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Hi, good to see you on the site!

If you had to give one piece of advice to aspiring drum & bass producers when writing tracks - what would it be?

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14-02-2006 19:57
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Originally posted by Surora23
Theres been lots of debates of whether or not the access virus is worth using anymore cause of so many softwares out theres, and its almost just as easy to create your own sounds...

If youre using hardware other than your midi, and your monitors, what hardsynths are you using...


well i never used access virus before.. i still have a roland one that i used, but nowadays id rather just take a sinewave and make a new one out of it.
14-02-2006 20:13
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do you do any synthesizing in Reason (Malstrom, Subtractor) ?

No, cant get the right sound from there.

So you do everything sample based, like Noisia (and like me Smile )?

yeah most of the time.

and the synth used in Ritual Station, is that a sample? If so, it's one hell of a wicked sample


its a sample.
14-02-2006 20:15
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Hi, good to see you on the site!

If you had to give one piece of advice to aspiring drum & bass producers when writing tracks - what would it be?


Dont listen to many advice regarding what hard/software is good/bad.. keep training your ears with the tool where youre good at.
14-02-2006 20:30
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Hi, good to see you on the site!

If you had to give one piece of advice to aspiring drum & bass producers when writing tracks - what would it be?

Dont listen to many advice regarding what hard/software is good/bad.. keep training your ears with the tool where youre good at.

So true!

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14-02-2006 20:32 Homepage of Surya
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Do you have a classical training as a musician? How old did you start being interested in music? What made you switch to producing? Is there any musical landmark that sums is all up for you?

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ok i cant get usually get anyone to answer this....how much cash on average do you make from a single and e.p.?
14-02-2006 21:00
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Could you tell us what you mainly use soundforge, acid pro and reason for?

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reason: lay out of song structure/sequencing
soundforge: processing samples to use em later on in reason/acid and for final eq'ing and/or pre-mastering
What do you mainly use acid 5 for?
Is there any sort of order involved when making a track?

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Do you use sound analyzers and if so how do you go about using them i.e. do you make sure each element of the track has a totally distinct frequency range or can the overlap be quite liberal?

Also, claify exactly what you mean by "sample based" are you or someone like Noisia creating their own samples with synths or are you manipulating (eqing, distorting, stretch/pitching) other peoples samples -and if so where are you getting such insane sounds to start with? (is it taboo to sample directly from other DnB tracks for example). Cheers DJ

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Any tips on making your own firefights? I have trouble making them sound fresher than the oldskool firefights like the one Dom made...

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15-02-2006 16:07 Homepage of Surya
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Originally posted by Peel
Do you have a classical training as a musician? How old did you start being interested in music? What made you switch to producing? Is there any musical landmark that sums is all up for you?


i have been playing classical piano for 7 years. i got involved in music from as young as i can remember.
15-02-2006 16:11
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ok i cant get usually get anyone to answer this....how much cash on average do you make from a single and e.p.?


depends on record label and artist.. cant tell more.
15-02-2006 16:13
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Could you tell us what you mainly use soundforge, acid pro and reason for?

my guess:

reason: lay out of song structure/sequencing
soundforge: processing samples to use em later on in reason/acid and for final eq'ing and/or pre-mastering
What do you mainly use acid 5 for?
Is there any sort of order involved when making a track?


Reason : Sampler and breaks editting.
Soundforge : Processing samples
Acid : Sequencing

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Is there any sort of order involved when making a track?


No
15-02-2006 16:18
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Do you use sound analyzers and if so how do you go about using them i.e. do you make sure each element of the track has a totally distinct frequency range or can the overlap be quite liberal?

Also, claify exactly what you mean by "sample based" are you or someone like Noisia creating their own samples with synths or are you manipulating (eqing, distorting, stretch/pitching) other peoples samples -and if so where are you getting such insane sounds to start with? (is it taboo to sample directly from other DnB tracks for example). Cheers DJ


Just make your own ones.

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is it taboo to sample directly from other DnB tracks for example


No thats fine.. just make sure u dont do it to much.. still use most of your own elements..
15-02-2006 16:24
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Any tips on making your own firefights? I have trouble making them sound fresher than the oldskool firefights like the one Dom made...


just try layering couple breaks.. youll here what fits.. Drummer Drummer Drummer
15-02-2006 16:29
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Any tips on making your own firefights? I have trouble making them sound fresher than the oldskool firefights like the one Dom made...

just try layering couple breaks.. youll here what fits.. Drummer Drummer Drummer

I know, but I only hear things that don't fit mostly Smile

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15-02-2006 16:45 Homepage of Surya
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what are your computer specs?

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ok i cant get usually get anyone to answer this....how much cash on average do you make from a single and e.p.?


depends on record label and artist.. cant tell more.


lmfao. er...ok..how much did YOU make from your last single?. or at least give a ruff amount so if people get signed on here they know their not getting ripped off....
15-02-2006 19:22
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Hey, thanks for taking time out.#

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15-02-2006 20:06
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wtf to the above.. sorry

The question was regarding your views on a few harder producers making a switch to the liquid side of things... Take the new Baron tune for instance: At The Drivein (Also it's slightly dodgy b-side is fairly light-headed) Are you tempted as it's usually the musically trained that make this switch.

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