Community Music Project

infuzion · 19 Jan 2011

Last time I finished a track was when I was using Buzz. Programming tends to eat your time...

aliasant · 19 Jan 2011

Hehe Infuzion. I hear you!

But this is a great idea and I would love to add something to a track and then pass it on.

Its a great idea!!

But. Do you think we should set up a common ground here? We need to know that everyone can open the song on their system so maybe we should all use the same DAW/software? Is there a free one that we can use? What about Reaper?

Also I guess anything added to the track must be with SM made VST / VSTi's`? and they have those has be saved together with the project so that the next guy gets a package with all the plugins necessary.

Or?

needaname · 19 Jan 2011

Maybe a Synthmaker community compilation? Made only with Synthmaker created instruments?

I don't think it's necessary to pass over the tracks, it's too complicated, I think everyone should make its own track and we create the official SM Community compilation with them.

I already tried to make something with someone at distance, but most times it's just difficult.

Dario

aliasant · 19 Jan 2011

needaname wrote: Maybe a Synthmaker community compilation? Made only with Synthmaker created instruments?

I don't think it's necessary to pass over the tracks, it's too complicated, I think everyone should make its own track and we create the official SM Community compilation with them.

I already tried to make something with someone at distance, but most times it's just difficult.

Dario

So just audiotracks that anyone can import to whatever system they have? Probably work better but not as fun 🙂

tektoog · 19 Jan 2011

Hey guys,

I like the idea of having a special thread where SM users would post their music. The tracks posted would only be made using ( or at least incorporate one) SM instruments.

As I'm trying to sell my products (very hard to do with all the competition out there !!!) I do that all the time to demo the plugs... I recently made a video demoing a few of my plugs in action; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLdPBXrdoZk

This can sound like a marketing move from my part, but it is more a gesture to pinpoint the lack of music examples made with SM instruments... Which induces a lack of confidence from music makers and producers toward SM instruments...

Only a few SM developers achieved some kind of recognition in the internet music world. Bootsy, MyCo, Angular Momentum to name them... Sorry if I offended someone forgetting to mention his name... I'm myself not doing so bad as some of my plugs have been publish on few music magazine cover CDs...

So a public thread or dedicated website (or a common Thesixtyone.com account, beatport...and so on...) showing what can be done with SM instruments would legitimate all the hours and efforts spent behind our f...ING computers...

It would also prove that SM plugs are NO TOYS !!! and can produce some real professional music !!!

That's my humble opinion...

TeslaTronik · 19 Jan 2011

tektoog wrote: Hey guys,

I like the idea of having a special thread where SM users would post their music. The tracks posted would only be made using ( or at least incorporate one) SM instruments.

As I'm trying to sell my products (very hard to do with all the competition out there !!!) I do that all the time to demo the plugs... I recently made a video demoing a few of my plugs in action; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLdPBXrdoZk

This can sound like a marketing move from my part, but it is more a gesture to pinpoint the lack of music examples made with SM instruments... Which induces a lack of confidence from music makers and producers toward SM instruments...

Only a few SM developers achieved some kind of recognition in the internet music world. Bootsy, MyCo, Angular Momentum to name them... Sorry if I offended someone forgetting to mention his name... I'm myself not doing so bad as some of my plugs have been publish on few music magazine cover CDs...

So a public thread or dedicated website (or a common Thesixtyone.com account, beatport...and so on...) showing what can be done with SM instruments would legitimate all the hours and efforts spent behind our f...ING computers...

It would also prove that SM plugs are NO TOYS !!! and can produce some real professional music !!!

That's my humble opinion...

+1

Jay · 20 Jan 2011

Some cool ideas there guys! i am really up for this and think that we should start real soon!

Tektoog! My sentiments exactly! I to see this as a cool fun way of helping the image of SM whilst helping promote your vst's, music, artwork etc 😀

i would love to see it go out on KVR or similar with some free versions or demo versions of VST's used in the creations! The SM ones though.

Midi files,Samples and audio tracks ,shared personal VST creations could be used to ensure some kind of compatibility between collaborators! I have worked in this way many times and i would suggest that we the interested parties use some kind of file storage and sharing system like Mediafire or similar so we can pm links to required work files.

You do not have to be a great musician as i have said before.I am not! you could simply offer a little vst,sample set, video or artwork, you could even help spread the final package over the net.Offer words of support or constructive critique 🙂

So how would you guys like to start? i am flexible! Would you like to maybe offer up some tunes/ideas that we can work on? i will do so too. or supply our own creations and maybe do one pass the parcel tune that we all have a fiddle with 😀

Best Regards Jay

attic · 20 Jan 2011

I'm up for it and have often wondered the same thing. Where is all the music? I think aliasant has the right idea it would be helpful to team people up that use the same Daw. I to am a Reaper user and would prefer working with someone that uses the same.

MyCo · 24 Jan 2011

For me it takes longer to make a song, than building a complete Synth 😈 That's why I haven't made a complete song for a long time, actually I published my unfinished song parts on my blog so that interested people can finish them.

Also when I make songs, I don't use my own Synths because they don't sound as good as some professionals, somehow the dynamic range is not so good, so they sound weak and messy.

Here is something that I made yesterday... took 5 hours and probably never gets finished

TeslaTronik · 24 Jan 2011

Really nice trance riff their Myco, is that a synthmaker lead then?

Would this community project be a mix of everyone's input of parts and drums and so on.. or maybe a showcase of music by individuals using SM vsti and fx (Stating what is SM in the description)to showcase it as more than a toy, i personally think Both would be great for the program and generally fun.

trogluddite · 24 Jan 2011

I like this idea; I'm another who's musical output has dwindled since trading my axe/drumstool for a mouse.

Seems to me that a good way to get started would be to get to know each others' tastes in music a little - I usually check out posts here when folks put examples of their tune up, and for those of us who, like me, haven't anything yet to show-off, we can post a few pointers to the stuff we like. Not suggesting that we divide ourselves up by 'genre' lines - personally, I'd love to try something outside my usual 'angry-guitars-backwards-chopped-up-into-little-bits-psuedo-mathcore' comfort zone (I'm sure it would be good for my nerves) 😉

Because we all have different pressures on our time (or not), it would be nice to simply have a large 'pool' of resources that includes everything from samples/presets up to whole song projects - then we can each chip in whatever we are able to, and shine at whatever we are each best at. (Cheesy beatboxing and Jaw's harp loops a speciality, I play for beer! 😉 )

Anyhow, while I'm busy putting the finishing touches to my next album 😕 - here's a flavour of the stuff I freak the neighbours out with skimmed from my bookmarks. Beware, soon I may post some real Trog music; but first, I have this little schematic that I just need to..........

TEP - very silly but somehow scary too. Yoshida Tatsuya - Japanese jazz/punk/math Ed Wood Jr.- Loopy Guitarrrghs Trio VD - Eccentric Jazz ...and an all time favourite... Ballet Mechanique - Very scary! - one of the most complex peices of sequenced music ever written - in 1924 (16 paper-roll player pianos, no less). No SMPTE sync in those days, so it couldn't be played until re-created in more recent times.

attic · 25 Jan 2011

I like a lot of music styles.

Here are some misc links to an eclectic batch of music. I'm open to working on almost any style. Project RnL http://www.youtube.com/user/ProjectRnL#p/u/2/VBc2wv3eF1s Pomplamoose http://www.youtube.com/user/PomplamooseMusic Brandt Brauer Frick http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrOVaqdYxuM&feature=related Jack Conte http://www.youtube.com/user/jackcontemusic Louis Cole and Genevieve Artadi http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2wtxFMhcrY&feature=digest Pogo http://www.youtube.com/user/Fagottron#p/u/7/cBN-CAhOYQ0 Experimental Instrument Maker Tim Kaiser (Ambient) http://vimeo.com/3099287 Brett Domino http://www.youtube.com/user/brettdomino Akufen http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Akufen&aq=f Bill Evans http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=bill+evans&aq=f Julianna Barwick http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABzkVhqGDIY Jazari (Robot Drums) http://jazarimusic.com/video/ Maria Zouroudis http://www.youtube.com/user/MariaZouroudis SUTURE SOUND http://www.youtube.com/user/suturesound Jorge and Alexa Narvaez http://www.youtube.com/user/realitychangers The Mad Violinist http://www.youtube.com/user/TheMadViolinist#p/u/1/lds8NKpjVd0 Imogen Heap http://www.youtube.com/imogenheap#p/u/15/Ln37Aam17tk Old School Summer BBQ Mix http://www.natsnd.org/sound/mixtapes

tektoog · 27 Jan 2011

Maybe we could start a new official thread with this at the top

And then post some tracks with descriptions. A standard format should be used for description, something like: - Track title - Author - Instruments used - Time to produce - additional comments

philter5 · 27 Jan 2011

tektoog wrote: Maybe we could start a new official thread with this at the top

And then post some tracks with descriptions. A standard format should be used for description, something like: - Track title - Author - Instruments used - Time to produce - additional comments

Great idea tektoog, i really like that!

nix · 28 Jan 2011

I have a one track that I sequenced using 2 SM instruments. It's called 'Enter", as I used my synth Entrancer and 4kicks bass drum synth. I'll post it if I can get my system fixed. It's shot 🙁

trogluddite · 28 Jan 2011

tektoog wrote: Maybe we could start a new official thread

+1

@attic - some great new stuff in there -always like to see folks using found sounds, loop layering, DIY instruments etc. - for me, mixing the hi-tech and lo-tech/'real' instruments seems to give music a lot more 'life' than having a CPU do all the sound creation.

oddson · 28 Jan 2011

I don't use SynthMaker for making my on VSTi's much as I mostly use it to build delays to explore my interest in Frippertronic-like effects. But here's one where I used (unreleased) versions of my Karplus Plus synth and Oddsonic delay plugs - so the only non-SM thing is eXT v.1.# which was used to host the plugs and do the sequencing and some randomization of the melodic fragments. (Even the reverb is just the built-in from Kr++).

It's a bit a phasing piece: http://oddsonic.com/mcesrasomh.mp3