yea you gotta do what you gotta do...what ever floats your boat. I hated the thought of Protools until I realized the endless possibility's and theeasiness of it. But I guess that's what I prefer my sound to be. I'm a keyboard type of guy because I'm a musician. I don't even know how toplay but I play by ear. I'm teaching myself guitar tonight
and don't say everyone in hip hop. Hip hop is what it is because there are no rules, no boundaries. But I have seen alot of moving towards logic fromeveryone, not just hip hop.
I'ma perfectionist. So I'd rather tweak with hardware and use my hands and ears instead of a mouse and keyboard.
Don't get me wrong, digital sounds and softsynths have their place. I plan on using soft synths once I save up for an alesis QS8.1; but it comes down to asort of recording theory. If you want a synthesizer as the lead melody or main part, analog is the way to go, for a backing melody... digital is...i.e. likewhen recording a guitar...If the guitar is the main melody and main part of the song, you would use a condensor (or ribbon if possible) to give it that greatdetail and overpower everything else. If your using a guitar for backing, you would use a dynamic so it doesn't overpower everything else...does that makesense?
I got the synthesizer as an investment for my recordings, not as a necessity(i'm lying really, because for the sound I'm going for it kind of was)...soit's not a must have. The mentality sort of comes from my basketball days, when I would train and do whatever it took to make me better, better than what Iam and better than the next person, and it carries over to my recording ethic.
but kick back and smoke a blunt to some old records...then do the same with a cd. Notice which one intensifies your high better and grabs you...