Jesus, why is it that when some of us on here get critiqued or asked for info/help/explanation etc that some get massive butthurt? All this was meant to be was another outlet on the forums that could and
shouldbe fun!! Sorry, but Drac, dude, you need to chill dude.
A few posts back, Uzo mentioned the entries being a cop-out. What do you do? You jump his ass. Then you defend what you've submitted by stating that only "seasoned" veterans get how this stuff works, how this month's contest was meant to be. Well, count me in. I can elaborate: Let me start off giving everyone some info on how i do my music. Lets use my incomplete entry from last month for example. First off, i load my DAW (Digital Audio Workstation), then i start on my drums first. This is done with EZDrummer, a virtual instrument plugin that simulates a studio recorded drum kit (which is bad ass by the way!) This is the first part of the puzzle that is not a real instrument. This is were MIDI comes into play (and where IMO things get REALLY interesting, especially on this thread!). You add a new midi track (which, if you are using your
own music, will be blank, then you will notice a keyboard to the left of the screen. These are your notes. Picture these like channels on a TV. When you change a channel, you get something different. Same principle. When you add notes to different keys, you get different results i e note A4 could be a bass drum, etc etc per different keys. Pretty simple right? Oh yeah, didn't hold any hands in saying this either
next, i tracked the symphony plugin i use (which again,is a blank UNUSED, UNEDITED...in other words, no one has made this and i used it, but CLAIM its MY remix by changing 1 or 2 notes) another midi track. Now, this is where the midi channels come in. Unless i am wrong, the limit was 8 channels. What this equals out to, is that with this "chiptune" plugin is that out of X number of channels it has, only 8 can be applied. So, to sum that up, say you have a harpsicord, horns, string section, percussion and so on, that exceeded 8 tracks, then
all that was, or needed to be done, was take an already made midi track (as in, made by
someone else)load it in the DAW, then just assign specific channels to specific parts of the songs. So if that's the case, as it sounds like it is to me, then i agree, cop out. Coming from a "seasoned" musician. Dude, sorry but that's bullshit. All that does is scream arrogance. Let me tell you something - in a LIVE situation i GUARANTEE that some of the "seasoned" musicians would have little to ZERO chance to hold a candle to what i can bring, or what i have done thus far! Go out and make money doing music, play the biggest, most popular and overall well known venues, sell them the fuck out, leave out of the place with hundreds of new fans - THEN you come back on here and tell us what's what for "seasoned" musicians! The way you go off in your posts when someone doesn't kiss your ass, i could see WHY no one wants to jump in and do these competitions!
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