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Obviously they will suck
If they try to do old-school goa, that would suck..and as an ex-oldschool Goa artist always produce cheesy melodic full-on nowadays, and that sucks either
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I still want to know why I was accused of spamming, something I never do
Sure I may be saying some things to be cached out on the air and with double meaning. Sure I was telling others what we do hate and what we don’t hate, but was that really spamming?
As I see it, spamming would be writing useless posts, and that wasn’t useless, I see people doing so much worse than that.... but hey! lets deprecate Stalkers post because he uses harsh words
That’s just how I am
Another thing to point out is that I truly believe in what I said. People learn slow and good music is hard to catch
Alluring heh?
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People learn slowly
I firmly believe that in about 30 years everyone will have a similiar musical taste to mine
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We hate people
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We hate Talamasca
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Baba I finally listen to this and I got say it surprised me on the good sense of the word
I love the structure of the track and how you did the atmos on it
It sure sounds like a good ol' sensient tune
It gotta rythm bro, and that's what matters
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You need discipline
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Oh and badtrip, I will give you a proper post later
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The piano roll in Logic is called matrix, and in every other sequencer, those wave forms you talk only appears if it is an Audio track, everything MIDI is sequenced on a piano roll, in this case is called Matrix
And here is the piano roll of Sonar, a charmfull little software
By the way, its not only Logic, but in almost every sequencer only the wav.files and samples is showed as a wave form....
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You are a gentleman Mr.Prosect!
Thanks
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Kontakt is also a legend
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Hold your worries..Stalker is here to help you out
Nice.
First of all, in terms of processing capacity this computer is very nice
A Pentium D with 2 Gig of RAM is more then enough
Bottom line: Your computer is excellent for music making
Now, about soundcards, software and Monitors…That’s when it gets tricky
Personal experiences is what we know to be “the best”, cause frankly there was not a single sane man that test it out every single sequencer, soundcard etc
We can rely on some famous quality solutions
For U$ 500 you can get a really nice sound card like the M-Audio DELTA 10/10
Or you can go tight and get the EMU.... now that’s nasty
You’ll have plenty more options to choose from, but put in mind that M-Audio and EMU are famous for their high quality products with an accessible price
Obviously, if you want to spend a lot of Money you can get a MOTU but that’s almost U$ 2000, so save that for later
Software:
Now I’m a Logic user and there is no better program for making electronic music than Logic. However this only applies to my opinion and there is nothing more personal then choosing your own sequencer
I would recommend thou, you should stick to the ones that hold quality, not because they have an easy interface. Therefore, you can try Logic, Sonar or Cubase..In that order please
I believe Sonar has a free demo available on-line, test it out
The only down side about Logic is that you can run in a PC unless you get to have the greatest Sequencer ever made: Logic Platinum 5.5 for PC, which is fairly cheap now, because you can’t upgrade it for a new version
Monitors:
You are very right on deciding to spend some good money on monitors, because that’s a part you can’t go cheap
I don’t know too much about it, but stay away from Behringer
Google for it and see which one fits the best in your price range, try to get a Mackie or a Wharfedale DP8.1A Diamond Pro
About PC vs Mac…I would definitely go for a PC, because macs are for white snob rich guys
If someone told you that a Mac is better than a PC for music making you should ask them where he got that info and after that you should laugh and call him an idiot
PS: If you want to talk about it in Portuguese or you have a specific doubt about the whole music making process, just ask
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Oh please stay from that forum!
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VSTi (virtual studio technology instrument) was developed by Steinberg as a Universal platform for soft synths and samplers. Not all the companies bought into it. Cubase and Nuendo use it extensively. You may also hear about VST2 and VSTi2 plugins. VST2 is simply an extension of the VST format. These pass on more parameters to the host for automation.
Are PC VSTs and VSTi compatible on Macs? Always assume the answer is no unless the developer makes it clear. If they made a Mac version, they will be sure to list that. Usually, developers will have a PC VSTi version and a Mac VSTi version, so be careful to get (and install) the right one. Usually, these days they are both on the same cd rom.
RTAS
is the format used by Digidesign, the maker of Pro Tools LE, which comes bundled with the popular Digi 002 interface. RTAS will also work in Pro Tools M-Powered, which works with M-audio interfaces. RTAS plugins, however, will not work in Logic, Cubase or Sonar.
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I agree with Elysium, all the way
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You got everything you need to get you start with it. Now, one thing you must comprehend is that there are no rules or step by step help in order to get crazy sounds out of a synth
What you need to understand is how, why, and for what you are tweaking those knobs
To aswer something like “ how do you do a psychedelic fx?
Is as impossible as it sounds, and anyone who attempts to with a drafted comment like “Use reverb or delay” lacks of instruction, sensibility or simply is irresponsible
What I recommend you to do is carefully explore the potential of each knob and its function
Take a look at these Vanguard pic. Notice how there is an Env section with two lines(1 and 2) of knobs more or less in the middle. Env stands for Envelope and the knobs come with in this order: a( attack), d( decay), s(sustain) and r( release). There is also the knobs level, resonance, pwnd and detune, but lets get on those ones later
Let’s try to focus on the attack, decay, sustain and release buttons. Those envelopes parameters affect how the sound volume and its properties will be. For example: the attack knob will define how long wills it take to the sound “kicks in” If you tweak the knob to the right the sound volume will slowly build in, The sustain indicates how long the fx will stay on its peak volume, the release will indicate how long will it take to fade away
So if you want a windy sound for atmospheres for example, you should have a long attack range, a nice set of sustain and then a long release range so it can actually sound like a wind. Understand?
If you want a fast ripping sound, you should do the opposite. Fast attack, and fast release parameters
Now, lets see what else the vanguard has to offer. Can you see those 3 OSC on the up right corner? One has pulse tl pwn, and the others two has sawtooth on it. So, Osc stands for oscillators. They are a major thing in sound design
I wont get all technician about it, but is the oscillators that defines the wave form, that is why is so important
To see what I’m talking about, choose a preset and then changes the last two osc options to see how the sound changes. Another thing you should understand is how a wave form “sounds”..Dont worry, most of the times the name says it all, like a pulse wave is a pulsating wave, doh. A sine wave is a wave that goes symmetrically up and down and so on…The filter, the AMP ( Amplifier), Delay and Reverb knobs are a subject to lesson 3, but it will be nice you tweak carefully to see how it affects the sound. The best advice is to do slowly, one by one
Now lets have a look at that Trancegate thang.
You can see a line of rectangles right above that small written “ Pattern” right?
Now select a famous vanguard preset called “Helicopter” or something like that. Then click removing or adding those little grey squares of the trance gate. Notice how this will “slice” the sound. This is the famous and widely used arpegiator function. A truly electronic mayhem
So, what you have to do now is try to understand those knobs, try to picture of what I said by choosing a sound and transforming it the way you desire, until you “get” them and starts using them with reason, cause that’s what you were asking in the first place!
Now go ahead and try a little bit, any doubts just ask….Then tell me what happened so you can go back to Lesson number 3
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