Fat, engaging, in-yer-face, fruity… modern! (whatever the hell that means). I don’t love EDM but I do have to admit that in many DAWs the first few sounds you lay down sound great. Not to please anyone but me I set about with a “typical” DAW that sounds pretty exciting from the first launch to make a little example piece to port to Reason and see if and how I could get the same result. Ummm… (wonders why hangs out in forums not for the first time) Cloudbursting your example is crap because I don’t like it and it uses DAW Y.if only we had a muti-schlonged sprongulator like in DAW X.Sadly the thread devolved straight into opinions and the usual unhelpful posts with sentiments as noble as: I must say that I am generally of the school that a tool is only as good as the person using it but I also have to say that straight our of the box many VST based DAWs sound big and fruity whereas Reason tends to be far less immediately exciting. Can YOU deliver a comparable sound in a similarly simple Reason session? What I would hope from this thread is not for more of that endless opinion (and sniping) but actual results. More based on music production.After yet another of the never-ending Reason doesn’t sound as good or “modern” as other DAWs or VST X, I threw down a challenge:
Variety of Sound - full set of EQ, compression, and other musical tools. Decent GUI, low CPU usageĪirWindows - boutique plugins developed by Chris who has as much love for amazing sound as he does for unique and lightweight programming. A huge suite of matter-of-fact plugins like EQ and compression. Voxengo - amazing utility plugs like frequency analysis and monitoring tools, low CPU usageĬockos - comes installed with Reaper, also available for any DAW that supports VST. It's powerful and basically free, can't be a bad place to start. I don't have nearly as much experience with other DAWs to give a good comparison, but I use Reaper for recording/editing podcasts, music production, recording bands, and mixing.
Trial is free and basically unlimited, full version is only $60 and worth at least $600 Reaper - moderate learning curve to access the most powerful and versatile DAW around. GitHub Knowledge Required, 3D Printer Required, Audio Hardware Knowledge Required. Can use four sound inputs to blend together. Nsynth Super - A hardware version of the previously mentioned Nsynth. Gloss - Drag and Drop Mastering with Machine Learning. Not perfect and sometimes creates glitchy sounds (but that might be a good thing sometimes).
Nsynth - Machine Learning Sample Designer, where it finds similarities between two audio files and creates a slider to mix between the two.
Some individuals have made GUIs for easier installation. Spleeter - Song Stemmer from a single audio file.
Maximum five 5-minute songs a month for the free version Moises - Song Stemmer from a single audio file.
Resonic - Simple Sample Manager, more features with Pro Version but this version can do the job. Can be finicky when starting out and is definitely not optimized with Sound Designers in mind There are so many free plugins, I’d like to see what you guys all work with regularly.ĪDSR Sample Manager - Designed for musicians, but can work for sound effects as well. I’ve had weird audio artifacting in the past but that might’ve been fixed since I’ve moved on to other DAWs. MuLab - Free, more focused for music production. (I’d really suggest supporting these guys eventually). Reaper Technically $60, but the free trial lasts beyond 60 days. Pro Tools First - Free, limited tracks and functionality.