idk anything about hip-hop coverage in pitchfork really, hence my not commenting on it
their rap reviews tend to be....overly enthusiastic. Such as when they fellated that one dude whose video I posted where it was a really generic brag rap over a beat that the best thing I could say about it was that it was unconventional.
Really seems to be a problem a lot of sites that review rap albums have. Potholes In My Blog is way worse about it (how are you going to give a Wale album anything north of a 2/10?).
man you know this is the same problem i have with video game reviews and most sites that review electronic music
like even the most utterly by-the-numbers shit is gonna get a 7/10
also if you want to die go to any review of a metal album on any site ever and take a shot every time someone says the music is "crushing like/heavy as (something related to the album art, the album title, or one of the track names)"
idk anything about hip-hop coverage in pitchfork really, hence my not commenting on it
their rap reviews tend to be....overly enthusiastic. Such as when they fellated that one dude whose video I posted where it was a really generic brag rap over a beat that the best thing I could say about it was that it was unconventional.
Really seems to be a problem a lot of sites that review rap albums have. Potholes In My Blog is way worse about it (how are you going to give a Wale album anything north of a 2/10?).
man you know this is the same problem i have with video game reviews and most sites that review electronic music
like even the most utterly by-the-numbers shit is gonna get a 7/10
the thing is that P4k and other sites seem to put a lot of stock in like, things the artist does that don't actually have anything to do with the music.
Drake gets a Best New Music because he's "honest" and "sincere", not because his music is actually worth listening to. Chief Keef and Li'l Durk are "raw", not "bad at rapping". Kool A.D. is "being ironic", not "fucking terrible".
also if you want to die go to any review of a metal album on any site ever and take a shot every time someone says the music is "crushing like/heavy as (something related to the album art, the album title, or one of the track names)"
I avoid the metal scene like the plague honestly.
I don't have anything against metal or people who listen to it necessarily (except in a joking way) but some of the more out-there metal fancommunities are downright scary and I just prefer to avoid them altogether.
i had no idea until i visited their profile pages and they had all these NSBM band scrobbles and were members of various anti-christian nationalist groups as well?
(*shrug*)
apart from that they were chill dudes tho #whiteprivilege
this Abstraxion track isn't exactly what I was looking for but it is pretty good.
yeah as i said John Talbot isn't quite my sort of area of expertise, when it comes to the whole songs vs. tracks continuum i fall very hard on the tracks side
i had no idea until i visited their profile pages and they had all these NSBM band scrobbles and were members of various anti-christian nationalist groups as well?
(*shrug*)
apart from that they were chill dudes tho #whiteprivilege
I don't really think any amount of being chill justifies being a nazi unless they're from one of those countries where people don't receive proper history education (which is a few, sadly).
this Abstraxion track isn't exactly what I was looking for but it is pretty good.
yeah as i said John Talbot isn't quite my sort of area of expertise, when it comes to the whole songs vs. tracks continuum i fall very hard on the tracks side
I don't really know what you mean by that.
in other news: I hate that my computer just decides to sometimes not connect to the internet unless I restart it.
granted, it only takes like four seconds to reboot this thing, but still. It's freakin annoying
his reactions to things are kinda similar to mine, he's made me giggle once or twice
(*shrug*)
idk he's always struck me as one of those LPers who's big on knowledge but low on personality.
Plus I unfairly always assume that people who know a lot about video games are just sort of snobs, which is more my problem than his. I have similar issues watching Arumba07 who does a lot of Crusader Kings shit.
hey have you heard "Wide Ocean Shot" yet? I want your opinion on it even if it's just whether or not you like it. Most of the people I've tried to show it to so far have been rap fans so I want a different perspective.
i've used vocodex on a few occasions, but it's one of those things that's both not very flexible and requires lots of non-intuitive knowhow so i've never really bothered with it
hmmm
I really really like all the sounds (*except the snare*), but the beat feels weird and out of sync
the way that keyboard/piano riff repeats itself is not playing happy with the beat at all, it creates this weird staggering effect that makes them seem whally unrelated to one another.
plus the other drums aren't really grooving with the kick at all.
I'm not sure that first link is going where you want it to.
Also I've always kind of felt that these "how to do X in FL Studio" tutorials are kind of cheating, for lack of a better word. Even though second link doesn't deal specifically in FL.
I also kind of can't understand what they're saying anyway.
Here, the hi-hats are highlighted in red, the kick in yellow and the snares in blue. By setting the piano-roll grid to 48th notes, we can read our sequencer in both 6/8 and 4/4 easily. (Every three 48ths will give you 16ths, thus keeping the part in 4/4. Every four 48ths is a 12th, which will divide the beats into 3rds. If you’re scratching your head, don’t worry – the important point to remember is that both 6/8 and 4/4 fall perfectly on the gridlines with the grid divisions set to 48ths .)
And I'm not suggesting that you use those beats at all, just try making them, then tinkering with them as a learning experience. It'll help you understand the rules of what makes a beat tick.
and the lessons you learn there will help a lot! ^w^
^ oh, basically you can ignore that, they're just showing how they have it set up to allow you to see what's going on.
I just immediately see all of these comparisons to Aphex Twin and Zomby and a bunch of other stuff I don't listen to and generally assume it's irrelevant to me, and I don't know if you've ever seen any, but rap beat tutorials are terrible.
I'll try it anyway. Though not now because it's 4AM.
the #1 thing a tutorial needs is explanations of what is going on. because once you know why certain things are the way they are, you can use them as tools in your own stuff.
like, of course a tutorial that says "put these hit on these steps and BAM you have a beat" is useless
the problem with me reading this is that I don't know how to translate any time signature other than 4/4 into a step sequencer (on purpose, anyway), and the article assumes I do.
We’ll start with a very raw, hollow-sounding kick sample with lots of low end and enough thump to power through the mix (check out ‘Goblin’ by Coki for an example of the type of kick sound we’re after here). The kick pattern is a simple rhythm with some offbeats towards the end to increase the groove. The last kick in the pattern is triggered at a lower velocity to provide a subtle variation. (Note that the grids in this Beats Dissected example are set at 32 divisions. Click the images to enlarge.)
We’ll start with a very raw, hollow-sounding kick sample with lots of low end and enough thump to power through the mix (check out ‘Goblin’ by Coki for an example of the type of kick sound we’re after here). The kick pattern is a simple rhythm with some offbeats towards the end to increase the groove. The last kick in the pattern is triggered at a lower velocity to provide a subtle variation. (Note that the grids in this Beats Dissected example are set at 32 divisions. Click the images to enlarge.)
what
click the sample with the velocities you want to edit and click the Graph Editor button (*it's next to the swing bar*)
Start with a straight four-to-the-floor kick. We’ve gone for a hybrid sound built from a 909 sample layered with an acoustic hit to give a mixture of low-end weight and mid-range punch. Although kick drums are rarely treated to reverb, this beat demands it. The secret is in how the reverb tail is sculpted. Ensure you cut the lows from the reverb return to avoid clogging up the bottom end of the mix. Adjust the decay of the tail so that it just bleeds into the next kick hit – the exact time will depend on the tempo of your track.
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also is it that "fiyah" sample everyone uses? I actually like that one a lot and have used it myself once or twice.
I recorded twelve minutes of ambient noise at McDonald's the other day.
I should put the track I made out of it on my soundcloud. I think I'll go do that now.
Drake gets a Best New Music because he's "honest" and "sincere", not because his music is actually worth listening to. Chief Keef and Li'l Durk are "raw", not "bad at rapping". Kool A.D. is "being ironic", not "fucking terrible".
You see the pattern here.
I don't have anything against metal or people who listen to it necessarily (except in a joking way) but some of the more out-there metal fancommunities are downright scary and I just prefer to avoid them altogether.
this Abstraxion track isn't exactly what I was looking for but it is pretty good.
in other news: I hate that my computer just decides to sometimes not connect to the internet unless I restart it.
granted, it only takes like four seconds to reboot this thing, but still. It's freakin annoying he's like, fine, I guess
but he's just really un-entertaining imo.
I can do it next time I guess.
Plus I unfairly always assume that people who know a lot about video games are just sort of snobs, which is more my problem than his. I have similar issues watching Arumba07 who does a lot of Crusader Kings shit.
be wary of Vocodex.
Out of sync how?
Also I've always kind of felt that these "how to do X in FL Studio" tutorials are kind of cheating, for lack of a better word. Even though second link doesn't deal specifically in FL.
I also kind of can't understand what they're saying anyway.
I don't really know what this means.
I just immediately see all of these comparisons to Aphex Twin and Zomby and a bunch of other stuff I don't listen to and generally assume it's irrelevant to me, and I don't know if you've ever seen any, but rap beat tutorials are terrible.
I'll try it anyway. Though not now because it's 4AM.
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something like this makes a lot more sense to me even if I still have no frame of reference for exactly how much space is between those sounds.
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click the sample with the velocities you want to edit and click the Graph Editor button (*it's next to the swing bar*)I am too tired for this shit.
Whatever, I'm just pissing myself off with my own ignorance now.
Goodnight everyone.