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offline niun from London (United Kingdom) on 2003-07-01 06:49 [#00763474]
Points: 39 Status: Regular



Hey peeps,

Does anyone know of any software packages where you can use
images to write tracks?

I'm clutching at straws to get myself past a 5 year "writers
block" where all I can produce is loops that go on for
eternity.

All I'm doing at the moment is drawing moving images in
flash and trying to write stuff that fits with it. :(


 

offline Anus_Presley on 2003-07-01 06:52 [#00763477]
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we don't have time forr that stuff herre. it's not like the
big city.


 

offline niun from London (United Kingdom) on 2003-07-01 06:55 [#00763484]
Points: 39 Status: Regular



A big city is just a load of small towns merged together.

anyone else?


 

offline Anus_Presley on 2003-07-01 06:59 [#00763490]
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we don't have time forr that stuff herre. it's not like a
load of small towns merrged togetherr



 

offline fleetmouse from Horny for Truth on 2003-07-01 07:02 [#00763494]
Points: 18042 Status: Lurker



Why don't you get a book on chord progressions? just
learning how to work with a ii - V can open up a whole world
of possibilities. Or work in a new mode. I'm doing something
in phrygian - starts on the third note of a major scale.

But mainly I'd say if you're using Fruity or a tracker, drop
it and get a proper sequencer. I've always used Cakewalk and
recently I got Fruity - it's an interesting program but I
can see where you could fall into a loop-trap since it's not
easy to arrange a proper song. I'm fighting the playlist
every step of the way.


 

offline niun from London (United Kingdom) on 2003-07-01 07:02 [#00763495]
Points: 39 Status: Regular



A small town is just a collection of communities. A group of
people just like this message board helping each other out
in times of need e.t.c.

anyone else?


 

offline niun from London (United Kingdom) on 2003-07-01 07:05 [#00763497]
Points: 39 Status: Regular



I'm using Reason 2.5, Cubase 5, hardware samplers, drum
machines, guitars e.t.c. I've been doing it since I was 12
but I've done nothing for the last 5 years that has made me
stand back and say: "Wow! Thats it".

what is FruityLoops anyway? Is it like Acid (got that as
well).


 

offline fleetmouse from Horny for Truth on 2003-07-01 07:16 [#00763514]
Points: 18042 Status: Lurker | Followup to niun: #00763497



Being in a rut suggests you need to try something new, and
being in a loop rut suggests you have to do something with a
more narrative compositional structure like classical or
broadway.

I used to do these pseudo-classical Danny Elfman-ish pieces
with Cakewalk Express and a general midi card. Try doing
something like that. I couldn't really loop short bits with
that setup because they sounded like cack. The merits of the
piece (if there were any) had to come from the composition.


 

offline JAroen from the pineal gland on 2003-07-01 07:18 [#00763516]
Points: 16065 Status: Regular



no, its a VST / DXi sequencer with an effect rack and a
sampler and blabla

if you know how to work it and avoid making 'floops-y'
tracks its a good program

you might want to get Cool Edit or a sound edititng program
as well


 

offline niun from London (United Kingdom) on 2003-07-01 07:25 [#00763524]
Points: 39 Status: Regular



cheers guys,

I don't think I'll be getting anymore music packages. I have
spent more money than I should have on music stuff over the
years and I used to be producing a track an hour with
nothing more than a crappy keyboard, DR660, Guitar and 4
track (ohh and my Zoom FX rack, shweet).

I wish I still had the midi files from all those years ago.


 

offline fleetmouse from Horny for Truth on 2003-07-01 08:13 [#00763561]
Points: 18042 Status: Lurker



If you've already got Cubase I'd stick with that! It's a
terrific sequencer.


 


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