Is Acid Techno worth it?

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I just wanna make techno, but I dont wanna spend 200 bucks to get Acid Pro 3.0, so I am wondering if Acid Techno is a good thing for me. Would it make the things I hear when I listen to Diry Vegas or Paul Oakenfold? And how good would it sound?

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Hmmm... Paul Okenfold = Techno... dont think so, he's more like dance or trance. Dirty Vegas? I suspect they use loads of different stuff. In answer to your question.. No. Why? Because unless you can generate the sounds yourself you will become very bored with whats on the disk. You need- 1) A sequencer, like cubasis (not expensive) 2) Some free plug-in instruments for sequencer to generate sounds (RGC Triangle II is fantastic) 3) A drum sampler (again, loads of free ones to choose from) 4) A sound editor is also a must have (to chop up audio and trim samples etc) With these four programs and any half decent sound card you will be able to make techno. Acid itself is a fantastic program but unless you go for the Pro version it lacks effects and flexibility, but as a song layout tool it is briliant.
So buy it anyway, and the others I just mentioned and have some fun.
 
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reflex kid said:
....Acid itself is a fantastic program but unless you go for the Pro version it lacks effects and flexibility, but as a song layout tool it is briliant.....
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I agree with reflex kid.

You might also want to look at

Fruity Loops Pro Version 3

and/or

Rebirth 2.0
 
Bass Freak said:
Would it make the things I hear when I listen to Diry Vegas or Paul Oakenfold? And how good would it sound?
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I hope NOT!! We already have one of each, no copy cats wanted!! :p

The prior suggestions are good... in order to do really good techno, as Spinster said, you need some good sequencing software and some sources for sounds. Professional techno artists don't depend on pre-fabricated loops for their music, they make all their own stuff.

Oh, and I like DJ Tiesto myself :rolleyes:, very energetic stuff...

Okenfold's kinda bland IMO
 
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