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uXs posted:So um, I have a few questions for you if you don't mind: I too wonder. I know there's a VJ-like thing for Max that basically lets you sequence video clips, like it was a video x0x machine (without tuning). I want to do the DJ Yoda thing.
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The Picard song or Taking The Hobbits To Isengard, eh? That's actually one of the things that don't come up that often in this thread. Here's what I can tell from analyzing the sort of things you mention: I think mainly you just piss on a keyboard, then poo poo and piss inside your computer's case, poo poo all over your monitor and then poo poo and piss and vomit onto the source material. Then you shove it all up a dog's rear end in a top hat, wait until it shits it back out and finally upload it to youtube. Those are the basics, although the specific workflow you'll end up with is probably going to be slightly different, adapted to your needs. Finding your own workflow is one of the most important things you'll do as a musician!
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uXs posted:stuff Oh my  I actually have never done anything like that before, so I went in completely blind. The only tool I used was Sony Vegas (a video editor), and I had to read through the manual and google to find out how I could change the pitch of a clip  After that it was all manual copy+paste and syncing it up to the original music track, though I made it a bit easier for myself by1) finding out the BPM and setting up the timeline so everything snapped to that and 2) made the melody in Live so I had a reference to how many notes to pitch the next clip up/down. As far as I could find out, that's how most of these are done (it's called YTPMV on YouTube, example), though I bet there are way better ways of doing it with some plugin or visual programming language or something like Max or... whatever. Sorry I couldn't be of any real help 
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VoodooXT posted:I'm loving dying here. I especially love it when the lead part with the round robin voice allocation comes in. I actually wrote a pseudo-round-robin virtual instrument to use for the "serious" piece. I just couldn't use it, it was too painful. I should really find a MIDI copy of Sandstorm (Danstorm) and plug the virtual instruments and drum racks I made into it just to hear the horrible result. I made two or three instruments that way and threw together two drum racks; one for the drum sounds and one for Dan. Sample diving into that thing the thing that struck me the most was how little variation there was in the sounds other than the tuning. Even one part where he's like "there's square and saw wave" and him switching between settings, but neither sounded like either. Even the sounds I did use mostly were fed through overdrive to make them not all sound like a flat sine wave. I had to do some tweaking to get the sequences time-mapped; maybe I just suck at Live, but even the timing of that seemed broken. But the tuning really hurt, especially when I tried to make a lead in the upper octaves. Even taking three notes from that one sequence was a tuning stretch. The drum sounds were okay at least, but I'm guessing you're not getting that much variation in the sounds given the selection I listened to. Those pew sounds weren't bad at least. The sound I liked the best I used at the beginning and was mostly just a pitched down clip with the rhythmic sections in it from the sound of Dan ineffectually stabbing the buttons. I actually liked that button stabbing sound a lot; it made for a nice fat click sound so I used it in most of the first song.
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Feb 9, 2015 19:30
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Startyde posted:Yo, send it along, I can do that today if you hit me early enough because of snow day. Sent. Artist: snorch Title: repairman Blurb: https://soundcloud.com/snowcloud
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Feb 9, 2015 20:17
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synthdrunk at gm.
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Feb 9, 2015 21:02
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Artist: Mr. Avex Title: Bafficolo Blurb: http://soundcloud.com/sjoewe
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Feb 9, 2015 22:59
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Ableton can play video clips...
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Feb 9, 2015 23:25
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Hey the masters sound great! Artist: field balm Track: Tunnel Vision Blurb: https://soundcloud.com/fieldbalm
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Your Computer posted:Oh my Nah it's cool, you're helping. When you're saying 'Max', you're talking about the Cycling 74 thing? Never heard of it before. Looks interesting, but probably overkill for what I need. Still, I could check it out... if nothing else I can advertise it in class, I'll get brownie points for bringing up something cool.
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I bought an MS-20 a few weeks ago and it's been a lot of fun, but after failing to copy a couple patches, I'm worried there might be something wrong with mine. Is there like a diagnostic checklist out there or something like that?
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I want to buy a mixer for some OTB jams with a couple of synths, a drum machine, and some effect pedals. Would I be best off with a gritty old-school mixer (Boss, Tascam, etc.) or should I go for a newer Yamaha, Mackie or A&H model?
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surrender posted:I want to buy a mixer for some OTB jams with a couple of synths, a drum machine, and some effect pedals. Would I be best off with a gritty old-school mixer (Boss, Tascam, etc.) or should I go for a newer Yamaha, Mackie or A&H model? What kinda style? For techno or harder styles look for something older, maybe a mackie, that you can drive hard for grit. All the newer cheap stuff works perfectly well if you don't need anything except levels and maybe panning.
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Feb 10, 2015 23:48
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I've started writing music again!  It's still terrible! 
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That reminds me... Buy a laser-cut rendering of the Amen break! I know it's not technically synths but some of you will definitely appreciate that.
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Startyde posted:I did rub my balls on a Hi8 during the entire process. The MP3s were made from WAVs so that's fine I'll rar it up and stick it somewhere later today. Where are the .wavs, Lebowski?
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Feb 11, 2015 10:15
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Sizone posted:Where are the .wavs, Lebowski? uploading now, it's comcastic! Oldstench posted:I've started writing music again! same, but not writing music
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Feb 11, 2015 14:00
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 yoFor what it's worth I enjoy that a lot more than actually making music so if you guys ever want another pair of ears on something feel free to hit me up. Also get PMs poors gosh
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Feb 11, 2015 15:03
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Plat's 10$ that wouldn't go to more synths.
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Feb 11, 2015 15:11
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Last night I finally got a chance to try out using the A4 just to sequence the modular and provide effects. Recording was a bit slapdash because I had work the next morning and I've learned never to assume the patch will sound right the next day. Didn't have the chance to play with parameter locking for this one, just straight sequencing of the main melody and clock for the rest. DPO for the bass, used the Intelligel VCF run super hot through the Springray reverb for the slow melody and the main melody provided by the Rubicon. I'm happy with it as an evening's work trying out the sequence, and I'm just happy I've got more than 8 steps to work with now and will have to use the A4's actual voices as part of it next. https://soundcloud.com/stillvisions/robot-lullaby
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Startyde posted:uploading now, it's comcastic! I've been in the middle of switching jobs so same here as well. On the bright side, I got a huge raise so I can buy more synths to not make music with. 
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kuf posted:I bought an MS-20 a few weeks ago and it's been a lot of fun, but after failing to copy a couple patches, I'm worried there might be something wrong with mine. Is there like a diagnostic checklist out there or something like that? Sup new MS-20 owning buddies :hi5: Paired mine up with a new Microbrute and poo poo just owns. Do you have any patches you want to compare? I can try to recreate and throw on Soundcloud.
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It's a Kevin Smith thing, you've got to be really high to figure it out.
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tfw when you load up your project from late the night before, spend a few hours attempting to eq the harshness out of a snare and realise its a saturator on an exciter setting on the bus causing the issue. I've never even used that setting before.
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field balm posted:tfw when you load up your project from late the night before, spend a few hours attempting to eq the harshness out of a snare and realise its a saturator on an exciter setting on the bus causing the issue. I've never even used that setting before. I had some issues with monitoring for a while, everything sounded weird and I was convinced my right ear was hosed. Was panning hihats and noticed they completely dissapeared in the right speaker, the tweeter was dead. Turns out it was just lovely design from Alesis and the monitors had started to die a natural death (components getting cooked).
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It is done hail satan https://synthgoons.bandcamp.com/album/boner-jamz
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Turned out pretty cool. First 'official' release Now if I could only do that with my serious music... 
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Sizone posted:hail satan owns bonez really liking: flipperwaldt's M1 piano track, stillvisions' and the Bafficolo track. also the synth repair man track obvs. 
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Real pleased with it myself. The end of sinerider's track is loving amazing. Realized, listening to it as I was doing the back cover art and uploading it and stuff, that I don't want to skip any of the tracks , pretty loving remarkable for a kinda random compilation. Sure wish some one had put up the mastered version of intro to boner jamz though, that track really ties the room together.
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mmm, yes rebuke the synth merchant seven times? I tell you not seven, but seventy times seven Sizone posted:Real pleased with it myself. The end of sinerider's track is loving amazing. Realized, listening to it as I was doing the back cover art and uploading it and stuff, that I don't want to skip any of the tracks , pretty loving remarkable for a kinda random compilation. Sure wish some one had put up the mastered version of intro to boner jamz though, that track really ties the room together. trifling rear end motherfucka
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Sizone posted:It is done So are we taking this over to GBS in ML compilation tradition, or has that place thoroughly gone to poo poo now?
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snorch posted:So are we taking this over to GBS in ML compilation tradition, or has that place thoroughly gone to poo poo now? Have you seen that place? It's less coherent than loving 4chan.  Which is sad, because it'd be nice to have somewhere to post this other than the synth thread. I'm so proud of everyone 
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Says a whole goddamn lot that my favorite tracks are half the album. Your Computer - Intro to BonerJamz KYH - Private Dick Stillvisions - Hot California Nights Your Computer - On My Way Xpander - Drive Me Away Mr. Avex - Bafficolo Snorch - Repairman And it isn't that I don't like the others, it's just that the above capture the BonerJamz spirit perfectly and as such have remarkable cohesion. So, good job fuckers. As far as exposure goes, someone who understands that place could post it to Reddit like the last one. If we're not doing the charity thing, I don't care much either way. I'm just happy this functions perfectly well as an ongoing excuse for me to actually make music.
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Awwwww, thanks, dude. 
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Man, I really am sad I couldn't get anything together really fitting in the spirit. I'm digging so many of these groovy rear end jams.
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Flipperwaldt posted:So, good job fuckers. Aww, you're too kind 
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Flipperwaldt posted:As far as exposure goes, someone who understands that place could post it to Reddit like the last one. If we're not doing the charity thing, I don't care much either way. I'm just happy this functions perfectly well as an ongoing excuse for me to actually make music. /r/synthesizers would be a good place if y'all are down.
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