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by guitfnky
01 Mar 2024
Forum: Reason Music
Topic: (Synthpop/modernized funeral song) Märk Hur Vår Skugga
Replies: 8
Views: 214

Re: (Synthpop/modernized funeral song) Märk Hur Vår Skugga

very nice! wasn't sure what to expect from a synth-pop funeral song, but it was a very fun listen. keep up the good work!
by guitfnky
18 Feb 2024
Forum: Reason General
Topic: a i any chance
Replies: 15
Views: 459

Re: a i any chance

there’s really only two areas I cannot wait for AI to assist me with (sorry PhillO! 😅)—drum programming and vocal pitch editing. those are the biggest bottlenecks in my process. I want to be able to program a pattern for kick, snare, hat, and maybe some toms, and have an algorithm automate timing an...
by guitfnky
17 Feb 2024
Forum: The Kitchen
Topic: Populär Music
Replies: 12
Views: 1240

Re: Populär Music

FGL wrote:
17 Feb 2024
Where else should you classify classic techno or house?
techno. or house. 😅

both are more descriptive and useful genre terms than “electronic”.
by guitfnky
17 Feb 2024
Forum: The Kitchen
Topic: Populär Music
Replies: 12
Views: 1240

Re: Populär Music

is the question, why isn’t “electronic music” in the list specifically? all of the genres in that chart include some amount of “electronic” sounds in them, depending on the artist/song. “electronic” has always been kind of a dumb word to describe a genre, for that reason, IMO. it’s a bit like saying...
by guitfnky
17 Feb 2024
Forum: The Kitchen
Topic: You know what the whole problem is nowadays about making music?
Replies: 33
Views: 3500

Re: You know what the whole problem is nowadays about making music?

so stop using so many tools and instruments. figure out what your goal is and find the tools that suit that, and ignore, put away, or uninstall the rest.

that’s not a problem with making music—it’s a problem with your specific approach to making music.
by guitfnky
08 Feb 2024
Forum: Reason Music
Topic: Post your non-4/4 tunes here, plz!
Replies: 59
Views: 16184

Re: Post your non-4/4 tunes here, plz!

Regarding odd time signatures, I'm with Stuart Copeland. I've tried and tried to compose in something other than 4/4 and it just doesn't work for me. https://youtu.be/gTZDs3cJV1o?si=G4yZPteJkANgeC54&t=543 the best way to get good musical results is to listen to music that does the things we're inte...
by guitfnky
04 Feb 2024
Forum: Reason General
Topic: which Mac to buy
Replies: 16
Views: 1609

Re: which to buy

tbh, unless you’re really hungry for CPU, you can’t go wrong with any of the Mx chips. I bought an M1 Macbook Air last year and it handles most I throw at it without even approaching a hiccup. granted, I don’t use it as a main computer, but after being forced to work on a laptop for several weeks (h...
by guitfnky
01 Feb 2024
Forum: The Kitchen
Topic: If Reason Studios went bankruput...
Replies: 56
Views: 22946

Re: If Reason Studios went bankruput...

DaveyG wrote:
01 Feb 2024
If they went bankrupt and just vanished, would we still spend our time arguing on this forum?
I like to think so. 😆
by guitfnky
01 Feb 2024
Forum: Rack Extensions
Topic: Looking for interesting and unusual melody idea generator
Replies: 25
Views: 1254

Re: Looking for interesting and unusual melody idea generator

I’m disappointed nobody has suggested what will always be, by far, the best combo tool for this.

use your ears and what’s in between them.
by guitfnky
24 Jan 2024
Forum: Reason Feature Requests
Topic: Polar Update Delay Comp
Replies: 6
Views: 696

Re: Polar Update Delay Comp

as a company, I think they’ve consistently failed to grasp the importance on maintaining good fundamentals in terms of long term user retention. they’re very good at getting the initial stuff working well when it first comes out, but when it comes to retrofitting (usually minor) modern features to o...
by guitfnky
16 Jan 2024
Forum: Reason General
Topic: One for the guitarists
Replies: 67
Views: 30147

Re: One for the guitarists

I bought Polar the day it came out way back then. Creative? Absolutely. Don't like it on guitar. Too much latency. I don't think I ran into any latency issues--was using it as my de-facto Whammy replacement in my live practice setup for a while, and it worked nearly as well as the real thing, as I ...
by guitfnky
15 Jan 2024
Forum: Reason General
Topic: One for the guitarists
Replies: 67
Views: 30147

Re: One for the guitarists

Ghammy is great, but not the best if you're looking for clean pitch shifting. it's excellent for character and creative pitching though, if that's what you're looking for. Polar is probably the best Reason device if you're looking for something cleaner sounding (think the Digitech Whammy--newer vers...
by guitfnky
25 Dec 2023
Forum: Reason Music
Topic: Post your non-4/4 tunes here, plz!
Replies: 59
Views: 16184

Re: Post your non-4/4 tunes here, plz!

love that 7/4 groove! I think that kind of playful use of syncopation in odd times can really help keep a solid groove. 👍 here's one from the album I put out a while back---by far my most rhythmically complex song, but I think it all flows really well. https://soundcloud.com/slowrobot/finish-line?i...
by guitfnky
24 Dec 2023
Forum: Reason Music
Topic: The Shoot is Stronger Than the Stone (alt rock)
Replies: 4
Views: 6944

Re: The Shoot is Stronger Than the Stone (alt rock)

It sounds rather repetitive to me. A large part of the track is basically the same chord and the same strumming pattern. I do like most of your tracks, but this one just isn't up there with the rest for me. thanks for expanding. I can definitely see how it might be a bit repetitive. had some troubl...
by guitfnky
24 Dec 2023
Forum: Reason Music
Topic: The Shoot is Stronger Than the Stone (alt rock)
Replies: 4
Views: 6944

Re: The Shoot is Stronger Than the Stone (alt rock)

Soundwise there's nothing to fault. The mix sounds fine. However, the composition and arrangement are lacking in variation. I definitely heard better from you. hey, thanks for listening, and the feedback! anything in particular with the comp/arrangement that you're not caring for? (too repetitive, ...
by guitfnky
18 Dec 2023
Forum: Reason General
Topic: Assuming there's going be one, what you think is coming in Reason 13?
Replies: 196
Views: 895511

Re: Assuming there's going be one, what you think is coming in Reason 13?

avasopht wrote:
18 Dec 2023
guitfnky wrote:
18 Dec 2023
that is the most ridiculous take I’ve seen yet on this site, and that’s really saying something. 🤡
You know it's true. Just admit it! :thumbup:
admit that wants ≠ needs? yeah, no shit. really groundbreaking stuff there, man. 😎
by guitfnky
18 Dec 2023
Forum: Reason General
Topic: Assuming there's going be one, what you think is coming in Reason 13?
Replies: 196
Views: 895511

Re: Assuming there's going be one, what you think is coming in Reason 13?

that is the most ridiculous take I’ve seen yet on this site, and that’s really saying something. 🤡
by guitfnky
16 Dec 2023
Forum: Reason General
Topic: Assuming there's going be one, what you think is coming in Reason 13?
Replies: 196
Views: 895511

Re: Assuming there's going be one, what you think is coming in Reason 13?

agreed—abandoning the DAW side to dive headfirst into hardware is complete nonsense (also don’t take personally). I don’t think anyone would expect the DAW to become comparable to others in a single or even 2-3 version updates, but they could go a long way in a single update by attacking some big ti...
by guitfnky
13 Dec 2023
Forum: Reason General
Topic: "Rediscover you passion for music..."
Replies: 30
Views: 132235

Re: "Rediscover you passion for music..."

“everyone got bored…”
“yes, everyone, trust me…”

and yet, here we are, already on page 2. 🥲
by guitfnky
11 Dec 2023
Forum: The Kitchen
Topic: How many tracks have you finished this year?
Replies: 26
Views: 32585

Re: How many tracks have you finished this year?

by FAR my most prolific year. 21 songs released this year, by my count. I started out the year inspired by King Gizzard’s firehose-level of output, and made a conscious commitment to be more productive than my usual like 2 or 3 songs a year. really happy with how almost all of them turned out. the u...
by guitfnky
10 Dec 2023
Forum: VST Plugins
Topic: Life by XLN Audio
Replies: 16
Views: 24153

Re: Life by XLN Audio

I don't use other 'creative samplers', so I could be off-base, but I think Life is very different than most of the RS tools in the space, due to whatever its 'AI' is doing to identify slices and put them into interesting patterns. I suspect the different RS Players and sampling REs work similarly to...
by guitfnky
07 Dec 2023
Forum: Hardware and Other Software
Topic: So I jumped from Reason to Reaper... for some things
Replies: 26
Views: 12497

Re: So I jumped from Reason to Reaper... for some things

it’s honestly bizarre how they’re constantly improving Reaper, yet they never, ever seem to give any attention whatsoever to making the default settings more intuitive so that it’s easier to use right off the bat. it’s awesome. but holy shit, they’ve built a giant moat around the castle and filled i...
by guitfnky
07 Dec 2023
Forum: VST Plugins
Topic: Life by XLN Audio
Replies: 16
Views: 24153

Re: Life by XLN Audio

hot balls, this plugin is incredible. not the sort of thing I’d usually go for, but just awesome way to generate interesting new percussion parts to augment a song. and very, very fun. 🤯
by guitfnky
05 Dec 2023
Forum: VST Plugins
Topic: Life by XLN Audio
Replies: 16
Views: 24153

Re: Life by XLN Audio

that looks pretty damn cool. I’ve been wondering whether we’d see anything new from XLN lately—glad to see they’re still doing stuff—they make many of my favorite plugins (RC20 has been on literally every song I’ve released for the last few years). might have to check this one out, since I’m going t...