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Bob Katz articles

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 15:31:21 -0400

just checking this mastermind:

"http://www.digido.com/articles/index.php"

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www.digido.com/articles/index.php

I had no replies on my last post askin 4 opinions, but I now ask 4 opinions on my newest beat

Sat, 22 Mar 2008 15:31:56 -0400

It can be found at:

"http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_songInfo.cfm?bandID=672015&songID=6385587"

Play the hi-fi version, unless if your still using dial-up, haha

I need some opinions on my newest beat

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 05:58:12 -0500

I just finished this beat, and I would love to hear some opinions on it, it can be found at:

"http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_music.cfm?bandID=672015"

look for the song called "Dark Skies", it's the first one on the list

TIME SIGNATURES AND TEMPOS

Tue, 01 Jan 2008 00:39:51 -0500

Whats up everyone, I just wanted to ask the more experienced drum and bass producers on this forum what tempo and time signatures they use in general. It would be helpful for specifically neurofunk and darkstep drum and bass styles. Thanks.

CHECK MY NEW SONG AND TELL ME THINGS TO MAKE IT BETTER PLEASE...

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 19:22:12 -0500

HI, IM AM NEW (1 YEAR PRODUCING).
AND I HAVE A SONG THAT I THINK SOUNDS GOOD BUT I NEED SOME HELP, TELL ME YOUR OPINION PLEASE.
YOU CAN CHECK IT IN MYSPACE DJ ZUGO(KOLEKTIBO TXUSTARRA2)

THE NAME OF THE SONG IS TERMINAL 4.

THANKS

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Post	Author	Replies	Last post
Some african samples, nice quality	crank	4	05/19/08
I had no replies on my last post askin 4 opinions, but I now ask 4 opinions on my newest beat	Pill	1	04/07/08
Bob Katz articles	guanokalong	0	04/07/08
I need some opinions on my newest beat	Pill	0	02/26/08
TIME SIGNATURES AND TEMPOS	HAACK	1	01/01/08
CHECK MY NEW SONG AND TELL ME THINGS TO MAKE IT BETTER PLEASE...	ZUGO	4	12/28/07
Check out my tune ...	peter5k	2	11/11/07
alternative microphones	guanokalong	0	11/09/07
flp dnb tutorial videos	guanokalong	0	11/07/07
Albino/ES2 synth patches/rex files availiable for download!	synthsoundz	1	11/02/07
the photoshop sound edit	guanokalong	1	10/06/07
check out this patch!!!	synthsoundz	3	10/06/07
vst preset generator	guanokalong	2	09/26/07
Which program?	aw	5	09/26/07
Myspace anyone?	Contact Lost	1	09/26/07
basseline from beats	guanokalong	0	09/25/07
RASTABOX Free dub noisemaker VST KVR Developer Challenge entery!!!	lithium	3	09/25/07
Compression 101 : Teh Basics	crank	2	09/14/07
Warping bassline (If you wanna call it that)	NeM	1	09/14/07
Multiband compressed / multi layered drums in FL Studio	crank	0	09/12/07
New York Drum Technique	dewdropper	4	09/02/07
well this is a clip of my new unfinished tune tell me what U think	ingredient	2	07/31/07
Guanokalong new tune	guanokalong	1	05/30/07
New Track	reDifine	0	05/23/07
MP3 uploaded: Please critique	moffdnb	10	04/11/07

alternative microphones

Fri, 09 Nov 2007 16:30:18 -0500

just a little information about, how to use headphones and other alternative sources as microphones, as this might be usefull in some cases.

simple solution video:
blog.mctedoprogramming.com/2007/02/use-headphones-as-microphone.html

some read, maybe intresting for recording low frequency sounds by use of speakers:
duc.digidesign.com/showflat.php

intresting one:
www.minidisc.org/jim_coon/
art.simon.tripod.com/stealth.html

how does a microphone work basic principle:
www.pa.msu.edu/sciencet/ask_st/030393.html
www.connected-earth.com/FunandGames/Gadgets/Howdoesacarbonmicrophonework/index.htm

from pingpong ball:
scitoys.com/board/messages/2/1049.html

how to make a microphone casing(blimp?)
www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2006/05/how_to_make_a_microphone_blimp.html

idea to record vocalizations of night migrating birds alternative:
www.oldbird.org/mike_home.htm

how to make a microphone from a speaker:
www.instructables.com/id/SPKR-MiK--How-to-make-a-microphone-from-a-speaker/

Simple microphone preamplifier
www.ee.washington.edu/circuit_archive/circuits/micamp.html
low noise microphone preamplifier:
sound.westhost.com/project66.htm

popscreen:
www.jakeludington.com/project_studio/20050321_build_your_own_microphone_pop_screen.html

For around $20US) anyone can build an extremely accurate, life-like condenser microphone:
www.prosoundweb.com/recording/tapeop/buildmic/buildmic_16_1.shtml

contact microphone:
home.earthlink.net/~erinys/contactmic.html

more profi, cool self build one:
www.mp3forkidz.com/mic/

flp dnb tutorial videos

Wed, 07 Nov 2007 18:39:40 -0500

check it out:
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(damne!, Crank what's wrong with this linking stuff on dnbsecrets?)

after www.youtube.com

paste:

/watch?v=rOiexfpZrWI
And funny:
/watch?v=Tc803Fyo5XQ

Albino/ES2 synth patches/rex files availiable for download!

Thu, 01 Nov 2007 21:54:56 -0400

ez. ive just uploaded some new patches along with demo's for es2/albino etc.

Check em out if you get the chance.

synthsoundz.com

cheers!

Check out my tune ... :)

Tue, 09 Oct 2007 16:10:03 -0400

Hello everyone!

I am composing for some time now, but haven't released anything yet.

So... I've been lurking around this forum, and I tought I should upload my latest tune here, maybe some of you can give me a feedback if it sounds good enough to release it on the internet.

So what do you think?

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don't know why won't attach the file...

I uploaded it here:

rapidshare.com/files/61424996/Peter_D_-_I_Wish.mp3.html

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check out this patch!!!

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 08:46:06 -0400

Hi. ive just been building patches for albino
and made a patch which does scratching.

synthsoundz.com/scratchpatch.mp3

It's bascially FM synthesis using two sine waves and slowed right down. I then attached an LFO to a filter cutoff to make it sound more realistic.

Personally if someone played this to me and told me it was them scatching i would belive them.

Im going to remake the patch using reaktor at some point. The reason why is because i would like the modulation target to be an audio file instead of a sine wav. Although you can input audio into albino you can only use it as the modulation source not the target.

worth a pop anyway.
let me know what u rekon.

basseline from beats

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 17:44:04 -0400

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just refering to the thread mentioned at the bottom.

yep try to isolate the lows from the rest before further processing.

-track to 3 different mixer tracks to start with.
-besides that run it into a slicer or the rex into battery(output from recycle! for proper slicing or manualy do it)
-copy the slicer channel 3 times (keep the original and mute)
-sent the channels 1 by one

if you understood this well you ended up with 2 bass(lowkick) channels, now if you give these 2 sents at the beginning(you have 4 now!)

- now you sould ectualy buildup a mirror sent of everything you do
but let say you all forget about that!

-now you can fuck around with: verbs, destortions, choruses, and compression to create it flOhw.

-it would be nice to split the below 250 from the rest (so 2 extra mixer channels would be nice) but fuck that till a later setup.

-than your flanger or hi-lo pass modulation, distortion automation, other filter cutoffs.

www.dogsonacid.com/showthread.php

the photoshop sound edit

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 08:55:48 -0400

I posted this technique quiet long ago on a DOA article about some Aphex twins tread, I can't find it back but try to describe it again because the results wher pretty amazing.
Still can't find it, but it works great on reeces, to get that snappy sound, it's a kind of manual buffer override.

-export a sound file to raw- format(you can do so in cool edit, audition or check your sound editor if it can do so...)
-then open in photoshop,the with x height = the amount of bytes, so square root the amount of bytes will give you the with and height with even aspect ratios, the total amount of bytes should be less (or pohotoshop will start giving you the following error "specified image is larger than file", leave it 8bit, count is 1, header size you can play with.
-edit and save as raw-format, open in sound editor, export as soundfile

check these for some results:

original:
www.conmeg.com/spinwarp/tudor_rose_dillinja_reese_original.mp3

processed:
www.conmeg.com/spinwarp/tudor_rose_dillinja_reese_rawin-output.mp3

vst preset generator

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 06:58:04 -0400

pretty good preset generator vor vst's,

works on vanguard with nice results, freezes with albino3 and z3ta, zerovector just except single presets
here!

sourceforge.net/projects/vst-preset-gen

just import>import information from vst plugin>

browse to your plugin folder and sellect the plugin dll you want to make any preset on, with the heavy vst's use the single preset (fxp)option, or(fxb) with a low number of programs to start with ,if this goes fast than you can use the fxb with 100programs,

-start your vst
-light up a splif and
-click through your random brainsplather sound lib

(note that a big amount some will be silences)

with a bit of tweaking on some sounds you could get some realy nice stuff.