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Feeling really down right now, so I figured I'd upload my latest experiment and see if I can at least make somebody else smile.

Somewhere Between Here & Now (rough mix)

gee, that sounds like a pretty smooth mix to these ears how do you do that? sure wish i had musical talent. perfect pitch by itself doesn't get me very far outside of the one thing i use it for. there needs to be a program for the rest of us pedestrian sorts to express the music within [or coax it out of hiding].
and i almost forgot- HIYA AND WELCOME!

Thanks for the welcome, and the kind words =*)

I actually use logic studio for the mac, and no actual instruments were harmed in the making of my muisc XD unless you call a midi keyboard an instrument. Great samples, synths and amp/pedal simulation in that software. Thing is, i really cant play for dirt, but i just noodle out an idea or two and then just use the tools and move things around to make it sound like i know what im doing, Lol . I guess thats why i consider myself more a composer than a musician.

gee, is logic studio anything like sonic foundary ACID? where you take prerecorded loops and string them together and mix and match and mash 'em up? if so, that sounds like just the thing for me i long to be creative. i can be creative in a limited way as it is, with my long-time hobby of digital audio restoration. i like to take old scratchy stuff and make it sound much newer.

It may have that capability, I'm not sure, i think so but i doubt it's as elegant for those purposes, i tried it once and got sof frustrated i gave up, but for actual MIDI based compositon its great. Assuming of course that you're running a mac.

anything on the mac side of things has always been too much for my budget. PCs are much cheaper.

Ya, before i switched to a mac I was using Cakewalk, tho back then I hadn't discovered the wonders of midi, was doing all my recording through playing an instrument 5 million times till i got one take that didnt completely suck. Discovering software synth emulators was a revelation for me, especially when paired with MIDI.

at least you can actually play an instrument. me, i can tell when somebody is in tune or not within a percentage, but i can't really play anything worth beans. that and discernment of uniform tempo are my strengths.

Pretty cool.

Where'd you get the electric guitar samples? That's what I wanna know. All the electric guitar soundfonts/samples I've found are either insanely expensive (hundreds of dollars) or sound like crap.

Being something of a sound designer, myself, I couldn't help but notice there were a couple sounds in there that didn't match the rest of the mix very well; they stood out a bit too much, in my opinion. They just weren't the 'right type' of sound for what and where they were being used for, and with. I know it's a rough mix, but I thought I'd just mention it anyway.

I'm also an electronic musician, too. I'm currently bouncing back and forth between doing melodic hardcore (Rise Against) and industrial (Nine Inch Nails).

Bummer. How much are we talking for the wrapper?

Thanks for the tip. I'll look into them. ^_^