At 7/6/08 12:30 PM, Zooloo75 wrote: Sup guys, I need a bit help with mastering...After the 2 years of making music I feel like I still don't know how to master....

*headsmack emoticon*

you can play all mine. I'm always for exposure. The newest song I put up is decent/dancish.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dummy_head_
recording

the only way to accurately simulate this.

http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/1 55804

Took loads of effort.

At 7/1/08 03:41 PM, Neo-Fusion wrote: Ok so i don't have a microphone... (bad words)

dude. nady's sp-5 costs like $20. and it doesn't need phantom power.

At 6/30/08 09:49 PM, loogiesquared wrote: even if they wanted to, they couldn't, NG is for non-copyrighted works only.

everything that has ever been created has inherent copyright. It's just you have allowed a license for this copyright which permits under certain bounds the file to copied and used.

At 7/1/08 09:49 AM, Bento-San wrote:

At 6/30/08 06:18 AM, No1r wrote: Welcome!
My music also have been used for commercial projects..and i didn't see a dollar, of course.
Bah..

Little do these flash artists realise that perhaps if someone threw some $ our way it might help pay for new/better gear while also motivating us to release more tracks.

And how true this is!

At 7/1/08 10:46 AM, stephenharper wrote: techno maker 2000

lol.

At 6/29/08 04:25 PM, CyprusX wrote: I just realized that it does not matter how hard you try or how good you think your song is.
Nobody gives a shit. If you're popular in the audio portal , it does not matter whatever you submit , you get instant 500+ downloads , and people sucking on your toes. Instant win. If you're new , or " underground " and try to claim a place or a piece of the earnings . you are left at the bottom of the list , even if your song is good. If you're lucky enough you can get 10 downloads and 4-5 reviews at the end of the month.

Newgrounds is not a place for musicians. End of.

Not really - I'm technically new and my song "Thinking in Slow Motion" got #1 this week or whatever and it's not even that great.

Get both. A craftsman can never have too many tools.

you could just use this looped twice:
http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/1 53382

At 6/9/08 04:58 PM, ILovezoms wrote: There is way too much casual homophobia Example Gay being used as an insult
as well as such phrases as Bumboys and stuff like that.

thank goodness for knowledge

gay
4. licentious; dissipated; wanton

So, technically - it is very correct to be able to use "Gay" as an insult. But it seems nobody bothers to really check a dictionary anymore. The truth will set you free, eh?

At 4/22/08 06:07 PM, SirBackBoobs wrote:

What if God set off the Big Bang and let everything else run it's course without any further ineraction? That lets God exist without contradicting any scientific fact.

Nice cop-out, really class act. Doesn't make god anymore plausible though.

what is it exactly that makes it not plausible? How would you have any more reason to say one thing isn't behind a curtain than posturing it is?

At 4/14/08 01:12 AM, TrueDemocrat wrote: Religion has oppressed gays across the world for centuries; science, onthe other hand, knows that homosexuals will eventually dominate through Darwin's principles of evolution.

Nice.

The really funny thing though is that homosexual based "families" can only have children by adopting the kids born out of a heterosexual relationship. How ironic.

http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/1 52514

New-age trance.

At 6/18/08 08:36 PM, Chronamut wrote: actually what it REALLY comes down to is how many snotty elitists are gonna tear apart your piano sound - half the stuff mentioned here isnt necessary - piano is one of hte easiest things to synthesize.

And that's why there are so many piano synthesizers flooding the market.

http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/1 51326

It's an older track.

At 6/15/08 05:29 PM, Shea08 wrote: quick! post a picture of the comic before this is closed.

oh and i read it, some amused me and I liked the illustration

oh yeah - I just noticed that in the "read this first!" thingy up top. I mean - I guess I can understand not allowing anyone to link to their friend's site (that it has to be completely original) but...

- argh! I just realized I can't copy an example of them! They are all showing as flash files! ugh. I should just not venture into different parts of this site anymore - too many rules and whathaveyou. This place is regulated like it's not even funny.

It's my friend's web comic that I feel is worth a look. The bookseller ones actually tend to be really funny. Anyway - post your remarks here or you can mail him from the site with suggestions or comments!

http://www.krrobar.com/

- Josh Hunsaker
(my own artwork isn't worth looking at IMO...)

At 6/14/08 04:54 PM, Zerobeam wrote: But is the portable recorder worth it?

I mean, does it provide the same quality as a condensor mic would do + preamp?

well - technically - that's exactly what they are. They may not have %100 percent of the sound - but for the price? You'll probably get at least %75 of the quality of a comparable setup costing as much (being that is a mic + preamp combo doesn't include a recording interface normally or flash memory to record to...)

At 6/14/08 02:51 PM, Sleaze wrote: We used some Fostex digital recorder w/ a vocal mic to record the song linked in my sig. It couldn't bounce tracks correctly though so I wouldn't recommend it. I'm thinking of getting a M-audio portable recorder which is around $400

If you're going for a portable one - don't pay $400 for something by m-audio. You can pick up a Zoom H4 for half that price (it's open box, but you know).

http://www.audiolines.com/Zoom-H4-Handy-
Recorder-p-17737.html

At 6/14/08 09:58 AM, giftedbuttwisted wrote: Don't waste your time learning useless programs like Cubase or Cakewalk.

um. yeah.

At 8/7/07 04:00 PM, A-New-Decade wrote:

At 8/7/07 03:27 AM, GameMusicPersonthing wrote: i am using magix music maker and i imported sytrus and wasp into the vsti thing. Every time i use one of those programs, i keep getting some weird feedback. It sounds like a fuzz wave. I dont know what it is or how to get rid of it but its sticks in the song when i export it so i dont know what to do

Magix anf Fl can't be used together like that. You have to pick which one you want to use. I'd day FL since Magix is junk compared to it. Trust me.

FL Studio does have a vsti of itself that acts in a similar way to rewire hosts. Allows sequencing directly from FL Studio in combonation with whatever other host you wish to use.

Get one of these mics:

Nady RSM-4
MCA SP-1
Rode NT1a
MXL 990/991

all top of their class for the price. For a preamp - buy an M-audio audio buddy - they are also unbeatable for the insanely low price that they can be had for. Program-wise, just pick up reaper.

There are literally tons of free soundfont players out there - just google it.

At 6/12/08 04:51 PM, Nav wrote:

At 6/11/08 10:56 PM, Xylence wrote: sega genesis

Did not notice that. Sega Genesis is actually a very complicated synth. Its got a 4-operator FM Synthesis chip, with an underlying chip similar to the one in the NES. Its going to be hard to recreate its sounds.

Have fun trying to achieve that.

Actually - the Sega Genesis' sound was controlled by the Zilog 8 bit Z80 microprocessor which interfaced with a Yamaha YM2612 6 channel FM with lfo (you're right about the 4-op) and 2 Texas Instruments SN76489 chips, which are PSG (programmable sound generator running on logic based electronics).

You are right that it was a much more complicated arrangement than say the original NES.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z80
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamaha_YM26 12
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Instr uments_SN76489

How did you know that Nav? That's very uncommon knowledge for virtually anyone to be aware of...

You could always use a bit crusher followed by musicrow's preamp emulator vst or a similar saturation-based effect to add that "analog" feel to it.

I meant to say that because I just don't check the audio advertisement's thread that often...

lol. true - but then I would never have had the chance to listen to it - pretty dope track!

The biggest hazard you will have in a recording studio is always going to come from electricity and grounding issues between the different components. Often - studios are designed (unintentionally) so that the equipment ends up being connected to two different ground potentials which can prove fatal should any of the equipment chassis' suddenly become "hot" through a grounding fault. The best way to avoid this is simply to tap ground into the same area or potential (earth itself being the best choice naturally) from each separate component - or to simply disconnect the grounding wire from equipment running on separate circuits and run them to the mixing board's ground for example (as this is normally the central hub of any studio anyway). Differences in ground potential often prove to be extremely dangerous because if you become an outlet for them to connect, the "difference" of potential voltage will flow from the higher potential to the lower right through your body. Because this is DC - it's also much more harmful because of the clamping effect that tends to grip someone to the flow of electricity instead of throwing them as AC often does.