Thursday, February 26, 2009
Upcoming Track!
This music making thing is a ton of fun! I am enjoying the learning process of getting intimate with my keyboard and software. I am working hard on putting together my first track! It will in realm of trance, new age, chillout music and I hope everyone will like it. I have not come up with a title for it yet but when I do, you will be the first to know. Well, I gotta back to my full time job so I will post again soon. Until then, have a good one and let the muisc flow!
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Hi there, I am looking forward to your first Track bring it on :-)
Take Care
Serakina
Hey Serakina, thanks so much for the support and enthusiasm! I cannot wait either! However, it is harder than I thought! I get into the track and work things here and there and try a new sound only to come up with a totally new melody or rhythm. It is difficult to decide on what to keep and what to throw away or save for another track. Do you have any pointers? I could spend years playing with this one track if I am not careful!! :) Anyway, thanks again for your encouragement! Talk you again soon!
Chris
Yes I know what you encounter right now, I had this Problem for many years. I do it now like this:
1. I have an Idea
2. I collect everything I think will fit for the Track.
3. I arrange ie expand the Takes , with the Subject less is more in Mind onto a listenable Lenght
Take care Sera
Hey Sera,
Thanks for the tips! I will definitely consider those ideas. I appreciate your input! How are things with you and your projects? What software, VST's, etc do you use and what hardware do you have? I am using an M-Audio Axiom 49 MIDI controller keyboard and Cakewalk's SONAR Home Studio 6 XL software on a PC. I am still learning both so it will take time to get everything down pat and flowing smoothly. How do you mix and master your works?
Take care and I will talk to you again soon!
Chris
Hi Chris,
thank you for your review ! As you ight have seen I left some technical notes (with you in mind :) ) about Plugins and Equipment I used on the Song.
I own lot's of Plugins and a Korg M50, Korg microX, Yamaha P60 Piano and a Roland V-Synth GT, which I use more right now than the plugins. Especially the V-Synth is a real beats, and it is so easy to come up with new sounds as the possibilities are near endless. The expression you can use while playing is really great so it is my favorite (and most expensive...cost more than my car I drive ;-) )
Cheers Sera
Hey Sera, thanks for sharing those tech notes on your new song. I have taken them into consideration and will check into them. I am still working on my first and have totaly wiped it out and started anew! I find myself changing a melody sound or a rhythm and then just get a little frustrated and then before I know it, I have reworked the whole thing and it sounds completely different! Oh well, I guess that is how you get better at what you like in the way of putting a track together. You listen and listen and rework this or that and then you put it all together! Speaking of putting it all together, when you mix your music for a final track, do you add effects first or do that when you master it? Also, do you have to master the track and is that when you take the mixed track (which is an MP3 or WAV file) and then just master that track or do you master it with all the parts still open? Well, I hope I haven't bored you too much and I look forward to hearing back from you! Have a great week! Oh by the way, I am really enjoying the track 'Hang On'! Take care, Chris
Hi Chris,
well mastering is not one of my many talents God gave me on my way...I usually try to avoid Mastering, so I EQ / Volume / FX etc. every track while creating. If even attended a few mastering workshops..but well. If there is any need for Mastering I usually use izotope's Ozone Plugin on the Master Channel, it is a magical Plugin and gives great results with little effort. And I allways do this before mixdown to aiff / wav / mp3, I think it is easy that way when you till have full contrl over all the Channels.
As for your frustration there :-) welcome to the club. Yu may can imagine how much ideas I collected in the last 25 Years and still usually start something new and very seldom use something I allready did.(I probably wouldn't find it anyway)
Take care
Sera
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