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bigandymac
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Joined: 18 Nov 2004
Location: Leeds UK

Posted: Sun Apr 09 2006 11:52 knowledge database
its probably been done before, but im gonna try and start a thread with tips on making better music, anything from great vsts to give a track that edge, or little tricks which can add variety to a mix or structure, mixing, anything. ill start the ball rolling with 2 things ive recently started doing which people may or may not do but really work well in my tracks: 1 - using elongoxa xcita on a drum track (especially breakbeat) gives the high frequencies definition and the low frequencies a really pro sounding roundness. the presets work well, but there are only 2 sliders to tweak so i play around with them till i get a good sound. 2 - using a rising delay and/or distortion on a melody/bassline to bridge between 2 sections of a track. its a great replacement for a drum/snare roll. i do this either by automating the delay/distortion of the vst itself or by using classic delay/distortion on the desired track and automating the feedback up then back down again (it works very well using delay only on the higher frequencies which is possible using classic delay). i hope this gets things started and im looking forward to trying out others suggestions. cheers andy

G3ronimo
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Joined: 27 Dec 2005
Location: The Netherlands, Wezep

Posted: Mon Apr 10 2006 15:43
Wow thnx for the Xcita tip :O it's GREAT well... here are my tips 1. Use gates, there is a really nice free one called Neon gate which totally owns 2. Try to get your hands on some "pro" VST's (don't care how you do it ) I mean.. superwave is nice... but superwave pro is waaay better (not to mention z3ta) 3. when making a snare pattern or hats clap clave etc. and you want to do it fast and have a nice groove in it put the "Add" on 16 and just press the q ... hold it... now till you reach the starting point... now go a few lines down... do the same just hold the q... now go a few lines down etc. varie the ammount of space between the llines and you'll have a nice track
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Ravana
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Joined: 18 Nov 2005
Location: Oulu, Finland

Posted: Tue Apr 11 2006 09:05

G3ronimo wrote:

3. when making a snare pattern or hats clap clave etc. and you want to do it fast and have a nice groove in it put the "Add" on 16 and just press the q ... hold it... now till you reach the starting point... now go a few lines down... do the same just hold the q... now go a few lines down etc. varie the ammount of space between the llines and you'll have a nice track Smile

Hehhe, poor man's drum track. I use that sometimes too. �h well, just a couple of simple things that everyone maybe haven't figured out yet.

1. Reverse drums. Everyone knows about reversing cymbals, but try also the other percussions. You may get nice fills. Try reversed bassdrum with reverb.

2. Retrigger. You may sometimes get useful results when using fast retrig for a sample on a track with distortion. Try also using several retriggers on different tracks with different retrig values.

3. Reverse strings. If you have a long, stable string sample, try playing it normally and reversed at the same time.

4. For a dark ambient piece record the sound of, for example, a bus. Play it low and distorted. (I recorded a couple of minutes of bus with my cell phone, sent it to E-mail, converted to WAV and tadaa!)

http://www.mikseri.net/artists/thejollynekromanseri.51046.php

http://www.mikseri.net/artists/bewaretheconstruct.62202.php

MT source files available if requested (maybe)

G3ronimo
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Joined: 27 Dec 2005
Location: The Netherlands, Wezep

Posted: Tue Apr 11 2006 19:09

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Hehhe, poor man's drum track. I use that sometimes too.

nnnoooo... it's an effective way of creating a good hat/clap/snare track...

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