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Hummm, i know that is a lame question, but honestly, what is the best way to create a "melody" ? Is there something like a VST plugin that creates random POLYPHONIC melodies ? |
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you mind, man look at the melodies coverin' the beautiful earth.... woowwwww...... -We apologise for Toejam's inner hippy personality breaking through on his post. Toejam Inc. ensures that it won't happen again- |
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steal them from classical compositions no one has heard of |
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Damn, my latest plot foiled! |
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what compositions did you have in mind? ;) |
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if you really don't feel like playing around with the notes on your own and figuring something out, then there's an option within fruity loops that let's you choose different chords you can work with. then you can shift the notes around to find a suitable melody. it's within the piano roll window, under the main menu, under chord. |
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Thats what i mean. However most of the crap I "compose" sounds aweful, I dont know what Im doing wrong. I randomize a Melody, and than play it in ONE chord in the piano Roll, and it sounds crap !? Have you ever looked at preset scores in FRUITY LOOPS ? How can I make my own ? Im not a musician...so, Im abit clueless |
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how long have you been trying to make melodies through electronic means(which i presume you are using)? it took me a good 3 years at least, to get comfortable with the whole idea of making tracks that had decent melodies.. and i still get some off-key here and there. im not a music expert in the traditional and scholastic sense, but i do pick up thigns from the music i listen to. for instance, im not sure what your stuff sounds like, but maybe timing is off? or you are putting too many notes in one place, when the beat is significantly slower? something like that... |
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dont bother with melodies! if you cant do them just concentrate on beats. as the beats become more and more perfect, you will feel the need for a melody and it will just slot in easily. if you dont have a midi keyboard, i suggest you get one. a cheap one will do, that helps a hell of a lot. |
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think about it.. if it starts sounding too busy or confusing, then maybe you have too many different notes going all over the place. can you try to pick three notes that sound ok when they succeed each other, and then try to rearrange only those 3 in various positions? and lengthen them so it doesnt' sound so rushed. once you get used to it, you can add more and then shorten the notes and figure out eventually, what you think works best. im not sure if i am helping you at all, but this is what im getting from what you're saying. :) |
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i most of the times think of something in my mind, then hum / sing some melodies and play em on my keyboard the melodies just come out.. (maybe playing piano and guitar helped alot) |
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Ok, I tried it for the last 20 Minutes, and everything I created sounded shit. However, I thought there would be a more "economoclly" faster way to create melodys. I really dont wanna go the "trial & error" way....hmm... |
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hmm...thats strange...i basically hit different keys until i think it sounds good...thats basically all i do...but then again, my music hasnt been getting great reviews.. |
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try using an arpeggiator, and playing notes in a minor / major / whateveryoulike scale easy way to create something nice |
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Yeah that's what I mostly do too. I just try some shit on my keyboard until I like the sound of it. |
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