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Hello everyone. New to the board. New to dubstep in general. Such beautiful music, thank you to all the pioneers/creators/DJs out there.

I used to make a lot of electronic music back in the day, stuff that sounds similar to Telefon Tel Aviv --> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYnmP8HOZ00 or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcIlEfYn ... re=related. (Please listen to them if you haven't before, they(now it's he...only 2 guys make up the group, one guy just passed away...very sad) are a very melodic/ambient/chilled out electronic orchestration that I think a lot of people whom dig dubstep could get into.)

But anyways, I want to start messing around and trying my hand at making some original material. I have a Novation XioSynth25, which is an amazing synth for the price. I was using a program Fruity Loops,which is similar to Ableton, just not nearly as powerful or expensive. Both of which, to those unfamiliar, are virtual studios with many samples and an easy interface to quickly and effortlessly (almost) bestow beautiful music to the masses.

I'm just curious as to what instruments/hardware or which software a lot of people/dubstep artists use? Do a lot of the major label artists use mostly all digital means of composition of their songs? Do any use real instruments, like guitar/flute/steel drums, as opposed to synthesizers and digitally conjured samples?

Like I said, I'm new to this scene and I can't get over how creative this music is, so I hope anyone that reads this is down with my enthusiasm and drops some knowledge for me. Take care ya'll.

you'll find diff people use diff soft and hard
the tools don't matter it's the end result

Yeah I totally agree with you.

I was just looking to see where I might need to investigate first so I'm not doing a blind run while browsing through software and hardware I might be interested in acquiring.

download demo and trail versions of what you're interested in and find what fits your workflow the best.

i doubt the millions of different answers to your original question will make things any easier than trying it out for yourself

Every one seems to have a favourite synth here and the list is fairly varied

Massive
Albino
Rob pepen blue
Rob pepen predator
Surge
Fm8
Reason
Reaktor
Synth 1 <-----free
Z3ta

ScooterJack wrote:download demo and trail versions of what you're interested in and find what fits your workflow the best.

i doubt the millions of different answers to your original question will make things any easier than trying it out for yourself

Haha very true.

skells wrote:
PostPosted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 12:13 am Post subject:
Every one seems to have a favourite synth here and the list is fairly varied

Massive
Albino
Rob pepen blue
Rob pepen predator
Surge
Fm8
Reason
Reaktor
Synth 1 <-----free
Z3ta

Thank you for the list, I greatly appreciate it.

skells wrote:
Surge
Fm8

Reaktor

And Sylenth1 is what I recommend

inb4 HAMvst.



First of all - don't knock fruity loops. ALOT of big name producers use Fruity to great effect. The drum sequencing is the best on the market and the software itself is really powerfull once you get to know it.

Also - good to see you've come from a electronic background, gives you a headstart in knowing what sound you want to progress and push. Dubstep is all about the vibe and sound you want to get across - push it in any way to can, the journey is more important than the outcome in most cases!

Altered State wrote:inb4 HAMvst.



First of all - don't knock fruity loops. ALOT of big name producers use Fruity to great effect. The drum sequencing is the best on the market and the software itself is really powerfull once you get to know it.

Also - good to see you've come from a electronic background, gives you a headstart in knowing what sound you want to progress and push. Dubstep is all about the vibe and sound you want to get across - push it in any way to can, the journey is more important than the outcome in most cases!

True dat

lol

Oh I wasn't knocking fruity loops, I love that program, that's all I ever use haha.

Thanks for all the suggestions, I'm ready to get down on this.

Welcome the the forum!

As mentioned before, it's an advantage to have a electronic musical background. When you are inspirred from another artist, then listen to his munsic, all day long. Focus on it, try to listen to find out what he/she does. That will help you to get the vibe.

I'm just curious as to what instruments/hardware or which software a lot of people/dubstep artists use? Do a lot of the major label artists use mostly all digital means of composition of their songs? Do any use real instruments, like guitar/flute/steel drums, as opposed to synthesizers and digitally conjured samples?

Different people uses different software and different hardware. It's not all about the choice of software and hardware, I listen to a lot of different artist who uses obsolete software along with vintage synths, but they still manage to produce some really awesome tunes.

I said it in a few other threads, but I think it's important to learn your equipment, read all the manuals, experiment and explore. When you've obtained that knowledge you can make sick tunes, even though it's some free software or an old version of Logic or whatever.

Of course equipment usually makes the things a bit easier since they're updated with new fancy features and so on, but they will never be able to program the creativity of mind.

I use Logic Express 8 myself and I like it. Along with a Novation Remote SL 37, it works just perfect. I know a lot of the artist I listen to use Ableton, so I've often wondered if I should change, but I've never done it, because I'm happy with what I have.

I know Ableton has a trial version on their website, you should check that out and see if that program is something you feel like using.

Like I said, I'm new to this scene and I can't get over how creative this music is, so I hope anyone that reads this is down with my enthusiasm and drops some knowledge for me. Take care ya'll.

Cool, feel free to ask if you find yourself problems unsolved.

Take care and good luck!

ulinawi1 wrote: But anyways, I want to start messing around and trying my hand at making some original material. I have a Novation XioSynth25, which is an amazing synth for the price. I was using a program Fruity Loops,which is similar to Ableton, just not nearly as powerful or expensive. Both of which, to those unfamiliar, are virtual studios with many samples and an easy interface to quickly and effortlessly (almost) bestow beautiful music to the masses.

I'm just curious as to what instruments/hardware or which software a lot of people/dubstep artists use? Do a lot of the major label artists use mostly all digital means of composition of their songs? Do any use real instruments, like guitar/flute/steel drums, as opposed to synthesizers and digitally conjured samples?

Like I said, I'm new to this scene and I can't get over how creative this music is, so I hope anyone that reads this is down with my enthusiasm and drops some knowledge for me. Take care ya'll.

Jazzsteppa uses live horns and drums. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NclkSkS5 ... re=related

As for programs, a lot of the big producers (Skream, Benga, Rusko) use FL, but I personally prefer Renoise. It has a completely different set up than other DAWs but you can crank out tunes in no time if you know what you're doing. It's also really cheap and has a fully-featured demo. http://www.renoise.com