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Winning900

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  1.  Okay, I will use all of the sites. (I mean the good ones you mentioned. All of them)

    Is this the right place to ask for links to good guides when it comes to songwriting lyrics and making them sound good? If this is just music only then ignore this paragraph. But I would like to give lyrics to a video game song that doesn't have them already.

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EAcsiqhkq-s The lead guitar sounds awesome in this, I think it has different settings. The background guitar (bass? Rhythm? What is it called?) also sounds cool, and so do the drums. What VST and effects drums that well? 

  2. 6 hours ago, timaeus222 said:

    I just want you to really consider your options before choosing, that's all. It wouldn't be fair if I linked only to Bandcamp's pricing; you'd not have a reference point to compare to.

    I only quoted so the reply box would open. It was jammed.

    Anyway, 30 seconds in, the song sounds weirdly industrial, with a certain sound repeating on most beats, it sounds kinda like a dog's bark on my speakers. Anyway, there's some background stuff like violins and some keyboard/synth thing that starts as the song goes on, what's the synth thing and how can I get that sound? https://m.soundcloud.com/aivisura/steven-universe-sugelite

    Also, in this, the piano sounds very different. It's lighthearted, quieter, nowhere near as full, and sounds like a crappy old piano a guy in the corner plays while everyone else is dancing drunkenly. How do I get this sound? https://m.soundcloud.com/aivisura/steven-universe-death-rag

  3. 4 minutes ago, timaeus222 said:

    I just want you to really consider your options before choosing, that's all. It wouldn't be fair if I linked only to Bandcamp's pricing; you'd not have a reference point to compare to.

    Oh. So... do you personally think Bandcamp is the better choice? And why? I want an experienced person's opinion.

  4. On 26/12/2015 at 7:11 PM, timaeus222 said:

    https://loudr.fm/pricing --> 70~85% revenue (but don't forget to read the web page in full)

    https://bandcamp.com/pricing --> 85~90% revenue (but don't forget to read the web page in full)

    You might be hearing a few hits from a ride (drum kit component). The kick drum is also playing a fast rhythm there.

    Bandcamp SOUNDS like it's best, since it'll pay me more... but you linked both, so there must be a reason why you linked both. Is Loudr better in some other way?

  5. https://m.soundcloud.com/aivisura/steven-universe-alone-together Also, this song has a guitar... thing. It sounds like each bit of guitar riff is ended with a reversed clip of a guitar playing. Am I right? And how do I get that sound?

     

    Also, I know pianos and guitars are not the same thing, but I'm using FL Studio for both. https://m.soundcloud.com/aivisura/steven-universe-im-still-here 1. How does the piano sound so good and full and echo-ish in this, and 2. that series of star-like 'ding!' sounds around the 1 minute mark, what is that? 3, there's an extremely faint background 'bleepy' noise used sometimes that kinda reminds me of a video game soundtrack from the GBA era.

    Also, https://m.soundcloud.com/aivisura/steven-universe-amalgam the piano in this one sounds a little different to the last one. What was done to it? Is the left hand and right hand a separate track with different settings?

  6. 22 minutes ago, timaeus222 said:

    https://loudr.fm/pricing --> 70~85% revenue (but don't forget to read the web page in full)

    https://bandcamp.com/pricing --> 85~90% revenue (but don't forget to read the web page in full)

    You might be hearing a few hits from a ride (drum kit component). The kick drum is also playing a fast rhythm there.

    Sorry, I meant 1.20. I think that's a piano, but Fruity Loop's built-in pianos don't sound anything like that. How do I get that beautiful sound?

  7. Edit: Sorry, shouldn't have told you about my ear infection. It'll get better in a few weeks anyway, I got some eardrops.

    Back to the thing this forum deals in: music remixes.

    My budget isn't anywhere near enough to buy those super mics you mentioned. I have twenty British pounds, which would be around fifty American dollars or several million yen or one euro. (British humour)

  8. It's not worth it. A phone will record at that phone's quality. "CD quality" or "HD recording" are just labels and don't really make it any more impressive-sounding than an actual, good microphone made to record audio. You should be looking for suggestions on what microphone gives you the cheapest, cleanest recorded result with the least amount of effort in treating your room acoustics issues, but at the same time, is not going to make you work too hard at it to EQ it to a good final result you can use.

    Okay, that. That is what I am now asking about. Also, the phone can record up to 44hz, is that good? And what is the best cheap mic under twenty pounds I could get, which can still record in great quality and make my good voice sound good? My voice is already really good IRL, I don't need an autotuner or anything, but anything that can give it either a full natural smooth echoed sexiness would be great. Right now, when I record my voice, it sounds hollow.

  9. Sweet. By the way, my recording has a setting, it can go from 8 to 44h CD quality. It only gives me an hour of recording instead of 5, but it should be worth it. However, there is no stereo mono setting. What should I do?

    By the way, if my laptop broke, what would be a good way of raising money to buy a new one? I lose my scholarship if I get a job, my parents kicked me out, and I live at the college dorm full-time.

  10. You know that thing where a song will have vocals panned to the center, with the instruments around them to create that wonderful music sound? I want to do a cover of a song, I have the musical backing track file ready, and I want to make it sound great when I sing the lyrics and put them into the song. How do I overlay the recording of my voice onto the song and make it sound great, as if my voice is supposed to be on the song?

    I have Audacity, Fruity Loops studio, and I have no high quality mic. I plan on using a HD recording app on my android phone to record my voice the best it can, and I'll see what I can do with it from there.

    Also, is there any kind of Echo or Reverb setting or something that will make my voice sound better? The song is a techno dubstep kind of song, but with actual lyrics that can be sung.

  11. Something that I've found myself doing pretty often in the process is de-essing and reverb. Static EQ in general is important too, but I don't think it's as time-consuming, once you know where to look. Compression can be done to even out crazy waveforms, preferably in a transparent (hard-to-notice) way.

    When I say de-essing, I'm referring to reducing egregious sibilances (or I guess I should plop in the idea of fricatives too) via volume automation or external waveform adjustment, in addition to (dynamic) EQ band automation to keep the airiness of the rest of the performance where there aren't sibilances (if the airiness is there). It might seem a little meticulous, but you get out what you put in. It does ask for a reasonably accurate perception of treble though.

    Reverb, on the other hand, is not quite as meticulous (unless you're picky, but I consider that a good thing), but it is fairly complex to model the acoustics of a real(istic) room. With reverb, you might consider the following questions:

    • What is the size of the room? Large, small, or medium?
    • How does the sound disperse? Narrowly or widely or somewhere in between? (Width)
    • How much do the sound reflections blur together due to early reflections? (Density, Diffusion)
    • How long does it take for the reverberation to reach its maximum amount (Attack)?
    • How far away is the object of interest from a back wall (Predelay time)?
    • How long does the sound take to dissipate as it begins to decay (lose 'power') towards silence? (Decay time)
    • What frequency range is being reverberated? (Low Cut, High Cut, Damping with Low/Mid/High Ratios)
    • What is the Dry/Wet mix? (this is more of a digital consideration, not really a simulation of a real room, which has a set 'mix')

    The good thing is, you can make presets for what you have already done with this and keep reusing them for similar situations with a few tweaks here and there.

    Awesome! What FL Studio plugins/tools do you recommend for this?

  12. Alright. What tutorials do you recommend for that?

    Also, I'm not sure if I should make a separate thread for this, but...

    Where is an awesome metal-guitar VST I can get for free? Preferably the kind of intense lead-guitar epic thing, like the guitars in this short song from the awesome Pokemon Album: http://ocremix.dreamhosters.com/files/music/albums/missingno/1-01%20Game%20On%20(~Opening~%20Demo)%20%5BFishy%5D.mp3

  13. Hi! I've been experimenting with FL Studio for a few months, I've loved music and remixes for years, and I was wondering where I might find some good Church Bell instrument VSTs? Big, booming, dramatic ones, the kind that go "Oh no, the evil villain is here, and he's going to destroy us all!". Preferably, it'd also be able to do "Church of Good Holiness soundtrack" and "Happy Wedding Church Bells", but I'm mainly after the big, clear, booming bells of doom.

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