Nick Blanc Posted February 26, 2023 Share Posted February 26, 2023 I think I can safely say I got most of my weird issues worked out. Everything is working as designed. And I can't really tell how happy I am. Just switch on a random synth, start playing, it works, it sounds great. I'm learning a LOT about my synths by just playing around, failing and then making it work. Take the Matriarch arp, it sounded nice, but not amazing. So I just upped the arp speed and suddenly everything clicked! I'm learning to play live for which I'm taking lessons. I try to at least play 1 synth live in a jam session. Let me know what you think! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark skinner Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 Nick , I Like this one. You seem to be getting good at laying down a nice bed for some good melody's. When you got the groove going at 4:06 then jumped to the synth in front of your monitors , everything worked while playing a melody line against the backing. It would have also worked at 1:02. I believe this is something that has been missing on your previous videos. I think you should do a lot more of that. Enjoyed it .. mark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Blanc Posted March 9, 2023 Author Share Posted March 9, 2023 9 hours ago, mark skinner said: Nick , I Like this one. You seem to be getting good at laying down a nice bed for some good melody's. When you got the groove going at 4:06 then jumped to the synth in front of your monitors , everything worked while playing a melody line against the backing. It would have also worked at 1:02. I believe this is something that has been missing on your previous videos. I think you should do a lot more of that. Enjoyed it .. mark Thanks! I agree that the live playing of melodies on top was kinda missing in the previous ones. I think I was just anxious to do it because I'm not a great player. But in the end it is the most satisfying. l will try do so it more often when it fits the track (my latest electro thing was more drum oriented). It's so great when I just jam on top and it works (ok I kinda practice beforehand). Thanks again for taking the time and the feedback! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark skinner Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 You're welcome. One thing to keep in mind is .. I doubt if you are ever going to go out somewhere and do a live gig with 10 synths. So .. when you come up with something cool , you might as well keep it as an audio project and lay down some additional melody tracks in your DAW to build a complete "song" out of it. There was plenty of room in this one for vocals as well. If you don't do lyrics or sing , find someone who does , and bring them in. The live set up backing videos would be "icing on the cake". Just my 2 cents worth .. mark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Blanc Posted March 11, 2023 Author Share Posted March 11, 2023 On 3/10/2023 at 12:43 AM, mark skinner said: You're welcome. One thing to keep in mind is .. I doubt if you are ever going to go out somewhere and do a live gig with 10 synths. So .. when you come up with something cool , you might as well keep it as an audio project and lay down some additional melody tracks in your DAW to build a complete "song" out of it. There was plenty of room in this one for vocals as well. If you don't do lyrics or sing , find someone who does , and bring them in. The live set up backing videos would be "icing on the cake". Just my 2 cents worth .. mark Thanks! I sort of, unintenionally, do this. I practise these sessions during the week and sculpt the sounds. I save all those sounds and I take pictures of the settings on the synths without presets. So within the project, most of the time I have some recordings of tests, other melodies, other sounds and stuff. I like the idea of building a full track out of it. While it is not my immediate intention, there is potential in some tracks. For the vocals, yeah I'm not a singer. And that's an understatement. But I happen to know a few, one metal singer with a stunningly clear voice, my ex girlfriend which is, errr, complicated and a colleague who is gaining a lot of traction lately on tiktok. That being said, I have a Microfreak and am contemplating singing myself with the vocoder mic, no pitch needed 😅 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Blanc Posted March 11, 2023 Author Share Posted March 11, 2023 (edited) Great, now my stupid behind (because aparently there is some autocorrection here which doesn't let me say a s s ) is singing. Video will be up somewhere this evening or tomorrow. Edited March 11, 2023 by Nick Blanc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeringAmps Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 Nick, enjoyed the video, glad the studio is sorted. I know how frustrating it is when things "just ain't right!". If I have to use the left side of the my brain solving problems, the right side takes a powder for the rest of the day... t Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Blanc Posted March 20, 2023 Author Share Posted March 20, 2023 2 hours ago, DeeringAmps said: Nick, enjoyed the video, glad the studio is sorted. I know how frustrating it is when things "just ain't right!". If I have to use the left side of the my brain solving problems, the right side takes a powder for the rest of the day... t Thanks (and for the YT comment, I thought the name looked familiar 😅). I still have the occasional hanging midi note or sudden midi drop out, but this is the best it can get. Until I get my Midronome that is. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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