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[vonStirlitz]

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[The Kree]

I started that way. I don't miss it one bit. Too many things to plug in. Never liked the tedium of tracking from hardware. If I wanna recall something I made five years ago I double click a session file and it's all there in a few seconds exactly the way I left it. It's not nearly that easy when working analog. The sound difference is negligible and my midi controller has enough knobs and buttons to satisfy the tactile itch.

You might be insane.

 

[vonStirlitz]

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[Hamst3r]

I have decided to go all analogue...

I don't know what your motivations are for going this route, it's like you're basically going Amish but for synth music, but I want you to know there's nothing wrong with making music on a computer.

If you want a nice analog VSTi check out Diva: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSi4s8jIsa4

There's also u-He Zebra 2, The Arturia V-Collection, and NI Monark.

 

[Sadsic]

Made this album specifically for Bandcamp's ACLU donation pledge today... as well, I will donated 50% of whatever profits I make from this album (if any lol) myself afterwards.

https://sadsic.bandcamp.com/album/somewhere-else

Also its pretty good imo

 

[vonStirlitz]

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[vonStirlitz]

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[Xrenity]

Made this album specifically for Bandcamp's ACLU donation pledge today... as well, I will donated 50% of whatever profits I make from this album (if any lol) myself afterwards.

https://sadsic.bandcamp.com/album/somewhere-else

Also its pretty good imo

Your stuff always sounds good and this is no exception.

The stuff I make with my brother on the other hand, I only now feel like it's starting to sound good. This is the latest:
https://soundcloud.com/musicofairtime/sets/2017-ep

Would appreciate any feedback! Tried to use some analogue synths on this (MS20 mostly).

 

[TheBowen]

Really interested in getting into hip hop type production just for fun. Will go through the op tomorrow to help get a starting point

Anybody got any impressions on the AKAI MPK Mini MK2 ?
Hearing pretty good things, but wondering if there's a better starting point for a midi keyboard that has good keys and a beat pad

 

[Sadsic]

i got really REALLY obsessive with this one track over the past few days... maybe spent a good 20 hours on it lol

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/40086894/Iron.mp3

 

[InaudibleWhispa]

Really interested in getting into hip hop type production just for fun. Will go through the op tomorrow to help get a starting point

Anybody got any impressions on the AKAI MPK Mini MK2 ?
Hearing pretty good things, but wondering if there's a better starting point for a midi keyboard that has good keys and a beat pad

MPK Mini MK2 is what I chose as my first midi too and I like it. Build quality and features are good for the price.

i got really REALLY obsessive with this one track over the past few days... maybe spent a good 20 hours on it lol

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/40086894/Iron.mp3

Very nice. I love synths that sounds like they're on old or warped tape. Like the vocals too, sounds like post-shoegaze if such a thing existed.

 

[subwilde]

MPK Mini MK2 is what I chose as my first midi too and I like it. Build quality and features are good for the price.

Yeah you really can't go wrong with the MPK Mini. I loved it before getting the Push 2.


Speaking of, I've gotten back into sampling in the past few days. Been work in progress on this track: https://soundcloud.com/paxwilde/comfort


Edit:

i got really REALLY obsessive with this one track over the past few days... maybe spent a good 20 hours on it lol

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/40086894/Iron.mp3

Oh snap...this is dope. Those background vocals are on point! Give a nice contrast with that synth.

 

[Xrenity]

Speaking of, I've gotten back into sampling in the past few days. Been work in progress on this track: https://soundcloud.com/paxwilde/comfort

This is seriously good.

Checked some of the other stuff on your channel, and to me this sounds like your best work by a margin.

 

[subwilde]

This is seriously good.

Checked some of the other stuff on your channel, and to me this sounds like your best work by a margin.

Thanks dude! I've been experiencing recently but I def want to get back into sampling a lot. So much more creative for me.

 

[Acrylic7]

Hi guys I did a little research and need some second opinions.

I love great sound quality and now that my tax crap has come in I think its time to upgrade from my crappy $20 speakers. I have great headphones but I have a bad ear so that's not always an option.

I'm looking for a decent audio interface with XLR outputs that's cheap as possible. Any recommendations?
Decent Studio monitor recommendations would be useful as well.

 

[Chris Metal]

Hi guys I did a little research and need some second opinions.

I love great sound quality and now that my tax crap has come in I think its time to upgrade from my crappy $20 speakers. I have great headphones but I have a bad ear so that's not always an option.

I'm looking for a decent audio interface with XLR outputs that's cheap as possible. Any recommendations?
Decent Studio monitor recommendations would be useful as well.

Do you really need XLR outs. A balanced TRS and XLR are identical in mechanical purpose for what you want it for and will produce Identical sound quality. (TRS could sometimes blow a ribbon mic through a short if phantom is on through patching and you plug it in, an XLR won't do that, but why you'd leave phantom on before connection I dunno). So if you're open to TRS, there's plenty of options and you can get a TRS > XLR balanced cable if necessary.

leaving a lot of questions too...

First, what's your budget?
I/O requirements?
Connection type, Firewire/USB/Thunderbolt?

Regardless of these if you want XLR balanced out here's a few:

RME:
Babyface Pro
Fireface UFX
Fireface UFX+
Fireface UFX II

 

[Falk]

but why you'd leave phantom on before connection I dunno

I know someone who got the nickname "Royer Destroyer"

 

[Acrylic7]

Is this pair a good deal? Fender Passport 150W Pair of Portable Studio Monitors for $220
https://www.adorama.com/fe694500000...t&utm_medium=Affiliate&utm_source=rflaid62905

Do you really need XLR outs. A balanced TRS and XLR are identical in mechanical purpose for what you want it for and will produce Identical sound quality. (TRS could sometimes blow a ribbon mic through a short if phantom is on through patching and you plug it in, an XLR won't do that, but why you'd leave phantom on before connection I dunno). So if you're open to TRS, there's plenty of options and you can get a TRS > XLR balanced cable if necessary.

leaving a lot of questions too...

First, what's your budget?
I/O requirements?
Connection type, Firewire/USB/Thunderbolt?

Regardless of these if you want XLR balanced out here's a few:

RME:
Babyface Pro
Fireface UFX
Fireface UFX+
Fireface UFX II

I did some more research based on your info and it seems that TRS is just as good. I think I just need to find a cheap usb audio interface now.

 

[thezerofire]

Is this pair a good deal? Fender Passport 150W Pair of Portable Studio Monitors for $220
https://www.adorama.com/fe694500000...t&utm_medium=Affiliate&utm_source=rflaid62905



I did some more research based on your info and it seems that TRS is just as good. I think I just need to find a cheap usb audio interface now.

I'm concerned that they don't have any frequency responses listed. Hard to tell how they really perform without them, and the reviews don't say much either

 

[Chris Metal]

Is this pair a good deal? Fender Passport 150W Pair of Portable Studio Monitors for $220
https://www.adorama.com/fe694500000...t&utm_medium=Affiliate&utm_source=rflaid62905



I did some more research based on your info and it seems that TRS is just as good. I think I just need to find a cheap usb audio interface now.

I need an idea of budget so I can look at good systems relative to price for you. How much you want to spend on monitoring, the interface etc.

I know someone who got the nickname "Royer Destroyer"

Oh no, didn't destroy the lovely R-121 did they? Although all Royers are pretty nice.

We had a matched pair of Coles 4038's, someone managed to damage the ribbon in one of them... �� Sad times

 

[The Kree]

Yeah you really can't go wrong with the MPK Mini. I loved it before getting the Push 2.


Speaking of, I've gotten back into sampling in the past few days. Been work in progress on this track: https://soundcloud.com/paxwilde/comfort

This is dope. Can I ask what's the sample source?

 

[subwilde]

This is dope. Can I ask what's the sample source?

Thanks man, think I'll actually stick with this track for once and finish it haha. It's just a sample from some free "chord pack" that I chopped up to be a bit faster with a different progression. The rest of the sounds I just used ableton instruments and serum, excluding some small audio chops.

 

[Acrylic7]

I'm concerned that they don't have any frequency responses listed. Hard to tell how they really perform without them, and the reviews don't say much either

I already ordered them. I basically just need speakers that sound far better than basic speakers. After a hours of research I think these are great and especially at that price.

I need an idea of budget so I can look at good systems relative to price for you. How much you want to spend on monitoring, the interface etc.

I want to stay withing a $100-ish price range on my audio interface. I'm no music producer or anything so I can live without fancy bells and whistles. I only need one for very lite podcast recording and listening to music.

 

[The Kree]

The PreSonus Audiobox would be my recommendation. It's a hundred bucks.

 

[Falk]

Oh no, didn't destroy the lovely R-121 did they?

121, yup.

 

[Chris Metal]

I already ordered them. I basically just need speakers that sound far better than basic speakers. After a hours of research I think these are great and especially at that price.



I want to stay withing a $100-ish price range on my audio interface. I'm no music producer or anything so I can live without fancy bells and whistles. I only need one for very lite podcast recording and listening to music.

For what you want I think
Roland TriCapture is a good choice. Is has some features the others don't have in the price range like stereo Aux inputs and the track summing feature which is useful. Though it's missing MIDI, and if you want that I recommend...

Lexicon Lambda has plenty of I/O for $99

Or the Presonus Audiobox as mentioned (Also comes in black)

 

[Acrylic7]

Thanks for the recommendations guys.

 

[omg_mjd]

I've been having way too much fun with GarageBand on my iPhone lately. Makes me feel guilty that it's taking away from my time learning Ableton but being able to apply the music and production concepts I've learned to a DAW that fits in my pocket is kinda mind-blowing.

 

[subwilde]

I've been having way too much fun with GarageBand on my iPhone lately. Makes me feel guilty that it's taking away from my time learning Ableton but being able to apply the music and production concepts I've learned to a DAW that fits in my pocket is kinda mind-blowing.

I've always been curious about "mini DAWs". Can you export individual tracks or something like that?

 

[omg_mjd]

I've always been curious about "mini DAWs". Can you export individual tracks or something like that?

Not automatically--GB exports the entire song but you can mute the other tracks so that the resulting audio file will only contain the track(s) you want.

 

[Accoun]

http://cdm.link/2017/02/visionary-tatsuya-takahashi-leaving-korg-huge-legacy/

Oh well, wonder what exactly is he going to do now. I assume Korg will be continuing in the direction he took - I didn't hear anything about their recent synths underperforming or anything.

 

[lazygecko]

Any recommendations on rhythmic gate plugins? Both free and modestly priced ones. I just got Stormgate1 from here.

 

[The Kree]

Any recommendations on rhythmic gate plugins? Both free and modestly priced ones. I just got Stormgate1 from here.

Any gate with a sidechain input would do. What DAW are you using? I know Ableton and Logic have them built in.

 

[Falk]

I've switched from gates to TALfilter because having it repeat a filter sweep rather than attenuation with far more options than a binary on-off switch opens up so many possibilities.

There are far easier/more convenient methods for an actual binary gate though, obviously.

 

[FloatingDivider]

I agree with Falk. I find time based filtering tools far more pleasant and easy to work with for setting up gating than most actual gating plugins. Talfilter is probably the best free one https://tal-software.com/products/tal-filter but I personally enjoy some of the paid ones more in terms of flexibility, creative workflow, and extended feature sets. I personally own and use Xfer's LFOtool, Cableguys Volumeshaper, and Soundtoys Tremolator. There's a lot of feature overlap but they'll all do volume gating really well.

I personally think Volumeshaper has the best waveform display, some really nice preset curves, and is a joy to work with but it doesn't have a filter section. Which, I think, you can remedy by getting the Filtershaper plugin and using the shaperbox thingy but I don't own that so I can't comment.

LfoTool doesn't have the most engaging interface but it has a really nice filter section which it shares with Xfer's Serum so they're super familiar to me. It's probably worth it for me so I can slap lfo automated reverb filters on everything lol. I did find myself having to reference the manual frequently initially because the interface isn't the most legible thing in the world.

I got Tremolator for free so I haven't gone super deep with it but it's probably the weirdest one out of the bunch for sure. The interface is weird, the presets are weird and it's just a strange little thing. Super cool tho. That being said, it's also by far the most expensive one at $129 and it uses the iLok anti piracy stuff, which I personally think is more obtrusive than other solutions. (you can authorize to a computer though and you don't need a dongle) so I'm not super hyped on recommending this.

 

[vonStirlitz]

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[lazygecko]

Any gate with a sidechain input would do. What DAW are you using? I know Ableton and Logic have them built in.

I use FLStudio. Normally I just make automation clips for this kind of thing, but I find the way FL handles its own internal envelopes for that stuff lacks the precision I want. Especially when you want to do very fast envelopes the transients just don't feel as sharp as they should be.

 

[The Kree]

Does anyone have any tips or recommendations for turning a non-drum based sample into a drum beat - without it sounding like an electric zap or deep fart. Ideally on ipad.

I am trying to use the same source for both melody and beat so it's important not to use a drum sample for this one.

Fast attack and short decay for the basic envelope shape of the sound, and then a pitch envelope that rapidly drops the pitch from a few octaves higher to create a percussive click at the start of the sound.

 

[lazygecko]

I feel that talfilter would be a lot better if it also had snap to grid functionality. Or am I missing something here?

 

[vonStirlitz]

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[thezerofire]

Working on a thing. Mix and arrangement needs work but it's coming together

https://soundcloud.com/alcoves-2/its-fate/s-ZZZEO

 

[lazygecko]

So I've had a pair of AKG 271 MkII for several years now I've been very satisfied with, and I finally got a new pair as the old ones are starting to get a bit worn (noticing a wee bit of odd resonance coming from the right speaker). But when I finally tried the new pair I immediately noticed how different they sound. The frequency cutoff below 200hz seems a lot harsher in the new pair, for instance. So there's practically no audible bass at all, which really sucks cause it was particularly the way lower frequencies were balanced that I was very satisfied with (which is so difficult to get just right on headphones). Didn't have to make any adjustments to bass at all when mixing in those phones and comparing in a studio speaker setup.

No clue if this is a sign of a defect or the fact that they outright changed the specifications of the model over the years. I really, really hope it isn't the latter. Googling the issue hasn't turned up much.

 

[Vally]

Hi people, some of you might remember the G.A.M.E. 3.0 album dedicated to WipEout HD, with tracks made by fellow GAF members.

On the occasion of the release of WipEout Omega Collection for PS4 we're thinking that it would be cool to make something like that again. A couple of posters in that thread have already expressed their interest in taking part in it, so if anyone here would like to contribute a track or two let me know (or if you know of any other member who might be interested spread the word please!)

The game is planned to be released during summer 2017 (placeholder date is July 31st at the moment) so there's still plenty of time to make some fine tracks =)

 

[subwilde]

So I've had a pair of AKG 271 MkII for several years now I've been very satisfied with, and I finally got a new pair as the old ones are starting to get a bit worn (noticing a wee bit of odd resonance coming from the right speaker). But when I finally tried the new pair I immediately noticed how different they sound. The frequency cutoff below 200hz seems a lot harsher in the new pair, for instance. So there's practically no audible bass at all, which really sucks cause it was particularly the way lower frequencies were balanced that I was very satisfied with (which is so difficult to get just right on headphones). Didn't have to make any adjustments to bass at all when mixing in those phones and comparing in a studio speaker setup.

No clue if this is a sign of a defect or the fact that they outright changed the specifications of the model over the years. I really, really hope it isn't the latter. Googling the issue hasn't turned up much.

Maybe run them for a few days straight playing music? I've fixed some midbass in some Ultrasone cans by doing that. Different story for the HiFiMan 350 though, as an extended break in period hasn't done anything to the harshness of the highs.

 

[btkadams]

Hi people, some of you might remember the G.A.M.E. 3.0 album dedicated to WipEout HD, with tracks made by fellow GAF members.

On the occasion of the release of WipEout Omega Collection for PS4 we're thinking that it would be cool to make something like that again. A couple of posters in that thread have already expressed their interest in taking part in it, so if anyone here would like to contribute a track or two let me know (or if you know of any other member who might be interested spread the word please!)

The game is planned to be released during summer 2017 (placeholder date is July 31st at the moment) so there's still plenty of time to make some fine tracks =)

I'd be interested in this!

 

[vonStirlitz]

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[The Kree]

Hi people, some of you might remember the G.A.M.E. 3.0 album dedicated to WipEout HD, with tracks made by fellow GAF members.

On the occasion of the release of WipEout Omega Collection for PS4 we're thinking that it would be cool to make something like that again. A couple of posters in that thread have already expressed their interest in taking part in it, so if anyone here would like to contribute a track or two let me know (or if you know of any other member who might be interested spread the word please!)

The game is planned to be released during summer 2017 (placeholder date is July 31st at the moment) so there's still plenty of time to make some fine tracks =)

I'll send you something soon.

 

[subwilde]

Hi people, some of you might remember the G.A.M.E. 3.0 album dedicated to WipEout HD, with tracks made by fellow GAF members.

On the occasion of the release of WipEout Omega Collection for PS4 we're thinking that it would be cool to make something like that again. A couple of posters in that thread have already expressed their interest in taking part in it, so if anyone here would like to contribute a track or two let me know (or if you know of any other member who might be interested spread the word please!)

The game is planned to be released during summer 2017 (placeholder date is July 31st at the moment) so there's still plenty of time to make some fine tracks =)

Interested as well! Thanks for posting in here

 

[NipplesAndToes23]

Sorry The Kree. I tried all of last year to try and do those drums from that song you sent me. I don't know if it's me or the program, but none of those drums just sound right to me. Every day I try to go in and make a song, but the instruments just don't sound right to me. I really want to make something though. Writing ain't cutting it for the game side and I have a long ways to go with my art, but I feel maybe if I can get in music, I can rise more quickly.

 

[The Kree]

That's ok, I ended up finishing it myself. I should post it up.