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how do you approach when producing?
 

offline plaster from splitska 10 on 2005-04-23 16:38 [#01574766]
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i'm very interrested as others might are how do you
approach when you want to make a track?

i'll start first...

basicly i make a 4 bar loop in which i slowly build the
fundation of the track.
i first make the usual beat with kicks,hats and claps then
drop the bassline and listen a few times to get the feeling
of the loop.
afterwards i start to add background elements pads,fills and
program subtile cutups.

once the loop is done i export it to soundforge where i
apply some deep compression just to see how it breathes and
go back to reason where i fragment the parts which will make
the essentian ingreedients of the track.


 

offline plaster from splitska 10 on 2005-04-23 16:51 [#01574772]
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suddenly noone does music?



 

offline qrter from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2005-04-23 16:53 [#01574774]
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it's saturday night.

relax.


 

offline plaster from splitska 10 on 2005-04-23 16:55 [#01574776]
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alright...sorry,i didn't have time to stay on saturday
evenings on xlt party.

:)


 

offline r40f from qrters tea party on 2005-04-23 17:03 [#01574779]
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from the left!

:{P great joke, r40f...

i do them all in different ways. as differently as
possible. it depends on what i'm attempting. so i can't
really answer. i'm interested in reading what other people
have to say, though.


 

offline plaster from splitska 10 on 2005-04-23 17:08 [#01574784]
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i'm kind of stuck in this loop and i don't know any other
way that suits me.



 

offline -crazone from smashing acid over and over on 2005-04-23 17:14 [#01574786]
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just let it go.


 

offline r40f from qrters tea party on 2005-04-23 17:17 [#01574787]
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well, if you're strictly making that minimal sort of stuff,
it seems like there's a rather limited number of ways to do
it.

i would just recommend experimenting a lot. try all sorts
of different ways of creating sounds, recording them,
putting them together. it's a simple thing to say and think
about, but it doesn't seem to occur to many people to
actually try it. just think about all the ways you can make
sounds for instance - there's an unlimited number of
possibilities. then add the other variables... there's
just infinite permutations of creating a music composition.
you just have to be willing to try what you haven't tried
yet.


 

offline i_x_ten from arsemuncher on 2005-04-23 17:18 [#01574789]
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i try and take a different approach every time i write a
track, starting with something different than the last time,
often depending on my mood or what i intend to achieve.
don't use a set formula every time, don't be a victim.


 

offline plaster from splitska 10 on 2005-04-23 17:18 [#01574790]
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heh...let go in which way...that means a whole lot in
music?

it not a problem to set emotions free.


 

offline plaster from splitska 10 on 2005-04-23 17:20 [#01574794]
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my friend and i are soon to start making an sample pack for
future tracks.
i already did a couple of experiments with sound...writing
my own waves and stuff,adding a lot of effects which is
tottay cool
you kinda have that feeling of being free...haha.


 

offline -crazone from smashing acid over and over on 2005-04-23 17:22 [#01574795]
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let the loop go


 

offline i_x_ten from arsemuncher on 2005-04-23 17:22 [#01574796]
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in short, i couldnt definatley answer that question. one day
i might tap out a good rhythm in the pub or hum a nice
melody, and lay that down when i get home. the next day i
might pick a key and a time sig, and program all my
sampler/synth patches prior to sequencing, other days i just
sorta do it all at once and in no order.


 

offline plaster from splitska 10 on 2005-04-23 17:31 [#01574807]
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hehe

do you make music by heart or u strictly have an melody or a
sound in your head which you want to make?


 

offline i_x_ten from arsemuncher on 2005-04-23 17:38 [#01574814]
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i mostly go by heart and instinct and emotion. i could take
a more structured/formal approach in that sense i guess, as
i've got a fair bit of theory knowledge, but i find that to
be quite a dry way of approaching writing a track. if you've
got an idea of how you want a track sounding before you
start, you should use it as a template rather than set
everything in stone, otherwise you give yourself no space


 

offline plaster from splitska 10 on 2005-04-23 17:43 [#01574818]
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true...i tried to do music with an idea on my mind,but it
didn't work out.
so i rather go by emotion rather than spending a whole lot
of time for nothing.

ae seem to be very strict about that...then again,maybe not.


 

offline dariusgriffin from cool on 2005-04-23 17:50 [#01574826]
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My music comes from my heart you fucking cunt technician
motherfucker


 

offline qrter from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2005-04-23 17:52 [#01574830]
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I just take one of Fabien's tunes and remove the bitcrusher
bits and that's another qrter track done. hurray!


 

offline Drunken Mastah from OPPERKLASSESVIN!!! (Norway) on 2005-04-23 18:18 [#01574850]
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imonadoing some stuff where I play the syth and record and
then I make drums and play some more synth and then I cut
and paste and pitch and stretch and climb and do situspse!

then I leave it, and then I get back to it, and then I
finish it later.


 

offline deepspace9mm from filth on 2005-04-23 18:24 [#01574852]
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i jsut uses lots of reverb lol


 

offline qrter from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2005-04-23 19:18 [#01574885]
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you play the Sith!??


 

offline qrter from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2005-04-23 19:19 [#01574886]
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(self-taught)


 

offline FlyAgaric from the discovery (Africa) on 2005-04-23 19:26 [#01574888]
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i try to write a melody. i try to accompany the melody with
a different line. i add a little rythm and play around with
that. make groups. add another element. toss things around a
bit. add what comes to mind. i use reason 2.0, i'm not
exactly a maestro but enjoy playing around.


 


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