I think one of the things that helped keep r/synthesizers active was the automatic creation of weekly threads like “Friday Hangout”, where you could leave casual thoughts that might not feel worthy of a top-level post. So, why not try something similar here?

Consider this a trial run. If people like it, maybe we’ll make it a weekly thing. I welcome suggestions for a better title.

  • @Shadowbait@waveform.socialOP
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    22 years ago

    Maybe I should call this a “Weekly” discussion instead of a specific day of the week. It always felt odd to me to post in the “Friday hangout” after Friday, but I know some people did.

  • Porphyry
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    12 years ago

    I like the idea of this weekly thread for general discussion. Would we want to do a similar post each week (maybe month depending on interest) for users to post whatever they might be working on? Interesting sounds, cool beats, full songs, whatever. I think it would be cool to have a focus on what these various boxes and dials do and why we all like them so much.

  • BKLronin
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    02 years ago

    Anyone got a sampletrek? Think this unit is a bit of underrated as a central recording and song composition device. I mean it looks a bit funny but the clips and global tracks and the slicing seems pretty good. Sure switching to an MPC one is not far off but it seems even the small monitor is something that I like.

    • ChappIOM
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      02 years ago

      I’ve been on the fence multiple times. It seams really appealing.

      • BKLronin
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        02 years ago

        Especially used once at around 340 are really attractive right now to get the dawless setup going. Electribe 2 is a bit annoying to sample long phrases. I stopped myself by just saying BItwig is totally fine for this with the akai apc mini.

        • ChappIOM
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          12 years ago

          Yeah but while I like the idea of dawless, after all this time (and money) spent on it I still don’t have any decent music. That’s all from 99% daw 😕 so I guess it’s just not for me.

          • BKLronin
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            02 years ago

            I do all of the song structure and stuff in DAW and made most tracks that ended up on a album in it. However I prefer jammng on hardware as I already stare at that screen all day :D Also the limitation lets me focus on one or two machines. DAW is distraction hell for me.

  • ChappIOM
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    02 years ago

    I recently joined a game development team that is in need of tons of different types of music. Level tracks, OST, action tunes.

    Any tips on managing such a big project would be greatly appreciated. I haven’t done this before and am very much a hobbyist musician. I mainly use Ableton Live.

    • 🌊 🍸 🎹
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      02 years ago

      Make sure level tracks easily loop and provide the correct atmosphere to the game. They should be unobstrusive and leave the frequencies for SFX available.

      Make sure SFX integrate in the bgm.