Ditching your plugins

[hammertime]

I just went out and bought a Nord Electro 2 rack for organ/vintage keyboard sounds, even though I felt I could get slightly better sounds in virtual instruments for cheaper, and I don't regret it. I felt like a burden was lifted off of my shoulder, freeing me up from my computer and these silly licenses, and other hassles. Alot of software instruments sound great, but I haven't really enjoyed playing them any where near as much as even my piece of shit 200 dollar Yamaha keyboard. You just stare at a monitor, instead of getting instant tactile stimulation, and wait for your computer to do something extremely irritiating (like telling you the program won't start unless you have your installation cd that's hidden under a stack of shit in your basement). And what's worse, after spending a bunch of money, you don't even "own" the software. You have a room full of obsolete software that you can't even give away (literally, that's what alot of licensing agreements say). It's sort of a bummer, because while these software instruments are using huge multi-samples , most keyboards are using pretty rinky-dink samples (like 64 mb or far less), and then using a bunch of filters to make the sound better. But even with these limitations, I still like hardware instruments better because they're funner to play.

[JASIII]

you can't touch this.

[hammertime]

But I can, and did, touch yo mama!

you can't touch this.

[GooberNumber9]

Have an Electro 2 and I love it, for many of the same reasons. Also I can take it to gigs and band practices. That being said, I do drool over the Stage 88.

I feel the same way about guitar processing. I much prefer real amps and pedals over the plug-in stuff.

Todd Wilcox

[Jeff White]

Someday soon my G5 will retire from recording and become the most powerful sampler, ever.