I was thinkin today...are we really better off without hardware? Are we really better off without software? Sometimes I feel like software is too much. I feel very lost sometimes when I am in Cubase looking through hundreds of breaks and sounds and feeling like there is way too much going on and I get distracted. When I am around hardware (especially the MPC) I feel like I am really a part of the beat and the music around me. Its gets old sometimes when I have a beat in my head and I am wanting to put it down but have to wait for the computer to start and the program to start andthen I lose the idea. Then again has software really changed the way we make music? Of course it has. It opened up a whole new way of thinking for most people. Having an entire studio at your fingertips is every beat makers dream. There is something about having a laptop and headphones with software and samples loaded up and making your next hit on an airplane or at the beach. So my question to you is what do you think of the state of beat making, producing, music in general now? What would you rather have software or hardware? What is better for you? Could you tell the difference?
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KurtisRich
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I started off using software and now I'm using both hardware and software. I feel that both hardware and software have their advantages. To me, software can do anything hardware can... maybe even more. It's also more portable than hardware so you can bring your work everywhere you go on a small lap top with less equipments to carry. The only thing that I don't like is all the loading time when you're browsing through sounds. The thing I like about hardware is that it's quick and I can lay down my ideas and browse through sounds quick. Both hardware and software can be a pain in the ass sometimes though, but it's all about your own preferences. It's all in the head.
Bobby Ffitch
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personally, i hate using the computer. im pretty technologically adept, but i seem to run into a lot of problems getting everything to run smoothly all the time. lots of times ill get into the studio with some people to record and sometthing will go wrong, and ill have to fix it. its even worse if im hella faded, then im completely lost. so basically i like to stick to hardware because its easy, and reliable. i just straight out DONT NEED all the extra capabilities of the computer, and if i have them i just end up playing around and never use them in the end anyawy.
also, hardware (my mpc) feels better.
also, hardware (my mpc) feels better.
i use a combo of both. i set the groove up on my recorder then i structure it and lay it ouy with the computer. Some times i Use my sampler then other times i use my drum machine program. it also depends on time and feel. the computer is quicker, but im a nerd like that. but herdware has a presence that software cant replace.
N.Y.S.O.M.
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KurtisRich said:
yea but then again they makin hardware smaller these days to make it portable
Well, even hardware has software in it. Your MPC/Triton/ASR/Whatever has a microprocessor and bits and bytes flying through it just like a computer, the difference is, that it's not burdened by doing anything else but that one job. Software also requires hardware to run, you can't produce in FL without a computer and a sound card, both of which are hardware.
In the long run, all that matters is what moves you into that creative mode.
HArdware will never die out because performers need them. But eventually, I think that what we perceive as software today will take over pretty much and work more hand in hand with what we call hardware. Can you imagine for example, a keyboard that could download software to sound just like a Triton one day and then download a different thing to become a Fantom etc..
In the long run, all that matters is what moves you into that creative mode.
HArdware will never die out because performers need them. But eventually, I think that what we perceive as software today will take over pretty much and work more hand in hand with what we call hardware. Can you imagine for example, a keyboard that could download software to sound just like a Triton one day and then download a different thing to become a Fantom etc..