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Add9 wrote:The melodic minor scale works quite well for achieving a pirate feel. Then you need a melody that is quite repetitive since pirates tend to sing like 100 verses over the same chord changes. It should be only a 4-bar melody/progression since pirates can't afford to think too hard about something like that.

If you include vocals, make sure they cover the big 3 pirate topics (alcohol, women, and treasure... AKA rum, wenches, and booty). Layer multiple takes to make it sound like a bunch of pirates are singing together. A male vocalist with a low and rough sounding voice will work best for this. Use pitch correction software to ensure that they are singing kind of poorly and out of tune with one another, yet still in tune enough to be pleasant to the ear, for this is how pirates sing.

Make sure to use samples of instruments like the violin, the fiddle, the harmonica, or the flute, or better yet, record these instruments yourself. Tell the performer to play as if they were slightly inebriated for best results. Then throw in some samples of tropical birds and water sounds. Maybe crowd noises too, to make it sound as if you were on a crowded boat or something. If you're going for a "landlubber feel"... as in, the boat has docked at the port and the pirates are out at a bar, then a honky-tonk piano would work well too.

Oh, and use 6/8 time, because pirates love the triplet feel.

Then get a sample of someone saying "Arrrrrrr" or "Walk the plank!" right before the drop!

And that's about it! Of course, once you're done, for extra pirate points, encourage everyone you know to illegally acquire the song rather than paying for it

nowaysj wrote:Name a production thread more absurd.

Loving this.

Add9 wrote:The melodic minor scale works quite well for achieving a pirate feel. Then you need a melody that is quite repetitive since pirates tend to sing like 100 verses over the same chord changes. It should be only a 4-bar melody/progression since pirates can't afford to think too hard about something like that.

If you include vocals, make sure they cover the big 3 pirate topics (alcohol, women, and treasure... AKA rum, wenches, and booty). Layer multiple takes to make it sound like a bunch of pirates are singing together. A male vocalist with a low and rough sounding voice will work best for this. Use pitch correction software to ensure that they are singing kind of poorly and out of tune with one another, yet still in tune enough to be pleasant to the ear, for this is how pirates sing.

Make sure to use samples of instruments like the violin, the fiddle, the harmonica, or the flute, or better yet, record these instruments yourself. Tell the performer to play as if they were slightly inebriated for best results. Then throw in some samples of tropical birds and water sounds. Maybe crowd noises too, to make it sound as if you were on a crowded boat or something. If you're going for a "landlubber feel"... as in, the boat has docked at the port and the pirates are out at a bar, then a honky-tonk piano would work well too.

Oh, and use 6/8 time, because pirates love the triplet feel.

Then get a sample of someone saying "Arrrrrrr" or "Walk the plank!" right before the drop!

And that's about it! Of course, once you're done, for extra pirate points, encourage everyone you know to illegally acquire the song rather than paying for it

Electric_Head wrote:only use cracked software?


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Think_Dubstep wrote:

Electric_Head wrote:only use cracked software?


aaaar

LOL

mromgwtf wrote:

Think_Dubstep wrote:

Electric_Head wrote:only use cracked software?


aaaar

LOL

>says LOL
>doesn't big up

AxeD wrote:After the "my drop doesn't live up to my build up" thread, this is one of the best in production.
Although the former wins by a landslide, because that's really an exclusive bro-problem.
Could be a joke in a comedy about dubstep producers