What type of music do you compose/produce with DP?
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What type of music do you compose/produce with DP?
Lets be pretty general here ie:
Rock
Folk
Metal
Pop
Electronic
Trance
Hip Hop
Rap
Classical
or if you just use it for production (don't compose yourself just use it at your studio)
I use it for mainly Electronic and Classical. Have used it for Rock/Folk but mainly use Pro Tools for that and stick with DP for the former styles.
Rock
Folk
Metal
Pop
Electronic
Trance
Hip Hop
Rap
Classical
or if you just use it for production (don't compose yourself just use it at your studio)
I use it for mainly Electronic and Classical. Have used it for Rock/Folk but mainly use Pro Tools for that and stick with DP for the former styles.
- gearboy
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Why Pro Tools for Rock Stuff?
I use DP for electronic, rock, folk, movie ADR work, movie mixing...
I use DP for electronic, rock, folk, movie ADR work, movie mixing...
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My recording blog: http://www.ipressrecord.com
My recording blog: http://www.ipressrecord.com
Goa/Psy Trance meets jamband.
Ala Juno reactor, Shpongle, STS9
Ala Juno reactor, Shpongle, STS9
Macbook pro, 3 gigs of ram, osx 10.62, Dp 5.13, Live 8.1.2, Reason 4, Tc powercore Virus, Albino 3.02, proper ergonomic sitting posture, plenty of coffee (french press only with a pinch of cardamon added)
My dp inspired music.....
http://www.myspace.com/aislingbeing" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.myspace.com/wigginsmaroo" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.mp3.com.au/artist.asp?id=10004" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
My dp inspired music.....
http://www.myspace.com/aislingbeing" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.myspace.com/wigginsmaroo" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.mp3.com.au/artist.asp?id=10004" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Electro-tribal-house-circuity stuff.
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- daniel.sneed
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folk - jazz - pop - dramatic shows - dance shows - photografic exhibitions
dAn Shakin' all over!
DP11.34, OS12.7.6, MacBookPro-i7
Falcon, Kontakt, Ozone, RX, Unisum, Michelangelo, Sparkverb
Waldorf Iridium & STVC & Blofeld, Kemper Profiler Stage, EWIusb, Mixface
JBL4326+4312sub, Behringer X32rack
Many mandolins, banjos, guitars, flutes, melodions, xylos, kalimbas...

DP11.34, OS12.7.6, MacBookPro-i7
Falcon, Kontakt, Ozone, RX, Unisum, Michelangelo, Sparkverb
Waldorf Iridium & STVC & Blofeld, Kemper Profiler Stage, EWIusb, Mixface
JBL4326+4312sub, Behringer X32rack
Many mandolins, banjos, guitars, flutes, melodions, xylos, kalimbas...
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Show music, also Christian music. My specialty is orchestral stuff. For the show I'm working on now, I did a dance number with a Gaelic feel. Used some of the Celtic samples from EthnoInstrument. I used Gaelic Storm (the band that played in "Titanic") as my model. It came out quite well.
Rick Averill
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Stuff that I think sounds new and everyone grooves to and says it's retro.
I often create a groove with lotsa synths and the LinnSequencer, then bounce the MIDI over, and a stereo mix, into DP. Then retrigger the synths from DP's MIDI, to record stems, or separate audio trax for each synth.
Sometimes I just line em up.
Then I squash/master the mix and bounce to disk.
Then I do it all over again.
styles? hmmm, you could say easy jazz funk progressive 80's experimental rock hi-energy synth-pop
I often create a groove with lotsa synths and the LinnSequencer, then bounce the MIDI over, and a stereo mix, into DP. Then retrigger the synths from DP's MIDI, to record stems, or separate audio trax for each synth.
Sometimes I just line em up.
Then I squash/master the mix and bounce to disk.
Then I do it all over again.
styles? hmmm, you could say easy jazz funk progressive 80's experimental rock hi-energy synth-pop
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I'm all over the place.
Today, I'm working on a straight cover of Cypress Hill's "Insane in the Brain." I just finished a second pass on a funk version of Soundgarden's "Spoonman," odd time signatures and all. Horns, slap bass, you know the drill.
No vocals on either; some other joe gets to do that. This is for a videogame.
Tonight, I need to put some sound effects on an animation I built for the Chicago Bears. An arena, jumbotron thing.
So, I've back-pocketed my concept album about a man who buys a baby hippo to impress his neighbors. It's tentatively titled "Hippo!"
Today, I'm working on a straight cover of Cypress Hill's "Insane in the Brain." I just finished a second pass on a funk version of Soundgarden's "Spoonman," odd time signatures and all. Horns, slap bass, you know the drill.
No vocals on either; some other joe gets to do that. This is for a videogame.
Tonight, I need to put some sound effects on an animation I built for the Chicago Bears. An arena, jumbotron thing.
So, I've back-pocketed my concept album about a man who buys a baby hippo to impress his neighbors. It's tentatively titled "Hippo!"
folksy deranged troubadour,
electroacoustic experiments,
indie rock,
songs songs and more songs.
unfortunately the one thing i don't make with DP is money...that's what Final Cut Studio is for!
(edit...not true, i have sold a handful of records on CD baby...like 30 bucks in profit whooo hooo!)
electroacoustic experiments,
indie rock,
songs songs and more songs.
unfortunately the one thing i don't make with DP is money...that's what Final Cut Studio is for!
(edit...not true, i have sold a handful of records on CD baby...like 30 bucks in profit whooo hooo!)
why would i want to skin a cat?