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Something in progress
I've been enjoying having my old synth connected to garageband - midi is A Good Thing
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70's vibe and a cool groove. Lovin' your work Grandmaster Tsuken.
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Apple iBook running GarageBand; guitars DI'd with a Griffin iMic; Korg Poly-800 keyboard with a midi-usb interface I grabbed off eBay. That's about it really.
Apple iBook running GarageBand; guitars DI'd with a Griffin iMic; Korg Poly-800 keyboard with a midi-usb interface I grabbed off eBay. That's about it really.
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I think it's finished. Ok there aren't many distinct themes, and the underlying basis is the same chords/vamp throughout, but I think it kind of works in its own special way Whenever I tried to add a new section it just didn't sound right.
Edit: dammit dammit sonofabitch. I accidentally deleted the main keyboard part, and had to re-record it. I've just realised that when I did, I inadvertently changed the little blipopy bit that precedes the main theme, so now I'll have to redo it again. Bugger
Edit: dammit dammit sonofabitch. I accidentally deleted the main keyboard part, and had to re-record it. I've just realised that when I did, I inadvertently changed the little blipopy bit that precedes the main theme, so now I'll have to redo it again. Bugger
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i did not know that you could program synth sounds!
great sounding squelchy and buzzy tones.
complaint wise:) , the amount of swing varies from strict on the drums to none on some of the rythm parts? - i think that if you slightly lowered the amount the drums are swinging, the feel might cohese a bit more?
and such a left turn style wise too - i assumed it was going to be funky guitar with widdly lead... duh
wicked:)
great sounding squelchy and buzzy tones.
complaint wise:) , the amount of swing varies from strict on the drums to none on some of the rythm parts? - i think that if you slightly lowered the amount the drums are swinging, the feel might cohese a bit more?
and such a left turn style wise too - i assumed it was going to be funky guitar with widdly lead... duh
wicked:)
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You're absolutely right about the swing. Initially I was trying to play the guitars swung, but it didn't sound right; it worked better with them totally straight. I do like the tension between straight and somewhat swung, but as you note: it is pretty stark here. Garageband doesn't let me quantise "a little bit" though, so I'm kind of stuck with either my sloppy keyboard playing, or totally swung. (I suppose I could practise... )
I thought it was going to be that too, initially. It just kind of went a different way. To be honest, a lot of the synth stuff - and from that the style of the piece - came from me just noodling around waiting for my cue - and then thinking "that was kind of cool; glad it was recording"
You're absolutely right about the swing. Initially I was trying to play the guitars swung, but it didn't sound right; it worked better with them totally straight. I do like the tension between straight and somewhat swung, but as you note: it is pretty stark here. Garageband doesn't let me quantise "a little bit" though, so I'm kind of stuck with either my sloppy keyboard playing, or totally swung. (I suppose I could practise... )
I thought it was going to be that too, initially. It just kind of went a different way. To be honest, a lot of the synth stuff - and from that the style of the piece - came from me just noodling around waiting for my cue - and then thinking "that was kind of cool; glad it was recording"
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dylan wrote:i did not know that you could program synth sounds!
great sounding squelchy and buzzy tones.
I feel kind of dirty ... they're standard Garageband patchesbluesgeek wrote:Very cool, nice sounds
Anyway, I redid the blippy bit I messed up when I re-recorded it after accidentally deleting it. Also now with the drums, what you hear is 100% my bodgy keyboard playing - no quantising at all. Better? Worse? (Cymbals mixed too loud?)
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finally got round to listening tsuken...
for un quantised drums played on the keyboard its very tight, and the amount of swing seems more natural, but i still think the drums need "percentage swing" quantising. this is where everything is strictly quantised, but instead of two adjacent 8th notes each getting 50% of the beat (no swing) or the first one getting 66% and the second one 33% (strict swing), the percentage that the first note gets is somewhere between 50 and 66 %
im currently trying to copy lee scratch perrys production styles, and im putting a hiat track quantised to 58% swing against a non swung bassline. sounds wicked:)
but it sounds like some of the drum patterns are loops? - all this quantising is of course only relevant to individual midi notes - then again i know nothing about loops so maby you can now:)
hope things are going well in OZ
for un quantised drums played on the keyboard its very tight, and the amount of swing seems more natural, but i still think the drums need "percentage swing" quantising. this is where everything is strictly quantised, but instead of two adjacent 8th notes each getting 50% of the beat (no swing) or the first one getting 66% and the second one 33% (strict swing), the percentage that the first note gets is somewhere between 50 and 66 %
im currently trying to copy lee scratch perrys production styles, and im putting a hiat track quantised to 58% swing against a non swung bassline. sounds wicked:)
but it sounds like some of the drum patterns are loops? - all this quantising is of course only relevant to individual midi notes - then again i know nothing about loops so maby you can now:)
hope things are going well in OZ
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Yah - I get exactly what you mean. Garageband unfortunately only lets me quantise to 8ths, 16th, 32nd, and in the version I have now, 64ths. I think I can make it do triplets now too. No percentage quantising uinfortunately. I suppose I could go through bit by bit and adjust individual notes till they're where I want them O_O I've done it for other tracks - just not quite so involved.
No loops in there either. I'm using as few as possible lately. - which really means I do as much of it my hand as I can be bothered to
No loops in there either. I'm using as few as possible lately. - which really means I do as much of it my hand as I can be bothered to
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yes the method of selecting all offbeat 8th notes and squidging them a bit to the right makes beautiful natural swing.
but its a huge hassle to program.
does garageband accept midi plugins? - im sure there would be a 3rd party product that does proper quantising.
sorry about being condescending on the swing explanation - i spose youve known that stuff for decades now:)
but its a huge hassle to program.
does garageband accept midi plugins? - im sure there would be a 3rd party product that does proper quantising.
sorry about being condescending on the swing explanation - i spose youve known that stuff for decades now:)
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I will check on the midi plugins. It does vst and audio unit and some others, so we'll see. Also, I'll soon be getting a new iMac, with the brand new version of Garageband, so we'll see what that might have added (aside from the gh3yness of "Magic Garageband" )
I thought your explanation was helpful, not condescending, mate I haven't been aware of that sort of exactness to swing and quantising, so that was really good - cheers. If I adjust notes in 64ths, I could - if my maths is correct - get 56.25% of the beat, so I think I'll try that The next option would be to adjust in 32nds, which would give me 62.5%
I thought your explanation was helpful, not condescending, mate I haven't been aware of that sort of exactness to swing and quantising, so that was really good - cheers. If I adjust notes in 64ths, I could - if my maths is correct - get 56.25% of the beat, so I think I'll try that The next option would be to adjust in 32nds, which would give me 62.5%
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