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At 9/27/13 11:38 PM, Rahmemhotep wrote: How the fuck do I force FL9 to use 75 BPM???

Try getting a legit version =P

But seriously this question is pretty vague, can you elaborate on the trouble youre having?

At 9/27/13 03:05 AM, jpbear wrote:

At 9/26/13 08:51 AM, Breed wrote: jpbear showin up on darkstepwarriors channel.

This pleases Breed.

aint the first time homie :P

also tracks like 6+ months old i wouldnt pay too much attention too it tbh.

YOU CANT STOP MY PLEASURE

Sounds both entertaining and full of copyright issues.

jpbear showin up on darkstepwarriors channel.

This pleases Breed.

A full time working composer could meet your deadline no problem, but in a free working market you definitely need to consider the actual work time a fully produced 4 minute track can take(20-60 hours easily) and consider that most people at that level are also either working full time, going to school full time, or some mix of that.

I would allow at the very least 2 weeks. This gives plenty of time for back and forth between you and the composer to ensure the ideal sound. Smarter move would be to allot a month or more, or to develop a schedule with the composer before alloting any time at all.

There's 3 current top libraries that I am aware of (unless someone stepped up their game and i missed it).

East West Hollywood Strings - 599USD
- Sound is very hollywood cinematic. Strong quality out of box but takes a good amount of tweaking to get good performance standards.

Vienna Syphonic Library - $???? a lot
- Most classical sounding of the bunch and probably capable of being the most believable as live. Very pricey though.

8dio Adagio Strings Bundle - 1100USD
- Somewhere in between the EW & VSL, leaning more towards the cinematic side of things. Probably the best scripting of any of them. Very fluid use, HUGE ass library, and pricey. Worth it if you can get it on some big sale.

So yeah GL.

Never play never have I ever with a girlfriend, its not fun

At 9/21/13 09:11 PM, JacobCadmus wrote: Quicktime has only a 32-bit version for Windows. so, could that be the problem??

It could be but its not too likely. Studio One has pretty fresh coding I doubt they'd miss that one.

What exactly is happening? I'm in contact with their engineers. You can PM me it if you want.

Cubase and Nuendo seem to be the pro standard at the moment.

Reaper is great for its video and post functions but not the best for working with MIDI.

FL is out of the picture, the video player is glitchy (try a tempo automation I dare you).

Studio One is actually one of the better options, I'm curious what issues are you experiencing with it in regards to video and/or syncing?

Pro Tools is currently having video issues although usually its okay. MIDI is a bit cumbersome to work with in there but theres a plus to knowing the program in some work areas.

Logic is a great alternative to cubase and the MIDI workflow is nice. Price point is a bit cheaper than cubase but cubase has more advanced functionality with scoring.

Ableton works, but nothin fancy scoring-wise.

I hear Digital Performer has some percs for scoring but I know nothing of those.

Also have heard mentioning of Samplitude for it, again Im not sure of its percs.

In summary, I'd go for either Cubase or Logic personally.

At 9/20/13 09:16 AM, PoonPun wrote:

How does it work?

Meters arent that complex. The bottom number determines the type of beat (half notes(2), quarter notes(4), eigth notes(8), etc), and the top number is the number of those beats you count per measure. Its just telling you how much is in a measure man.

The reason I ask this, is because the Max Payne theme, it interests me, but I can't work out its time signature, how do they work?

Dont forget that meters can change over and over in a single song, and so can tempo. Best you can do is tap along and determine whats modulating if anything actually is.

At 9/19/13 02:10 PM, loansindi wrote: Lousy Smarch weather.

Uncle loans youre alive. I'm not sure many people will catch your simpsons reference though.

At 9/18/13 02:16 AM, InvisibleObserver wrote: Korg Kaoss Pad 3

Any users experienced with these? What are peoples thoughts on it?

Ive used the kaoss pro. I figure if you want the cool stuff you can do with an x-y pad you can get one on their nanopad and just rock a digital synth that youre more familiar with all for much cheaper.

But to each their own.

Again, set some price limits and make multiple selections so that it appeases a larger group of people to compete.

- Cash Prize
- Tuition Prize
- Software Prize
- Hardware Prize

Set the cash prize the lowest, reward an extra few hundred towards the definitively musical awards (tuition, software, hardware).

At 9/15/13 11:46 PM, Sequenced wrote: finishing college

I think a lot of us here go through similar struggles. What is your major anyways?

I know I personally was doing engineering but couldnt stand studying what I wasnt passionate about and had to switch to music. Best decision I ever made. Sure I work 60-70 hours a week but its not even that hard cuz I love what I'm doing.

At 9/12/13 08:21 AM, Convey wrote: I generally don't get what's up with the amount of self loathing that goes on with some musicians within these forums

There's good reason to be self critical, it keeps you always on the hunt to furthering your own development. When Hans Zimmer was asked what his favorite composition was he replied "I haven't written it yet."

Gotta stay on your toes man and always look for a way to improve. I used to run competitively and the internal thoughts you go through in a race are very similar, telling yourself you arent any good motivates to passionately move forward.

There's an optimistic version of that same idea, but to each their own.

First song you linked was fusion(which is jazz and funk or jazz and rock), the rest was just rock music.

The improvement is vast. If you're comfortable with effects then I'd suggest recording without DSP and adding the effects yourself for a more personalized higher quality sound.

The Neumann "Solution D" is the only mic you should be using. I'd be happy to sell you one.

I would say give a personal prize. Tuition of sorts to a college of choice or a cash prize depending on the needs of the individual. Set some limits on tuition pricing, and make it slightly more then the cash prize to reward the educational route.

So you would dish out 160 grand to send someone to berklee for 4 years? Do you mean a single semester of tuition? I'm confused this seems too intense.

Also I love you

At 9/11/13 12:19 AM, dj-Jo wrote:

At 9/11/13 12:00 AM, Breed wrote: Speaking of running, I hit my weight goal to start doing so. Lost 50 pounds! wewt! Its gonna be quite a while before i get back to my old record of 17:10 for a 5k though.

But still, daaaang that's an awesome achievement :)
Congrats!

thanks man, the total goal is 110lbs of weight loss. almost half way! running should help.

Speaking of running, I hit my weight goal to start doing so. Lost 50 pounds! wewt! Its gonna be quite a while before i get back to my old record of 17:10 for a 5k though.

Welcome to the audio forum. A few tips, before posting again do read the Audio Forum Rules.

If you are looking to show people here your audio then try the Audio Advertisements Thread. Or consider the Review Request Club for feedback.

If you want to chat about regular stuff with us, join us in the Audio Lounge.

Just so were clear on the math here Carefoot. Its 432hz, not khz which is far beyond human hearing.

The difference is only 8 hz, which is not a measure of intensity, its oscillations per second. Intensity is measured by decibels(dB) and is a separate parameter.

Even considering the fletcher munson curve in regards to human hearing, its still so minute that its completely negligible at those intervals.

Also, equal temperment completely dissolves any type of association between tuning and anything other than western harmonic structure. Unless of course you want to talk carnatic music theory, relating frequencies to chakra, but even then you won't find any links to a specific group of people, rather links to varying emotions and mental states.

At 9/5/13 01:46 PM, Step wrote: Blue Yeti Microphone

I caution going that route only because it has zero future potential and you have to basically start over anytime you want a new microphone. It may be a significant price difference to get an audio interface and cabling for a normal microphone but it allows you to chose from a much larger array of microphones and it allows you to add to your system in the future without having to be limited to USB mics and without having to buy an A/D converter everytime; Overall becoming a better future investment and considerably higher quality initial investment as well.

At 9/6/13 07:41 AM, Carefoot wrote: And does NG have any intention of having lossless *cough mp3 is 1/5th the quality of FLAC/Wav cough*?

MP3s actually have closer to 1/17th the data of a lossless format, but that said it takes a trained ear in a proper environment to tell the difference. It is by no means 5 times better to use such formats.

The music of this site is meant to supplement the animations and games here. To add lossless formats of music to said projects would be to add too much loading data and even with lossless data provided they would probably render it down to mp3 before adding it to their project anyways.

In short, the percentage of people who actually care for having lossless music is minuscule when compared to the amount of people looking to more quickly access the music itself.

Tuning has gone up and up over time. The chicago symphony orchestra for example uses 442 tuning currently. Now 440 might be a standard for manufacturers of tuners but the effect of changing the tuning on a particular song is going to by a song by song basis in regards to whether or not it will actually benefit the piece. To say it will increase the intensity of the music itself is a misnomer and is dependent more on the sounds contained within itself rather than the tuning.

Long story short, it really doesnt matter. To change the master pitch of a piece after its finished is to throw away any careful work that may have been done with EQs as well as any other frequency based effects. Chances are actually more likely that you will reduce the quality of the track than anything.

If you change the pitch before creation of the song then you have to ensure that any plugins being used for sounds in the production are actually effected by the pitch change (which is supported differently accross different DAWs), which if they dont could limit your options in terms of creation, or in other cases add extra steps to the production process to get them to work.

I dont really see anything cool about 432 tuning, but if you want to at least reference a darker area you could go as far as Baroque tuning of 420. That would be both a historic reference, and a pothead reference. Seems more like a win to me that way.

Bad luck Breed.

Studio computer dead, car dead, phone dead, bubbler dead. All in 2 week span.

Microphones and instruments like guitars and basses have different types of cables and more importantly different impedance so they are not interchangeable. Thats why you were getting funky sound.

An audio interface would be a vast improvement of multiple aspects of your sound. Not just the quality of guitar signal going in, but also the quality of sound coming out of your computer. While an interface may not be the cheapest option for getting guitar directly into your computer it is usually the higher quality option.

If you need a cheaper solution you could use a product such as 'light snake' or any other small device specifically built for guitar to usb. That will cut the price in half, but the quality is less so and an m-track or other comparable interface would give you the possibility to do more in the future (suuch as multi-track recording, tracking, and pro audio device hook ups).

ASIO4ALL would still work, although the point in using an ASIO driver is lower latency and most interfaces come with their own proprietary driver that is even more ideal then ASIO4ALL.

Hope this helps.

At 8/30/13 04:59 PM, camoshark wrote: Welp, in a stunning turn of event, my music has somehow managed to get the attention of the YouTube celebrity commentator team The Yogscast, and I am now officially a part of their team as one of their house composers.

That is all. Have a good day.

Gratz dude!