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DoctorZettabyte
01-07-2008, 9:17 PM
Hello ladies and gents,

For the past few weeks, I have been looking into the world of computer-generated music, notably, some of the stuff on OverClocked Remix (Ocarina of Time, to be specific). Even more recently, I have been looking into the area of Software Synthesizers, eliminating the trouble of learning the Piano and shelling out a wad of cash for a real Synthesizer.
I am now looking for a free, easy to learn software synthesizer that does not sound like a MIDI composer. To listen to a sample of what I'm hoping to eventually get to, listen to this. (http://www.ocremix.org/remix/OCR01153/)
I have already tried a few, mainly CSound and Frinika on SourceForge, but they need real Synthesizers or output music like MIDIs. Thanks to all of you for your help!

-DocTera
Sirion
01-07-2008, 11:02 PM
Cakewalk or FL Studio should work

Cakewalk is probably simpler, but I don't know much about FL so I can't tell you.
DoctorZettabyte
01-08-2008, 5:05 PM
Cool, thanks, Sirion, but I'd like something that is free. Also, to clarify, I do not want anything that wants hardware input.

-DocTera
Sirion
01-10-2008, 7:44 PM
There is nothing free, I've looked. The closest you can come are low quality and sound horrible. It's worth shelling out for the good ones, but if you don't like them you might want to consider using real instruments.
DoctorZettabyte
01-11-2008, 6:53 AM
Urgh. Back to SourceForge then.

-DocTera
Galiant
01-11-2008, 8:22 AM
ummm.. Vocaloid feat. Hatsune Miku?
U-238
01-11-2008, 11:19 PM
I'll give it to you straight. You're not going to find anything of the quality you're looking for that isn't commercial (there is no blender in the os sound community unfortunately) and you're not really going to get anything that sounds professional without purchasing a decent synth board and a lot of time practicing. Taking piano or other keyboard instrument is actually a huge help.

So if you're looking to be the "cool kid on the block" with a couple of cut rate little tunes then stick with sourceforge projects. However if you're looking to put some actually effort into becoming good then you'll have to shell out some bucks.