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…..launching samples and loops, and of course, Loopy Pro, which I'm trying to learn, but finding it a bit mind-boggling. All of this, and I'm learning about LFOs this week, which have always confused me.
What are you having trouble figuring out how to do in Loopy Pro? There are people here who can help you figure it out. For most uses you don’t have to understand many of its many options.
My mistake, it is Sampletron
And yes, it is 69...dude. For iOS, that outs it in the higher price-bracket. However, like I said, I got mine for around 40E. If you really like the sounds on offer, and are happy to hold on, then go to this page, sign-up for an account, and select a price-point to be alerted at (Usually via email):
https://appsliced.co/app?n=sampletron&l=list
You can see the previous years' pricing history nearer the bottom of the page. Seems November, it got down to 20 quid. When it comes ot setting an alert price, don't bother low-balling it. Just choose the first option under RRP. That way, you'll be alerted to any discount. From there, you can decide if it meets your threshold at that point in time
I'd use fx to do this. Chowtape is free, Wires is not free but would give you a lot of character, maybe throw in some of those unfiltered audio apps, price is decent
Also some of the k devices apps
I have iSEM. Again, I haven't dug in there in a long time. It didn't click with me first time around. But listening now, it could be part of the solution, for sure.
Sorry if someone has already suggested it, but have you got “Lo-fi tape” @andowrites ? It’s a cool synth, good sounds,…. Add a few fx and Bob’s yer uncle 😊
Rooting through my drawer of iOS synths, I discovered some of the goodness I'm looking for in the following synths, in addition to the ones previously mentioned:
Synth One (loving the presets from @Spidericemidas and Sam Izrael in this one)
Digital D1
FM Player 2 (more presets to love from @Spidericemidas and Sam Izrael in this one)
WoodSynth
LayR
Continua (more Spider presets goodness in there)
Quanta (some lovely presets from Hainback and Richard Devine in there)
Mellowsound
Electric Vintage
House: Mark 1
Lo-Fi Tape
Lo-Fi Piano
Retro Piano (I have a couple of fancy pianos tucked away too)
I need to mix together the ancient and the modern, and blend in some textures. This might just crack it for the keys and pads I seek. With a little sampling, resampling and re-amping thrown in. I need to work up my own presets now. It's time. I have some adorable starting points in the presets I have, but I want to add some of my own flavour now.
So I'm just looking for that elusive electric guitar sound. The mellow one. A friend suggested I get a guitar.
The guitar was actually my first instrument, at the age of 9. So I'm still open to suggestions on the matter of mellow ambient electric guitar. I'll still explore guitarscaper a bit more. I'm still not sure about buying PureSynth Platinum. I'm listening to videos for the sounds. Also, there's the matter of storage space.
And the final piece of the jigsaw. Learning more about the techniques of sampling, resampling, and reamping. And tape. To record on tape, then reamp. That would be nice.
Oh, and just to say, I have no plan on using all of these in one super-layered piece, muddy as hell. No. I see it like I have a large box of tools, brushes, and colours, and I just want to select a limited palette and toolset, at any given time, to work with. To strip things down, and work up from there. Hope this makes sense. I have more lingo from a lifetime working in the arts and in design than I do from music!
Yes to that last line in particular. I'm starting to really enjoy this project, and the way it's developing. There's got to be some fun and delight in it, right?
Pedals are a new area to me. Can you recommend any particular pedal type apps?
Re: storage, yes, I already have an external SDD on order, and I have a 2TB DropBox account at present, so I have room to grow. I run everything non-essential in online-only mode from my Mac, to keep plenty of flow in my hard drive.
Also some of the k devices apps > @Yovop said:
AI alert. No-one else seeing this? Lol
Lots of people are seeing it and commenting on it.
Wow, thank you so much. I have Ableton, but only just began learning it last week, after using only GarageBand for a couple of years. But I'm thinking to go with the effects on my iOS setup, to keep my budget in hand.
I need to take some time this evening to explore the options. I see that guitar effects apps don't come cheaply. I'm sure I will find something to suit my initial needs. I intend to keep this simple. I just don't want to waste money on bad tone. I'd rather fewer effects and better tone than the other way around.
Yes, I'm enjoying the journey.
@andowrites, there are some top/notch free guitar effects apps on iOS.
Thanks, and yes.
The good news is that I just discovered I already have Klevgrand STARK amp simulator. Super pleased about that, as it works for synths and keys as well, and I love Klevgrand apps. I also have their REAMP and Modley apps, both of which I use and love.
A friend elsewhere has been helping me track down some guitar samples on Pianobook for Decent Sampler, and I've found at least one that I like the sound of. So I look good to go. Just some installing to do tonight now.
Oh yeah...Now i see it!
https://i.postimg.cc/fWcrYQm9/laugh-giggle.gif
So I've shifted this from discovering and learning, to exploring and recording. Here's my first exploration for the guitar material I've been talking about. It's not there yet, but I'm happy to have begun to work on it. SoundCloud link below.
https://on.soundcloud.com/dRPCT
Nice track. Only thing I'd say is it's very, very quiet. Got quite the surprise when your piece finished and it ran automatically into someone else's.
Very nice sound. Calming and relaxing. Perfectly spacious with enough soothing movement without being distracting.
Thank you. It's not finished yet. It needs mastering. I did want it to be quiet, but yes, it needs lifting. I did run an initial master late last night, but I don't have a SoundCloud account where I can do that. I might try running it through Trinity later this evening.
Thank you, I appreciate your feedback Spider. I've been deep diving back into music making this past ten days, and I was quite nervous to begin to put pieces together again. This is but a humble sketch of an idea that's been stirring within me.
Nice Ando! Ethereal and churchy. Could be a little louder maybe?
Thanks @Gavinski I just uploaded my first master of it now. My first master ever actually.
You can listen and compare here:
https://on.soundcloud.com/hiHSt
I love how the guitar became like voices, an ethereal choir, yes! That wasn't my goal in this piece, but it's a lovely discovery to keep in my notebook for when I want to repeat it. I'm saving the AUM template for sure.
I can't tell you how happy I am to be making music again!
I just uploaded my first master of it now. My first master ever actually.
You can listen and compare here:
https://on.soundcloud.com/hiHSt
Hopefully, this has improved things for you. I also faded the intro and outro.
Listening now @andowrites and I hear the guitars much more clearly, and lovely distortion. I dipped my toes into Grand Finale the other day and was impressed. Medusa recently has been my main 'mastering tool', not that I consider myself to really know shit about mastering. I do think I have decent ears though, most of the time, though as I get older I suspect that my tolerance for high frequencies is 'higher' than that of people in their teens or twenties.
Would be interested to hear more about your process here. I think the people in your silent sitting group will greatly enjoy this kind of intro music.
Going off on a tangent, but touching back on something that came up earlier in the thread, I think there are also a lot of flavours of meditation. Each has their own benefits. I love silent meditation, and found that I prefer bodyscanning to noting techniques. Chanting is an excellent way to quieten the body mind and a great intro to more demanding styles of meditation for those who are new, or out of practise. I also really enjoy meditative dialogue. Things like the dyad process or some of the stuff Gregory Kramer does.
Putting some ambient or experimental music on some good stereo speakers, lying between them, and just focusing on hearing all the details is a great destresser. For me, I have zero belief in karma, rebirth etc, but see meditation as a tool to reduce stress and increase insight. It's not one or the other that we need to do, but both. Reducing stress is the most important imo, as a stress free mind has more insight and is less reactive. I don't try to be perfect, I don't sweat that. We're going to dust imo, philosophically I'm more of a nihilist than anything, but I'd rather be a happy nihilist than a sad one. Every animal wants to be happy.
I also experimented with - and really enjoy and benefit from - a style of meditation that I developed on my own. Probably others have done this but I haven't come across them: sitting with thoughts and verbalising them aloud. It's a way to unify the voices in the mind and maybe let some of the voices that usually get pushed into the background to get a chance to speak. It's basically allowing different aspects of my mind to speak and be heard by each other.
This technique was influenced by some reading on Internal Family Systems therapy, Greg Kramer's work, and Jason Siff. I have an aversion to dogmatic one-size-fits-all approaches, like Goenka and Mahasi methods. From my understanding of Buddhism, based on early texts - not that I consider them canonical in any way, but I think there are still things to learn from them - the best approach is to have a toolbox of techniques and use whatever is the most appropriate tool at any given time.
Apologies for getting so off-topic!
All the Synthmaster Apps have a lot of great Pads and Fx presets for Ambient design. Sunrizer is great too. Nave is nice as well, too bad its not AUV3.
Thank you. I have Nave with @Spidericemidas’s presets, and I’ve always loved the SynthMaster apps. I remember Sunrizer was one of my first synth apps, some years ago, but I somewhat bounced off it. Maybe it’s time to look again.
I found a thread here recently, using Agonizer to make ambient drone, an unexpected choice of synth. But the effect was soft and warm, a lovely drone. (I’m mad about drone, and subscribe to Zake Drone on Bandcamp — I love his drones).
Tangent aside…
Thank you. Someone pointed me to the thread here on the mastering magic of Bark Filter. So I went that route, to create the version I have now. I also saw someone suggested FAC Maxima as an alternative. I had to look Medusa up. It makes sense.
I have the original Grand Finale, but haven't tried it. I might try it out next time. I've heard good things about Grand Finale 2, and have been tempted, but I recently bought Trinity but haven't had time to dig into it yet. I love the Klevgrand apps.
I'll comment later on the rest of your post, as I have little time right now. Thanks for sharing your thoughts!
Droneo is great for drones and noise
https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/droneo/id313811077
Great project too btw.