Page 1 of 1
Boxcutter
Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2007 3:20 pm
by sixdegrees
Any ideas what this fella uses to produce? software wise i mean, Logic 7, Reason etc...
Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2007 3:42 pm
by auan
Total guess but with all the edits he does, I'd say some sort of tracker.
Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2007 4:47 pm
by sixdegrees
neverheard of these things before, will have to do a search on them! can u use them in logic? i duno whether 2 buy logic or reason for makin boxcutter style dubstep, not rip of boxcutter, but that fuckin kool style lol!
Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2007 6:55 pm
by escapee planes
I would say you have a lot more control with Logic, considering the ways you can manipulate and stretch audio.
Do you like Milanese? He uses Logic.
I find this interview with Boxcutter
G: Describe you studio set-up - presumably you're PC-based now, but I guess you have some other instruments/outboard/fx you use too?
Boxcutter: I played guitar pretty obsessively for years before I made tracks so everything I know about musical theory and composition comes through that. I have a pretty guitar-centric approach, but I don't really wanna talk about gear cos I think it can take away from the end product. I'll use anything I can get my hands on though - hardware or software, samples and instruments.
Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2007 8:50 pm
by rekordah
i dont know whether he uses it, but use the dblue gitch on ur breaks to get them sounding nice and skitty

Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 6:31 am
by robot
Escapee Planes wrote:
Boxcutter: I played guitar pretty obsessively for years before I made tracks so everything I know about musical theory and composition comes through that. I have a pretty guitar-centric approach, but I don't really wanna talk about gear cos I think it can take away from the end product. I'll use anything I can get my hands on though - hardware or software, samples and instruments.[/i]
excellent attitude to go about music =]
Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 12:58 pm
by sixdegrees
Nice, various production have a really odd but kool engineering style aswell! listened to some of your tracks escapee, nice! im seriously considering buying a macbook and getting logic!
Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 3:30 pm
by relik
rekorder wrote:use the dblue gitch
it sounds like he uses it on pretty much all of his tracks. at least the cd i've listened to. actually gets kind of annoying IMO.
Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 4:54 pm
by sixdegrees
can you get these kind of things for logic? or is it just windows based apps?
Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 5:17 pm
by relik
Yeah it's just a vst...should work fine in logic. Here is their site:
http://www.illformed.org/glitch/
Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 5:30 pm
by escapee planes
sixdegrees wrote: listened to some of your tracks escapee, nice! im seriously considering buying a macbook and getting logic!
Thanks mate,
I have the Black Macbook with 2 GB Ram and it performs about the same if not better than my Dual 2.0 Ghz PowerMac G5. It performs very well with Logic

Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 5:44 pm
by sixdegrees
Yer? Nice that is what i was looking at! only thing that im a bit worried about is the soundcard? Am i going to be able to get my keyboard, mic etc all running through the standard card? Im trying to find a site where i can get a macbook and logic at a bargain price as a package, not happening though!
Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 5:51 pm
by escapee planes
I use a M-Audio firewire Audiophile interface that I picked up 2nd hand for about £70
It makes good recordings and has good quality outputs.
I got a student discount on both Logic and a Macbook, if you know any students do it this way, you might only pay £289 for Logic instead of the ordinary £699
Might be worth asking these guys if they do a package,
http://www.absolutemusic.co.uk/
also
http://www.solutions-inc.co.uk/
or
http://www.dv247.com/
and
http://www.turnkey.co.uk/

Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 5:58 pm
by narcossist
The glitches sound as though they come from the dblue glitch.
Unless theres some update i'm unaware of using logic will not make you sound like Milanese or Loefah or anyone else who uses it except if you have their years of experience, the same efx plugins and the same samples.
Settle on a sequencer and use it until the arrange window appears on the inside of your eyelids when you're trying to sleep at night. As long as the output quality is good enough it really doesn't matter which one.
Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 6:01 pm
by sixdegrees
Nice one mate! Is that an external periferal then? Is that 13" screen not a little small? cheers for all your help! i just added you on myspace by the way...
Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 6:10 pm
by sixdegrees
I dont want to sound like anybody, but if i am spendin 700 pound on an appliation id like to know what levels of output i can get! as you can see my previous knowledge of sequencers consists of very little, a cracked FL 7 about a year ago and a session with a friend on logic a few weeks ago is about as far as it goes, but the passion for music has been there since i can remember, which is why i want to invest!
Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 6:16 pm
by escapee planes
Thanks for the add
Most of the time I use my Powermac (cos it has more FX and I've yet to pay for the upgrade to Intel version)
And with the G5 I use a 20" and 17" monitor.
But since my G5 recently broke and I'm waiting for it to be fixed, I'm using the macbook with the additional monitor.
The 13" screen is fine when it's on my lap, but on my desk, at like 3 feet away it is a bit small. Although I think it would be the same with a 17" Macbook Pro cos of the resolution being higher and text and images therefore looking smaller.
Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 7:13 pm
by slothrop
narcossist wrote:
Unless theres some update i'm unaware of using logic will not make you sound like Milanese or Loefah or anyone else who uses it except if you have their years of experience, the same efx plugins and the same samples.
Settle on a sequencer and use it until the arrange window appears on the inside of your eyelids when you're trying to sleep at night. As long as the output quality is good enough it really doesn't matter which one.
Yeah. You definitely don't need to drop £700 and go Mac for Logic to produce dubstep - there's nuff cheaper less famous options. Reaper, Tracktion, EnergyXT, Orion, FLStudio, some of the budget versions of the big names and so on.