no, thats a doop diip duup
no boob
kinda technoid
the hats sound a bit off in particular b2b too long decay and reverb, same with the cymbals around 0:15ish
and as hubb said, some variation in velocity/dynamics can also do wonders
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edit
This is the bass stem with FX
This is the melody stem with FX
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sorry i cant listen properly on this laptop
im sure para got some tips
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Keys are made up, really.
You’ve got a d g and e
So then think of the intervals
If it’s the key of c, that’s 2 5 3
Could also be the key of d, 1 4 2
Could also be g, 5 1 6
Now to make a scale you just fill in the rest of the intervals, then start noodlin. Really probably only need another note or maybe 2 to bring out some kind of tonality if you’re going for that.
Break it down for a brother!
What’s the numbers mean?
Not sure what those numbers are supposed to mean either.
Also, I’ve already given my tips. With that pad sound made of the 2 notes (it does sound like more notes to me, but I dunno how the original sample sounds), you have a ton of harmonic content already, which implies a lot of things, which means that you’re stuck within a framework of tonality already.
If you can’t make sense of what you have and what you can add to it, strip it back. Start with 1 bass note and 1 note on top, and try all the combos you can think of. Simple intervals innit?
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Maybe start on a C and then use the notes that are 2, 3 or 5 notes above or below that?
That makes no sense to me, and should not be described that way if one wants it to make sense.
I guess you understand what an interval is? The distance between two notes? If I say, make a minor 3rd interval, could you do it?
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Yes
Nope no idea
Man, all of these are really complex harmonies from the get go, apart from the first one, which is just a minor chord (I think).
@sleeps so u see the edit
Tried to remake the chords by ear, this is what I came up with. The sound is just placeholder.
This is how they look. It’s hard to hear the separate notes due to the timbre, but I think I’m in the ballpark. As you can see, the later chords has a lot of stuff going on already.
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Fuck me man. That’s spot on!!!
As they’re samples with a bunch of processing and noise before I put my FX on them, obviously they’re not going to be clean chords - there’s going to be a lot of complex tones in there, but I figured if my tuner could pick out one dominant note on the first two chords then I could use those two notes to make the baseline…
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These are the breaks and the hat solo’d and then together.
So you think shorten the tail and reverb of the hats?
then theres a painridden guy like Miles who can appropriate funk and put something real back inside it
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never thought about it like that
so true lol
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In the key of c major, d is the 2nd, g is the perfect 5th, and e is the major 3rd.
I’m trying to say that notes and scales are really just contextual
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Why the f don’t you name them in order lolll. Making it even more confusing.
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