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I have a tip for all producers out there, dont get too stoned until after you are satisfied with the work you have done for the day/night. Has anyone else got any pearls of wisdom to add ? |
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don't track the drums first |
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save everything. sample your bass lines cos they are a bitch to play in with a keyboard. |
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What he said, save a clean copy of everything before you apply effects to it. And if your using Floops, give each element of the drums a track, don't multitrack them... if you're applying effects(or even not), it saves a lot of grief. |
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you know, I've never thought to do that before. instead of lumping all the drum parts into one track, put each element into one seperate track... that'd leave open the possibility of much more tweaking I suspect |
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close your eyes and hold your breath and push as many random buttons as possible until you run out of breath thats how i make all my songs |
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don't sequence, the more stoned the better, make yer music disposable. |
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(1) if you have loop-deafness, export the section you are working on, and listen to it reversed- you'll hear your track afresh. (2) work towards simplicity - let your self be expressed rather than your technique (3) finish all of your tracks (even the detritus) (4) if you wanna be stoned, then be generally stoned rather than specifically stoned (5) let yourself be a conduit, dont fight what comes through you (6) make your music lasting |
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Never scan through preset sounds and try to combine them into a song. Always program the sounds yourself, the way you imagined them in your head. Flicking through presets in a synth/computer is the worst way of working. -P |
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true, many of my ideas have disintegrated through scaning the presets trying to find somthing close to the sound i want. My best stuff i have come up with by accident just through experimenting with the kit |
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bob said it all really; save save save save save save. especially if you're using Soundforge 4.5. |
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Why should I apply effects afterwards ? If the overall sound relies heavily on FILTERS and STUFF, how can you know if the instruments / synths fit toghter before you apply the effects........ Oh yeah, my advie : Use lots of Filters, I figured out that most synths sound sheit without any filters ;) |
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all the advice given above has lots of "Nevers" and "Always" in it... surely everything should be open to change....? my advice is mess about until it sounds good... |
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oh and ok, don't _try_ to be organised (with your samples, the way you arrange parts, mix etc.) don't conciously think of ways to do it cos you'll grow your own system of arranging stuff if you do it enough, and you'll be far more familiar with this system than the ultra-tidy one you figured out and wrote down on a piece of paper at the beginning. |
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Can anyone tell me of some software that completely fucks up sound? I need one desperately. |
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mac or pc? |
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'granulab' freeware making use of granular synthesis |
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if you do want to work with pre-made samples, go here to find some - you can then edit them yourself or if you're looking for some software to use, go here and find something |
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steve, if you've got the money, mac. |
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Try anything by "toby bear", stuff like silverbox and candy. Horrible sounds... |
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turn off the monitor while listening |
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and bout gettin stoned... I'm allways stoned. Just don't let others know... |
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organise your samples logically. Use descriptive names and sub folders/etc then it is much easier.....you need a HH, so go drums/hh/hh1.wav or you want some vocals /vox/male/distorted/shouting.wav thats my great idea:) |
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mastering mastering and mastering, compressing, equing, stereo, synths, comparing the volume with other tracks.. |
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I always hide the track view- so I can't see when something is about to occur- makes it easier to tell if something should happen a few bars earlier/later... Dave_G: Yep, I have a very similair system for organising my samples. Map: I think even if you don't hand over mastering duties to someone else, it's worth getting their input to help with it. |
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