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At 3/8/11 03:09 AM, jpbear wrote: Is this deep enough for a sub?

Well it takes up the entire low end of the track....So yeah it probably is, but amplitude doesnt mean loudness per se. If you're low end is too crowded it can muddy it up, make it unclear, and have the same effect as a thinner sound at lower amplitude. So like everything, there is a balance one must find.

I don't know why you keep saying "guessing" -- It isn't supposed to be a guess at all. If you have 'monitors' then you should have at least semi-more accurate speakers then the average listener. You should know exactly how it sounds and mix it accordingly. If you are having trouble with that then maybe you need higher quality playback. You could also try testing music on various low level speakers as well to get a better idea of what some listeners hear. Stuff like iPod headphones and 20 dollar laptop speakers or something.

I also suggest reading about the science behind sound and behind mixing/mastering. The closer your knowledge is to the root of everything you are doing in music, the better you can utilize it.

At 3/6/11 05:01 PM, m1ndrust wrote: Synthogy Ivory is the best for piano.

Says you. In my research I found that EW pianos gold and this are commonly compared. They are more or less the same quality and price. I would say that East West has much better built in reverb for it though. That was my tipping point.

At 3/7/11 06:38 AM, Supersteph54 wrote:

At 3/7/11 05:04 AM, LogicalDefiance wrote: Ministry of Rock TWO

and I jizzed... in... my pants.

Join the club.

The jizzed-in-your-pants club or the MOR2 club??

Ministry of Rock TWO

and I jizzed... in... my pants.

At 3/7/11 04:17 AM, Sequenced wrote:

At 3/6/11 09:08 PM, LogicalDefiance wrote: I went all out on the vagina cake this year. Go easy on it this time Mich.

That cake looks fucking delicious.

Better than last years?

I went all out on the vagina cake this year. Go easy on it this time Mich.

At 3/6/11 08:47 PM, GruntWorthy wrote: One thing is for sure, she has gotten all the stolen artists far more exposure than anyone of them had before.

This was one of my first thoughts. It could turn out to be beneficial for a lot of these artists.

At 3/6/11 06:43 PM, Ocelotlikespie wrote: A sound effect isn't music, LogicalDefiance.

It's still intellectual property, Ocelotlikespie.

I would be happy to jump on board given that timeline. I own an audio production company (LD Productions). Examples of my work can be found by genre category on my sites music catalog.

I have 5 years of production experience on my belt. I have worked in about 10 collaborations between myself and other artists or directors/coders. Electronic music IS my specialty. You linked a dubstep tune which is what I make for fun outside of hired jobs, so for anything even remotely similar you can expect good results from me.

1 - You shouldn't rip sounds ever. Using sounds as a 'temp track'--as in as a model for someone to create original sounds from, it encouraged instead.

2 - If you want someone to do work for you, you should offer a payment/reward/incentive

3 - Copyrights--they exist. We can't post copyrighted music on newgrounds. Even if you saw it happen, it shouldnt have.

4 - ????????

5 - Profit

Now when you search the page for "1 new" you get to see how copyright 2011 newgrounds is...its like really really copyrighted...and depressing

At 3/6/11 01:44 PM, djInTheDark wrote:

At 3/6/11 01:38 PM, LogicalDefiance wrote: But but but...theory arguments are so fun

If they were fun then their threads would actually stay afloat. Just sayin

sorry let me correct myself.

But but but...theory arguments are so fun for people who enjoy using their brain

At 3/6/11 01:19 PM, Back-From-Purgatory wrote: Now now guys, I just wanted to know what notes I should be playing without stumbling all over the keyboard trying to figure the scale out on my own, no need to get into a theoretical argument over an accidental.

But but but...theory arguments are so fun

At 3/6/11 12:38 PM, SBB wrote:

At 3/6/11 12:15 PM, LogicalDefiance wrote: Some use of the melodic f# minor as well near the end.

aka dorian with a major 7th. But since the major 7th E# is rarely used and the minor 7th E is often used in the melody, I'd to call it dorian instead of melodic minor

I don't hear it modulating between keys. The tonal center is the F# note throughout

It does. I'm not going to transcribe the whole thing to prove it though. Also dorian doesnt have a major 7th from tonic to 7, it has a minor 7th. only ionian and lydian have that raised 7th scale degree naturally.

There are countless ways to say notes belong in certain modes. For instance you could say this is all in f# minor and uses dorian mode borrowing to get that d# instead of lydian mode in a major. You could say that it sounds like it resolves on the c# attributing it to a dominant modulation in f# minor.

You have to look at the function of the bass notes and the progression to get a good idea of where the tonal center is. Using that ideology, i found that that the piece gravitates only to f# and a major, with some very light modal borrowing. It's a practical, structured, thought out analysis...I think i've provided plenty of evidence of why i think that way.

You could also say that the same place that uses the 'melodic minor' may actually being using modal borrowing from the lydian scale since it modulates to A major just before the part that uses the D#. it outlines a lydian pentachord in A this way.

However you look at it though, the key signature is 3 sharps--and it is not at all prolifically in a mode besides aeolian and ionian (major/minor)

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Some use of the melodic f# minor as well near the end.

At 3/6/11 11:41 AM, SessileNomad wrote:

I don't think there's a raised 7th anywhere. It goes all Dorian (i.e the 6th is raised) in the latter half though.

yeah i didnt hear any leading tones

I'm sorry guys this song uses conventional styles so I can hear it very well since I've been taking ear training courses as a music major for a year now, and this piece is most definitely not in dorian, and it uses the leading tone a LOT. A major/F# minor is the key. It modulates back and forth a bit between relative keys. If it was in dorian it would have to be B dorian, but B never acts as any kind of cadential point and is rarely if not ever used as a drone in the back. The tonality is towards ionian and aeolian. The leading tone (E#) is used in the beginning a bunch as the bass note in an inverted V chord which sets the tonality to start in F# minor key.

I love those types of tunes though. I am fortunate to have East West packages with a music box in it. Goliath i believe is the package name.

I blame Jesus. He's responsible for this!

If I was the original artist (sir xkore) then yes I would agree it would be inappropriate for this action. He obviously isn't approaching the matter that way. The people who want to are doing so in their own accord and by no means represent xKore, so theres no harm his direction for doing so.

At 3/5/11 02:00 PM, loansindi wrote: I don't think any sort of public claims of theft are appropriate.

Because it soils their name? IF thats your reason, I think their name should be hurt for doin such a thing.

Yeah she obviously has trouble understanding what a computer is considering there are computers in all those components listed =/

At 3/5/11 01:28 PM, loansindi wrote: cease action is the way to go, not spam

I think we can do both if approached appropriately.

Nobody should be spamming things like 'you dirty bitch you steal music go die!'--even if you'd like to.

More like "This artists has been proven to be stealing and taking credit from other artists. Please do not support this."

I've contacted her and posted on all her pages listed here. Shameful as hell

At 3/5/11 10:20 AM, Quarl wrote: Key Boards

Can you...

can who?

At 3/5/11 03:53 AM, Supersteph54 wrote:
Thankfully I'm still learning piano (albeit with a very slow teacher). I play piano almost everyday, and sometimes I use it to think of some music ideas. I wish I had a MIDI keyboard though, since after I run from my piano to my computer after thinking of a great idea, the idea never sounds the same in FL Studio.

Thats cuz piano sounds suckass without good dynamics and accurate reverb. Unless your using some really nice piano plug-in; If its FL keys then hell yeah you need that. MIDI keyboards are like as cheap as 70 bucks these days though. Save your mommys allowance for a few months chap. =P

huh?

http://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic/1197 165

You've even posted in there too.

At 3/4/11 06:06 PM, SymbolCymbal wrote:

because if we have to keep asking you questions eventually the quality producers will see you as amateur and not offer any help.

There aren't really any 'quality producers' that would work for free anyways. Except maybe those who are still in that stage of building a portfolio to start charging. But it's rare to find a good freelance composer at that stage.

By "free" do you mean you're looking for a musician to work for free? Or just looking for an available one?

NINJA'D AGAIN

At 3/3/11 06:58 PM, joshhunsaker wrote: http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/4 03742
It's like almost dubstep, but just not quite...

wrong thread man