727 Forum Posts by "SourJovis"
At 2/14/13 04:02 PM, sorohanro wrote: Preset - Sample - Loop, 3 different words meaning 3 different things. Learn the terms you use.
Sure they're different things. That being said, samplers often have presets, you can create loops out samples or with the use of synth presets, you can cut samples from a loop, load it in a sampler, tweak the settings and save it as a preset. Btw, if you're talking about banning the use of presets, you should think about what that means for the use of samples and or loops. Should they be abolished for the same reasons, or do the reasons to keep using samples also aply to the use of synth presets?
At 2/14/13 03:10 PM, ATTW7-Envy wrote:
While you make a good point, we're not talking about sample libraries.
OP's inquiry is about synth presets.
The sound of orchestral libraries is just as much determined by others as a synth preset is.
And maybe not orchestra, but it's very, oh very so much realistic to get crazy with your sampler, and make instruments out of things you thought implausible.
The more you do yourself the better. But there isn't a strict line between what's your own and when it's borrowed from others. I think as song is never 100% original. It always contains thgings that have been done before.
It's pretty much impossible to record your own orchestra samples. I don't see what's wrong with using a preset string section. Even the best composers on here use East West, Kontakt, Orchestral Tools, Cinesamples, etc. If you'd make that illegal you can delete over 99% of the songs uploaded here.
But even if you play all of the instruments yourself, you still haven't build them. And if you have build them you haven't invented them, or you planted the trees the wood for your instruments came from. Face it. No matter how much of a song you make yourself, you always depend on other people. And then I'm only talking about performance, not the theory behind the music. That's either cultural, human nature and most likely a combination. No single human being can create a culture, let alone (human) nature. I put human in brackets because we know very little about music perception in animals.
At 2/14/13 11:52 AM, ATTW7-Envy wrote: I mean visually, on the display.
Then yes. It's a 10log, so the steps between 10 to 100 to 1000 etc are 1.
It's difficult to put a number on how important sound or music is for a game.
If the sound is so stupid nobody will ever play the game, the game is 100% ruined by the sound.
If sound is mediocre but the gameplay and graphics are great, people will probably care nothing for the sound.
If the sound is great people will enjoy the game more, but only if the rest is good enough. If gameplay sucks no soundtrack will save it.
In other words sound, graphics and gameplay have complex interaction rather than a simple sum of its parts.
At 2/14/13 06:18 AM, ATTW7-Envy wrote: The distance from 10 hz to 100 hz to 1000 hz to 10,000 hz is the same.
Technically it isn't. Only to the human ear, and how we consequently devide our notes. And that's even a simplification of what's really going on.
When the ear says it's right then it is. Mixing by ear is the best way to go I think.
It helps to compare your mix to other songs when you're done with your mix, to see if it's up to par. If not you'll have to make some adaptations.
When I mix drums in a dance, rock or pop song they too are louder than the other instruments. That's the way to go. But it's just the attack that's louder, and mainly or only the attacks of the accents. That's where the pulse and rhythm of your song comes from. The trails of the percussion instruments should be less loud to not interfere with other important instruments.
What I do is I put a compressor with a slow to medium slow attack on the drum track, and a rather low threshold. This is to keep the attacks of the drums loud, but decrease the volume of the trails.
Because your drums are so loud, much of the higher volume peaks in the song come from the drums. You want to get rid of exeptional high peaks because they bring down the total volume of your song. So after the first compressor I often place a second compressor with a fast attack but a high threshold. This compressor won't do anything unless your drum attack peaks are exceptionally high.
At 2/11/13 06:57 PM, deadlyfishes wrote: NG won't let my pic upload so I had to upload it elsewhere.
A comic about:
THE LOVE LIFE OF A FILM SCORING MAJOR
Writing an auto biography?
ENTJ
Introversion (I): |||||||||||| 46.88%
Extroversion (E): ||||||||||||| 53.13%
Intuition (N): |||||||||||||| 55.88%
Sensation (S): ||||||||||| 44.12%
Thinking (T): |||||||||||||||||| 73.33%
Feeling (F): ||||||| 26.67%
Judging (J): |||||||||||||||| 64.29%
Perceiving (P): ||||||||| 35.71%
At 2/11/13 07:49 AM, Quarl wrote: Ironically I start my hormones on Vday... booooobs <3
Also an option for all the guys who haven't got date for valentineâEUTMs day yet. Get your own boobs.
Just kidding. I meant no disrespect.
Good luck with the hormones. Hope all goes well.
At 2/10/13 05:18 PM, Sequenced wrote: BUT I'M LOVELY :'(
Alright. Well just let them hear your music then.
At 2/10/13 04:56 PM, Sequenced wrote: two more days till valentines day.
and i don't have a date yet.
what do
Don't force it. Valentines day is just a hallmark ploy.
Most samplers have the option to either loop or not loop. I'm only used to Reason. I know in the NN-XT sampler in reason you can set the play mode to loop or not loop. You can set the loop start and end time. The buttons for this are right underneath the screen that shows the samples. This should be possible for almost every sampler in every program. Look it up in the manual I'd say. Sorry I can't be of more help.
At 2/10/13 03:31 AM, Sequenced wrote: luvings r pussies
Gud cuz em luvings dem pussies
(no double intendre entendred, cause I'm not too font of the animal)
At 2/5/13 07:32 PM, wandschrank wrote:In other words, I could have recorded myself throwing spoons at a wall while a hawk was flying around my room and that should have received 100 originality, but how would that represent myself at all?I would absolutely love to hear that. Really.
Hmm yes. Me too. And I think it would in fact represent Envy on a subconsious level. I could never have come up with that. If I want to create something original, I record someone in a wheelchair taking the cargo elevator of the ikea through the roof. I conclude it's a beautiful day. Lots of new genres are born.
At 2/5/13 07:20 AM, bassfiddlejones wrote:At 2/4/13 03:50 PM, Bosa wrote: The top 6 will be front paged instead of the top 4. I hope you all enjoy the publicity!I suddenly feel much better about 6th place :)
But your song for this contest was already featured on the front page before this was decided so this changes nothing for you. (or am I mistaken?)
At 2/5/13 09:52 AM, MetalRenard wrote:At 2/5/13 09:34 AM, SourJovis wrote: Now I have a sudden craving for "homosexual orchestral music with gay fairy sound effects".That should be a genre on NG for when you submit audio.
Someone high up, make it happen!
Yeah I hope so. If someone starts a competition with that theme, maybe we'll end up with enough songs to make it a genre. I'm sure to get some high ranking in that competition :p Unless I have to host it myself. But then I'll just enter under my pseudonym Gaybi Van Dyke.
At 2/5/13 02:13 AM, Cabbster wrote: Lol what a biased whack piece of shit competition. Congrats on not telling us that your fetish is homosexual orchestral music with gay fairy sound effects. Peace out faggot. Waste of my time.
Now I have a sudden craving for "homosexual orchestral music with gay fairy sound effects".
Congrats to all participants! You're still alive!
At 2/4/13 05:49 AM, TroisNyxEtienne wrote: Come what may, I await the results. Bosa, when you say you need some time, roughly how long will it take? (I ask because I'm taking the NG fast from the 13th, so I'd like to know...)
Februari the fifth will the results be posted. So that's well before your newgrounds fast.
At 1/4/13 10:11 PM, Bosa wrote: DREAMS OF SPLENDOR CONTEST
:The results of the judging will be posted on February 5th.
Handed in my song yesterday. Made a better version today... I hate it when that happens. Shows work is never done.
This is my entry...
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Dreams of Splendor by SourJovisEntry for the Dreams of Splendor competition organized by Bosa
- Score
- 0 / 5.00
- Type
- Song
- Genre
- Video Game
- Popularity
- 3 Views
At 1/29/13 03:40 PM, Back-From-Purgatory wrote: At the very least... Seriously, I've started like 20 songs by now, and I'm not happy with any of them.
Tchaikovsky was never satisfied with The Nutcracker Suite, yet it became his most famous work. Now I expect 20 instant classics from you. Good luck!
At 1/29/13 03:34 PM, Back-From-Purgatory wrote: I'm struggling with some really nasty writer's block... I don't know if I'll be able to finish something in time... One moment I'm plucking away on my guitar, the next I'm programming a music box part... and then I'm trying trance... just, nothing seems to sound right.
Yeah, but when you're done you have 10 songs at once.
At 1/29/13 08:29 AM, PeterSatera wrote: ....unless the track is going to beat us all. Then it's TOTALLY against the rules. :P
Hehe I think not. The other submissions are very good. Mine is just different, so it's a nice contribution. I'm not even sure it's the best song I've ever made as we were supposed to. I have put my all in it though. I wonder how Bosa is going to compare all these different styles.
Some great entries. I don't think I can top that, but I still want to post something.
I have a question though. It says your submission must be âEUoespecifically designed for this contestâEU. I planned to create something for this contest. Yesterday I finished a song with this purpose in mind. At the moment I'm also creating music for a game that's under development. I showed the song to one in charge of the game project, and he said he'd like to use it, but that it's okay if I use it as an entry for the contest as well.
So I'm a bit torn now. Does this still count as made specifically for the contest? Is it allowed to use a song for something else in the future when it is submitted to this contest?
At 1/28/13 05:27 PM, zombiefy1 wrote: How many scouts does an audio submission need before you can see it on the audio portal?
None. Audio submissions themselves can't be scouted, It's the artis who has to be scouted, and consequently accept the scout (only once). After that all of the scouted artist's songs will be displayed in the audio portal.
At 1/28/13 05:35 PM, DoxOfficial wrote: i would really love to start scouting people.. but i'm scared to because i wouldn't want to scout someone for the one track they had, and then they make another one later on that sucks and i get the blame for it o.o
Only moderators can see who scouted who. Users can't, so you'll get neither credit nor blame for anything. The only way a scout could bite you in the ass is when someone you've scouted violate the regulations, not because they make bad songs.
The game I liked best this year was:
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Salem by TariennI arrived in a large city, densely packed with ancient cathedrals and churches...
- Score
- 4.41 / 5.00
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- Game
- Popularity
- 96,933 Views
- Rated
- Ages 13+
The movie I liked best:
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Cornelius & Toots: Case 2 by CorneliusTootsCornelius and Toots learn that they're not the only ghost hunters in town...
- Score
- 4.23 / 5.00
- Type
- Movie
- Popularity
- 13,477 Views
- Rated
- Ages 13+
The musicians I liked best are quite a lot, but I've selected a few:
http://wandschrank.newgrounds.com/
http://dem0lecule.newgrounds.com/
http://bassfiddlejones.newgrounds.com/
http://metalrenard.newgrounds.com/
My favourite user is:
http://knuckstrike.newgrounds.com/
I hope these people will win some things. They've earned it.
Cool project. If I can help let me know. Here are some examples of what I can do.
Epic Battle Theme:
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Wtfepic Battle by SourJovis
Epic battle theme for a video game
- Score
- 4.86 / 5.00
- Type
- Loop
- Genre
- Video Game
- Popularity
- 643 Views
Ordinary Battle Theme
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Battle of the Bits by SourJovis
Song in retro video game style, but with modern sounds.
- Score
- 4.67 / 5.00
- Type
- Song
- Genre
- Pop
- Popularity
- 2,235 Views
Suspense
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Darkness by SourJovis
Ominous theme
- Score
- 4.62 / 5.00
- Type
- Song
- Genre
- Miscellaneous
- Popularity
- 696 Views
Mysterious piano
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Het Motief van de Waterbr by SourJovis
Tranquil piano song with changing moods
- Score
- 4.52 / 5.00
- Type
- Song
- Genre
- Classical
- Popularity
- 547 Views
Orchestral fantasy opening
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Ouverture by SourJovis
Orchestral ouverture
- Score
- 4.51 / 5.00
- Type
- Song
- Genre
- Classical
- Popularity
- 685 Views
Unfortunately I'm not good at jazz, but you can use any of the songs I've uploaded on Newgrounds, or ask me to make something new in a similar style.
