For me, it's creativity.

But, with that creativity i first needed technique.
Once you hear a few things, and know what sounds right, it becomes easier to make new things that sound right.

Try listening to some really good drum lines and really tune in onto certain parts. For example, if you wanna learn the beat, listen to the bass and snare. If you wanna listen to fills, listen to the toms more. Be able to feel when the next fill is about to come, or that next crash is about to it.

Listening really helps a lot with this, but you can't be listening just because, you have to be really listening and looking for key aspects of the drums. Another thing to keep in mind is to listen how the drums move with the other musicians that he/she is playing with.

Well that's my little babble on doing drums from the creative aspect. I got a lot more I could say, but i'll leave that to any questions/concerns you may have. ^_^;;

At 3/21/08 04:34 PM, djconnect wrote: I just got a mic and I'm having allot of fun with it. Now i want to lay my voice over a beat, but i need to be able to hear the beat when I'm recording so i know when to come in. i have head phones and all that so the mic only picks up my voice. I just need to know how to play a track and record at the same time. Thanks for the help guys.

just import the track into audacity and under your preferences in the edit tab, click play other tracks while recording.

It should be under audio I/O

At 3/20/08 08:15 PM, loogiesquared wrote: Labaratorytest.wav

i made this today, it's a 15 sec loop, does it need anything?

that thing around 0:20 or so attacks the ears, maybe alittle less of that
and needs more drums (but that's cause i love drums)

other than that it didn't really loop over that well

but was a good listen, nonetheless

At 3/19/08 02:30 PM, MaestroRage wrote: AUDIO MODS, TO MOD THREAD, NAO >:(!

ya damn slackers, have to post here to get your attention do I?!

uh oh
slacker alert O_O

Do your best!

Take a listen!!

Review and rate please.

If you review me, I shall review you.

At 3/17/08 03:41 PM, farno1 wrote: So I should get fruity loops. Cubase right now is useless for me becuase I don't know how to use it but I'm learning. I just don't like the price of fruity loops.

You'll still have to learn how to use FL studio also. So don't think it's that easy of a transfer.

I could only find a MP3 also..
I found every other theme for sabu besides the one that you posted (the youtube video)

At 3/16/08 06:03 PM, Black-Lightning wrote: I guess it's not a video, but it doesn't sound like the one from Youtube.
It sounds totally weird....

Yeah, I noticed the difference once I downloaded it... my bad

At 3/16/08 05:37 PM, sorohanro wrote:

At 3/16/08 05:32 PM, SBB wrote: Well this is a very common problem- it's probably a problem from NG's side actually.

nah ... with FL mp3's i have bigger problems... Windows Media Player don't play those, and that is not only on my computer
it says that those are not mp3

That's an odd problem?
Have you tried messing with the Audio Options of FL?

Maybe?

Google is the best.

If you don't like the one on that site, I can help ya look for more.

At 3/16/08 05:03 PM, sorohanro wrote: check the sample rate (should be 44.1 khz)
check the size
usually the portal have problems with Fl mp3's made directly because of the extra data that is saved together with the audio file

try using Audacity or Adobe Audition (ex Cool Edit )

fl mp3's probably just need to have the Audio Option sample rate changed.

At 3/16/08 05:12 PM, glitchcore wrote: idk about the processor my parents just told me about

what would be a good processor (3ghz, 4 etc

3+ ghz would be good

unless that first processor is a Centrino or some other

At 3/16/08 03:51 PM, glitchcore wrote: so my parents are gettin' me a laptop for a special occasion (idk when probably xmas or my
1.5-2ghz processor i think i dont remember
15" screen

would that be relatively good for personal use and just making music on?

what type of processor?

My latest

Roct

Enjoy.

(oh and review and rate =) )

At 3/15/08 08:35 PM, JoeyNukes wrote: http://zellomesh.com/

Complete NG ripoff. They were popular for a bit, ain't much lately though.

I don't think anyone goes on that site anymore. The last news post was from '07.

At 3/15/08 10:19 PM, InsaneSmilie wrote: Well I think Tom's post pretty much settles this, I still say the choose your lisence is the way to go.

Agreed.

And towards Tom, thanks for the speedy response!

I was wondering if there are any similar websites to the newgrounds audio portal on the Internet?

Having people submit audio, rating, reviewing...etc

Thanks

I don't like that at all.

At 3/15/08 03:24 PM, Black-Lightning wrote:

At 3/15/08 02:38 PM, glitchcore wrote:

At 3/15/08 01:09 PM, Black-Lightning wrote:

I'm supposed to go to Dayton, Ohio with a girl to a concert in April.

what concert

Paramore.
I kinda like them.
The girl that just broke up with me got me into them.

Paramore is good

And i nominate/vote/whatever...

1.) hania - her voice is amazing and her songs are very nice to listen to. She has many different moods (i guess you could say) with her songs that generate a lot of different feelings.

2.)MaestroRage - hell, when i first heard his tracks in Darkcut2 it was very inspiring. That was one of the reasons i decided to lurk around the audio portal. And simply put, all his other tracks are amazing.

I play the drums and EZDrummer was alright.
Certainly can't flip sticks on stage though. =D

At 3/14/08 03:45 PM, navij11 wrote:

At 3/14/08 03:36 PM, Black-Lightning wrote: You don't need money to keep a girl happy, buddy.

You do in High School.

Agreed.

At 3/10/08 11:55 PM, Envy wrote: A demo

Something I'm working on right now. I'm thinking piano solo, but thats rather cliché so I don't think I will. Oh well, any advice?

Starts off with a good pickup into the beat.
The vocal was a little weird, but i liked.

At 0:26 it jumps into something that doesn't seem to be in the right spot. Maybe add something in between those two transitions?

And as for the end...Possibly something like the beginning would work, in my opinion.

At 3/10/08 11:58 PM, Envy wrote: Who are all these people? 3 new people in a single page? Thats unheard of.

Soon to be 3 dead people.
As you can see, my forehead was exploded.

I replaced it with a bunch of hair to cover up the gaping hole.

At 3/10/08 11:55 PM, DJ-Demolic wrote:

At 3/10/08 11:47 PM, littlerampage08 wrote: Such hostility.
Sheesh.

I guess that's the internet for ya. :P

And that's why mama told me to gather lots of 1-ups before surfing the web.

At 3/10/08 11:51 PM, MiKsD wrote: Wow... i clicked THIS and my speakers were blasting and SHUT YOUR F***ING FACE UNCLE F***ER just screamed at me...

They are trying to assassinate the newbs one by one. =O

I've already lost a forehead.

=O

Oh
and read a this

and possibly the rest of the read first thing

It holds much knowledge.
Try Buzz or Psycle.
But be warned, they are free for a reason. >_>

Such hostility.
Sheesh.

At 3/10/08 11:38 PM, MiKsD wrote: What about the remix of Sk8er Boi I found. That was just changed in pitch and a lil speed...

Hey, I could be wrong.

But not everyone follows the law either, ya know.

For it to actually be legal, I think you have to buy some sort of rights to the song or something. I don't really know (or understand) most legalities in music, so don't take my word for it. =/

At 3/10/08 10:07 PM, ChocloMan wrote: Whaddaya think? I need to finish this by thursday O:

Are you adding more intruments?
As for the actual piece, there are a few points where it seems to jump a little to suddenly for my taste.
At 0:25 for example, it just didn't sound...right.
The rest of it sounded pretty interesting. at 0:48 i liked.
The ending..needs more work.

So yeah, good luck finishing by your deadline. ^_^