OfficeSteppers '13 (aka the offtopic but still prod. thread)
Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2013 12:30 pm
by wub
Back by popular demand, an off topic thread to let out all the production angst you may have.
Keep it civil
Re: OfficeSteppers '13 (aka the offtopic but still prod. thr
Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2013 12:37 pm
by hasezwei
hooray!
Re: OfficeSteppers '13 (aka the offtopic but still prod. thr
Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2013 12:39 pm
by wub
Indeed
And more cause for celebration as I've booked my holidays for the year
Re: OfficeSteppers '13 (aka the offtopic but still prod. thr
Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2013 12:42 pm
by Electric_Head
With me just getting back from holiday
I haven't produced anything in 2 months probably.
Time to get my ass back in gear I think.
Re: OfficeSteppers '13 (aka the offtopic but still prod. thr
Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2013 12:43 pm
by wub
Anywhere nice?
Re: OfficeSteppers '13 (aka the offtopic but still prod. thr
Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2013 12:46 pm
by Electric_Head
I didn't go away if that's what you mean.
I do have a nice garden though
1000²m of awesomeness.
Plus it has been 30°C everyday.
Worked on my tan, worked in the garden, played sport, got drunk, etc.
Re: OfficeSteppers '13 (aka the offtopic but still prod. thr
Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2013 12:49 pm
by wub
Sounds pretty fucking spot on to me
I've got a week booked for Glastonbury this year (just seen Fleetwood Mac might be playing ), then a week in Ibiza (35mins flight from Madrid), followed by a week in the villa (35mins flight from Ibiza).
Still got 10.5 holiday days not used up for the year, even with a few bounces back and forth to London to see my family/go clubbing/etc
Re: OfficeSteppers '13 (aka the offtopic but still prod. thr
Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2013 12:51 pm
by Electric_Head
Nice, that sounds pretty sweet indeed.
Did you get Christmas leave?
Re: OfficeSteppers '13 (aka the offtopic but still prod. thr
Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2013 12:55 pm
by wub
Not really, I only had the 25th, 26th and 1st when I wasn't working. A lot of people who work in my team have kids/families etc, so I always give them priority for booking annual leave around the festive period.
Plus it means flights are a shit load cheaper when I go and visit my parents at the end of the month
Re: OfficeSteppers '13 (aka the offtopic but still prod. thr
Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2013 1:00 pm
by Electric_Head
As much as I love getting leave at the end of the year, I'd also love a mid year break.
I do get a small mid-year shutdown which is nice.
But I'd love to take the bulk of my leave later in the year when it's quieter.
It gets hectic here Christmas time with all the tourists and foreigners coming to the coast.
Re: OfficeSteppers '13 (aka the offtopic but still prod. thr
Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2013 1:08 pm
by wub
Glasto this year then reckon 2014 will finally be Peru for me and the missus
Also just found this;
Flying Lotus remix of Kanye Wests...trippy
Re: OfficeSteppers '13 (aka the offtopic but still prod. thr
Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2013 1:55 pm
by dougriley
stuck at work today thinking of techniques to clean up the snares in the sample pack comp
Re: OfficeSteppers '13 (aka the offtopic but still prod. thr
Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2013 1:57 pm
by wub
You can always grab something like Audacity to edit samples if you're lucky enough to have a workstation that affords a quiet view.
Re: OfficeSteppers '13 (aka the offtopic but still prod. thr
Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2013 3:53 pm
by Dystinkt
havent produced much apart from one tune due to turning 18 over christmas, it took two visits for me to tire of tokyos
Re: OfficeSteppers '13 (aka the offtopic but still prod. thr
Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2013 3:53 pm
by SUBFLEX
we are moving to a new office, where we will be upgraded to 6x7 cubes.... living the dream
Re: OfficeSteppers '13 (aka the offtopic but still prod. thr
Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2013 3:58 pm
by wub
SUBFLEX wrote:we are moving to a new office, where we will be upgraded to 6x7 cubes.... living the dream
Nowt wrong with the Dilbert lifestyle...I've got largely the same, just without the walls so no blocking out of your colleagues noise whatsoever
Re: OfficeSteppers '13 (aka the offtopic but still prod. thr
Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2013 4:02 pm
by OfficialDAPT
That sample pack competition was the most fun I've had making a tune in awhile!
Re: OfficeSteppers '13 (aka the offtopic but still prod. thr
Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2013 4:09 pm
by wub
Yeah when it came in I was wondered how many of the one-post-wonder brigade would be put off by it's lack of 'clean' hits
Seriously though, the standard of those has been getting better and better...still waiting for someone to chuck it some white noise and a sine wave though
Re: OfficeSteppers '13 (aka the offtopic but still prod. thr
Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2013 4:13 pm
by OfficialDAPT
Haha that'd be too easy then! Is there somewhere I can download the previous sample packs?
Re: OfficeSteppers '13 (aka the offtopic but still prod. thr
Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2013 4:18 pm
by wub
OfficialDAPT wrote:Haha that'd be too easy then! Is there somewhere I can download the previous sample packs?
I've got most of them going back to #5, I think...but they're not online outside of an active contest for storage reasons. Can have a dig around next time I'm on the studio machine if you want some old ones to mess with?
Can't provide any historical data on who created them or what the winning submission from them was, however.