Tempolar

Cheers Havnt had chance to try it properly yet, but what I did sounds like its getting there. Ill let you know when I get chance to do it properly. Tempolar

Hi All I'm looking to work with someone on psytrance tracks. I live in Manchester, UK.

Hi Kataclyzm I Use two books to aid in production techniques: "The Dance Music Manual" by Rick Snoman (Focal Press), and also "Composition for Computer Musicians" by Micheal Hewitt (Course Technology Centage Learning). Both are fantastic books and I strongly recommend them. If you need a beginners introduction to music theory, get yourself a copy of "The AB guide to Music Theory" or "Music Theory for Dummies". The first two books listed hear are quite tricky to get in a high street shop, so i got them off amazon. Happy Producing, Tempolar

Hi All Im wanting to programme an ambient Pad with the sound of orchestral stringed instruments (but not exactly the same obviously). My VST has two Oscillators, Amp, Filter, two Effects modules, two LFOs and a step sequencer. Or, is there another plugin which will do the trick? Cheers, Tempolar

The trick to adding the psychedelic movement effect is to manipulate three parameters of the synth; pitch, volume and stereo pan, and also note velocity. To manipulate pitch, use either the "detune" and "semitone" parameters, or the filter cutoff frequency. In order to make a sound "push" out of the speaker, increase volume and pitch together. To give the feeling of movement, simply alter the stereo pan. So,for the example of making a note push out of the right speaker then go back through the left, youd start with the pan biased to the right speaker, increase volume/pitch, change the pan to a righ speaker bias in a smooth motion, then lower volume and pitch. If you try this on a synth with a modulation matrix you can link different parameters to each other and to midi controls, either directly or inversely. You could even try linking volume and pitch parameters to an LFO for a "throbbing" effect (particularly good on basslines) The bottom line is to experiment with your synths to see what you can come up with. As always with psychedelia, one mans bad trip is another mans paradise. Happy Producing! Tempolar