Hello everyone! I hope you have some words of encouragement here... :)
My equipment I'm currently using: RM1x, AN1x, and I just bought an A3000
cheap, but haven't started sampling yet.
On other mailing lists I've seen people slam other people for using
"pre-made" sounds for their music. Now, I do agree that an AN1x with
128 preset sounds can make life a little boring if every trance artist
out there used the same voices, but the RM1x has a myriad of voices and
I love a lot of them! I've started writing some songs using only the
RM1x for my TG and the AN1x as my control synth. My style is Trance and
I feel my melodies are unique and I've been able to write songs that
don't sound manufactured. But should I feel lame for using the sounds
built in to the RM1x? Not that I plan on using only the RM1x, but
creating sounds from scratch on the AN1x can be tedious, so I can't
imagine EVERY song I ever write has to use custom voices only I have
crerated. Sure, I will tap that sector soon, but for the sake of
learning my equipment I'm soley using the RM1x. Next will be creating
custom AN1x voices! I initially bought the RM1x to only use as a
sequencer [because it was drilled in my head not to use the different
voices for writing songs] - but screw it, there are some killer sounds!
I'm not saying they are all great, but what's the point of having them
if you don't use them?
I guess I see two sides to it:
1) Some people say using pre-made voices sucks. Whatever..
2) I think using the pre-made voices as synergy with custom voices can
only be a good thing! Am I wrong? I listen to bands like Scooter,
Lords of Acid, and also to many Trance compilations. To be perfectly
honest, their sounds/voices are decent, but I wouldn't say they have
gone to the level of Chemical Brothers unique Bleeps and Blurps. But
in the end, it's all good. Any comments?
Regards,
Mark
