I guess I'm just interested to know what sort of tools ya'll cats is working with... I peeped Cubase and Logic both getting a couple of mentions... Is anyone using reason, or garageband, as basic scratchpad sort of apps?
And how 'bout ITB, OTB and/or varying levels of integration between the two?
I ask because I use all of the above, not really because it necessarily suits my style, or because it smoothes my workflow - on the later point, being all over the map like that actually causes quite a few headaches that can get in the way of making music.... It's just that I've been kind of in the midst of a revolution in my workstyle - I used to do it all in the box, at least for the sequencing and electronic elements... Now I've moved over to an external sequencer for much of my basic composing, and I plan on sinking most of my cash budgeted to music in the near future to acquiring some nifty outboard modules and samplers. I guess I['ve just found the OTB stuff to be more hands on, palpable - just finding lots of MIDI related headaches popping up now that I'm trying to get the while hard/soft studio operation up and running that I didn't have to deal with when I was all ITB
One thing about my process that hasn't changed is that I tend to get inspired with a bass or guitar first... Just sit on the sofa, drilling technique, biting songs, and goofing off, and something's bound to happen that's worth working with...