Thanks for mentioning this, Susan! This is just what I need.

Aw'ight Susan.... I now have to jump on this. My brother Charlie knows how to tweak synths, as he messed around with early Moogs and ARP's. When he visits, I show him my software synths, and he automatically starts to create his own patches and test the stuff the softsynths claim to replicate... This book sounds like the place for me to start.. Thanks for the recommendation!

Joe

I bought it today also, but I just want to compliment you ...wicked. You are the first person I've seen on this forum who was piqued rather than peaked.

She is at the pique of spelling proficiency.

She is at the pique of spelling proficiency.

But "...wicked" is "Michael", so she's a he!

-Susan

ORIGINAL: torhan

What book is it you're discussing, Susan? I'd love to get a copy. I must admit, I find LFO's and cords and all a little bit confusing. I use a LOT of synthwork, since my only instrument is guitar, and guitar controllers are notoriously bad about mistracking. I tend to start off with a template and then edit it to my liking, or I plug the beat in with the mouse in the Piano Roll veiw. I was wondering, is there a faster, better way to do this that you guys know of?

Cakewalk Synths: Presets to Power User

You should check out midi keyboard controllers to make midi input quite faster.

Plenty threads on the forum regarding recommendations. I personally like the Novation SL series.

Yeah, I thought about getting the Edirol single-octave keyboard. Guitar controllers tend to throw out a lot of superfluous data, so that you get little notes that you didn't play... also, they're notoriously unreliable. Not only does it put in notes that I didn't play, it often fails to put in notes that I did play. I don't play keyboards, so I'm a little gunshy, but how hard could a single octave keyboard be? You don't actually have to play it right? You can do step recording, can't you?

A lot of that is supposed to improve with Roland's new VG-99. Now, if I can only save up enough to meet the rather hefty pricetag...

I just acquired this book, and downloaded Triangle II and the course presets.
My problem is that I can't get sound out of the stand-alone version. The VST version works fine (In Live 6, I assume it will work in my version of Sonar 6 PE).

However, the standalone version shows output in my ASIO panel, but not throught the device (VM3100 Pro). I've never had this happen before with any of my software synths.... (Everything in Triangle is set up since I seem to be getting sound to the ASIO interface - and it works fine in VST)...

Any ideas?

UPDATE: I changed the ASIO to another source, and then changed it back, and the standalone came to life. I have to do this often, for some reason, but at least it is working. BTW, it works fine in Sonar as a VST....


Thanks,

Chuck

Chalk up one more sale for Simon due to this thread!

After all the good things you folks have been saying about the book, I had to get it for myself. Amazingly, it was on the shelf at a local Border's, so I quickly reserved it on-line to pick it up the next day. To add to the satisfaction of the purchase, I had just gotten a 30% coupon from Borders, so I got a great deal! (OK, since Borders' original price was the actual list price, I still ended up paying a bit more than the Amazon price, but I didn't have to pay shipping, and had it in my grubby little paws for some weekend reading.)

At first I thought it was a little too esoteric for my needs, but then I realized that the background was necessary for me to move forward with the subject matter, and then I started getting to the fun stuff! So far I agree with the positive comments in this thread, and I hope to have a lot of fun playing with this stuff. It's a well-written book, and fills in a nice niche as far as the subject matter.