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You don't know what you're talking about.
You're saying that you need all of these tools to create 'spacey' sounds, like advanced oscillators. You don't. Spectrasonics' Distorted Reality came out before softsynths were prominent and it's the most popular library of all time - exclusively focusing on spacey, atmospheric, dark (etc) sounds.
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No, as important as oscillators are, a good sound designer can turn even simple waveforms into great sounds. Advanced softsynths have only come around over the last few years.
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Ah, I see. Thanks for the replies. Just in case, are there any of the more popular ones (like the ones on darkesword's awesome collection and such) that don't fall under this free? My guess would probably be no, eh?
Well, thanks for the fast response. I've been looking for an answer to this for quite a while. Would have done me a lot better to just ask you guys!
EDIT: By the way, by royalty free, I was assuming that I could use these in a commercial product. I hope the answers I've been given don't change
Yes, the soundfonts are both free to use, and royalty-free. You can use them in commercial compositions.
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There are few soundfonts I can think of that are NOT copyright cleared. I wouldn't worry about this.
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I'll withold judging it until I hear some sound from the thing, but I really don't see how it's going to be better than your average 2xOsc softsynth with detune.
Seems like a JP8080 with more. Also, a key feature is that it has "total integration" like the new Virus TIs..
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Yeah, poly evolver was 2005. Maybe it's a new version?
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Well, this isn't really the interpretation I would have expected for a quiet tune like this. The style, of course, very cool. It's reminiscent of Joshua Morse and po's stuff, with tight beats and smooth keys + synth parts. The production is definitely cool overall, with lots of changes to the texture and soundscape throughout. I really thought that was a very strong point of the mix, though I heard a *little* bit of clipping towards the end with the piano. Around 3:21 I think you probably could have expanded on the original stuff rather than returning to the lighter instrumentation again. But that's just personal opinion.
The vocals in the middle seem completely out of place. The pimp for your website.. uhh.. wtf? That section could have been entirely removed. The repeat of the same clip at the end is pointless and again, really brings down the entire mix. Take em out and put in a real resolution, please!
Honestly, PLEASE just remove that and replace them with someting else. The second you do, this gets a YES.
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Not more than an hour after I posted..
http://namm.harmony-central.com/WNAMM06/Content/SonicImplants/PR/MUSE.html
Sonic Implants is releasing a new sample collection in Gigastudio Virtual Instrument format.
The age of the sample library is now over.
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I'm surprised at the stuff TASCAM did. They stepped up their game and decided to go plugin as WELL as their standalone GS3 Solo/Ensemble/Orchestra. In addition it looks like Garritan will have some competition from the GS Solo Violin.. mmm, exciting!
This opens up the doors for Tascam to release a "player plugin" for all the GS3 libraries out there, to compete with NI.
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Guys, come on.. let's go back to reviews of the song. Enough about Gray
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so, i want to re-arrange a song by a Christian worship artist named Chris Tomlin. he's pretty popular among christian light rock nowadays. in order to publish the song, how do i go about getting copyright data - like, how do i make sure i don't get arrested? do i email the company, do i just distribute it freely...what do i do?
In order to do a cover of a song, you want a compulsory mechanical license. When a copyrighted work is published - in this case, the song by Chris Tomlin - other people gain the right to distribute and reproduce the song also. You do NOT have to ask the artist for permission, in this case. However, if you plan on selling it, you need to compensate him 9.1 cents per record sale with the song on it. The details of this are something you need to research more (or talk to a lawyer about) but this would be the basic concept.
Now, if you DON'T plan on selling it, you need to write him a letter (not email) and get his written permission to cover the song and distribute the free cover.
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Soon enough we'll be upgrading to a new forum system (vBulletin, I believe) and we will be completely redoing the "ReMixing" section of the boards. One of the changes will be giving Reason it's own forum and dedicated FAQ, consolidating all of the important information out there.
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Make sure the license is legit. Where did you buy it from and for how much?
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5/8 bosses down in BWL..
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It's cool that you got it for that low, but it's not really anything new. People have been buying old versions and using cheaper upgrade plans for awhile now.
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How long ago did you start BWL?
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Play on a new server!! Gorefiend Horde
Last week, my guild killed Vael after 2 days of attempts. This weekend we killed Broodlord and Firemaw, working on the other two as we speak..
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Ok.. just to prove it
The following screenshot is about 60s into the song. The clipping indicators are not red, and the maximum volume is not over 0db.
www.zirconstudios.com/GWWOW.PNG
Here is a visual example of the song waveform 15s near the intro. As you can see, there are no waveform spikes that even approach clipping.
www.zirconstudios.com/GWWOW2.PNG
Here is Wavelab's analysis results of the mix, just to make sure I didn't VISUALLY miss anything. The max volume comes close to 0db, but doesn't hit it.
www.zirconstudios.com/GWWOW3.PNG
Another analysis using RMS power instead. Also not in the clipping range.
www.zirconstudios.com/GWWOW4.PNG
It's NOT the song. There is no possible way it's the song. No clipping exists. Now, is there some sort of faux-distortion that has occured because of the way the sounds interacted somehow? Maybe. I'm not hearing it, but you might be. Just like someone posted in the WIPs forum that they kept hearing an AOL Instant Messenger sound effect in one of my WIPs, when it was actually a palm muted guitar.
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On the tech end..
"The Desktop Studio: A Guide to Computer-Based Audio Production" by Emile D. Menasche is pretty good. It's a good overview and introduction to the world of computer music.
"Sound Engineering Explained" by Michael Talbot-Smith, further into the tech end.
For something more in-depth, there's "Modern Recording Techniques" by David Miles Huber/Robert E. Runstein.
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EDIT: Uh-oh. This mix clipped a bit on my headphones. Although now I see that this is VBR encoded, and it drops down to... 96 kbps?!
I did the encoding.
You'll notice that many mixes, including the amazing Triforce Majeure, go FAR below 96kbps during VBR. It's not uncommon to set the minimum to something like 32kbps in fact. This was a very long mix and thus it was very difficult to encode without going over the maximum filesize, 6mb. Notice that the mix size is 5.8mb. I did everything humanly possible to maximize the quality while staying under that limit.
There is also no clipping. I made absolutely sure of that and ran it through three different kinds of analysis to check.
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I don't know how you only lost a few people. You have to be constantly spamming heals on the MT, you get hit with stomps constantly for 1k (sometimes 2k if he does two in a row), you have tigers that are hitting you for 500 every 1-2 seconds, and he drops aggro very quickly. It's insane.
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youkai, edge of madness is not too hard. The encounters there are more fun than difficult. Hexxer, however, is really hard. It's simply a matter of gear and class composition. If you have tons of DPS (4-5 melees) and healers that can last awhile, you're good.
I'm surprised you downed the Tiger boss so easily. That boss is very difficult - nearly as hard as the Hexxer - and even our ZG "A team" still has trouble with him. Way to go. The rest is downhill from here.
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That's a mix that will probably get removed during the upcoming lockdown.
Our policy does not explicitly disallow sampling of the original, as Larry said. You have to look at it on a case-by-case basis.
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Shinji; free compared to other MMORPGs which charge you up the ass for expansions. EQ has what, like 15?
What did Santa get you? (Remixing Version!)
in Music Composition & Production
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You asked for advice on how to make "spacey" sounds.
Someone gave you advice.
You rejected the advice, saying that it's all about getting the right sound out of the oscillators.
I'm saying that even with the most basic oscillators available, with the right effects and settings, you can get the sounds you want.