adding to those progs, there is a good tracker available called the dreamstation from http://www.dreamstation.de though tracker based synths can often be confusing to use,

You could go for the loop based option ACID see

http://www.sonicfoundry.com/products/

Depending on which version of ACID you use they basically sequence loops. They can play simultaneos loops presented on a time line with numerous tracks, you can have one sound(loop) per track, so its rather like auto mixing up to and over 12 record players. the buety of it is you dont have to get the pitch of the sounds correct if u just want it to sound in time as it does this for u automatically - a task that was time consuming in the past.

I will soon be offering an online tutorial using acid and my loops from my archive at http://www.wavebomb.com , once ive devised it the service will be free where i will teach all the tricks of the trade.

Once you have mastered the sequencer and can get loops jamming together nicely the next step will be to create your own loops, this can be done various ways depending on wether you have any hardware synths or modules.

There are a few tools you can surf out that make a bleep zap , acid bass riff or generally any sound by going to a
site such as http://www.synthzone.com you should find a list of links here that offer sound making programs.

This is only one of the many directions you can go, I opt for all ways, call me a sound junkie, noise freak, anything that makes a bleep, zap, ting, ping, Im there tweakin it.

any questions just post

dafluxtah
http://www.mp3.com/dafluxtah

[Edited by fluxtah on 10-23-2000 at 04:19 PM]