Link here some of your random projects you never published.

Updated 28 May 2015 (13:09)

i'm following you on sound cloud.

Awesome idea I like the backwards stuff man! Reversing stuff is always good Most of my song Symphony was actually backwards (on the electronic stuff) It's also good to see what you've done in the past, unpublished secret tracks

Posted by KNJRA (Conjurer)Awesome idea I like the backwards stuff man! Reversing stuff is always good Most of my song Symphony was actually backwards (on the electronic stuff) It's also good to see what you've done in the past, unpublished secret tracks

Yeah. Playing around with Transponse, Segment BPM and Revense. Plus some chopping work. Didn't much bother to mix and master properly. Have been trying a couple different setups for mastering. Compression add some utility and put limiter, maybe multiband compression and EQ or maybe two EQ's. I am mostly just afraid that it sounds way too loud. Man, this took more time than I remembered.

Updated 24 May 2015 (17:45)

Posted by Vinnie johnsoni'm following you on sound cloud.

Followed you back dude!

Posted by Absentia1Yeah. Playing around with Transponse, Segment BPM and Revense. Plus some chopping work. Didn't much bother to mix and master properly. Have been trying a couple different setups for mastering. Compression add some utility and put limiter, maybe multiband compression and EQ or maybe two EQ's. I am mostly just afraid that it sounds way too loud. Man, this took more time than I remembered.

In Logic, i use only limiter with "classical sound".

music can be louder or softer, but it's not a quality for a fine composer.

A lot of filters have a bad influence on the sound of an instrument. And i have paid my libraries 400 euros for orchestral essentials, 200 for orchestral brass classic. i don't want an instrument with a toy sound.

Updated 24 May 2015 (20:24)

I used to use Limiter a lot but only to add more gain to percussion, or I get lazy and put the Limiter on the Master Track heh... Probably not the best idea but seems to work. Never been a mastering wizard as you can probably tell by my songs. I get very lazy with mastering which is not the attitude really lol! Instead of mixing everything at a low level and then pump up the volume in mastering I tend to go with making everything as loud as I can get away with and hitting Export heh! Yeah it's good to reverse stuff! Gives it a whole new sound! Sometimes... Lol! With Dubstep you have to EQ everything to the exact frequency or it's no competition for what's out there nowadays, I gave up EQing everything, it's a lot of work when you're just making music for fun I guess. I never use Utility either, but I have heard it helps, and I only compress when I use Izotope Ozone 6 (Whatever it's called!) on a completed mixed file, fun, but I can usually get the same levels when I do it my way without it heh...

Posted by Vinnie johnsonIn Logic, i use only limiter with "classical sound".music can be louder or softer, but it's not a quality for a fine composer.A lot of filters have a bad influence on the sound of an instrument. And i have paid my libraries 400 euros for orchestral essentials, 200 for orchestral brass classic. i don't want an instrument with a toy sound.

Agreed. Especially, if you're using a library which has a professional made mix in it. It doesn't need anything.

Posted by KNJRA (Conjurer)I used to use Limiter a lot but only to add more gain to percussion, or I get lazy and put the Limiter on the Master Track heh... Probably not the best idea but seems to work. Never been a mastering wizard as you can probably tell by my songs. I get very lazy with mastering which is not the attitude really lol! Instead of mixing everything at a low level and then pump up the volume in mastering I tend to go with making everything as loud as I can get away with and hitting Export heh! Yeah it's good to reverse stuff! Gives it a whole new sound! Sometimes... Lol! With Dubstep you have to EQ everything to the exact frequency or it's no competition for what's out there nowadays, I gave up EQing everything, it's a lot of work when you're just making music for fun I guess. I never use Utility either, but I have heard it helps, and I only compress when I use Izotope Ozone 6 (Whatever it's called!) on a completed mixed file, fun, but I can usually get the same levels when I do it my way without it heh...

I'm not expert myself, I just like to play around to see what I can find for just messing around. If my memory serves correct: Most of dubstep and generally EDM makers use 3 different layers for just bassline. One for low, mid, and high. All seperated and EQ'ed and for the drum bus compression techinque and a lot of sidechain compression. Some may add sausage fattener made by dada life to make the kick sound more fat. Almost or everything is sidechained to kick. Hihats and cynabals have some high eq and maybe some reverb to give a bright and smooth sound. It used to be a lot of EQ boost for the low so the sub bassline could really punch in the face along with the kick. And or maybe use some a little bit of delay for some other elements like for stabs or lead.

Depends a lot of artist how he wants to make it though. I'd quess this is something pretty common thease days.

Updated 25 May 2015 (13:10)

Yeah man, dubstep is far too much fiddling about with everything huh! Lol! If you know how to do it properly it would obviously pay off, even after reading and watching tutorials on magical mastering I still end up not bothering heh... But yeah you are right, depends on how serious you are and if you want to make it big. I think anyone would live to make it big, but luck has a big part to play too. Lol Sausage Fattener... I wish I'd heard of that one before!

Posted by KNJRA (Conjurer)Yeah man, dubstep is far too much fiddling about with everything huh! Lol! If you know how to do it properly it would obviously pay off, even after reading and watching tutorials on magical mastering I still end up not bothering heh... But yeah you are right, depends on how serious you are and if you want to make it big. I think anyone would live to make it big, but luck has a big part to play too. Lol Sausage Fattener... I wish I'd heard of that one before!

Yeah, I understand you. Same happens to me from time to time, because it takes time and patience. Sometimes are just those day when you say "screw it". Sausage Fattener sure is a handful tool for those who do EDM. You're right, it's quite much fiddling if you want to be popular or recognized, but of course it requires every user to sounds some how different from the rest of the composers. To develop your own style and sound. My problem is mostly that because I like all kind of music so I'm having really hard time to stuck in genre for a long time, and also for the musical reasons.

Posted by Absentia1Yeah, I understand you. Same happens to me from time to time, because it takes time and patience. Sometimes are just those day when you say "screw it". Sausage Fattener sure is a handful tool for those who do EDM. You're right, it's quite much fiddling if you want to be popular or recognized, but of course it requires every user to sounds some how different from the rest of the composers. To develop your own style and sound. My problem is mostly that because I like all kind of music so I'm having really hard time to stuck in genre for a long time, and also for the musical reasons.

I have my own handcrafted orchestra. I work on books who are not published nowadays and manuscripts. IT's 100% vinnie johnson sound.

Posted by Absentia1Yeah, I understand you. Same happens to me from time to time, because it takes time and patience. Sometimes are just those day when you say "screw it". Sausage Fattener sure is a handful tool for those who do EDM. You're right, it's quite much fiddling if you want to be popular or recognized, but of course it requires every user to sounds some how different from the rest of the composers. To develop your own style and sound. My problem is mostly that because I like all kind of music so I'm having really hard time to stuck in genre for a long time, and also for the musical reasons.

Yeah man, usually I'm so excited that I've got something new to upload that I try to rush it out and forget to have patience heh, but I'm slowly learning to hold back until the time is right. Rushing things only cuts corners and that's never good when trying to make something awesome. You can probably tell by my tracks so far, they're all rushed, none of them are amazingly produced but I'll be considering taking my time, my next song is for the Compilation 3 so I'm definitely NOT going to be rushing it. Hey I used to just literally listen to Heavy Metal and that was it, I listened to that and nothing else, until I grew up and now I listen to pretty much anything, I prefer more melodic stuff now, and many different genres too, I have to admit my fav genre is soundtrack style music now, like Epic awesome fantasy film stuff. I do think finding the right genre for you is important, and then sticking to it, mastering it in the sense of learning and conquering over all. I'm still a beginner in the fantasy genre, but I will be sticking with it. To master many genres takes a lot of hard work. And it's awesome if you can have a go at all different kinds of music and make something people can appreciate.

Posted by KNJRA (Conjurer)To master many genres takes a lot of hard work. And it's awesome if you can have a go at all different kinds of music and make something people can appreciate.

difficulty is to keep a good quality in all genres. A genre needs others skills in orchestration, others skills in harmony.

Here on radio rivendell it's fantasy genre, but there are mens who compose for orchestra, others for hybrid. It's not an vinnie johnson's radio and i think it's better like it.

I can only wish to Compose with the Hybrid... For I do not have the powers of Kontakt 5 the Full Version... Which sucks.

Posted by KNJRA (Conjurer)I can only wish to Compose with the Hybrid... For I do not have the powers of Kontakt 5 the Full Version... Which sucks.

Problem is a traditional orchestration are the woodwinds library. actuals libraries are not enough.

Book of reference is "principles of orchestration" by korsakov.

Yeah. Requires years of work and practice if artist intend to be "the" best avaible in the market. Which is really matter of taste type of question after all. It's kinda funny though. I was wondering one day, why most people even wants to be popular or recognized in front of big audiences. I am sure it's great at the beginning but it has a lot of downsides too and some "hopefully" kept in secret type of unspekable horror experiences. There is always people always judging you for what you do, no matter what you do or how you do it. One thing is for sure and that is: glory, fame and fortune comes with a price.

Updated 28 May 2015 (13:07)

Posted by KNJRA (Conjurer)Yeah man, dubstep is far too much fiddling about with everything huh! Lol! If you know how to do it properly it would obviously pay off, even after reading and watching tutorials on magical mastering I still end up not bothering heh... But yeah you are right, depends on how serious you are and if you want to make it big. I think anyone would live to make it big, but luck has a big part to play too. Lol Sausage Fattener... I wish I'd heard of that one before!

It took quite sometime to do research about everything. How to use Sylenth1 and Native Massive Instruments. And I agree, not probably in your home country but If you could work for a movie or tv-series and write stuff for there and get yourself out there for marketing publicly. Some would be perhaps intrested of your work. I'm not sure how today's composers exactly end up in hollywood. Maybe money and relationships have a big part in the play.

Updated 27 May 2015 (18:54)

Posted by Absentia1Maybe money and relationships have a big part in the play.

yes, i say money plus relationships.

Massive is pretty good for Electronic stuff, I have it but hardly use it though heh. It was expensive enough too! Like everything, damn thieves they are, damn thieves in the night! Mostly use the East West Libraries after finding Composer Cloud I agree with you guys, it is probably the people you know and having the money for it, but to work for Hollywood you have to make Hollywood standard stuff, which is not easy, unless you use Hybrid... But that's also crazy expensive!