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Post by Mr. Sub on Nov 10, 2009 10:13:56 GMT -6
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Post by Youne on Nov 10, 2009 11:08:52 GMT -6
I go mostly by sheet music, but one of the weird ways I've done it is by looking at equalizers and how the music raises up and down... weird huh? (It worked for me for a little while, and I still can't figure out why or how I did it  ) |
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Post by christeriousninja on Nov 10, 2009 11:20:59 GMT -6
I thought the 'I JUST PICK ANY RANDOM NOTE's section was lonely so I gave it a vote, but technically I don't know what a note is by ear... I just put something down on mpc and when it's right, hooray.
I've only used a MIDI once on a Medley JS and me did that never came into fruition, so it doesn't technically count tooooo much (and I was just trying to speed things up... but it didn't work lol) Also I'm terrible at chords given the fact that I don't know what a chord is just by listening to it straight away, so when it's slightly inaudible I'm doomed.
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Post by Mr. Sub on Nov 10, 2009 15:19:46 GMT -6
I go mostly by sheet music, but one of the weird ways I've done it is by looking at equalizers and how the music raises up and down... weird huh? (It worked for me for a little while, and I still can't figure out why or how I did it ) Yeah, that is weird! Sounds incredibly difficult, too! Well, err, congratulations on finding a new way of making music in Mario Paint!  And, C-Ninja, same here. When i do something by ear, i don't hear the note and think "D!" I listen to the note and then click on the MP stave in a place thats seems logical until i find the note i'm looking for. |
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Post by Rusty on Nov 10, 2009 15:42:42 GMT -6
I'm at "Mostly Using MIDI/Sheet Music" right now, but I'm trying to get myself to a point where it's "Mostly By Ear". I know I could probably never 100% ear, at least for a long time, and I'm never going back to 100% MIDI like I did in the very beginning.
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Post by Youne on Nov 10, 2009 16:12:52 GMT -6
I go mostly by sheet music, but one of the weird ways I've done it is by looking at equalizers and how the music raises up and down... weird huh? (It worked for me for a little while, and I still can't figure out why or how I did it ) Yeah, that is weird! Sounds incredibly difficult, too! Well, err, congratulations on finding a new way of making music in Mario Paint! And, C-Ninja, same here. When i do something by ear, i don't hear the note and think "D!" I listen to the note and then click on the MP stave in a place thats seems logical until i find the note i'm looking for. Yeah it was weird, and I can't do it again. I think when I did it, I looked at the difference of the intervals of the pitches and that helped me determine which note from the next... But yeah, even with this it still took me quite a long while to finish even a couple lines, so right now I'm resorting to sheet music if possible, since I'm terrible at discerning pitches by ear... which caused me to not pass the last theory exam I had because of my horrible ear recognition skills (which people by the way say that that's the easiest part of the exam... ) |
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Post by bally on Nov 10, 2009 17:27:44 GMT -6
I'm so distant from MIDIs and sheet music now than I used to be. The MIDIs almost made it feel limited because you were less tempted to add in your own improv, which is what makes most of my compositions fun to make nowadays; the one's by ear, at least.
There's not really a place for me to vote in that, so I thought I'd just leave this explanation.
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Post by kacelano on Nov 10, 2009 17:57:01 GMT -6
I do it by midi. Don't really care. It's gets hard to be earless, but it all works out. It doesn't matter much to me.
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Post by phazonelite on Nov 10, 2009 18:10:29 GMT -6
The only times I've used a MIDI for any of my songs was in Rock Star Stage 1 and Kirby Nightmare Battle. Even then, I only used them to make out percussion (Nightmare Battle) and to get fast notes right (Rock Star). Other than that, it's always been by ear.
What I noticed was that both of the songs I mentioned were made when I just started out, so it was somewhat of an evolutionary process.
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Post by LiteTheIronMan on Nov 10, 2009 18:13:12 GMT -6
Hmm. Well, I go by the sheet music/MIDI note placements, but if something goes amiss in translation, then I'm keen to hear it and try to fix it, but I'm usually no good at that. Recently though, Red Brinstar was almost entirely done by MIDI. Only thing done by ear was the geese, which I had to transpose to make them sound better.
For the most part, I don't trust myself, so I'd rather work with something that I can see, read, translate, and then put into a format, rather then something I'm just listening to and trying to fit into MPC.
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Post by RalDamage22 on Nov 10, 2009 18:34:14 GMT -6
I usually use the MIDI Sheet Music (Even thoughI haven't released a song as of this point  ), but it is a huge help when composing. Mybrother can just naturally guess the correct notes to a song, so I'm pretty jealous  . That aside, I would other wise use the OST or my memory if a note sounds off. |
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Post by jokinjoe on Nov 10, 2009 19:32:50 GMT -6
I'm so distant from MIDIs and sheet music now than I used to be. The MIDIs almost made it feel limited because you were less tempted to add in your own improv, which is what makes most of my compositions fun to make nowadays; the one's by ear, at least. There's not really a place for me to vote in that, so I thought I'd just leave this explanation. I agree totally with this post. Unfortunately, I still use MIDIs half the time. Whenever I use a MIDI, I feel like I'm cheating myself of some creativity... Heck, your post actually inspired me to start an MPC song by ear. |
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Post by madny on Nov 10, 2009 19:43:24 GMT -6
I do it mostly by ear. I have never used a MIDI. There was one time when i used sheet music. I think the more you practice by ear, your listening skills improve. Besides, i need to practice my listening for AP Music Theory! He makes us sight sing
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Post by DjTsex on Nov 10, 2009 21:43:06 GMT -6
Yeah. I've only made 6 videos but I've done them all by ear. Started by ear, never used sheet music of midi notation. I didn't even know what MIDI was. For me, I believe that doing them by ear returns the best results and is the most fun and rewarding. It also amazes me how much my auditory perception has improved since i've started doing this.
Also, I believe that the by ear MPCers will eventually reign king over all of YouTube. Why? Because more people will want to hear songs that never had sheet music published in Mario Paint, and too many video game songs will have already been done.
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Post by lih on Nov 11, 2009 0:41:27 GMT -6
I generally use MIDIs or other forms of sheet music but recently I've been better at figuring out stuff by ear
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Post by PopTart on Nov 11, 2009 0:55:19 GMT -6
All by ear for me  I do it for the challenge |
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Post by PhantomTaco on Nov 11, 2009 10:43:20 GMT -6
I used to do it all by MIDI, but recently, it's all been by ear. So... mostly by ear?
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Post by MetaKnightMK on Nov 11, 2009 11:41:46 GMT -6
I voted "Other Method" because the way I do it is involving a lot of extra work. I search for a song that I really want to do. After I find the OST, I try to find a MIDI. If I can't find a MIDI, I'll make one and then transpose the notes so it fits into Mario Paint Composer's range.
Some people say that I'm cheating, but I don't see how.
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Post by El Regulus on Nov 11, 2009 18:57:44 GMT -6
My MPC songs? 99% by ear. I say 99% because while I've done all of them by ear, there are times I have "cheated" with the equalizer trick in order to bring out the more difficult parts. Also on one song, I looked at one single measure of sheet music to tackle a difficult part. So it's never been 100%. Other than that, I've never used sheet music, nor have I used a MIDI (not really sure how to go about doing that one, to be honest, unless it just means you listen to a MIDI of the song).
For my only composition done on old school Mario Paint, I did use sheet music, but had to transpose the key and get a little creative to compensate for all the missing accidentals.
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Post by hotrods4ben on Nov 11, 2009 22:03:58 GMT -6
Other than that, I've never used sheet music, nor have I used a MIDI (not really sure how to go about doing that one, to be honest, unless it just means you listen to a MIDI of the song). Most of us use something like Notation Player that reads the MIDI as sheet music. If you just listened to a MIDI in, say, Windows Media Player or Quicktime, it would just be audio so that would be composing by ear as well. Anyways, it depends on the song I'm making. My first compositions were 100% by ear. I use MIDIs every so often for more complicated parts, but I try to work by ear as much as I can. I compose a bit more by ear than by MIDI. |
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), but it is a huge help when composing. Mybrother can just naturally guess the correct notes to a song, so I'm pretty jealous 
. That aside, I would other wise use the OST or my memory if a note sounds off.
