On 03/08/2010 07:29 AM, Atte André Jensen wrote: > rosea grammostola wrote: > >> [offtopic] >> One thing is popping up in my head, after listening quit a bit to music >> made with Renoise, posted on this list and other places at the internet. >> The music made on Renoise sounds good most of the time, but I get the >> feeling that there might also be a negative aspect of the tool. I'm not >> sure if I'm right about this and not sure about what it is exactly but I >> think that 1) you can hear that people use the same tool, e.g. they have >> similarities in sounds/rhythms/musical tricks... 2) the mixing is always >> sounding 'smooth' in my ear, a bit too smooth maybe. The first music I >> heard made in Renoise sounded really good in my ear, but I feel I'm >> getting a bit bored about it sometimes.... not sure what it is... > > Hmmm. Since this implies you're getting a bit bored with my music I have > to answer :-) > > I don't think the program sounds in any particular way, and I can't > think of any "renoise tricks". But two things might make renoisers > sounds similar: > > 1) The simple fact that people with similar musical goals are attracted > to the program. Makes sense for a not-so-general-daw as renoise (I > wouldn't record my jazz quintet with it, for instance). > > 2) The community is sharing their music, much like we do here, and > although there's a lot I don't care so much for, there's some that > really inspires me. It might work the same way for others. > > An example of something that changed for me it master compression. When > doing the first album I swore I wouldn't take part of the loudness war, > and no master compression was used. Now I realize that on most tracks on > the new album, the sound I hear in my head involves quite heavy (for my > standards at least) master compression. My involvement in the renoise > comunity, might play a role in that. But it's not really renoises (or > the communitys) fault, just something I picked up and decided had to be > a part of my music. > I like the album so far, it reminds me of things like Encre (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsA8xuoiAHw) and Telefon Tel Aviv (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCspF-lz24A) with a bit of DJ Shadow and The Album Leaf (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jYr2fDgn64). Nice piece of work! One question though, how is your music licensed? Best, Jeremy _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
