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Author: p4nd4 on June 29 2006

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--> here is a little something I do that helps me out when I am uninspired. your mileage will vary.

1. slap together a 1-2 bar loop using my ER-1 (any drum synth, sampler, etc. will do).
2. record it.
3. apply some effects or anything to mangle it (self gated bit crusher with long decay or attack, anything from darkware, overdrive/distortion, f'ed up delays, etc.)
4. record it again.
5. open it in FL slicer
6. randomize the piano roll (or just re-arrange it by hand)
7. adjust existing effects, replace them with new ones, etc.
repeat from step 4.

after a few iterations "gems" start to appear. slice them out and save them. once iI have a good set of gems I just load them up in FPC and go from there.

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06/29/06 + LogicFray

good ideas, i do similar things sometimes. IF i have an uninspiring drumloop i will keep resampling it til it sounds good.

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06/29/06 + flies

dang, i thought you were talking about sushi made from

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06/30/06 + kruppy

This is good... but only for the beat. Have you the right solution for harmony, melody line and so on?

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06/30/06 + deltasleep

I make 3 or four variations of the same beat, like with different effects, pitches, tempos, etc. Then I open each of those up in a slicer and choose a slice from whichever one I need to fill in the beat. Works everytime.
Also great in FL:
randomize DrumSynth Live, then hybridize that with one of the standard kits. Then create a random pattern. Sometimes this is totally amazing sounding.

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10/03/06 + license

You can do this with a lot of stuff. I'm noticing lately that it's often easier to work with samples than with living, breathing synths.

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