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Summer Challenge 2022 - Sound Design

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Question... the rules state to modify the original sample however we want. That I get. My question is about the three sounds we add. Do those three sounds have to stay in the spirit of the sound originally intended, or are those three sounds also manipulatable under the same parameters? ie. a kick has to stay a kick as one of the three added even if you warp it as a kick. Or can it be warped and changed into different sounds, like snares and toms, and added? And by sound, is that a single sample or a single VST? I'm just a little confused about the limitations. Thanks in advance, and be well
updated by @betterledproductions: 09/12/22 11:43:32PM

Which Controllers Do You Really Appreciate?

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Hmmm.... this is expensive... but I want three or four...
https://www.embodme.com/

HELLO 4AM REMIX COMP!

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mmm, total failure am I... (Yoda voice)

HELLO 4AM REMIX COMP!

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AAARRGGH!!! 7 projects and they all suck, except maybe one. And I would need another 24 to finish... thanks to an over-demanding director that qualifies my product over a phone speaker... but it plays through 1000 watts to JBL stacks 60 feet in the air on either side of the auditorium.... If I finish it tomorrow I may post it anyway, though I know it won't count. SO angry right now over misuse of my time by a FIRST-TIME DIRECTOR... this contest meant more. And I'm out of beer.

Right, this year, I'm finally making an album!

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[quote="RobJones"]
Been saying that for quite a long time now. I easily have enough tracks to put something together, so just need to get organised, compile things together and make a plan! I'm feeling inspired by the Simon Shackleton method (so organised!!).

I'll update progress in this thread, to help me stick to deadlines (hopefully) and share how things are going, and any revelations I have along the way...

Wish me luck!
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DOOOO EEEEEEEET..... DOOOO EEEEEEETTTTTTTT!!!!!!!
And do it better than me please, so I may learn from it.
I think 5 people have listened to my album.... (DJ SPeare)

I went ASCAP, not BMI because they made it easier in the US. Not sure what other options you have access to in the UK that are a better choice.
Also... since you already have a business and a business license... use it. Register your business as the publisher. But, you probably already know all this... You've been in this for a while.

HELLO 4AM REMIX COMP!

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Thank you very much! That's why I wrote down a Bflat7... which is not right... that's what I missed... and not a Cmaj. Okay! Now to get back to my crapload of cut-up stems. You are awesome, thanks for listening! We've got 50-ish hours left... back to work...

After I stop banging my head on the wall... I've got a director that only listens to SFX on a phone speaker. ONLY on phone speaker, and wants to complain about the weird sound she hears (ie... anything below 100 hz or above 5K hz)... IN A RAGING STORM SCENE. Raging.... raging....

HELLO 4AM REMIX COMP!

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I've gone back and forth between three projects and now I'm so confused what the right chords I've screwed up all of them. Could someone please run through the Glassy Chord progression? That's all I need. Sound designing a show set in the 20's and trying to keep up with 'concert' this or that in brass and woodwind... my ears are exhausted. Please?

Wait... we are in F, right? or was it C maj?

And if anyone knows Ken Burns, I could really use his help with educating some folks on how NOT to whitewash 1920's jazz... again... damn I'm tired of a poor education system.
updated by @betterledproductions: 06/10/22 10:29:34AM

Which Controllers Do You Really Appreciate?

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MIDI controllers have gotten so much better over the last decade. New ways to work with sounds outside of traditional instrument interfaces.

The Maschine JAM (discontinued) has been revolutionary in a way for me. To be able to set the note structure or chord structure, and then work through that without making any mistakes by simply eliminating the notes I don't want to use. The touch strips give a real tactile sense of control, especially for recreating stringed instruments. But keyboard is still absolutely necessary for an easy and complete workflow that's intuitive.

What other MIDI controllers out there that you have used offer a unique and untraditional interface that truly changes the way you create sound?

Yes it is a good question... But more importantly, I don't have a lot of money to spend... like most of us. So what are the most inventive current and discontinued controllers that you have used, that really changed the way you make music?
updated by @betterledproductions: 09/30/21 06:00:58AM

Complete beginners forum

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[quote="simonshackleton"]
Hey @tuto - general rule of thumb with plugins is to keep things as simple as possible for yourself when you're first starting learning music production.

I find in the world of digital music-making people are in far too much of a hurry to buy new plugins in the mistaken belief that it will somehow make their workflow, or their music, exponentially better.
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Yep yep yep! It's about finding the right toolset, or interface or software that works for you. Whatever that is.

Then it's about crying when that tool is discontinued by the manufacturer...
(thanks for that Native Instruments... grrrrr... 8 sensitive touchstrips and the ability to prgram the chord structure is so useful! Damn ebay prices! I gotta get another JAM)

Complete beginners forum

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[quote="tuto"]
Hi everyone, beginner here along with couple of questions;

- Do I really need the 3rd party plugin that everyone uses for sidechain? Or Ableton's stock plugins should work just fine?( Also I have LFO tool by Xfer, if that works too)

Thanks for answers
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It takes time to begin to hear the limits of any certain plugin, or software... or VST even. And usually it only happens after you have trained your ears to hear the imperfections, or the imperfections that you didn't intentionally create, the balance between each instrument, and the placement or travel across the width of the stereo sound. It's actually a juggle of them all, because one can shift or ruin the balance of everything.

Save your work regularly. And when it doesn't work, don't waste too much time trying to figure out why... back up and find a different path. Why?

It takes time for your intuition and skills to begin to work together properly. It will be frustrating. It is not easy to imagine the finished audio, then bring it to life. Keep playing with the tools you have until you see their limits, then move on. The better you get at seeing the possibilities and the limits of any plugin or VST, the better you will become at using them to the limit of their capability, an then be able to move past it. Don't get bogged down in "why doesn't this sound right?" until you have a stronger grasp of "this sounds right!" if you get my meaning.