Korgscrew
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Posted: Jan. 08 2004, 07:03 |
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I find the ideas quite interesting. If it was mine, I'd work in it some more - I'd cut the length down, and work on adding more lines into some sections, probably some pad parts into some sections to broaden out the sound, then some little counter melodies and harmonies into others to add intrigue. I'd probably incorporate some things like you demonstrate in 'MyMind' - that would be a great way of adding atmosphere.
I don't think the software should be an issue really. The only features I really use in sequencers are the very basic things - altering the position and length of notes and editing parameters (velocity, pitch bend, vibrato, etc). I don't personally feel I need anything more for sequencing compositions, but of course you may feel differently.
Having a good synthesiser/sample set, whether software or hardware, is of course very useful when you want to make recordings of your sequences. I don't personally think that means having the latest, most expensive stuff though - what's important is knowing how to get what you want from whatever you've chosen to use. A lot of this is tied in with arranging skills - knowing how to use the sounds effectively in a piece (As a little example, I remember sitting through the soundcheck of a group I was playing on the same bill as quite a few years ago. The guitarist was playing a cheap, battered old guitar through a bass amp and had the most obnoxiously thin and buzzy sound I'd ever heard. When he played together with the band though, it all made sense - the weight of the sound of the rest of the band made up for what was lacking in the guitar sound, and he cut through brilliantly, adding just what was needed to the sound. You'd never have guessed how effective it would be, to hear him on his own). Knowing how best to process sounds is another thing, if you begin using software which has built in effects - some things can be transformed by the right use of delay, chorus, reverb or something more unusual.
Anyway, I'll stop before this turns into a book 
Keep playing with these ideas, you can do something great with them.
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