Hello,
is it needed to tune every single sample like snares, fx sounds, drones a.s.o.?
if the root keys is too far away and every other consonant tone or to much noise how to tune it then?
Tuning EVERY single sound?
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- KVRian
- Topic Starter
- 918 posts since 25 Mar, 2012
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- Beware the Quoth
- 33159 posts since 4 Sep, 2001 from R'lyeh Oceanic Amusement Park and Funfair
tune to what, for what purpose, in which context?
my other modular synth is a bugbrand
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- KVRAF
- 5716 posts since 8 Jun, 2009
If this is an extension to the standard "do I have to tune my kick drum to the key of the track?" question, the answer is you don't have to use the root note. You are never more than a semitone away from a scale note in the key unless you're using something like harmonic minor or some odd Hungarian gypsy scale, which for a dance toon seems unlikely.
Do you need to tune all other sounds? Depends how it sounds, although it can often make sense as sounds may seem to gel better. At the same time, non-scale tones can also provide necessary tension so the only way to find out is to try it. If you can't hear a subjective difference, it's unlikely to be important. Tuning the kick can make a sizeable difference because it's so prominent, but it's more important to make sure it sounds 'right' than what a frequency analyser might tell you.
Do you need to tune all other sounds? Depends how it sounds, although it can often make sense as sounds may seem to gel better. At the same time, non-scale tones can also provide necessary tension so the only way to find out is to try it. If you can't hear a subjective difference, it's unlikely to be important. Tuning the kick can make a sizeable difference because it's so prominent, but it's more important to make sure it sounds 'right' than what a frequency analyser might tell you.
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- KVRAF
- 4590 posts since 7 Jun, 2012 from Warsaw
Yes, I tune every single sound and LFO in my tracks to match the key of song. Just for safety - sounds in tune won't get any worse that out of tune, but it may save some work later on.
Typically you aim at fundamental or fifth, sometimes third if the previous two don't work nicely or samples are getting cluttered.
Typically you aim at fundamental or fifth, sometimes third if the previous two don't work nicely or samples are getting cluttered.
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- KVRist
- 142 posts since 17 Apr, 2013 from USA
Can you expand on what you mean when you say you are tuning your LFO's?DJ Warmonger wrote:Yes, I tune every single sound and LFO in my tracks to match the key of song. Just for safety - sounds in tune won't get any worse that out of tune, but it may save some work later on.
Typically you aim at fundamental or fifth, sometimes third if the previous two don't work nicely or samples are getting cluttered.
What are they controlling, and you are tuning them to the low, low, sub-harmonic intervals? Instead of just to the tempo or groove?
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- KVRAF
- 16351 posts since 22 Nov, 2000 from Southern California
If Pitchfork's top 50 albums of 2013 is any indication, the answer is resoundingly NO! It seems to me that people are reacting against the ultra quantized and auto-tuned precision of commercial music, gravitating instead towards imperfections.
Also, from a technical point of view, if everything is perfectly in tune, that's more frequency build up and a possibility of phase cancellation. It's not a big deal but small things like that can add up.
Also, from a technical point of view, if everything is perfectly in tune, that's more frequency build up and a possibility of phase cancellation. It's not a big deal but small things like that can add up.
