Thanks man! Great idea.
65 January 17, 2012 2:45 am
Re: Weekly Beats Torrent Thread (165 replies, posted in General Discussion)
66 January 16, 2012 12:38 pm
Re: ITT we hint at our songs for next week (501 replies, posted in General Discussion)
FM Techno!
67 January 15, 2012 12:53 am
Topic: weeklybeats IRC channel (36 replies, posted in General Discussion)
We now have IRC
irc.esper.net
#weeklybeats
68 January 14, 2012 4:15 am
Re: Local Meet Up: Adelaide (68 replies, posted in General Discussion)
Without meaning to derail things, are any 'beaters going to Blip? I would love to meet you guys.
69 January 12, 2012 1:32 pm
Re: Week 2: Writers block - yay (43 replies, posted in General Discussion)
CK wrote:
A way to break out musically is to hunt down a chart listing, it could be from the 70s 80s or any style your into. Find the one or two tracks that you actually dig and look into the group with discogs and wikipedia and find out who produced them, who mixed them, what gear they used, check out any videos on youtube. One group I discovered this way that's been a big influence on me is Lime.
This is a great idea, I got into The Zombies and Big Star the same way.
70 January 11, 2012 3:45 pm
Re: FM Synthesis talk for WB users (9 replies, posted in General Discussion)
I think you are right. One thing I'm starting to suspect though, FM seems to be a very subtle art. Tiny alterations in envelopes can drastically change the sound, I feel more so then with subtractive synthesis
71 January 11, 2012 3:25 am
Re: FM Synthesis talk for WB users (9 replies, posted in General Discussion)
boomlinde wrote:
Tthe carrier attack for the noise pair. I think a real snare starts rattling slightly after the initial pop on the skin.
That is a great point, the rattle for a snare is springs streched across the bottom of the drum right? You hear the rattle when they snap BACK ergo they much be later than the initial hit, I never thought of that!
this thread.
72 January 10, 2012 4:11 pm
Re: FM Synthesis talk for WB users (9 replies, posted in General Discussion)
Yah, I think a lot of stuff I have found on the internet is either really pretty basic "this is a modulator this is a carrier" type stuff or terrifying quantam math that would scare Spock shitless. Not much in the intermediate areas where I am.
73 January 10, 2012 3:34 pm
Topic: FM Synthesis talk for WB users (9 replies, posted in General Discussion)
I'm super interested in finally unraveling the mysteries of FM synthesis as part of my weeklybeats project. I have a rudimentary grasp of FM and can manage quite a lot of sounds I like, eg, nice simulated filtery lead and bass sounds, little percussive tinny sounds and probably enough electric pianos to last a life time but there are a few sounds which I really have trouble with.
Alex Mauer posted an AWESOME video of custom drum sounds and 2 or 3 of them have me stumped. The snappy kick an boxy snare in the first drum loop and the very poppy/finger snappy sound from 0:15 to 0:20.
Im guessing the kick and the snare are made with a pair of modulators going into a pair of carriers with FB on op 4 using only sine waves (as im pretty sure that is all the FB01 had) but anyone have any more specific ideas?
Any other FM fans in the house?
74 January 10, 2012 11:16 am
Re: Personal Goals Beyond Writing 52 Tracks In 52 Weeks (60 replies, posted in General Discussion)
boomlinde what is your midi gear?
75 January 10, 2012 10:36 am
Re: Help & FAQ (111 replies, posted in Site Help)
Did the upload page show that you had a track uploaded for those three days?
- edit- Also what was the title of your track? I was wondering if it included any odd characters or was unusually long or something?
76 January 9, 2012 4:13 pm
Re: Help & FAQ (111 replies, posted in Site Help)
Poppi wrote:
Lazerbeat wrote:Im afraid it was deleted as it had a sample from a commercial song. The Sticky in the general section and this FAQ are both very clear this is not acceptable. Sorry!
..but it's okay to sample from movies etc.? - something had planned on doing until I read and reread your posts concerning copyright.
Provided it is a movie which is congenial to derivative works (ie public domain, CC-NC-BY etc) absolutely. Here are a couple of good places to look for remixable samples
http://www.archive.org/index.php
http://www.archive.org/index.php
If it is a sample from a movie which isn't public domain or some other derivative friendly license, sorry you can't upload it to the site.
Hope that is clear!
77 January 9, 2012 2:44 pm
Re: I would love some constructive criticism! (10 replies, posted in General Discussion)
cTrix wrote:
CC DELIVERED! But it's more personal pref than anything... you know me too well! :-P
No mate that was exactly what I was looking for, SUPER helpful.
78 January 9, 2012 10:25 am
Re: ITT: Chiptune artists (7 replies, posted in General Discussion)
This might be worth a read how you can make chipmusic. Also there are a couple of beginner chipmusic workshops happening at Blip Australia next month.
79 January 9, 2012 9:44 am
Topic: I would love some constructive criticism! (10 replies, posted in General Discussion)
People saying nice things about my tunes is really wonderful but I am very interested in constructive criticism. Brutally honest and direct is absolutely fine. I am putting an objective at the top of all my songs explaining what I was trying to achieve so if anyone has any advice or comments pertaining to how I could have reached that objective more effectively, what worked or what didn't work I would be most grateful.
Thanks guys and girls!