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| dJohn |
I'm taking an electronic music composition course offered here @ my university, with a fully equipped lab, and I just wanted to get a heads up on what aspects there are to making a track i.e the definitions for strings, leads, wht each equipment does...
Not looking for an encyclopedic guide, but just a basic rundown wish some explanation...
Thanks in advance. |
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| Critical7 |
| quote: | Originally posted by dJohn
I'm taking an electronic music composition course offered here @ my university, with a fully equipped lab, and I just wanted to get a heads up on what aspects there are to making a track i.e the definitions for strings, leads, wht each equipment does...
Not looking for an encyclopedic guide, but just a basic rundown wish some explanation...
Thanks in advance. |
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Wow they teach classes on electronic music? That rocks.
I don't know about definitions. I mean for me basically everything comes together the way it comes together. I don't think of specific leads/sections etc. Generally I design my own patches and synth stuff, program my own drums. Hate using loops, but to each his own.
Main parts of any electronic studio is a sequencer of course, MIDI gear like synths/samplers etc. You can either sequence in synth lines or play them live while you record. With my analogue synths I tend to like to play lines in live as opposed to sequencing in MIDI. Then maybe I'll quantize the audio to tighten it up. It's easier to get a much more dynamic sounding performance and things sound less sterile performance wise imho.
Electronic music imho is all about creating new sounds and textures and playing with them and making stuff that people can hook onto. There are tons of amazing trance and electronic producers out there. The best way to learn about the music is to just listen to it. Even start with some acts on mp3.com or ampcast, hit some good clubs or raves and really dig into the music and immerse yourself in it. Some of it may seem simple on the outside but the complexity of genres is astounding. Really the depths any composer of electronic music can take it to whether it be trance, house or whatever is limited only by imagination and creativity. |
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| dJohn |
Hmm..interesting.
I spin(even though my resume consists of no public performances, yet I have been practicing for about a year now) so a passion for the music and understanding of it comes natural to me. Being exposed to music when I was at an early age, I never realized how much I'd grow up to love music. I do realize the complexity of electronic music and that is the main reason why I'm refraining from diving in head first into production.
I'm looking forward to seeing what I can do. I have thousands of melodies and sounds in my head..I just need to manifest it into some kind of form where I can express it and people can understand it, not just hear it. IMO, trance is something you feel and understand, not hear and like. |
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