Music Software

This is one of my current songs (you can hear it by visiting this link) which i composed using Steinberg's excellent Cubase SX3, Propellerhead's Reason 2.5, and a virtual sound module - Wizoo's Hypersonic. When the mood takes me i launch into producing mode and do very little else! Unfortunately, due to the demands on my time i do not get as much quality producing time as i would like. The reason for this is probably due to this cheeky chappie, and having a houseproud partner who makes me do DIY and cleaning all the time. Cubase is wicked, its definately my studio and sequencer of choice. I first got hold of Cubase 2 on the Atari back in 1994, and its been nice to see how far it has come over the years. There are plenty of Virtual Studio sequencers around :

• Virtual Studio




• (Sony) Acid


• (Ableton) Live


• (Apple) Logic Pro


• (Cakewalk) Sonar


• (Digidesign) Protools


• (Steinberg) Cubase SX


• (FL Studio) Fruity Loops


• (Propellerheads) Reason

• VSTi Plug-Ins




• (Wizoo) Hypersonic


• (Wizoo) X-Phraze


• (Native) Battery


• (Native) Absynth


• (Native) Guitar Rig


• (IK) Sampletank


• (GMedia) impOSCar


• (reFX) Vanguard

• Mastering Plug-Ins




• (IK) T-Racks


• (iZotope) Ozone


• (Waves) Platinum




• Audio Editors




• (Steinberg) Wavelab


• (Sony) Sound Forge

Cubase just works for me. I know it so well now from teaching the damn thing for years that i dont see much point in learning any others. I might get into Ableton Live and Pro Tools one of these days however. Protools is just about the best Audio Sequencing and Virtual Studio application in the world. Those of you that use Cubase SX might be interested in checking out this Cubase forum. You never know when you will need it!

There are many software synthesizers and sound modules available on the market which can be bolted onto Cubase, Logic, or Pro Tools, some of which are amazing, some of which are appauling. Native Instruments do some very good ones, as do Wizoo, Steinberg, reFX, IK Multimedia and GMedia. Also, dedicated digital audio editing software is good to have, such as Wavelab or Sound Forge. Last but not least, a good selection of mastering plugins are available. Three i have used are T-Racks, iZotope, and Waves.