749 Forum Posts by "camoshark"
At 8/25/12 07:54 PM, The-iMortal wrote:At 8/25/12 07:50 PM, JulesGatz wrote: Pro Tools beats all.I haven't tried it, but Pro Tools is the world's renowned DAW for working with recorded instruments, I believe. Many professional pop producers use Pro Tools.
It's a bit overrated due to that fact that it's the only DAW that has a dedicated and accredited professional formation, called the Pro Tools Formation. It's actually a prerequisite in most industries nowadays to have this accreditation, and you'll rarely see a professional sound recording studio without one.
I'd call that a bit more than "many", though, once again, it doesn't mean that the DAW is the best, simply that it's the only one which comes with a certified paper stating you're good enough to use it.
Seems like I got double-ninja'ed, but my point still stands.
At 8/25/12 07:44 PM, Computer112 wrote: Wow, that guy should take literacy degree instead of music.
Personally I think you don't need to be like a big wussy who majors in music composition to know how to compose good music. People like this guy is pretty much those who loves to bang their head against the wall, just to make music that they think it is good. The guy could be an autistic dude who like everything in order. That's quite common.
What's the big deal of learning advanced music theory? I see no use of it, unless you are planning to become professors who teach in music history!
The big deal of music theory is to bypass the whole "learning by yourself" process. Thing is, everything that you know has already been discovered by someone else, so there's really no point in "discovering" it again.
Think of it as learning language, since it literally is. You can listen to other people articulate words and eventually learn how to articulate simple ideas like "I like you." But the whole process could take anywhere between a month and a year, while being taught these kinds of things can condense that to a day.
Then, if you further your study, you'll learn to express more complex ideas like "The silk of your hair, the plumpness of your cheeks and the freckles upon them, like a aggregate of sunflowers blowing through a field of raspberries ; all of this, plus the frailty of my own poor soul, beg to express my own attachment to your very being". and at song point, once you get to the point where you are confident enough in your understanding of musical theory, you can go ahead and experiment.
Disregarding musical theory would be to disregard every musical advancement since the Baroque era. If people weren't pushing the boundaries of theoretical knowledge, we'd still be making madrigals.
Update.
I'm making steady progress with both my tracks, I'm getting real ambitious with my France track, with two recorded instruments and solos, possibly three.
Also, I've gotten my hands on a gig to make japanese style music, so I would very much like to add a THIRD country to my list: Okinawa. In case you people didn't know, it's an independent island between China and Japan, and it's where originated Karate.
At 8/25/12 04:35 AM, Birdinator99 wrote:At 8/25/12 01:19 AM, Omegeist wrote: Which is all around best?inb4 it's how you use it
Been ninja'ed I see.
In any case, he's right. It's completely retarded to compare one with the other, as each of them are constructed in function of one particular aspect, and therefore excel at their respective specialization, and possibly suck at the others.
It's like comparing a 100 meters racer with a 3000 meters racer, even though they're the same discipline, the competitors on each sport are specialized in different aspects of the run, and therefore couldn't be expected to rivalise with the other sport.
At 8/25/12 03:59 AM, constromlie wrote: Why don't you try famitracker? I heard that a lot of people are using it for 8bit mixes, although I have never used it myself. If you're looking for 16bit drumsets then I can not help in any way other than saying to get Gens 11a (SEGA Genesis emulator) and some roms and use the volume control and WAV dump to dump only PSG and DAC sounds. Then you could sample them over your analog/square leads and whatever else you want to do. I'm not sure because there are a lot of video game systems with many different sound chips, and all of their sounds can be considered "chiptune." You didn't exactly specify what it was you were looking for, so I hope what I said helps. But if you want an easy 8bit PSG drum kit, port your midi files to GXSCC and turn off all channels except the one labeled "DRUM," then author it into a WAV file. Then beat-match that WAV file to the rest of the sounds in your chiptune track. It's kinda shitty, bit it's 8bit-sounding enough for most people to be fooled. I hope that helps ;)
Dear lord, I don't get how people like you disregard the date of the post to which they're replying.
Other than that, I'm sure that the post contains a lot of useful information, but of course it's completely irrelevant, since you're replying to a post more than two years old.
At 8/25/12 02:36 AM, AyoTom wrote: Name Of Act: No idea yet.
Country: America
Genre: Drum n bass/drumstep.
Name of Track: (Can be Decided Later)
Amercia's already taken, sorry.
At 8/24/12 11:43 PM, HyperTrough wrote:At 8/24/12 04:31 PM, Braiton wrote: And so the conversation topic changes to penises.This? Again?
Sweet.
This is what defines the Lounge, you'll get used to it.
Welcome to the Audio Forums, hope you like your stay here!
Just so you know, we're all musicians here, so really there's no point in advertising your talents for gigs, since we're all in the same boat.
You should probably read the Rules, just to be sure your next post doesn't break certain guidelines like most newbies do. Also:
-Audio Advertisement Thread
-Audio Approval Thread <- Recommend going there if you want to be approved to the AP!
-Audio Forum Lounge <- To introduce yourself.
In any case, enjoy your stay! :)
At 8/24/12 12:32 PM, 4urentertainment wrote:
Also yeah, I mean something where, I have say, a library of like 100 sounds, and the game just chooses patterns and plays these sounds through an algorithm which I hope to create to create music instead of just random noise.
Playing a random array of sounds won't get you far, as you would rather need to ask someone to create a large bank of short musical cues that all fit together, and then make them start at precise points in time to avoid bad synchronization.
In any case, it's happened quite a few times in the past, but it's really hard to do, you need to have a very competent programmer to insert crossfades between tracks to have seamless transitions and cue all these samples together.
In any case, good luck with that.
At 8/23/12 03:07 PM, RockbandExpert87 wrote: Its good to make your own sounds but at the same time, its not that big of a deal. That would be like saying, "Don't use a piano sound because many people use that sound." Its all about the notes you play and how you put them together. ;-)
Nonetheless, don't you think you're a tad late to the party?
At 8/23/12 06:41 AM, ForeverBound wrote: How long does it take you to make a full Track?
for me it take between 1h and 8h spreaded over 2-3 days
It use to take me less than an hour, but nowadays the fastest track I made was in 50 hours in 5 days.I guess it really depends on what type of projects you're working on.
[Late Night Strolls]
Yep, fancy brackets, deal with it. Also it's 5:30 AM and I haven't slept, so expect excessive rambling, and possible nonsense.
In any case, I've had insomnia for the past week due to health and IRL issues, and it's seriously had a toll on my temper and general productivity. I've tried all sorts of fancy stuff, including listening to sleep music -which as a music analyst is utterly pointless, considering I just concentrate on the music- relaxing tea, medication, nothing works.
So anyways, today, after rolling in bed for countless hours like every night, and having less than three hours before having to get up, I decided to try something new and take a late night stroll (hence the fancy title). I know there's probably a lot of people here who've done this in the past, but this was my first time doing something of the sort, and it's definitely something I'll be doing much more from now on.
First of all, being in a big city it's rare I ever get some peace and quiet, so already it's a nice change of pace. I didn't have any set route in mind, I just put one foot in front of the other and tried to stop thinking for once. This was fairly successful, and for a few moments I was away from all that nonsense. And then I heard something out of place. There's this mosque close to my home that I usually just walk by, I was under the impression that the place was foreclosed because of how old it looks. But it would seem I was wrong, as I was hearing some ritual singing from inside. There didn't seem to be anyone guarding the door, and I was fairly curious, so I decided to take a look inside.
It was fairly modest, your run-of-the-mill waiting room and a small staircase leading up to the actual Mosque. So I go up and find the door, and after taking my courage by two hands, open the door.
The place is as modest as I thought it would, with very little decoration and not much more than a podium for the one leading the ceremony. Fortunately there's a chair beside the door, and so after a few people and the leader have a quick look at me, they leave me be, and I sit.
In case people didn't know, I'm a huge fan of world and religious music, especially middle-eastern ceremonial music, so it was quite the treat to experience the real thing in person. I fortunately arrived just a few moments after the ceremony had started, so I had the occasion to witness most of it. The leader had an amazing voice and really had the intonations I had heard so many times before.
In any case, I eventually left to start getting my stuff ready, but I come out of this experience completely re-freshened and with a brand new set of inspiration for my music, so I believe that this was quite a fruitful experiment!
TL;DR: Random encounters are the best types of encounters, except maybe those of the third kind. Also, I write novels when I have sleep deprivation.
At 8/20/12 05:11 PM, Garoad wrote: Oh, wow! I just received notification that the results were posted (Newgrounds had been down and I had no idea). It's past the deadline for the first submission, am I out?
Dear lord.
Good news everyone, here's your flippin' delete button, hope that six months wasn't too long of a wait!
At 8/20/12 02:08 PM, mobiusstrip wrote: Go to my soundcloud or my bandcamp
It's a spacey, ambient sort of EP.
Feedback would be appreciated Downloads are free, so go crazy
At 8/20/12 06:30 AM, Step wrote: Today marks the 26th birthday of everyone's favourite audio mod, BBS mod and metal artist, Back-From-Purgatory, also known as BFP, Purgy, or John. Maybe not that last one but that's what it says on the caek right? Please send all caeks to Purgatory so that he'll have a nice treat when he gets back home.
HAVE A GOOD ONE.
G'birthay, Purgy, have a good one!
At 8/19/12 07:31 PM, SkyeWintrest wrote: All of the entrants review spam has been given. Me and Step just submitted all our reviews for all the tracks at the same time (though Step still has 2 to do, so he'll get those in tomorrow). Have fun, peeps!
Damn, dem reviews be gargantuant, can't wait for the other ones!
At 8/19/12 05:06 PM, Computer112 wrote: Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo... *cough*!!!
SAM DIDN'T MADE IT!!! Bosa you son of b...
Well, congrats to TroisNyxEtienne! :P
What you talkin' 'bout, mate? I made it in just fine!
Gratz to all of you, and good luck to CheckeredZebra!
At 8/19/12 03:51 AM, SAsInJustS wrote: Is there a place where there are quick links to the NGADM entries? I don't feel like browsing 16 pages of what seems to be nothing but immature name-calling :')
First of all, that's a retarded statement. Secondly, Here you go.
At 8/18/12 10:56 PM, Step wrote: The results will be posted at any time on the 19th. I feel it builds more suspense that way because nobody knows when the results will be posted throughout the day. It also breaks more F5 buttons.
Damn you and your mind tricks.
At 8/18/12 05:24 PM, Veneox wrote: My Audition.
http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/481545
Pic related.
At 8/18/12 04:53 PM, Back-From-Purgatory wrote:At 8/18/12 04:43 PM, B0UNC3 wrote: Just tried running my daw through Gamebooster.I don't have a problem with cpu usage while I'm writing/recording... but I'm gonna have to try this for while I'm gaming... cause my CPU is behind the times and holds my graphics card back.
Amazingly enough I got a 20% decrease in cpu usage, I didn't really expect that :O.
If any of you are struggling with lag, try it out :).
The taskmanager could do the same thing but this is just a faster way to do it.
It's actually an incredibly powerful tool, last game I bought on steam sale was LA Noire, my computer could barely run at minimum specs, and even then it was unplayable (7-10 fps), but with that programm I get 60 fps full specs.
At 8/18/12 02:42 PM, AndretheXLR8R wrote: My fellow composers, I have a question and couldn't seem to find this posted in the forum.
What kind of contracts you typically see with game scoring based on your experiences?
Here's some examples Im thinking of:
1) Charge a flat fee per song
2) Charge an overall fee
3) Have 100% rights to your music, this means selling it on your own via bandcamp or where ever without giving anything to the game company.
4) Ask for a percentage of profits or units sold (since your music is part of every game being sold)
I'd appreciate any feedback, Thanks!
There is no standards, you see 1, 2 and 4 all the time, and 3 would probably happen more on AudioJungle. It's really a case-by-case sort of thing, but I think that people most often ask for a bundled price. Again, it really depends on what type of project you're working with.
Alright, quick question: Are the results going to be posted at midnight the 19th, or sometime during the day?
At 8/18/12 01:26 PM, 23i wrote: Hello,
As the title states, this is an appeal to the audio forum, community and moderators to add the electronic sub-genre Progressive.
There have been plenty of times when I have sat down with my music and overlooked what I could put out on Newgrounds that would not conflict with the different genres. I often stumble on the issue of my music being throughout progressive. This causes some of the music I produce to never see the light outside my glorious basement*.
I would love to post more music to Newgrounds but I feel limited to the current sets of genres when I'm producing wich leads to this dilemma where I really don't feel like I can actually produce what I want.
That's my argument for this genre, feel free to question me if I've made anything unclear.
23i
*Reference only, not actually basement.
There is a serious lack in genres in the portal, not just in the electro department, but since the redesign, you can add the specific genre your music is apparent to in the tags. That's how I deal with it, anyhow.
Alright, this seems like a great idea, so let me bring my two cent here:
Samuel Adler's Study of Orchestration
Hands down the most comprehensive book to study anything and everything regarding the classical orchestra. It is divided into two parts: the first part will give you a thorough explanation of every instrument, how to play them, how to write for them in different contexts, examples of repertoire,etc. The second part will tell you every little detail, every technique used by the greats to attain certain effects, as well as more concrete examples through existing repertoire. It also comes with a four-CD package with all the examples used in the book, though I wouldn't recommend buying it, for because of the inflation of copyrights for these tracks, it is now twice as expensive as the book itself.
Principles of Orchestration, by Rimsky Korsakov
I'll be totally honest, I don't know much about this book, but I've heard a lot of great stuff. I've been told that it's quite similar to Adler's documentation, but with the opinion of a well-established orchestral genius.
Arnold Shoenberg's Study of Harmony
This book contains very intricate knowledge on classical harmony, the kind of stuff that is rarely taught, even at Uni. Be wary, though, Shoenberg didn't make this to be comprehensive, as this is merely a grouping of his own findings, so to be avoided for the beginners/intermediates.
Moving on to Jazz, this is hands down the best collection of theoretical knowledge to have come to be, be it for any level. This guy has a way of teaching you stuff so comprehensively you'll barely ever have to double-read a segment. The book will start from the very basis the theory behind Jazz harmony, and will progressively move to the really advanced stuff like chord substitution and the famed Coltrane Changes.
In any case, that's all I got for now, hope this'll be useful to anybody!
It would seem no one actually bothered to add me to the group, would anyone mind doing that?
At 8/16/12 10:47 PM, midimachine wrote:At 8/16/12 10:02 PM, ProjectDarkZero wrote: i didnt ask for it in an hour nor have a put a time limit at allof course not you fucking moron, for a decent effort it takes the best part of a day to do one song. i'm saying it's a waste of anyone's time to make an entire album of music just for one shitkick on the internet, and you'd have to be an arrogant little turd to make a thread like this
Or simply ignorant? I think he thought it would work the same way as an art request, which is actually quite common.
Don't bash people for their ignorance, I wouldn't want the same happening to me for simply asking a question.
At 8/16/12 10:02 PM, acmeDyne wrote: Man, lots of great work submitted!
My faves plus mini-reviews.
Damn, I'm not used to this much praise, but thanks for making this, I might do a similar top 5 (which actually comprises 5 tracks this time :P) if I find the time!
