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Title: Frooty Loops & Other beat-making software
Post by: _That_Cracka_J on February 10, 2005, 05:52:50 PM

What is the best one?  I've heard a lotta people say Frooty Loops, but I've never really used any of them.  Where can I get it and how much is the full version?

Title: Re: Frooty Loops & Other beat-making software
Post by: The Watcher on February 10, 2005, 06:09:13 PM

fruity loops & reason are probably the best, but i've never bought them .. i also just bought myself an apple ibook, so i need to find software that can also do this ..

Title: Re: Frooty Loops & Other beat-making software
Post by: _That_Cracka_J on February 10, 2005, 08:11:15 PM

Cool...I'm gonna have to find somethin' real soon to enter a contest.  So far I've just been using instrumentals.

Title: Re: Frooty Loops & Other beat-making software
Post by: ZILLA THA GOODFELLA on February 10, 2005, 10:27:21 PM

THERE IS NO BEST SOTWARE. HOWEVER, THERE ARE GREAT BEAT MAKERS. SOME ARE CONSIDERED BEST.

Title: Re: Frooty Loops & Other beat-making software
Post by: Timmeeeehh on February 11, 2005, 01:25:33 AM

Of course it all comes down to this: what do you do with the software :P
But my first choice is Reason, takes some time before you understand all of it, but definitely worth it. Imma gonna use it in combination with Cubase, so I can make more different beats and use also some plugins from Cubase.

Title: Re: Frooty Loops & Other beat-making software
Post by: Leggy Hendrix on February 11, 2005, 08:40:39 AM

Fruity Loops Studio 5 is tite...

Title: Re: Frooty Loops & Other beat-making software
Post by: z-r0 on February 11, 2005, 09:24:13 AM

i use fruity loops studio 5, takes a while to get used to (i still dont kno how to use it), but it seems like once u get to kno it u can make some dope shit

Title: Re: Frooty Loops & Other beat-making software
Post by: boycriedwolf619 on February 11, 2005, 09:40:16 AM

isnt Acid good too?

Title: Re: Frooty Loops & Other beat-making software
Post by: Suga Foot on February 11, 2005, 10:45:57 AM

you gotta experiment and find what works for you.

Title: Re: Frooty Loops & Other beat-making software
Post by: BJV on February 11, 2005, 02:44:42 PM

I've been working with FL for a couple of years the workflow is amazing when it comes down to drum sequencing. You need to get some good plugins to go along with it like equalizers and compressors and of course instruments. I play using a midi keyboard 8) It does take a little while before you understand how to use it though. If your really serious about it you can make it work.

Title: Re: Frooty Loops & Other beat-making software
Post by: _That_Cracka_J on February 11, 2005, 04:47:29 PM

I need somethin' fairly simple cause the deadline for the contest to complete a demo is March 18.

I've got Acid Pro 3.0 right now....I've heard that 5.0 you can make beats.  Is that true?

Title: Re: Frooty Loops & Other beat-making software
Post by: Christoffer_ on February 12, 2005, 06:52:48 AM

I would choose fruity loops 4 producers edition. You don`t need another program for beat making. It got a FX panel wich is incredible (lots of dope effects, compressor`s, EQ`s, reverb, filter`s etc). You can also work with VST plug ins there, and it also has a master.

Title: Re: Frooty Loops & Other beat-making software
Post by: Ozir on February 12, 2005, 09:52:44 PM

Quote from: The Watcher on February 10, 2005, 06:09:13 PM

fruity loops & reason are probably the best, but i've never bought them .. i also just bought myself an apple ibook, so i need to find software that can also do this ..

Got an iBook?... You gotta go with GarageBand
http://www.apple.com/ilife/garageband/

(http://images.apple.com/ilife/garageband/images/indexfeature20050114.jpg)

Title: Re: Frooty Loops & Other beat-making software
Post by: The Watcher on February 13, 2005, 06:03:01 PM

yeah, im having a bit of a play with GarageBand.. also found Reason 2.5 for Mac

Title: Re: Frooty Loops & Other beat-making software
Post by: Ozir on February 13, 2005, 07:17:04 PM

Quote from: The Watcher on February 13, 2005, 06:03:01 PM

yeah, im having a bit of a play with GarageBand.. also found Reason 2.5 for Mac

I've found GarageBand very intuitive and fun to use... make sure to post up any bangers you end up producing  8)