Members XstarttofinishX Posted May 4, 2004 Members Share Posted May 4, 2004 Can anyone suggest some things that can help me get some neat sounds for songs like these.. i'm a beginner to all this stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members KrazyKarl Posted May 4, 2004 Members Share Posted May 4, 2004 yea, rip off the cure a lot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members keanu reeves Posted May 4, 2004 Members Share Posted May 4, 2004 hahahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members XstarttofinishX Posted May 4, 2004 Author Members Share Posted May 4, 2004 hey i'm just looking for some answers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members scubyfan Posted May 4, 2004 Members Share Posted May 4, 2004 Clips? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Yoozer Posted May 4, 2004 Members Share Posted May 4, 2004 First lesson for the beginner : It's not easy, and things don't happen overnight. Plus, 80% of the folks has no bloody clue what you're talking about. We need some mp3's to get a general idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tjwett Posted May 4, 2004 Members Share Posted May 4, 2004 hey man. i know what you're talking about. i'm a postal service fan myself. the real answer is you can get these sounds from just about anywhere. if you have a computer a good idea might be to start out with Reason. it will give you a virtual rack of synths and samplers for a tiny price. the other good thing about it is that it's made to look and work just like hardware so you'll gain a good basic knowledge of MIDI and audio recording on the cheap and easy. and it's also what the postal service use for their records. another great piece of software is Ableton Live. can't really describe it in words, simply amazing. another great tool for unique sounds. if you have a ton of money you can look into buying hardware synths and samplers but the way the game is headed i would start with software. probably the best piece of advice i could give you is to go out to the bookstore and pick up a copy of Future Music magazine. it's a British mag that covers all this stuff. it also comes with CDs full of software and samples. another similar is Computer Music magazine. these publications (especially the latter) have tons of info and help for the beginner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Boom Posted May 4, 2004 Members Share Posted May 4, 2004 Hot Hot Heat is from here and they rock. If your meaning their keyboard parts, I know Ive heard some cheesy Doors like organ in there and also some synth parts, I forget what organ Manzurek played, but you could probably get something close with a VA synth or a Rompler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members the_resonator Posted May 4, 2004 Members Share Posted May 4, 2004 yeah, that's what i was gonna say (the part about CM or FM or something similar).I've seen in one of hot hot heat's videos, a juno-60 being used, but that may just be for the video.Otherwise, what you are kinda saying is somethign like this:"I'd like to know what kind of guitar to buy to get that Jimi Hendrix sound"...in other words, it sounds somewhat like you're saying:"what can i buy so i can sound like the postal service?"And the answer is:"pretty much anything"because it's not so much whatever piece of gear they are using at any given point in time, as the songwriting, sequencing, and play of whatever they choose to use.And that takes time and effort, a lot fo time and effort. I've reccommended in the past to people asking about the postal service, that there is a online "morning becomes eclectic" live show video on KCRW's web site: http://www.kcrw.org with the postal service, i think also hot hot heat, and you can see what they use there.I think it appeared to be a lot of samples triggered via ableton, but it is difficult to discern. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members XstarttofinishX Posted May 4, 2004 Author Members Share Posted May 4, 2004 Thanks guys, i'm just looking to get into this stuff. It makes a band crazy fun to have cool sounds going on, to get away from the generic 2 guitars, bass, drums, singer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members XstarttofinishX Posted May 4, 2004 Author Members Share Posted May 4, 2004 Originally posted by tjwett hey man. i know what you're talking about. i'm a postal service fan myself. the real answer is you can get these sounds from just about anywhere. if you have a computer a good idea might be to start out with Reason. it will give you a virtual rack of synths and samplers for a tiny price. the other good thing about it is that it's made to look and work just like hardware so you'll gain a good basic knowledge of MIDI and audio recording on the cheap and easy. and it's also what the postal service use for their records. another great piece of software is Ableton Live. can't really describe it in words, simply amazing. another great tool for unique sounds. if you have a ton of money you can look into buying hardware synths and samplers but the way the game is headed i would start with software. probably the best piece of advice i could give you is to go out to the bookstore and pick up a copy of Future Music magazine. it's a British mag that covers all this stuff. it also comes with CDs full of software and samples. another similar is Computer Music magazine. these publications (especially the latter) have tons of info and help for the beginner. Now for reason do i need a seperate midi control serfice? or is it all computer, not midi boards and all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members the_resonator Posted May 4, 2004 Members Share Posted May 4, 2004 well, to tell you the truth, there's so much out there- (try investigating these websites: http://www.native-instruments.com http://www.ableton.com http://www.steinberg.net http://www.propellerheads.se http://www.arturia.com http://www.synapse-audio.com) that you can really do it any goddamn way you please. YOu can run synths and samplers via notes you have drawn into a sequencer with your mouse, you can use a MIDI controller, you can use a guitar (via MIDI driver like a roland GK), a breath controller (like using a flute), your voice via some of the newer aps from NI, your turntables, interfaces like the Korg KAOSS pad, etc etc etc. I would suggest, honestly, looking into one of the lower-cost software studios like Arturia's Storm or Synapse Audio's Orion. Both are very good quality, have samplers, synths, drum machines, sequencers, bla blah, and can be used easily without anything but the laptop or desktop you are using to post here. After spending a while with those, you will have a better idea which direction to head in. that's what i would do if i was you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members XstarttofinishX Posted May 4, 2004 Author Members Share Posted May 4, 2004 One thing i was thinking.. now for a live applipication, software is it good enough to use at a live applipcation with something like a midi controller..? or is that not gunna work at all? I mean like using Reason 2.5 on something like a laptop... with a board and all.. would it work for a live applipcation? or is it just a waste of my time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members KrazyKarl Posted May 4, 2004 Members Share Posted May 4, 2004 lots of poeple are doing that, just make sure u trust your laptop i guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members the_resonator Posted May 4, 2004 Members Share Posted May 4, 2004 Originally posted by XstarttofinishX One thing i was thinking.. now for a live applipication, software is it good enough to use at a live applipcation with something like a midi controller..? or is that not gunna work at all? I mean like using Reason 2.5 on something like a laptop... with a board and all.. would it work for a live applipcation? or is it just a waste of my time? well, every synth except some of the older analog ones, has a computer in it...you'll have to address which you trust more by contrasting the record of whatever laptop you have with whatever that chip is in the board, sampler, or synth you are looking at. Trust me, though, you can find very dependable laptops, people use them every day (like national security advisors, etc..) who put more important work and info on them than your songs would be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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