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laura woodswalker
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seraph
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Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 12:23 am Post subject:
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well... Laura
I wouldn't say it sucks It sounds pleasantly "80's" to me. I would try to tighten up the rhythm tracks and try out longer songs that evolve more.
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elektro80
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This is fun! Keep working on such small pieces and explore rythms as well as silly and nonsensical ideas.
Keep in mind that apart from creating your own material you should also have fun learning stuff.. rehearsing.. playing along to various types of music and whatever. _________________ A Charity Pantomime in aid of Paranoid Schizophrenics descended into chaos yesterday when someone shouted, "He's behind you!"
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Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 2:58 am Post subject:
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I like that!
There's something vaguely "Kraut-rocky" about it, or like it belongs to a university programme on who machines work or something _________________ ACHTUNG!
ALLES TURISTEN UND NONTEKNISCHEN LOOKENPEEPERS!
DAS KOMPUTERMASCHINE IST NICHT FÜR DER GEFINGERPOKEN UND MITTENGRABEN! ODERWISE IST EASY TO SCHNAPPEN DER SPRINGENWERK, BLOWENFUSEN UND POPPENCORKEN MIT SPITZENSPARKSEN.
IST NICHT FÜR GEWERKEN BEI DUMMKOPFEN. DER RUBBERNECKEN SIGHTSEEREN KEEPEN DAS COTTONPICKEN HÄNDER IN DAS POCKETS MUSS.
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elektro80
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Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 3:12 am Post subject:
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We should soon consider recommending some stuff by Rodelius and company? _________________ A Charity Pantomime in aid of Paranoid Schizophrenics descended into chaos yesterday when someone shouted, "He's behind you!"
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v-un-v
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Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 5:40 am Post subject:
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Yes and Drexciya and µ-ziq too;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drexciya
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Paradinas _________________ ACHTUNG!
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IST NICHT FÜR GEWERKEN BEI DUMMKOPFEN. DER RUBBERNECKEN SIGHTSEEREN KEEPEN DAS COTTONPICKEN HÄNDER IN DAS POCKETS MUSS.
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laura woodswalker
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Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 7:17 am Post subject:
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seraph wrote: | well... Laura
I wouldn't say it sucks It sounds pleasantly "80's" to me. I would try to tighten up the rhythm tracks and try out longer songs that evolve more.
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thanks. I love those 80s sounds. 80s music is awesome.
My question, do people usually do this kind of stuff with MIDI and does that create a flawless rhythm? Again, I have no clue how to actually do a MIDI track. _________________ The most important gear is the brain behind the instrument. |
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laura woodswalker
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Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 7:19 am Post subject:
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elektro80 wrote: | This is fun! Keep working on such small pieces and explore rythms as well as silly and nonsensical ideas.
Keep in mind that apart from creating your own material you should also have fun learning stuff.. rehearsing.. playing along to various types of music and whatever. |
Yeah, recording stuff is helping me learn how to play the thing! ps. the only use I have found for the 'arpeggio' function is as a suggestion for learning to play the arpeggio myself! _________________ The most important gear is the brain behind the instrument. |
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v-un-v
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Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 7:49 am Post subject:
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laura woodswalker wrote: | [
80s music is awesome.
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I wouldn't go that far!
_________________ ACHTUNG!
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IST NICHT FÜR GEWERKEN BEI DUMMKOPFEN. DER RUBBERNECKEN SIGHTSEEREN KEEPEN DAS COTTONPICKEN HÄNDER IN DAS POCKETS MUSS.
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Let me understand this... you recorded this as tracks, right? No MIDI sequencing.
I like hearing the fun you're having. Seraph is right in saying you need to "tighten"... there is a knack to playing with yourself (stop sniggering back there, you lot) that practice helps. (I told you lot to shut it!).
Anyway, yes, a MIDI sequencer will help to some extent, but it is NOT that simple. It has a lot more to do with following your own rhythm.
I always try to do the primary track first. For me it is usually the main melodic part. You've heard my music so that's easy to pick out in my case. From there, it is listening. I've played in bands for a long time, so I don't have a problem listening for the beat. You should record your main idea with a click track, then erase the click track once you've laid enough stuff down to hold its own.
Like I said, the idea is fun. It's so happy. I'm like struttin down the avenue with it. But you can easily make it better. _________________ Garret: It's so retro.
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laura woodswalker
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Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 3:38 pm Post subject:
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EdisonRex wrote: | Let me understand this... you recorded this as tracks, right? No MIDI sequencing. |
I really have no clue about MIDI, all I know is that it is computer signals so I spoze you could tell it to set up a beat of 160bpm and then make your chords follow that. Or whatever beat you want and make your drums fit flawlessly.
As yet I haven't figured out the practical stuff how to make that happen. I figure just learning to play keys, use keybd functions and record trax is enough for my overloaded brain at present.
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I like hearing the fun you're having. Seraph is right in saying you need to "tighten"... there is a knack to playing with yourself (stop sniggering back there, you lot) that practice helps. (I told you lot to shut it!). |
I'd like to learn more about that. If you are just fooling around, do you start off with a basic melody, chord progression, or rhythm?
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the click track is the metronome, right?
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Like I said, the idea is fun. It's so happy. I'm like struttin down the avenue with it. But you can easily make it better. |
Yeah. One thing I like in composition is contrast. Chords that have unusual voicings, or instruments that have contrasting textures like distortion guitar & synth pads. _________________ The most important gear is the brain behind the instrument. |
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EdisonRex wrote: | Let me understand this... you recorded this as tracks, right? No MIDI sequencing. |
laura woodswalker wrote: |
I really have no clue about MIDI, all I know is that it is computer signals so I spoze you could tell it to set up a beat of 160bpm and then make your chords follow that. Or whatever beat you want and make your drums fit flawlessly.
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I guess we'll have to introduce you to MIDI. There is some reading involved, but MIDI has been around since you and I were young. You are not at this point using a sequencer, are you.
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I'd like to learn more about that. If you are just fooling around, do you start off with a basic melody, chord progression, or rhythm?
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I usually go with what is strongest. If it is the main piano based part, okay, but sometimes, the accompaniment works better as the first track. It's something you have to feel, actually. It's very dependent on what you are doing. A lot of folks do the drums first. I don't usually, myself.
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yeah, usually. Some folks put whose drum tracks into their metronomes.
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Looking forward to more. _________________ Garret: It's so retro.
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laura woodswalker
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Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 5:07 pm Post subject:
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I guess we'll have to introduce you to MIDI. There is some reading involved, but MIDI has been around since you and I were young. You are not at this point using a sequencer, are you.
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A sequencer would be something like Cubase where you can arrange tracks?
Yes, I have Cubase LE. Also a Yamaha keyboard that is MIDI capable, and I also have a Lexicon recording interface which has both USB and MIDI jacks. I also have MIDI cables and a son who uses Reason, but he's usually away at school .
The only thing I don't have is enough time to do everything! Perhaps one of these days.... _________________ The most important gear is the brain behind the instrument. |
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