Message 40/48
Date: 28-Sep-00 @ 08:32 AM -
RE: computer vs. hardware
The biggest asset to any instrument is not necessary
it's sounds, but the the interface through which we can
control those sounds. It's great to have synth, soft or
hard, that has amazing effects and so forth, but if the
artist connot control those sounds or arrange notes in
an intuitive and logical manner the instrument will not
see much use or exploitation of it's full abilites.
I have a friend who has an AN1X. He also has Logic, and
he always writes his sequences on the AN1X because he
finds he has more control than through Logic or any
other sequencer.
This is what I think makes most hardware superior:
control and access to it! Lack of these can make an
instrument suck, the DX-7 comes to mind. And ReBirth
only sounds good with a hardware controller (in my
opinion).
Without a hardware controller, software will not beat
hardware. It may someday sound phatter, and better, but
I think the above is true, regardless.
An anyways, I've found that most people who use
computers solely just get distracted and surf the net
or look at porn instead of writing tracks - there's not
much commitment. Or just stealing samples of beats and
such they could never write themselv