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Re: Geist $49
2014/04/03 17:13:04
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that is an awesome buy. i wonder if this means a new version is on the horizon
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Re: Geist $49
2014/04/03 18:18:44
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Re: Geist $49
2014/04/03 19:09:57
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This is the second most tempting deal I've seen today... fortunately I managed to resist the Les Paul for $1299 at Guitar Center, but this one is in my budget range, so what they hay. Don't really need it, but it's definitely a different style than the other drum software I have.
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Re: Geist $49
2014/04/08 12:49:09
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Seriously, anyone who does any form of electronic dance or urban pop music, this is an absolute no brainer. The slicer is superb. The effects are powerful with compressors designed by the same guy who gave us "the glue". This program is arguably as close as one can come to an MPC in software form.
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Re: Geist $49
2014/04/08 12:58:42
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dubdisciple
Seriously, anyone who does any form of electronic dance or urban pop music, this is an absolute no brainer. The slicer is superb. The effects are powerful with compressors designed by the same guy who gave us "the glue". This program is arguably as close as one can come to an MPC in software form.
Dub, I was thinking of getting this, but I don't have anything to trigger the drums (except the keyboard)......I was planning on getting Machine's Mikro2 (saving up for that).... I'm not all that good with triggering drums on a keyboard, but might be good to have this when I get Mikro....ya?
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Re: Geist $49
2014/04/08 13:06:36
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dubdisciple
Seriously, anyone who does any form of electronic dance or urban pop music, this is an absolute no brainer. The slicer is superb. The effects are powerful with compressors designed by the same guy who gave us "the glue". This program is arguably as close as one can come to an MPC in software form.
Dub, I was thinking of getting this, but I don't have anything to trigger the drums (except the keyboard)......I was planning on getting Machine's Mikro2 (saving up for that)....
I'm not all that good with triggering drums on a keyboard, but might be good to have this when I get Mikro....ya?
Definitely worth it. The fact that it is an actual functional sampler alone makes it worth the $49. Mikro makes a great companion to this. i just picked up a used Akai MPD26 that works great with it (although it annoys me that the only products Akai controllers work flawlessly with out the box is Ableton). I know there is a map somewhere that makes using maschine and geist together easier.
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Re: Geist $49
2014/04/08 13:30:14
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Seriously, anyone who does any form of electronic dance or urban pop music, this is an absolute no brainer. The slicer is superb. The effects are powerful with compressors designed by the same guy who gave us "the glue". This program is arguably as close as one can come to an MPC in software form.
Dub, I was thinking of getting this, but I don't have anything to trigger the drums (except the keyboard)......I was planning on getting Machine's Mikro2 (saving up for that)....
I'm not all that good with triggering drums on a keyboard, but might be good to have this when I get Mikro....ya?
Definitely worth it. The fact that it is an actual functional sampler alone makes it worth the $49. Mikro makes a great companion to this. i just picked up a used Akai MPD26 that works great with it (although it annoys me that the only products Akai controllers work flawlessly with out the box is Ableton). I know there is a map somewhere that makes using maschine and geist together easier.
Thanks!! Interestingly, I was planning on getting the MPD26 (even found a site that sells replacement pads....supposedly much better pads than the stock), but then I saw Mikro and read very good things about it. Geist, looks to be a good companion......especially for $49. :)
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Re: Geist $49
2014/04/08 13:58:55
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Overall Mikro is better than MPD26. As a pure controller the edge may go to MPD. The pads are genuine MPC pads and can be replaced with all kinds of variations: http://www.mpcstuff.com/mpd26stuff.html but the sound libraray of Mikro is awesome plus you get massive for free. Only reason I got MPD was it was basically new and only $75. I needed a replacement for my LPD8 and did not have maschine money at the moment. I wish the mappings for Sonar was not so useless. i am slowly trying to get my Sonar preset to a point where it is useful.
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gmon72
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Re: Geist $49
2014/04/08 21:37:59
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I broke down and got this. I hope I use it more than I used guru.
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Genghis
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Re: Geist $49
2014/04/09 23:33:30
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I broke down and picked it up... delivered yesterday... installed this morning... support ticket to FXpansion because I'm getting an invalid serial number message. Waiting to see when I can use it. I have faith in the guys at FXpansion. They've never let me down before.
Watched a video and even though electronic and dance is not my main thing I do like to experiment with synths and styles I've never played around with much. I think it will be a cool tool to add once it's up and running.
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Re: Geist $49
2014/04/10 07:33:52
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I broke down and picked it up... delivered yesterday... installed this morning... support ticket to FXpansion because I'm getting an invalid serial number message. Waiting to see when I can use it. I have faith in the guys at FXpansion. They've never let me down before.
Watched a video and even though electronic and dance is not my main thing I do like to experiment with synths and styles I've never played around with much. I think it will be a cool tool to add once it's up and running.
Is it a download purchase or disk ? Just when you said, "delivered" I'm thinking it must be a disk in which case I wouldn't be able to get it the UK  Steve
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Re: Geist $49
2014/04/10 07:41:44
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Yeah, it was a disc for the main program, Expansion is a download with serial.
Just popped back in to say that my issue is resolved. My own stupidity. Forgot that I had installed the demo quite some time ago and the new install didn't overwrite it directly so there was a conflict. As soon as I did a complete uninstall and reinstall it recognized the serial.
Gotta say, I'm more of a rock and metal guitarist most of the time, but I like to experiment with electronic music as well, and I'm liking what I see so far. (I'll be hating the fact that I woke up at 3:30AM and started playing with it by the time I hit noon at my day job though.) Gotta finish up the rest of the tutorials on YouTube and continue the experimentation though.
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Re: Geist $49
2014/04/10 07:49:28
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Genghis
Yeah, it was a disc for the main program, Expansion is a download with serial.
Just popped back in to say that my issue is resolved. My own stupidity. Forgot that I had installed the demo quite some time ago and the new install didn't overwrite it directly so there was a conflict. As soon as I did a complete uninstall and reinstall it recognized the serial.
Gotta say, I'm more of a rock and metal guitarist most of the time, but I like to experiment with electronic music as well, and I'm liking what I see so far. (I'll be hating the fact that I woke up at 3:30AM and started playing with it by the time I hit noon at my day job though.) Gotta finish up the rest of the tutorials on YouTube and continue the experimentation though.
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