a matter of personal preference. All of them have different work flows and some do certain things better than others. In the end though, if you're skilled enough you can get the same results no matter which one you're using. It's just a matter of trying out demos, asking the right questions and deciding which one is right for you.
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Nice find. Even though I have a PodXT Live, having access to everything on my computer plus the extra sounds packs for that price is more than a great deal.
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Some people just like complaining about things. I think it's a cool concept.
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Like Yoozer said, what software do you want to run. If you want to fun FL, don't get the Mac Pro (buying a Mac Pro just to run windows on it is just stupid). If you want to go the Logic or Digital Performer rout (hell, you could (should) just use Garageband till you get the hang of things) then the Mac would obviously be a good choice.
And for all of the people who have been mentioning good monitors, remember if you have crappy DAC and are in a shit room, having good monitors would be a complete waste of money.
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I've already resigned myself to the fact that this movie is going to suck. Even if it does turn out to be a pretty decent movie (for non-Cowboy Bebop fans) I get the feeling that anyone who watched and enjoyed the show will be disappointed with whatever they come up with.
And it would be kinda a shame if Yoko Kanno doesn't do the music, as her music pretty much set the tone for the show and is a big reason why it's so memorable to me.
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Hey, congrats!
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Maybe try soundflower instead.
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I love the guitar. It looks exactly like mine
Also, no fail mode and custom set lists will make it much cooler when you're jamming with your buddies and one of you (usually me) feels like trying the song at a harder level than your actually capable of playing it at. Also, anyone want one of those limited edition drum sets that can also be used as an electric kit as my as I do? -
Man, that's sad to hear. Hope you get better soon.
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Film Student: Hey Jeremy, can you give me a soundtrack like the one in Running Scared?
Me: Sure, it's one of my favourites.
Film Student: Thanks!
Me: (note to self: rent Running Scared this weekend)
True story.
Heh, that reminds me of someone I worked with once.
Him: I wanted something that sounds like this one scene from Gladiator.
Me: Sure, no problem (Went and got my Gladiator DVD, watched the scene a couple times, bought the sound track and listen to the track a bunch more times. Ended up with something I though sounded pretty good with a similar feel.)
Him: Wow, that's awesome, but I think it sounds too epic.
Me: Ok, I'll try and tone it down a bit... (Thinking: Why'd you reference Hans Zimmer music from a battle scene if you didn't want something that sounded epic?!)
I love working with people.
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Reading through this thread made me lolz several times.
To the OP, welcome to real life. Having a degree in music won't help you get a job in music, unless you want to teach. Rather than whining and bashing those who get the gigs instead of you on the internet, your time would be better spend refining/improving your craft and making connections with the people who can get you work.
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I'll most likely be there.
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I've never noticed any difference what so ever between my controllers midi going in threw USB or throw a traditional midi interface.
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Why not just cut out Audacity and record into Garage Band?
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djp, love how you're rocking the Jerker desk in Studio B.
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Oh look, OCR people hating on EA (even if that wasn't the OP's intent for this thread). How original...
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I saw it last night. I think of it like Die Hard 4. It was a good movie, but it was different that the originals. 65 year-old Harrison Ford still kicks ass as Indy, but some aspects of the movie were disappointing. I wasn't exactly thrilled with the whole last 10 minutes of the movie either. But, action and effects wise, this movie rocked. It's plot was a little bit off from other Indy movies, but it was still a fun movie to watch. I'll currently put it down there with Temple of Doom (ok, maybe above Temple of Doom) but it's no Raiders of the Lost Ark, and doesn't even come close to Last Crusade. For me it just lacks some of the magic that made the originals so much fun. However, it's still one of the better movies I've seen thus far this year.
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Nuendo has a lot of features that make it more useful if you're dealing with a lot of video or doing post production type work. Really, if you're just doing music it's overkill. And it's 900-1000 bucks more expensive.
If you google "Cubase vs. Nuendo", there are tons of discussions about the differences to be found.
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EDIT: Well, I'm stupid. The Pod models I'm looking at have USB output and act as a second input source, so I can record off the device directly.
Well, that certainly does simplify things quite a bit. And you can go into it digitally too, so no need for any audio cables what so ever. Nice.
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What soundcard are you using? I have a Presonus FireBox and I've done something like that with no problems. I had a guitar going into the FireBox's instrument in, had the output going out of output 3 into my Pod XT Live, and then brought the out put of the XT back into my FireBox, so I could get a clean and distorted signal. I had no problems doing so. If you have a decent interface I wouldn't think you'd have a problem.
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I prefer composing and doing my sketches with a pencil and paper. It's faster than using Finale and a better visual and easier to edit than using a sequencer. I usually do 4 staves with 1 or 2 voices per stave. I'll then do most everything else in a sequencer (I play in most of the parts). Actually, the only time I use Finale is when someone else has to look at the music, and since I'm no longer in school taking music classes, my copy of Finale gets little use.
I would never use Finale (or any notation program for that matter) to get a finished product recording of something, mostly for all of the reason Sil gave.
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Oh, analoq beat me to it. I was going to also recommend bigbluelounge.com. There's a nice size DP sub forum over there, and a whole lot of information on anything and everything concerning music on Macs.
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The thing about ProTools being the "industry standard" is, ProTools HD is the "industry standard." PTHD is also a minimum investment of 10k. Most major recording and post production studios still use ProTools HD. Why? Not necessarily because it's better than everything else, but many of the engineers have been using it for years. It's what they're familiar with and they probably know it better than the back of their hand. To give it it's dues, it is geared towards and very good at recording and mixing audio (a lot of PT's midi functionality is actually fairly recent and it's still trying to catch up to many of the other major DAWs).
ProTools LE/M-powered on the other hand is a very watered down version of PT. There are many things in it's same budget range that are better and less limiting than it. But there are good reasons to use it.
1) You like and enjoy using PT
2) You want to learn it for whatever reason
3) You frequently need to exchange projects with someone else who uses PT
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Also, it's not just the hardware that you use for the recording, the room you're recording in, the positions you set the mics in and the piano it's self will also have a huge effect on the quality and sound of your recording.
Need help with recommendations of various gear to purchase
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How many inputs are you looking to record at once? If you want to record a drum set or an entire band at once you definite want an interface with at least 8 preamps on it. However if you're good with only have 2 inputs, I'd definitely go the Apogee Duet route.
Of course if you have the money, I'd definitely go for an Apogee Ensemble or a Metric Halo unit.