i'll take part.
who else?
let me know what your plans are for this..
Miko.
----- Original Message -----
From: Mark Holloway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, April 08, 2000 8:18 AM
Subject: Re: Collaboration / Learning Experience for RM1x Newbies?
> I like your idea. I'm still new to the whole synth/VA world, although 14
> years ago I took piano lessons and then played drums for 3 years. I'm
still
> grasping the whole "programming" thing, but I'm totally down for writing a
> song together then publishing it with a tutorial. The RM1x is definitely
> the strongest outboard sequencer for creating drum loops and rolls. One
> album you should listen to for learning [and listening to from a techno
> musician's perspective] is Lords of Acid 'Lust'. You should be able to
find
> it anywhere [Tower Records, Best Buy]. It was released in 1991 [and
> re-released in 1996 with extra tracks] and if I remember correctly, was
the
> first REAL full length techno album released in the U.S.. Take my word
for
> it, it's worth listening to over and over so you can get a grasp on
writing
> music. I don't know how to explain it!
>
> Regards,
> Mark
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Mike Reilly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Friday, April 07, 2000 9:41 PM
> Subject: Collaboration / Learning Experience for RM1x Newbies?
>
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'd like to know if the anyone on the RM1x list would like to work on a
> song
> > together. It would be a great learning experience for us newbies. The
> song
> > could be added to by different people and they could explain how and
what
> > they did in detail so others could learn. Even if its just a bunch of
us
> > newbies, we'd learn from each other. Is anyone interested?
> >
> > The reason I am asking is because I've had my RM1x about a year. It was
> my
> > first piece of gear, so I was pretty overwhelmed at first. I was trying
> to
> > learn how to program drum loops, create a bass line, add percussion,
> create
> > breaks, come up with a melody, etc. all on a blue box with terms I had
> never
> > heard of. :-) I read magazine after magazine, studied my favorite
songs,
> > searched the internet for tutorials, rented videos on how to play
> keyboards,
> > and last bust not least I read the manual about 3 times. I took a break
> for
> > a few months, but now I've got that itch again - bad. I've been playing
> > with premade loops in Acid for a while, and I've had lots of fun and
> learned
> > quite a bit, but it's the RM1x (and my AN1x) that I really want to
master.
> >
> > I can come up with, what to me anyway, is a pretty good beat, percussion
> and
> > bass loop, but I don't really know where to go from there. I can figure
> out
> > how to lead into the song as well as a break. I guess my loop is more
> like
> > the first verse (16 measures) of the song. I am having troubles coming
up
> > with the melody and counterpoints for a chorus that really pulls you
into
> > the song or makes you want to throw your hands up. :-) Everything I've
> > tried just hasn't sounded right. I think part of my problem is not
fully
> > understanding the "basics" of music. I understand notes, octaves, and
the
> > like. I know what chords are, I even know a few, but that's about it.
As
> > far as being able to tell what "key" part of the song is in...I'm
> clueless.
> > I think I want to take piano or keyboard lessons to get familiar with
all
> of
> > this. Is this a good place to start though for someone that wants to
make
> > house and trace? I've looked at all the presets loops in the RM1x that
I
> > liked in Edit mode to see what relationship the bass had to the melody
but
> I
> > don't think I'm getting it, but I have learned a lot from them. I
mostly
> go
> > by my ear and what I feel, which in the end is how I'll judge anything I
> do.
> >
> > If someone out there is willing to take a listen to this loop and either
> > suggest ways to progress with it, or some do's and don'ts about what
I've
> > done, I'd appreciate it. Better yet, if others would like to
collaborate
> > and make this a type of tutorial that could be archived and put on the
> web,
> > it could help out a lot of others like me. We don't even have to start
> with
> > this loop, we could come up with something together.
> >
> > Files Anywhere only allows the following link to be accessed for 24hrs,
so
> > if it is unavailable and you want the loop, just email me and I'll send
it
> > to you.
> >
> >
>
http://www.filesanywhere.com/FAELINK/20000407/TMPEPIPHANY10.9403680.0273250.
> > 546341/Loop1.r1p
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Mike
> >
> >
> >
>
