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Posted by crazedonee on Sep-03-2006 12:45:

main riff help

most tracks usually have some sort of build ,some morphing leads
and a lot of different synths leading up to your main melody.

so my question is when you guys getto your main riff do you just let it play un altered for a while maybe ,let a different instrument play the riff ,have some harmony ,some counterpoint.

or do you guys have your riff sound similar to your builds with a lot of movement ,lots of synths moving in and out,i want people to remember the riff and and anticiapate it i dont want it to sound too much like the intro and the builds ,so how do you guys usually play your riff when you get to your main section?

Posted by Icone on Sep-04-2006 14:24:

I usually tend to make my leads sound different from all the rest in my tracks/remixes. Basically because I want to keep it as some sort of 'surprise' or something the listener can look forward to.

A 'hint' or some single notes from the lead can never hurt I think, though I hardly ever use a whole lead line for the build. I usually build up the countermelodies during that part.

It's not that I dislike tracks/remixes that use the lead during the buildup, though most of the time for me it kills the track a bit as there's no real surprises anymore during the climax.

But, as you can probably say with many things, this will be pretty relevant from person to person