bendish Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 Anyone got experience with using computers to make tunes but not using a DAW? I'm getting tired of the predictable intentionality in DAW production. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragnar Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 Anyone got experience with using computers to make tunes but not using a DAW? I'm getting tired of the predictable intentionality in DAW production. i use jeskola buzz, does that count? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auxien Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 That's how I started making music, but it's been quite a long time (~15+ years) since I've done computer music without a DAW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotwang Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 I use my own Python software. Debatable whether it constitutes a DAW or not, it lacks many features that I expect are standard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soloman Tump Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 Buzz was my first experience with computer music (if you don't count dance e-jay lol) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TubularCorporation Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 Max/MSP or PD? CSound or Supercollider? Trackers? You could use an old-style stereo editor with no mutlitrack capability (Sound Forge 4.5 or earlier, Cool Edit 2000, stuff like that) and do everything with destructive edits on a single stereo track, kind of like 50s musique concrete. When I first got in to computers I jsut had Impulse Tracker and a dubious copy of Sound Forge 4 and I did entire tracks by drawing directly into the waveform with the pen tool in Sound Forge. Not saying they were good tracks (they weren't) but they could have been. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flacid Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 what type of music do you normally make? what do you want to make in the future? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny O Flannagin Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 Buzz was my first experience with computer music (if you don't count dance e-jay lol) Oh god, this GUI is hard to look at Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubba69 Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 define DAW tho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bendish Posted May 19, 2017 Author Share Posted May 19, 2017 Cubase ableton logic protools etc Renoise is kinda half daw in my view I just wanna be free man :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TubularCorporation Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 For a couple months I've been semi-seriously considering doing an EP entirely on an original Playstation with MTV Music Generator sometime this year. I'm kind of joking but you can load your own samples into it, so no reason you couldn't make it work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psn Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 Bang on the computer with a stick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Silent Member Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 I'm going to go out on a limb here and say maybe DAWs aren't the real problem at hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TubularCorporation Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 I'm going to go out on a limb here and say maybe DAWs aren't the real problem at hand. It's definitely good to completely switch up the way you work sometimes, though, to stay fresh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Member Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 Agreed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xox Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 Whats wrong with daws? I use supercollider, max, reason, machinedrum and monomachine and sounds from every of those end up in ableton for mixing + ableton'synths and plugs + third part synths and plugs.... Is there a better or more flexible way to produce electronic music? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omnii Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 How about an 8-track tape recorder and a compressor? Personally i mostly use DAW's like they are a magical 8-track. I record everything from hardware and do the fine tuning on Cubase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chim Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 Pure data Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auditor Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 Why not just use Reaper or something as a virtual multitrack recorder? That's what I did after moving from a hardware one. It's as simple and straighforward as CoolEdit Pro was back in the day. It just captures whatever you throw at it. Or do you want to "make" music on the computer, but not in a DAW? In that case, I'd definitely second the max/MSP/renoise/pure data shouts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kavinsky Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 i just thought well thats easy to answer but then i realised its not easy at all, getting somehow philosophical ideas lolbut yeah it depends on what you want to make, you could use a standalone programm for lets say drums or synths whatever, record it and then later put it together in something like soundforce, thats how you wont be distracted by other options. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auditor Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 I don't really understand why, if your bored with the predictability of a daw, you don't just lose the computer all together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kavinsky Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 I don't really understand why, if your bored with the predictability of a daw, you don't just lose the computer all together. money ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auditor Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 I don't really understand why, if your bored with the predictability of a daw, you don't just lose the computer all together. money ? As in making it, or affording hardware? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kavinsky Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 I don't really understand why, if your bored with the predictability of a daw, you don't just lose the computer all together. money ? As in making it, or affording hardware? affording hardware, i mean i know there is cheap stuff out there but still if you are used to a daw where you have so many instruments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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