
If you are not willing to field questions then your post will be removed. If you are the manufacturer or developer of a commercial product, please message the mods before posting, but we will usually allow new product promotion as long as you stay to answer questions.ĪNSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR OWN CONTENT - Links to streams of your music are allowed only if you intend on fielding questions about your production and your use of synthesizers in your music. Links to uncommonly great specials/deals are allowed.


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I don't use my PC for recording, I use a separate multi-track hard drive recorder, a Fostex VF160. Cakewalk Home Studio should be about all you need for "recording" software. I don't know if you can buy it separately. The Roland VSC33 comes with the full Band in a Box software package. The "A" synth is the best of the two - I've compared them using "Band in a Box" software and the A has the best instrument sounds.Īnother option is the Roland VSC33 software synth, which is almost as good as the "A" synth on the Audigy 2 sound cards. If you have an Anudy or Audigy 2ZS they have an "A" and "B" software synth built on the board. Newer SoundBlaster Live! cards have a hardware synth built on the card which is better than the Microsoft software synth.

If you have a Dell with just the SoundMax or whatever else "on board" sound module (built into the motherboard) all you have is the Microsoft Software Synth, which is not very good (and may what you are referring to). You didn't mention what PC system you have now, or the sound card you have now.
