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I was suppose to go to vgl and/or e3, but now I just don't feel like it >_>

I'm using Kontakt 4's default samples and when I record tracks with some of them, they sound like a 16 bit recording. I can't tell if it's my speakers, or my daw or the sample rate. How do I improve the tone of these vsts?

At least Friday has an excuse, what the hell would you expect a 13 year old to sing about, sex, love, or her life experience? Not that I liked it, I only saw the first 10 seconds of Friday >_> But this one... she... I mean the first words of this song just weirded me out. "I'm a little pretty girl trapped in a woman's body" >_< I heard in Black's interview her parents forked over some sum of money in order to produce and promote Friday. Regardless of everyone thinking it's crap, at least it's professionally produced crap. This Tonje lady... well I hope this wasn't too expensive for her to produce.

This song sounds like it's from an rpg or anime. Does anyone know the name or artist of this song?

I didn't actually take the class, but my friend was explaining to me that Noir typically means dark and/or emotion provoking music, which is why I guess the professor played video game music a few times in the class, along side traditional film music. If I'm not mistaken though in film Noir is more of a specific genre, which is why I put the "-ish."

I thought both film and video game music usually together fell under a Noir-ish category (well film definitely does). My university offered a music discussion course that analyzed "emotional music" and in one class, the professor cited one winged angel and some piece from a movie and seemed to consider them of similar, if not the same status.

Is there a plugin or feature that exists for auto-quantizing? I'm hoping for plugins that could do so, cus I'm using a really basic DAW that definitely does not have that option. Can you auto-quantize while recording and does it quantize to the time signature pre-set for the project?

I've notice while playing around that certain scales and chords lend themselves to certain feelings, but you probably already sensed or knew that. I've personally gotten myself in a rut, I write stories so I'm also intrested in writing music that can maybe help or compliment my stories. I've noticed that the scales that I'm most comfortable with though lend them selves to dark music, which is pretty much why everything I've written sounds... overly dark and stuff. In fact the only music I've written in C is normal or upbeat. But honestly specific emotions are very hard to "write" in music. The general feeling of music pieces can possibly be guessed, but there are times where the listener can derive something completely opposite of what the composer intended. I think it's just best to stick composing something that comes from your heart... regardless of how cliche that sounds.

certain DAWs lend themselves to having more options than others, but it sounds like you're looking for something pretty basic. something like FL, mixcraft, or even garage band is pretty much plug and play. You could get a midi keyboard (or any keyboard with a usb/midi out) a cheap daw and some starter VST (sample and/or synth) libraries and just play around. You probably will need to invest in VST libraries and a keyboard for sure

I'm gonna rework this song later. I decided to just rewrite every song I've created thus far. The first song I wrote actually is of a similar style if any of you are curious: http://ocremix.org/forums/showthread.php?t=35266

is that just in shreddage x or does it work for both packs?

Sorry for the double post, but this question is directly for Zircon. How do you modulate notes for shreaddage? I tried using the modulation wheel on my controller while playing and I used piano roll edit with my daw and no dice. Do I have to use Kontakt's interface to modulate the notes?

Oh I use mixcraft lol. I was wondering if there were any plug ins that would work. I downloaded "humanisator" but it doesn't seem to be doing anything. And it doesn't seem like my program has a default modulator/pitch/velocity ramdomizer, though I thought it would. Edit: nvm I can pencil stroke in pitch and velocity changes in my piano roll. Though I was looking for something a bit more formal. Anyone have any other humanization suggestions?

Is there such a thing? I have a midi file I want to remaster and all the notes are set to the same velocity, is there a way I can change them without going through each of them? Also is there any particular sequence of velocity changes that would best emulate real playing?

This is the first song I've ever composed I think I only posted on here once before a few months ago (it is not the song I posted 2 weeks ago), but I've made serous changes to it, like rewrote it from scratch with new samples. I honestly have no idea how to define what genre it is, I like choirs, orchestra, and guitar and I tried to incorporate that. But for a first song I think it was too ambitious and it probably shows, it needs smoothing out and such: I wanted to see in what ways I improved and what needs improving. Here's the older version for reference if you care to see it: Were as the older version had timing issues, I feel the newer version's issues are the transitions. Also, the older version seemed to have a more airy and heavy feeling... I don't know how to mix so I have no idea how to get that same feeling into the newer version.

if your keyboard is new enough it should have a usb port, if not then definitely a midi cable (the port should say midi out), though honestly if you do get a new keyboard more than not it should have a usb port Reaper will auto detect it. edit: re-reading your post, it seems that that keyboard is too old to use with a comp... I think, it needs to have one of the above mentioned ports. Also the song, it's good. If you want to you could use it as a template to create your first mix lust for practice in your daw. I'm assuming what you played was a melody, you could then add a bass part (what came into my head was a low sounding instrument playing on every 1st beat) then a counter point or just a supplementing melody.

I just started out about nearly a year ago, and I'm still very much so a beginner but here's some words of encouragement/advice (might be kinda long): -Be eager but not over eager. I'd honestly wish I'd picked up music as a hobby much earlier, but because I couldn't remix a specific song, or play something a certain way I honestly just dropped the hobby. Music is something that requires time, from playing to composing to mixing. A lot of time to learn and practice especially at first >_< -Don't get too caught up into one idea, in other words it might actually be best that you not try a remix first, or at least not a remix for OC remix. Remixes are good because by covering an existing song you kind of learn the feel of composing with out going too far out on your own, but more or less it might be better to "cover" songs before remixing. The very first thing I wrote was not a remix, it was actually an accident. When making a remix of music from pokmon battle music I created a rift and eventually made my own song. It wasn't until 8 months later did I even attempt to remix a song and it still wasn't oc quality. I'm still trying to master my skills, mixing and rhythm. Music for me honestly is more of experimentation and serendipity than it is skill. You will always have ideas coming to your head some sound awesome and it's disappointing when you can record or capture them the way you want, but honestly it gets better the more you start to pick up writing and playing. Your ear will improve as you listen to music while simultaneously trying to write your own. -You don't need to have a musical background, but you should become more musically observant. Listen to things within the a genre that inspires your or that you want to write. Notice what "voices" (instruments, whatever) tend to play together, and the general feel each voice/instrument's notes add to the song. Music is about what sounds nice together and you can learn a bit from existing songs. Also notice patterns and pattern changes that can occur in songs. In addition to listening to each instrument/voice pay attention to the role each instrument plays. From experience you know that rock music uses guitars as a lead, for many genre's it's apparent, but on a song by song basis see how each role's notes and rhythm shape the song. - Pick up an instrument, have someone teach you or self teach. Though it's not necessary but it may help. I wasn't a stranger to music when I started writing, but honestly I wish I kept up my piano lessons from when I was younger, I can't play in rhythm to save my life. Also keep in mind that composing your own music requires 3 skills. Composing (not necessarily writing, just knowing what sounds good together), playing (assuming you're going to use a DAW with a midi keyboard, even if not playing can help), and mixing (mastering and creating a true final product) Each with it's own general skill set. With regards to equipment you have a laptop all you need is a DAW (digital audio workstation). If you own a mac, they should come with garageband right? if not there's a "freeware" windows equivalent called mixcraft. Mixcraft is literally plug and play, it's what I've been using, though to mix mp3s after 2 weeks you'll probably wanna buy it it's only $80 which is fairly cheap for DAWs, and honestly I don't know any free ones. The thing is of course when you get your feet wet and you're well grounded, you'll probably wanna move on to a better DAW, logic cubase, hell even pro tools if you're feeling confident. DAWs run Vsts or virtual instruments which are either synths (sounds very commonly found in modern/pop music) or sampled (actually recorded from an instrument that has a player). I'm bringing this up because you can actually buy libraries of virtual instruments, and a good DAW should be able to run ones outside of the program's initial library (mixcraft can, but fyi it can get laggy depending on your comp, more powerful DAWs have no problem usually). In addition to a DAW you'll probably want a midi keyboard/controler. If you're family has any electric pianos or keyboards they should plug up to your computer. If not, keyboards can be fairly cheap especially if you're just starting out. If you're really bold though you could just use a computer mouse and computer keyboard lol. Anyways, I know it's a lot of info but good luck with everything. Finding feedback or getting questions answered can be tough, but if I ever see you around I have no problem answering anything, lol if I can. Also, like Rozo, the guy above me said, read his guide. It's a bit more in depth in terms of arranging/hardware stuff.

Yeah I've been thinking that it's just that I want something to play that melody lol. I was gonna see if I could re-record it and have a friend rewrite and play the guitar part

I don't know if I was going for symphonic rock I just wanted to take this paino piece I made and add an orchestra to it. The riffs I played on the piano only translated to one instrument in my mind, guitar... that said I guess I'm prone to calling it symphonic rock cus it has a guitar in it but I'm not extremely genre savvy. I do like dream theater though. And of course that one arrangement of one winged angel and hell march from the C&C games

I actually have a version of this song without the guitar. I've been told constantly that it's better but I wanna make this lead work!

Needs work but I wanted to see how the instruments sound together edit: I panned the instruments and lowered the bass

Also anyone know any amp sim tutorials? Honestly I've been playing around with shreddage and other guitar vsts and amps and I cannot find a decent combination

You technically could use the player but it'd reset itself every 30 mins, you'd just have to delete the track accordingly. Btw I'm having trouble routing the two outputs to tracks in my DAW, I wanted to add effects separately but it's not quite working. Also are there any tutorials?

I had a dream that OCR had a tv channel. I don't think that's a possibility in the future is it?

I'm probably buying shreddage at the end of the month, but in general what settings do people use to mix and eq a vst guitar?