LeKris2505

Hi there, first of all: Thank you very much for all of your help in this short time! Astonishing. A little information about me: I do had piano lessons and play it since a very long time. I started to make music with Software like Cool Edit '95, Dance Machine, Cubase and ended up the first time in Impulse Tracker under DOS. Later I switched to Fruity Loops, which is now known as FL Studio, so I am also familiar with this software. My actual DAW is Ableton Live which is, in my opinion, the best DAW for me. MIDI-Files are not unknown to me, since I tried to write some in Guitar Pro years ago and also in Cubase. So I am familiar with different kinds of music and types of arranging them. My goal in first place is, to remix songs I like (from videogames like SNES, GB, Genesis and so on) to get better knowledge of song structures and builds, so that I am able to use it in my own music. I try to sum up the things posted below my question: If you want to Remix a track, there are different methods: - It is possible to look for MIDI-Files, which already have every track you need (but not every OST Track is transcribed correctly) (I already tried a rebuild of the Ending Part of Super Mario Land, the intro of Fortress of Fear and the Moon Theme from Duck Tales by simply using MIDI-Files and edit them) - Better ideas are to do the transcription by ear (which I do have to develop over time, since I think that I am not good at it) - It can be helpful to get the chord progression, because most melodies are going round the actual chord - It is also a good idea to get the main melody by ear (for this it is helpful to slow down the audio, if you have it). In this case, it can be very cool to develop own chord progressions and bass lines - When it comes to structure, you may think out of the box, which means, Part A in the original hasn't to be Part A in the Remix (which is, in my opinion a very creative idea) I hope, that I didn't forget anything and reconstruct it correctly. My actual project, which was a suggestion by a friend of mine is: Trunks Theme from the SNES games Dragon Ball Z - Super Butoden 2 I try to keep you informed about how I am doing, if you are interested in. But then, I will post maybe on the Discord Channel or the Workshop Forum on this page.

Hi there all together, in my opinion, the best way to start making own music, is to cover or remix songs you like. From this you are able to learn, how other musicians made music, which can be a good point to use some techniques for your own songs. I am listening to OCRemix-Tracks very often and since a very long time. I am not sure, but most tracks use the scale, the rhythm and / or the same speed as the original track. And here it comes to my question: How do you get the melody, the chords, the bass and so on from the original track? I can't imagine, that all of you musicians get all the notes simply by listening and writing it down. So, is there a secret technique to get the tones, which everyone is using, but no one is talking about? Maybe, because it is so obvious? Idk It would be nice, if someone could help me to get on the way. Thx in advance LeKris