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TVvoodoo said:
@ibmorjamn yes that would be preferred, though you can change the tempo if you wish. But if you choose another drum pattern of any of the four given time signatures I don't think anyone would object.
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The examples are fine as examples but the drummers are off the charts with quads ,parididdle , polyrhythm, counter rhythms. Making the time signitures more difficult than they should be.
Kind of reminds of EZ drummer. Not easy peazy. Lol
 
The funny thing is the more I look in to those time signatures the further I go in to the Abyss. In the pocket in time I guess is relative to how each instrument is playing the time signiture.

I had a song I was working on. It fit the parameters but completely sucked.
So in 7/8 counting either 1,2,1,2, 123 or opissite as well as group the 123 in the middle. You do not have to play the accents on 1,4 as the signiture suggests.
 
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ibmorjamn said:
The funny thing is the more I look in to those time signatures the further in to the Abyss. In the pocket in time I guess is relative to how each instrument is playing the time signiture.

I had a song I was working on. It fit the parameters but completely sucked.
So in 7/8 counting either 1,2,1,2, 123 or opissite as well as group the 123 in the middle. You do not have to play the accents on 1,4 as the signiture suggests.
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If I were directing it, 123,12, 12 feels right. I’ve done 6/8 music before. Fairly common. The other two. I have no idea.
 
TVvoodoo said:
@Jethro Rocker I suppose so... But I know I would rather hear you, and other competitors tight in the pocket with a drummer. That's really the bones of this challenge. It's not for huge points tho. Everyone should try. I'm finding it particularly difficult, gotta say.
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12/8 is a great blues timing. I did something in 6/8 -with the Afterglow band I rewlly like but have no drum track for it. Meh I'll play with one I find or one o those.
 
TVvoodoo said:
Your Challenge: Create a minimum 1:00 “Soundtrack of Love,” posted in this thread before deadline.
Bonus points available: Additional creativity with sound effects = 1pt. Put it together yourself, using the same supplied footage= 1pt.
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OK here's RVM's Soundtrack of Love video with audio
Notes: I finally picked up a MIDI interface, a 4-in/out M-Audio one for only 25.00 used. With pro-quality midi cables included too. So I've been playing my piano much more and experimenting with layered sounds beyond what the keyboard has on board.
The main piano track is a combo of an acoustic grand and DX7. I like it, sounds commercial/cliche in a professional sense.
Guitar tone: my Japanese Fender Squire into a Line 6 POD Pro XT (Marshall preset). A very predictable & pleasant sound for this project.
I just recorded this free-time into my DAW with various layers of instruments. I did it all in one sitting.
3 different sound effects added later in post production.
 
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Randy Van Malmsteen said:
OK here's RVM's Soundtrack of Love video with audio
Notes: I finally picked up a MIDI interface, a 4-in/out M-Audio one for only 25.00 used. With pro-quality midi cables included too. So I've been playing my piano much more and experimenting with layered sounds beyond what the keyboard has on board.
The main piano track is a combo of an acoustic grand and DX7. I like it, sounds commercial/cliche in a professional sense.
Guitar tone: my Japanese Fender Squire into a Line 6 POD Pro XT (Marshall preset). A very predictable & pleasant sound for this project.
I just recorded this free-time into my DAW with various layers of instruments. I did it all in one sitting.
3 different sound effects added later in post production.
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Right on man, love the keyboard work. The guitar tone is most appropriate as well.
 
Aynirar27 said:
I feel bad for not using the 6/8 track given in the description so I whipped up something using the 7/8 track given. Remember "Jazz Odyssey" in Spinal Tap? Well this is FUNK ODYSSEY!
please be sure to stay for the puppet show


I counted 123, 1234 for most of it. it helped to time it to click track in reaper for sure

https://soundcloud.com/id%3Daynirar27%252Ffunky-brewster%3Btrack_id%3D1809358713
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I think you were fine with your first submission but dam I like that funky music. You mind if we call you KC ? Lol
 
Randy Van Malmsteen said:
OK here's RVM's Soundtrack of Love video with audio
Notes: I finally picked up a MIDI interface, a 4-in/out M-Audio one for only 25.00 used. With pro-quality midi cables included too. So I've been playing my piano much more and experimenting with layered sounds beyond what the keyboard has on board.
The main piano track is a combo of an acoustic grand and DX7. I like it, sounds commercial/cliche in a professional sense.
Guitar tone: my Japanese Fender Squire into a Line 6 POD Pro XT (Marshall preset). A very predictable & pleasant sound for this project.
I just recorded this free-time into my DAW with various layers of instruments. I did it all in one sitting.
3 different sound effects added later in post production.
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The keyboard and POD sound real good.
Guys spend thousands to get that tone. Lol
 
Holy Moley @Randy Van Malmsteen gets his love scene ON! We gonna call that one "To Serve and Connect"

i picture the session as if Journey got hired to do the track, then suddenly near the end Sykes era Whitesnake busts down the door and hijacks "Faithfully" into a "Still of The Night-ish" direction. Those strings tho! That was quite a stirring arrangement for just a fly by... And how it built at the end you should seriously be in the movies! Not so sure about the sound effects, if they add or distract... maybe the sirens added immediacy and intensity, a hint at a backstory...
Still there were no specifications on that so the extra 2 points are automatic for those adds and the edit. The bottle falling sfx was cool but it suddenly reminded me my own TV edit days I how awkward it can feel to add real time foley sfx to slow motion video... sometimes it works better to use an unexpected, more abstract sound instead.

But seriously, once again you guys just continue to blow away my every expectation.

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