Filthy_Rich said:
i've been using FL since Fruityloops 2.0. i'm amazed at how advanced this program has become. i've moved on to hardware (for now) but seeing this post almost makes me want to switch back.
Yeah it has definitely improved so much. I've been using Fruity Loops since version 3.56. Ever since then, I've stuck with it. I've tried other programs that are similiar like Orion Platinum especially (this program is the closest I've seen to FL), Acid, Live, Tracktion, Cubase, Reason and a few others, but I just can't make stuff easily in those. FL Studio is just so d@mn easy to use IMO and a big part of it I think has to do with it's clear and easy to use PianoRoll, Patterns and Browser. I think it's interface is really clear and easy to see what's happening as well, so that helps. I can actually jam out in no time with FL. Just loop a beat and start jamming on the keys and if it sounds good, record it. I can understand the reason for using other programs like Cubase, etc.., because if you have to use vocals FL is not that good for that, but as far as just strictly beat making goes, I absolutely love FL for making beats.
The only piece of hardware I got right now is a midi controller. All the sounds I really need are in the forms of plugins or samples. I really don't understand the point in buying a synth like the Moog Lil Phatty or Nordlead3..., when I can create sounds just like it with some VSTi plugins I have. I can understand the concept of having the real thing and using it at your finger tips, but cmon, there's really no point, you can run similiar synths from your computer and use a midi controller instead. I guess it's more of a pride thing or something to have the real synth keyboard. Of course if your recording a real acoustic instrument like a Guitar, Bass, piano or something of that nature, your better off using the real thing and micing it up, than using samples or synthesis. But as far as synthesizers go, effects, sampling and sequencing, I think software can handle it just fine. All the nessessary elements to create "music" are there with software as well. I think it all comes down to the producer anyways, if he or she don't know $hit about "music" or uses some wack quality or corny sounds, it's going to sound like $hit whether that person used software or hardware. A lot of people use MPC's, their hardware, but it doesn't make it any better whether that person made that drum loop in a MPC or in FL Studio.