Yami Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 After searching I haven't found an answer to this. What is the stance of OCR concerning the usage especially of older drum computers. Is it too close to chiptunes or is the pattern based drumming too patterny (I don't know how to edxpress this...) or is it accepted when the excecution and variation is good enough? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rozovian Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 If it sounds good, ocr doesn't care if it came from fart samples or a live recording of a virtuoso playing the most expensive instruments ever in an actual concert hall. if it sounds good, it sounds good. Old drum machine sounds are used a lot in electronic music, tho nowadays they're typically layered with other samples for a bigger, harder, or otherwise different sound. A remix that only uses old drum machine sounds for its drums would probably have to be made in an 80s early 90s style for the sounds to fit together. As for the drum writing, you can make blocky, pattern-y, repetitive drums with any drum samples, and it'll still be blocky, pattern-y, and repetitive, just like you can write intricate, varied, human drums with any samples. A jazz band track should usually have more human drums than a hard electronic track, and some variations and fills will work better in some styles than in others. Ultimately, it's just supposed to sound good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crossing Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 If it sounds good, ocr doesn't care if it came from fart samples or a live recording of a virtuoso playing the most expensive instruments ever in an actual concert hall. if it sounds good, it sounds good. Old drum machine sounds are used a lot in electronic music, tho nowadays they're typically layered with other samples for a bigger, harder, or otherwise different sound. A remix that only uses old drum machine sounds for its drums would probably have to be made in an 80s early 90s style for the sounds to fit together. As for the drum writing, you can make blocky, pattern-y, repetitive drums with any drum samples, and it'll still be blocky, pattern-y, and repetitive, just like you can write intricate, varied, human drums with any samples. A jazz band track should usually have more human drums than a hard electronic track, and some variations and fills will work better in some styles than in others. Ultimately, it's just supposed to sound good. ^This. It's kinda hard to avoid these drum sounds on a tight budget, they are everywhere now. Unless you want some killer studio chops as a bundle deal. Oh wait... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yami Posted March 14, 2012 Author Share Posted March 14, 2012 Unless you want some killer studio chops as a bundle deal. Oh wait... No, please no. I might get tempted instead of trying to develop my own Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoozer Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 older drum computers. Is it too close to chiptunes 808s and 909s have absolutely Juliet Sierra to do with chiptunes. Chiptune percussion is completely, utterly different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nabeel Ansari Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 I think the people of the OCR community are letting this whole chiptune war get to their heads. Dark days indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yami Posted March 14, 2012 Author Share Posted March 14, 2012 808s and 909s have absolutely Juliet Sierra to do with chiptunes. Chiptune percussion is completely, utterly different. I know, but because it's so retro as well, I thought it might pose a problem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rozovian Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 I know, but because it's so retro as well, I thought it might pose a problem Rock is retro. Jazz is retro. Classical music is retro. Horns are retro. Rhythms are retro. It's not the age, or even what it is that matters; it's how it sounds that matters. A mix made with just a beer bottle and some screws should sound terrible, and a mix made with the most expensive music libraries out their should sound great. And yet... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoozer Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 I know, but because it's so retro as well, I thought it might pose a problem If it sounds good, it is good. It's really as simple as that. Worry about nothing else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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