alright so I have a problem everytime I try doing pitch risers during a build-up (with logic pro)
it seems like I can only make a decent-sounding pitch rise for 32 beats.
if I try doing it for 64 the pitch sounds dull and too monotone at a point. I use pitch risers to keep a sort of intensity going (like you can notice in Markus Schulz - sleepwalkers where he uses a bunch of pitch risers throughout the whole song) but with the problem i'm having I can't keep up the intensity when the rising sound becomes monotone, like you can barely notice that the pitch is even rising towards the last quarter of it (compared to professional songs where it rises to a very high pitch and you can continuously hear it rising).
do you guys understand what i'm talking about or do I need to clarify a bit more?
thanks!
Apr-24-2012 18:16
DJ Robby Rox
Longterm Newbie
Registered: Apr 2007
Location: Tiestoland
Could it be the sound you are using?
The more depth a sound has, the more momentum it seems to have as the pitch goes up. Also, you can introduce LFOs into the rise itself to add some more tension, just to reduce that stability or monotone feeling as the pitch gets high.
Although I'm sure there something else going on that has a more fundamental cause. I personally don't use pitch rises, so I couldn't tell you. Sorry!
If less is more think about how much more more would be.
-Frasier
Apr-24-2012 18:52
EddieZilker
This is the dance.
Registered: Jan 2009
Location: Marijuana Sex Camp
quote:
Originally posted by Deillon
Sweep.
I would have accepted, shift.
The semantics of music production were never really set in stone. I'm not even sure if most people know the difference between a break and a drop, anymore; if their usage is so interchangeable that there isn't really a meaningful distinction, any longer.
If less is more think about how much more more would be.
-Frasier
Apr-24-2012 19:03
EddieZilker
This is the dance.
Registered: Jan 2009
Location: Marijuana Sex Camp
quote:
Originally posted by Deillon
Gets a bit confusing at some point.
Just like stab, stack, chord all mean the same thing (afaik)
That's the thing, though.
I always thought stack pertained to two or more synths layered. A stab is a chord, but it's a short, staccato one used intermittently for phrase punctuation rather than rhythmic chords or padded chords that would fill out a music bed. Music Production really needs a refined glossary to stabilize the semantics. I'm not saying my meanings for these terms are correct, at all. It would be nice to have some reference with a little more authority than the current situation.
sorry to come and ruin everyones fun here, but
rise = X + Y2
x= octaves pitched
y= bars rising
isn't harder than that. to keep the effect of the 'riser' you'll need to double the amount of octaves you pitch the tone.
quote:
Originally posted by EddieZilker
That's the thing, though.
I always thought stack pertained to two or more synths layered. A stab is a chord, but it's a short, staccato one used intermittently for phrase punctuation rather than rhythmic chords or padded chords that would fill out a music bed. Music Production really needs a refined glossary to stabilize the semantics. I'm not saying my meanings for these terms are correct, at all. It would be nice to have some reference with a little more authority than the current situation.
