Posted By: jimmac (jimmac) on 'ComputerMusi' Title: Samples Date: Sat Nov 4 15:43:02 1995 Because this board hasn't been posted for quite a while, I'll fill it up with some crap text about my tracking. I startd tracking, because the mods i used to listen to just made me crazy at some parts and sucked at all the rest. I tried Sceam tracker at firs, but it seemed to complicated for me, cause i don't play any instrument and don't even know notes. But since i knew people tracking without any of this knowledge it really pissed me off that they were able to thing i can't. and then i tried FT2. It was very easy to learn how it works and it even changed me in the way how I made modules. I started with playing and recording channels, but after some time i used to make modules the same way people do in ST and other trackers. You make a pttern, play it, change it, play it ... and so on. But as a begginer you need to have some time and practise before you do it this way. thats why i like FT so much, cause it's the ultimate LEARNING tool. And now about the samples i promised to talk about. I never knew that a sample can do so much to a song. In house or ambient it doesn't matter if you've got a goot tune (well you need to have some, but it's not that important...) so much as you need to have good samples. And stereo effects and volume levels. Sometimes i even like the sound itself and don't need a tune. A small tip for begginers (i still include myself here...) if want to have really good sounding drums, try to have faster pattern speed and make an instrument with different drums samples and record a track with this instrument, that enables you to have a base drum and for example hihat being recorded at once, so it sounds more complete right from the beggining. And don't get pissed of by the more experienced saying your music is too repetitive and sucks generally, you'll onlz get better by practice. And don't be affraid to mail me your pieces, i'll love to listen to anything new. BTW here are my favourites: mercury rain (s3m), 12th sector (xm), Jimmac