Sequencing FAQ's

Bobsy · 2nd October 2006, 05:42 PM

Can this be made a sticky?
Surely there are other folk into the world of sequencing/programming on pcs/macs?
What do you use, where do you get cool plug ins, good tips etc...

Bobsy · 3rd October 2006, 12:06 PM

Right first post....
In case anyone is interested in 8bit pop sorta stuff, i discovered a site that has synth plug ins with a distinct 'nintendo' sound to them.
Check em out here:
tweakbench

Thee Alex · 4th October 2006, 02:04 PM

Ableton Live on my Mac. Pocketmusic for 8bit stuff on my Gameboy (www.myspace.com/djwronghomer)

There's loads of great freeware out there as well.

Thee Alex · 7th October 2006, 09:24 PM

You could also try out some of the more esoteric stuff at www.ixi-software.net

Bobsy · 20th February 2007, 09:42 AM

I am changing from pc to mac (FANKZ MITSHELL AND WEB) for music.

Can anyone help me out with some cracked software? Looking for ableton6, sound forge 8, haleon (or any similar sampler) and any soft synth or effect plug ins that are kicking about? I have bucketloads of pc software which I can punt your way, and thousands of samples which I'll pass on, and I'm also willing to chip in a few quid, keeen.
LIL HELP?

Rosco the Bosco · 20th February 2007, 10:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bobsy

I am changing from pc to mac (FANKZ MITSHELL AND WEB) for music.

Can anyone help me out with some cracked software? Looking for ableton6, sound forge 8, haleon (or any similar sampler) and any soft synth or effect plug ins that are kicking about? I have bucketloads of pc software which I can punt your way, and thousands of samples which I'll pass on, and I'm also willing to chip in a few quid, keeen.
LIL HELP?

mininova? search for sit files. i dunno though, i use PC's

Thee Alex · 22nd February 2007, 11:27 AM

I have a cracked version of Live 5.2 for Intel Macs, I'll see if I can find the DVD it's on.

Also you should check out http://www.dontcrack.com/ for loads of legal freeware.

There is a very active open source community for Macs so you can replace pretty much all of your Windows software with better, free versions. Replace Microsoft Office with OpenOffice, Photoshop with GIMPshop, Illustrator with Inkscape, your FTP software with Cyberduck, all your messenger programs with Adium (runs all of them in one interface) - google for these and you'll do fine. You'll need to install X11 from the second Tiger install DVD to run some of them.

Also check out extra widgets that you can download - I recommend the tap tempo widget.

Also check this page - http://www.macupdate.com/macintel.php - updates every day and has loads of useful stuff.

If you REALLY need to still use Windows you can go for CrossOver (http://www.codeweavers.com/about/ - still at beta so a lot of things don't work) or Parallels - http://www.parallels.com/en/products/desktop/ (what Bootcamp should have been). I use CrossOver to run the Leafdrum drum machine.

Other things you should install - VLC media player, Audacity, Azureus (best torrent downloader), ffmpegx, Firefox 2 (goes without saying really), Flip4Mac, iSquint, Handbrake, Senuti (so you can back up your iPod), MaxMSP Runtime, Seamonkey Composer (nice simple website builder), and SoulseeX.

You'll find you'll never want to go back to the evil of Microsoft once you get your head around the Mac

Thee Alex · 22nd February 2007, 11:38 AM

Oh, top tip for running a cracked version of Live - always, ALWAYS disable your Airport card before launching it. ALWAYS.

Thee Alex · 22nd February 2007, 11:43 AM

Sorry, can't find the file I installed Live from, I'm sure it must be somewhere but I packed up a load of discs after installing it.

You should be able to find it on mininova

Thee Alex · 22nd February 2007, 11:45 AM

Oh, and anothing thing - I'd really recommend getting an external drive cos your internal one will quickly fill up with audio files! I got a Seagate 320gb one and it's great.

Rebelius · 22nd February 2007, 01:44 PM

Kinda off topic, but Alex, I was just wondering - I've not used a mac since the days of OS 8 or something, but I wanted to ask what you get from having a mac that you wouldn't get running linux?

Thee Alex · 22nd February 2007, 02:48 PM

The main thing is the mac hardware and software is designed hand in hand. One supports the other. I could install Ubuntu on this MacBook if I wanted to but Tiger is a really stable UNIX based OS so I don't really need another one!

Also there aren't really very many music applications for Linux.

If I ever owned another PC I'd definitely put Ubuntu on it.

Bobsy · 16th March 2007, 01:20 PM

just out of curiosity... what would the airport card do if it was on whilst running ableton?

2nd October 2006, 05:42 PM	#1 (permalink)
Bobsy Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Glasgow Posts: 3,334 Band: Concurrence, Priveleged Girls After School Club	Sequencing FAQ's Can this be made a sticky? Surely there are other folk into the world of sequencing/programming on pcs/macs? What do you use, where do you get cool plug ins, good tips etc...

3rd October 2006, 12:06 PM	#2 (permalink)
Bobsy Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Glasgow Posts: 3,334 Band: Concurrence, Priveleged Girls After School Club	Right first post.... In case anyone is interested in 8bit pop sorta stuff, i discovered a site that has synth plug ins with a distinct 'nintendo' sound to them. Check em out here: tweakbench

4th October 2006, 02:04 PM	#3 (permalink)
Thee Alex Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Solihull, West Midlands Posts: 3,646 Band: Thee Moths, Wülfstabber, Explosions and Screaming, Catface, DJ Wrong Homer, Señor Citizen, Thee Infinite Golden Universe, Sports, WRRRMS, former member of Lipsick!	Ableton Live on my Mac. Pocketmusic for 8bit stuff on my Gameboy (www.myspace.com/djwronghomer) There's loads of great freeware out there as well.

7th October 2006, 09:24 PM	#4 (permalink)
Thee Alex Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Solihull, West Midlands Posts: 3,646 Band: Thee Moths, Wülfstabber, Explosions and Screaming, Catface, DJ Wrong Homer, Señor Citizen, Thee Infinite Golden Universe, Sports, WRRRMS, former member of Lipsick!	You could also try out some of the more esoteric stuff at www.ixi-software.net

20th February 2007, 09:42 AM	#5 (permalink)
Bobsy Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Glasgow Posts: 3,334 Band: Concurrence, Priveleged Girls After School Club	I am changing from pc to mac (FANKZ MITSHELL AND WEB) for music. Can anyone help me out with some cracked software? Looking for ableton6, sound forge 8, haleon (or any similar sampler) and any soft synth or effect plug ins that are kicking about? I have bucketloads of pc software which I can punt your way, and thousands of samples which I'll pass on, and I'm also willing to chip in a few quid, keeen. LIL HELP?

22nd February 2007, 11:27 AM	#7 (permalink)
Thee Alex Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Solihull, West Midlands Posts: 3,646 Band: Thee Moths, Wülfstabber, Explosions and Screaming, Catface, DJ Wrong Homer, Señor Citizen, Thee Infinite Golden Universe, Sports, WRRRMS, former member of Lipsick!	I have a cracked version of Live 5.2 for Intel Macs, I'll see if I can find the DVD it's on. Also you should check out http://www.dontcrack.com/ for loads of legal freeware. There is a very active open source community for Macs so you can replace pretty much all of your Windows software with better, free versions. Replace Microsoft Office with OpenOffice, Photoshop with GIMPshop, Illustrator with Inkscape, your FTP software with Cyberduck, all your messenger programs with Adium (runs all of them in one interface) - google for these and you'll do fine. You'll need to install X11 from the second Tiger install DVD to run some of them. Also check out extra widgets that you can download - I recommend the tap tempo widget. Also check this page - http://www.macupdate.com/macintel.php - updates every day and has loads of useful stuff. If you REALLY need to still use Windows you can go for CrossOver (http://www.codeweavers.com/about/ - still at beta so a lot of things don't work) or Parallels - http://www.parallels.com/en/products/desktop/ (what Bootcamp should have been). I use CrossOver to run the Leafdrum drum machine. Other things you should install - VLC media player, Audacity, Azureus (best torrent downloader), ffmpegx, Firefox 2 (goes without saying really), Flip4Mac, iSquint, Handbrake, Senuti (so you can back up your iPod), MaxMSP Runtime, Seamonkey Composer (nice simple website builder), and SoulseeX. You'll find you'll never want to go back to the evil of Microsoft once you get your head around the Mac

22nd February 2007, 11:38 AM	#8 (permalink)
Thee Alex Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Solihull, West Midlands Posts: 3,646 Band: Thee Moths, Wülfstabber, Explosions and Screaming, Catface, DJ Wrong Homer, Señor Citizen, Thee Infinite Golden Universe, Sports, WRRRMS, former member of Lipsick!	Oh, top tip for running a cracked version of Live - always, ALWAYS disable your Airport card before launching it. ALWAYS.

22nd February 2007, 11:43 AM	#9 (permalink)
Thee Alex Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Solihull, West Midlands Posts: 3,646 Band: Thee Moths, Wülfstabber, Explosions and Screaming, Catface, DJ Wrong Homer, Señor Citizen, Thee Infinite Golden Universe, Sports, WRRRMS, former member of Lipsick!	Sorry, can't find the file I installed Live from, I'm sure it must be somewhere but I packed up a load of discs after installing it. You should be able to find it on mininova

22nd February 2007, 11:45 AM	#10 (permalink)
Thee Alex Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Solihull, West Midlands Posts: 3,646 Band: Thee Moths, Wülfstabber, Explosions and Screaming, Catface, DJ Wrong Homer, Señor Citizen, Thee Infinite Golden Universe, Sports, WRRRMS, former member of Lipsick!	Oh, and anothing thing - I'd really recommend getting an external drive cos your internal one will quickly fill up with audio files! I got a Seagate 320gb one and it's great.

22nd February 2007, 01:44 PM	#11 (permalink)
Rebelius Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 7,094	Kinda off topic, but Alex, I was just wondering - I've not used a mac since the days of OS 8 or something, but I wanted to ask what you get from having a mac that you wouldn't get running linux?

22nd February 2007, 02:48 PM	#12 (permalink)
Thee Alex Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Solihull, West Midlands Posts: 3,646 Band: Thee Moths, Wülfstabber, Explosions and Screaming, Catface, DJ Wrong Homer, Señor Citizen, Thee Infinite Golden Universe, Sports, WRRRMS, former member of Lipsick!	The main thing is the mac hardware and software is designed hand in hand. One supports the other. I could install Ubuntu on this MacBook if I wanted to but Tiger is a really stable UNIX based OS so I don't really need another one! Also there aren't really very many music applications for Linux. If I ever owned another PC I'd definitely put Ubuntu on it.

16th March 2007, 01:20 PM	#13 (permalink)
Bobsy Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Glasgow Posts: 3,334 Band: Concurrence, Priveleged Girls After School Club	just out of curiosity... what would the airport card do if it was on whilst running ableton?

16th March 2007, 11:43 PM	#14 (permalink)
Thee Alex Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Solihull, West Midlands Posts: 3,646 Band: Thee Moths, Wülfstabber, Explosions and Screaming, Catface, DJ Wrong Homer, Señor Citizen, Thee Infinite Golden Universe, Sports, WRRRMS, former member of Lipsick!