Music Software

R.P. McMurphy · Post by **R.P. McMurphy** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 1:47 pm

I've just started using Reason but I've been told FL Studio is better. Which is better for what? Are there any other recommendations?

warren888k · Post by **warren888k** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 10:42 pm

i've never used reason but have a few mates who do and they love it.

us fl myself and it does most things that i want for the moment.

james · Post by **james** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 7:18 pm

Other recommendations include Ableton Live, Cubase SX, and Logic (for Mac). Reaktor and Renoise are there if you want to get a bit more hands on.

BLOCwknd · Post by **BLOCwknd** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 7:49 pm

ed chamberlain uses FL studio - you can hear the amazing results he gets from it in his tunes. serious software i should think

warren888k · Post by **warren888k** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 7:51 pm

BLOCwknd wrote:ed chamberlain uses FL studio - you can hear the amazing results he gets from it in his tunes. serious software i should think

i love when i hear of all these class producers using fl studio!

gives me a bit of encouragement like

edward · Post by **edward** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 11:31 am

FL studio is brilliant, i've used loads of software but always end up going back to Flstudio because it can do everything i want it to (and more) faster than in other programs. Loads of unique features too. Converted all my house mates to it, who were using Cubase and Sonar before...

warren888k · Post by **warren888k** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 2:27 pm

i used to use cubase before but fl definitely has an advantage for being able to do things a lot faster and easier imo.

i have heard some people complain about the sound quality not being as good as more expensive software, i've never had anyone say that about anything i've made with it though.

anyone else get this from people?

edward · Post by **edward** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 4:22 pm

The whole sound quality thing is a big pile of rubbish. Waveform inversion tests prove there is no difference.
It just comes from people's idea that FL is just a "toy". It did start off as a very basic midi sequencer, but it's had 10 years worth of development since then. It's also partly due to the fact that FL's channels default to 75% volume to avoid clipping, which is lower than default level in other sequencers, and humans perceive higher volume as better quality.
In fact comparison tests with other sequencers show that it's sinc interpolation (quality of resampling) and antialiasing results are slightly better than other sequencers:

http://www.simonv.com/tutorials/quality.php

The results in that test are of its old sinc depth of 64, it goes up to 512 now.

Also it being fairly cheap automatically gives people the impression it will be of poor quality.

dj_diplomat · Post by **dj_diplomat** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 4:36 pm

I've put out plenty of tunes using the old faithful Fruity Loops. It's an easy way to get a quick result. Bit of a nightmare if you're using any midi inputs though.....

MANASYt · Post by **MANASYt** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 12:23 am

ive done everything on FL
not saying that my sound quality is great