Sound

I'm sad this thread seems to have died. A collab on here is a novel idea.
What I think we need here is a little more structure, find out who can contribute what, what we're interested in, stuff like that. ;)

My skills lie most within computer-based production - mixing, structure, arrangement, sound design, signal processing... And I'm pretty ace with my DAW. I'm certain I can put a polish on anything, perhaps bring together many elements into cohesive musicality.

So what does everyone else feel like bringing to the table? Guitar, piano, making rhythms, composition, arrangement, progressions, lyrics, vocals, stuff like that? I think this can be figured out & done.

As for what we might try aiming towards, I don't know if I feel comfortable trying to make a theme song for this place... That's a lot of pressure! Don't want to do the site wrong, and there's so many interpretations one can have of what feel it deserves... Big big job there, figuring that out! But if we started with something we simply like in common, I think we could have some easier success there perhaps?

My own tastes are pretty broad, so I don't think I can do any narrowing down. Just as long as the harmonies are emotive, carry something for the imagination.... Or it could just rock out. Hell, what am I saying, I don't care. If we make it, I'm gonna like it. =o)

Sound

You know, for all the poetry and musicality I'm seeing around here, I'm rather disappointed that we don't have more people trying out making full songs from the pieces they've already got.

Well, if anyone's interested in giving it a shot, I can at least show you the right place to look if you want to try out composing, recording, and producing your own material with the computer you've got. Recording studio's are a thing of the past, it's worth a shot if you've got time on your hands. ;)

habibilove

I think a theme song would be awesome :D

and sound - do you know anything that means you dont need actual instruments and you put the notes in on maybe a virtual one or something and use a mic to enter the lyrics and do it all online - id like real people to play them eventually - but i lack the guitar skill just now as im just learning but keep thinking up songs :/ lol

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Sound

The sort of software that is used for this sort of thing is commonly called a DAW - Digital audio workstation. It's a broad name for this categoryof software because their functionalities and capabilities encompass just about everything audio-related that you can think of. The overwhelming majority of songs and albums are recorded utilizing DAW's nowadays.

There are many different DAW's made by lots of different companies - Logic, GarageBand, Live, FL Studio, Reaper, Pro Tools, Sonar, Cubase(which is the one I use), and more. All of them are good for what you're mentioning, Habibilove. You can record your own vocals(or any instrument), and easily re-arrange it, re-record, edit, mix, and process it to sound however you want.

All these programs may also utilize VSTi's (virtual studio technology instruments), which can be given instructions (via MIDI - musical instrument digital interface) to play whatever you want. There are additional elements to VSTi's that can make their sound very expressive, and sometimes come close to sounding like real instruments(with a lot of practice). Although, it will never be able to sound quite as good as a human player. Nevertheless, it's great for making placeholders, so that you can show instrumentalists what you'd like to be played. Something to bare in mind, though: songs don't have to sound 'organic' to sound good.

I think there may be some sort of online DAW coming along, but it's not quite there yet. It's still possible to share elements of your compositions, either by sharing the MIDI files, or by sending discreet recordings of your various song elements(vocals only, guitar only, piano only, etc), commonly called stems. If you have the same DAW as another person, the entire project can be shared.

Seriously folks, if any of you are interested in doing more with your music ideas, this is something you should try out.

habibilove

thank you for your very informative answer Sound :D

i did a search online and found audacity - i dont know if its good or not yet lol but its free, and will be ok to mess about with until i decide if i wanna pay for a better one lol :D

thanks again :D

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Hr3shy

i would try and do somthing :)

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