detroitrequiem

Recently, my girlfriend and I discovered a Tai Chi master living here in Mi in Troy Michigan. He was a stunt man to Jet Li, a disciple of Ma hong from the Chen style. He also does Kung Fu and a few other things. He doesnt have a school just teaches privately for $20 for 2 hours usually. If anyone wnats to train with him let me know. He's one of the most incredible martial artists I've ever met. He moves like a shaolin master. We usually train on Sundays with him in a park in Troy on Sundays around 9am. chen style is very different from the usual Tai Chi that people see. It has a lot of springing and wipping motions and more complex and dynamic than the Yang style which is what most people associate when they see or hear of Tai Chi. He also took us to a real Chinese restaraunt "Golden Harvest" I think it's called near Ryan rd. The best damn chinese food in town and authentic. He also leads a Lion dance troop in the area. Come train with us! It's fun!

I would have to agree with Evil Fish. Absynth is the cleanest, highest quality soft synth. You can go to KVR VST web site also and download a lot of free VST sound preset banks as well. My next choice would be Z3ta because of the various crunchy presets and fun leads. I also use Korg Legacy but it can be very CPU heavy. If anyone uses FLStudio, I would recommend the FLStudio bible. It helps with the learning curve of the program and is a fun read. I might be out at CC his Friday so if you have any more questions just ask.

i started off with a K2vk initially. We also used a Korg ms2000 and Novation synth. These days, d:konstruct uses all soft synths with midi controller for live shows. As far as favorites soft synths, here are my current favorites:

Absynth
Sytrus
Morphine
Toxic
Saw
Pro 53
Microtonic
Z3ta
Superwave
etc.

I'm getting away from using regular samples in the music and moving in the direction of using only soft synths. I find the sound quality is better and everything is done at the highest sampling/bit rate. aklso, a good sound card and AD converters help:)

I still use FLstudio as a scratch sequencer to get fast results and then throw everything into Cubase, master it, and ship it off to my producer. I'm buying a Roland 2480 very sson to use for our online machine for our upcoming summer shows. It's gonna be sweet. If anyone's interested in playing a show with us let me know.