~Kitasia
False Start
I’ve been doing a ton of reading and haven’t made much headway on getting anything done. I’ve been largely concerned to make sure things that were a problem before are not a problem now. I’ve even looked over my music a couple of times. It still amazes me that I finally did my own music.
I’d like this to be my break out point, so I believe the meticulous planning is warranted but unfortunately I’m pretty much left rambling right now. Next update I should be out of this phase. The switch to 3D sort of broke my foundation (in a good way).
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about 5 months ago
Speaking of music, hey can I ask something? I have only used a MIDI sequencer and I have never made any other music. Have you tried some music software to recommend, or should I think of something special before learning such software?
All I know is there are sound libraries that can be plugged into sequencers (or was it trackers), hmm ^_^
about 5 months ago
I think I’m gonna try Linux MultiMedia Studio – http://lmms.sourceforge.net/
about 5 months ago
I’m probably either the best person or the worst person to ask such a question : D! Making music is another thing self-taught so I’m likely to be extremely rough around the edges.
First I began playing around with FL Studio which is at http://flstudio.image-line.com/ . I think there’s a free version but can’t remember. I used it to load midis which I found at http://www.vgmusic.com . It was extremely useful to really study the structure of music.
Eventually ended up buying the program and a electronic keyboard. To this day I still can’t really play the piano or read music so the keyboard didn’t help much but it still helps me with little things like looking for a sound.
I don’t remember any other applications although I’ve tried dozens of them. Fruity loops was kind of a pain to learn and there are still dozens of switches I don’t know about. If I find something like fruity loops but less bloated, I’ll make sure to post.
about 5 months ago
Thank you for the info. I saw a sudden chance to ask so I took it!
Since my previous MIDI’s can be loaded I can start with replacing the Windows sound with something more exotic.
about 5 months ago
I tried FL Studio Demo, and it has an appealing appearance and tons of sub-tools – they need a lot of knowledge to be used. Linux MultiMedia Studio has a simpler interface than FL, but crashes often for me. I also tried musagi which is straight-forward though primitive in sound generation.
I would say digital music is quite delicate.
about 5 months ago
It’s amazing how a goal so seemingly simple gets convoluted with a bunch of knobs and tools people generally aren’t interested in. Is it really so hard to hide the advance functionality.
Saying that reminds me of that Mario paint music tool for windows…. I haven’t used it but I wonder if you could export the midi and then dress it up inside a different program. I may have to try that out.