There is absolutely NOTHING humorous about a screwball language where you park in a driveway and drive on the parkway, have 3 2's (to, too, two) and where (read, read and red) are either all spelled or pronounced the same and have completely different meanings.bibz1st wrote:Yes but they can be an endless supply of humour, providing one gets the joke
Now I wonder what an oscillator that is capable of hard sink looks like.wagtunes wrote:Don't even get me started on right and write, sink and sync.
Take an oscillator and bang it on your sink.bibz1st wrote:Never mind what it looks like, what does it sound like
Great advice! Wish I read it a day ago!jasinski wrote:How to win OSC
Secret clique cabal knowledge revealed!
1. Make sounds that push the limits of the month's synthesizer. Make it sound like something that people will swear there is no way the synth could do!
2. Mixing and mastering. You may not be good at mixing. You may think mixing doesn't matter. That's cool. But with the explosion of amazing software (free and payware) and cheap audio gear, youtube, soundcloud, high-quality sample sets, everyone's a music producer- an amazing mix is going to separate your track from others. Nowadays, for listeners, it does matter. A lot people can't explain what they like in a mix but a good mix will make your track stand out and more people will like your music. That's how it is now-adays. The good thing is that there are A MILLION tutorials and mixing/mastering advice, tricks, tips, and videos out there! OSC presents an added challenge of trying to do it all with only freeware. It's an opportunity to learn the fundamentals! Every month! (I know it's helped me incredibly!)
3. Composition. This may seem the most prone to individuals tastes and it probably is more so than other points but I still think it transcends genre. For this I recommend listening to other music in a similar genre as your track. How does yours compare in arrangement and structure. Beyond that there is so much to play with here but really the goal is to make it interesting to listen to. Is your track too long or not long enough to convey the musical ideas your are presenting? Are there dynamics, low and high points? Is it the same riff for 3 minutes and nothing else? Are transitions between sections effective and guide the listener? Are there thematic elements that cary across the track? Are you constructing it like a song (a/b/a/b etc), if not are you using some kind of logical layout or progression that the user can pick up on?
4. Listenability. Is everything in tune. Are parts in the same key? Are things relatively in time. If you are breaking any of those guidelines on purpose, does it sound intentional or does it sound like an accident? Ask yourself if I didn't make this, would I want to listen to this again. Why? Is there an infectious hook that you just can't get out of your head, or some heart-wrenchy chord progressions that pulls the heart strings, a beat that makes you want to move your feet? Get some user-testers (also known as friends or family) to tell you what didn't work for them when they listen. (Most people will only say "sounds good!" cuz they don't want to hurt your feelings).
5. Surprise me. Identify what you did in the track that takes the listener by surprise. If I'm your listener, how did you psyche me out? Sometimes I call this delight factor. It's when you are listening and you think you know how a track is going to go- because the beat or chord progression or groove is familiar, right? And then comes a twist. Maybe it's a key change, a drop out of the beat when you think it's going to hit hard, a change up in instrumentation. Something that makes you go- Woah, that was brilliant! I would never have thought of that! With this in mind- Listen to your favorite pro tracks. You'll hear it, guaranteed.
Incidentally when I vote, these tips are each worth 1 of up to the total 5 points in a tracks score.
Coincidence or conspiracy?
You decide!
Ah thanks Bluerobot! Glad you like the paintings! We could probably work something out. I do have this robot in blue- and I have a print of it available if you'd like?bluerobot wrote: Love your art, too, Jasinski. And this quote from your site: "My kids love it best when dad paints robots." Perhaps I should commission you to do a portrait?
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