zylance Posted January 10, 2006 Author Share Posted January 10, 2006 just thought I should note that the thread title is still misspelled and that bugs me "challenge" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argitoth Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 you don't own ANY of the stuff you listed I've researched each thing I've listed more or less and I do own Absynth, soon Absynth 3 so you can't say I don't own any. arguably the most powerful instrument sampler on the market (as well as 3 other samplers) There are very few products out there that compete with kontakt, and 3 others might be the only others. HAlion, Gigastudio, Independence. That's 3 right there. That's the only other 3 I know of. I've messed with a lot of their stuff and I found it in intuitive and powerful. I like their products. Besides, how do you know so much about all of these? Did you buy NI Komplete? Zoola, believe it or not you sound exactly like me before I came to realize NI Komplete isn't "all that" (which is what I realized after having researched a lot of what other companies have to offer). Anyway, you haven't bought NI Komplete either. I guess I can't make such a good arguement, I want NI komplete just as much as you do. I'm just trying to make you aware there's a lot of great companies other than Native Instruments you might want to look into eventually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylance Posted January 10, 2006 Author Share Posted January 10, 2006 Zoola, believe it or not you sound exactly like me OH THE HORROR! ..and.... yet again, no backing up of your statements. Show me how other programs are better / cheaper. EDIT: heheh, sig'd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Compyfox Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 Argitoth sounds to me like somebody who reads a book cover, knows everything about the backgrounds after that and then he "needs" to act like a preacher on the streets trying to convert us all. Sad thing on it... there's nothing funny about it unfortunately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler Heath Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 holy crap, zoola I think arg just tried to reason with you only instead he ended up insulting you also, arg, why would you try to talk someone out of something you want as well? that's just bad business. however, I have tarried too long in this thread without contributing any more than arg, so I'll take my leave now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylance Posted January 10, 2006 Author Share Posted January 10, 2006 Compy: The closet is a big trapazoidal space: 45 inches deep 55 inches wide at shortest 130 inches wide at widest 100 inches Dunno what that does for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Compyfox Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 So much for hijacking the thread, Argi... *applauds* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zircon Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 Not going to bother responding to Argitoth point-by-point, but I will say this; Kontakt 2 (which essentially costs $100 with Komplete 3) will get you the most bang for your buck out of any sampler today. First of all, it can import virtually any format known to man. Gigastudio cannot, Independence cannot, VSampler cannot, Mach5 cannot, and sadly (as Compy will tell you), Halion cannot. Kontakt 2 is the only thing that opens libraries locked into the Kontakt/Kompakt player, which would be a great majority of them since that's all people release now. In addition, K2 comes with the biggest library of samples right out of the box. Gigastudio 3 costs more than K2, yet it comes with less material, in comparison. K2 runs as a plugin - VST, AU, RTAS, DXI. Or it can run as standalone with up to 64 channels. GS3 doesn't do that. Finally, K2 has a scripting engine which is unique and proprietary. NOTHING else matches the things you can do with it, and already users have created brilliant free scripts to greatly enhance the realism of various samples. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylance Posted January 10, 2006 Author Share Posted January 10, 2006 Not going to bother responding to Argitoth point-by-point, but I will say this; Kontakt 2 (which essentially costs $100 with Komplete 3) will get you the most bang for your buck out of any sampler today. First of all, it can import virtually any format known to man. Gigastudio cannot, Independence cannot, VSampler cannot, Mach5 cannot, and sadly (as Compy will tell you), Halion cannot. Kontakt 2 is the only thing that opens libraries locked into the Kontakt/Kompakt player, which would be a great majority of them since that's all people release now. In addition, K2 comes with the biggest library of samples right out of the box. Gigastudio 3 costs more than K2, yet it comes with less material, in comparison.K2 runs as a plugin - VST, AU, RTAS, DXI. Or it can run as standalone with up to 64 channels. GS3 doesn't do that. Finally, K2 has a scripting engine which is unique and proprietary. NOTHING else matches the things you can do with it, and already users have created brilliant free scripts to greatly enhance the realism of various samples. I've read all that... ...and I can't wait to work with it. Komtakt looks amazing in every aspect; I know I will enjoy it. I have EWQLSO Silver and have messed with the limited Kompakt, and even then I was impressed with the simple clean interface and the stability of the program. Thank you, NI! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnappleMan Posted January 13, 2006 Share Posted January 13, 2006 I've used most of the things that come included with Komplete, and I gotta agree with zircon on this one. It's one of the best values you could get today. It can almost completely defeat the need for anythig else, depending on what you do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylance Posted February 1, 2006 Author Share Posted February 1, 2006 Alright, finally got around to buying some stuff! Here is an updated list in Excel format, and for you who don't have it, here it is in html. It got a little messed up from the conversion (colors don't work right) but it is fine. Some things to note are the great deal I got for buying the computer with the firepod and Komplete 3 all together, as well as my dad being crazy and ordering 2 24 inch (!) LCD monitors. We can only hope this stays on topic this time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcos Posted February 1, 2006 Share Posted February 1, 2006 Now that's what I call a studio. 2 24" monitors? Damn! I'm sure you'll have lots of fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argitoth Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 If music is going to be a career you could easily add sound design as a service by buying sound libraries and remote recording equipment to record stuff outside your studio. It's what I plan on doing. Of course, you would have to practice sound design. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theowne Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 Izotope, awesome. I love Izotope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylance Posted February 8, 2006 Author Share Posted February 8, 2006 More updates / pics: The foam came in! We haven't finished putting it up yet, so that will come later. My current library. All that is new is Stormdrum, my new favorite toy. That is my dad. He is 6'4". 'Nuff said. And to top it off... These are the sweetest sounding speakers I have ever heard. And they arent even in a decent position! Also, the controller keyboard came in, but I didn't get any decent pics. That leaves the desk and computer to come in, which will be another week or two. Then we will get to buying the rest of the software and mics. Until then...! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnappleMan Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 Awesome shit dude! If I can make somewhat decent music on my crappy ass setup, you'll be ripping out assholes once you get this studio together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Compyfox Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 May I ask how much you paid for the foam and where you got it from(if it's an internet shop)? I wanna read myself a bit into street prices and stuff. Thanks in advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylance Posted February 8, 2006 Author Share Posted February 8, 2006 Awesome shit dude! If I can make somewhat decent music on my crappy ass setup, you'll be ripping out assholes once you get this studio together. Hey, it's about talent, man. It'll be a while. Compy: I got my foam off of http://foambymail.com/. I think we paid somewhere around 900 us dollars at about 1.20 cents a square foot for the brown 3 inch pyramid foam. (we paid more to have it brown). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylance Posted February 24, 2006 Author Share Posted February 24, 2006 SUCCESS! The main parts of the studio is completed! The desk, computer, firepod and komplete all came in and my father and I spent the last couple days setting it up. The desk was quite a feat to construct, but it is done. The foam has been all put up, and looks (and sounds) great. So without further adu... It's obviously pretty dirty (packaging materials everywhere!) but that's the main construction. Thank you to everyone who has helped me in choosing the right equipment for me; I know this wouldn't be nearly as cool if I had no advice. And as always, further criticism on the arrangement of products and what not is still open. Toodles, and thanks again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skrypnyk Posted February 24, 2006 Share Posted February 24, 2006 Zoola, will your parents adopt me? That looks like a pretty sweeeeet studio. Can't really add on to what people have said here. I will say however, we should do a Komplete 3 remix collab or something, cause....that's like the only thing we have in commen appearently =o 2 24" LCDs.....sweet jesus.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoozer Posted February 24, 2006 Share Posted February 24, 2006 That is indeed a very very sweet setup. Congrats . (also, what model Argosy is that? In their list I only saw stuff that accomodated for 2 monitors and a computer keyboard, but not for that CME). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navi Posted February 24, 2006 Share Posted February 24, 2006 i drool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylance Posted February 26, 2006 Author Share Posted February 26, 2006 That is indeed a very very sweet setup. Congrats .(also, what model Argosy is that? In their list I only saw stuff that accomodated for 2 monitors and a computer keyboard, but not for that CME). It's a 90v. It also has the add-on for mahogany side panels and monitor shelves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synth Posted February 26, 2006 Share Posted February 26, 2006 Very very nice setup. Your dad is hot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IC Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 This is sweet. I'm very happy for you, Z! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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