Comments on: 2006 CDM Last-Minute/Shop for Yourself Digital Musician Holiday Wish List http://createdigitalmusic.com/2006/12/21/2006-cdm-last-minuteshop-for-yourself-digital-musician-holiday-wish-list/ The latest gear, software, and techniques for electronic music production and performance Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:52:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: holywood majors http://createdigitalmusic.com/2006/12/21/2006-cdm-last-minuteshop-for-yourself-digital-musician-holiday-wish-list/#comment-441827 holywood majors Sat, 12 Apr 2008 03:16:47 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2006/12/21/2006-cdm-last-minuteshop-for-yourself-digital-musician-holiday-wish-list/#comment-441827 I HAVE A COPY OF YOUR CAKEWALK PROGRAM FOR MY PC BUT DONT KNOW HOW TO PULL IT UP...WHAT SHOULD A FUTRE MONGUL DO??? I HAVE A COPY OF YOUR CAKEWALK PROGRAM FOR MY PC BUT DONT KNOW HOW TO PULL IT UP…WHAT SHOULD A FUTRE MONGUL DO???

]]> By: Kipp http://createdigitalmusic.com/2006/12/21/2006-cdm-last-minuteshop-for-yourself-digital-musician-holiday-wish-list/#comment-250022 Kipp Mon, 27 Aug 2007 18:59:22 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2006/12/21/2006-cdm-last-minuteshop-for-yourself-digital-musician-holiday-wish-list/#comment-250022 The Moog Little Phatty makes it possible to tell the world, "I own a real Moog", but you only have to pay $1,300.00 to be able to say it. Actually, I don't know why it would have been such a pain in the ass for Moog to make it a three oscillator engine. I mean - for the money it is a solid monophonic 100% analog signal path synthesizer, and dose possess the trademark Moog sound, but that third oscillator would have made all the difference in the world. If you want a three-oscillator Moog, I guess you have to throw down $3,100,00 for the voyager (in whatever designer colour scheme you desire). Over all the Phatty is a nice unit for solos, and has some nice modern features like MIDI, but once again, its only shortcomings would be that it only has two oscillators and no noise generator (although I think they have since upgraded the OS for the Little Phatty). The Moog Little Phatty makes it possible to tell the world, “I own a real Moog”, but you only have to pay $1,300.00 to be able to say it.
Actually, I don’t know why it would have been such a pain in the ass for Moog to make it a three oscillator engine. I mean - for the money it is a solid monophonic 100% analog signal path synthesizer, and dose possess the trademark Moog sound, but that third oscillator would have made all the difference in the world. If you want a three-oscillator Moog, I guess you have to throw down $3,100,00 for the voyager (in whatever designer colour scheme you desire).
Over all the Phatty is a nice unit for solos, and has some nice modern features like MIDI, but once again, its only shortcomings would be that it only has two oscillators and no noise generator (although I think they have since upgraded the OS for the Little Phatty).

]]> By: Create Digital Motion » Pocket Review: Nintendo DS M3 Simply, Zero to NitroTracker in 10 minutes http://createdigitalmusic.com/2006/12/21/2006-cdm-last-minuteshop-for-yourself-digital-musician-holiday-wish-list/#comment-126062 Create Digital Motion » Pocket Review: Nintendo DS M3 Simply, Zero to NitroTracker in 10 minutes Thu, 22 Feb 2007 08:04:52 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2006/12/21/2006-cdm-last-minuteshop-for-yourself-digital-musician-holiday-wish-list/#comment-126062 [...] Peter put the DS Lite and DS-Xtreme in his Digital Musician Holiday Wish List. I picked up a DS a couple of weeks ago, but thought the DS-Xtreme looked a little pricey and wanted something which would use SD or MicroSD media, as they’re the formats used by my still camera and phone. [...] [...] Peter put the DS Lite and DS-Xtreme in his Digital Musician Holiday Wish List. I picked up a DS a couple of weeks ago, but thought the DS-Xtreme looked a little pricey and wanted something which would use SD or MicroSD media, as they’re the formats used by my still camera and phone. [...]

]]> By: jasnmb http://createdigitalmusic.com/2006/12/21/2006-cdm-last-minuteshop-for-yourself-digital-musician-holiday-wish-list/#comment-124194 jasnmb Mon, 19 Feb 2007 17:18:07 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2006/12/21/2006-cdm-last-minuteshop-for-yourself-digital-musician-holiday-wish-list/#comment-124194 I recently bought a DS lite and plan on getting into homebrew. It looks to me like the M3 Simply would be the better choice over the DS-X. The M3 Simply is about half the cost of the DS-X and it takes micro SD cards, whereas the DS-X is limited to it's 512MB of internal memory. Review of the M3 Simply: http://www.maxconsole.net/?mode=news&newsid=13217 I recently bought a DS lite and plan on getting into homebrew. It looks to me like the M3 Simply would be the better choice over the DS-X. The M3 Simply is about half the cost of the DS-X and it takes micro SD cards, whereas the DS-X is limited to it’s 512MB of internal memory.

Review of the M3 Simply:
http://www.maxconsole.net/?mode=news&newsid=13217

]]> By: simon http://createdigitalmusic.com/2006/12/21/2006-cdm-last-minuteshop-for-yourself-digital-musician-holiday-wish-list/#comment-83883 simon Sun, 24 Dec 2006 06:10:12 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2006/12/21/2006-cdm-last-minuteshop-for-yourself-digital-musician-holiday-wish-list/#comment-83883 Actually, the Firebox can only sync to the S/PDIF input, and my other interface has the same constraint ... so I end up with a kind of chicken & egg problem. Looking around at various forums (fora?) I see that I am not the only one with this problem! Actually, the Firebox can only sync to the S/PDIF input, and my other interface has the same constraint … so I end up with a kind of chicken & egg problem. Looking around at various forums (fora?) I see that I am not the only one with this problem!

]]> By: tricil http://createdigitalmusic.com/2006/12/21/2006-cdm-last-minuteshop-for-yourself-digital-musician-holiday-wish-list/#comment-83102 tricil Sat, 23 Dec 2006 21:13:47 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2006/12/21/2006-cdm-last-minuteshop-for-yourself-digital-musician-holiday-wish-list/#comment-83102 i just looked. it was 8 megs. i just looked. it was 8 megs.

]]> By: tricil http://createdigitalmusic.com/2006/12/21/2006-cdm-last-minuteshop-for-yourself-digital-musician-holiday-wish-list/#comment-83101 tricil Sat, 23 Dec 2006 21:09:20 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2006/12/21/2006-cdm-last-minuteshop-for-yourself-digital-musician-holiday-wish-list/#comment-83101 i made my first EP in 1998 on pentium 100 with double-digits of ram. ah the olden days i made my first EP in 1998 on pentium 100 with double-digits of ram.

ah the olden days

]]> By: Peter Kirn http://createdigitalmusic.com/2006/12/21/2006-cdm-last-minuteshop-for-yourself-digital-musician-holiday-wish-list/#comment-83087 Peter Kirn Sat, 23 Dec 2006 20:08:24 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2006/12/21/2006-cdm-last-minuteshop-for-yourself-digital-musician-holiday-wish-list/#comment-83087 HA! Whoops. I blame Thomas Dolby. Bringing back his hits from the 80s sent me into a different headspace. What would you ever do with 2 megs of RAM? HA!

Whoops. I blame Thomas Dolby. Bringing back his hits from the 80s sent me into a different headspace.

What would you ever do with 2 megs of RAM?

]]> By: tricil http://createdigitalmusic.com/2006/12/21/2006-cdm-last-minuteshop-for-yourself-digital-musician-holiday-wish-list/#comment-83084 tricil Sat, 23 Dec 2006 20:03:34 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2006/12/21/2006-cdm-last-minuteshop-for-yourself-digital-musician-holiday-wish-list/#comment-83084 @ Simon: the Firbox has s/pdif out and sync capabilities as well @ Insilico: have you downloaded the MS 1394 hotfix? and if that doesn't work, try the CEntrance Ideal driver (40 buck... i just got mine, i'll get back to you on how good it is). I use a dell inspiron 9300. @ Peter you missed my quip about 2 megs of RAM. re-read your post above mine. =) @ Simon: the Firbox has s/pdif out and sync capabilities as well

@ Insilico: have you downloaded the MS 1394 hotfix? and if that doesn’t work, try the CEntrance Ideal driver (40 buck… i just got mine, i’ll get back to you on how good it is).
I use a dell inspiron 9300.

@ Peter you missed my quip about 2 megs of RAM. re-read your post above mine. =)

]]> By: simon http://createdigitalmusic.com/2006/12/21/2006-cdm-last-minuteshop-for-yourself-digital-musician-holiday-wish-list/#comment-82961 simon Sat, 23 Dec 2006 09:13:47 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2006/12/21/2006-cdm-last-minuteshop-for-yourself-digital-musician-holiday-wish-list/#comment-82961 Peter: I'm right on the verge of pulling out my credit card to upgrade to Cubase 4 (for PC), but your comments about Sonar have now got me thinking. I have played with Sonar in the past (they have a demo available) but was put off by the clunky "windows-ish" interface. I have most of the instruments/plugs I need (NI Komplete, Melodyne, Bluetubes, etc.) so the bundled bits and pieces aren't really the driving factor for me. Just to fill in the background: I do a wide range of jobs, from band recording & mixing to my own more electronic-based material, mostly with samples/softsynths. On big jobs I bounce out and send to our engineer who mixes on a big PTHD rig, but I like to be able to do small jobs at home. I'm balanced pretty evenly between MIDI and audio recording and editing. I've been using Cubase for a long time (10 years +) but am sometimes frustrated by the interface: for example I love the way that you can quickly and easily mix in PT without having to pull up the mix window, not to mention re-arranging inserts. I've also tried to use VST system link, but it's basically useless without a "serious" (read wordclock-synced) interface on each machine, so my Firebox-equipped laptop is no good. Reading about Logic nodes makes me jealous, but I'm firmly PC based. So ... getting to the point ... what is it about Sonar that you like, and can you compare & contrast with the Windows alternatives, or point me towards good comparisons by others? Thanks. Peter: I’m right on the verge of pulling out my credit card to upgrade to Cubase 4 (for PC), but your comments about Sonar have now got me thinking. I have played with Sonar in the past (they have a demo available) but was put off by the clunky “windows-ish” interface. I have most of the instruments/plugs I need (NI Komplete, Melodyne, Bluetubes, etc.) so the bundled bits and pieces aren’t really the driving factor for me.

Just to fill in the background: I do a wide range of jobs, from band recording & mixing to my own more electronic-based material, mostly with samples/softsynths. On big jobs I bounce out and send to our engineer who mixes on a big PTHD rig, but I like to be able to do small jobs at home. I’m balanced pretty evenly between MIDI and audio recording and editing. I’ve been using Cubase for a long time (10 years +) but am sometimes frustrated by the interface: for example I love the way that you can quickly and easily mix in PT without having to pull up the mix window, not to mention re-arranging inserts. I’ve also tried to use VST system link, but it’s basically useless without a “serious” (read wordclock-synced) interface on each machine, so my Firebox-equipped laptop is no good. Reading about Logic nodes makes me jealous, but I’m firmly PC based.

So … getting to the point … what is it about Sonar that you like, and can you compare & contrast with the Windows alternatives, or point me towards good comparisons by others? Thanks.

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