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Posted by azndragon0613 on Apr-21-2004 04:05:

melody notes

for your melodies do you guys typically use 8th or 16th notes?

Posted by Mr.Mystery on Apr-21-2004 09:37:

Well that depends on the tune, now doesn't it...

Posted by J.L. on Apr-21-2004 09:49:

8th notes or 16th notes?

I think you mean whole notes, half notes or quarter notes

trance is usually at 140 bpm

that would mean (roughly) about 2 beats per second. an eigth or 16th note would be 1/8 or 1/16 of each beat... translating to about 16 notes to 32 notes per second... pretty crazy unless you are talking in terms of happy hardcore

Posted by goata on Apr-21-2004 10:12:

combination or whatever the melody calls for i guess

Posted by DJ-Fuq on Apr-21-2004 10:51:

quote:
Originally posted by kewlness
8th notes or 16th notes?

I think you mean whole notes, half notes or quarter notes

trance is usually at 140 bpm

that would mean (roughly) about 2 beats per second. an eigth or 16th note would be 1/8 or 1/16 of each beat... translating to about 16 notes to 32 notes per second... pretty crazy unless you are talking in terms of happy hardcore

he means 8th or 16th of a bar

Posted by Mossy on Apr-21-2004 16:30:

look at midi's of your favourite tunes, they will tell you roughly what note length to use.

Posted by azndragon0613 on Apr-21-2004 23:40:

hmmm
ya i meant 1/8th of a bar or a half note..i tried workign with half or quarter notes...i've tried a mixture...but with the delay and reverb it gets into mush..you don't hear the rhythm to the song...flanging it makes it even worse...do you guys just use halfs and delay a little bit? i noticed gating more makes it more...rhythmy...?

Posted by Sebraa on Apr-22-2004 09:31:

Not fixed size because then the melody sounds too primitive.
Try play piano - all notes same size = blood in ears

Fixed size = arps and bassline for me (maybe).