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UnderTow
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Posted : May 12, 2008 14:20
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Something I learned quite early on working with hardware is that there is always something going wrong. You always loose that amazing impossible to recreate sound that is the basis of your whole track just as you are about to record the final mix. 
So record sounds as soon as you have something you like. Keep the MIDI and hardware settings in case you need to change things but record the audio a.s.a.p.!
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Medea
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Posted : May 12, 2008 15:18
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fuzzikitten
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Posted : May 12, 2008 17:54
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On 2008-05-11 17:59, Elad wrote:
the best way to get the analog source (converted to digital anyhow , since you records to computer and people will listen in mp3) was huge part of my life so long
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Yes but listening with ears is analog, so it's converted back!
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I agree with others on here - sample your notes and then write your bassline. I've done that on a number of my hardware synths and it's the best way to overcoming timing issues or sloppy envelopes.
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Speakafreaka
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Posted : May 12, 2008 18:00
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oh and two other hard fought for and won bits of advice:
1) If you are working with saw waves - invert them and make them ramps.
2) Assuming you are working with ramps, make your wavecycle start from the zero-x of the gentle rise, not the zero-x of the steep fall.
Trust me 
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Medea
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Posted : May 12, 2008 18:08
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Yes but listening with ears is analog, so it's converted back!
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Listening with ears is digital, just the resolution is higher =)
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Elad
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Posted : May 12, 2008 18:40
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On 2008-05-12 18:08, Medea wrote:
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Yes but listening with ears is analog, so it's converted back!
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Listening with ears is digital, just the resolution is higher =)
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funny haha
but not true , once its digital there is no way to bring back the missing data
its like that your sounds are pixels and once reduces quality there is no going back.
but i wouldnt be too worries , unless it does realy capture emotions on the electric pulse. u will not be able to hear it and probably digital convertors might complete ignore this since they are designed to capture only what we can hear but maybe there is more to it. (no?)
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the daleks
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Posted : May 13, 2008 08:57
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On 2008-05-12 14:20, UnderTow wrote:
Something I learned quite early on working with hardware is that there is always something going wrong.
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yes that is always happening... for bass though i figured it would be simple enough
regarding sampling of the waveforms, I didn't want to think of this option. stylistically (and ethically) using a sample defeats the purpose of the analog circuitry. its not analog vs digital in the sense of the final encoding medium, but rather the subtle nuances in the analog presentation. one could argue that it is only recent this obsession with tight fast envelopes and phase, since the 16th note bass line has been around for years, and in dance music for just as long (I feel love..)
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