Lovely new avatar, Lois!

And your plan sounds like great fun. We can't live without fun. Enjoy it! Cheers!

 

What are the advantages of an artist mixing his own paint?

 

QUIT HAVING FUN

 

I think the only real and most obvious benefit is that you have samples that no one else has, which makes you unique.
You will learn a lot about processing sound because you can experiment freely and create your own techniques which again will make you more unique and hopefully recognizable.

 

Please give me your address for your website?

 

See his profile page.
Thanks @L-D

 

Most Tracker-Types work with samples intimately but also use in much other... I often sample VSTi using DiscoDSP HighLife for looping samples & Xlutop Chainer for non-loopers... Since nowadays HDDs are large I sample every semitone for HiQ this is not something you much see in 'sample packs'... Also capturing loops to acidify or rexify... DIY = no limits>>>

 

Sharing your creations is also built-in into the tracker culture, when you share a module, you share the samples & instruments. Of course, sometimes it's frowned upon if a signature sample gets lifted and reused, but when it comes to learning there's no better place.

 

1. they are always "minty" fresh.
2. they are always affordable
3. they are often exactly what you want
4. they are royalty free
5. the quality is exceptional
6. you can name them anything you want.
7. you can sell them and tell people they were used by "your favorite artist here"
8. you just put an AI out of a job.
9. your friends will be impressed.
10.Karma (lots of good Karma from the muses)

 

Compare the music process to a movie

Simplfied of course.

The composer in music is like the writer in a movie setting
The producer in music is basically the director of a movie. He takes the story(compposition) and then translates it to how t would look nice on sceen. He dresses it up basically.
the sounds are like the props or actors or the other things that tell the "story" (story = the composition). If you want to make a movie with a Christian Bale in it ( a sound), then you can see if ther are Christian bale Kontakt libs or other vst's. If there are not, then wonder how important christian bale sound is. If it is super important that he plays the movie, you can decide to make something yourself. Or maybe you want a mix of christian bale and dicaprio in the movie. Then you HAVE to make it yoursself, since that does not exist. However, zooming out, possibly for the writer and director multiple actors could do the job quite effectively, so it would just cost time and effort to invest time in it. It's like playing the instremnt in questoin. Lets say you want to make a song with a strumming acoustic guitar in it. Then you can either use a sample library and see if the strumming pattern is there or cna be created or play it yourself if yo ucan play guitar.

In the end you are all these people combined and the more you time you focus on one thing, maybe the less time you can focus on the other thing. For me alwasy composition comes first, as it has to be like a story people would want to read if it was a book. Then arrangement and production to enhance the composition, so it looks professional (sounds professional). I think in the end unless you really make a sound that does not exist, the end result will be quite similar whether you created a sound or not, unless that sound domiates the song and is very original. Then of course that sound is important. However, generally if you are intersted in music that has composition and production, I think focussing on that is more worth the (time) investtment vs result. However, many of us here make music just for joy and then you can simply observe if you experience more joy if you make your own sounds. For me I feel I already put so many mental resources into production/arrangement/lyrics/composition that it fels like some minor detail I do not feel I wana bother with. However, like I said it depends on your music style. If you make some ambient music or some electronic music with out muc hmelody, a beat and then a bleep sound, then obviously it is going to matter more what that bleep sound actuallt sounds like, becuase all focus is on that. If however the music is more complex with lots of instruments, then it matters less I'd say.

 

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there are small piezo transducers (adhesive backed) you can use on any instrument to get a different sound, you could try using a condensor mic and a transducer feed as well as room mic to get an interesting layering of sounds.

they are pricy though, ( 849$ was a price i saw at sweetwater)

here's a diy for a couple of $'s, that will also gain you enough knowledge to talk to aliens in their native tongue...
https://www.instructables.com/The-Electric-Flute/



Ok, first.. Yes, this isn't really a "flute"

It's actually a "recorder", but this project will allow it to make sounds like a flute, recorder, or even weird space noises. Kids love this project!

We'll turn a $1.00 recorder into an electric instrument complete with breath "blow" sensor!
A Propeller Platform running some synthesizer code provides the sound for this fun instrument.

You'll have a choice of converting the instrument to become fully electronic, or adding synth features to the existing instrument.

Here's what you'll need

* A Propeller Platform (Gadget Gangster)
* A Protoplus Module (Gadget Gangster)
* Five 10K resistors (Radio Shack)
* Four Tact switches (Radio Shack)
* A Piezo Transducer (Radio Shack)
* Some wire (Radio Shack)
* A toy recorder (Local Discount Store)
* A soldering iron & hot glue gun

The hardest part of the project is finding a Radio Shack store, I think they went out of business...
(probably best to practice on the 1$ plastic recorder before going full monty on the silver flute)

good luck and remember to get proper tone, you need to stand on one foot when playing like Ian Anderson...

 

in this scenario, are plugins, considered special fx?

 

you never regret time spent learning an actual physical instrument or the learning that come with it (about yourself, music, instruments,musicians, etc)

 

he stole alot of that from Bach, and he rarely wore underpants in summetime, but still he did some very nice things that some people still enjoy in a muddy autumn field late at night with the sound turned up to 11 and having ingested various and sundry chemicals, potions and fermented beverages.

 

well technically the red light district in Amsterdam is a better place for learning, but you'll likely get distracted and never get around to discussing sampling techniques with your partner(s)/instructor(s). Still you will remember it for life...

 

yeah but copyright attorneys make shitty music, so there's that.

copyright only applies if you actually try to sell or publicly play your music for money. if you just do it for personal edification, for learning or to have a laugh, then there's no money in it, and lets face it, copyright attorneys are all about the money. no money, no lawsuits..

 

Sampling belongs to the past.
Today, it would be impossible to publish almost anything in the style of 80s and 90s: the Noble Art of Sampling was destroyed by copyright lawyers and algorithms. Yes, we got the clearance procedure for published sampling, but what happens when we want to release a song with 10 or 20 different samples? What if each of the labels wants 50% of the royalties? Producing a song like "Smack my bitch up" by The Prodigy today would be totally impractical from a legal point of view (not to mention the entire work of De La Soul or Public Enemy).
The creative use of sampling was killed by the copyright dictatorship
RIP

 

op - originality

 

There have never been as many ways to make music as there are today. Today, you have the most modern tools for creating high-quality music. Load a VSTi (Virtual Software Synthesizer) and press the REC button. After a few seconds, press the STOP button. Then, edit your self-created samples with the many effects, and your own sample is ready.