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I mean they block acess to the directory to the unauthorized but leave the files accessble to anyone who has the URL. It's the same for their ALPs. Once you buy them you can just copy the URL and give it to everybody else. They could easily restrict them to paying users (through cookies, URL tokens, or even just with the IP) but they don't.
The first part of the workflow is getting music. I use soulseek, rutracker and of course record shops for vinyl. Then I often go through dozens and dozens of album to find good samples I like. Then I put all the songs in Ableton, in this particular track are 19 different songs. Then I start, often with a break and/or bassline. Ofc you ahve to decide a tempo first and warp the songs accordingly. Then I just go bonkers with editing, cutting pasting, pitching, reversing effects. EQing to remove frequencies is very important as with fragments from complete tracks it can get full pretty fast. But often I look for the places in the songs where just one instrument plays. I try to do weird stuff to the samples and stretch and pitch them a lot, so it really becomes my own thing. But if I have a sample that sounds good and is in the right place, I just use it. Otherwise it's creatively pretty much the same as any other music project creativity wise.
i dont really know what to call this or how to use these sounds, they came out of my pure data synth clyp.it/nlarysms
Ethan Richardson
That's a fantastic track, really well done. How long does does it usually take for you to finish a project? It sounds like a huge time commitment going through so many records but I guess that's the nature of the genre. I hadn't thought of this method of subtractive composition but it does sound more effective than sampling bits of songs and arranging them which is what I originally had in mind.
Nathaniel Carter
Thanks!
>How long does does it usually take for you to finish a project? The basic set up is about 9/10 hours, then I mix it, add details and variations and finish the composition over the next couple of weeks at ease.
> It sounds like a huge time commitment going through so many records but I guess that's the nature of the genre. Digging through records is really awesome. It's absolutely incredible how much good and interesting music there is that nobody listens to. And I've gotten really fast at finding the right samples, you don't have to listen to the complete album, you can skip through the songs if you don't have time. You can also look at the waveforms, less busy parts are often where individual instruments are playing.
>I hadn't thought of this method of subtractive composition but it does sound more effective than sampling bits of songs and arranging them which is what I originally had in mind. It's both of those things. Sampling bits and arranging is definitely key for me.
Thanks for showing interest! It's the most fun shit ever dude. Feels great when you find a unique sample and manage to make it sound right in a new context. Music is your instrument.
Jaxson Morris
Hi Dudes
Before going into isolation I bought a Korg Monologue and a TR-08 from a pawn store. I've been noodling around with them a bit for the past couple days and I tried to set them up with Ableton today just using the USB midi interfaces, but holy fuck I can't figure this out.
What is the best way to slap together a song with these two piece of equipment? Do I need to purchase some sort of interface between the computer? If so what is something not too expensive I can purchase to do this?
I just bought this Roland JW-50 on ebay. it has a sequencer built in. will i be able to control other hardware with it? anyone know if it's hard to program?
I'm on linux, I program basic drum patterns in hydrogen and refine them by manually replacing and re-placing (lol) samples in Ardour. Why would I use any vst?
Robert Baker
Man I hate the music I make, it just sounds so boring and isnt at all what I want to make. a.uguu.se/LkEwMBX62SNV.mp3
Eli Harris
you probably need more patience
Camden Bell
don't all autistic /g/ tard on me ffs
Levi James
You asked.
Gavin Bailey
Hi /prod/, I'm new to music production, well I tried FL like 15 years ago (what the fuck). Anyways, I'll check out the pastebin. I just want to learn to convert the music in my head to actual chords. What kind of chords should I look into for oldskool 90s jungle? Uh yeah please don't mind the mixing (or the lack of) and shit, this is my first try at it.
Due to this Covid19 shit we can't rehearse with the band right now (I am the drummer). So now for new songs the guitarist writes them as files in powertab or guitarPro which i can export to midi. I am using Reaper and now just want to get some realistic distorted guitar sound over that imported midi file. All I get with stock plugins is some weird synth sound, if I google "free e guitar VSTi" I don't get it to work since I don't really know what I should look for. So please user help me out to just get that midi sound to some proper e guitar sound so I can record drums to it, I am just to stupid to figure out how to do so. Thanks!