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offline cygnus from nowhere and everyplace on 2006-02-11 17:17 [#01839162]
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the biggest problem i see w/ a lot of young guys getting
into making electronic music is that they use too many
fucking vsts that fuck up their beats , it all sounds the
same ,all of that shit has been done before, all the glithcy
ass stabby noise. dudes need to get back into writing fat
ass rhythms and beats and shit... the whole like 'glitch
vst' thing i, it is boring to me but if im totally wrong
just say fuck you cygnus or work off of this to make for
some good conversation or some shit, i dont know, fuck this
thread


 

offline cygnus from nowhere and everyplace on 2006-02-11 17:18 [#01839164]
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fuck you


 

offline S M Pennyworth from East Timor on 2006-02-11 17:19 [#01839165]
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i rarely use any fx in my tracks anymore.


 

offline CS2x from London (United Kingdom) on 2006-02-11 18:10 [#01839179]
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i agree, people just shove stuff through plugins and it's
meant to be "complex". use a good old mpc damnit! they're
too much fun. and the mpc1000 iss very portable.


 

offline lateral speid from LOS ANGELES (United States) on 2006-02-11 18:13 [#01839180]
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yeah ive never been big on vst's at all
just good old fashion chopping and a few internal fx
can make for some nice things

i agree with you both cygnus and SMP on this one the vst
shit
if you have good sound design to begin with
you really dont need a legion of vsts and or fx


 

offline lateral speid from LOS ANGELES (United States) on 2006-02-11 18:13 [#01839181]
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i use the mpc2000xl+ for ze beats


 

offline isnieZot from pooptown (Belgium) on 2006-02-11 18:40 [#01839186]
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I like richard devine


 

offline lateral speid from LOS ANGELES (United States) on 2006-02-11 18:43 [#01839188]
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i like Slayer


 

offline JivverDicker from my house on 2006-02-11 18:50 [#01839191]
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But that's what you do? You don't understand the process
behind it and making it yours. Your music sounds like 'fast
IDM cut up' but it's soul less. Instead of making 4 tracks
a week, try making music for a few months, then see how you
feel.


 

offline lateral speid from LOS ANGELES (United States) on 2006-02-11 19:03 [#01839196]
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or in some cases years


 

offline redrum from the allman brothers band (Ireland) on 2006-02-11 19:12 [#01839201]
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zing


 

offline bogala from NYC (United States) on 2006-02-11 19:25 [#01839208]
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I was thinking of getting a 4-track cassette recorder.


 

offline giginger from Milky Beans (United Kingdom) on 2006-02-11 19:31 [#01839213]
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What I love, I mean truly love is this:

Fiddling with the tools you have to make music. Finding out
new shit and discovering something you never knew possible.

I fucking love that.

I need to get me some hardware instead of this software
shite. I want to feel that fucking electronic pulse coming
out of that machine. I want control.

I want to fucking take over the world.

I want it all!

Seriously though; I want a synth so much.


 

offline hedphukkerr from mathbotton (United States) on 2006-02-11 21:20 [#01839267]
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i got a 4 track for xmas and its been a godsend.

completely changed my process of making music, and it got me
playing guitar again. my music deffinately has a much
more personal vibe now.


 

offline mylittlesister from ...wherever (United Kingdom) on 2006-02-11 21:32 [#01839274]
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for me it's much more interesting, and satisfying, when i
know the theory behind what you're doing - but it's still
good fun to muck around without thinking too deeply about
what you're doing, and then hearing what you've managed to
bodge up.

("here comes the science!")


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offline bogala from NYC (United States) on 2006-02-11 21:51 [#01839290]
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A 4track cassette hedphukkerr ? I was debating whether to
get a cassette or a tascam 388. The later is much larger and
better, but the cassette has appeal too.


 

offline hedphukkerr from mathbotton (United States) on 2006-02-11 21:57 [#01839293]
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i just adore cassettes in general, tape hiss makes me warm
and fuzzy.


 

offline cygnus from nowhere and everyplace on 2006-02-11 22:05 [#01839295]
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if your saying that then you havent even heard any of my
music, the process behind throwing a ton of vsts on a
channel and fucking up a beat is lame,if you knew anything
youd know my shit is hip hop and rap beats, for beat
fiends...


 

offline mylittlesister from ...wherever (United Kingdom) on 2006-02-11 22:07 [#01839296]
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if that's your shit, what's your good stuff? :)


 

offline cygnus from nowhere and everyplace on 2006-02-11 22:13 [#01839298]
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nice one


 

offline bogala from NYC (United States) on 2006-02-11 22:19 [#01839299]
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How do your bass frequencies hold up on cassette? Or does
the tape make your stuff more bassy?


 

offline Taxidermist from Black Grass on 2006-02-12 02:03 [#01839312]
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Analogue can successfully carry sound frequencies 5hz lower
than digital can. But tape generally dies sooner than rom.


 

offline Taxidermist from Black Grass on 2006-02-12 02:04 [#01839313]
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And has anybody noticed the new thing seems to be unafected
beats.

I think the analogy for film special effects stands here. If
you can hear the effect on the music, than you haven't done
it right.


 

offline Taxidermist from Black Grass on 2006-02-12 02:05 [#01839314]
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You know, synths aren't that expensive. If you have $100
kicking around, you can get yourself one of the lesser known
classics.


 

offline isnieZot from pooptown (Belgium) on 2006-02-12 02:58 [#01839322]
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if you wanna buy a 100$ synth you're better of with
software.
what do you wanna buy with 100 dollars? a tr505?
well you could buy it and then circuit bend it. because it
sounds like shit out of the box.

LAZY_TITLE


 

offline Taxidermist from Black Grass on 2006-02-12 03:01 [#01839323]
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tx81z
SH32
s950
cz1000
any of the dx's aside from the seven or the one
sy22
darkstar

I consider those pretty good for the price you can get them
for

If your paying $100 for a 505 your getting ripped off.


 

offline Taxidermist from Black Grass on 2006-02-12 03:04 [#01839324]
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Thats a small list.

My worst sounding synthesizer is probly the Poly800. I spent
80 dollars on it (and twenty shipping) but I can get a
better "jungle" sound off of that then I can out of
practically any software synthesizer. Plus it comes with
keys.


 

offline sadist from the dark side of the moon on 2006-02-12 03:08 [#01839325]
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pure lazyness. that's the whole problem with young
artist's.

instead of making one good track a month you have to make 4
in a week. yeah i know the problem i have exactly the same.

about using glitch: the fact you use glitch doesn't make you
automatically lame.

glitch is a very nice and interesting tool and i mean it was
made for cutting up beats so what ?

if you use it in a interesting, new and creative way it's
ok.

i mean you could say exactly the same about the fruity
granulizer for example or suppatrigga and isntajungle.

i mean come on! since when are we judging the effort of
making music rather than the music itself... christ


 

offline Taxidermist from Black Grass on 2006-02-12 03:11 [#01839326]
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i mean come on! since when are we judging the effort of
making music rather than the music itself... christ


I thought thats what glitch was all about :P



 

offline sadist from the dark side of the moon on 2006-02-12 03:17 [#01839327]
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yeah i guess so


 

offline acid_polic3 from london (United Kingdom) on 2006-02-12 04:29 [#01839342]
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i agree with cygnus

all about having a damn good , solid , beat in the first
place , then perhaps some retriggering is okay but i think
its best to do stuff like that by chopping up the .wav files
as you obviously have so much more control over fine detail
, its not pressing a button. like those fucking jackdark
vsts , they are pathetic. they all sound like delays with
short repeats , high feedback and bitcrushing. its not as if
one cant chain a few delays , filters and bitcrushers
anyway........plus then of course you can sequence the
mashup business in far more amusing ways as you can record
the same loop with diffo fx multiple times and then layer
etc... blah im stoned but basically fuck one button miracle
glitch shite.

i need more compressors.


 

offline Taxidermist from Black Grass on 2006-02-12 04:34 [#01839344]
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I think what everybody here needs is an evolver ;)


 

offline Exaph from United Kingdom on 2006-02-12 04:51 [#01839348]
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interesting posts


 

offline zero-cool on 2006-02-12 05:02 [#01839352]
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agreed. fuck that glitchy shit, and just use good rythms or
jazzy rythems


 

offline fleetmouse from Horny for Truth on 2006-02-12 06:47 [#01839435]
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offline Dannn_ from United Kingdom on 2006-02-12 07:00 [#01839446]
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Youre arguments clash a bit... maybe people are lazy but if
its easier, as you say, you shouldnt judge music by the
effort that went into it.

I personally think that it's not so much lazyness as the
fact people now make electronic music for themselves or to
see what they can produce, maybe without aiming to be
particularly original.


 

offline ecnadniarb on 2006-02-12 07:05 [#01839452]
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I don't make electronic music any more because I was shit.
I sold all my VST's to a man who collects letters and he
needed the V and the T. He is going to sell the S on eBay
so keep your eyes peeled.


 

offline fleetmouse from Horny for Truth on 2006-02-12 07:09 [#01839454]
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Everyone wanted to be Batman, so they all got Batman
halloween costumes, and now that everyone looks ridiculous
they don't like Batman any more.


 

offline ecnadniarb on 2006-02-12 07:16 [#01839456]
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I fucking love Batman and wear my costume most days.


 

offline fleetmouse from Horny for Truth on 2006-02-12 07:22 [#01839459]
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Ha ha! Yeah Batman is still cool.


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offline qrter from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2006-02-12 07:37 [#01839476]
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basically, you're saying everything sounds the same, so
let's go back to old ideas?


 

offline Clic on 2006-02-12 07:49 [#01839484]
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haha


 

offline giginger from Milky Beans (United Kingdom) on 2006-02-12 07:51 [#01839486]
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I hope you actually haven't stopped making music. I honestly
liked a majority of the stuff you did. Even though it was
only 40 seconds long on average.


 

offline staz on 2006-02-12 07:52 [#01839487]
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what about


 

offline Fah from Netherlands, The on 2006-02-12 08:12 [#01839498]
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cygnus i descided to write something in a kinda "let them
kids do what the hell they want with vst's" way, but then i
read this? LAZY_EGO :/


 

offline stilaktive from a place on 2006-02-12 09:28 [#01839532]
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i just stick loads of crap on a drum track. then chop it up.
then just have induvidual hits of little random clicky
things. i dont let any fx position my drum hits for me.


 

offline sheffieldbleep from Sheffield (United Kingdom) on 2006-02-12 09:53 [#01839579]
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I love hearing the good old 606 using it's internal
sequencer. Nice and RAW!


 

offline cygnus from nowhere and everyplace on 2006-02-12 13:57 [#01839797]
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ok ill rephrase;; its anti-progressive, theres no
start->finish when youre just throwing a bunch of random
stuff out there and you dont know whats going to happen...
its anti-performance, or something, i dont know. you should
be able to get what im saying without disagree or agreeing
with me or getting mad or whatever


 

offline impakt from where we do not speak of! on 2006-02-12 14:05 [#01839801]
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You can control randomness with parametres of course. You
don't like generative music then? :)


 

offline dave_g from United Kingdom on 2006-02-12 14:21 [#01839815]
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who cares? if it sounds good then listen to it. if it sounds
bad don't listen.
random or programmed up the arse, who cares?

this is a really poor arguement. what is the difference
between firing up a glitch vst on a drumloop and seeing what
it sounds like and taking the batteries out of a 303 and see
what the patterns sound like, or randomly twiddle knobs on a
synth and see what it sounds like?

so what if loads of young guys are using VSTs???? what's the
problem are they gunna take your slot as the new upcoming
superstar?


 


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