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Music Software for Shylock....

03:14 / 05.03.02

I fumble with music composition. I've never had a theory class, so I can't write music, per se, which relegates me to sampling and mixing. Right now I use Acid 3.0, but I don't have the other Sound Forge suite programs, which limits its effectiveness.

Hence I am looking for:
a) an online source for samples that isn't pay-to play
b) a program that can splice different sections of a MIDI or MP3 track...such as strip off a treble or bass line.
c) a program that simulates a turntable

I noticed we have a few DJS circulating the board. Any hints for an amateur?

08:22 / 05.03.02

Hence I am looking for:
a) an online source for samples that isn't pay-to play
Try www.phatdrumloops.com for about 500 old breaks off 60s records. You'll need to download an ACM .wav plugin, available from there too - it's like high quality mp3 in wav. They're quite good. In general, though, there's a reason free samples are free. They suck. You might want to investigate some sound GENERATING software, or start sampling cds and your own records.

b) a program that can splice different sections of a MIDI or MP3 track...such as strip off a treble or bass line.
This can't be done. You can't just take an audio file and lop off the bass, in the sameway you can't just take an audiofile and lop out the vocals. It's impossible, or if possible, will sound atrocious. Could you rephrase this question? I mean, you can filter down to a bass or a treble with low/high pass filters, but it'll sound sucky.

c) a program that simulates a turntable
There's a discussion of this in th thread on Flux's DJ night, go look.

[ 05-03-2002: Message edited by: Paleface ]

08:22 / 05.03.02

You can go to
Flash-Kit
and download lots of loops. They have industrial, dance, hip-hop, everything, and it's free. Now I don't know nothing of electronic music, so I can't tell you if what's there it's good taste or rubbish. Whichever it is, they have LOTS of it over there.

13:30 / 05.03.02

[monkeys], I've PMed you about samples.

For recording and editing your own samples, and applying effects/filters to em, CoolEdit Pro is the dog's knockers. The most user friendly of all the software of it's type that I've tried (SoundForge is bloody rubbish in comparison). It's easy peasy to highlight/select the exact particle of the wave you want, and that is very important when you want to shave micro-blemons off the end of a squeak.

[ 05-03-2002: Message edited by: Saveloy ]

23:10 / 05.03.02

I'd just like to say that whilst CE is nice and user friendly, especially in its treatment of effects, Sound Forge is also rather lovely to use and not the cumbersome beast described above. They're just... different approaches to the same problem.