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Sampling my way into 2020.
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monsterthompson said:
Movies. TV. Podcasts.
Animated TV shows for adults are often awesome for clean samples. Clear line delivery. Little background noise.
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I like documentaries. There's every type of sample in those. Dialogue, music, noise, outdoor noises.
You can catch awesome stuff that is about 1.2334 secs and use it as a drone.

Oups....Im snitching on myself....

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ugly_bassplayer said:
I like documentaries. There's every type of sample in those. Dialogue, music, noise, outdoor noises.
You can catch awesome stuff that is about 1.2334 secs and use it as a drone.

Oups....Im snitching on myself....

:help:
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I've been hitting up old documentaries on the Internet Archive, having a blast with em. Got a nice sample set from a documentary on mental institutions from the 60's.
 
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Speaking of samples, I nearly pulled the trigger on an Octatrack II. Some Reverb user posted a mint one for $900 + $50 shipping. $950 is pretty cheap for them, even on the used market. I decided that I wasn't ready for the learning curve, since I have a few other ideas I'd like to work on.
 
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monsterthompson said:
I'm still curious when there's going to be a Mk III version. The II is getting a bit long in the tooth. Though, it ain't broke, so why fix it?
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That's a great price. If Akai doesn't get its crap together with the MPCLive, I may be getting rid of it and going the OT route. I just got a Digitakt, and yeah, there's a learning curve, but from what I've gathered, if you can figure it out on one Elektron instrument, it's a bit easier to learn another. I'm still not quite there yet, but I understand, more or less, what it can do and how to do it. Of course, my breatmaking skills suck, but this is a good tool to get better
 
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monsterthompson said:
I'm still curious when there's going to be a Mk III version. The II is getting a bit long in the tooth. Though, it ain't broke, so why fix it?
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You keep sailing up closer and closer to an OT :)
While I'd love to see a mk3, my gut says it ain't gonna happen. The OT has been around a long time in digital terms, but there really is nothing like it. But yeah, learning curve :/

lordradish said:
That's a great price. If Akai doesn't get its crap together with the MPCLive, I may be getting rid of it and going the OT route. I just got a Digitakt, and yeah, there's a learning curve, but from what I've gathered, if you can figure it out on one Elektron instrument, it's a bit easier to learn another. I'm still not quite there yet, but I understand, more or less, what it can do and how to do it. Of course, my breatmaking skills suck, but this is a good tool to get better
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Digitakt is awesome. I started with one before moving on to the OT, but the DT is very serious in its own weird, wonderful way
Oh, happy new year :)
 
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dukeorock said:
You keep sailing up closer and closer to an OT :)
While I'd love to see a mk3, my gut says it ain't gonna happen. The OT has been around a long time in digital terms, but there really is nothing like it. But yeah, learning curve :/
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As I solidify my workflow with samples, I think it's more and more likely. The software work I've been doing lately has had a "how would I use hardware to do this" tickler in the background thoughts. On a macro-concept level, I get what it does. I need to have a firmer grasp on practical application before I jump in.
 
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monsterthompson said:
As I solidify my workflow with samples, I think it's more and more likely. The software work I've been doing lately has had a "how would I use hardware to do this" tickler in the background thoughts. On a macro-concept level, I get what it does. I need to have a firmer grasp on practical application before I jump in.
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I just saw the instructions book
Talk about learning curve.

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On a side note I just trouble shooted my noise looper pedalboard and found out why I had my "loss of volume " problem.

Bad buffers on cheap pedals. or true bypass that needed buffers after.... anyways...

I'm on a lookout for good cheap Boss pedals.
Anything from EQ, reverb, distortion, fuzz, flanger, modulation.....chorus....delay.

Thanks!!!!
 
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lordradish said:
Of course, my breatmaking skills suck, but this is a good tool to get better
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I've been coming to the realization that my journey into ambient music has been about my personal rejection of "Beat" based music. I enjoy listening to beats but have been terrible at creating ones I'm satisfied with. I realize that even as a bass player, I have a poor concept of what the grammar of "drums" is, and I even have a weakness mimicking music I enjoy listening to.

The creation of patterns, rhythmic hooks, and song structure seems less of a focal point in the ambient music I aim to compose. It's much more about the space and texture and interplay of the sounds. People I've shared my work with have commented on the textures, but never once brought up anything beat-related.

I was listening to a bunch of 4/4 drum loops the other day and it all came clearer to me. I like that stuff, but I'll never produce a vocabulary of beats or drum loops I feel comfortable creating with. I'll always want someone else to write and arrange the drums. However, I feel great satisfaction in creating complete ambient pieces that have my voice.
 
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monsterthompson said:
I've been coming to the realization that my journey into ambient music has been about my personal rejection of "Beat" based music. I enjoy listening to beats but have been terrible at creating ones I'm satisfied with. I realize that even as a bass player, I have a poor concept of what the grammar of "drums" is, and I even have a weakness mimicking music I enjoy listening to.

The creation of patterns, rhythmic hooks, and song structure seems less of a focal point in the ambient music I aim to compose. It's much more about the space and texture and interplay of the sounds. People I've shared my work with have commented on the textures, but never once brought up anything beat-related.

I was listening to a bunch of 4/4 drum loops the other day and it all came clearer to me. I like that stuff, but I'll never produce a vocabulary of beats or drum loops I feel comfortable creating with. I'll always want someone else to write and arrange the drums. However, I feel great satisfaction in creating complete ambient pieces that have my voice.
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that's a great way of putting it. Even with electronic stuff it's hard to break out of the kick/snare/hat paradigm and what those are supposed to sound like. I do enjoy rhythmic music, so it's been fun trying to stockpile my own sounds that don't sound like a bad imitation of acoustic drums
 
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