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Use the wrong preset for a better sound - Musical Creativity 44

Fri, 07/25/2008 - 20:04 — Alan
Opinion is divided as to whether presets in plug-ins are useful. From my perspective, they can be useful short-cuts to a starting point, but I'll usually need to tweak the parameters, sometimes quite extremely. I'm usually happy just starting from scratch, knowing what result I want to achieve.

However, I love putting an ordinary audio track through a plug-in and working through the presets, especially those presets that it's not designed for.

Move the focus of the rhythm from on to off the beat - Musical Creativity 39

Thu, 06/12/2008 - 19:25 — Alan

I guess most drummers will know this, but if you program your own drums or use loops, think about using a different groove for your song.

Changing some tracks - Musical Creativity 36

Thu, 04/17/2008 - 19:39 — Alan

I wrote the bulk of this text a couple of months ago after a day of not producing as much as I'd liked to. There are no real suggestions of how to improve or learn, but I thought I'd describe my thought processes so others may learn from my experiences.

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Emulating Drums - Musical Creativity 24

Thu, 01/31/2008 - 13:27 — Alan

Following on from the previous article on emulating bass, this article is about emulating drums and mainly about emulating drummers.

I'm of two minds when I emulate drums. I'm either:

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