12 Jul
2005
12 Jul
'05
12:29 p.m.
On Tue, 12 Jul, 2005 at 02:03PM +0000, jmstone(a)dsl.pipex.com spake thus:
--
"I'd crawl over an acre of 'Visual This++' and 'Integrated
Development
That' to get to gcc, Emacs, and gdb. Thank you."
(By Vance Petree, Virginia Power)
james(a)dis-dot-dat.net wrote:
Well spotted!
The biggest drawback with using cheesetracker is not being able to
automate plugin parameters. Personally, I think it more than makes up
for this in other ways.
ImpulseTracker introduced a new command, that CheeseTracker has also
implemented. I'm assuming you know the tracker family tree, or at
least this branch of it?
Anyway, the Z command is a lowpass filter. 0->7F is cutoff, 80-8F is
Q and the rest (upto FF, I think; I've never used it, strangely) is
for reverb send.
It might seem strange to have that one extra command, especially since
it has a very different effect to all the others - it applies
filtering instead of simple note adjustments. My theory, and this is
quite likely to be wrong, is that since it was added some time in the
90's, it was implemented precisely to emulate TB303-like sweeps which
seemed to be on every track at the time.
So there it is - the secret filter command. It's great, but you have
to be careful with it. Since it's the only automation trick you have,
it's tempting to overuse it. As a fan of mindless 90's hardcore
techno rave type stuff, I'm especially prone.
James
On Mon, 11 Jul, 2005 at 11:04PM -0500, Jeremiah
Benham spake thus:
On the subject of plugins, I was just listening to a few of your (very
nice) tracked pieces on your website. In a couple of them it sounds
like you have a filter frequency automation (dn505 there is a 303-like
resonance tweak I think, and dumbstuff has a rising filter at the
beginning on the first bassline). I was not aware this sort of thing
was possible with Cheesetracker. Would you mind saying how it was
done? The only ways I could think of was by routing through jack rack
or a modular synth patch, but then I think you would have to record
the filtered track on its own as cheesetracker only has stereo
outputs, or alternatively by tweaking the plugins live? On Mon, Jul 11, 2005 at 06:25:31PM +0100,
james(a)dis-dot-dat.net wrote:
Well, I did what I never do: put distortion after reverb. It sounds
horrible, because the crackling goes everywhere in the spread and
sounds like a bad recording. But, with more reverb afterwards to make
it sound intentional, it sounded quite nice for a distorted lead.
On Mon, 11 Jul, 2005 at 07:45AM -0500, Jeremiah
Benham spake thus:
> On Sat, Jul 09, 2005 at 12:42:37PM +0100, james(a)dis-dot-dat.net wrote:
> > > I starting to think guitar lessons
would be a good idea. I love using
> > them, but since I can't actually play, I have to do it the long way
> > and they always sound a bit too regular.
> You can also write out the music in lilypond to give to one of us. I am sure
you can
> find many people who would want to collaborate on a project. There are
> many fine musicians here.
You mean all those little circles with tails?
Whichever route I take, looks like I'll have to learn *something*!
:)
I am sure midi is fine also. Or it can be recorded and learned by ear.
That may be a little more effort though.
I was impressed by artifical feedback that you got when simulating the
guitar sound. All the best,
James
What? No! That's *my* name!