What do you use to make music for your video games. I'm going to guess some audio production program like cakewalk, but I may be wrong (there might be better ways for some people). Please list them, and has anyone used a dj setup for their music (turntables, vinyl records, mixers, along the lines of that)? If so, could you please list your setup, because I'm thinking about maybe doing that. Thanks!

I like to bang on some bongos those bongos. And tap on some chocolate bars, those chocolate bars. Then for strings I flick a rubber band, and for the woodwinds, I use those whistles that coaches use. For brass I like to use pennies, because I can get a good copper sound. Throw them toward the ground, preferably at an angle; they sound best at their high registers.

All you need now is a mic to record this masterpiece.

I use Cubase VST with a number of plug-ins (some I wrote myself; some are freeware, and I paid good money for Kontakt with some sample libraries).

I also use an Alesis Quadrasynth as controller, an SB Live! Audigy 2 sound card, Genelec 1029A monitors, a Mackie 1402 mixer and, when I need something QUICKLY, a MadPlayer music synthesis device.

i use Digital Performer 4.61 with PH reason. i also use a MOTU traveler audio interface.
my synth is currently a yamaha PSR-something(cant remember the #)but have ordered a kurzwiel digital piano. my sample library is a bunch of reason refills, kontakt, spectrasonics atmosphere, MOTU Mach Five and MOTU symphonic.

i also use Finale 2004 for composing my music.

You cannot make music with a DJ setup.

Me:

Cubase SX2
RME HDSP 9632 sound card
Analog synthesizer
Sound module
A few hardware FX units
various software / software synths / software fx

Two programs I use - Sibelius and Adobe Audition

Quote: Original post by tomatoSoup
You cannot make music with a DJ setup.

That's not true, you can make music with a DJ set up...probably the most famous album to date made using just turntables is D-styles's Phantazmegorea...but there are many more pieces of music made using just turntables.

HOWEVER, I would agree that it is almost definately not what anyone in this thread will want to do (could be wrong), but basically westside_indie, don't get a DJ setup to MAKE music (unless you a complete scratch nerd).

Quote: Original post by xstreme2000

Quote: Original post by tomatoSoup
You cannot make music with a DJ setup.

That's not true, you can make music with a DJ set up...probably the most famous album to date made using just turntables is D-styles's Phantazmegorea...but there are many more pieces of music made using just turntables.

HOWEVER, I would agree that it is almost definately not what anyone in this thread will want to do (could be wrong), but basically westside_indie, don't get a DJ setup to MAKE music (unless you a complete scratch nerd).

yup, another album to check out is "wave twisters"

anyways, my setup:

Cubase sx running on a p4 3ghz machine with 2 gigs of ram
M-audio soundcards
m-audio speakers
reaktor, kontakt and guitar rig by NI
korg legacy collection
about 75 gigs of samples
3 technics sl1200 turntables
pioneer djm-500 mixer
ramdom instruments,mics and other things

what i want is a portable digital recorder for collecting ambient noise/sfx

PC w/ 1 GB RAM, Athlon 2800 (I think??), 80 GB HD
Sonar 3
SampleTank 2
Garritan Personal Orchestra
GuitarPort
Fender Squier guitar
Sytrus
a lot of free VST plugins


yeah, it's very modest, but I can't afford anything more right now, and I know the programs well enough to get just about anything I want out of them.

I use Image-Line FL Studio 6 for all of my audio/music. I haven't purchased any plug-ins other than the ones that came with the program. But I don't really think I need anymore. =)