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Post by fenris on Sept 13, 2018 15:51:37 GMT -5
Hi everyone. I'm totally new to the synth game having bought one on a whim while rehabbing my arm(i generally play guitar.) That being said I've totally fallen in love with it and am looking to expand from fiddling around to trying to make music. I'm trying to make some DS style music but have no idea how. Does anyone have any advice on how to set my synth up to get started playing DS? I have an arturia microbrute if that helps at all.
Thanks in advance!
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Post by AndruJorj on Sept 13, 2018 17:05:51 GMT -5
Make it sound like a medieval instrument: organ, harp, harpsichord, lute, flute, drums, cymbals, stringed instruments of all kinds, brass instruments like horns, etc. Your synth, however, isn't designed to make these kinds of sounds. You can make some awesome music with your synth, but it's not exactly tailored for Dungeon Synth. That's only if you want to have traditional folky/orchestra sounding instruments in your music. You can write Dungeon Synth with the Arturia MicroBrute, but you'll probably get sounds closer to video game chiptunes than acoustic instruments that are typical of the genre, if that's your sort of thing. The Arturia MicroBrute has a 64 step sequencer built in, I think. You should be able to get some great sounds out of it if you want those sounds in your music. If you don't, then fear not, because your synth is also a midi controller and can thus use a computer and free software to achieve your goal. Maybe watch a few demos of your synth being used. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cagbBg0TmgMwww.youtube.com/watch?v=1feSmaeZ1CYThe MicroBrute is awesome. Go make music.
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Post by andrewwerdna on Sept 13, 2018 22:53:20 GMT -5
Microbrute sounds like an awesome instrument, specifically for the feature that allows an audio input as an oscillator. I think I might like to get one someday for that purpose. But yeah, for starting out, analog and virtual analog is not what you want for traditional dungeon synth. The traditional dungeon synth sound is really rooted in "romplers" like the Roland JV series. Basically the idea is that with sample-based digital synths of the 90's, instead of those handful of oscillators you got with your Microbrute, like saw, square, triangle, etc. a digital synth can use any number of sampled sounds as oscillators, in the case of DS most commonly orchestral instruments. You'd be better off with just a keyboard or a General MIDI soundfount to get a feel for DS, which you could use your Microbrute for as what I'd imagine is a very capable midi controller, as AndruJorj mentioned. Roland Sound Canvas is what I'd specifically recommend to a beginner, which you can test out immediately with the free trial of Roland Cloud. Or if you want to stick to hardware, just get a cheap keyboard from your local Goodwill. As much as I personally love getting my hands dirty with synthesis, I think it can definitely be a roadblock for starting musicians. Better to focus on the composition at first. DS can be made with an analog or virtual analog synth, but I think it would be difficult to make it have that dungeon sound even if you really know what you're doing. Til Det Bergens Skyggene - Vandringen I (Skoglandskap) is a great example of that being done right.
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Post by fenris on Sept 14, 2018 7:45:34 GMT -5
Thanks for that, I found out my old keyboard has a midi connection that I can hook up to my microbrute, it has several sounds that might work(the things we find out AFTER asking questions). Those videos were quite helpful.
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Post by AndruJorj on Sept 14, 2018 19:41:51 GMT -5
Thanks for that, I found out my old keyboard has a midi connection that I can hook up to my microbrute, it has several sounds that might work(the things we find out AFTER asking questions). Those videos were quite helpful. I'm glad the videos were helpful. If you have any questions feel free to ask. Just tell us which operating system you use, and we can point you towards free software that will help you get the sounds you need.
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Post by Summerless on Sept 14, 2018 20:28:37 GMT -5
Definitely check out vst4free.com - plenty of good free softsynths!
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Post by Bรฅvingr on Sept 21, 2018 3:46:07 GMT -5
If you have a bit of money, the Korg M1 VST is highly recommended. I got mine in a 1/2 price sale, but I would have gladly paid double that... korg.shop/korg-collection-m1.html?___store=englishThe sounds are GREAT, but possibly my favourite feature is that you can browse the presets by category (e.g. orchestral, synth) and also by type of sound (plucked, brass etc) & you can combine the two so you just search for "orchestral brass" or "synth plucked" etc - this element of it has really sped up my workflow.
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Post by thekeeper on Sept 28, 2018 16:10:43 GMT -5
If you have a bit of money, the Korg M1 VST is highly recommended. I got mine in a 1/2 price sale, but I would have gladly paid double that... korg.shop/korg-collection-m1.html?___store=englishThe sounds are GREAT, but possibly my favourite feature is that you can browse the presets by category (e.g. orchestral, synth) and also by type of sound (plucked, brass etc) & you can combine the two so you just search for "orchestral brass" or "synth plucked" etc - this element of it has really sped up my workflow. I have this VST as well and its so overwhelming for me, ha. There's so many possible sounds to graze through and the ability to combine them makes it all the worse. I wasn't aware of the search feature though, that could be helpful. Some kool sounds though. Great pianos.
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Post by Bรฅvingr on Sept 29, 2018 4:15:33 GMT -5
If you have a bit of money, the Korg M1 VST is highly recommended. I got mine in a 1/2 price sale, but I would have gladly paid double that... korg.shop/korg-collection-m1.html?___store=englishThe sounds are GREAT, but possibly my favourite feature is that you can browse the presets by category (e.g. orchestral, synth) and also by type of sound (plucked, brass etc) & you can combine the two so you just search for "orchestral brass" or "synth plucked" etc - this element of it has really sped up my workflow. I have this VST as well and its so overwhelming for me, ha. There's so many possible sounds to graze through and the ability to combine them makes it all the worse. I wasn't aware of the search feature though, that could be helpful. Some kool sounds though. Great pianos. It's more like tagging, but is labelled seach - BUT THIS IS FOR YOU! Sounds like it will help immensely. I have the same problem with the Wavestation VST - great sounds but they seem to be randomly grouped... 1 preset will be a sweet horn and the next one sounds like a backing tracking for a 90s RnB song...
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Post by stormcrow on Sept 29, 2018 7:44:07 GMT -5
I really like the Wavestation, especially since I have found how to edit factory presets No user friendly preset search, indeed.
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