hey y'all!

ive been picking up guitar the past few months, currently an acoustic and i want to get an electric soonish. at some point want to start trying to record stuff on it. from what i've read, electric guitars are easier to record with an audio interface, and acoustics with a microphone. is that correct?

and, do you have any advice for what interfaces / microphones are a good place to start? any advice about recording for guitar in general, quirks youve noticed, anything is welcome!! everything ive tried producing till now has been 100% electronic so i'm kinda in the dark ahah.

so a lot of people know about plugins like Massive, Serum, OTT, Nexus, stuff like that. what are some hidden gem you've found? synths, effects, w/e.

i was looking around on KVR and i found this really goofy one, "mykazoo," that's 90% a joke, but i loaded on a bunch of processing and got some pretty cool sounds layering it with other stuff. another one, "doppler dome," simulates the doppler effect (things changing in pitch as they move away). you can use it for both natural effects, and use it in greater doses to make weird detune effects.

and for practical effects, ive been enjoying the FerricTDS saturator. it's a nice, soft tape saturator that adds nice harmonics. what about y'all?

ive never been one for 'resolutions,' but hell with it, i'm not happy with where im going. maybe being specific will help that. post your goals here for posterity, so we can see if we pulled through next january.

what are your musical goals for this year?
how do you plan to get there?
when?

my goal is, i want to write a body of work, probably an EP, that finally feels like "me." and i want to release it with some kind of  accompanying visual element. and i want to play a show. i'll do it by writing new music daily, and looking for the threads in the things that inspire me to figure out who i am. and also connecting with as many other artists as possible, to learn from them and grow. i want to have the release finished around July, the visuals August, and a show lined up in September.

how about you?

AHHHHHHH
CODE RED CODE RED

i hope to god this is real.

also, just for discussion, if you like pendulum, what's your favorite album/song of theirs, and why?

phuture doom is back and

AHHHHHH its so insane. electronic music needs more angery and he does it really well.

so the Beat Cyphers that mussar hosted were some of the most fun ive had musically in ages. i was sorta thinking of starting those again, since he doesnt have the time to anymore.

i'd pick out some samples, we all make 1min beats at a given BPM, then i mix them  all into one awesome mix A La Team Supreme.

would anyone be interested in something like that again?

EDIT: Aric has started the cypher up again over in this thread!!

HI ALL. mussar's been crazy busy with school and the interest kinda died down, so the beat cyphers stopped for a while. but, i've got enough time the rest of this summer that i'm going to take over for now. the cypher is back!!

here are The Rules for the Cypher, same as before:

• You must use both samples provided, and you must compose in the BPM provided. One sample will be a transition sound you place at the start and end of your track, and the other is the featured sample for your beat.
• You have to both post in this thread that you are joining AND private message me with your track in 32 or 24 bit, 44.1 kHz WAV or AIFF file format before 11:59 PM CDT on Saturday for your submission to count.

this is all pretty lax, but really, please do post whether youre in sooner than later!

we're working at 80bpm this week. here are The Samples:

• part of the hook from Common's "The Corner"
  
• the 'Draw' sound effect from Final Fantasy VIII

so take these, and make a 1 minute (~21 bars) beat with it. send it to me via private message either here, or in the Slack room, which u can join here. here's the last cypher:


TL;DR: you take the two samples i posted, and make a 1 minute  beat at 80bpm out of them. the second sample, the sweep goes at the beginning and end of your beat. that way, when everyone submits theirs, i can combine them all together into one listenable mix. the soundcloud link i posted is the most recent one, as an example. each beat starts and ends with the sample, so they all flow into each other.

because i want to try and get as many people on board for 'season 2' as possible, i'm going to start this today, friday, and give it 2 extra days, so it ends at midnight next Sunday. lemme know if you have questions/suggestions. im so SO excited to see what y'all come up with.

Comment "In" below this post to join.


Confirmed:
zacktaylor
eidolon

lately i've been thinking about where i want to go with my life and music and everything.

in that vein, what are you guys working towards? whether it's in music, or school, or another career, or just like life. i wanna hear it.