Members cobalt-60 Posted January 24, 2011 Members Share Posted January 24, 2011 I've been wanting to work with electronic, or at least electronicaly composed music for awhile now. I really want something simple, intuitive and graphic. Kinda like how most song composers are, but just for a drum beat. Where can drag, snap, and crap (ha, I meant "crop") the bass, snare, etc. Same with chopping up riffs. Kinda like a sampler, but all visual. And stupid simple. And, um, free or easily downloaded, and (hopefully) works on a really old PC (mines in the shop, and I'm stuck with 512mb of ram). I remember liking Cakewalk in 2003, which feels like a million years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kpd78 Posted January 24, 2011 Members Share Posted January 24, 2011 FL Studio? The basic version is VERY cheap, but you can check out the demo to see if you like it. (The demo is only restricted in that you can't save project files - you CAN export the audio though.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members theboywho Posted January 24, 2011 Members Share Posted January 24, 2011 FL Studio is a good one, Reason would be another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cobalt-60 Posted January 25, 2011 Author Members Share Posted January 25, 2011 FL Studio? The basic version is VERY cheap, but you can check out the demo to see if you like it. (The demo is only restricted in that you can't save project files - you CAN export the audio though.) Why buy the cow when I can get the milk for free? Can I? I have the old version of reason, but there isn't a way to graphically edit a drum beat in it, much less easily sample. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members soulsonic Posted January 25, 2011 Members Share Posted January 25, 2011 Check out Ableton Live. You can get the basic version for about $99, and it has plenty of power to do what you want. And it runs well on my 1.3GHz PIII with 512MB of RAM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Edkoppel Posted January 25, 2011 Members Share Posted January 25, 2011 any of the linear DAWs will do you good. Logic, Cubase SX, Nuendo, ProTools, etc. any of these programs allow you to import samples and place them in separate channels and line them up graphically. then you can create a loop, and record your guitar and vocals right over top in another channel. they aren't easy programs to learn, but once you get the hang of it they become 2nd nature. it could end up looking something like this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TheHarakiriEnd Posted January 25, 2011 Members Share Posted January 25, 2011 Yeah I don't know what I would do anymore without a DAW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pbone Posted January 25, 2011 Members Share Posted January 25, 2011 Audiomulch, Reaper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Edkoppel Posted January 25, 2011 Members Share Posted January 25, 2011 I love Audiomulch, but I don't think a patch based program is what he's looking for.I think he wants to be able to see and manipulate the actual waveforms in a linear structure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TheHarakiriEnd Posted January 25, 2011 Members Share Posted January 25, 2011 Ever used Max/Msp? Look up stuff on SuperCollider too I have been trying to get deeper into it lately, it truly is limitless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members soulsonic Posted January 25, 2011 Members Share Posted January 25, 2011 Live is the easiest quickest way to do what he wants to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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