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continuing my rant i just kinda wanted to ask--do you guys feel that super high sampling/bit rates really improve the sound quality? i usually work at 44.1K or 44.8K out of habit but I'm wondering whether you notice a difference and (more importantly) whether or not fans/listeners would care?Nope. We don't hear anything above 20kHz (well, 17-18 in most cases :p), which gives the audio two points per sinewave at 44.1kHz. More than enough considering it's inaudible up there. I do work at 96 though, as I don't have to force plugins to oversample that much to perform anti-aliasing. But as a distribution format, 44.1 is absolutely fine.
I did hear about and used voice leading. Also kinda thought that melodies that fit together harmonically sound the coolest. ...but didn't know there's a name for it and a huge chapter of theory behind it. Thank you!
but to anybody wanting to use this as a substitute for learning how to do it yourself, I'd add that ear training/learning enough about music theory to be able to identify song keys would probably have a much better payoff in the long run.That I have to agree with. I usually use it as a starting point to some "piano based discovery" which ends up being much quicker once you actually know how those scales look like. Especially when finding out key/chords of acoustic guitar pieces, this method is without any musical knowledge really wrong as (I believe) on the guitar some chords are played without the lowest note being the actuall root note of the chord.
), I figured out that there's not much to lose. (...or more exactly, I hope we shouldn't be.)
A quick story: I have a friend, we know each other for a looong time. He likes epic music, big orchestral pieces and some heavier rock. We always get in a fight about Coldplay. I love them and think they're one of the most "emotional" and heartfelt bands in pop music. ...which is why he drives me crazy as everytime he hears them he goes: "They got their name right. Their music is so COLD! No emotions at all, awful." ...and that's why this topic is just a little odd. What seems warm and fuzzy to you might be sad for someone else.
No, but seriously, if whatever software you use can't crack it, you can "science the shit out of it". Load up frequency analyser (ideally with frequency-detection) and follow the lowest loudest sinewave. That's the fundamental of their bassline and usually chord is based upon it. If you read few of these notes, you can figure out chords and key of that song in few minutes by trial and error. Not so quick, kinda dessert-island method, but it works.
I'll add Bobby Owsinski's "The Mixing Engineer's Handbook". It's a classic book that's been around for a long time and a lot of people swear by it. I haven't read the latest editions, but the older editions are written in a pretty universal manner (i.e., not aimed at one particular genre and definitely not EDM-specific), but covers a lot of range, includes perspectives from a bunch of big names in the industry, etc.+1 to this one. It sorts, orders and explains the stuff really good. Great for guys who've read so much different advices they don't know which one to take.
