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I always hear that when producing music, it's a good idea to keep your system stuff and applications on your internal drive, and your sample library on an external. But if all you have is a firewire input (no sata, no thunderbolt) is it really gonna be faster than simply loading the samples from ...

Which FM softsynth would be a better tool for someone new to synthesis? Which would help them gain a better grasp of fm synthesis more quickly and give them more aid in the learning process?

Let's say i can either buy...

Massive, Absynth & FM8
or...
Zebra, Ace & Diva

And I can't mix and match synths from the 2 groups.

How do these groups of instruments compare to each other as bundles?

- taken together, which group of synths has a steeper learning curve?
- which group is easier to ...

stoersignal wrote:that would be very interesting. i have never used the sounds menu and i`m pretty sure that i will never need it.anyway....... i don`t think there`s a simple way to do this, if any at all

Same. How about complicated ways to do this; anyone?

I want to remove the menus on the sidebar that seem unremovable (such as packs, max for live, sounds menu, drums menu, user library menu, etc.) When I right click those items, I'm not given the option to remove from sidebar. Is there a more techy way i could remove them? Something I can delete in ...

You could do the following:
1. Set project tempo to something nice and round (e.g. 120 bpm)
2. Automate the time parameter to the right values (e.g. using http://www.thewhippinpost.co.uk/tools/delay-time-calculator.htm )
3. Freeze the track and copy the audio. As long as the clip is warped, the ...

I recently learned a neat trick with delays and repitch mode. It can create some pretty cool sounds by putting delays in repitch mode, time rather than sync, and adjusting the delay time.

But I'd like to be able to keep the delay in sync while using this mode, and in a way that's easier and more ...