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<t>Hello<br/> <br/> I was lucky enough to take delivery of a brand new high spec music optimsed powerful PC and cubase 5, together with high performance steinberg interface.<br/> <br/> I'm using the Fantom as my master keyboard, however when recording (not when just playing without recording) the no...

<t>Parsifal I find normalising doesn't help. Sampling adds a lot of top end frequency and transients but kills the life out of kicks, so freeing up FX by resampling doesn't help me..<br/> <br/> I have heard the expansions but they still dont have those modern sounds I need. I have come close with my...

<t>I use my own 8 voice big pads, but you run into polyphony problems (even with just 2 voice) a lot if there is much of a release tail especially on big rising cressendos where there are automation movements on several sliders being recorded (for example to keep the volume in check as the filters o...

<t>To be clear, I make music that needs to pump and shake with max volume in the chorus but is quieter and building in the drops which is not everyones cuppa tea. But when you take a pice of kit to the absolute limit is where you really hear the shortcommings - like high pitch's and a mtetallic tran...

<t>Artemey, I belong to another forum (anjunabeats) populated mainly by an intrepid band of individuals that are at the forefront of the euphoric trance scene. Many of these get signed to labels. These are guys that really know thier stuff - real kit geeks.<br/> <br/> Roland NEVER features in any di...

Im upgrading from just Fantom to CUBASE 5 and found Steinberg (makers of Cubase) make thier own interface for about £800 which has great preamps for recording mics etc

<t>Human progress is wrought by those that are dissatisfied, never by those that are happy to remain static.<br/> <br/> Good companies deliver on promises. Roland sales leterature advised the Fantom is capable of near professional results, but this is misleading.<br/> I thought I'd be able for examp...

<t>Buminbeer - I get u. These other guys are making it much more complex than it need be - forget all that pattern stuff - Ive never used it.<br/> <br/> Ok so you want to work like a drum machine;<br/> <br/> First make sure you are in song / performance mode<br/> <br/> Hit record<br/> <br/> Now a li...

<t>Tips for great pads which is vital for me as trance producer;<br/> <br/> 1) Set the pitch on each oscillator slightly apart - say +5 on one and -5 on the other<br/> <br/> 2) SIDECHAIN COMPRESSION - if you want the music to pump between kicks, ideally you need to use a separate compressor with sid...

<t>SIDECHAIN COMPRESSION TRICK<br/> <br/> <br/> For anyone wanting to make dance, side chain compression has become an invaluable feature of any track to get that pump between kicks.<br/> <br/> I found the best way to get this is using the 'duck' fx.<br/> A kick needs to play for the duck to work pr...

<t>The way I do it is once Ive made a sample I press 'write' in order to save an individual sample.<br/> <br/> Then I go back into performance mode and find an empty channel strip - say channel 2 for example, and then go into the patch section which lets you scroll to different sounds. Go to user sa...

<t>Artimiy<br/> <br/> I get you on the resample thang, but have you noticed when you use the Fantoms to resample the sound is altered a great deal, in particularly the higher frequencies.<br/> <br/> Also I need massive extra memory to resample entire tracks within the Fantom surely?<br/> <br/> I'm t...

<t>Thanks guys, but not quite on my page, which is my fault, I'll try and be clearer;<br/> <br/> I want to use Cubase4 as my DAW and midi hub.<br/> <br/> I want to be able to hear the output of the DAW on my studio monitors.<br/> <br/> I need to be able to hear for example the X7 in midi mode throug...

As you open the filter cutoff knob, ride down the resonance knob so you get the cool sweep of just enough resonance feedback without ever going right into scream mode.

<t>Hello all,<br/> <br/> I've managed at last to make a professional sounding trance track using just an X7, which, to labels are interest in.<br/> <br/> However, I want to master it further, but using a PC, particularly to get it brick wall limited, and to EQ the bass (I already spent 2 years getti...