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Hmm, also possibly an addition of music theory such as information on transpoing, time signatures, tempos etc.

At 4/9/05 10:01 AM, Denvish wrote: The emphasis is firmly on the creation of music, rather than listening and appreciation (particularly of popular music - threads relating to 'Your favourite song/band/guitar solo" will probably be deleted).

I feel we should be allowed to have threads on listening and appreciation but only were it applies to the Audio Portal and it's artists. A thread on ParagonX9 (it's going to happen) should be allowed while one on Muse shouldn't.

Agree or disagree?

At 4/10/05 06:19 AM, Seizure_Dog wrote: I feel we should be allowed to have threads on listening and appreciation but only were it applies to the Audio Portal and it's artists. A thread on ParagonX9 (it's going to happen) should be allowed while one on Muse shouldn't.

Agree or disagree?

Yeah I do agree with you on that

At 4/10/05 06:03 AM, RichSun wrote: Hmm, also possibly an addition of music theory such as information on transpoing, time signatures, tempos etc.

Well I'm having second thoughts on how the sticky should be constructed. The list I currently have is pretty large, and it's just for Audio Software - by the time we start adding tutorials and SFX links, it's going to be huge. Since once it's up, it won't be possible to edit it easily, maybe we should create separate topics for subjects, something like this:

- Audio Software List
- Newbs Guide to Home Recording
- Theory Of Music
- SFX and Music links on the web (ie different's list)
- Tutorials (on- and off-site)
- Miscellaneous Audio Resources
- Audio Portal news & issues

And link them from the sticky. That way, if someone creates a tutorial thread for a certain program, they can add a link to it from the main 'Tutorials' thread; and if someone finds a great site for SFX, they can post it in the 'SFX and Music links on the web' topic

I dunno, I'm a sucker for referring people to resources that exist, rather than typing the same stuff out time and time again (comes from hearing the same n00b questions over and over and over again in the Flash forum).

Give me your opinions on this idea. If you agree that it makes sense, then I'll start a new thread with my Audio Software list, and maybe people could start searching the web for links to relevant tutorials, or even write tutorials themselves.

I dunno If anyone mentioned this but:

Cakewalk: Home Studio

Would you be so kind as to add it in this thread? Thanks.

OK, so this is what I've got so far. Needs a lot more work, blehh.

WHY AN AUDIO FORUM?

Newgrounds first opened the Audio Portal in 2003, and since then it has become an extremely popular part of the site, with around 10 new artists signing up to submit loops every day, and several hundred submissions from users each week. Since there was no formal place for musicians to discuss their art, liljim created the Audio Forum in April 2005.

The forum is a place where musicians from numerous different backgrounds can share their wisdom with other audio artists and users new to music. The emphasis is firmly on the creation of music, rather than listening and appreciation (of popular music - threads relating to 'Your favourite song/band/guitar solo" will probably be deleted). Other than that, we ask you to abide by the standard BBS Rules, and remind you that discussion of software piracy in particular is forbidden on the NG forums.

Please also remember that the Audio Portal exists primarily as a resource for NG's Flash artists. It's OK to showcase your talent to an audience through Newgrounds, but if you can create killer 30-second loops, then you'll probably stand a better chance of your music being used in a Flash movie than if you submit full songs - purely for filesize reasons.

SOFTWARE
Audio Software: Virtual Studios
Audio Software: Sound Editors
Audio Software: Software Synthesizers
Audio Software: Sound Converters

RESOURCES
Music and Sound Effect sites

TUTORIALS & HELP
Help with Fruity Loops

AUDIO RATING THREADS
Audio Advertisements

At 4/10/05 06:35 PM, Denvish wrote: OK, so this is what I've got so far. Needs a lot more work, blehh.

WHY AN AUDIO FORUM?

Newgrounds first opened the Audio Portal in 2003, and since then it has become an extremely popular part of the site, with around 10 new artists signing up to submit loops every day, and several hundred submissions from users each week. Since there was no formal place for musicians to discuss their art, liljim created the Audio Forum in April 2005.

The forum is a place where musicians from numerous different backgrounds can share their wisdom with other audio artists and users new to music. The emphasis is firmly on the creation of music, rather than listening and appreciation (of popular music - threads relating to 'Your favourite song/band/guitar solo" will probably be deleted). Other than that, we ask you to abide by the standard BBS Rules, and remind you that discussion of software piracy in particular is forbidden on the NG forums.

Please also remember that the Audio Portal exists primarily as a resource for NG's Flash artists. It's OK to showcase your talent to an audience through Newgrounds, but if you can create killer 30-second loops, then you'll probably stand a better chance of your music being used in a Flash movie than if you submit full songs - purely for filesize reasons.

SOFTWARE
Audio Software: Virtual Studios
Audio Software: Sound Editors
Audio Software: Software Synthesizers
Audio Software: Sound Converters

RESOURCES
Music and Sound Effect sites

TUTORIALS & HELP
Help with Fruity Loops

AUDIO RATING THREADS
Audio Advertisements

The list sounds smashing Devish. For the tuorials and help section, will there possibly be an additonal topic for other programs such as Cakewalk, Reason, etc. or will the rest fit into one "large" topic? I know Fruity Loops is the most popular but theres got to be more. :-)

WIll you still include an topic on music theory? Also, anyword on a possible "Fav. Audio Author" ," Fav. Audio" section for the profiles? ;-)

At 4/11/05 03:12 AM, RichSun wrote: The list sounds smashing Devish. For the tuorials and help section, will there possibly be an additonal topic for other programs such as Cakewalk, Reason, etc. or will the rest fit into one "large" topic? I know Fruity Loops is the most popular but theres got to be more. :-)

I'm going to make a tutorials resource list. To start off with, it'll probably be mostly links to other sites on the web, but once people start writing tuts for programmes, they'll be linked from the resource list. Eventually, hopefully, we'll have enough tuts on NG for me to recreate the resource topic with the emphasis more on NG tuts and less on off-site ones... but that's going to take a while. I'm going to spend some time today googling for tutorials for the primary programs (FL, Reason, Cubase, Cakewalk, SoundForge, ACID, etc)

WIll you still include an topic on music theory?

Yes. Do you fancy writing one? I'd really appreciate some help from some other users with some of this stuff.... although if you can't, then I'll get round to it eventually

Also, anyword on a possible "Fav. Audio Author" ," Fav. Audio" section for the profiles? ;-)

You know as much as I do about this. Profile overhaul is on the way, but I don't know when it's due to arrive, and I don't know whether it will include Fav Audio/Musicians

First of:
Holy shits new forum!

As for the sticky, hmm... guidelines, ´maybe sonme tutorials, legal shizz.

At 4/11/05 04:35 AM, Denvish wrote: A

Yes. Do you fancy writing one? I'd really appreciate some help from some other users with some of this stuff.... although if you can't, then I'll get round to it eventually

I may be able to when time is able. Most likely, I can formulate information on theory from googling as well and from my own experiences. When do you plan to release this Stickied topic Denvish?

Also, anyword on a possible "Fav. Audio Author" ," Fav. Audio" section for the profiles? ;-)

You know as much as I do about this. Profile overhaul is on the way, but I don't know when it's due to arrive, and I don't know whether it will include Fav Audio/Musicians

Ah, got it. But, I get this distinct feeling that it will be included.

Add a link to http://www.hammersound.net for samples

(Some programs to unzip the samples from hammersound are WinZip, WinRAR & SFArk)

How To Record

thats defiently going to be the most commonly asked questions, sticky that...

and users are allowed to post there methods of recording

At 4/16/05 01:53 PM, KFC_Clock wrote: How To Record
and users are allowed to post there methods of recording

Hmmm. Problem is, there are so many different ways to 'record'... from my kind of setup (mics into hardware mixer into PC) to numerous different PC programs, which all have different interfaces.

I am kind of waiting on getting some tutorials and tutorial links together soon, covering as many different softwares and techniques as possible, from basic recording to advanced mastering.

Dum de dum, so after an absence creating my latest Flash (released Monday), I'd like to get this thing sorted out soonish. Anybody have any ideas or links that they think should be added to the list?

WHY AN AUDIO FORUM?

Newgrounds first opened the Audio Portal in 2003, and since then it has become an extremely popular part of the site, with around 10 new artists signing up to submit loops every day, and several hundred submissions from users each week. Since there was no formal place for musicians to discuss their art, liljim created the Audio Forum in April 2005.

The forum is a place where musicians from numerous different backgrounds can share their wisdom with other audio artists and users new to music. The emphasis is firmly on the creation of music, rather than listening and appreciation (of popular music - threads relating to 'Your favourite song/band/guitar solo" will probably be deleted). Other than that, we ask you to abide by the standard BBS Rules, and remind you that discussion of software piracy in particular is forbidden on the NG forums.

Please also remember that the Audio Portal exists primarily as a resource for NG's Flash artists. It's OK to showcase your talent to an audience through Newgrounds, but if you can create killer 30-second loops, then you'll probably stand a better chance of your music being used in a Flash movie than if you submit full songs - purely for filesize reasons.

SOFTWARE
Audio Forum
Audio Software: Studios & Editors
Audio Software: Software Synthesizers
Audio Software: Sound Converters
Newbies Audio Guide to Electronica

RESOURCES
Music and Sound Effect sites

TUTORIALS & HELP
Audio Tutorials
Help with Fruity Loops
Important Copyright & Sampling Info
Getting audio into Flash

AUDIO RATING THREADS
Audio Advertisements

how about saying the number of downloads to get an award like a diamond, or gold track.
Or like how do you win weekly song and stuff and how it works.

Under "tutorials and help" there is a link titled "Audio tutorials." This seems a bit too general. You should add " - Music Theory, Mixing & Recording Tutorials, etc." or something. I was about to suggest adding some mixing information before looking into the links you provided.

Mad props to you man. I really appreciate all of your time that you provide in making things easier.