you can't imagine how many really BIG artists use sample CDs and pre-made
loops...
we can't be all soundesigners... ;)
if the RM1x sounds inspire you and your music, use them without fear!
good writing
ciao
leo
At 22.51 04/02/00 -0800, you wrote:
>Hello everyone! I hope you have some words of encouragement here... :)
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>My equipment I'm currently using: RM1x, AN1x, and I just bought an A3000
>cheap, but haven't started sampling yet.
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>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?
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>I guess I see two sides to it:
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>1) Some people say using pre-made voices sucks. Whatever..
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>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?
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>Regards,
>Mark
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