My 'Beats'

[blake]

Well, I had a bit of a run on this program just earlier today, after I hadn't really done anything for over a year or so... I was dead bored and this came as a result.

I'm a complete amateur at this, my stuff sucks, but I thought I'd share it for a bit of a laugh. I made most of the ones quite a while ago (around February, 2009) but this one is just made today as I said.

I'll post them with their ratings going from best to worst from Newgrounds Audio, with the exception of my new one as it has no ratings yet.

-(Waterwall)- 3 min 41 sec, Rating N/A - Just made

-(Repetition)- 1 min 53 sec, Rating 3.9/5 - this one actually got used in a flash game by someone who was obviously tone deaf

-(Skyline)- 1 min 53 sec, Rating 3.7/5 - my first ever song

-(Green Skies) - 2 min 18 sec, Rating 3.6/5

-(Enola Gay)- 3 min 21 sec, Rating 3.6/5 - a cover of Enola Gay by OMD

-(Rock Wall)- 1 min 50 sec, Rating 3.48/5

blake added 3 Minutes and 32 Seconds later...

also yes, I love arpeggiators, and I heard the Bad Touch recently and then wanted to make another song with an arpeggiator in it

 

[deathrevenge9]

Will listen them later.

 

[Ollie_H]

Wow, thanks for that. Think I'm gonna eat some lunch and then maybe go into town for a bit later!

But in real terms, I gave them a listen and thought they were pretty good, wasn't a massive fan of the big delve into electro and trance tunes but I like the repitition one, had it stuck in my head for a while after

 

[mattfb]

-(Repetition)- 1 min 53 sec, Rating 3.9/5 - this one actually got used in a flash game by someone who was obviously tone deaf

I love this one. Had it playing as background music when playing fm for a while last night haha

 

[McLOVIN]

Let me guess you used...Pro Tools? no Acid? Fruity Loops? Sonar is a good 1 too.

Back in 9th grade I was obsessed with all those things, I bought 2, and ripped 2. And spent all day playing around with those. I thought I was the next Timbaland. Now that I go back and listen to them, boy do they sound shitty!

Thanks to Virtual DJ or else I was gonna freaking by a DJ turn-table!

McLOVIN added 9 Minutes and 37 Seconds later...

Ok just checked your links. Is it me or in Aus people dont really listen to music with lotta base. I checked my Oz friends playlists and stuff, or the guys from my cricket team, they all have these Australia song, they are all so... 'calm' and 'plain'. Not that it's a bad thing or anything like that, but I am just wondering is that very popular over there? Alt Rock, Alt Punk, I am not sure what the call it

 

[blake]

Yeah well the lack of the bass is just due to my natural incompetency, I would've made something like it a bit better if I could.

Used Fruity Loops (FL Studio 9 as it is now called).

 

[McLOVIN]

If you need help, just check youtube channels. That's where I learned my stuff from

 

[drainpipe32]

Ok just checked your links. Is it me or in Aus people dont really listen to music with lotta base. I checked my Oz friends playlists and stuff, or the guys from my cricket team, they all have these Australia song, they are all so... 'calm' and 'plain'. Not that it's a bad thing or anything like that, but I am just wondering is that very popular over there? Alt Rock, Alt Punk, I am not sure what the call it

Yeah we're big on Alternative Rock, Punk Rock, Punk Pop, etc. Well these days anyway, we've had ACDC and stuff in times gone past, but there are a few of the other bands emerging now.

 

[Hooper]

Is Fruity Loops better then Virtual DJ, Blake for remixing stuff?

 

[KBC]

Is Fruity Loops better then Virtual DJ, Blake for remixing stuff?

I don't use FL studio much for DJ stuff but for composing, it's yer bet!!!! I'm an FL studio user and fan for almost 9 years. But if you want to give a higher shot, Get ableton. It's almost you can play around with it.

edit:

Check Dennis' demonstration:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SH4g4FHZHw

 

[blake]

Mixing or remixing? I don't have Virtual DJ and I've never tried remixing so I wouldn't know. :\

 

[Hooper]

Remixing.. Ah ok. You like to just make beats from scratch. Fair enough.