When composing music, how to be influenced by a soundtrack (of films, video games...) without copying?
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    GuyFi
    3w ago 100%

    When I'm writing, if I just listen to the songs I want to take inspiration from the day before a few times (properly listen, with intent) the main ideas/vibe of the songs are far more present in my writing then usual

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  • People of lemmy, what was your “oh crap” moment?
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    GuyFi
    2mo ago 84%

    I predict this will be quite tame compared to the rest of this thread but here you go anyway:

    Our scene opens on a person with a bass guitar, practicing some sick slap bass perched upon an IKEA office chair. The player is lost in the zone, all mental facilities put to work making every strike with the thumb is accurate and powerful, and every pop of the fingers sends the strings into the fretboard with a gorgeous thwack! The sound is heavenly, a deep, rich, cutting tone- full of appropriate levels of CLANK and SNAP. The short riff being performed to a concert of no-one reaches its magnificent height, a slammingly heavy riff sounding like a funky machine gun, the bassists hands become a blur, the strings vibrate with precision and power, a glorious cacophony of ma-

    kkrrmp.

    Oh crap, I broke a string

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  • Watching ml and world argue in every thread be like.
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    GuyFi
    2mo ago 100%

    Dude I say this sincerely, acting as an apolitical person for this discussion-

    What?

    Upon further thought, my glaring lack of political literacy makes it sound like your talking about antisemitic accelerationists?

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  • Do you value high fidelity (audio, visual, or other)? Do you notice a difference?
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    GuyFi
    2mo ago 100%

    I'm a computing/music student thinking of getting into plugin design and similar stuff, I'm curious what plugin design is like and what it consists of. Is there any like quick tips or bits of information you could give me about the field?

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    It's Heaven
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    GuyFi
    2mo ago 100%

    I see these fuckers every day and I don't even live in the same quarter of the earth as the U.S

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  • I'm thinking of buying an electric guitar
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    GuyFi
    3mo ago 100%

    If your going to get a guitar with built in effects, I would also look into getting a keyboard amp. Your guitar will have digital cabinets built in, which sound horrible when played through a guitar amp.

    When using the built in cabinets, your guitar will process the sound of a guitar speaker onto the signal from the guitar. Guitars are designed to be listened through guitar speakers, so they sound weird without them. The inverse is also bad. if you process your guitar signal with a guitar speaker then send it into a guitar amplifier with a guitar speaker, you double dip with the sound of the speaker and you get the opposite but equally worse problem.

    If you want to play amplified with all the effects you have, then you'll need a keyboard amp. The speaker in a keyboard amp is designed to not affect the sound, which will let you use the guitars speaker simulations without double dipping with effects.

    You could also just turn the speaker sim off, which is far easier.

    Sincerely, someone who couldn't figure out why their guitar sounded horrible for a week.

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    What do you *need* your smartphone for? A semi-survey

    Hello! I'm looking to get my first 5 string and I have narrowed it down to the Yamaha TRBX. There is a used 305 for sale for £330 near me and there is a new 505 for sale for £530. Are the extra features worth the £200?

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    Just curious on what you prefer. I've never really settled myself, but I've never tried anything thinner than a 1mm. I would like to try something thinner because 1mms dont feel like they bend enough for me.

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