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Inspiration/Creativity/Motivation / Drawing a Line?
« on: March 30, 2016, 12:58:15 am »
I was just wondering what you guys consider is crossing the line in music? I understand it's different for a lot of people and what is considered wrong in music. But where do you personally stand, doesn't have to be what you think are rules people should follow, but more like a standard you set for yourself?

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Inspiration/Creativity/Motivation / Incorporating Everyday Life?
« on: March 16, 2016, 01:26:56 pm »
A lot of people have different lifestyles, jobs, ways of living, and workflow. What I want to know, How would you say the culture, people, society, and your environment around you affect your music? This could be from what you make being very popular in your social groups, or being raised in a very nature loving community influencing you to play a lot of acoustic guitar in your songs. Maybe you would wake up every morning and go to your job, where you work as a steel mill operator, constantly hearing the grind of steel being formed, loud obnoxious demanding sounds make you think of the rhythm for a heavy, attention songs, like dubstep. Or you walk out only to see thousands of people crowded together in a big city with little room, everyone is yelling at someone and every driver has their hands ready at the wheel to honk at the next a-hole to walk in front of them, driving you into a fast-paced rhythm track, like drum and bass.
So to reiterate my question:
How would you say the culture, people, society, and your environment around you affect your music, whether it be adverse, or positive, obvious, or subtle.

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Sound Design / Basic Serum Bass Synthesis Tips
« on: March 15, 2016, 02:20:42 pm »
Hello! Billy Mays here with some basic Serum Synthesis! No, but seriously, I've spent time learning my way around the instruments that I use, I'm no master, but I definitely have a strong understanding of a few of them. Now, this isn't a work for all situations tip I'm doing, but a definitely fun way to create unique form of sound. I don't watch tutorials so I don't know if this is common information (not there's anything wrong with watching tutorials, I just learn better by experimenting)
1. Take a sample, any sample, I tend to like using short vocal clips. (don't make it too long)
2. Drop it in as a wave table, and either type in yourself about 1000-1300 (I like 1245) for the slice rate, or just do FFT1024, if you want it to be quicker...but it's not that much quicker, just the time you take to type.
3. Pitch down the key you play in by -2 octaves, it's the pitch the wavetable is now playing it at.
4. Cut out silence, Crossfade (preferably the spectral ones, but wing it!), and then Normalize if you feel it's right.
5. You can also Fade Edges if there's a little too much white noise sounds going around the instruments.
6. And if you want to bro it around a bit, use the Multi Process Squarify, makes it a little more Virtual Riot, or some of Skrillex's stuff.
This is the point where you can experiment!
1. Create an LFO to run through the wavetable you made, it can be straight forward, or have it move itself across the board.
2. Maybe filter the wavetable through another one and automate it so you can have a live sample run through a synthetic wavetable. Does well if you RM (ring modulate) with a vocal, can do something you'd here a lot in some of Skrillex's stuff.
3. Automate a filter, maybe phase, or two different bandpasses, or just automatic LFO to automate, can create cool bass sounds.
4.Experiment! Try making something else with the sound.
Post anything you make using these suggestions on here so I can be proud of you!  ;D
Billy Mays here with this amazing new product, that I know, you're gonna love!

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Inspiration/Creativity/Motivation / Thoughts on "Over" sampling?
« on: March 09, 2016, 05:17:43 pm »
I've been fighting back and forth in my head on the opinion and moral and what's the limit of sampling and I want to hear what other people think? There are certain genre's that have become known for just doing brobdingnagian amounts of sampling, specifically, Electro-Swing, Rap Instrumentals, and Future Funk are what come to mind to me. And I do enjoy electro-swing, and I'll enjoy a rap song despite the instrumental clearly taking it's entire sound from another song, like Logic's "The Spotlight", because at that point it's not about the instrumental, it's about the lyrical content, but I still think the producer is just being lazy. Most of producers who create Electro-Swing tend to just add an electro beat to an old swing song and cut it up very minimally. I've organized my personal opinion on what I think about this for myself.
  • If you(myself) to sample a song, either make it a minimal use of sampling, or change what you take to such a creative spin that it becomes your own.
  • Don't get lazy, just cutting up someone else's song a little and adding drums to it just seems kind of cheating.
  • Still add your own creative content to the song, not just have it center someone else's sample, make creative decisions and add your own musical content that you create.
  • Realize that not all songs in a genre are uncreative because of there common stereotype for sampling, there can be artists that do it in a creative manner without straight up stealing someone else's sound and do it right, but doesn't mean everyone is exempt.
So what do you guys think? Am I thinking to much into it? This has been a personal moral battle for me that has troubled me for quite some time, and I want to know how other people see it. Just add your opinion, argue against my opinion or with me. I just NEED to either what others think on this topic.

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Finished Tracks / Future Bass For Contest
« on: February 28, 2016, 07:44:24 pm »
I did two, but honestly, this one is kind of rushed, but I still want to know what y'all's feedback.

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Sound Design / Making A Preset Pack!
« on: February 27, 2016, 09:22:26 pm »
I'm currently working on a free preset pack for Xfer Serum and I was wondering if there was any sound design requests for me to feature in it, some sound you want to use but you can't quite put your finger on how to make? Just request it and I'll try to recreate it for the preset pack and make sure you get the preset pack!

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Finished Tracks / Old School Electro for contest (Justice style?)
« on: February 27, 2016, 03:07:31 am »
NEED Y'ALL'S HELP. Firstly, just really want your opinion on it! :) Also, if you do like it, I implore you to share it and like because I'm trying to win a constest with this that only lasts 48 hours and they straight up said getting it out there helps you get seen. So please, could y'all look in the kindness in your heart to share it. If not, opinion on the track is still very much appreciated <3


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Inspiration/Creativity/Motivation / Promotional Idea?
« on: February 13, 2016, 07:59:12 pm »
I put in this category because I didn't quite know what category I should put this in. Anyway!
The Project: I'm trying to make a community for people to promote themselves, by creating networks of fans and interlacing fans which other Artists, helping everyone getting their names more known! :)
How It Works: We/I Create a theme or idea, People submit their songs and I'll put together the songs I think fits best to it (Or whoever I have curating it at the time!) into an album/mixtape. We give it away for free, but I use Toneden so everyone receives followers from it, and everyone begins to gain new fans and new fans that were part of other artists fanbases!
I really want people to begin creating a community in of promoting and helps interweb fans even more! :)

THE THEME IS: ENERGIZE.
Anything you think is just full of energy, whether it be a bouncy house track, a high fuel electro song, a fast Happy Hardcore Rave track, or a heavy metal Mosh pit Jam! All genres accepted!
Submission Form is in the description!: https://soundcloud.com/groups/koolkidscrew
Please comment with any questions! :)

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Samples/Plugins/Software/Gear / CHALLENGE #4
« on: January 25, 2016, 06:43:14 pm »
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Last Challenge is here --> http://bit.ly/20d0yRe
    Reaaal Simple Robot Lead! Gotta start somewhere! Rules:
1. Try to replicate the sound.
2. Doesn't have to be perfect, post what you got even if it ended up completely different, would love to hear cool new sounds everyone makes!
3. This is meant to inspire and drive people in learning sound design, so have fun with it, and try to learn from yourself and the others who post.
4. Be prepared to explain how you made it what you made if possible.

Challenge:
https://clyp.it/guk0vzch
Have Fun!

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Samples/Plugins/Software/Gear / Free Sample & Presets Pack
« on: January 23, 2016, 07:33:49 pm »
Made a free sample pack for everybody's, nothing too much honestly.
Everything in it is completely made by myself, including drum creation and recordings, so I guarantee they're completely royalty free! Use as you please, more into it on the document it comes with. :) Have fun!
Download--> http://bit.ly/1NrVlf3

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Sound Design / CHALLENGE #3
« on: January 19, 2016, 10:38:51 pm »
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Last Challenge is here --> http://bit.ly/1REs6hl
Another Dubstep Style bass for this week! Oh, btw, I've decided to do these weekly. Rules:
1. Try to replicate the sound.
2. Doesn't have to be perfect, post what you got even if it ended up completely different, would love to hear cool new sounds everyone makes!
3. This is meant to inspire and drive people in learning sound design, so have fun with it, and try to learn from yourself and the others who post.
4. Be prepared to explain how you made it what you made if possible.

Have Fun!

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Sound Design / CHALLENGE #2
« on: January 13, 2016, 07:06:37 pm »
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Last Challenge is here -> http://bit.ly/1SiA5QN
    This time the challenge will last longer, I'll let multiple people have a chance at designing the sound I present before declaring a winner! And This time, it's a dubstep style bass.
1. Try to replicate the sound.
2. Doesn't have to be perfect, so have fun with it.
3. This is meant to inspire and drive people in learning sound design, so have fun with it.
4. Be prepared to explain how you made it!
Have fun!
NEXT CHALLENGE HERE --> http://bit.ly/20d0yRe

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You Might Like... / Blanco's Salsa Verde Set
« on: January 12, 2016, 04:04:23 pm »
Savant's other music alter ego,put up the Blanco DJ set, so if you want to listen to music that's less about the mind and more about getting your body moving (nothing wrong with that), lots of bouncy dance songs in here!

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Sound Design / CHALLENGE #1
« on: January 12, 2016, 02:42:13 am »
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Next challenge is here -> http://bit.ly/1REs6hl
I decided I want to challenge the people of this forum! It's just a playful challenge to push producers (THAT'S YOU GUYS) to learn or be inspired by the sounds. So what I'm going to do for this is make a sound, and y'all need to try and recreate it. I want to start with something awfully simple. First one is I created a lead inspired by a lot of soloist keyboards I've heard in the past and more recently Haywyre. hell, definitely be cool if I learned new ways of doing something from all of you!  https://clyp.it/4tnsyfu3

(If this is successful, I'll do more intricate ones! Also, doesn't have to be exactly the same, just close.)

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Finished Tracks / Odd/yssey (Album Feedback)
« on: January 10, 2016, 05:54:44 pm »
As you guessed, just looking for feedback on my last album, Entire point of it is to tell a story. You can look in the description of each song to get the jest of it. Anyways, just want some constructive criticism! :D (If you're looking to give feedback, you can go ahead and skip Prologue, it's mostly just vocal)

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