Comments on: Is This The Most Powerful Remixing Tool Ever? http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2009/04/20/is-this-the-most-powerful-remixing-tool-ever/ Synthesizer and electronic music news, synth and music software reviews and more! Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:41:36 -0500 hourly 1 By: Max Romantschuk http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2009/04/20/is-this-the-most-powerful-remixing-tool-ever/#comment-135652 Max Romantschuk Tue, 21 Apr 2009 12:20:13 +0000 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/?p=13606#comment-135652 I have to disagree with the previous posters. For certain kinds of music that relies heavily on sampling and where the pristine quality of the sample is irrelevant this is an extremely powerful tool. Think in the lines of Hip hop, trip hop, drum & bass... If I were a professional artist in these genres the price would be a non-issue if I already had a big sample collection to draw from. Good samples can cost a lot of money and using existing published tracks for sampling even more so. A tool like this in the studio could save money in the long run. .max I have to disagree with the previous posters. For certain kinds of music that relies heavily on sampling and where the pristine quality of the sample is irrelevant this is an extremely powerful tool.

Think in the lines of Hip hop, trip hop, drum & bass… If I were a professional artist in these genres the price would be a non-issue if I already had a big sample collection to draw from. Good samples can cost a lot of money and using existing published tracks for sampling even more so. A tool like this in the studio could save money in the long run.

.max

]]> By: Matt_C http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2009/04/20/is-this-the-most-powerful-remixing-tool-ever/#comment-135649 Matt_C Tue, 21 Apr 2009 10:51:08 +0000 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/?p=13606#comment-135649 I can only agree with the earlier posters - considering the system requirements and cost I was expecting better results. I'm sure you could sit and do this by hand using Metasynth or iZotope RX. That said, I bet there's some creative fun to be had in using it "wrongly." I can only agree with the earlier posters – considering the system requirements and cost I was expecting better results. I’m sure you could sit and do this by hand using Metasynth or iZotope RX.

That said, I bet there’s some creative fun to be had in using it “wrongly.”

]]> By: bobby http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2009/04/20/is-this-the-most-powerful-remixing-tool-ever/#comment-135643 bobby Tue, 21 Apr 2009 02:45:15 +0000 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/?p=13606#comment-135643 $1800usd? i watched the video, and i have to tell you, i'd be impressed if this was a free open-source affair. it doesn't so much "extract" the tracks, but it kind of chews on them a little before spitting them back up. Awesome direction to drive innovation, but this isn't of much interest to me until well after the price comes down and the technology is fast, stable, and produces much better output. I really hope plenty of early adapters drive this tech much further. neat stuff. $1800usd? i watched the video, and i have to tell you, i’d be impressed if this was a free open-source affair. it doesn’t so much “extract” the tracks, but it kind of chews on them a little before spitting them back up. Awesome direction to drive innovation, but this isn’t of much interest to me until well after the price comes down and the technology is fast, stable, and produces much better output. I really hope plenty of early adapters drive this tech much further. neat stuff.

]]> By: Aike http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2009/04/20/is-this-the-most-powerful-remixing-tool-ever/#comment-135642 Aike Tue, 21 Apr 2009 02:34:07 +0000 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/?p=13606#comment-135642 Apart from the price tag (Nearly two grand US$) and the fact that the extracts sound pretty mangled and thus only marginally usable, sure. The peter gabriel vocals sound like it's been run through autotune on 'Cher' setting, and the trumpet track lost a lot of information and retained the hihats. For that kind of money, it needs to do better. A lot of tech coming along in this direction soon (Melodyne DNA, for example) so keep your hats on. Apart from the price tag (Nearly two grand US$) and the fact that the extracts sound pretty mangled and thus only marginally usable, sure. The peter gabriel vocals sound like it’s been run through autotune on ‘Cher’ setting, and the trumpet track lost a lot of information and retained the hihats. For that kind of money, it needs to do better. A lot of tech coming along in this direction soon (Melodyne DNA, for example) so keep your hats on.

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