On the tightest of budgets, doing it for free :) mp3 inside

Pretty cool man, especially considering it was made with free/demo software! It might just be the mp3 compression or that its all soft-ware based, but there doesnt seem to be a noticeable difference in timbre between the instruments, it has the 'all software' sound. Not that that's a bad thing...it seems that when there's a blend of hardware-based and software based instruments in a track the mix comes out sounding different - a bit more 3-dimensional.

I could be thinking that because I know its all software though:)

Sound great either way, nice work!

Yeah, I agree on the mind games bit. I think some of it might be that softsynths just sound 'perfect' They're ultra-clean, there's no DA conversion, no circuitry, etc. Even though hardware synths, especially models from the mid 90's and below are reputed to have inferior DA conversion - its a trademark part of their 'sound' that people have grown to associate with being 'warm' or 'phat' when infact its just distortion.

Same argument can be applied to tubes vs solid-state...in the end it all boils down to personal preference.

Nice!

Come on awake, we know that good music doesn't have to come from top quality setups. All of us with these nice hardware studios fall victim to that thinking. I agree though, it's good to hear music made from synths they didn't buy, just playing around with instruments to make music. Reminds me of the good ol' days of starting out. Well, actually I like it better now that I have better gear to coax my ideas.

The beginning of that song reminds a little of the NIN Closer to God single, like the one played on the movie Seven (minus the arp in there).

You know, one time I compared to the sound of a softsynth track that had been printed directly to the track with the same track that had been sent out one pair of outs and into the inputs on the same soundcard. (Echo Layla 24)

Wouldnt you know, the track that had gone through DA/AD conversion sounded more pleasing to my ears.

That wasnt even going though any outboard eqipment, either. Just high-quality cables and the converters on the Layla.

Its interesting, perhaps when being converted into an audio signal some bits are truncated here and there, resulting is a subtle, but audible difference? Or maybe its, like we mentioned above, the 'grunging up' of the audio signal from being sent through the conversion process.

Either way, running softsynths through outboard gear can add that subtle 'hardware synth' dimension to a softsynth track. Ive been wanting to purchase a nice stereo channel strip just for this purpose.

It does too damnit!!! Does too!!

Maybe I came off wrong with that first post - I didnt mean "sounds good...seeing how its software", I meant "sounds good, and wow! Its all software!":) I really liked it....

I agree though that its nice to have a sweet hardware setup, especially holding a job when Im infront of the PC all day long. Its nice to have the varied interfaces, sounds, and 'vibes' of individual of dedicated hardware units. It helps diversify your sound, and just makes the writing experience different, and maybe more fun/productive if that's your thing.

By the same token chilling with your laptop and a sweet controller can help generate ideas and spur creativity as well..because after all, its a sweet piece of hardware too:D

Very cool Plastic Baby, those are all top-quality pieces of software.