lurksalot

I am not stating that your music should be simple at all. what I am saying is that your approach should start in manageable chunks. make your music as intricate as you desire, but keep the process realistic. that said, creativity as inspiration strikes us all differently.

I’ll be honest here and suggest exactly as @BigRedX . keep it as simple as you can , get some ideas first , make written notes , build a framework for the composition , the minutaii of the recording software should be way down the list of issues at the start. once you have an idea roughly formulated you can start to flesh them out with sounds, and the chances are that you will find you can play with how they work together later in the process . but break the process down into chunks that you can get your head around , do it but by bit and find a quick way of remembering the creative bits you want. BRX can do it in his head as he has years of experience doing it , I write notes and voice msgs on my phone . if you start by trying to see the whole picture and finished article done, (and all by yourself) it will possibly become overwhelming and demotivating . I have downloaded a fair few VSTs , Kontact and the like , but if I don’t use them in a couple of months , it is a total PITA trying to remember how to use it again it works differently for some , but that’s my take on it.

I would love to comment here but I suspect I am not exactly an authority on this. if I’m honest I think some people ( like me) need to put a lot of effort and practice in to even get in tune , never mind develop a timbre, and I don’t seem to have enough time to get results. then you find some who just open there throats with the voice of an angel naturally , jealous , me , as if

Well that’s a decision made for me then !!!............. I’ll ditch the intro and solo and I reckon I could squeeze another verse and chorus in

MIDI is really useful , but I only use it in simple mode , I have a few virtual instruments , drums, keys a synth or 2 and effectively the midi you send to the DAW triggers an appropriate response from the ‘instrument’ you are talking to. play with using simple MIDI and you will probably find a reason to use some of the kit that works best. I'm sure someone who knows stuff will pop in at some point , but I would keep it simple to start with

Naomi is good Dad, she’ll have you top of the charts in every civilised nation and some that aren’t , well worth the investment , but then , she hasn’t heard mine yet

I’ve sketched mine out , I just need to learn it so I can actually practice playing it , I am trying to keep it simple , but I am probably going to stick a vocal on it just to bugger it up , and no matter how much rehearsal time I throw at a vocal, it will still very much require an acquired taste to fully appreciate it 😎

Well I’ll be honest I have an idea in my head that is waaaay , waaaaaay beyond my ability ,and far to clever for my own good , but as is my motto , that’s never stopped me before 🙄

Lurksalittle is similarly amused

November is go

OK Here we go , it is time to get your creative juices bubbling with the inspiration of the following picture chosen by the winner of "Lurksaliitles' Favourite Number Challenge" , which was of course @upside downer , though due credit being due to his co-winners of the composition challenge last month of @Dad3353 and @xgsjx Usual rules apply. You know the drill: ✔️ Entries must be <5 minutes and written/recorded this month. ❌ No illegal samples, copyright infringements or other snide goings-on ❌ Bagpipes. Never. Also on thin ice with panpipes, to be perfectly honest. ❌ No voting for your own entry. We'll know. And we'll shame you. Deadline for entries is midnight on Monday 23rd November DIVE IN

Proper nearly PMSL

.... 14 so the picture will be chosen by @upside downer

We have a winner the number that I chose is Lurksalittles favourite number and our house number which is .........

Oooh this is exciting !!

Ha ha , that’s a first , well done all , that was brilliant , great tunes one and all , as a quick get out I’ll try this @Dad3353 @upside downer @xgsjx I’ve got a number in mind between 1 and 20, nearest guess without going over it wins the picture choice you’ve got till 12.00 so all have a picture ready in case you are correct

Experience of this is not my field Chris, but I would imagine that minimising the error would depend on the amount of treatment the room needs, that is probably the experience of the panel people working on the room size and shape told to them. Once you start to play around with listening and performance areas within that , I would have thought while the theory would remain the same, the application of it would be like plaiting fog. have fun and good luck

This is a very specialist area from what I can gather , to the point that I wouldn’t be surprised to see a ‘Harry Potter and the Auditory Minefield’ as the next chapter delving deeply into the dark arts involved, followed in the series by ‘Harry Potter and the Plasterer’s Apprentice’ in seriousness I think you can get a software / microphone package that can assess your room , and you can play with the set up and actually measure it so you can pick the best layout , but I would guess a good start would be the manufactures suggestions. @Skol303 is the guru on this, he can point you in the right direction with his sonic wand

All Aboard If we are all in , the voting thread is Go Go GO

Welcome to the October voting thread we have a veritable cornucopia of marvellous magnitude for your auditory consideration. Have a listen to these offerings , all based on the picture chosen by @Dad3353 (Septembers winner) and choose your favourite 3 in order to crown the October Challenge victor These are well worth your time , another quality offering. 1.. @Dad3353 2 @binky_bass 3 @Leonard Smalls 4 @NickD 5 @fingers211 6 @xgsjx 7 @lurksalot 8 @upside downer 9 @adamg67 10 @Nicko 11 @Doctor J 12 @MoonBassAlpha 13 @skankdelvar Well there we have it , a tremendous selection, all worthy of at least one vote , but you have to limit your call to just 3. Good luck to and enjoy your listens. Poll closes at midnight on 31st October

I did it already ! it wasn’t a remake just some subtly added bits , it didn’t really need a fanfare I just changed the file on the same link

I’ve been messing with mine , does it need anything else in it , not really , but that’s never stopped me before I’ll chop it in tomorrow I think !

I reckon that is a complete ‘suck it and see’ type experiment setting that room up . It looks like a roof space, so for one if you are recording you will pick up the weather/wind/rain noise fairly easily. If the walls and floors aren’t solid you may pick up any neighbours as well . Apart from making those allowances , the noise will travel out to your neighbours as well ! May be also some hard hats for those at the thin end 😉

I got something together , but i did find this a struggle, I have done a nod to this fact in there somewhere , but hands up on this , bashing about on a drum machine and overdubbing various percussion elements is all that I could dream up! the link to the picture is tenuous but findable Stung , enjoy