Tutorial Please...

[Tone]

Sounds really good - I love the lush 80's style synth!

Really, you think it sounds good!

Thanks man, you rocketh!

 

[Tone]

Here's one I did last year.
Tracks include:
1. Orchestral drumset
2. Orchestral soundfonts including tremolo strings, string ensembles, french horn, aah choir, oboe with a distorted effect!
3. Steinway piano, played using a VST plugin (Pianoteq).
4. Arpeggiator with synth

Oh that's lovely...I love chorals!

I want to learn how to incorporate the keys and more on the strings... violins are my favorite!

Also, I want some windage blowing through, of course!

This is fun stuff!

 

[Anthony2019]

Oh that's lovely...I love chorals!

I want to learn how to incorporate the keys and more on the strings... violins are my favorite!

Also, I want some windage blowing through, of course!

This is fun stuff!

A couple of years ago I purchased Pianoteq which is a virtual piano instrument with high quality pianos. It is a standalone application, but can also be used as a VST plugin for your projects. It's a great piece of software and definitely worth it if you love playing pianos!

 

[Tone]

A couple of years ago I purchased Pianoteq which is a virtual piano instrument with high quality pianos. It is a standalone application, but can also be used as a VST plugin for your projects. It's a great piece of software and definitely worth it if you love playing pianos!

Nice!

Yeah, I was looking at this piano that also had digital drum pads on it.

 

[Anthony2019]

Nice!

Yeah, I was looking at this piano that also had digital drum pads on it.

If you're using a DAW with a good set of quality instruments, then you don't need to splash out too much on a digital piano - just a fairly standard one that does the job. Mine only cost me around £200 - has a full set of 88 keys, with hammer action and velocity sensitive. On it's own, the sound is crap! But it is the software you have that brings out the best in the piano!

 

[Anthony2019]

 

[Tone]

This looks cool :

I also make rainsticks...I gotta have mine brought down from my parent's house!

 

[Tone]

Okay so I spotted some Yucca today...

This is what I make rainsticks out of!

 

[Tone]

 

[Tone]

Two trippy kinda pieces here...don't laugh...I've only been doing this for about a week.

Yah is faithful to Provide new hobbies and interests!:

 

[Tone]

 

[Tone]

The time has come!

 

[lordjeff]

Okay, so I've looked at a few programs for making music or mixing music...I don't know...really.

Which, is why I am creating this thread.

I have a strong interest in putting together some instrumental tracks and perhaps incorporating my poetry into them.

But, as is probably pretty evident by now, I don't know where to begin.

I can't even get past the downloading part of getting a program I can work with and then what, assuming I succeed in getting it installed and open on my laptop?


The processes are more difficult than meets the eye--it does require some buying of software & a bit of hardware because I just tried to create a live a/v & the sound did not come out at all whether I did it by first ripping the track to my hard drive or playing on the dvd player. All has to do with connecting cables. The video part is fairly straightforward as long as you a decent computer. I suggest browsing online for home theater production, checking w/ DJs, or even church production setup. I tried FB, utube, & zoom & none of them could deliver me the audio at the same time as the video & where you could hear it.

Thanks in advance!


Shalom.


-T1

 

[Tone]

You have use a DAW and an audio interface?

I'm still working on learning how I can speak into the mic. and have it come up on my DAW...

Been trying to figure it out for a couple of hours...


Thanks!



Shalom.

 

[Davy]

You have use a DAW and an audio interface?

I'm still working on learning how I can speak into the mic. and have it come up on my DAW...

Been trying to figure it out for a couple of hours...


Thanks!

Shalom.

I see you're having fun. I remember those days.

The Focusrite is a good move.

Might want to think about 'latency', which is a setting on your audio interface that determines the speed an input analog signal (mic) gets into your DAW. General procedure is to use low-latency setting when recording, and higher latency when mixing. If you start to hear pops and dropouts in the audio, then choose a higher latency setting for your audio interface. This is real important, so might want to read your Focusrite manual about it. It's just something common to the 'digital' realm. Doesn't happen with all analog gear.

I started out on SONAR, then Reaper, then Pro Tools, then Digital Performer, and now I'm using Studio One 4. I write mostly orchestral music using virtual instruments. There's a FREE orchestral library available from Spitfire Audio, not a huge footprint either, so the files aren't real big, but its quality still sounds really good. It's called the BBC Discovery orchestral library. They have a free piano library too called Felt Piano, and it has a really soft sound, so it's great behind vocals and such.

 

[Tone]

a FREE orchestral library available from Spitfire Audio

It's called the BBC Discovery orchestral library. They have a free piano library too called Felt Piano

Yeah, I've tinkered with the latency thing a bit, because I found that the delay or echo, or whatever kinda threw me off when I was trying to add vocals...I would hear myself and the timing was off.

I've taken up Music Theory just so I can learn how to come in on beat and add beat to my poetry.

I know I don't necessarily have to know theory to do it, but...it's just how my mind works.

I do need to transition more to the practice from the theory, which is why I started looking for a keyboard with drum pads.

Thanks for the piano library lead, I'll definitely have to look into it.


Do you by chance know any great 61 key keyboards with drum pads that is DAW ready, at around $300.00?


Thanks!

 

[Davy]

Yeah, I've tinkered with the latency thing a bit, because I found that the delay or echo, or whatever kinda threw me off when I was trying to add vocals...I would hear myself and the timing was off.

I've taken up Music Theory just so I can learn how to come in on beat and add beat to my poetry.

I know I don't necessarily have to know theory to do it, but...it's just how my mind works.

I do need to transition more to the practice from the theory, which is why I started looking for a keyboard with drum pads.

Thanks for the piano library lead, I'll definitely have to look into it.


Do you by chance know any great 61 key keyboards with drum pads that is DAW ready, at around $300.00?


Thanks!

This is the MIDI keyboard I use, excepting mine is an 88 key version.

https://www.guitarcenter.com/Nektar/Impact-LX49-1500000022482.gc

You really don't need drum pads to input drums samples. You can just use the standard keyboard keys.

 

[Tone]

This is the MIDI keyboard I use, excepting mine is an 88 key version.

https://www.guitarcenter.com/Nektar/Impact-LX49-1500000022482.gc

You really don't need drum pads to input drums samples. You can just use the standard keyboard keys.

Oh wow, I was just looking at this Nektar last night:

Nektar Panorama T6 61-key Keyboard Controller | Sweetwater


But, the description said this:

" It all adds up to an amazingly integrated and complete DAW control system. Panorama T-series' DAW integration currently supports Bitwig, Cubase, Garageband, Logic, Nuendo, Reaper, and Reason."

If it doesn't say FL Studio (what I use), will it still work with it?


Also, as I am just a beginner, 61 keys should be good enough right?


Your keyboard has drum pads too though right?


The reason why i want the pads is because I have years of experience drumming on things with my hands, but almost zero experience with keys, so i thought it would be easier for me to catch on with the pads.

 

[Tone]

Okay, I'm beginning to imprint on that^



*And it says it's FL Studio compatible!

 

[Anthony2019]

Here's a music composition I made years ago on my old iMac G5