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 ====== Music Making ====== ====== Music Making ======
  
-Music making is something I'm very interested in and love doing. My major at University of North Texas was music composition for a period. I played violin in orchestra for 7 years, played guitar in several bands for some more years. I also sang in choirs and learned a lot of music theory and done a lot of ear training. I spent a summer at Berklee College of Music in Boston and learned music theory from a totally different perspective. I know a lot about music theory, composition, and instruments and I would love to talk more about it.+Music making is something I'm very interested in and love doing. I began by first learning violin and guitar and picked up other instruments over the years. My major at University of North Texas was music composition for a period before I switched and ultimately graduated with a B.S. in Computer Science in 2008. I played violin in orchestra for 7 years, played guitar in several bands for some more years. I also sang in choirs and learned a lot of music theory and done a lot of ear training. I spent a summer at Berklee College of Music in Boston and learned music theory from a totally different perspective. I know a lot about music theory, composition, and instruments and I would love to talk more about it.
  
-I enjoy jamming and improvising, collaborating, live looping in many styles including rock, metal, blues, jazz, and classical. I currently have a few instruments including:+I enjoy jamming and improvising, collaborating, live looping in many styles including rock, metal, blues, jazz, and classical. I have gone through many instruments over the years, but at the moment I currently have a few including the list below.  
 + 
 +  * Fender electric violin 🎻  
 +  * Ibanez mandolin  
 +  * Ibanez electric guitar 🎸  
 +  * Washburn acoustic guitar  
 +  * Korg Kross 88 electric keyboard  🎹  
 +  * Cajon 
 +  * Harmonica 
 +  * Saxophone 🎷 (Someone please teach me) 
 +  * Flute (No idea what I'm doing)
  
-  * Fender electric violin 
-  * Ibanez mandolin 
-  * Ibanez electric guitar 
-  * Washburn acoustic guitar 
-  * Korg Kross 88 electric keyboard 
-  * saxophone 
-  * cajon 
-  * flute 
-  * harmonica 
-  * egg shaker 
  
 Other relevant things: Other relevant things:
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 I have some music online under the name Electropunk Zero and Viomangui. I've lost more compositions than I've kept over the years with old tapes, sheet music, and CDs getting lost. I have some music online under the name Electropunk Zero and Viomangui. I've lost more compositions than I've kept over the years with old tapes, sheet music, and CDs getting lost.
  
-  * [[https://electropunk.net|Electropunk.net]] - Some art and electronic music +  * [[https://electropunk.net|Electropunk.net]] - Some art and electronic music. I wrote most of those songs in FL Studio or FL Studio Mobile. The art and timelapse videos that go along with it were mostly done using Procreate. 
-  * [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDNgv8bhz1FfswMhQkPRk2g|Viomangui recordings]] - Some old YouTube videos of me playing my guitar and loop pedal.+  * [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDNgv8bhz1FfswMhQkPRk2g|Viomangui recordings]] - Some old YouTube videos of me playing my guitar and loop pedal. I loop over a pre-planned rhythm but improvise all the leads, that's why there are a couple recordings of the same song from different days with different leads. There are also a couple Bad Religion covers.
  
 ===== Software Tools ====== ===== Software Tools ======
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 ===== Audio file formats ===== ===== Audio file formats =====
  
-  * ogg 
   * wav   * wav
 +  * pcm
 +  * midi
 +  * ogg vorbis
   * flac   * flac
-  * midi +  * mp3
 ==== Programming Libraries ==== ==== Programming Libraries ====
  
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   * [[https://www.renoise.com|Renoise]] for chiptune   * [[https://www.renoise.com|Renoise]] for chiptune
  
-==== Sound editor ====+==== Audacity Sound editor ====
  
-Sound editors are not intended to be large composition tools like a DAW but focused more on editing sound files and adding effects. Perfect for creating samples from a recording, adding reverb to some audio, and things like that.+Sound editors are not intended to be large composition tools like a DAW but focused more on editing sound files and adding effects. Perfect for creating samples from a recording, adding reverb to some audio, and things like that. You can also use it to generate chirps, noise, tones, and rhythm tracks (like a metronome).
  
-  * [[https://www.audacityteam.org|Audacity]] - Audio editing+[[https://www.audacityteam.org|Audacity]] 
 + 
 +There are a few notable effects you can apply: 
 + 
 +  * Reverb 
 +  * Distortion 
 +  * High-pass and low-pass filters (cut out high or low end of audio) 
 +  * Delay 
 +  * wah-wah 
 +  * Many more
  
  
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 VST instruments are common for use in DAWs. VST instruments are very powerful and can be heavily tweaked. Some are synthesizers and some sound like real pianos. There are free ones out there, but there are also very expensive ones ranging into the hundreds and even thousands of dollars for the high quality realistic sounding pianos and drums. VST instruments are common for use in DAWs. VST instruments are very powerful and can be heavily tweaked. Some are synthesizers and some sound like real pianos. There are free ones out there, but there are also very expensive ones ranging into the hundreds and even thousands of dollars for the high quality realistic sounding pianos and drums.
 +
 +To install a VST, it's usually as simple as placing the ''.vst'' file into the right directory. Your DAW settings should specify where it is expecting VST files to reside.
  
   * [[https://blog.landr.com/best-free-vst-plugins/|200 best free VST plugins]]   * [[https://blog.landr.com/best-free-vst-plugins/|200 best free VST plugins]]
  
-==== Sound Plugins ====+==== SoundFonts ==== 
 + 
 +SoundFonts (''.sf2'') provide you different instrument sounds like VST, but unlike VST they are not sythesized, they are a collection of PCM samples. Soundfonts are easier to use than VST but can take up a lot of space since they are real audio samples. 
 + 
 +There are some free Soundfonts on [[https://sites.google.com/site/soundfonts4u/]] that include some great pianos, guitars, violins, flutes, etc. Download the ''.sf2'' file.
  
 +To use the Soundfonts in LMMS, use the ''Sf2 Player'' instrument and then open its options. Select the ''File'' and pick the ''.sf2'' file. Then choose the ''Patch'' which is the specific instrument. There may also be multiple ''Bank'' each with a set of patches. Some Soundfont files come with dozens of instrument patches so you can download one ''.sf2'' file and have a ton of instruments available from it.
  
 ===== MIDI ===== ===== MIDI =====
other/music_making.txt · Last modified: 2022/03/29 00:36 by nanodano

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