Little help here

Hey guys

I'm new in making music, all i know is how to use trackers and the tb-303

and i recently got the ReBirth virtual synth, and now i want to do something

i want to make one particular beat, often used in trance, in TR-909 and i don't know if its even possible..

the beat is in the following attachment

Someone can please tell me how can i do it?

thank you

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All I hear are synthesizers. Wrong clip, maybe.

But what rhythm you hear sounds like an arpeggiated or sequenced synthesizer noise.

If you put any trendily-manipulated vocals over something like this, so help me.

sounds like 2 saw wave synths... one with lots of resonance and an arpeggiator and then the lead. i don't hear any drums at all.

dupe?

  Kaiser said:

Hey guys

 

I'm new in making music, all i know is how to use trackers and the tb-303

and i recently got the ReBirth virtual synth, and now i want to do something

 

i want to make one particular beat, often used in trance, in TR-909 and i don't know if its even possible..

 

the beat is in the following attachment

 

Someone can please tell me how can i do it?

 

thank you

put your kick drum on every 4th step in a 16 step sequence. put an open hi-hat between each kick drum. put a clap on the 4th and 12th step.

a la:

Kick drum line:

KICK-BLANK-BLANK-BLANK-KICK-BLANK-BLANK-BLANK-KICK-BLANK-BLANK-BLANK-KICK-BLANK-BLANK-BLANK

Hi Hat line:

BLANK-BLANK-HI-HAT-BLANK-BLANK-BLANK-HI-HAT-BLANK-BLANK-BLANK-HI-HAT-BLANK-BLANK-BLANK-HI-HAT-BLANK

Claps line:

BLANK-BLANK-BLANK-CLAP-BLANK-BLANK-BLANK-BLANK-BLANK-BLANK-BLANK-CLAP-BLANK-BLANK-BLANK-BLANK

By BLANK I mean leave that bit empty - ie don't click on that step.

I haven't heard the beat you want, but I'm sure it's similar to this....

Then when it's about to top it goes like

CYMBAL CYMBAL CYMBAL CYMBAL CYMBAL CYMBAL CYMBAL

KICK KICK KICK KICK KICK KICK KICK KICK

BLANK BLANK BLANK SNARE BLANK BLANK SNARE BLANK SNARE BLANK SNARE BLANK SNARE SNARE SNARE SNARE SNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNAAAAAAAARE!!

snake plisken

click the big red button.

then i'll need an arpeggiator to do it?

can someone please recommend one?

and the other guys who posted, i want to make that kind of distortion on the beat, i tried doing that sequences and changin some stuff but no results..

you don't actually need an arpeggiator to get that sound. you could just sequence notes to go up and/or down like c-d-f-c-d-f-c-d-f or c-d-f-d-c-d-f-d for example.

edit: i think rebirth is the wrong program to be doing that kind of song in. maybe try fruity loops.

  ~ism said:

click the big red button.

oh my lol!

  Kaiser said:

then i'll need an arpeggiator to do it?

can someone please recommend one?

 

and the other guys who posted, i want to make that kind of distortion on the beat, i tried doing that sequences and changin some stuff but no results..

if i remmeber correctly rebirth does have a distortion effect built in.

  Kaiser said:

then i'll need an arpeggiator to do it?

can someone please recommend one?

 

and the other guys who posted, i want to make that kind of distortion on the beat, i tried doing that sequences and changin some stuff but no results..

er........look, if this is a genuine request for help, then fair enough, but you said you know how to use Tracker programs - can't you work out how a beat should be programmed from that. It's the same - program your kicks and snares etc in the same patterns thay you do in Rebirth - only you don't see a C-4CH01 or whatever every time you put in a note, you just see a little light light up. Instead of vertically programming it in like in a Tracker, it's horizontal....it's easy - you should be able to work it out.

As for the arpeggios - it's very rare that you get "arpeggiators" (as a stand alone unit, or piece of software). You get an arpeggiator built into some synths (hardware and software - moogs usually have one), or, if not, you just have to program in the notes yourself.

You really need to sit down and work out how everything works and just have a play about with stuff.

Also, as a final point, I dunno where you got it from, but Rebirth's not really the way to go these days. If you want the whole rack-mounted feel, you should get Reason. You should be able to get a copy of it somehow.....

Anyway, I hope you're a dupe as it looks like you're gonna have real trouble with your music making.

Maybe you should just stick to Trackers - try Renoise out - it's VSTi compatible and everything - just as powerful (theoretically) as Ableton or Reason or Fruity Loops.

Anyway, you need to sit down and THINK about stuff.

  BCM said:

As for the arpeggios - it's very rare that you get "arpeggiators" (as a stand alone unit, or piece of software). You get an arpeggiator built into some synths (hardware and software - moogs usually have one), or, if not, you just have to program in the notes yourself.

 

 

Anyway, you need to sit down and THINK about stuff.

you can CV up the 101 from the 303 and use the parpeggio on the 101 i think, if you sync it via 606 trigger its well intresting, i cant say i've done it but it says it in the manuel

you can use my avatar

it's an awful beat though and just for show

  chris moss acid said:

  BCM said:

 

 

As for the arpeggios - it's very rare that you get "arpeggiators" (as a stand alone unit, or piece of software). You get an arpeggiator built into some synths (hardware and software - moogs usually have one), or, if not, you just have to program in the notes yourself.

 

 

Anyway, you need to sit down and THINK about stuff.

 

you can CV up the 101 from the 303 and use the parpeggio on the 101 i think, if you sync it via 606 trigger its well intresting, i cant say i've done it but it says it in the manuel

samples please!

you have to get a real (hardware) TR-909 for the square arpeggios, the ReBirth version has that disabled (copyright, etc)

  BCM said:

  chris moss acid said:

  BCM said:

 

 

As for the arpeggios - it's very rare that you get "arpeggiators" (as a stand alone unit, or piece of software). You get an arpeggiator built into some synths (hardware and software - moogs usually have one), or, if not, you just have to program in the notes yourself.

 

 

Anyway, you need to sit down and THINK about stuff.

 

you can CV up the 101 from the 303 and use the parpeggio on the 101 i think, if you sync it via 606 trigger its well intresting, i cant say i've done it but it says it in the manuel

 

yeah later on, its bangface on friday and i still have an empty 303 and 606 and i need to get lightbulbs and shit..

 

 

 

samples please!