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by mindcontrol
Sun Apr 24, 2011 9:14 am
Forum: Production, Hardware & Technical
Topic: what speakers do you have
Replies: 29
Views: 3055

what speakers do you have

what speakers do you guys use or want?

going to purchase a monitor soon, was thinking of getting the behringer truths b2031a or something similar in it's price range

300-500 pounds
by mindcontrol
Sun Apr 03, 2011 9:29 am
Forum: Production, Hardware & Technical
Topic: Audition, Sound Forge, Wavelab discussion
Replies: 1
Views: 383

Audition, Sound Forge, Wavelab discussion

Looking at getting one of these(or anything else recommended).. would like to know what is better for sound design also hoping to get some feed back in terms of functionality ease of use layout/ui stability quality of results other functional differences http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/soundforg...
by mindcontrol
Wed Mar 23, 2011 10:58 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: New Burial out monday!! (810,000+ MostViewedTopicOnDSF)
Replies: 337
Views: 837866

Re: New Burial out monday!!

really keen to hear the new tunes, any updates its daytime here so i can listen it,

anyone have links for the radio show?
by mindcontrol
Tue Mar 22, 2011 7:30 am
Forum: Production, Hardware & Technical
Topic: The Reason Q&A Thread
Replies: 746
Views: 117316

Re: The Reason Q&A Thread

thanks futures wonder if ableton can do this, but im making a cut with with recycle then want to load it into software like audacity for editing the sample or making it clean, then save it as a wav and load it into the nn19 also do you know of any good software that is similar to audacity and recycl...
by mindcontrol
Tue Mar 22, 2011 5:48 am
Forum: Production, Hardware & Technical
Topic: the sample thread
Replies: 2
Views: 354

the sample thread

how do you guys go about sampling?

I usually use format factory to convert movies to wavs then cut specific parts using audacity then use recycle to tweak the sample then load it into the nn19

what about you?
by mindcontrol
Mon Mar 21, 2011 11:17 am
Forum: Production, Hardware & Technical
Topic: The 'help me make this sound!' thread
Replies: 978
Views: 145585

Re: The 'help me make this sound!' thread

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqXiNqoncvY&feature=player_embedded#at=40 sick tune man, the bass tone in this awesome, sounds like a saw tooth wave, or a sample distorted and crushed layered with some bass maybe, might be a synth also from a program like massive or something, gonna check out th...
by mindcontrol
Mon Mar 21, 2011 10:42 am
Forum: Production, Hardware & Technical
Topic: The Reason Q&A Thread
Replies: 746
Views: 117316

Re: The Reason Q&A Thread

hey does anyone know of a program that can convert rex files to wav or other audio formats? kinda stumped at the moment, it'll be kinda useful, also looking for sampling tutorials on the nn19 will post this up when i learn what its about and what rex files are and what u can do with them non reason ...
by mindcontrol
Fri Mar 11, 2011 8:21 am
Forum: Production, Hardware & Technical
Topic: Post songs or artists that inspire you
Replies: 15
Views: 749

Re: Post your influences

Feel free to post any other music that isn't dubstep, i know i have influences from marilyn manson, gang starr and others, understand what you are saying most of dubstep is very similar, but what are some sounds that you try to emulate when you produce, or inspire you http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=...
by mindcontrol
Fri Mar 11, 2011 8:17 am
Forum: Production, Hardware & Technical
Topic: Post songs or artists that inspire you
Replies: 15
Views: 749

Post songs or artists that inspire you

What some of your favorite artists or songs, that wish to aspire to or like their ideas, it may be various techniques, general songs etc.. I like james blakes bass in limit your love, and how to song is written, and how it all comes together, also the bass is something i would like to emulate http:/...
by mindcontrol
Wed Feb 16, 2011 11:17 am
Forum: Production, Hardware & Technical
Topic: WORKS-IN-PROGRESS for February, 2011
Replies: 619
Views: 58204

Re: WORKS-IN-PROGRESS for February, 2011

@ideate the intro sounds kinda like chasing shadows ill like the overall sound my critcism is I feel the drop is a little weak maybe you should add brief pauses here and there to make it stand out a bit more and not as continues @fds like the arrangement but feel the sounds are a little below par @t...
by mindcontrol
Wed Feb 16, 2011 10:49 am
Forum: Production, Hardware & Technical
Topic: The Reason Q&A Thread
Replies: 746
Views: 117316

Re: The Reason Q&A Thread

Does anyone know of any tutorial's from producers who use reason in the dubstep genre? heard mala uses reason. I would like to get a grasp of their workflow. Also does anyone know of any tutorials or have any advice on resampling basslines in reason, saw project ex's post a few pages back. I've curr...
by mindcontrol
Tue Dec 28, 2010 7:35 am
Forum: Production, Hardware & Technical
Topic: how to learn song structure
Replies: 8
Views: 2379

Re: how to learn song structure

here is one

by mindcontrol
Tue Dec 28, 2010 7:32 am
Forum: Production, Hardware & Technical
Topic: how to learn song structure
Replies: 8
Views: 2379

Re: how to learn song structure

Thanks these posts are gold, and have given me some good insight.. working in 8s seems logical. 140bpm is about 12 seconds. So 32 bar intro, 64 bar drop, 32 breakdown, 64 bar drop, 32 bar outro. 8bars @140bpm is about 12 seconds. 32 @ 42seconds What are the techniques generally used in dubstep for e...
by mindcontrol
Mon Dec 27, 2010 4:07 am
Forum: Production, Hardware & Technical
Topic: how to learn song structure
Replies: 8
Views: 2379

how to learn song structure

a lot of people have commented that I need to learn song structure, how have you guys gone about it?

16/32 bar intro
64 bar main body 1
16 bar breakdown
49 bar main body 2
16 bar outro

2-16-4-32-2-32-4-16-4-64-16

?
by mindcontrol
Sat Dec 25, 2010 8:28 am
Forum: Production, Hardware & Technical
Topic: Music Equipment
Replies: 25
Views: 3732

Re: Music Equipment

Hey thanks everyone for the input, much appreciated so bought the akai lpk25 and the lpd8, now looking for monitors and soundcard Lets talk more about Monitors.. so far you guys have mentioned these monitors.. Alesis M1 Active MkII, KRK RP8G2 Rokit and the Mackie Mr8's any other products to consider...
by mindcontrol
Sat Dec 18, 2010 11:20 pm
Forum: Production, Hardware & Technical
Topic: WORKS-IN-PROGRESS for DECEMBER, 2010
Replies: 582
Views: 52662

Re: WORKS-IN-PROGRESS for DECEMBER, 2010

@thuun your production skills are on another level man, sick man! nothing really to criticise haha.. you have the skills mate maybe you should work on making your songs more appealing to the masses should make a more of a connection with the listener try to emulate some sort of emotion in your songs...
by mindcontrol
Sat Dec 11, 2010 11:21 am
Forum: Production, Hardware & Technical
Topic: Producing Ritual
Replies: 46
Views: 4009

Re: Producing Ritual

rawali wrote:very very seriously...

a shower

Especially if you have *** workflow and sitting there for half a day eqing a hi hat -w-

Does anyone find that they get their creative spark veeryy late a night when they should be sleeping?
by mindcontrol
Sat Dec 11, 2010 11:09 am
Forum: Production, Hardware & Technical
Topic: Music Equipment
Replies: 25
Views: 3732

Re: Music Equipment

Think I might go with the Akai LPD8 and the LPK25 how do these compare to the korg range. As for the monitor does the KRK have any competition for the same price, how much would you spend on a monitor and what would you get? Will discuss sound card later, what else do you need to connect these toget...
by mindcontrol
Sat Dec 11, 2010 10:26 am
Forum: Production, Hardware & Technical
Topic: Music Equipment
Replies: 25
Views: 3732

Re: Music Equipment

A quote from another forum, "There are loads of different makes and models... my personal choices are normally Roland, Akai, Yamaha, Korg and Alesis. They are fairly good makes and won't (I'll actually say 'shouldn't') fall apart after a few hours beating, although I did have to repair a sensor...