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At 3/3/11 08:15 AM, LionLungs wrote:

Any help?

Well hello mr.copy/paste reposter.

Sounds like you're getting clipping. Look up stuff about amplitude/signal level/clipping.

It means your track is too 'loud' more or less. Just reduce the volume of the mp3 in FL until the signal stays near 0db at the loudest parts of the song(that should get rid of most of the clipping), then slap a hardwall limiter on there at the end of the signal chain to cover the minute clips.

At 3/3/11 12:23 AM, lazy-dave wrote: Are we allowed to do covers for the contests?

Not particularly. You have to read the individual rules each month. For instance this month, covers of songs in public domain are cool.

Never will there be covers of copyright songs allowed though

At 3/2/11 11:29 PM, Envy wrote:
I'll say it again. Hence why we're hearing a sawtooth and square.

Grats on saying a possible first step of many steps to emulating a distorted guitar. As I mentioned, it's common to emulate this sound, and the OP would be better off looking for more in detail notes or a tutorial if possible.

At 3/2/11 06:39 PM, creativeusage wrote:
So the question is Korg, Roland, Akai, M-audio, or something else?
Any opinions or recommendations, anyone?

Understandable. Music is a hobby for most people, especially non-music major students.

Actually you don't see pads on a lot of entry level MIDI keyboards. BUT, there is an AWESOME little MIDI controller from Korg called the Nanopad (remember I was talking about the Nano Kontrol having faders and stuff, well this one just has a bunch of pads and an x/y pad). The whole Nano series is amazing actually. Each one is like 60 bucks. Check it out

So if thats the main thing you want, you can get a much cheaper MIDI keyboard. The advantage being that the nano series is made for those controls, not an extra feature on a keyboard, so they tend to have a better feel. The disadvantage is if you already have more then 4 or 5 USB ports taken up already, then you are starting to overcrowd the bus and will have a slower response going to the computer

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At 3/2/11 04:22 PM, dontpanic01 wrote: I have finally gotten a perfect combination of effects (and each of their individual settings) in the mixer. Is there any way I could save the effects combination as a whole?

You can "save mixer track state as" in the little dropdown menu at the top left ( just a little picture of a downward pointing arrow) in the mixer. Then you can open that from another project. If you just wanna open it into another mixer track in the same project, then hover over the 'save mixer track state as' option, hold left click, and drag it to the respective mixer channel.

This is a guitar....with distortion. Theres tons of way to emulate it. I got almost perfect results with a higher saw wave, and a low pitched pulse wave osc. Little bit of filter work, EQing, envelope adjustments, and an arpeggiator for the parts with the faster rhythm to get the right sound out of it.

But yeah its a guy playin a guitar, or a guitar/bass guitar synth. Very popular thing to emulate. You could look that up.

I've been wanting to write a slip jig for a while. Gotta love those 9/8 tunes

Roland is definitely one of those companies that I just kinda trust. That little controller has some pretty nice little features. I'd definitely say it's more of an intermediate level MIDI controller considering all the faders, rotary knobs, and transport controls. But honestly those are awesome and useful and easy to use if you know how to set up the connections with your DAW. Are you using cakewalk studio? That would probably help to make sure the transport controls work right =)

Not the cheapest thing though. You have to think about price versus functioning in this case. Exactly what do you want out of your controller? Are you just going to be using it to figure out melodies? Or are you more so looking for the functions like knobs, pads, etc? Or both? This would be a good one for both most definitely, but you weren't looking for all that you could go a few hundred dollars cheaper. My MIDI controller only has one fader and the 49 keys, but it only cost 65 bucks and works perfect for my needs.

In some cases it might be better if you have the peripheral space to plug in lots of USB devices. I have the Korg Nano Kontrol for my faders for instance which only cost 60 bucks. So right there I have 36 pads, 36 faders, and 36 rotary knobs, and my 49 key midi controller for only 130 bucks.

Theres a lot of ways to go, but functionality, space, USB load, neecesity, and price are all things to take into consideration here.

At 3/1/11 04:53 PM, loansindi wrote: spare some change?

NO DAMNIT I DONT HAVE ANY CHANGE LOANS

Read

Start with books like:

- The Art of Mixing
- The Mixing Engineers Handbook
- The Mastering Engineers Handbook
- Dance Music Manual (electronic genres only)

Then....apply.

Pretty simple learning is.

HAVENT***

I am now neutral aura'd.

It fits me more anyways. I have been bi since high school anyways. Or uh...i mean...fab

I know for a fact that there is a thread for this. I see jarrydn is on so maybe he will swing by and link it to you using his giant mod penis. Otherwise others know what I'm talkin about and will.

I am currently taking on projects for audio that are under one minute in length, which this seems to fit right into. If you are interested in a professional re-creation of said piece or an original piece similar to it, please fill out a form with all the details in the contact section of my website and I will write up an estimate for you.

I prefer to discuss pricing in private, however I may add that It will likely be less expensive then what has already been offered to you.

Mills is a troll. It's all he does. Rather then proving an easy battle about FL studio, just ignore him.

I'm always a fan of using organic textures. Recording sounds and adding lots of space to them, altering their pitch, reversing samples, adding gates, etc...to make a unique texture and sound.

One of my favorite results I discovered when recording car sounds for a sample pack. I was trying to get a start up sound, and I didn't notice the fact that my keychain was jingling when I had the recording. I took the key off the chain to fix that and record again, but when I got into the studio to cut the recordings and what not, I listened to the one with the keys jingle and played a bit with it. I discovered that the key jingle sounds awesome reversed.

A good way to make that into a pad would be to add lots of long reverb or something to it, record it with the effects on it, or bounce the sound to wav, and then reverse the sample, and add some chorus or other effects to beef it up. Some nice EQing and little gate or sidechain compression will give you a pretty interesting sound.

The same concept applies to any cool texture you can find, and you can't get any more original then using home recorded sounds.

Two things that make a successful drop:

1 - It is any combination of interesting melodic, rhythmic, or timbrel elements. More or less, well composed. The song has a theme unifying one or more of these elements in the drop. Switching emphasis from one element to another is a good way to give a drop a defining change.

2 - It is mixed well. High energy, well tailored sound is an aspect that comes out through the mix. Your mixing skills highly influence how you can express and emphasize musical elements. Being able to utilize all three elements all the time is a skill you learn with experience and time, as well as study.

These same ideas apply in all music, but most of all in electronic genres, especially those used for dancing.

At 2/23/11 09:41 PM, seargenthippo wrote:

At 2/23/11 09:26 PM, LogicalDefiance wrote: stuff

moar stuff

Not sure why you're quoting me, since your post was just a response to the OP. But if you are trying to tell me how drawing automation points proves me wrong or something, then realize that thats different from recording automations via an analogue controller or mouse.

Garageband probably can't record automations. It's because it's garageband....

Perhaps look into Logic or Cubase, I'm sure those can do it.

I know for a fact FL Studio can record unending amounts of automations and midi and mics at the same time, but its coded in Delphi so no luck for apple people.

Welcome to the world of underground audio contests ladies and gentlemen. Rarely are the judges qualified, and rarely do they have time to properly assess entries anyhow. Not to mention, a lot of audio contests are judged based on artistic and/or undefinable circumstances; many times abstract and opinionated.

In retrospect, narcissistic quarries are best kept to yourself even if based on logical means, unless they are to better further competitions.

My 2 cents

At 2/23/11 05:49 AM, Sequenced wrote: Hey look, I am right next to ParagonX9! I feel like I have achieved something. :3

Apparently me too.

We sandwiched that fucker.

good timing. three of your vocals will be featured in a commercial release late march for a compilation dubstep album on itunes from stupidfly records.

ill let you know when it comes out.

Ah well in my experience I found the best theory outline to be something along the lines of:

- Intro to Musical Notes
- Notation
- Scale building (7 modes + harmonic and melodic for aeolian)
- Intervals
- Circle of fifths & Key signatures
- Meters and rhythm
- Building Triads
- Building Seventh chords
- Roman numeral analysis
- Figured Bass & Lead sheet reading
- First & second species counterpoint
- Conventional chord progressions (major & minor)
- Melodic functions of chord inversions

dont know how far you would want to go past that. but i see that as the most ideal outline for comprehending each step entirely before moving onto the next and each having a fundamental root in the previous.

just a thought. its great to see people who want to help others understand the subject

So these samples are public domain yes? Cuz I already have a spot for a track that one vocal clip works perfect for replacing the copyright movie samples that are in my track originally. This would be a commercial release as well.

Whats your outline?

At 2/19/11 06:26 PM, Chris-V2 wrote:

At 2/19/11 05:39 PM, LogicalDefiance wrote: If that was a +5 interval then they wouldnt call it a sixth chord to begin with

Woops, done goofed. Meant to say +6

It's not a +6 interval either lol

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At 2/19/11 06:04 PM, Bjra wrote:

At 2/19/11 06:03 PM, SymbolCymbal wrote:

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I have long craved the soft feminine touch

I can give that to you =P

Only it might be a little less soft and little more scratchy; a lot less feminine and a lot more masculine.

If that was a +5 interval then they wouldnt call it a sixth chord to begin with

At 2/19/11 05:30 PM, Chris-V2 wrote: However the D to Bb is an Augmented 5th

I don't know much about the topic at hand, but I am an interval slut, and that is most definitely a minor 6th not and augmented 5th. Same sound, but not the same contextual interval. In order to be an augmented 5th it would need to be D to A#