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Posted by rokit on Aug-31-2010 14:42:

stuck in a loop

Hi can anyone tell me how to get out of the loops that i just seem to be doing with sound how 2 move forward?

Posted by Looney4Clooney on Aug-31-2010 14:44:

depends which daw, in logic, there is a loop button on the bottom that turns green when on. IN cubase , it is in the transport bar. Or you could manually move the playhead past the looped region. lol this is totally what you meant right ?

Posted by MrJiveBoJingles on Aug-31-2010 14:51:

(1) Try a one hour jam session where you simply record everything you do (notes, synth and effects manipulation, everything).

(2) Try writing out a whole track using nothing but plain piano or string sounds.

(3) Instead of working on one loop over and over, just write a bunch of different loops in the same key and tempo. Move quickly, bouncing to audio, saving, and opening a new arrangement every twenty minutes or so. Then after you have about ten or twenty, spend a while listening to them to see if you can figure out a way to fit them together or elaborate on them.

Posted by EddieZilker on Aug-31-2010 16:19:

There are a couple of ways to go about it. First is that you copy the pattern, delete one of the parts in that pattern and then write a new part using the same sound which fits within the loop.

Second, don't just make a pattern with one of your sounds but write out the entire melody line through to near the end of your song. That will force you to modify the loop in order to fit the melody line.

Posted by Zak McKracken on Aug-31-2010 16:21:

copy the loop(s) out for the whole song (about 8 minutes). then start recording the mixer-faders with a midi-controller to draw automation. let most of them start at mute.

Posted by EddieZilker on Aug-31-2010 16:29:

quote:
Originally posted by nortek
copy the loop(s) out for the whole song (about 8 minutes). then start recording the mixer-faders with a midi-controller to draw automation. let most of them start at mute.

Posted by Zak McKracken on Aug-31-2010 17:52:

lol dont u agree?

Posted by Mr.Mystery on Aug-31-2010 17:52:

Make that 16 minutes and four loops max. You'll have the next mnml hit.

Posted by EddieZilker on Aug-31-2010 17:56:

quote:
Originally posted by nortek
lol dont u agree?

No. I think what you recommended makes for crappy tracks.

Posted by Zak McKracken on Aug-31-2010 18:00:

thats how chris cowie made most of his tracks.

Posted by EddieZilker on Aug-31-2010 18:10:

quote:
Originally posted by nortek
thats how chris cowie made most of his tracks.

A veritable who's that of techo, no less.

Posted by owien on Aug-31-2010 18:27:

Re: stuck in a loop

quote:
Originally posted by rokit
Hi can anyone tell me how to get out of the loops that i just seem to be doing with sound how 2 move forward?
get creative man and map ahead