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Reviving this thread, any thoughts on Ableton? A lot of the technoey type music i've been watching use it...?

Jumping in with my oar prepared! So i threaded earlier about trying to remember how to use stuff like FL studio and Reaper and have spent the time since mucking about with Reaper and trying to make it do the things that FL studio is good at, while keeping the idea for a song in my head that i'd been able to get a scratched out version of the beats and bass in fl studio before the idea fell out of my ear... I spent a week making a track, which is still unfinished and has evolved in an unexpected way because when i picked up the Actual Instruments (tm), my hands bypassed my brain and went straight to how i was feeling. I suspect AI can't do that. However, in my plundering of Youtube tutorials on making techno, industrial, and synthwave i came across someone talking about Suno. Went there and described my original idea in depth and the AI made an absolute banger! Actually twice, in about 20 seconds. Which is fun. I MIGHT have wasted that week except now i know how to do a bunch of stuff in reaper i didn't know how to do, and i have a bunch of techno bangers to play around with. Plus the first track i made which has gone off on a total rock trip. So AI has allowed me to make what i wanted without needing the skills, which may annoy anyone who's spent the last 20 years learning an instrument, just like drum machines and synths did. It's also unlocking a lot of new sounds and ideas, just like drum machines and synths did..! But lets face it, people still play the hurdy gurdy, and other people go and see them do it. There's nothing like live music, same as live theatre is a different experience from film or TV...

ooh blimey, that's a learning curve! 🤣 Ok, well, how hard can it be? ulp.

Ooh cool, thanks! Downloading now!

Hi! Like it says up there, any recommendations on a really easy to use (like, REALLY easy) simple and free or cheap program i can use to lay down some drum patterns, drop in samples and make synthy noises? I used to use an ancient version of fl studio but i've actually forgotten how..! I've used Reaper for recording but not for ages, and i've seen a guy making drum patterns and synth tracks with it, is that doable? I used to be quite techie but have switched career and have had a few nasty bangs on the head since and my tech skills have dropped through the floor! Any suggestions appreciated! Thanks! :3

Thanks everyone!

Hi! It's been a while! So i was listening and playing to lots of symphonic metal and decided to get a 5 string bass... But i find the flappiness of the low B (even with the heaviest strings i can get) annoying. I've also been playing with a 7 string guitar and while going 'krung krung krung' is kind of fun, it feels redundant because once you start getting into drop-A territory, it's just like yeah, get a bass. I like the sound of a 4 string tuned DGCF and I wondered if going DGCFA on the 5 string would be fun. And it is! But i'm scared of how tight the strings are, so i tuned it back to normal again. I've been looking at the lightest 5 string set i can get but it still has a 105 low string which i worry would snap and take my eye out! Is there a formula for working out string gauges for tunings? Or has someone here tried this? Thank!

Been away, doing stuff. Big life changes, got uninspired, left the instruments in a cupboard. And then i remembered i'm a frikin' bass player baby! Ging 5 strings a go, i blame Nightwish!

I'm not super sure how you make money off youtube but she has over 44,000 subscribers... https://www.youtube.com/user/hurricanenita/videos You can definitely make a living at that level!

Well, its a long and slightly boring story... The response i got was from a guitar guy and a singing lady.. After a load of emails and a missed meeting we ended up in our local rehearsal space. They were nice enough... and the singing lady didn't sing all the wrong notes, just most of them. The guitaring was kind of shimmery and totally unheavy. If anything if they toned down the 'ALL the effects on at the same time' guitar and the singing lady learned some notes (her tone was quite nice, sort of Lana del-ray meets Kirstie McColl?) they could be quite enjoyable. But not what i'm looking for so i sent a polite 'thank you no' message. I'll probably not bother again...

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That's so kind, thank you!

I find this guy quite annoying, but i followed some of his hints about EQ and making spaces for other sounds on a recent recording and it sounded really good! I also rolled quite a lot of bass off the guitar sound - by itself it sounded sort of shrill and nasal at the same time, but with the bass and guitar together it really sat nicely!