That's an awesome setup. I've just never put the time into figuring out how to get the Volcas working with midi through ableton, and I've been mostly playing my JP-08 live into the daw. Only tried to record from the Circuit once and it made a weird echo/delay as it recorded in and I haven't put the time into figuring that out yet either. Can't wait for Novation to come up with an update that lets you just dump the audio out over usb
While looking for a multiband stereo tool I discovered this:
This is a game changer for me. You can throw this on a track, split it between up to seven bands, and adjust the spread, pan, and volume of each band. In addition to that, you can use additional VSTs on each band within the plugin itself - two pre fader and two post fader. And it can be sidechained to accept MIDI input to control all the various parameters.
This thing is obscenely versatile. I can see myself using this a lot on groups. It's a bit of a CPU hog though.
I like the concept a lot, but there are a couple things that didn't sit quite right with me. The fast clicking/flipping sound at the beginning and in the middle is mixed a little high for me, but I do like it a lot when it has some tonality at :36 before the synths kick in. I wouldn't mind hearing more of that. For the synths themselves the chords seem good, but I wish they weren't so choppy. I think the vocal "ha"s (something like that) could maybe have more reverb? Or something so they blend better into everything, they're just a little abrupt. I think you could also put a shaker or something similar on the last pass of the drop and it would sound cool. I like the intro, middle, and outro sections a lot, very chill and vibey
Haha very much the opposite, I like that trumpet soundSounds really good to me and Im exactly the opposite, I like the choppy synth. Those remind me at the Remember Me soundtrack, always liked those.
But I generally really like gltiched/choppy sounds so I might be biased here.
Though one thing I don't like that much is the trumpet like sound that kicks in later on, but at the same time im unsure what you could do to change that. :/
Good work man
Holy bananas dudes, I think I made my favourite song ever during a fuckabout for a remix contest yesterday after posting that track. I was thinking about how I was better at writing chill shit and just decided to stop fighting and let the vibe take me. I went back to my pedal gazing roots and just jammed out the dopest future chill thing (imo). I might be way too hype because I crashed out yesterday and checked the shit when I woke up and had my face blown off and put back to sleep or some shit. The mix could be better but my ears are killing me after the +/- 6 hour marathon I put in on this track. Check this shit out and tell my if my hype is justified or if I should lower the meters a bit.
https://soundcloud.com/yesplznothx/2016-26-01-future-chill-stronger-holly-drummondremix/s-zH2Di
P.S Make stuff I can listen to as well.
Edit: P.P.S I think the issue with the trumpetish? sound on a re-listen is that it's too static and not mixed very well, going to add some vibrato to the tail and mix it better
NEW TRACK and i'm kinda proud of it tbh
https://soundcloud.com/maumaumusic/pharaoh
i'll be back tomorrow with feedback for everyone, in the meantime i'd appreciate it if you check it out
Hey guys just wondering what would be the interest on a friendly production game?
Say if each month someone prepared a sample pack and everyone was limited to making a track using only the sounds within that pack.
Once finished we'd (well one person and I'm happy to do it) post the tracks up on a GAF soundcloud account and the track with the most buzz (likes, listens, shares etc) around it wins.
The winning track would have their track as a permanent fixture with their artist profile (soundcloud, facebook etc) promoted in the songs description.
The winner would then prepare the new sample pack.
A sub-reddit on reddit has this game but the engagement is really low seeing as the community is all over the place.
The sample packs don't need to be original creations. You can pull sounds from your favourite tracks or sample packs.
If you guys feel at least 5 of us could commit to a track a month let me know and I'll work on setting this up for the start of February
. Plus it will be cool to see how everyone manipulates the samples in their own unique way.Holy bananas dudes, I think I made my favourite song ever during a fuckabout for a remix contest yesterday after posting that track. I was thinking about how I was better at writing chill shit and just decided to stop fighting and let the vibe take me. I went back to my pedal gazing roots and just jammed out the dopest future chill thing (imo). I might be way too hype because I crashed out yesterday and checked the shit when I woke up and had my face blown off and put back to sleep or some shit. The mix could be better but my ears are killing me after the +/- 6 hour marathon I put in on this track. Check this shit out and tell my if my hype is justified or if I should lower the meters a bit.
https://soundcloud.com/yesplznothx/2016-26-01-future-chill-stronger-holly-drummondremix/s-zH2Di
you got that future corporate sound aesthetic thing down perfectly. beautifully clean and polished, thumbs up
thanks! uhh i'm not that advanced in music theory to tell if i used any particular scale but nice to see that the flavor is recognizable
i actually layered a logic preset piano with the giant thing from komplete so it's 2 pianos playing most of the time. good call on the snare, as for the pads it's intentional though i just wanted them as some kind of noise floor so it doesn't sound too empty.Holy bananas dudes, I think I made my favourite song ever during a fuckabout for a remix contest yesterday after posting that track. I was thinking about how I was better at writing chill shit and just decided to stop fighting and let the vibe take me. I went back to my pedal gazing roots and just jammed out the dopest future chill thing (imo). I might be way too hype because I crashed out yesterday and checked the shit when I woke up and had my face blown off and put back to sleep or some shit. The mix could be better but my ears are killing me after the +/- 6 hour marathon I put in on this track. Check this shit out and tell my if my hype is justified or if I should lower the meters a bit.
https://soundcloud.com/yesplznothx/2016-26-01-future-chill-stronger-holly-drummondremix/s-zH2Di
P.S Make stuff I can listen to as well.
Edit: P.P.S I think the issue with the trumpetish? sound on a re-listen is that it's too static and not mixed very well, going to add some vibrato to the tail and mix it better
You've had cleaner mixes on other songs, but you already know that given that you're going to give it another mixing pass. Every time I try to make a chill song, I end up going down the Burial route and making it dark and then too many lows and mids make it muddy. But he makes it sound so easy Holy bananas dudes, I think I made my favourite song ever during a fuckabout for a remix contest yesterday after posting that track. I was thinking about how I was better at writing chill shit and just decided to stop fighting and let the vibe take me. I went back to my pedal gazing roots and just jammed out the dopest future chill thing (imo). I might be way too hype because I crashed out yesterday and checked the shit when I woke up and had my face blown off and put back to sleep or some shit. The mix could be better but my ears are killing me after the +/- 6 hour marathon I put in on this track. Check this shit out and tell my if my hype is justified or if I should lower the meters a bit.
https://soundcloud.com/yesplznothx/2016-26-01-future-chill-stronger-holly-drummondremix/s-zH2Di
P.S Make stuff I can listen to as well.
Edit: P.P.S I think the issue with the trumpetish? sound on a re-listen is that it's too static and not mixed very well, going to add some vibrato to the tail and mix it better
Hmm I think the restriction will help people stay on task though and I want the competition to be beginner friendly. I can't compete with the sound design geniuses in here
If enough people disagree though I'm happy to reverse that rule.
I'm cool with internal voting. We'll put the ones we consider the best up on a GAF soundcloud.
Don't think I'll put a deadline on the month. The feedback on a track would be more pure if it was posted when there was nothing to compare it to at the time.
New pack released at the beginning of each month. I'll probably just ask around when the time nears instead of making someone do it.
Pretty keen for this, It'll kick my ass into producing instead of lazing around.
I also dont really like the idea of rating the songs by how much "buzz" they produce, dont feel like its a fair way to measure the quality/creativity of a song.
Only problem I have with using samples only is, that I only rarely use instrumental samples. (Or are you talking about drums and stuff?)
Other than that I would definitely at least try to do something for it.
Kinda late but better than never:
Now I feel bad for skipping over these, repost them or pm them if you want some help or someone to listen dude.
Thanks it means a lot to me that you like it that much, kind making me internet blush.DUDE THE FIRST TRACK WOW JUST WOW
literally had chills going down my spine when it got intense. you're amazing at this future chill sound. second track is soo relaxing too, i thought it might be cool if you did an echo effect with the voice in the part where you're repeating everything instead of keeping it at the same level all the time.
thanks! uhh i'm not that advanced in music theory to tell if i used any particular scale but nice to see that the flavor is recognizable
i'll definitely try the delay and lowpass suggestions. it's little things like that that make the whole track sound more professionally produced haha.
Thanks man, I agree, I'll definitely give it another mixing pass. I've been in 8-16 bar land before, the only way to get out is to work man. Don't have too many expectations, try shit out and remember that there's a delete key for when things don't work out.This is really nice. Love that ticking percussion. Everything fits together really nice, nothing stands out as being jarring or weaker. I'd be very happy with it so your hype was justified
I've been struggling to make a track so far this year. Got 5 or 6 8-16 bar ideas, but I'm just not making any progress. Hate it when this happens. I need to stop trying to force ideas to becomes songs and just move on until something clicks.
Hey Homies sorry for the delay on that competition..Had some commitments yesterday that I couldn't get done fast enough.
I'm going to kick it off by using the Reddit competition as a guide..
Rules
- Create a song using only the samples provided. You may not use synths or extra samples to create sounds. The sounds in the sample pack must be the only sound sources/generators.
- Process the sounds however you want. Cut, slice, warp, timestretch, granulize, resynthesize. Use any effects or editing you like. If you want to use a vocoder, the carrier and modulator must both be samples from the sample pack. You may resample the sounds you create. Using the samples as the sound source for a granulizer or wavetable synth is allowed.
- Any genre of music is accepted.
Once you finish the tracks I've set up a GAF soundcloud https://soundcloud.com/sounds-of-neogaf and an email address gafsoundcloud@gmail.com
You can either pm me for the log in details, email your track to that gmail or upload to your own soundcloud and we'll use the account to repost. I'll only be giving the log in details out to people who are active in this thread. Its not that I don't trust you all, its just an active member isn't likely to risk their profile
Due to some commitments and restrictions I'm going to use a custom pack someone else put together for a similar comp.
The sounds are very unique and interesting
http://www.mediafire.com/download/pgo8t9djhb530ah/2015-12+pack.rar
Deadline to get your track in is by the end of February.
Good luck everyone who decides to participate. I'm honestly keen to see what everyone can churn out, especially from us newbies
But I enjoy trying. I dunno, I really like something that sounds like a beat up antique of a song. But it's hard to get it to sound purposeful and not just amateur. I have learned a lot when trying though, which is something I often take for granted -- not getting a good song out of a session doesn't mean it's a waste of time.