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Pimp Cauldron
Aug 3, 2002

A twisted pictoral of phoenix, AZ

i made something decent after a lengthy hiatus

http://soundcloud.com/pintofdirt/its-hard

and now for something completely different

http://soundcloud.com/pintofdirt/danzig-edit

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Pimp Cauldron
Aug 3, 2002

A twisted pictoral of phoenix, AZ

THNDRTHF posted:

nvm cool beat tho

oops forgot about thread should i send an email still


anyway i made a new one

http://www.soundcloud.com/pintofdirt/livest

Pimp Cauldron
Aug 3, 2002

A twisted pictoral of phoenix, AZ

Freddie Gibbis posted:

played a show in san luis obispo this weekend there were four people there

dudes don't invite out of town guys to come play shows if you aren't going to promote the show that is just annoying

were you opening for somebody? SLO brew?

the music scene there is real weak unless youre a generic reggae rock band

Pimp Cauldron
Aug 3, 2002

A twisted pictoral of phoenix, AZ

how do I get in touch with rappers that don't suck? I have enough beats to make a full length album. and that is something I would like to do. I need a consultant or something.

Pimp Cauldron
Aug 3, 2002

A twisted pictoral of phoenix, AZ

ALi posted:

what sort of rapper are you into? who do you listen to? let's talk about it

Well I don't know if I'd call my sound "classic" but I have a variety of beats made completely from vinyl that I could make into a cohesive, full length project. I'm mostly interested in one person that would complement them. I like the idea of one producer and one rapper.

I have a few songs I've made with one other guy rapping and a girl who sang on them, but I can't squeeze that much work out of them. nor does the guy really have the content/sound I want.

Pimp Cauldron
Aug 3, 2002

A twisted pictoral of phoenix, AZ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmAvmM6FPA0

chopping up some sister sledge for a 2pac remix

Pimp Cauldron
Aug 3, 2002

A twisted pictoral of phoenix, AZ

does anyone have advice as to how to make basslines stand out on? I'm basically using a slightly tweaked synth generator in FL studio, but i'm unable to hear it on lovely speakers.

Pimp Cauldron
Aug 3, 2002

A twisted pictoral of phoenix, AZ

thank you

Pimp Cauldron
Aug 3, 2002

A twisted pictoral of phoenix, AZ

THNDRTHF posted:

got to show a bunch of beats to DMC last night, some other dudes in attendance

http://instagram.com/p/R3xQEwwwsW/

owns

Pimp Cauldron
Aug 3, 2002

A twisted pictoral of phoenix, AZ

http://soundcloud.com/pintofdirt/synthetic

too busy? borderline not even hip hop sounding and i dont even know if i like it

just really wanted to try that turning up the attack on compression trick i learned from freddy finger

Pimp Cauldron
Aug 3, 2002

A twisted pictoral of phoenix, AZ

whoknew posted:

reminds me of some recent harry fraud beats. i'd put a little more reverb, just a little delay on the intro. if your delay supports detuning that would probably sound cool too. snare needs to be louder also, may resolve the busy thing a little bit. jm2c. good looks

thanks for the feedback.

Pimp Cauldron
Aug 3, 2002

A twisted pictoral of phoenix, AZ

I need to upgrade. I'm currently using FL Studio with an MPD 24. I also have a nice sound card (M-audio Audiophile 2496). I just keep feeling like I've reached limitations with FL Studio.

I keep seeing MPC 1000/2000s on craigslist for $300-500 and I'm considering going that route. all ergonomics and usability stuff aside, what difference if any in sound will there be? am I going to have to buy a decent mixer and EQ too?

Pimp Cauldron
Aug 3, 2002

A twisted pictoral of phoenix, AZ

The Rubberbandit posted:

What limitations are you hitting in FL?

Buying an MPC, compared to the gear you already have, wouldn't produce any noticeable difference. If you wanted to recreated the digital environment you already have then yes an MPC, mixing board, outboard gear (EQ, compressors, etc), disk/tape recorder or A/D converter, would all be required.

What are you looking to upgrade? Your physically playable/tweakable equipment capabilities? Your mixing environment? Your beat making skills?

Mostly because I have a friend with an MPC 1000 and he claims that it sounds better than "a computer". This may be a misconception on his and my part. Maybe it's because of the built-in EQs/reverbs/etc that I'm using but I just seem to never be able to get the type of sound I want out of it despite fiddling with it for the better part of ten years.

I suppose this could be lack of skill, ear, and not great samples on my part as well, but I basically feel like there's something inherently lacking with FL Studio's sound. Am I wrong? Should I get some VSTi plugins or something instead?

Pimp Cauldron
Aug 3, 2002

A twisted pictoral of phoenix, AZ

i just need to put in some effort with drums i guess

http://soundcloud.com/pintofdirt/joepan

sorry for all the posts but its been a lot of lab time this past few days

edit: pitching down the kick and snare help a lot. a bit of chorus on the snare helps to "extend" it a bit.

Pimp Cauldron fucked around with this message at 06:07 on Nov 21, 2012

Pimp Cauldron
Aug 3, 2002

A twisted pictoral of phoenix, AZ

good I'll just use my money to replace my lovely radioshack mixer then

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Pimp Cauldron
Aug 3, 2002

A twisted pictoral of phoenix, AZ

The Rubberbandit posted:

Unless you do a lot of multitrack recording, or use your own equipment in live shows, I think you missed the point of what we all said.

lovely as in poorly made and literally falling apart. is that OK to replace?

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