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This first blog entry is being written just as we see an exciting new development in virtual vocalist tech, with the addition of rapping to Dreamtonic’s Synthesizer V, and on the eve of the release of Toontrack’s EZkeys2. Synthesizer V and EZkeys are two of the products I use in every production I do, and have not only allowed me to reveal my musical voice but also to write songs in record time. Since downloading Synthesizer V in August of 2022, I have co-written 9 vocal songs, handling the music composition and production completely. That’s enough for an album! My previous efforts to write vocal songs have taken months each, as I fumbled my way through the writing and recording process, then re-writing after a vocal session, and then re-recording after trying to fit in a busy singer’s schedule and studio time. Loss of my fresh supply of university trained singers led to me giving up writing vocal songs completely when I changed my career back in 2017. I released a 100% instrumental EP as part of the worldwide production RPM Challenge back in 2021, but there was no question, I was missing something from my musical desires. While some talented a-holes are able to play just about every instrument known to man, and sing with a beautiful tone with a five octave range at that, most of us are not so talented. Back in the 1980’s, I would probably be a tape op, and maybe go on to be a producer. Never a performer. I have played as a side musician on a number of commercial album releases, including one or two popular ones (relatively speaking), but those days are long gone. However, it does highlight a side of song production that has always existed - the use of session musicians. Products like EZkeys are often looked down on by musicians as being cheats, but they are really no different than employing session musicians, and there’s absolutely no need for any animosity toward people who use these products. Whatever tools people use to break down barriers and enable them to get their voice heard has to be a good thing. I’ll use another blog post to explain my process for writing vocal lines in Synthesizer V. While you might think that this is a long winded process, that would be much quicker done by a real singer, the reality is that its the inspiration of WHAT to write that holds up the process. Armed with inspiration, I can write a verse and have it sung back to me in a manner of minutes, and we’re not talking 59 minutes and 59 seconds here… literally 10 or 15 minutes is all I need. Uninspired, it takes a lot longer, and the final production usually needs some clean up, but its really not that involved of a process. Coming up with the ideas is the difficult part, and Synthesizer V helps there too - you can put in a pretty random line and manipulate it to your hearts content, until you have something you’re happy with. It’s not constant re-writes… its manipulation. I wanted to make this first entry pretty short, so I'll leave it there, but if this is something you are interested in, I hope it won't be long before blog entry number two.
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Hello everyone, The digital revolution has rinsed us through, yet the age of analogue synthesis has returned! I'm conducting a very brief survey (no more than three minutes) to find potential correlations between age and interest in synthesisers. This is a part of my final-year research project as well as a long-term project involving DIY synthesisers. Any and all information regarding your answers is confidential. Your participation is thoroughly appreciated. Comments and questions about the project or study are more than welcome. I'd still love to hear what you guys think about this. https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/85DN3VL
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I've recently upgraded to a 64bit daw on my windows 10 pro computer (yeah I know I'm slow to the party) After install the first thing I thought about was moving my current lineup of plugins to the new(er) computer. I started by downloading my tried and true Korg Legacy Collection. Now in 64bit. In the past I'd simply run the old 32 bit version as I really didn't think it would make a difference regarding sound quality. Well,,,, I was wrong. Korg not only moved the vst from 32 to 64 they also enhanced the M1's oscillators as well as included some new combi's. Quite stunning. I have jbrigde - https://jstuff.wordpress.com/jbridge/ So I can keep the old faves on the new host if I desire but... I'm wondering if I should bother. It's not about space. I have a .5 terrabyte SSD drive and 2 terrabyte hard drive on my computer. It's more about time.... Do I really want to move tonnes of 32bit plugins over when I may use one once a year. How many plugins is enough for you and where do you draw the line in the sand?
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Many years ago I ran all sorts of servers from my desktop computer. Gaming/Chat environments as well as hosting websites. It was all part of the educational process for me. I've been thinking of running a wamp server (http://sourceforge.net/p/wampserver/wiki/Home/) with a dynamic ip address such as noip.com As I've been looking at other opportunities other then cooking. I'm reminded that before I got into tech support for multimedia software (swishzone.com) I was a web designer and offered hosting for a time. I let all of that go as I got into tech support and many of my skills became rusty. Just as I used to hardcode php, perl and asp for a time then I got hooked on prefabricated portals. I'm curious if anyone else has tried "home hosting" in recent years or have you simply got a good hosting package with the big name brand hosts. Mike
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Want to create live one man band history of banjo show playing different instruments and styles of music and play with digital audio and perhaps video backup / accompaniment. Not technologically savvy, play acoustic instruments. Looking for information, assistance, perhaps consultation from experienced musicians on best approach to accomplishing this objective, software, hardware, electronics, formating, sourcing, arranging, keyboards, synthesizers, Korg PA3XLe, Garage Band, Band in a Box, loops, pedals, gig books, and everything else. Starting from scratch with old brain. Want to establish a clear path and avoid complexity, confusion, and frustration to the extent possible. Hoping some younger brains have blazed this trail in front of me. Thanks in advance for your courtesy.
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I signed up June 23rd but its been so busy Im just now getting back on .. Not completely certain that I "officially" introduced myself so... Here I am! Interested in learning about who is who out there and barriers in the world of songwriting, recording, technology etc. Hope to be able to contribute - if not .. certainly learn! PattyBWS http://www.backwoodsrecordingstudio.com/studio-rates-services/song-arrangement-melody
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