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Off Topic => General Off Topic => Topic started by: Tomas_of_Miles on December 31, 2011, 07:52:36 am
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What features would it have? Discuss!
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There's gotta be somebody interested in making electronic music here... I just want some idea of what people look for in a program that would let them play a live set or electronica/dubstep/dnb/noise etc etc. It's for a personal project.
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There is an Electronica topic, I remember myself posting there even.
http://forum.c-rpg.net/index.php/topic,3598.45.html
Quite dead though, feel free to revive it.
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I don't understand what's the purpose of this software... playing music (like Winamp), mixing, making or recording it?
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I don't understand what's the purpose of this software... playing music (like Winamp), mixing, making or recording it?
I think he means something like those software that can make/mix music.
Something like FLStudio: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ss3YhPAkUT0 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ss3YhPAkUT0)
^ I like that.
Well, answering the question: If I could get my hands on one of those, and could actually use it, I would make some bad-ass music, that's for sure.
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That's the case, FL studio is not really for mixing, it's for creating tracks.
Mixing software would be... Virtual DJ for example
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See? Two sides (tracks), pitch, auto-sync, scratching turntables, etc
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Yepp, It's quite famous.
You're correct, FLStudio is more about creating songs, while Virtual DJ is a good mixer.
I hate mixers though. I mean the re-cycling part.
Be original! Lots of people dislike certain electronic stuff because of them, me for an example.
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As for creating tracks and if you feel like a pro, Reason is the shit :D
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It would have a good manual/tutorial/help for those less educated in matters of music. Tried Reason, didn't understand a thing :(
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it would have a portable vibe
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It would have a good manual/tutorial/help for those less educated in matters of music. Tried Reason, didn't understand a thing :(
Yeah Reason is hard :) I was still confused after reading several tutorials, but I managed to make a somewhat decent trance track after like 15 flopped tracks.
Now I actually own a book on how to work with Reason, but I just don't have the time to work with music anymore :P
PS: It really helps if you played an instrument before (best bet a piano) and you know the basics, but it's not a requirement (I never played an instrument in my life).
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I was thinking along the lines of Fruity Loops but with the Live aspect of Ableton (so making tracks with audio events that you can affect in real time aka during performance). How does that sound?
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I was thinking along the lines of Fruity Loops but with the Live aspect of Ableton (so making tracks with audio events that you can affect in real time aka during performance). How does that sound?
That sounds like hard to make :) Such software costs A LOT. Hard to say what features should be in there, best to check other software :)
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Personally i'm using Propellerheads Reason 5, would like to get my hands on Reason 6 at some point, great piece of software...
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buy a guitar
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I've heard good things about Ableton Live, however i didn't understand a thing how it worked, even after watching tutorials. But I guess you'd really need a usb keyboard to create track, which I dont have.
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Don't really need a MIDI keyboard to make tracks, but it sure makes it easier.
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Ability to increase/decrease tempo/octave/pitch. You can do stuff like this easy enough with open source algorithms available online but it won't sound very good.
I'm working on a similar project except it includes hardware interfacing as well (also probably a smaller scope than your project). I'm really not worried about sound quality though, as long as it roughly does what it's intended to do. STFT frequency shifting using a phase vocoder + Laroche/Dolson phase propagation to change the pitch of the signal and then throw in some auto correlation beforehand for detection and threshold setting.
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Ability to increase/decrease tempo/octave/pitch. You can do stuff like this easy enough with open source algorithms available online but it won't sound very good.
I'm working on a similar project except it includes hardware interfacing as well (also probably a smaller scope than your project). I'm really not worried about sound quality though, as long as it roughly does what it's intended to do. STFT frequency shifting using a phase vocoder + Laroche/Dolson phase propagation to change the pitch of the signal and then throw in some auto correlation beforehand for detection and threshold setting.
Yeah in terms of external interfaces I'm going to stick with MIDI, and make the GUI look nice (or at least this is my plan). I'll be using Max, but might consider Java.
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Same as Lizzy, I like Reason. I got a rebirth background and I like that software. Lately Reason improved a lot version 6 supports live vocal (or instrument) recording even VST plug ins, making it ideal for people who don't wanna spend gazillions of cash on synths. Since it supports Ableton its a good choice for live performers too.
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Although it's not for PC, i always used Mario Paint for making music. Anyone?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hil1F2T19GY (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hil1F2T19GY)