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Samples/Plugins/Software/Gear / Re: VST's similar to these sounds/ artists? (Deep House)
« on: July 14, 2016, 03:08:29 am »
Serum for everything is my new rule of thumb.

Although a lot of the sounds in those songs seem sampled...

You might get some mileage out of Omnisphere.

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Samples/Plugins/Software/Gear / Re: Do you recommend the update to Win 10?
« on: July 09, 2016, 06:15:39 am »
Its been a lot better for me with all my plugs and ableton. I'd put performance on par with windows 7 if not a bit better and far better than windows 8.1

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Sound Design / Re: Looking for a great way to make these gritty bass shots
« on: July 09, 2016, 02:21:03 am »
Haha dammit I keep hearing so many people praise Spire, but when I open it up and see the layout my brain just turns off. It reminds me of FabFilter's synth...which I can't remember the name of right now. Serum just makes me smile; little lights and graphics bouncing everywhere, fx rack like Guitar Rig-it feels like a synth command center haha.

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Inspiration/Creativity/Motivation / Re: Losing motivation to finish tracks
« on: July 07, 2016, 01:25:47 am »
I think most producers have a gut feeling when they know their work is starting to get genuinely good. I prefer to only finish and release things I know are there. I have dozens of half finished tracks that are solid enough to make into something special, but I know a lot of producers that would just get fed up and release it halfway just for the hell of it. I think it's important to be selective. EPs are a good challenge, but don't do one because it sounds cool, wait until you have a story or reason to group 5 or 6 tracks together. Make sure there's solid continuity.

There's this producer i know back in DC through a friend named Stephen. Crazy good producer. He dropped two tracks back in like 2012, got like 30 million plays and vanished. We were curious what the hell he was doing and eventually realized he was grinding through and trashing a bunch of songs until he hit a unique sound. Anyway, fast forward four years and he just put his album Sincerely out and is pulling those numbers again, but with a musical platform he can actually grow from. There's something magical about crazy well made music coming from out of nowhere by someone no one's ever heard of. There's enough mediocre amateur music to go around, I think everyone should just let it die and wait til they have something real to say.

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Inspiration/Creativity/Motivation / Re: Ill Gates tweeted this out
« on: July 06, 2016, 11:59:25 pm »
Quote from: alanisnotcool on July 06, 2016, 04:24:02 am
Quote from: attila on July 05, 2016, 09:51:36 pm
Everyone has the same opportunity to make a life for themselves.

Very wrong. 

Well, everyone has an opportunity to make a shitty life for themselves, but not everyone has the same opportunities to make a "good" or "successful" life for themselves.
You seem to mistake a disadvantage for a handicap. If you believe society truly has handicapped an entire demographic of people, then you've mentally written off their ability to grow beyond it. You're implying that people are where they are due to things beyond their control, which is false. We all have circumstances that influence how our lives begin, but our potential and actions are completely separate from that.

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Inspiration/Creativity/Motivation / Have you ever had your work stolen?
« on: July 06, 2016, 11:13:41 pm »
There isn't really an appropriate place to put this topic, but I'm curious if anyone has had the displeasure of having their music stolen or infringed on somehow. I just got a take down notice from youtube because someone else is attempting to release a track of mine from last year on his LP next week. Fortunately, I have everything in place to dispute and have his music taken down, but I'm sure a lot of new producers overlook this stuff. Just want to hear some experiences and hopefully we can guide anyone dealing with this in the right direction.

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Samples/Plugins/Software/Gear / Re: What are your favorite percussion sample packs?
« on: July 06, 2016, 11:05:17 pm »
Aside from what's already been mentioned, this is where I go to for percussion when I'm looking for something more acoustic and groovy. Pretty much ensures I'll never need another shaker or tamb again.

https://www.iwantthatsound.com/product/organic-perc/

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Sound Design / Re: Looking for a great way to make these gritty bass shots
« on: July 06, 2016, 12:34:27 am »
Using brass is pretty standard these days for those stabs. Adds a nice burst of organic-ness. You can really use any type of synth sound for it as long as you layer a good transient with something decayed to give that little womp burst.

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Inspiration/Creativity/Motivation / Re: Ill Gates tweeted this out
« on: July 05, 2016, 09:51:36 pm »
Quote from: Mussar on July 05, 2016, 06:31:53 am
Except we don't live in a "creative space", we live in reality. My art is inspired by the world around me, and the world around me contains unfortunate levels of disparity due to systematic factors. My "creative space" is designed by the truth, and I don't shy away from it. While I'm writing this right now, I can see a man outside my window sleeping on the street. Are you really trying to tell me that he's there because he "failed to apply himself"? Are you really trying to get me to buy that because you're "aggravated" by the truth, that you somehow get to dismiss the indisputable facts of the world at large?

Child, please.

I don't care about your inspiration. It seems your reality only serves your own insecurities about success, so if you fail you can blame it on "disparity" and the "truth" of how the world works.

And yes, that man (barring medical limitations) is on the street because he failed to provide for himself. Doesn't take any amount of intelligence to figure that out. Are you implying he got there by accident? That he was born on the street and never thought to take care of himself? There are a lot of homeless people in my city, and you know what? The vast majority I've spoken to say they chose to be homeless because they enjoy the freedom. 

Everyone has the same opportunity to make a life for themselves. Whether we get there or not is completely based on the choices we make. It seems you believe the system's rigged, anyone who isn't raised with privilege has next to zero opportunity, and that somehow by pointing out the struggles of those people-which you can in no way sympathize with behind your macbook at a Starbucks-you're on their side. By giving credence to the notion that inequality plays any sort of significant factor in success, you continue to give power to that same thing you claim to be so passionately against. 

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Samples/Plugins/Software/Gear / Re: VST for Guitars
« on: July 05, 2016, 06:07:40 am »
Honestly you're best off just going to a pawn shop and buying an old squire strat or something for $100. Guitar is one of those instruments with so many variables on a note to note basis that programming it from scratch is an absolute nightmare. I tried Vir2's plugin for a while, but it just wasn't worth the work.

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Inspiration/Creativity/Motivation / Re: Ill Gates tweeted this out
« on: July 05, 2016, 06:00:40 am »
I have no empathy for people who fail to apply themselves and in return add no value to the earth. Its pure utility. Its aggravating when other people attempt to minimize the opportunity available by either introducing their bias (I'm not successful) or by waging ethical warfare (x group has it harder so they're out of luck). All the article really says is be honest with yourself about how the reality of success and opportunity works. From all of our perspectives this pertains to how its applied to music. In a creative space all those statistics are moot.

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Inspiration/Creativity/Motivation / Re: Ill Gates tweeted this out
« on: July 04, 2016, 10:13:00 pm »
We're talking about actually being successful, not getting a job. Opposite ends of the spectrum.

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Inspiration/Creativity/Motivation / Re: Ill Gates tweeted this out
« on: July 04, 2016, 03:11:26 pm »
Quote from: eidolon on June 30, 2016, 03:24:55 pm
this articles makes some good points but imo it also glaringly overlooks things like the systematic inequalities that exist within society. the author makes the assumption that everyone in society has the exact same experience as a white american/UK male growing up in a household where you can devote your teenage years solely to computer programming.

and i say that as someone who *has* come from a similarly privileged background; its not a bad thing that he's had the life has at all, but he doesnt account for how others have lived. and those things arent reasons to not try, by any means, but just straight up ignoring them helps no one. the points about how society judges value based on # of people impacted definitely rings true. he just could use a little bit of nuance, as well.

This is the same lame bs underachieving white people say all the time to make themselves feel better about not accomplishing anything.

The truth is that if someone has to have this explained to them, they're not a winner. People who are actually going to make themselves into something not only already know how this works, they're mostly likely working toward it right now.

Generic white/male "privilege" has nothing to do with being successful; in most cases, it's these same coddled individuals who never had the actual privilege of learning hard work.

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Composition/Arrangement/Theory / Re: Coming up with melodies and chords??
« on: June 23, 2016, 04:31:52 pm »
I like Cthulhu, but if you're not willing to dig in a little bit and put in your own progressions things start sounding samey cause it's all Bach.

I do have a folder of tens of thousands of songs in midi that I like skimming through for progressions when I'm feeling uninspired.

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WIPs / M83 Meets....Journey?
« on: June 15, 2016, 07:19:59 am »
So my band just kinda split and I've had this instrumental (that we were about to track vox on...go figure). The thing is, I'm still in love with it and starting to play around with different lyrics and vocal melodies to finish solo. I was curious if I'm being crazy over nothing and should just move on or...?

Thanks


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