Music Synthesizers

[nickstrick]

so i have recently acquired this urge to make my own music without trying to record or anything and went out and downloaded kore player and kore player 2... both free music synthesizers... i havnt used them yet because i want to get some advice on synthesizers from anyone who knows anything about them... any program suggestions i would like to be free downloads... i just recently decided to try this so i dont need to go blow a bunch of money...

 

 

thx, nick

[Korupt Data]

I personally like fruityloops or FL studio.. although its not really free.

[iTzoODavidOo]

Image Line has released FL Studio 8, the complete music production environment. Representing the culmination of more than 10 years of sustained development, FL Studio 8 is now the most flexible virtual music studio in the industry.

FL Studio is the most complete virtual studio currently available. It will play any sample file (wav), generator (softsynth), VSTi & DXi) or midi instrument you feed it. You will be creating wav, mp3 or midi songs or loops only minutes after launching it.

 

FL Studio is a Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) for Windows PCs (or Intel Mac/ Bootcamp). With a full feature-set and aggressive pricing (inc. lifetime free updates), FL Studio may be your ideal DAW! FL Studio can be used as a scratchpad for your ideas or to produce completely mastered tracks ready for publication. It's up to you!

 

FL Studio is a fully featured, open-architecture music creation and production environment for PC. No extra software is required to produce any style of music, as a complete kit of instruments and studio tools is included in the cost of the package. With the included plugins, sounds and tools the user can create complete songs, backing tracks, loops or sizzling beats. Completed songs can be saved to WAV, MP3, OGG, MIDI, ZIP or the native project format (.FLP).

 

Chief Software Architect, Didier Dambrin has realized his vision of creating an open-architecture virtual studio environment where the only constraint on the users is their own imagination. This philosophy is reflected in FL Studio 8’s flexible audio and control data routing, free-form Playlist design and interoperability with industry standards (VST/VSTi/VST2, DXi, DXi2, Buzz, ReWire, MIDI, MP3, WAV, OGG). Didier notes “We don't try to protect our data & come up with new formats only for marketing reasons. We use existing standards as much as possible, and allow FL Studio to be used as a plugin in other hosts”. In version 8, particular emphasis has been given to improved workflow through enhanced interface design, so that ideas can be crystallized and creativity captured.

 

Featurs of FruityLoops Studio 8:

 

Instruments

Make virtually any sound. FL8 includes 29 virtual synthesizers covering acoustic/synthetic bass, electric guitar and plucked string simulation, sampler tools including piano, general sample playback, and beat-slicing, and a range of synthesis techniques (subtractive, modelling, FM, granular and additive). With FL Studios newest addition, FL Synthmaker - a fully modular environment, you can now create & share your own FL instruments, effects & dashboards without the need to write basic code.

 

Audio Recording & Editing

Capture audio from a single vocalist or a full symphony orchestra. FL8 can record up to 64 simultaneous tracks of audio. The Playlist workspace can contain an unlimited number of audio tracks and allows you to arrange discrete audio events in any order or position the creative process dictates with complete flexibility. Audio tools allow the user to time-stretch, pitch-shift, beat-slice, chop, edit and creatively destruct audio. FL8 audio editing is further enhanced with Edison, the recording wave editor. Edison is a fully integrated audio editing and recording tool with spectral analysis, convolution reverb, loop-recording, loop-construction tools and more… FL Studio imports/exports WAV, MP3 and OGG formats.

 

Sequencing

Record musical performances and ideas in the most logical way. FL8 functions as both a pattern and track based sequencer, depending on user preferences. Tools include an unlimited track Step-sequencer, an industry-leading Piano Roll and Automation Clips. FL Studio supports MIDI and input from all standard Controllers.

 

FL8 is the fastest way from your brain to your speakers.

 

Arranging

Determine your own project design. In FL8, you decide how your project will be laid out. Unlike the competition, FL8's Playlist is a totally flexible and virtually unbounded space where Note Pattern, Audio and Automation data can be arranged and edited to suit your creative ideas and preferred workflow.

 

Mixing/Mastering

The most powerful mixer in its class. FL8 includes an industry-leading 64 stereo track mixer. Each track can hold a stack of 8 effects (VST, DX or FL) and, if desired, be routed to any of the other 64 tracks or one of 4 dedicated 'send' channels. The 44 included effects plugins span - Maximization, Limiting, Compression, Delay, Distortion, Equalization (graphic & parametriuc), Filtering, Phasing, Flanging, Chorus, Vocoding and Reverb. These will take you from the creative broad-brush effects like reverb, through to the minutia of the mastering process with multiband compression/limiting and parametric EQ.

 

Key new features and changes. First, FL Studio 8 carries forward everything that is included in FL Studio 7 plus many more features:

• FL Synthmaker is a fully modular environment where you can create & share your own FL instruments, effects & dashboards, all without the need to write basic code in a modular 'plug-n-go' workspace.

• One-click-recording using Edison wave editor plugin. Edison ia a fully integrated audio editing and recording tool with spectral analysis, convolution reverb, loop-recording and more.

• Slicex, the powerhouse drumloop slicer & re-arranging tool.

• Soundgoodizer is a 'maximizer-enhancer' plugin based on the Maximus sound-process engine.

• Fruity Limiter for maximizing & compressing final mixes or individual tracks. Free to all users.

• Better integration with controllers. FL Studio can permanently learn and remember links to external controllers with the new ‘multilink’ function + 'Override generic links' option.

• Wave Candy, a flexible audio analysis and visualization tool with Oscilloscope, Spectrum Analyzer and Peak Meter.

• Sinc interpolation now faster (64 point sinc now usable in real-time, depending on CPU)

• Rendering with improved latency compensation

• Score logger, records all MIDI & note activity for instant recall. Everything you play, whether or not recording is active, is captured and ready to be dumped to the Piano roll.

• Directwave Player, broaden your musical palette with downloadable sound banks and multi-sample sets.

• Recording filter, to select Audio, Automation or Note data recording sessions, independently or in any combination.

• Slip editing and resizing tool has been added to the Playlist for all clip types.

• Multi-core safe plugins are threaded for performance gain on multi-core CPUs.

• A 'Selected mixer track' has been added to the Mixer. The selected mixer track is routed there for better integration with visual effects or a recording Edison.

• FL8 supports track-based sequencing in the Playlist. Pattern Clips present sequence data as Audio and/or Automation Clips

• An 'Online Panel', to keep users updated with content and patches.

 

Formats

- FL8 will fit easily within your current workflow supporting VST/VSTi/VST2, DXi, DXi2, MP3, WAV, OGG, MIDI, ASIO, ASIO 2.

- Additionally supported through DirectWave Editor – AKAI AKP (S5/6K,Z4,Z8), Battery (version 1), MPC, Reason, Kurzweil, EXS24, Kontakt (version 1 & 2), Recycle, SFZ+ and SoundFont2

 

LINK REMOVED

Edited May 12, 2009 by yungbol
Removed Download

[nickstrick]

so that link you posted is the download for fl8 right? and what of kore player? should i just toss it or try it since im pretty much a noob at this? i also have 64 bit vista... so theres the compatibility thing with the os as well =/ Edited May 12, 2009 by nickstrick

[yungbol]

We can't allow cracks on the forums. I removed your link, but if you want the trial you can go here:

 

Official Trial Download

[nickstrick]

i guess what i really mean to say is kore player: good or not, and if not, whats better for a beginner such as myself... i already have kore player 1 and 2 downloaded... so yeah

[Lockon]

vacolaid is the best for singing ^.^

[nickstrick]

vacolaid is the best for singing ^.^

 

ohhhhh no.... thats not a good idea lmao.... ive been told i have a decent singing voice... but i dont think i want to try that just yet.... im looking for a good beginner instrumental synthesizer... i would record my own... but that would mean buying mics and what not... not really lookin to spend any money here lolz

[Lockon]

^thats why we use warez

[nickstrick]

^thats why we use warez

 

warez? i assume thats a program, but i need a little clarification on that

[Lockon]

Its free programs but "Illegel"

[nickstrick]

ooohhh... okay...gotcha.... kore player 1 and 2 are both warez... any good instrumental synthesizers though... im not gonna be recording... just making some music on my computer

[matty0]

im gona b doin a degree in music nxt year so i know what im talking about here

 

there are 2 kinds of synths for pc,

 

1 - midi

*totaly digital, not recorded from instruments but purely emulated by code on your pc*

2 - "sampled" sound

*notes recorded from real instruments and converted into sounds you can use to digitaly create music*

 

midi (unless you get a ready programed application) requires you to learn "midi mapping" its quite easy to get the hang of, but as your new to this i would recomend ready programed aplication.

 

i'll give you a list of the industry used programs for each type.

 

Midi

*Best program* Stienberg Cubase (sx 3 and above)

*easiest program for a noob* Guitar Pro 5 (its not just guitars, its for any instrument)

 

Sampled

*Best program* Propellerheads Reason 4 (i use this and its astonishingly good)

*the mac users choice...* Logic Pro

 

all of these programs cost money but if you were to google the name of the program i.e. cubase sx3, followed by the word rapidshare, so you were googling the phrase "cubase sx3 rapidshare" you may inadvertantly come across a illegaly cracked version that wont cost you any money!

i know that it would be a terrible thing to do to download it, especialy if the version you found had "h20" in the name as they famously cracked it without any viruses included or any adverse effects to your computer...

 

so yeah... dont do that... bad

 

i duno how gd you are with sarcasm...so read that twice lol

[nickstrick]

lolz... thank you much for that matty... i will most def be looking those up...legally *wink*... and thank all of you guys for your input