mutate my melody collab!

[mikkim]

the mutate my melody collab is a collab where one person makes a 5 bar bit of music with a simple melody and drums, at a bpm of 70 in fl studio (or any program that you can set the bpm, count bars, and export to midi), save it as an flp or midi put it in a zip, upload it to spam the web, p.m. me a link, then I will p.m. the flp/midi to the next person on the list, they will then make a 5 bar bit of music with a mutated version of the melody that can be stringed with the previous clip, it will goon for 7 generations, then two people will make a drums breakdown each, then some one else will smoothly stop the break down and make a melody clip ect ect ect until I 2 "creatures" of 7 "generations" each with a drums break down in between, also for the first slot and last slot you will need to fade in/ out. IMPORTANT! P.M. Me not thenext on the list

I will not accecpt submissions until all 16 parts are done (8+9 are drum breakdowns)

the slots are:

MAKE NEW MELODY1.OPEN
2.Mikkim or OPEN
3.OPEN
4.OPEN
5.OPEN
6.OPEN
7.OPEN
Drums8.Mikkim
DRUMS9.OPEN
MAKE NEW MELODY10.OPEN
11.OPEN
12.OPEN
13.OPEN
14.OPEN
15.OPEN
16.OPEN

p.s. I'm only active on weekends and holidays, so I might be a little bit slow.

[mikkim]

sorry for double post, but the dead line is 14 days after I p.m. you, or I will have some body take your place.

[Nintechno]

Is it supossed to be extreemly complicated, or does it just seem like that...?

:3

[EbonHawk7X]

5 bar bit of music

when you say 5 bar do you mean 5 mesures or four mesures beecause 5 would sound not-good and out-of place (like we were trying dilute it with one extra mesure), or do u mean 4 mesure that stops on the fifth?

:(8+9 are drum breakdowns)

the slots are:

7.OPEN

Drums8.Mikkim \___Not anymoar
DRUMS9.OPEN /
MAKE NEW MELODY10.OPEN
11.OPEN

i have no idea really but i saw this and was like "i need practice, and at the same time, i could halp my pplz" so i practiced and halped my pplz.

i honestly have no idea what kind of drumbreak you were looking for, so i made a really fast, busy, and intense one. if you dont like it dont use it. pm me or just write on this thread telling me what you want or what i should do to it since nobody else has submitted yet i had nothing to go off of and just winged it (best way to do things XD).
http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/2 02536

[mikkim]

read my post ebon, and nintechno, it just seems to be complicated.

[Rawmin]

sounds kinda like the CTSG, if it is then I'd like to partake, but I'm going to wait and see where this goes...

[mikkim]

exactly. execpt it has to do with mutating songs instead of continuing them.

also, you need a record for parts 1 and 11.

[Rawmin]

So does that mean that the person who mutates the melody, gets to do it in the genre of their preference, ie. starts with a rock song playing a melody, and then morphs into a trance song, playing a mutated version of the original melody, which morphs into ambient, etc ?

[mikkim]

At 1/16/09 08:32 PM, Rawmin wrote: So does that mean that the person who mutates the melody, gets to do it in the genre of their preference, ie. starts with a rock song playing a melody, and then morphs into a trance song, playing a mutated version of the original melody, which morphs into ambient, etc ?

yes, pretty much. just needs the melody of the previous song mutated slightly, and a transition for it. Also, (not directed at you particullary) the five bars(bars meaning 4 measures per bar) must be sent to ME, not anyone else, not posted on ng(by something that identifies it as your part in the collab), nothing. the reason for the isolation rule is that if some one in the future sees your song, and they arein the queue, they might mutate YOUR melody, not the one they are supposed to.

[mikkim]

plump bump

[mikkim]

bump please

[wii1]

hmm... I may be interested... trance I guess

[mikkim]

part # please?

[wii1]

Wait, to clarify, someone creates the first melody (you) and the next person turns the same melody into a different genre?

if that is how it is, then I guess I'll take closest to beginning that is open.

If not, clarifying would help? lol

[mikkim]

At 1/19/09 02:26 PM, wii1 wrote: Wait, to clarify, someone creates the first melody (you) and the next person turns the same melody into a different genre?

if that is how it is, then I guess I'll take closest to beginning that is open.

If not, clarifying would help? lol

umm no. first, I don't create the melody. I have the 2nd slot, and you mutate the melody, not simply change the genre. you can change the genre, but you also need to change it. lets say the person in the front slot is really beethoven, and he's making ode to joy right now, for this collab, he would do e-e-f-g-g-f-e-d-c-c-d-e-e-d-d, then person 2 (me) would do e-e-f-g-g-g-e-d-c-c-d-e-e-d-d, then you might do another mutation. Get it? the melody changes.

[Rawmin]

So i would like to be part of this, cause it seems like fun, but there really seems to be no buzz on it, so I'll wait to see if some more people join before I commit to a part

[wii1]

AHH I get it.

can I call the slot right after you? or if no one decides to create the melody.

I am going to start on a melody now, but 1 thing, why not have it as 4 bars instead of 5? The song will sound imbalanced if it is 5 bars.

Are there any limitations on VSTs we can use? I want to use Nexus, but I'm not sure if the participaters will have nexus...

[mikkim]

can I put you down for both?

[wii1]

sure man.

Do you have a synth preference that you want me to work with? I prefer Nexus, but if you don't have that, then try recommending a synth to me.

I'll make it a trancy part :P

[mikkim]

keep it fl core please. If it doesn't come with fl core and isn't magic8-bit, don't use it.

[mikkim]

sorry for double post but you can also use custom samples, as long as you include them in your zip.

[Rawmin]

So I guess wii1 is making the melody, and is doing a trance style, so I'd like to come right after someone who is not doing trance, since thats what mine will be, I just think it will sound good transitioning between styles.

[mikkim]

can I place you for 10 (the 2nd melody)?

[Rawmin]

At 1/19/09 04:35 PM, mikkim wrote: can I place you for 10 (the 2nd melody)?

I'd actually rather mutate a melody, than create one

[mikkim]

then I can't place you right now.

[Rawmin]

At 1/19/09 05:03 PM, mikkim wrote: then I can't place you right now.

Which is why i wanted to wait into some more people join :P

[Lashmush]

yeah, ill give this a shot. I'll try to go by other submissions to see how long you want it. the whole bar/measure thing is a bit odd for me since i use renoise... its normally got 64 possible instances per pattern, which means a total of 16 highlighted rows per column and every 4 highlighted rows are brighter than the others. this is ofcourse set as a standard 4/4 rythm, but it can be changed and modified in every way possible.

I'll figure it out, I guess.

[wii1]

so a 5 bar song? I could try, but I doubt it would sound even...

[mikkim]

I'm changing 5 bars at 70 bpm to 10 bars at 150 bpm to 16 seconds, so you can use any bpm you want, aslong as the time = 16 seconds.

At 1/19/09 05:36 PM, Lashmush wrote: yeah, ill give this a shot. I'll try to go by other submissions to see how long you want it. the whole bar/measure thing is a bit odd for me since i use renoise... its normally got 64 possible instances per pattern, which means a total of 16 highlighted rows per column and every 4 highlighted rows are brighter than the others. this is ofcourse set as a standard 4/4 rythm, but it can be changed and modified in every way possible.

I'll figure it out, I guess.

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fl is advised, but if you can export a midi with your program, it is fine. also Please use .flp if your useing a bought version of fl.

[mikkim]

sorry for double post but I forgot to respond to wii1

At 1/19/09 05:51 PM, wii1 wrote: so a 5 bar song? I could try, but I doubt it would sound even...

look above to my post between our posts, and you will see the barriers.