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Subject: Total amateur! Help me setup!
Original Message Date: 25-Nov-03 @ 05:50 PM - Total amateur! Help me setup!
Badmanspirits@aol.com
Message 11/25 26-Nov-03 @ 10:58 PM - RE: Total amateur! Help me setup!
PS What's a host sequencer?
Message 12/25 27-Nov-03 @ 12:25 AM - RE: Total amateur! Help me setup!
cut-up audio is surely a big part of drum&bass ?? - it's that sound you get when the part is choopped into bits - like the reverb suddenly changing/glitching at the edit point etc
Message 13/25 27-Nov-03 @ 12:42 AM - RE: Total amateur! Help me setup!
Message 14/25 27-Nov-03 @ 02:04 PM - RE: Total amateur! Help me setup!
people like Aphex twin use cut-ups for example - making original beats using samples/sampler and other instruments, then recording them as audio and chopping the audio up and arranging it into chunks etc - that is the oriigin of jungle & drum&bass - it originated in the Uk being created on old audio programmes like SAW 4-TRACK
You don't HAVE to make drum&bass that way - you can do it fine using only VSTI's in programmes like Project5 or REASON or ORION or FRUITY-LOOPS PRO etc - but, the cut-up technique gives it that extra edge to some peoples ears.
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Message 15/25 27-Nov-03 @ 03:33 PM - RE: Total amateur! Help me setup!
That being said. Stick around here for a while and read some of the posts. If something doesn't make sense, ask what it means. Just don't go out and buy stuff without having a clue first. That's not a good way to do it.
There are a bunch of different ways to produce drum and bass. Like was said earlier, folks used to take beats of records, sample the beat, the chop it up and rearrange it. It was tedious but the results speak for themselves. Since technology has improved in the last 10 years, folks are doing more and more on their computers. There's lots of good s/w out there for free or shareware that will get you started. Just keep in mind that it takes a long time to be able to actually MAKE good music - in spite of your experience. Just because you know a good beat when you hear it does mean you can recreate it - unless you are the second coming, or something. Just be patient, take your time, and learn as much as you can. This website is as good source of info as you will find. Just don't start talking politics.
Message 17/25 05-Dec-03 @ 02:39 PM - RE: Total amateur! Help me setup!
Anyway.....
fruityloops
Acid 4
Soundforge
Fruity is great to make your own loops (drums and synth) and sounds from scratch. I use soundforge as a sampler basically (although it isn't actually a sampler - not that i see any difference). I use it to sample sounds and make loops from MP3's and CDs etc. I use Acid to sequence everything together, by saving the loops/sounds i've made in fruity/soundforge and exporting them into Acid. Thats basic stuff that you'll get to grips with in no time. Then you'll move onto learning about the effects and twiddling all the knobs in fruityloops to make different sounds etc!! Its fun once you get past the first few times of total bewilderment (even the most basic stuff is confusing at first).... But really, its just about easy enough for a beginner to learn a lot.
I'm all pretty new to it myself, but i hope the above helps.
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