Today is Friday, and I'm just starting Project 7 because I just finished Project 6.
I pretty much understand how to make the synths, it just takes time to figure out which one you want. So, that'll take the most time, and then we have to come up with our own patterns, which means finding some neat stuff in Riff Machine.
So, I don't forget (you don't have to read this, this is for my own personal forgetful benefit):
1. The shape of the wave(s) that you use.
2. Any adjustments to the shape of the wave (using the sliders next to the wave shape).
3. Which operators and how many of them did you use (1-6).
4. Filter settings.
5. FX Settings.
6. Any envelopes or LFO used to modify the wave (pitch, volume, panning, cutoff filter frequency, etc.).
7. Balance of your loop: Rhythmically busy vs. rhythmically simple and high pitched instruments vs. low (bass) pitched instruments.
8. Form. Is it AABA? ABACA? ABCAB?
_Mr. Rabuse's blog musictech0910.blogspot.com (now it's not copyrighting, right?) oO
Okay, ready? Here's a riddle:
KICKnotnotnotKICKnotnotnotBANGBANGBANGnotBANGnotBANGBANG
There's my drum loop, since I'm not just gonna post that alone. :P
I used a regular snare (that I may or may not change) and my favorite kick drum: FLS_Kick 04.
Peace out. xD
We are finally back and today is the Monday right after vacation.
I personally like the sine wave the best (which means without, in Latin)...sounds the most obscure, and least BAMrightatchya. And, wow, I cannot get over myself because I sound like amahzahzing CANDY. xD Anyways, I have kept the settings all default in the Sytrus for now. I shall tell you the numbers and perks when I choose what I like when I'm messing around. :) We have about 20 minutes, so I should get done.
Kay, here's the numbers (if you have a wonderful imagination, you can even hear them in your head :P):
Shape: 38%
Tension: 0%
Skew: 37%
Sine shaper: 0%
Pre-filter: 55%
Noise: 0%
Sine
Today is Thursday and I've decided to work with AABA format. I put a little fade-in with the drums, using an automation clip. Nothin' fancy, but I didn't want it to start out like wicked loud.
I still have to make another synth. I'll make it sound like uhm, I know, but I don't know what it's called.
Okay, so I didn't get it exactly perfect, but here it is so far (my second synth):
Shape: 100%
Tension: 0%
Skew: 68%
Sine shaper: 55%
Pre-filter: 28%
Noise: 0%
Square
Good thing I posted these numbers, 'cause I just deleted it by accident. xD
Aright, I like my second synth now because I found a good thing in the riff machine. I changed around my whole thing, making the second part be the first 2 parts and the first 2 parts the 3/4 part before the end. :) Techno and them calm techno. haha
I really wanted to have the last part (part A repeated at the end) to be like an Avenged Sevenfold song (yeah, doesn't sound like them at all, but I mean the format) where there's a guitar part and then some drums. Yeah, I'm workin' on it. And, for the second part of A, I'm gonna put some bass and guitar in probably.
By the way, this paragraph and above are Monday. To tell the truth, I messed with a whole bunch of stuff in those two synths...randomly pushing buttons until I like it, so I can't really tell you what I did. And, I know that's what we're supposed to be talking about in this. But...as I go along, I WILL tell you how the high and low uhm complement each other? As well as the simple and complex. I think the two synths in this are going to be the complex...even the drums are a bit more complex, that is, of the guitar and bass that I'm going to make. The bass and guitar are going to be the lower ends of this.
Yeah, I changed my mind for the first part. I had a piano, with pretty much all notes and the basic pattern of the second which turned to the first synth, fade in with the first 2 drum uhm things. Then came the all-out techno, calmer techno, and then outro. Still gotta figure out if and how I'm gonna work some bass/guitar in there.
Maybe I'll use some ghost channels all in the uhm...first synth that became the second's loop. I've got the bass, and yeah, the guitar is just not working for me and I don't want to mess up what I already have. Maybe I'll mess with it some other time. Time to upload for now.
Friday, December 18, 2009
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Project 6: Sytrus and the Riff Machine
Yeah, so we've been learning about this Sytrus project for...a while. I never really posted anything, because I didn't do much. :) I just made those 2 default rather annoying beeping noises that I MIGHT change, but then again I might not because they might go rather well with my rather random idea. xD Lotsa rathers, right?
Anyways, today, I'm going to try to work on that AABA format...pick a riff from the Riff Machine that I like and go with it. Then I'll add the instruments, and all that other good junk, 'cause junk food is good like that. :P
I want to go for a rather eerie feel, not sure...if I want to go techno yet.
Mr. Rabuse just helped me out. I wanted to delete the random riff that I had while messing with Sytrus and the Riff Machine, and I found one I really like for not-the-saw-wave Sytrus. haha. Don't know what the right word is.
He showed me this really sick thing called Ghost Channels, and it shows you what the other instruments are playing while you're messing around. It really helps to show you what goes. 'Cause you do trial and error, hear, AND see. xD Pretty wicked.
So, anyways, I'll be happy today if I get a good bass line that I like.
Aright, I got one, but I'm not telling you yet. xD So now...some drums....? Hmm...haha. I think I'm gonna exclude the dear ol' geetar, here. :) I'm saving that for the B section, I think. I kinda wanna make it out there. haha, I think.
Well, anyways, we're leaving in a few...and I can't find any of the options on the left side of the screen. If it doesn't open up with all that next time, I'll just ask Mr. Rabuse. 'Cause I needa find some kick drums 'n tom-toms, snares fer sher, possibly. xD haha
Today is Friday, and I got the little thing on the side back (browser). haha Had to click the browser button.
I got a simple, 4-beat kick drum in there. I think I'll keep it, but change the kick drum.
Okay, yeah, that made no sense. But, I did change it. I went from the regular kick to FLS_Kick 04. Much softer, and I think it goes with the whole feel I wanted much better. I added FLS_Snare 01b, for then 2nd and 4th beat...I think it sounds okay. Not sure if it's the best, though. I tried a snare on the 2nd note and them 3 quarter-notes right before the kick...sounded too busy for an already somewhat busy Sytrus, though. I think the bass compliments it pretty well, though. Guess I'll go insane with the drums when I get to the guitar.
Aright, made a little thing that sounds like the A part. I used Ghost Channel, so I could see what my parameters were. It doesn't sound so hot right now, but it's still a work in progress. Time to go in a minute, or a few...so, peace out. xD
My B part is probably just going to be the guitar (DIST Metal) with the other Sytrus sound in the background. I'm going to post it today, even if it's not done. I can touch up on it later, because progress reports go out tomorrow.
Mr. Rabuse just helped me and we changed up the bass part a bit, to add some motion. For texture, we added this thing called Autogun, for this one sound, that lasted for the whole second part of A.
Part B just WASN'T working. So, Mr. Rabuse found a way to have my second Sytrus match an electric (distorted) guitar called POWER Dire Straits.
I have to go in 10 minutes, so I'll just make sure my thing goes together, before posting and heading out.
Okay, I just posted it. But, I can't figure out how to get my bass any louder, everything else is fine.
Today is Friday (again?) and well, I posted this a few days ago with my embedded file. But, Mr. Rabuse showed me this weird X and Y controller, since I changed the volume of my bass and we messed with this thing called NODX? It's wicked small writing, so I'm not sure if that's even it. But, it's the second to last of the knobs. We set it to 5, like assigning any other automation type thing.
I made it so the effects took place gradually with the bass, with speed, and more of a subtle change in sounding of the bass with the two knobs that reduce the extreme-ness. haha Yeah. So, I will most likely be posting that today and moving onto Project 7, which from what I've heard, is much like this one.
Anyways, today, I'm going to try to work on that AABA format...pick a riff from the Riff Machine that I like and go with it. Then I'll add the instruments, and all that other good junk, 'cause junk food is good like that. :P
I want to go for a rather eerie feel, not sure...if I want to go techno yet.
Mr. Rabuse just helped me out. I wanted to delete the random riff that I had while messing with Sytrus and the Riff Machine, and I found one I really like for not-the-saw-wave Sytrus. haha. Don't know what the right word is.
He showed me this really sick thing called Ghost Channels, and it shows you what the other instruments are playing while you're messing around. It really helps to show you what goes. 'Cause you do trial and error, hear, AND see. xD Pretty wicked.
So, anyways, I'll be happy today if I get a good bass line that I like.
Aright, I got one, but I'm not telling you yet. xD So now...some drums....? Hmm...haha. I think I'm gonna exclude the dear ol' geetar, here. :) I'm saving that for the B section, I think. I kinda wanna make it out there. haha, I think.
Well, anyways, we're leaving in a few...and I can't find any of the options on the left side of the screen. If it doesn't open up with all that next time, I'll just ask Mr. Rabuse. 'Cause I needa find some kick drums 'n tom-toms, snares fer sher, possibly. xD haha
Today is Friday, and I got the little thing on the side back (browser). haha Had to click the browser button.
I got a simple, 4-beat kick drum in there. I think I'll keep it, but change the kick drum.
Okay, yeah, that made no sense. But, I did change it. I went from the regular kick to FLS_Kick 04. Much softer, and I think it goes with the whole feel I wanted much better. I added FLS_Snare 01b, for then 2nd and 4th beat...I think it sounds okay. Not sure if it's the best, though. I tried a snare on the 2nd note and them 3 quarter-notes right before the kick...sounded too busy for an already somewhat busy Sytrus, though. I think the bass compliments it pretty well, though. Guess I'll go insane with the drums when I get to the guitar.
Aright, made a little thing that sounds like the A part. I used Ghost Channel, so I could see what my parameters were. It doesn't sound so hot right now, but it's still a work in progress. Time to go in a minute, or a few...so, peace out. xD
My B part is probably just going to be the guitar (DIST Metal) with the other Sytrus sound in the background. I'm going to post it today, even if it's not done. I can touch up on it later, because progress reports go out tomorrow.
Mr. Rabuse just helped me and we changed up the bass part a bit, to add some motion. For texture, we added this thing called Autogun, for this one sound, that lasted for the whole second part of A.
Part B just WASN'T working. So, Mr. Rabuse found a way to have my second Sytrus match an electric (distorted) guitar called POWER Dire Straits.
I have to go in 10 minutes, so I'll just make sure my thing goes together, before posting and heading out.
Okay, I just posted it. But, I can't figure out how to get my bass any louder, everything else is fine.
Today is Friday (again?) and well, I posted this a few days ago with my embedded file. But, Mr. Rabuse showed me this weird X and Y controller, since I changed the volume of my bass and we messed with this thing called NODX? It's wicked small writing, so I'm not sure if that's even it. But, it's the second to last of the knobs. We set it to 5, like assigning any other automation type thing.
I made it so the effects took place gradually with the bass, with speed, and more of a subtle change in sounding of the bass with the two knobs that reduce the extreme-ness. haha Yeah. So, I will most likely be posting that today and moving onto Project 7, which from what I've heard, is much like this one.
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