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netwerkjim
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 Posted - Sun Feb 23, 2003 9:15 am
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Are there any plugins out there I can use for creating music from my PC?
Something with a few synthesized guitar styles, bass, drums. Since I can't read music notes, I need something that uses Tablature to compose the music. If there isn't a plugin out there that can do this is there any good programs that can? Preferably easy to use for now until I get more experienced.
Thanks. netwerkjim
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ozpeter
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Posted - Sun Feb 23, 2003 4:51 pm
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I'm not entirely clear what you're after (probably my density!) - but here's some names which might be worth checking out via Google - Evolution Sound Studio, Midget3, Microsoft Music Producer.
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SteveG
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Posted - Sun Feb 23, 2003 5:58 pm
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Probably the ultimate one is Band in a Box. This certainly takes chord names and produces backing tracks in different styles from them.
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Graeme
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Posted - Sun Feb 23, 2003 8:57 pm
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Probably the ultimate one is Band in a Box. This certainly takes chord names and produces backing tracks in different styles from them.
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BIAB is a bit on the cheesy side - although it has got a lot better over the years. An alternative is Jammer - www.soundtrek.com - which works on the same principle, is much harder to get anything useful out of, but does produce a less 'computerised' finished product.
However, neither of these applications is a "plug-in" (and ozpeter's suggestions aren't plug-ins either) - they are stand alone applications. If there is a plug-in, I'm not aware of one.
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Tuskin
Location: Finland
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Posted - Sun Feb 23, 2003 11:35 pm
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I would go for ModPlug tracker. It's pretty easy to use. Although I'll tell you the same thing as I tell everyone. Computer is a instrument just like real instruments. You have to learn to "play" it. It takes time and practise. People seem to think it can read thoughts and make music out of them.
Check www.maz-sound.com for all the possibilities.
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netwerkjim
Location: Afghanistan
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Posted - Mon Feb 24, 2003 12:19 am
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Once again thanks for all your help!
netwerkjim
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Are there any plugins out there I can use for creating music from my PC?
Something with a few synthesized guitar styles, bass, drums. Since I can't read music notes, I need something that uses Tablature to compose the music. If there isn't a plugin out there that can do this is there any good programs that can? Preferably easy to use for now until I get more experienced.
Thanks. netwerkjim |
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SteveG
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Posted - Mon Feb 24, 2003 2:45 am
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BIAB is a bit on the cheesy side - although it has got a lot better over the years. An alternative is Jammer - www.soundtrek.com - which works on the same principle, is much harder to get anything useful out of, but does produce a less 'computerised' finished product.
However, neither of these applications is a "plug-in" (and ozpeter's suggestions aren't plug-ins either) - they are stand alone applications. If there is a plug-in, I'm not aware of one.
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I think that I'd agree about 'cheesy' - but only on the basis that any app that does this inevitably has a degree of cheesiness about it. By the time you have gone to the lengths required to make it sound not like an auto-accompaniment system, you may just as well have learned to play whatever it was yourself...
I didn't take 'plugin' literally - I just assumed that netwerkjim meant that he wanted something that worked! Thing is, even if there was a plugin for doing this, it would probably be in the form of a DXi, and would be unsupported by CEP anyway, of course.
I think that when you consider the alternatives, Cheeseware as a means of generating music is a vast improvement over stealing other people's tracks and trying to eliminate the vocals from them. I'd far rather encourage somebody to make tracks that sound like a machine created them, rather than destroyed them!
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netwerkjim
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Posted - Mon Feb 24, 2003 6:28 am
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You know guys after installing a few of these programs I understand what you mean by cheesy, and your right they seem to be just as much to learn as the real thing. That being said can you steer me to a good easy to understand and use music creation program?
Thanks gota get to work. netwerkjim
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BIAB is a bit on the cheesy side - although it has got a lot better over the years. An alternative is Jammer - www.soundtrek.com - which works on the same principle, is much harder to get anything useful out of, but does produce a less 'computerised' finished product.
However, neither of these applications is a "plug-in" (and ozpeter's suggestions aren't plug-ins either) - they are stand alone applications. If there is a plug-in, I'm not aware of one.
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I think that I'd agree about 'cheesy' - but only on the basis that any app that does this inevitably has a degree of cheesiness about it. By the time you have gone to the lengths required to make it sound not like an auto-accompaniment system, you may just as well have learned to play whatever it was yourself...
I didn't take 'plugin' literally - I just assumed that netwerkjim meant that he wanted something that worked! Thing is, even if there was a plugin for doing this, it would probably be in the form of a DXi, and would be unsupported by CEP anyway, of course.
I think that when you consider the alternatives, Cheeseware as a means of generating music is a vast improvement over stealing other people's tracks and trying to eliminate the vocals from them. I'd far rather encourage somebody to make tracks that sound like a machine created them, rather than destroyed them!
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Syntrillium M.D.
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Posted - Mon Feb 24, 2003 9:37 am
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Hello Jim. I guess the main question is...what type of music are you trying to create? I mean, if you're going the 'acoustic jazz/latin' route, you might consider something like the Lounge & Reggae CD from Loopology.com, and here's why...
Granted, these are loop performances...but that's just it - they're performances, by musicians, for musicians. When you assemble a drum pattern (and there are literally hundreds), it will sound like one continuous performance by a real drummer - no cheese, no computerised sound, just real.
Because we give all of our 'tonal' files keys (actually, we put the key right in the file name, making it easier for you) you can assemble bass lines, guitar lines, chords, strums, etc. just as you would in a BIAB-type app. Granted, it's not quite as easy as typing in Amin7, Cmin79, E7, etc., but again, it'll be unique, real, and something unlike anything you've heard.
That's just a suggestion. If you really need the 'total-creation' tools, everyone's listed the cream-of-the-crop already. Slight cheese, but hey, it's a small price to pay if you're in the learning stages - and it's still a great tool.
---Syntrillium, M.D.
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