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#91
Free Music Downloads / [goa] hacker (mptm)
Last post by Exhale - February 23, 2024, 22:03:44
Possibly the only goa tune i ever made, this was made in the year 2000.
Comments preserved, cheese and all.
#92
General Chatter / Re: Newbie here
Last post by Exhale - February 23, 2024, 09:33:00
Well voj is kinda right in the 'dont repeat' kinda thing, but the general rule of thumb (as someone who makes house and trance mostly) is you repeat it twice at the most and after that it becomes structural...
And the other big rule is that there are no rules unless you want there to be, then give yourself rules - genres have their own ways of doing things and conforming to a genre is all about knowing the rules so you can break them in good ways :)
Good luck in your journey, and to help you along the way, i suggest downloading .it, .s3m, and particularly .mptm files to give you technique hints and lessons along the way, by learning from other ppls code you can be tracking like a pro sooner.
#93
Free Music Downloads / [house] time (mptm)
Last post by Exhale - February 23, 2024, 09:13:21
Re-release 2 for today... kinda has a children feel again with the piano, but i think this one is more solidy in the house genre. The original comments are preserved, including the ones written in instrument slots, in which my 16 year old self decided to mention god twice and lecture you about your dependence on time... you have been warned *. Originally finished in 1999

*there is so much 'i am 14 and this is deep' in those comments, it is deliciously cringe. Haha, yup i am being harsh on my younger self, very brave since he cant defend himself... cheap shots i guess.

Download attached, enjoy
#94
Free Music Downloads / [techno] someone should be fin...
Last post by Exhale - February 23, 2024, 09:05:53
Another re-release, this one made in 2007. Comments preserved.
The original comments of this include jems like 'This song is so crap*' and a wonderful example of my profound struggles with spelling even into my 20s.

*All these years later and with a bit of modernization i really think i was being pedantic... it isnt that bad. Some fun sample choices for example, made me smile especially the one from black adder (i think that is where it is from)

EDIT the later version of this tune was converted to house and called knockout, so i have called this one someone should be fined, knockout first draft... quite a bit longer of a name than i usually do... i will upload the house version maybe someday, but in that file i added to the comments saying i prefer the original, and i agree with my younger self on that... dont wait up for the house version, i might not update it.
Reuploaded to fix the not looping properly problem.
Download attached... enjoy  8)
#95
General Chatter / Re: Newbie here
Last post by Vojvodinosaurus - February 23, 2024, 08:04:43
Here's hoping breakcore becomes more popular than trap...
Anyways, i'm glad there's significant interest in breakcore and i'm sure in a few years you'll be established in the underground. Just one tip: make sure each pattern is unique and nothing is repeating as i think that's the beauty of breakcore: everything random yet enjoyable!

As for jungle and rave: just keep it as oldschool as possible!

I have faith in you ;)
#96
General Chatter / Newbie here
Last post by Illfigure - February 23, 2024, 03:07:10
Hi, I'm a new guy here, and I'm interested in becoming an OpenMPT artist, but I don't really know where to start. 

little info about myself, I'm Illfigure. I'm from Indonesia and am an introvert who enjoys wasting precious time listening to music (ex: stuff like Venetian Snares, Terminal 11, and Bogdan Raczynski) and other not very productive activities. I'm in the late stages of high school and will continue to college (if I pass). not a very disciplined person. I'm honestly easily discouraged when hearing of other people who are younger and more skilled than me, and it's also hard to commit to doing things I want to do. I suppose i should really work more on doing things i like for myself.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkmWKVX5Cdc <--this video is what introduced me to this software. Because it's free, I'm instantly interested.

I want to be a jungle/rave/breakcore artist (though this early on, breakcore is probably impossible for me). My only tool is an ASUS laptop and nothing else, so figuring out notes is hard. I'm hoping to get a midi keyboard when I'm older. So far, I've only played around and made some simple bars using the "breakcore is not a good way to get laid" sample pack and some others (attached below are some examples). I'm not ready to make a full track because I don't know how to properly structure a song. At the very least, I want to make something comprehensible. any help? (Things I Should Know About OpenMPT, Tutorials, Sample Packs, Tricks and Tips, and Plug-Ins, maybe even motivations?) 

Sorry if my English is kind of crap, and I can't really write long and correct paragraphs. 

I hope I can commit to being a tracker artist.
Nice meeting y'all! ;D
#97
Development Corner / Re: Bass Saturation for contem...
Last post by Saint BIT - February 23, 2024, 00:12:35
Just to make things clear, I do not support KvR/Plugins/Fragmentation and "Modern Sequencers". KvR has gone for 20 years now and more. Nobody is known.

Before, Tracking started on Amiga in 88, and by 98 many were extremely known. KvR came right after.

My project Bit became so known, even Britney Spears insinuates "she made his hit". (Baby Hit Me Again).
I actually did say people could use Bit for good reasons, and that was that we get open source unix with this, the version I support is now called San OS. Which really is the big hit here. Linux Smith Linus Torvalds also named Git after this project.

Bit was actually discontinued in 93 already, and followed up by the project Neologica, a trance project. But the other here has died, so it is actually back to St. Bit as it is now. Neologica also so famous, Logic Audio is named after it. (It was named Notator before).

So I highly recommend a compact solution like tracker, the "modern sequencer" thing is far too overkill, and useless.


-Peace!
#98
Free Music Downloads / Re: The Breath Of Life (mp3)
Last post by Saga Musix - February 22, 2024, 22:21:57
I think just by knowing the term you will already be able to find plenty of helpful resources. It's not a big issue but due to the nature of the problem, it will allow your track to be less loud before it clips, so it's always a good idea to get rid of any DC offset in your tracks - typically by fixing affected samples or applying a high-pass filter.
#99
Free Music Downloads / Re: The Breath Of Life (mp3)
Last post by n0cturn - February 22, 2024, 22:17:59
Too be honest I'm still no wiser! I sort of, kinda, maybe, do know what DC offset is, at least I've heard of it before, but I'm not very technically minded with music.

It's definitely the sample thats slightly blown out (sort of what appealed) Thanks for the advice. I really should get a bit more technical so I understand what is happening with the sound.
#100
Free Music Downloads / Re: The Breath Of Life (mp3)
Last post by Saga Musix - February 22, 2024, 17:31:21
Interesting rhythm section - it could be a bit louder compared to the melodic instruments to be more punchy, I guess.

You should also double-check where that high DC offset in the second is coming from. Check out the attached screenshots in case you are not aware of what i'm talking about:

first part.png

There is no DC offset in the first part, so the low frequency content in the spectrum analyzer is almost not present, and the waveform is centered nicely.

second part.png

In the second part, you can see a large DC component - the spectrum does not "roll off" towards 0 Hz, and as a result, the whole waveform is shifted upwards. While it may just seem like a visual issue at first, this means that the track will clip more easily and as a result cannot become as loud.
Options to fix this would be to figure out if a specific sample is causing it, and then use the DC offset removal function in OpenMPT's sample editor, or if the exact source cannot be pinpointed (or it's due to something weird going on in a VST plugin, for example), a global high-pass filter could be applied to the mix.