* From Ras-Sol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Mike Reilly wrote:
>
> Is this the first piece of gear you have every used? Let me give you one
> example that really pissed me off, and I even asked here and got to
> response, but that's okay...
>
> Lets pretend I just did a complete reset. I copy Epic House, section D to
> style U01, section A. Now, I make a copy of section A to section B. I want
> to mess with section B, but damnit, it changes A too. How useful is that?
> Could you imagine on a PC if you copied a document from one folder to
> another, then modified the one you just made a COPY of, but it made the same
> changes to the ORIGINAL because it was only "pointing" to the file. This
> seems really dumb to me, and like I said, maybe all music stuff works this
> way. I am coming into this thinking copy means copy, not point.
It only does this when you start from a preset pattern right?
I do this all the time with user patterns and it's all good-
I makes new phrases so I can edit them and not modify the originals.
> > I can give you a simple step by step guide on how to go about getting a
> > simple dance track on the go, if you want.
>
> That'd be sweet. And believe me, there are others on this list like me.
> They got the RM1x instead of a 505, etc. to make music. I don't care about
> selling my music - it was supposed to be fun just making it. :)
Well, it is fun- but I understand how it may not be if you don't know
what you're doing.
> I got the
> AN1x because I wanted keyboard velocity for the RM1x. While I do seem to
> "get" the AN1x, little things piss me off. Like the RM1x resetting the
> voice of the AN1x when I press record. But, someone did explain the voice
> can't be a phrase on the AN1x or it will get reset. Well, why? Both of
> these pieces are Yamaha, I just figured they'd play nicely together.
Some people would see this as a benefit, depending on how you use it.
> I like
> the phrase option on the AN1x and would like to use it with the RM1x, but I
> guess I can't unless I want to move the freaking knob around or enter #s to
> go back to the voice I had all setup.
Am I confused?
Can't you just filter out the program-changes on the RM1x?
Or disable them on the AN1x?
> It's stuff like this that made me just put both in a corner in my computer
> room until I had more time to try and learn the fundamentals before trying
> to actually creating something fabulous. :)
At least you realised you need fundamentals.
My guitar playing friends pick up my Electribe-R and (knowing how to use
it) manage to make drum patterns that make me cringe and cause an
offbeat twitch in my right arm.
> A real simple step by step dance track would be great, and would probably
> teach me 100x more than the manual did. I do understand almost everything
> I've read in the manual, but most of what is aggravating isn't mentioned in
> the manual....
What exactly is your problem?
Everything you make sounds like shit?
What?
You want simple dance track?
Here:
1***2***3***4***
Kick: * * * * *
Snare: * *
Synth: * * * *
Now go have fun.
> And John, if you're reading this - I am serious. I have a DJ friend coming
> down for a week at the end of Sept. for a week. If together we can't get
> these to do something, then they are going on Ebay and I'll go buy a Sega
> Dreamcast and play games. LOL
Heh- I'm buying a Dreamcast anyway.
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