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Re: Get Started Making Music

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Post by codesternews »

alkonaut wrote: post #98
uxcolumbo wrote: post #72

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can you give more details about why you switched to Bitwig? I'm a beginner, so don't know much about Ableton or Bitwig.

I just purchased Bitwig after evaluating all the big ones, and the decision fell on Bitwig because it just felt like a "better" Ableton. I think the Bitwig team is actually former Ableton developers that just felt they could make a better DAW if they started from scratch. They could. It's just hundreds of little paper cuts in the other big ones, that are fixed in Bitwig. If something is clunky and unintuitive in Able…

Are you programmer and hobist or you make professional producer?

Re: Get Started Making Music

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Post by caffeinewriter »

Heliosmaster wrote: post #69

Talking about synths, I can definitely recommend VCV Rack [0], an open-source virtual modular synth! What I mostly love is that through plugins you can find virtual versions of existing hardware modules! [0]: https://vcvrack.com/

If you want to see the power of modular synths, I definitely recommend checking out some modular streamers on Twitch. Some use VCV, some use actual racks, but there's a growing community on there.

https://www.twitch.tv/dronehands

https://www.twitch.tv/nitewurx

https://www.twitch.tv/earthvomit

https://www.twitch.tv/joobiedoobiedoo

Re: Get Started Making Music

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Post by codesternews »

PascLeRasc wrote: post #48

This is incredible, I love it. I've recently switched to using Ableton exclusively for making music, it feels like more of an instrument than a computer program to me. It's so expressive and lets me make the sounds I want to hear as well as things I can't even conceive of. I can't really articulate what it is about Ableton, but I really love it and I'm so thankful that it's around. If anyone wants more, Ableton also…

Are you a programmer? Could you please share your creations? Why you use these tools?

I wanted to learn but I do not know where to start. Just asking out of curiosity. Thanks

Re: Get Started Making Music

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Post by Shinchy »

fractalf wrote: post #64

Ableton is great and paved the way for a more creative and intuitive workflow! I switched from Cubase very early on and never looked back. That is, until I found Bitwig ( https://www.bitwig.com ) which supports Linux! They also deserve a shout out taking it even further!

I've been through them all, started on Audition, then to Cubase, then to Pro Tools and finally settled on Ableton. There's just nothing like Ableton for composing, especially with the right hardware (controller or push). It allows you to get completely lost in a way no other DAW I've used can match. Although I do now use Pro Tools for mixing since I find it to be far superior in that area.

Re: Get Started Making Music

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Post by alkonaut »

codesternews wrote: post #111
alkonaut wrote: post #98

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I just purchased Bitwig after evaluating all the big ones, and the decision fell on Bitwig because it just felt like a "better" Ableton. I think the Bitwig team is actually former Ableton developers that just felt they could make a better DAW if they started from scratch. They could. It's just hundreds of little paper cuts in the other big ones, that are fixed in Bitwig. If something is clunky and unintuitive in Able…

Are you programmer and hobist or you make professional producer?

Programmer/hobbyist. I dabble with writing VST's so mostly wanted to explore that, but also wanted to get into writing tunes. I also do some amateur guitar/vocal stuff so it's nice to have a recording software (Although for that task there are obviously good free alternatives).

When Bitwig was on sale, I got it (and as a nice surprise found that my Bitwig 2 license also included Bitwig 3 now)

Re: Get Started Making Music

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Post by kinleyd »

haywirez wrote: post #67
fractalf wrote: post #64

Ableton is great and paved the way for a more creative and intuitive workflow! I switched from Cubase very early on and never looked back. That is, until I found Bitwig ( https://www.bitwig.com ) which supports Linux! They also deserve a shout out taking it even further!

Ableton is a different ballgame if you have the Push interface. Other than that Reaper needs a mention, it is the best DAW[1] in terms of functionality and power. Truly for power-users and not necessarily as a musical idea starter. [1] http://reaper.fm/

+1 for Reaper. I use it on Linux and it is excellent.

Re: Get Started Making Music

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Post by vectorEQ »

prefer renoise, it's cheap and super easy to work with :D. Never actually liked the workflow of ableton (personal flavour i suppose), its audio engine is fairly decent, but imho for 500ish euros it costs to get the suite it's a bit expensive for what u get.

Cubase has a much superior audio and processing engine like Logic Pro for mac users, and is in a similar pricing range. It has less quality built-in dps etc. ,but most DAWs lack on that.

Renoise for like 50 euros is super cheap in comparison, and most dps it has have awesome performance and quality.

That being said, ableton does offer a better 'live' environment for live/performance based things.

on workflows, bitwig is really the innovator, as it combines workflows from different daws like cubase and ableton and lets the user itself choose its work-flow instead of forcing it upon the user.

Re: Get Started Making Music

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Post by enqk »

vectorEQ wrote: post #118

prefer renoise, it's cheap and super easy to work with :D. Never actually liked the workflow of ableton (personal flavour i suppose), its audio engine is fairly decent, but imho for 500ish euros it costs to get the suite it's a bit expensive for what u get. Cubase has a much superior audio and processing engine like Logic Pro for mac users, and is in a similar pricing range. It has less quality built-in dps etc. ,but…

funnily enough, the founder/creator of renoise was working for Ableton in the early years of renoise

Re: Get Started Making Music

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Post by lultimouomo »

cousin_it wrote: post #104
lultimouomo wrote: post #102

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As far as I remember Ardour is GPL software, and on their website[0] I cannot find neither some kind of licensing price or any donation link. Is there some other commercial version of Ardour? [0] https://ardour.org/

They do say they're GPL, and let you download the source, but they also say that 1) building from source is hard 2) they won't keep build instructions up to date 3) they won't answer questions about the build process. https://ardour.org/building_linux.html With that attitude I'm not sure why not just buy commercial.

Wow! You need to browse through 4 pages trying to download the program before they ask you for money! I think pay-for-binaries can be a legit monetization strategy for open source, but this is really sneaky.
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