Hugsylvania

[mrlmmsguy]

I think the idea is that you can use any synth and effects you like to produce samples, loops etc. from scratch. What you can't do is take an existing sample or loop, play with it a bit then call it your own work.

Yes, exactly. In the interest of creating shareable, modifiable work. Many people license their samples "no modification/redistribution". I think this to be absurd and it makes collabs very difficult, not all do, but a good many do. I want the HA samples to be able to be shared and modified and such. But in order to do that, I have to make sure that the copyright owners are OK with that.

Personally I use very few samples and most of the ones I use are made by me, recording a sound (car revving, banging things, blowing kid's whistle etc) and then playing around with it. But I'm not sure they would be of much use to anyone else.
Steve

Ah, foley sounds. I quite enjoy recording those. You may not think of them as useful, but if you listen to music like Propaganda's "Excellent" you can hear them put to quite good use.

Lastly, I recognize the peril of releasing presets. I hope to release "dry" content. Meaning, you've got to EQ it, and add reverb , etc.to make it sound how you want. Also means you have the freedom to manipulate the sample how you want. (unlike some I've gotten). Also, modifying presets can produce new, different sounds. Some people don't quite yet have the sound design chops, and modifying presets is a good way to start

[DJ FlyingPankakez]

I think the idea is that you can use any synth and effects you like to produce samples, loops etc. from scratch. What you can't do is take an existing sample or loop, play with it a bit then call it your own work.
Steve

Ok, that makes more sense, thanks for the reply.

[brandystarbrite]

I think you were right when I originally suggested it, if you do that people won't learn nearly as much about what the controls do.

Steve

Yep. I'll never forgot that I made that statement.
Alot of people are intimidated, when it comes to making Synth sounds in Vst's.
Many people including myself, at one time, went through that problem.
Me making those tuts in the Tutorials Section, was a way of encouraging them
to want to turn dials and explore the vst's. And make them wonder and ask questions:

What does this dial do?
What happens if I turn this dial or that dial etc?
What happens if I turn this dial percentage more, than what the tut suggested?
What happens if i press the Unison button?

It's really fascinating when you think of it.

If you're just given a preset sound it's too easy to just use it and never think how it was made.

Steve

Yep. And that's one of the reasons why, when alot of people buy expensive synth Vst's, they always talk about
the ready made built in presets, that come with them and not of the Synth Vst's abilities, to make unique sounds.
And if that Vst doesn't have any good presets (their opinion) and they lack the will to try and make any,
they immediately label that vst as crappy.

I hope to release "dry" content. Meaning, you've got to EQ it, and add reverb , etc.to make it sound how you want.

That's very smart and a really good move. Because I have encountered alot of people on the net, who seem to ask for
dry samples, with no effects added to them.

[mrlmmsguy]

And now, Hugsylvania's first relesease. I hope you like it!
https://soundcloud.com/hugsylvania/prim ... ion-buy-dl

[mrlmmsguy]

Hey, Poleroyd, (f.k.a. Cr5stle, Cirkut Breakr,) has released a set of awesome ZynAddSubFX presets!
Check out the demo here