Post by Krakolio on Apr 5, 2013 1:10:47 GMT -6
I'm wondering what methods the best MPC users use when creating original MPC compositions.
On YouTube, I often see Mario Paint Composer music videos with the tempo changing regularly from high to low, echos, and the piece flows very nicely throughout. They are usually made up of long, high tempo songs, with large gaps between different notes, and sometimes many notes right next to each other, e.g. to give notes a sliding effect.
Imagination isn't the issue here. As you probably know, the program allows only a portion of a song to be visible at one time, so it's hard to keep track of what I'm doing (I'm forced to scroll left and right). I often can't put original melodies of mine into the program. When I try, some parts are almost always really quick, and so I need to make a separate song with a different tempo partway, which is really difficult when keeping track of the main melody and/or beat of the song while trying to make the piece flow well.
Do the best MPC users usually use programs other than MPC? Lately I've been thinking of buying a MIDI controller to use with a music composition program like Sibelius. I plan on improvising on the keyboard as I usually do on a piano, then arranging, editing, and adding parts later on. Once finished I'll put everything on MPC. If the keyboard doesn't have drum pads, I'll buy a small drum kit mat with a USB port to use on my computer (I love drumming) to create beats while listening to what I played on the keyboard earlier. Also, a USB audio recorder would probably be very useful, particularly for inventing original melodies.
Any other information on the topic of creating MPC compositions would be much appreciated.
On YouTube, I often see Mario Paint Composer music videos with the tempo changing regularly from high to low, echos, and the piece flows very nicely throughout. They are usually made up of long, high tempo songs, with large gaps between different notes, and sometimes many notes right next to each other, e.g. to give notes a sliding effect.
Imagination isn't the issue here. As you probably know, the program allows only a portion of a song to be visible at one time, so it's hard to keep track of what I'm doing (I'm forced to scroll left and right). I often can't put original melodies of mine into the program. When I try, some parts are almost always really quick, and so I need to make a separate song with a different tempo partway, which is really difficult when keeping track of the main melody and/or beat of the song while trying to make the piece flow well.
Do the best MPC users usually use programs other than MPC? Lately I've been thinking of buying a MIDI controller to use with a music composition program like Sibelius. I plan on improvising on the keyboard as I usually do on a piano, then arranging, editing, and adding parts later on. Once finished I'll put everything on MPC. If the keyboard doesn't have drum pads, I'll buy a small drum kit mat with a USB port to use on my computer (I love drumming) to create beats while listening to what I played on the keyboard earlier. Also, a USB audio recorder would probably be very useful, particularly for inventing original melodies.
Any other information on the topic of creating MPC compositions would be much appreciated.