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Making the body of a song, any tips?

Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 7:19 pm
by acidsamurai
I'm having a hard time understanding how to make the body of a song. I understand the basics such as structure, effects, EQ, etc. but I don't get how to organize my sounds or if I am doing it properly. How do you guys get that really chopped sound (like excision or datsik)? Would I mainly tweak the hell out of an an envelope on a single VST, Record the synths and sounds I make in a VST then chop them up, or add a new VST for every sound? I just can't grasp how to make the really quick, distorted, flowing sounds.

Re: Making the body of a song, any tips?

Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 7:23 pm
by jaimelee
Hahahahaha I thought this was going to be a nice thread on Pad work and chord progression. :6:

http://nextstepaudio.com/bass/trifonic- ... -in-logic/
Grasp the idea from that, re-sample then repeat. ( It's all tedious chop up work in the end )
Even though the sounds are pretty messed up, they sort of follow a general key of song, usefull tip. :)

Re: Making the body of a song, any tips?

Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 7:33 pm
by e-motion
I don't like to play with audio so I usually use a new VST per sound. I may also add a lot of modulation to make the same sound, sound different, but everything in MIDI. I do this because I find myself always going back and, if you do that with audio, you have to repeat everything.

However, recording+chopping looks pretty valid too and it is an experiment I want to make someday.

Re: Making the body of a song, any tips?

Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 7:39 pm
by jaimelee
Working with audio over VST saves on cpu work alot, but your machine is capable go for it. :)

Re: Making the body of a song, any tips?

Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 7:46 pm
by acidsamurai
jaimelee wrote:Hahahahaha I thought this was going to be a nice thread on Pad work and chord progression. :6:

http://nextstepaudio.com/bass/trifonic- ... -in-logic/
Grasp the idea from that, re-sample then repeat. ( It's all tedious chop up work in the end )
Even though the sounds are pretty messed up, they sort of follow a general key of song, usefull tip. :)
Thanks I'm giving this a watch right now.