ri wrote:As for Live being all you need, it is probably the ONLY program apart from reason, that will allow you to do everything internally

What about Sonar, Cubase, Logic, Digital Performer or Samplitude then?
Or Fl Studio, Orion, Storm or Project 5?

It's enough. Nothing else to say really, put some time and effort into it, and your skills will improve gradually.

M-Audio's usb and firewire interfaces are notoriously unreliable. Have especially heard some horror stories about Fw410 and your interface, the Audiophile.

The pci cards are great though!

so this combination i could use instead of ableton? Well, yes. Remember, there is no software that is 'best' or more suited for certain musical styles than other types of software, only what suits you . I would say, that of all the things that have been mentioned, the sequencer is probably the most...

Hello!

I stumbled upon this site when googling 'minimal' (bored at uni)

I see there are some familiar names from kvr here. So far it looks like a great place!


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I think that's a lot of money to spend if you're just starting out, but anyways, my rec.: Sequencer: FL Studio Sampler: Shortcircuit Mode from Cycling74 is a very underrated synth/fx package, consisting of three synths and two different delay plugins, one with it's own step sequencer, the other more...