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Leticia
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Hard Restart?
Hi, can anyone explain me please what this Hard Restart is all about and why does it seem to be that important? This confuses me. |
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Oswald
Registered: Apr 2002
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Quote: Leticia: As I've written in posts/comments, SID-Wizard is RC/beta version yet, the Hard Restart (and other features) is still going through development. The aim is to be able to set any type of HR. If you don't like other else aspects of it I'd be glad to hear what they are specifically. And don't forget, SID-Wizard is open-source, anyone can help, just PM or e-mail me and I'll solve to give you full SVN access at sourceforge...
JCH and SDI are good editors & players, and X-SID is excellent too if you get used to their interfaces.
This is a great topic, the info/mystery about HR should be collected in one place as much as possible. Playing around with SID-hacker I found many types of HRs in different tunes, I'll try to collect and post them in a structured way.
codebase would be a good place to collect HR info.
http://codebase64.org/doku.php?id=start |
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Mixer
Registered: Apr 2008
Posts: 453 |
IMHO, separate testbit and gate bit and adsr manipulations in time and space and be sidtorious! |
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Soren
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 547 |
Sometimes it's hard to restart composing after a while of doing nothing. |
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Leticia
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What's harder for you, Jeff, making some nice instruments or is it all about creativity and the right sounding melodies??
I tried now a couple of programs and X-Sid works best for me :) Does anyone have more Demotunes for X-Sid? I still need to learn much and Demosongs are good to begin with ;) |
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Dane
Registered: May 2002
Posts: 423 |
Quote: Sometimes it's hard to restart composing after a while of doing nothing.
Amen. |
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Soren
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 547 |
Leticia: well, I was just kidding a bit. But getting a good idea for a catchy piece of music is probably the hardest thing for me. :-) |
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Leticia
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I have the same problem sometimes. Playing existing songs on the piano is easier for me than writing my own catchy song ;) |
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Dane
Registered: May 2002
Posts: 423 |
After a decade+ of always starting with a bassline/beat/random chords I've started to build my tunes around melody and lead, only using the occasional octaved arpeggios for harmony. Then, when I think I've got it right I tweak the instruments/arpeggios/add drums etc. I don't know if it's a process for everyone or if it results in a specific kind of tune, but I'm very happy with the work process so far. |
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Leticia
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Starting with the melody at first worked several times for me, maybe it will also work for others ;-) |
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Hermit
Registered: May 2008
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I think the most important for me when I restart composing after a long break (which might be the case now) is 1st to listen as much inspiring music as possible and my brain collects the emotional alphabet elements and little nuances, expressions, tricks unconsciously while being entertained at the same time. These collected bits add up and will be useful when it's time to compose. Unmaintained knowledge and creativity fades out slowly, we're humans...but when restart is successful, we might find a new unique face of ourselves, that's the good part of taking a rest...
My process for composing is similar to what Dane said, I started with bass many times (maybe due to bass-guitar being my main instrument), and then building chords/melody onto it and wherever the melody requires, I alter or change the underlying rhythms and chords. Main melody is the leader most of the times for me, especially on C64, because that is what people usually hear and remember the most, and solo sounds are among the most beautiful outputs that SID can produce.
I recall we had a long topic specifically about composing:
http://noname.c64.org/csdb/forums/?roomid=14&topicid=82716&firs..
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