dr.rodrigobernales wrote: Agree 100% Fiddling with stuff trying to make your own sounds is great, but... you'll lose the initial inspiration.

In electronic music the sounds are the inspiration.

http://www.vintagesynth.com/emu/morpheus.php Thank you! I was wracking my brain when I saw the post, as I remember reading about this sound, and that it came from a line of ROMplers very popular in the 90s - I was thinking initially the Roland JV series, but IIRC it was definitely the Proteus or Mo...

As far as I can see, most 4/4 grooves derive their groove and energy from some form of polyrhythm, however simple. Take the classic 3/16ths delay pattern syncopating with a 4/4 kick, for example.

yeah, i never even consider for a second whether something is 'right' or 'correct', infact i usually go out of my way to do things in a way they arent normally done, but if something isnt grooving, then it isnt grooving and thats all there is to it. Fair point and a good way of looking at it, but I...

I have a problem with this but Im not 100% sure where you guys are coming from so I'll say just this: For me, if something sounds 'wrong', I go with my first impression and no matter how many times I will listen to it, it will sound wrong. But Im not sure how the term 'wrong' is used in this contex...

Great input from steevio and others, as ever Two things - 1) Find a way in your sequencer to turn off grid lines completely, in cubase you can make them so light you can hardly see them. The lines are still guiding you, and why you're hearing the placements as "wrong". 2) Force yourself to...

I am into making music because, quite frankly, I have to. I'd say, ever since I could remember, I'd have to have a creative pursuit. Started with art, then went through breakdancing/grafitti art and thats when I first dabbled in music. I found it way more satisfying than painting and it opened up a...

When I knew feck all, I was a knob twiddling, frustrated enthusiast who simply couldn't get a musical idea from his head to the real world. I was totally unsatisfied because the finished music was nothing like how I saw it develop or how I heard it beforehand. The reasons were simple, I just didn't...