Cakewalk and FruityLoops

xerogh · #1 10-26-2002, 02:10 PM

Hey,

I want to put together a small home studio using my Computer to record some music. I've searched around the forum and I see that a lot of people like FruityLoops as a drum machine, and Cakewalk for recording. I was at the Cakewalk Web site and they offer Cakewalk XL that has drum/audio loops worked into the product. Should I just get that?

If anyone had Cakewalk XL or any other sugesstions I like to hear about them.

Thanks

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fhodshon · #2 10-26-2002, 02:16 PM

i REALLY like fruityloops for quick, easy and fun drum track creation.

for $99 you can't go wrong! i use it with ACID.

haven't used CW in a while.

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JMX · #3 10-26-2002, 02:27 PM

Cakewalk (and MOTU) is mainly used in the US, Europe is more a Steinberg (Cubase/Cubasis, Nuendo) or Emagic (Logic) market.

Sonar XL looks interesting, but I need VST and rewire, so it's Cubase/Nuendo for me.

Fliptrique · #4 10-31-2002, 07:34 AM

instead of fruity loops, I would recommend you to check out renoise - www.renoise.com

It`s a tracker. A bit more difficult to understand than fruity, but a lot more powerfull. There`s a fully functional free demo on their site - check it out. Great stuff with years and years of undeground tradition.

HardRockZombie · #5 11-03-2002, 12:13 AM

"for $99 you can't go wrong! i use it with ACID."

From what i hear you can get it off Kazaa

fhodshon · #6 11-03-2002, 12:19 AM

Quote:

From what i hear you can get it off Kazaa

sure, but why not support the people that work hard to make a decent product?

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MKS · #7 11-04-2002, 04:41 AM

Not jumping on the Kazaa bandwagon...

I use Cakewalk Sonar which has tools for making loops and using samples. It works quite nicely but in some ways doesn't quite sound as seamless as ACID's implementation. To get the best out of FruityLoops you should dig into the online help. Route each of the tracks in FL to a different FX channel and then save out the wave with the option to save each FX channel separately. This way you get separate wave files which you can pull into Cakewalk for further mixing etc. Alternatively, buy FXpansions VST adaptor for Direct X which allows you to use VST plugins and instruments in Cakewalk (which uses Direct X). Then if you have the latest version of FruityLoops FULL (Note the basic version does not work as a VSTi) then you can use Fruityloops from WITHIN Cakewalk as a virtual instrument. How cool is that?!

Seriously I've found FL to be ace at generating sounds, making drum patterns, but Cakewalk has the edge in mixing and overall track creation.

And by the way, you really ought to invest (i.e. spend your own money) on FruityLoops. It's not expensive (<$100) and you get free upgrades for life. Someday all software companies will be as cool as this...

George Looney · #8 11-04-2002, 05:46 AM

I use Fruityloops and Making Waves. MW is an easy to use, cheap, yet powerfull audio sequencer. (kinda works like Acid, but has loads more features and possibilities)

Official site : http://www.makingwavesaudio.com/

You can download a demo here : http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/programs/Makin_Waves/

HardRockZombie · #9 11-04-2002, 11:48 AM

i agree but there's no point in buying both to see what one he likes.

Try them both then buy your favroite

fhodshon · #10 11-04-2002, 11:50 AM

that's what demos are for.

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xerogh · #11 11-04-2002, 09:22 PM

Thanks for the input.

I think my biggest problem here is that I've been out of the music scene for a while and I'm trying to bite off more than I can chew.

I have downloaded several trial versions of various software packages and I've realized one thing... I have A LOT to learn!

Maybe I'll start out with learning sequencing technique and move on into recording from there.

x