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General Discussion => Music Talk and Showcase => Music Showcase => Topic started by: Builderboy on January 22, 2011, 03:22:40 am
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So I recently downloaded the FL Studio Demo, and I have to say i'm really impressed with everything they let you do in the demo! They let you use abolutely *every* feature in the program, except for loading projects. So all that means is that as long as you write your music in one sitting, or never close the window, you have 100% of the features FL Studio has to offer 8)
So I was playing around for a bit and I wrote this little piece I like to call the Earth Mover ^-^ Its kinda techno electronic i dunnow what, but I like it :P
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Wow! That's pretty awesome. I like it! And you did this all with FL Studio Demo...?! O.O
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First, where can I get this FL Studio Demo? Second, could I use this in a game?
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Thanks :D Yeah FL Studio demo is identical to the real complete program, you just can't open saved projects, so I still can use 100% features. You can find the demo here http://flstudio.image-line.com/documents/download.html
As for your game, feel free to use it :D Just put me in the credits or whatever ^^
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I had never heard of this piece of software to make songs, but I have already downloaded your song and have to hear it.
EDIT: The song looks quite cool, reminds me of something I've heard before, but dunno what. haah it's getting better as I type.
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Nice Builderboy. I never could get used to the older FL Studio programs. I wonder if the newest version is easier to use? For example I could never get used to ACID Pro 6 and Magix Music Maker 15-16 and MTVMGPC, but I had no problems with ACID Pro 7, Magix 14 and MTVMG1PS1. I should give it a try at one point.
Are you planning to put it in the download section? I think that would be our first music upload in half a year. :P
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Yeah, currently I have no idea what 90% of the buttons and knobs and everything does o.O Its all very confusing, but I managed to get this ^^ I'll definitely upload it :D
Lol Scout, yep it gets better as time goes on :D
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Yeah it seemed like many things were different from the typical DAW software. Some people get used easily to it, but others can't. It depends, I guess.
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Got bored today and made another song, dubbed 'Digital Velocity' :D I still have a lot to learn when it comes to Fl studio, but at least i'm getting the hang of it ^^ This render kinda has a bit too much percussion, but i like the way it turned out anyway.
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Every feature is in the demo you say? I absolutely have to try it.
Also, nice songs, Builderboy.
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Yep :D Every feature besides loading saved files
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Nice! I like them. ;D
On a side note, can I put my own compositions that aren't electronically made in the download section if I ever record them? :D
Edit: Earth Mover sure is catchy. By any chance do you know the chord progression it uses? ^-^
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I'm sure i'll be fine :D
As for the chord progression... whats a chord progression? ;D
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To quote Kevin McKee (one of my favorite composers):
...figuring out chord progressions to some songs you like. Many pop songs have pretty simple progressions - the most common of course is I-V-I or I-IV-V-I or I-vi-IV-V-I (every hear or play that tune "heart and soul"? there it is). All these roman numerals refer to are the scale degrees on which a chord is built. So if you're in the key of C and assign a numeral to every note in the C scale, I would be C, ii would be D, iii would be E, etc. So if we wanted to do a I-V-I chord progression, the first chord, since it is I, would be a C major chord, the V would be a G major chord, and the I is C again. The definition of a chord is three or more notes sounding at once. Most chords start with what is called a triad (or three notes). Visually, if you are looking at a staff, this translates to stacking notes on top of each other, like a line on line on a line. So a C major chord is C-E-G (every other note in the scale). A G major chord would be G-B-D. The reason some roman numerals are upper case and some lower case is that upper case numerals denote it's a Major chord (happy) and lower case ones denote a minor chord (sad).
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Hmmm I'll see if I can reconstruct the chord progression by sound, since I don't have the project file anymore (demo D:) but it might be tricky :P
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Nice! I like them. ;D
On a side note, can I put my own compositions that aren't electronically made in the download section if I ever record them? :D
Edit: Earth Mover sure is catchy. By any chance do you know the chord progression it uses? ^-^
You can, as long as they're not covers/remixes of other people songs (video game covers are fine, though). Also make sure it's in MP3 format and uploaded in MP3 instead of ZIP. Builderboy you should probably update your file so it's not zipped. :P
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Why no zip files?
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It's quicker to open MP3s in the download section when not zipped, plus zipping MP3s is useless because they are not getting compressed any further. This is different for softwares, programs and the like.
Also, people tend to not trust MP3 download pages that puts MP3s inside zip/rar files, because on other sites that do the zip files often hides viruses too.
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*Bump*
Are you going to put Digital Velocity in the Music Downloads section? :D
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Yeah I agree he should put it there (unless it wasn't finished?)
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I actually did a remaster that I liked more, but ended up losing it accidentally. I now dislike the version I posted here after hearing my new remastered version :/ bleh
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Sorry to hear :(
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*Bumpity-Bump*
I just got these on my iPod. Yea! ;D
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Speaking of songs, I actually have been making some more :) I remade Digital Velocity, although there are still volume issues :/ Etheral Gas is a song with an ambient string lead with a powerful bass background, with some light percussion, called etheral gas (currently my favorite!) Arrays of Light is a song based on echos and drums, with a nice bass/drum medley and some great syncopation. Lastly there is House of Bass and Amp, not a complicated song, but one with the longest melodies I have created, and it has a nice percussive section in the middle.
I have also just been practicing creating good basslines that are catchy and awesome, and I have a nice archive I have been building off basslines that I have created but never really put into song XD If anybody wants a bassline just ask! :P
EDIT: Having trouble attaching files :/ bear with me...
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If you have a similar FL Studio demo as I do, you can actually export songs as MIDI files using Tools>Macros>Prepare for MIDI then using File>Export>MIDI to export it. This is like saving your song, then you can import it back in using File>Import>MIDI. To get it back to normal notes, open up the piano roll for your song, CTRL + A to select it all, copy it, then start a new project where you can paste it back in. It's a nice lupol around the inability to save. However, its a bit more difficult to do with multiple instruments and parts.
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Wow thats awesome! I completely didn't think of that :D Thanks so much!
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Okay here are the files, I had to reduce the quality and zip them to even get them to attatch, so they aren't the best of quality, just let me know if anybody wants higher quality versions.
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unfortunately, because of the thunder storms, we have almost no "Internets" at our disposal. ( 10 min download time :/ )
So I will check them out later.
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I'll listen to them now. By the way if you have troubles uploading them, you can ask Eeems so he can upload the invididual MP3s in 128K format in the music folder directly. Just e-mail him the songs. I would do it but I have no FTP access.
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-House of Bass: Nice melody and bass. I would make the kickdrum stronger, though, so it's kinda like breakbeat/drum and bass style beat.
-Etheral Gas: I like it too, especially the melody when the bass starts. However I would make the master volume lower and increase the kickdrum volume a lot, because during high volume parts of the song the kickdrum gets drowned out so much that we don't hear it.
-Array of light: I like it too. As the others, the kickdrum isn't loud enough, though. The snare is fine, tho. I think also a remix of that song with dance style kickdrum beat would be nice. I think these melodies/synths got a huge trance potential.
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Holy crap that's a good techno song.... Whoaaa I'm impressed! :w00t: