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    What's your go-to synth?

    in Music Composition & Production

    Posted

    Either Reason's Malström or the Korg microKORG. The Malström was the first softsynth I ever used, and it's so versatile I always find myself coming back to it, especially when I need a particularly filthy bassline :-) Similarly with the microKORG, I've had mine for so long now that I can just leap on it and start making noises with no fuss; it's pretty much second nature to me now, and I've had many a lush pad out of it over the years.

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    Anyone use Mixcraft?

    in Music Composition & Production

    Posted

    to fact I suggest cant find the difference from posting on a topic board then going to /b/ , daft you are indeed.

    Nice sentence.

    How this for you Dan

    I don't think you get this 'real name' thing, notice how I'm not calling you "Snacks". Either that or you're a big fan of recycling.

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    document.write("How this for you Dan")

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    Still wrong. Now shut up or talk about Mixcraft.

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    Anyone use Mixcraft?

    in Music Composition & Production

    Posted

    its rude to post names directly with out knowing them.

    Welcome to the Internet. We're all horrible people here :-)

    I think he just prefered to call you that over 'Sonic', cause frankly, what kinda name is that.

    That's like calling yourself 'Jimi Hendrix' on a guitar forum.

    Ooh, burn! I lol'd at this thread. Thanks Nase, I mean Josh, you've brightened up my day with that :-D

    Also, this thread is now about posting each other's real names (and why the **** someone would censor their own speech on an uncensored forum) :-P

    Anyway, to bring this back on topic slightly, it seems to me that

    Mixcraft is afaik basically GarageBand for Windows

    this, and

    Several tracks on ocr have been done in GB, Mixcraft is probably a capable enough DAW in capable enough hands. Ultimately, it's all about whether you can make good music in it. Learn it, and make good musics.

    this. Though you may want to upgrade to something like Cubase at some point in the future if, as you progress as a musician, you begin to feel limited by Mixcraft. If not, then fine. Your choice.

    Other than that, thanks for the lulz guys :-P

    EDIT:

    Rage\ (j/k) good day :-x

    Oh, and lern2html Adeseye ;-)

    [Recruitment] Game Project needs some sound!

    in Recruit & Collaborate!

    Posted

    Sounds interesting from what I read of the overview document. What sort of soundtrack were you after? I write electronic music of various kinds, usually ambient, dubstep, DNB, IDM and dancehall, but I'm flexible. I've also been known to write the odd chiptune ;-)

    I've had quite a lot of sound design experience too, so if you're after SFX I'd be glad to help :-)

    What is this synth called, and how can I re-create it?

    in Music Composition & Production

    Posted

    Those are some pretty rockin' songs :-) If you mean the synth sound I think you do, then you can make it with pretty much any synth plugin. Basically, the NES and other old consoles couldn't do polyphony very much (the NES had only 2 pulse channels), so when they wanted to do chords they had to play very fast arpeggios, which give the illusion of the notes being played simulataneously. So, to recreate this, just have a basic square wave and use an arpeggiator playing either 1/64 notes or 1/128 notes (whichever you think sounds best) across the notes of the chord you want. If you don't have an arpeggiator, just draw the notes into your sequencer.

    To modify the sound, to keep it sounding authentic, I'd stick to just using amp envelopes and PWM - if you're going to use PWM though, bear in mind that these old machines couldn't do smooth transitions. If you want to do sweeping PWM effects, you have to change the pulse width on each note by set, discrete amounts. Taking the NES/Game Boy as an example, it could only do 12.5%, 25%, 50% (square wave) and 75% pulse widths, so these are what you should probably limit yourself to.

    Hope that helped :-D

    EDIT:- Here's an example from something I'm working on atm that I made in Reason :-)

    http://www.mediafire.com/?mcy6sb85lr6e085

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    Paladin's Quest [SNES]

    in ReMix Requests

    Posted

    Yes. Someone remixed it, it was judged, accepted, then vetoed because of some of the samples were from an old TV show, removed, then brought back again due to changes in the submissions and acceptance rules, then vetoed again because of concerns about plagiarism, the member was asked to provide his WIPs, he couldn't, the remix was removed permanently, and the remixer was banned for life.

    I'm not having a go about sampling, I'm having a go about submitting someone else's whole ReMix as one's own.

    Keyboard/Synth recommendations

    in Music Composition & Production

    Posted

    Depends which one you go for - as they're low-end keyboards (as opposed to a professional synth) most of them feature pretty limited modification capabilities. Of the ones I mentioned before, the VL-Tone has a primitive means of synthesising your own sounds from scratch. The MT-68 has various modifiers such as envelope generators and reverb, but no way of making your own basis sounds. Don't know about the MT-40, haven't got one ;-) Your best bet is to use some FX units on the presets, or just leave them as-is and marvel at them in all their cheesy glory :-P

    Insofar as I know they all have at least a headphone jack - it seems that the Casiotone series have line out as well, but the VL-Tone series don't. Either way I've not had any problems recording from mine.

    Hope that helped :-)

    Keyboard/Synth recommendations

    in Music Composition & Production

    Posted

    Oh I am :-D

    There's the VL-Tone, a tiny monophonic synth that's also a calculator - it's basically a toy but it sounds great, and, weirdly, features a limited means of synthesising your own sounds in addition to the presets. It's immensely popular; see YouTube for videos of people performing with it. There's a MIDI retrofit for it too, but it's like £40.

    I managed to pick up an MT-68 for 15 quid t'other day, been pretty pleased with that. Nice and cheesy, and excellent with a few FX units (I use it with a mini Kaoss Pad). Of course there's also the MT-40 which is responsible for basically all of ragga - the Sleng Teng riddim comes from the MT-40 - but I think that normally goes for a bit more, not sure of prices though, sorry.

    What's nice is that they're analogue, but so charmingly crap that they still go for cheap :-D

    Keyboard/Synth recommendations

    in Music Composition & Production

    Posted

    microKorg. Don't know about the XL but I've had the original one for ages and it's a beast. It's pretty cheap too, got mine new a few years ago for like £245; you can probably get the same model second-hand for a pretty good price now.

    Alternatively, if when you say "'80s-sounding" you mean crap/kitsch, go for a Casiotone. They usually go for <£20 on eBay :-P

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