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Hey guys!
I figured that since there were no discussions about people who make music to just be able o give updates about their progress, this would be the one!

I'll just start with this:
whenever i start to open a music making session, i just pick a random song-in-progress, and start working wherever i left off. In 03, one of my currently nameless s.i.p.'s i figured out a cool effect i can make with an electronic cowbell and the delay effect in madtracker

Lets keep this going!
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i just finished a song, it took me like, 15 minutes. i have no way whatsoever to share it though, which sucks. i do give special thanks to Humeka, check him out on jamendo.

i need a program that would let me video capture madtracker, so i can post on youtube, and then be able to share it with all you people!
couldn't you render it and post it on soundcloud or something?
idk. the main problem is, i have no i dea how to render
http://www.madtracker.org/documents/convert.xml

seems to be it. probably have to be "pro registered"
oh. yah i looked into that. my funding has been at an all-time low ever since i lost my wallet somewhere at home
and my right dress shoe
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in the progress of making a tetris remix. only made the first line though. using only a triangle and a sine
You could always just record the "Stereo Mix" channel. But don't tell Yannick I told you so.
Why, since we have a thread for that now, I might just as well post a few of my own songs. I haven't composed any new track recently, so this stuff is basically a year old. Keep in mind I'm no binärpilot, just a mere trumpet player who also happens to be a geek. There's no precise style, I just do what sounds good to me. So here they are, raw and unpolished:

Skinny
Digitalwald
Your Smile

All made with renoise. I guess you can consider those under a creative commons BY-SA-NC license, but it's the interweb, so nobody's gonna prevent you to do whatever you want to with the tracks.
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Awesome! Listening to this stuff now.

Protip: Add class="mp3player" to MP3 links and they'll play on click.
Hey, Alexander and all of you guys. I'd love to hear your opinion on my music!

By the way... isn't there any WYSIWYG editor for posting? Or a way to have the video appear , instead of the link?
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Mental Note:
Eating chow mein while making music does not increase your abilities in the area of music making. it usualy does the opposite.

Hey guys, thanks for keeping my Discussion alive!
you all have really nice music!

@Alexander: i'd need more detailed info then that, because i'm not very knowledgeable about soundstuff, mostly just everything else. FYI, i have windows 7
@8_bit Zephyr: When you post links as "a href"'s, add a class="mp3player" to the anchor.

For instance:
<a href="somedomain.com/cyborgsss.mp3" class="mp3player">Cyborg T-rex strikes again!</a>
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@Georg: Because this is "full" HTML. You can just paste the embed tags right into the input field and it'll work. Like this:

Since posting a cat trying to jump is not a good contribution to this thread.

Here's a left over from Nordland (that might turn into a real song one day).
I think everyone just snagged that song. Including me :D
Well then... Then allow me to re-post the videos, and add some more. Just let me tell you that I also have done some pieces, that are not electronica, but more orchestral. So here we go, and I'd love for all of you to speak your mind and opinion and if it's not too much trouble... rate and comment in youtube!

More on following posts ;)







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Posted by koew:@8_bit Zephyr: When you post links as "a href"'s, add a class="mp3player" to the anchor.

For instance:
<a href="somedomain.com/cyborgsss.mp3" class="mp3player">Cyborg T-rex strikes again!</a>

the problem is, i have not the funding, since the losing of my wallet with a debit card
May I politely ask "lolwut?"

You don't need funding. All you need to do if you want to share one of your songs in mp3 format is to upload it to some free web hosting platform (e.g.: google sites) and share the link with us, using the appropriate html tag, and including the mp3player class in the tag in order to stream it straight from the page.

Voilà, it's fairly easy and completely gratis.
no no no, i use madtracker, wich requires membershio to convert to mp3
You can make MP3's without having the license. You just record the sound that's playing (MadTracker) with a different program (Audacity) using Stereo Mix (or similar). Read one of these.
Posted by Alexander:Since posting a cat trying to jump is not a good contribution to this thread.

Here's a left over from Nordland (that might turn into a real song one day).


Who too heard Kraftwerk - The Model, in there?
Posted by Alexander Kramer:I think everyone just snagged that song. Including me :D


I hadn't heard it til last night and I started FREAKING OUT! "YOU NEED TO MAKE THIS A FULL SONG RIGHT NOW!!!11! DO NOT LET THIS BE ANOTHER GIMME ABBA SITUATION!!!" It's seriously SO good.

also, if you have yet to listen to gimme abba go get it from backstage right now.



seriously, go.
@8_bit Zephyr

It's been a long time since I've used madtracker, I don't know if this still stands, but last time I checked you could export your songs as OGG files, and the results were quite good, and it sure is less of a pain than to record the output with audacity, and if you want you may convert it to mp3 afterwards using some third party software (google LAME for more info).

Or, seeing how I'm so biased, just buy Renoise 2.6

Also, I regret not having backstage access right now. I mean, with a title like gimme abba, you can't go wrong, haha.
Eksamenstechno.
Made before summer, when working with exams and not feeling well. Renoise product.

just thought i might post it here :P
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Posted by Alexander:You can make MP3's without having the license. You just record the sound that's playing (MadTracker) with a different program (Audacity) using Stereo Mix (or similar). Read one of these.

SWEET MAN! thanks!
as if i didn't owe you enough for the great music! now i owe you for helping me out in my time of need!
i feel like awesome
Posted by megachad:@8_bit Zephyr

It's been a long time since I've used madtracker, I don't know if this still stands, but last time I checked you could export your songs as OGG files, and the results were quite good, and it sure is less of a pain than to record the output with audacity, and if you want you may convert it to mp3 afterwards using some third party software (google LAME for more info).

Or, seeing how I'm so biased, just buy Renoise 2.6

Also, I regret not having backstage access right now. I mean, with a title like gimme abba, you can't go wrong, haha.
purchase? HA! i use Vuse! the awesome downloader of piracy!
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Total 0% work getting done. scratch that, fun getting done. i'm fresh out of "inspiration"
i think ill watch some red vs blue.
Might as well post this, since I lost the project original files :/

Fuck it up by elektronaut
Me liky
Apart from the voice, maybe
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The best thing you ever made.
Moitah, you must be high if you don't like the speech synthesis.
Man, this sounds great, reminds me a lot of Boys Noize. This track is a definite new favourite of mine. I only wish it were longer, sucks that you lost the files.
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Part 2 of my music! Looking forward to hear what you think!





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Part 3 of my music!





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Nobody tells me his opinion? This makes me a sad panda... :(
To be honest it sounds very generic, to the point where I'm assuming it's made in some kind of loop-based software? If not then I apologize :)
Yeah, it is made in Magix. Unfortunately I don't know my notes... :(
You certainly have an ear for compositions. If I were you I'd try playing around with something a step up from Magix. FL is supposedly very easy to get into:

Yeah, I'm about to start fiddling around with it!
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i'm gonna look at Fl, it looks a lot easier than Madtracker.
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i'm sick. i feel horrible.
Bahhh! Same here! Also sick and exhausted...
WELL an after noon of halo 1 and junk food actually helped me a lot.
Now imagine what an afternoon of Halo: Reach and junk food could do for ya
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i've gotten so close to that at my friends house. infact, i had to borrow halo 1 $ 2 from him.if only i had a 360. i need more funding.

even though my dad found my wallet
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Playing Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm 2 at the moment. Next on my list: Castlevania - Lords of Shadows, Spiderman Shattered Dimensions and Enslaved.
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i found all of my "lost" music here on meh tablet. gonna listen and edit i all, for maximum awesome
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I know this is a music-oriented thread, but just throwing this out there:

Does anyone here know of a good, freeware program that allows you to create animations in a video, like drawing "over" a video someone else has filmed? My buddy and I might start collaborating with skate vids or something like that.

I've never attempted anything like this, and thought I'd give it a whorl.

In order to keep This thread "clean" you can respond to this comment on the Artwork thread.