EDIT: ....and it's up now, phew
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Lowlifebware wrote:I put mine up a couple of hours ago but it's still not showing in the list. Any ideas?
EDIT: ....and it's up now, phew
....sorry but why are you making excuses? Let your music speak for itselfTheGodOfRainbows wrote:Good luck everyone. Lots of great songs in this challenge. One thing that I worried about when finalizing my song was that basically every instrument patch I used came straight from the presets, which is contrary to the spirit of the "create your own sounds" that characterize Reason users, and synth-heads in general. So, I hope this doesn't hurt my chances of winning, because I want Zero badly. But, I must admit, I am a musician/composer first, and a sound/synth designer second. My skills and understanding of synthesis are in the early stages, and Zero (as well as other synths like the PX7) are pretty hard for me to get my head around. So, instead of spending time trying to learn how to create sounds with Zero for this song challenge, I decided to forgo the sound design aspect almost entirely and focus on the composition side of things, otherwise I would have pulled my hair out in frustration and given up.
But, if I were to spin this decision in my favor, I would say that using all the factory presets for this song challenge, which is also a demo for Zero, is a good thing, because it shows how good Zero sounds right out of the gate and is full of stronk, usable presets. I am one of those people who needs good presets to start off with so I can then tweak to taste (at least with FM synthesis or anything fancier than Subtractor or Maelstrom). For me, if I'm listening to a demo of a synth and I hear a bunch of sounds I like, I would be disappointed if I couldn't find those sounds in the presets. Even in this song challenge, there are several entries that I love, but when I went looking for the presets, there were many I couldn't find because all you mad-scientist-synth-geniuses built them from scratch (or at least tweaked them enough to be considered a new patch). Anyway, I need to get serious about understanding how Zero works, because it's a beast.
Was I making excuses? I think my post was a bit more nuanced than that. I was just sharing my concerns and thought processes for making the choices I made for the song, as well as my opinions on stuff. Instead of such a brief response to a single facet of what I said, why not comment on any of the other points I made?CrossFireG wrote:....sorry but why are you making excuses? Let your music speak for itself
To me that's all it was in summary.TheGodOfRainbows wrote:Was I making excuses? I think my post was a bit more nuanced than that. I was just sharing my concerns and thought processes for making the choices I made for the song, as well as my opinions on stuff. Instead of such a brief response to a single facet of what I said, why not comment on any of the other points I made?CrossFireG wrote:....sorry but why are you making excuses? Let your music speak for itself
You thought that was a “write up”? Well here’s a dissertation.CrossFireG wrote:To me that's all it was in summary.
The competition's criteria consists of:
Showcasing of the Zero Hybrid Synth
Arrangement and songwriting
Originality and creativity
Mixing and engineering
Not a 2 paragraph write up trying to persuade the judges & listeners to increase your chances (which actually lowers my opinion of your song as you've given it a stigma).
P.s. Your other points were lovely.
If someone insults me, I will respond. I'm done, and so is he. No need to referee. No foul language was used, and no one was called names. Everything is cool. This is a one way conversation anyway. He gets to fire off a few rounds, and I'm the Debbie Downer for ruining everyone's buzz.raymondh wrote:Guys please stop. Put your energy into your next cool tracks!
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