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Have I yet mentioned how dope it is hearing Azumanga Daioh in the background?

I know not everyone functions like this, but I can't just force myself to sit down and start writing music if I don't have any ideas to start with. The harder I try to force inspiration, the less I accomplish. Pressuring myself to be inspired has always been counter-productive 100% of the time. Don't worry too hard about it. It'll come back. It always does. EDIT: If this is your idea of a slump, I really need to go buy your CD. This is a fine concept WIP. The melody carries some great emotional tones.

Like these? Sweet.

It's mine today. I made pixieMix with my birthday present.

I'm sure you'll have a creepy stalker-mix to call your own soon enough. You're the effing WINGLESS. Besides, Rayza had to wait how long after AuroraMix to get one of his own? Ladies first, chief.

wait your damn turn (you need to record a show or two more of material to work with anyway)

I know it's a few days late, but I have a birthday present for our beloved pixie. May I present ... the pixieMix Here's to many more years and many more episodes!

Should we request avatars here? If not, I'll edit this post. We need Psychonauts.

Sweet. I can't imagine what kind of crazy expectations some of you guys must have had, but I've been thoroughly enjoying CS since release day. Can't wait for the special edition.

Glad to see you in here, Compy. Keep it coming guys!

It must be interesting being a girl at OCR ...

That's brilliant. So simple and yet, I never would've thought to do something like that.

4 days before mine. Cool.

A lot of those arguments seem to be matters of opinion, personal preference or somewhat genre/style-specific. That or you're just taking his statements far too literally or extremely. Don't get me wrong, I agree with most of what you're saying, but I think there's room for compromise between your preferences and his.

I'm already finding this thread helpful. And we're only 7 posts in.

Agreed. Which is why I don't think a few tutorials are sufficient to cover this topic (although they do contribute). This is where the book recommendations and concept/theory discussions come in.

I like the randomness that we're getting in the intros. It's sort of a hook. I'm always looking forward to hearing what weird thing is gonna happen after the "... djpretzel said:" line. And wingless is doing a heck of a job co-hosting the show, too. VGDJ now has Soul +1.

It's a big relief to see VGDJ back in motion. I'll have to call in and say hi soon. And I too feel that a congratulatory "pixieMix" is called for. I'll get on it if I get the chance.

I know we've already got a daunting collection of stickied threads in this forum, but I think if there's any other topic that needs a sticky, it's production. The problem with the art of production is that it's an art that takes many years to truly master. As one of many upstart musicians who lack experience in this field, I say this forum needs a database of production knowledge. What we need are links to training resources. We need book recommendations, tutorials, and other forms of study media. People can ask questions about concepts, hardware, genre-specific tips and other related issues. Mastery of this skill is a long-term commitment, but with a thread like this, we can at least help to accelerate that process. COMPILED RESOURCES: Websites: Dave Moulton's website w/ articles The Loudness Race (server down much) Waves site 1 & 2 (guides and plugins) Tutorials: general tutorial from Gamedev.net Dave Moulton's Golden Ears training Books: Digital Recording, Software & Plug-Ins by Bill Gibson The Art of Mixing, 2nd Ed. by David Gibson The Mixing Engineer's Handbook, 2nd Ed. by Bobby Owsinski Hardware: KRK rockit powered speakers Creamware products Powercore Element Powercore PCI MKII & plugins Virus/powercore synthesizer Plugins & VSTs: Inspector plugin suite Firium mastering EQ Har-Bal EQ system Interruptor delay Arts Acoustic reverb Kjaerhus Golden Series plugins Ohm Force plugins Sonic Flavors R66 reverb Audio Damage products Elemental Audio plugins URS EQ plugins s(m)exoscope Optimaster (creamware) UAD-1 (creamware) Vinco compressor (creamware) PSY Q processor (creamware) Other Resources: zircon's Production thread (Also read through the thread. Remixers have shared many helpful tips!)

Ditto xD Sorry bLiNd, couldn't help myself Same. And I'm not even much of a trance person. Although with the combined influence of bLiNd, sgx and several others, I'm beginning to come around.

Sooooo ... I've spent the last tweek trying to catch up on all the VGDJ shows I had fallen behind on over the last few months and um ... I'm starting to run out of shows ... .... yeeeeeeaaahhhhh .... Please don't die, VGDJ. You wouldn't want my life to get boring, would you?

Ooh, Synthetic Demon has always been a favorite of mine. This is going to be a treat. Thanks for posting it, Scott!

I'll have a few files up later. Granted they may not be the final mastered versions of my remixes, but they'll be the basic package. This "song files as tutorials" idea needs to be taken to the next level. I recall a year or so ago when Prot was trying to create a whole website where OCR folk could post their remix song files. I was rather disappointed that it never really took off. This thread at least needs to be sticked or something.

Dude ... that's friggin awesome.

thanks, I'll give that a try