Here's a list of audio artists on NG and their favourite programs. Big shout-out to DSMagnum, who compiled the original list!
Feel free to get me to change your stuff, or add new things.
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Here's some links to the software listed below, in no particular order.
You have to pay for these ones.
SEQUENCERS: FL Studio (Windows only), Reason, Magix Music Maker, Cubase, Noteworthy Composer, Ableton Live, Garageband (Mac only), ACID, Pro Tools
AUDIO EDITORS: Wavelab, Sound Forge, VEGAS, Audition
These are FREE! :D
SEQUENCERS: Buzz, Reaper
AUDIO EDITORS: Audacity, Wavepad
Also, here's a list of free VSTs and VSTis!
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SEQ = Sequencer
You can create songs with VSTs using a Sequencer. Most of them have audio editing functions as well!
AE = Audio Editor
These programs were made do all sorts of crazy things with sound clips - chop them up, rearrange them, control the volume, things like that. Most of them do NOT have sequencing functions.
VST
These are little programs that you load into Sequencers - they create all sorts of sounds and effects. Not all of the VSTs the artists use are listed - just their favourites.
RF = Refills
These are sound packs and settings for the Reason sequencer.
RI = Reason Instruments
These are synths and stuff built into Reason, as Reason doesn't do VSTs.
HW = Hardware
Stuff like keyboards, mixers, headphones - things you can physically manipulate.
SF = Soundfonts
Kinda like VSTs, but with less control overall.
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3R2
SEQ : FL 7 , Magix Music Maker and Nuendo 3 (If you can't put Nuendo up there , then Cubase SX3)
AE : Sound Forge
HW : M-Audio Keystation 61 keys , Roland SPD-11 Drum Pad
VSTs : Kontakt 2 , Edirol Orchestral , Edirol Hyper Canvas , Edirol Super Quartet
AMENRAW
SEQ: Fruity Loops 5
Androu1
SEQ: Fruity Loops 7
VST: Sytrus, FL Keys, SuperRiff, DVS Guitar, Jazz Baby Piano, Texture, Raspier, PlastiCZ, FL Slayer 2, TS404, Vanguard, JunoX2, Novakill's Killerz VST Series, Elogoxa VST
HW: Casio LK-93tv
AnSpal1202
SEQ: FL 6/7
VST: Sytrus, PoiZone, Vanguard
Anth0n
SEQ: FL 6
VST: z3ta+, Vanguard
ArisingFlame
SEQ: FL 7, Garageband (kinda... Not really), Reason 3.0 (soon to be 4.0)
AE: Audacity
VST: z3ta+, Vanguard, Nexus, PoiZone, Morphine, Slayer2, Sytrus.
HW: 3.1 Speakers, Dual screen display, Line6 Toneport UX1 with a Fender (Squire) Telecaster Electric guitar, cheap ($60) Microphone.
SF: Andrews_Standard_And_Rock_Drumset + Naturally Decaying B-Guitars + Ultimate Drums
Arnas
SEQ: DMMusic Maker, Magix Music Maker 11 Deluxe, FL 7
attemptedperfection
SEQ: Buzz
B34T1N
SEQ: FL 7
VST's: Vanguard, dblue Glitch, 3x OSC, Fruity Slicer, Sytrus
BinaryPulse
SEQ: Renoise, Reason 3.0.
Bjra
SEQ: Cubase, FL 8
bladerunner627
SEQ: FL 6
VST: Sytrus, Rogue, Carillon, Field, Padawan, Pippo, Ritual, Tapeworm
boney-man
SEQ: FL 7
AE: Audacity
VSTs: 3xOsc, Sytrus, Fruity Slicer
B0UNC3
SEQ: FL 8
VST: V-Station, 3x OSC
Carbo
SEQ: FL 7
VST: V-Station, Vanguard, pro53, junox
Chronamut
SEQ: FL 6/7/8, Reason 4
SF: (various)
VST: hyper canvas (for making midis), hypersonic, the grande 2, garritan personal orchestra, lots of 8-bit vstis, blue, legacycell, z3ta, vanguard, nexus, magnus choir, fm7, ethnosphere, pro53, wavestation
DaGrahamCraka
SEQ: FL 7
VST: z3ta+, 3x OSC, Edirol Orchestra, ts404
SF: (various)
DavidOrr
SEQ: Reason 3, Cubase SX3
VST: East West Quantum Leap Symphonic Choirs, Symphonic Orchestra Gold
Deflektor
SEQ: FL 5, Reason 3
VST: EWQLSO Silver Edition
Distortzion
SEQ: FL 6
DJ-Ravecore
SEQ: FL 6, Wavelab 5
VST: Vanguard, z3ta+, V-Station, SaxLab, Ohmforce Ohmboyz, Camel Phat 3.0, Freeware Filters (GHi, GLow)
dj-skeetskeet-69
SEQ: FL 7
VST: Vanguard, 3xOsc
Dj-UnKnOwN
SEQ: FL 7
VST: Sytrus, 3x Osc
DragonsGrief
SEQ: Reason 3, FL 7, Noteworthy Composer
AE: Audacity
HW: Yamaha YPR-50 MIDI keyboard, Sound Blaster X-Fi Platinum Fatal1ty Professional series, Logitech Z5300 speakers, Sennheiser HD-280 Pro Silver headphones
VST: Sytrus, Morphine, Toxic III, z3ta+
RF: (various)
SF: (various)
Dreamscaper
SEQ: Reason 4.0
RI: Thor Polysonic Synth & Malstrom
AE: Sound Forge 6.0, Recycle 2.1
HW: M-Audio Axiom 25 Midi Keyboard
DrDIL (Eigus)
SEQ: FL 8
VST: Nexus, 3xosc, V-Station, Predator, synth1, D16 Phoscyon,
DSMagnum
SEQ: Ableton Live 6, Garageband 1
VST: Albino III, Blue, V-Station, Free Alpha, Crystal, Zoyd
EchozAurora
SEQ: FL 7
VST: Nexus, Transcender, Vanguard, Cygnus, ToxicIII
eggatron
SEQ: Ableton Live 6, Reason 3
AE: Soundforge & OctaMED SoundStudio
HW: Roland JP8000, Access Virus C & Korg N5EX
VST: Battery 2 & Kontakt 2
endlessnumber
SEQ: FL 7
VST: 3xOsc
HW: Sennheiser cans, Cortex Pro's dMix-300 digital workstation
Envy
SEQ: Fl 8
VST: Vanguard, Zeta+, Nexus, 3xOsc, V-station, Peach
F-777
SEQ: Fl Studio 8
VST: Sytrus, 3xosc, Vanguard, Edirol Orchestra, Nexus, z3ta, v-station.
Super powers: Invisibility and God-like music making skills. (You can't see me)
Father-of-Death
SEQ: FL 6
VST: z3ta+, Vanguard, Sytrus
Fuoco
SEQ: Finale 2005
VST: Garritan's Personal Orchestra
AE: Adobe Audition 2.0
GothHawk
SEQ: FL 6
Greeksta-69
SEQ: FL 7, Reason 4
AE: Adobe Audition 2
VST: Sytrus, Hypersonic 2, Octopus, Korg Legacy
SF: (various)
HW: M-Audio Oxygen 49 MIDI Controller, Tascam Ausio Interface with Condenser Mic
OTHER: SECRET SOUNDS OMGOMG & RULE 10
HaniiPuppy
SEQ: Logic Studio 8, Garageband `08 (occasionally).
AE: SoundTrack Pro (part of LS8), QT Pro (free with LS8, I use it for basic editting)
VST: Slayer 2 Plugin, Boldt 24-Pack Volume I, II, and III.
HW: MacBook Pro 3.1, Yamaha E303, Midiman (now M-Audio) USB Midi Interface, and Sennheiser HD 202 headphones.
hellsmaw18
SEQ: ACID Pro 4.0 & 6.0, Sound Forge 7 & 8.0b
AE: VEGAS 7.0
VST: FM Dreams, SimSynth, Beat Creator
HotActionYiffFur
SEQ: Reason 4
ImperfectDisciple
SEQ: FL 6
VST: Triangle II
InGenius
SEQ: FL XXL 7&8, Reason 4
AE: Soundforge 8.0, N-Track Studio (for multi-track)
HW: Casio CZ-1000, Clearchat Pro USB headset for recording
VST: Predator, Antares Mic Modeler, Vanguard, Sylenth1, MadMoogER (Made it myself in Synthmaker), Tape Saturation/AMP FX (another self-made), TRackS, Waves Studio Diamond, Guru, Absynth, FM8, STS-26, Edirol Orchestral
JalaFox
SEQ: Reason 4, FL 7
VST: Nexus, Vanguard, Legacy Cell, z3ta, Sytrus
HW: Yamaha MIDI keyboard
JebbaL
SEQ: FL 8
AE: Audacity
VST: TS404, 3xOsc, DX10, FL Keys, Grizzly, Magnus Choir, Nexus, Garritan, PlastiCZ, Plucked!, PoiZone, quadraSID, Toxic III, Sytrus, Vanguard, z3ta+
HW: poopy headphones and a poopy mic
Jimbobsthebest
SEQ: Reason 3.0
AE: Audacity
VST: Malstrom, Subtractor Etc
SF: All Sorts
jnry3
SEQ: Reason
AE: Sonar/Audacity
HW: Sennheiser eH150, PC speakers, tour bus earphones
JoeyNukes
SEQ: Reason 3, FL 7, ACID (version unknown)
Joowna
SEQ: FL 7
VST's: z3ta+, NI Pro 53, Glitch
jrayteam6
SEQ: FL 7
VST: SLAYER 1 and 2
SF: (various)
Karbon
SEQ: FL 7, Reason 3
VST: Reaktor5, Edirol Orchestra, Vanguard, z3ta+
Karco
SEQ: FL 8
AE: Audacity
VST: Nexus2
HW: Novation X-Station 61
ListentoMyMusic
SEQ: FL 6, Reason 3
VST: Vanguard, z3ta+
LJCoffee
SEQ: ACID Pro 6, Reason 3
AE: Audition, SoundForge
VST: Reaktor5, Massive, Zebra2
HW: Edirol PCR-30
loogiesquared
SEQ: FL 8 demo
VST: Sytrus, Toxic Biohazard
MackerelSalad
SEQ: Ableton Live 6 (will soon upgrade to 7), Reason 4
VST: NI Reaktor 5, NI Absynth 3
HW: M-Audio Axiom 49, Tascam US-122, gay computer with only 256 mb RAM (will get laptop as soon as i have teh moneyz)
Rig says: lolz i has 512 rams
MaestroRage
SEQ: FL 8
VST: East West Orchestra GOLD PRO, RA, and Choirs
SF: (various)
meneldil
SEQ: Ableton Live 6
AE: Ableton Live 6, Cool Edit Pro 2.1
VST: EWQLSOGE, Amplitube, Voxengo Redunoise
HW: Casio CT-636 keyboard, an acoustic guitar (Salobrena), an electric guitar (a red-white Stratocaster imitation), harmonica, vocal cords (xD), a 15 $ Tracer headset
SF: Unison, squidfont_orchestral, 8RealGS10, Papelmedia_Ahh-Choir1, Piccolo, Alt. Flute, Studio FG460s II Pro Guitar Pack, drums_congas, drums_ken_ardency, Pizz Violins, other xD
MilkMan-Dan
SEQ: Reason 3
monkeybars
SEQ: Reason 3
MusicalRocky
SEQ: Noteworthy Composer, FL Studio
VST: Edirol Orchestral
MusicalTinker (formerly DJTakko)
SEQ: FL 7
VST: East West Orchestra Silver, Adventus, Sytrus, 3xOsc, Nexus
nal1200
SEQ: FL Studio 7
AE: EXPStudio, Audacity
VST: Edirol Orchestra, Adventus 1.5, 3xOsc, Vanguard
navij11
SEQ: FL 7/8 Producer Edition, ReBirth
HW: Casio WK-110 Keyboard, $5 Microphone, Sony MDR-V150 Stereo Headphones ($20)
VSTs: Fish Fillets, Classic Series, Delta Series, mda DX10, Puncher, StringSynth, Synth1, VoxengoSPAN, Delay Lama (lol)
Other: Synthmaker
New-Milkman
SEQ: FL 7
AE: Audacity, Edison
VST: RigBass, x3osc, ReeseMX, Toxic III, and pretty much all the "Fruity" effects
SF: 1115-Violin Langtons, Squidfont_orchestral, tgsf21x
Rig sez: yay for rigbass!
NickPerrin
SEQ: emagic Logic Audio Platinum 5.5, Sonar 7
AE: Sonic Foundry Sound Forge 6.0
VST: ezdrummer, East West Hardcore Bass, XLN Addictive Drums, East West Stormdrum, East West Symphonic Orchestra Gold Pro XP, Garritan Jazz & Big Band, Magical 8-bit Plugin, Musiclab Realguitar, Guitar Rig 2, Kontakt 2, izotope oZone 3
Nyth-Pinank
SEQ: FL 7
VST: V-Station, 3x Osc, Vanguard
OCON
SEQ: FL 6
VST: 3x OSC, Vanguard, z3ta+
p4c
SEQ: Reason 4
RI: Malstrom, Subtractor, Thor, Redrum, Spider Audio Merger/Splitter +all FX
HW: logitech mx550 laser mouse, altec lansing surround sound earcup headphones, logitech z5300 5.1 speakers, creative soundblaster fatal1ty sound card
ParagonX9
SEQ: Reason 3.0
AE: Soundforge
VST: Subtractor, Malstrom
SF: (various)
Para-Noid
SEQ: FL 7
VST: Hypersonic, Edirol Orchestra, Ravity
PaulStetich
SEQ: Cakewalk Kinetic 2
AE: Audacity 1.3.3 beta
PhysX
SEQ: FL 7
AE: Wavelab 6
HW: Yamaha P90 / $5 Phillips Microphone
PianoForte
HW: Kurzweil PC1X Keyboard
SEQ: Cubase SE3
VST: EWQLSG, Atmosphere and Styuls RMX
pitbulljones
SEQ: Cubase SX2, FL 6
VST: Crystal, Rhino, Nexus, Korg Legacy Cell, Rock, z3ta+
preffertobedead
SEQ: Reason 4, SoundForge 8
psytech
SEQ: FL 5, 6, and 7
VST: ASynth, CamelPhat3, Crystal, EVM Grand Piano, EVM UltraSonique, JXSynth1.2, Legacy Cell, ProtoPlasmTSMfree, RigBass, Superwave Pro, SUPERWAVEP8, SW-Trance-Pro, Synth1, Vangaurd, z3ta+, WAVESTATION
Pyro-Maniac25892
SEQ: REason 3
Quarl
SEQ: Reason 4, Garageband 3
AE: Audacity
HW: Keystation 49e
Rig
SEQ: FL 8, REAPER
VST: 3xOsc, Nexus, NaiveLPF, BLOCKFISH, SupaTrigga, Ohmicide
HW: Korg KONTROL49, EMU 0404 USB
ronay
AE: Audacity, Wavepad
Rucklo
SEQ: Reason 3, Cubase 4
AE: Recycle
HW: Numark CDX, Numark HDX, Numark DXM06 mixer, Behringer BCF2000, M-Audio Oxygen 8 Midi Keyboard, Konnect 24D Soundcard
SBB
SEQ: Reason 4, Logic Studio 8
AE: ReCycle
RF: Reason Drum Kits 2.0, Reason Pianos, Sonic Reality
HW: ESI NeON keyboard, Line6 TonePort UX2, some condenser mic, a bunch of guitars and ukuleles.
Scribbler
AE: Audacity, Acid Pro 4, Sound Forge 6
Sialys
SEQ: FL 7
HW: Epiphone Les Paul Standard, Gibson Robot, Zoom G2.1u Multi-Effects Pedal, Crate DXB112 30 Watt Amplifier, Line 6 4x12 cabinet w/ HD150 head.
Simon-F
SEQ: Noteworthy Composer
VST: Garritan's Personal Orchestra
SineRider
SEQ: Reason 4, Live 7
AE: Audacity, Live 7, Recycle
VST: Absynth 4, Reaktor, Reversinator, Phosycon
RF: 120: DnB Refill, Salazar Brother's Reggaeton Refill
HW: Evo MK-449C Midi Keyboard, Line 6 Toneport UX1
SolidElectro
SEQ: Ableton Live 7, Reason 4
SolusLunes
SEQ: FL 8, Reason 4
VST: z3ta+, Sytrus, 3x OSC, Zebra, Vocaloid2
SpacLock
SEQ: Reason 3 & 4, Pro Tools, Ableton Live, various programs
Sp1r1T
SEQ: FL 8
VST: Z3ta, Nexus, 3xOsc, Junglist
Swirly-Helix - creation process
SEQ: FL 7, Ableton Live 6, Reason 4, Reaper, Renoise
AE: Adobe Audition
VST: Saxlab, String Theory, Edirol Orchestral, Predator, 3x Osc
RI: Thor Polysonic Synth, Malstorm, Redrum
HW: M-Audio Axiom 49
SymbolCymbal
SEQ: Logic Studio 8, Reason 4
SysRq00
SEQ: FL Studio, Psycle
AE: Audacity, Wavepad
HW: My GORGEOUS PCR-M50
TeKNeTiC
SEQ: Logic Studio 8
TheLobsterman
SEQ: Garageband, Sibelius, Logic
TheNossinator
SEQ: Sibelius 5, FL 8
AE: Sound Forge
VST: Garritan Personal Orchestra, Tapspace Virtual Drumline
HW: Casio CTK-481 Keyboard
TheProdjulum
SEQ: FL 7, Reason 3.0, Cubase Sx3, ACID
AE: Audacity, Nero WaveEditor.
VST: Vanguard, SimSynth, DX10, Sytrus
TMM43
SEQ: FL 7&8
VST: Edirol Orchestral, Vanguard, z3ta+, Nexus
Extra stuff: VEC 1 & 2, VEE
Triskele
SEQ: Reason 3.0, Renoise (yes, I know renoise isn't really a sequencer, but I use it for most of my melody/beat building needs, reason is just backup)
AE: Audacity
HW: Shure PG-81 Condenser, Yamaha MG/10-2 Mixer, Tweaked Shaw Whistle, White Bodhran, Tipple Low D Flute, Caledonian Bagpipes Chanter
Twoism
SEQ: Acid Pro 5, Cubase
VST: Reaktor 5, Omion, Glitch
Tzunami
SEQ: FL 8, Audacity
VST: Sytrus, Absynth 3, SynthMaker, Vanguard
WritersBlock
SEQ: Fruity Loops 7
VST: Sytrus, 3X osc, DSK Brass, DSK Strings, Sounds of Nature, Peach, Toad, Triforce, Magical8bit
AE: Audacity
HW: Monterey left handed electric guitar, Monterey MA30GR amp, 2 classical acoustic guitars, piano, Digitech RP50 FX pedal, Casio keyboard
x-Exodus-X
SEQ: FL 7
VSTs: Vanguard, z3ta+
Xenogenocide
SEQ: Cubase SX 3
VST: Amplitube 2, EZDrummer w/ Drumkit From Hell XP, EWQL Orchestra
HW: Aria Pro XL guitar, Zoom G2.1u effects pedal, Marshall 15 watt practice amp
xKore
SEQ: FL 8
VST: 3xOsc, Sytrus, Luxonix Purity, Kontakt, Waves Q + C Series.
SF: Squidfont Orchestral.
YunVeroz
SEQ: Ableton Live 5, FL 7, Adobe Audition 2
HW: Roland SH-201, M-Audio MobilePre, M-Audio Radium49 MIDI Keyboard, 2x Technics 1200SL MK2
VST: PSP Nitro, CamelPhat, TC Compressor/De-Esser, Predatohm, Predator, Antares AutoTune 4
zellers
SEQ: FL Studio
AE: Edison, Audacity when I'm lazy
VST: All stock FL VST's, impOSCar, Vanguard, T-Racks, Ozone, Karma FX
HW: MC-303, TB-303, Keystation 61ES, Keystation pro 88, Akai MPK49, homemade synths, several circuit bent consumer products.
ZENON
SEQ: Reason 3, FL 5
VST: z3ta+, 3x OSC
SF: (various)
ZeRo-BaSs
SEQ: Reason 2.5
Zodiak7
SEQ: FL 6
VST: Massive, z3ta+, Albino II
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Statistics!
Artists on list: 109
Most songs: ZENON
Least songs: AMENRAW (what's with all these all-caps names?)
People with all caps names: 6
People with no caps names: 16
Most gay: Chronamut
Least gay: You.
People with 69 in their names: 2
Most tedious names to type: AnSpal1202, Pyro-Maniac25892, SysRq00, Jimbobsthebest
Easiest names to type: SBB and Rig (until G9 is on the list :D)
Most successful with the opposite sex: B0UNC3 (mini-bounce ftw!)
Most popular sequencer: FL Studio
Least popular sequencer: REAPER, Buzz, Magix Music Maker
Gayest sequencer: Reason (but shhhh...don't tell Dreamscaper :3)
Most popular user: ParagonX9
Coolest name: SineRider
Not on the list, but should be: Denvish, Stamper
People with food in their names: 4
People with animals in their names: 5
People with music instruments in their names: 2 (or 3 if you can find a way to play a sine :P)
People with names in their names: lol
The most ridiculously helpfully kind artist: MusicalTinker
Most VSTs listed: Androu1
Most Norwegian artist: SBB (who's most Canadian, I wonder?)
Most facts contributed: Rig
Possibly Best reviewer: Karco
Most sequencers used: Swirly-Helix
Most Soundfonts listed: meneldil
The number of people with FL Studio that use the Sytrus: 16
Users who have done songs longer than 8mins: Androu1 (8:47), MusicalRocky (10:58), SolusLunes (11:34), Rig (23:39)
Biggest scandal: Dreamscaper's busted
Biggest E-Penis: Check it out here
Weirdest fan: ronay. Listen to this, then this. 'Nuff said.
Interesting facts
- People with "DJ" in their names use nothing but FL Studio
- The older users have hardware
- Rucklo and YunVeroz are tied for most hardware.
- Nobody with a "T" in their name uses only Reason.
- All users with a "V" in their name use FL Studio.
- All users with a number in the middle of their names (not at the end) use FL.
- All users with numbers in their names that are used to represent letters use FL.
- There are only 9 users who do not use FL or Reason
- PianoForte is the only person who uses Cubase on it's own.
- If FL Studio and Reason had a kid, it would be the most whoop-ass kid out there. (although I wonder...who would wear the pants in the family?)
- There are two users that do not have sequencers, they just have audio editors.
- Pyro-Maniac25892 is the only user who has a sequencer that contains a capital E
- Almost all the artists on this list follow Rule Ten.
Hall of Fame (or: Contributers to The Facts List)
SBB, navij11, New-Milkman, ArisingFlame, Tzunami, Androu1
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What do YOU notice?
Bonus points if you guess how many characters I have remaining for posting. Hint: it's under 9000!
Buoy
You did add the people who posted in the thread later on right?
Also, may I ask you to change my program to Reason 4.
And maybe add a "preferred refills" under it saying (Reason Drum Kits 2.0), (Reason Pianos) and (Sonic Reality Refills) (not neccesarily in parenthesis)
Rig (Updated )
Gotcha, I'll change it and add those things.
And yeah, I went through the whole thread and added everyone + their changes.