biggest newb on the site

yo

I'm defintly enjoying to check out the stuff on this forum

I feel a little bit like a fool lol

 

I realized that my working progress is more a training progress...

All my songs are 1 time sessions mostly just 30m-2hour

you will hear that....

 

I have no clue about filters and stuff I'm just modulating the single sounds.

 

Long talk...

I have tons of mp3 but the most of them are really -really- whack... I'm gonna link the ones I like, but you can checkout my profile and find many more.

 

http://soundcloud.com/just-a-random-amateur/transmobo

this one is going to change for sure, I guess I'll cut it down so just skip the first minute :P

 

http://soundcloud.com/just-a-random-amateur/8589sl1

♥ loops arps and all that neat stuff!

 

http://soundcloud.com/just-a-random-amateur/yobo2

aciiid

 

 

ALready linked here:

http://soundcloud.com/just-a-random-amateur/49sl1

---- this

http://soundcloud.com/just-a-random-amateur/m-c

 

 

http://soundcloud.com/just-a-random-amateur/verstaubtes-foto

this one got uploaded 1 month ago but not hits.... I don't like it to much but it's very rare for me...

 

 

--- last but not least--- (already linked on my first thread)

http://soundcloud.com/just-a-random-amateur/tokilove

I reason why I went to soundcloud. It gave me alot of joy :P eventhou I know the sounds are not the best @ fruityloops

 

 

cheers

 

PS: if you dislike sounds It's ok for me if you speak out (don't listen to chobo @ my page) you can call me chobo :D

Edited September 17, 2012 by randomAmateur

welcome to watmm!

 

will check out your stuff :)

Thank you for the welcome! Thx for checking out!!!

I'm not thaaat new, I have 28 postings (5 topics already, shame on me)

Some of your patches sound exactly like VST factory presets - I know you started a thread about this on EKT and I know your feelings about this, but for me personally this is an immediate turn off. I don't mean to sound nasty, but it does make your music sound cheap and bland. Learning the ins and outs of a simple synth isn't difficult at all if you put time into it, and tweaking your sounds up from scratch will make the musicmaking process much more enjoyable for you. Your programming also sounds somewhat stiff; I don't know if you own a MIDI controller, it would help you program looser and interesting chord progressions, melodies and such.

Thx mate!

I have no Midicontroler, my synth is to big and doesn't fit in at the moment... everything is done with the mouse!

I don't even have a proper Soundcard, I'm using the buildin soundchip on my pc keyboard, is that of matter?

 

@Presets

you're right, some of the stuff is done very fast and it's alot based on the preset sounds.

I'm not on fruity for decade so the preset sounds are still "new" sounds to me... (1-2 years now)

 

can I change the tone on the presets? Like everything starts on a C, not good for my taste...

as more I do as more I start to bother :)

itll take some time to get away from presets. i started where you did, with FL and i still use it now and again. but instead of making music what i did was simply make sounds. i grabbed a preset from one of the VST and messed with the plugin until i got a new sound. a trick i like to use is find a preset with the qualities of a sound you're trying to make and start from there. also, adding effects go a long way too. youll never just make/find the sound you want, youve got to mess around to find it. this will help you understand the program and before long youll be making your own sounds. like the others have said, its so much fun to make your own sounds. i actually like making new sounds more than even writting music around them.

 

i listend to some of your stuff, and like others said "its too preset sounding." that being said, you have some good composition skills. i bet when you really start learning the ropes youll make some pretty good stuff.

Thanks for the comment.

Now I have a question... should I still upload "bad stuff" and post it on here or not?

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I want to say that mostly 50-90% is really preset(ish),

but I try to make atleast 1 sound special and focus on that sound...

I need the beat in the backround or it's no big fun to me... I live in a very small flat within a house - that seems to be made out of paper, I have to use headphones. I'm not calm if I don't hear a Kick/base/deep-sound :(

 

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Topic -- my skills, stuff 'n shit! Don't read if you don't like the personal chatter or smilys.

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5Fingers, your linked sound (Bewegung Records Akron, United States) is kinda epic... would cop it on 12" LP - maybe even a single. I try to cop LPs no 12" singles because I don't have the money, and I already love 7" that's a nerd/collecting thing.

Edited September 17, 2012 by randomAmateur

@me newbe

I was asked about a Midi controller... I don't even have a amplifier on my headphones... you might lough, it's ok. I made the topic for a reason.

  On 9/17/2012 at 9:13 PM, randomAmateur said:

should I still upload "bad stuff" and post it on here or not?

no. lol. youll just get flack from everyone here. lol

so I'll just link the ones I'm prolly work on sooner or later.

this? I fkn love accelerator on Legacy Cell

http://soundcloud.com/just-a-random-amateur/49sl1

first off welcome to WATMM. I guess there isn't a whole lot to be said that hasn't already been said except practice a lot. Mixing needs some work, since you're new-ish to producing I can suggest some resources to check out... first, be sure to learn your DAW (FL Studio for you) inside and out.

 

for mixing, read up Mixing Audio by Roey Izhaki - its fairly comprehensive and not too intimidating

Thanks alot.

http://www.amazon.de/gp/offer-listing/0240520688/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new hokay!

i got it for $40 new but it was in English... wow

serious book collectors out there...

not to be a dick, but since you're new to this and admit you're not that good - why share it now? you have only one shot at first impression. your stuff sounds exactly like i expected it to sound - you're getting there. and it's cool. i'm about halfway through 'getting there' myself so i know the drill. bu it's just.. why the impatience? take it easy, man.

your right man. thanks for compliments and listening.

I was pretty shocked on the compliments on Tokilove, I even gave it a name (which I don't like anymore).

The guy that got me to download FL never puts anything up... he's not pro neither but sometimes he's good imo

I let my fruity rotten for about 2 years, such a shame.

 

I try automation now @ newlevel

 

 

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Can you give me any advice on how to change from doing everything in 1 pattern into tracklist? LoL

The question alone is pretty embrassing, but maybe there are some "tricks"

Edited September 18, 2012 by randomAmateur

this guy is pretty cool !

 

doublepost because the edit-button went from grayzone into gray

going to delete 90% on the soundcloud soon :)

Maybe I shouldn't show everyting, and I won't do it in future...

I feel superstupid right now, I thought I cannot do it LOL but automation seems to be quite simple

 

Now I have this, and some questions about FL if it's ok

http://soundcloud.com/just-a-random-amateur/test12337

 

After a while I noticed that the automation is put on the pattern not on the SONG is this right?

Is it possible to have the automation seperated / only on the song? Did I get it wrong? Or just clone the same pattern to have the automations seperated? I'm not sure.

 

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PS:

I'm "cheesy gonzalez"

Edited September 20, 2012 by randomAmateur

I decided to thank you guys for your help

this is just for you (unreleased by a random famous guy)

http://soundcloud.com/just-a-random-amateur/10-1

I'll take it off within the next few days.

  On 9/20/2012 at 8:45 AM, randomAmateur said:

Maybe I shouldn't show everyting, and I won't do it in future...

I feel superstupid right now, I thought I cannot do it LOL but automation seems to be quite simple

 

Now I have this, and some questions about FL if it's ok

http://soundcloud.com/just-a-random-amateur/test12337

 

After a while I noticed that the automation is put on the pattern not on the SONG is this right?

Is it possible to have the automation seperated / only on the song? Did I get it wrong? Or just clone the same pattern to have the automations seperated? I'm not sure.

 

***

PS:

I'm "cheesy gonzalez"

cool song. but the drums still sound presetty. i don't quite understand your question but ill try and answer. when you create a automation clip it is applied to the sound itself, not the pattern. you place the automation clip in the playlist along with the other patterns. hope that helps.

THX and nevermind man @ automation!

Even for an amateur this question was to stupid... this needs to get deleted :PP

 

Is there any way to "tag" automations...

I looked at the "group" thing, does it automaticall work with the automation @ color?

2 new ;) still no midi controller

It's all cheesy :D

http://soundcloud.com/just-a-random-amateur/i90u0uu0-1

 

http://soundcloud.com/just-a-random-amateur/untitledt4t44s2cheese

i think your stuff sounds fine for the kind of time it sounds like you've been doing it. and i'd say your description of it being part of a kind of 'training process' sounds like what i hear. the compositions definitely need worked on, so that tracks have just the right amount of progression into the different places they go, and the time that the new segments come in or old ones end, all that kind of stuff needs work. but some of the actual 'notes' and sounds/ideas you have are kind of interesting.

 

it's like you're experimenting, and you found some cool ideas here and there. the real trick would be to pare the tracks down to those cool ideas, cut other stuff out, add new cool parts, and then get the structure of the transitions and when they happen down. that's maybe the hardest part. i think you could definitely be making some cool stuff with more focus on that aspect. as far as the preset issue is concerned, i mean, i've never heard anyone complain when richard d james uses a 303, even though they almost always sound the same. or how about basic sine/square waves, if someone uses those, is that also bad? i do think you should learn synth sound design, but the notes you play with them is more important, in the end.