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  2. WEED IS THE ANSWER

    in Useless Blabber

    Posted

    I agree the ganja is the shit it will always be there even after this ex thing blows over and on top of that its impossible to overdose on it the shit is safer than aspirin. I read somewhere to overdose on marijuana you would have to smoke something like 15,000 lbs in one hour. but you haven't smoked till you try BC Bud.

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    He channels the cosmos through the tables do not worship the shaman, but revere his music.

  3. Have a question

    in New York / New Jersey

    Posted

    I've been creating wave files of my mixes for CD but I'm looking for a program that will chop up my huge file into individual tracks so I can burn to CD

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    He channels the cosmos through the tables do not worship the shaman, but revere his music.

  8. So you want to be a Rave God?

    in New York / New Jersey

    Posted

    So you want to be a Rave star?

    This is not as difficult as it may seem. There's a simple guideline

    to follow, and you'll be on your way to cult status.

    Step 1, the music.

    Forget about talent. There's enough techno out there done exactly the

    way I'm going to explain that you'll soon realize that talent just gets in

    the way. All you need is the will to make some really loud, pounding

    music. Oh, and you'll need some cash.

    Step 2, the attitude.

    Get attitude, lot's of it. Know what's cool and what's not cool.

    Know exactly how many times a song can be played and how many people can buy

    a bands CD before it's no longer cool. Tell people you live for your music,

    you're an artist. Make sure everyone knows that the gear you use is the

    best.

    Know the lingo. Know the difference between Techno and Rave, between E and

    X,

    between carbo fuel and kool-ade, but don't worry about the difference

    between

    middle C and G. Call your synth an "axe" and refer to your MIDI hookup as

    your "rig". Whatever computer you use for your MIDI hookup is the best,

    remember that, tell others.

    Step 3, the equipment.

    You'll need some equipment, called "gear" by those who know. You can

    make some decent techno with a minimum setup. You'll need a multi-track

    tape

    player, like the Tascam 4 track decks. They're cheap, easy to use and

    effective. You'll need at least two keyboards. One should be a fairly old

    analog synth like the Prophet 5 (expensive) or old Roland synths. If you

    can't

    find or afford an analog synth with MIDI, you can cheat by getting a digital

    synth that makes good analog sounds, such as the DX-7, or Casio CZ series.

    But remember, real techno musicians use analog. Whatever you do, don't get a

    "Sample Player" keyboard like the Roland U-20. They have samples of real

    instruments. And you don't use real isntruments in techno.

    Next, you'll need a sampler. You can't make those easily recognized

    songs without a few samples mixed in. A good start would be the EMAX, if

    you

    can afford one. It also must have MIDI ports. Real musicians use MIDI, you

    must too. If you can't afford an EMAX, try a Roland S-50, or even an old

    Mirage. Stretch your dollars here, it'll be worth it.

    And, of course, you'll need a computer. But everyone already has this,

    so I'll cover what you'll need on the computer. Get a good MIDI board, like

    the Roland, Opcode, Passport, whatever you can afford. Don't rely on the

    Soundblaster Pro MIDI, though. No one uses those. And you'll need a

    sequencer program. MasterTracks Pro is the best.

    Now take a day or two to learn how to hook up the sampler, synth and

    4 track to the computer. Hit the keys on the keyboard a few times to learn

    what sounds it makes. Have fun with it, you probably won't need to use the

    keys much after this. Learn your synth inside out. You'll need to know how

    to make it deliver sounds so bizzare, people will know it's techno by the

    third note. Spend some time with your sampler to learn how to edit simple

    sounds. You'll need this later.

    Step 4, your first song.

    OK, you have the gear, you have the attitude, you have some time to

    kill. Now for the music. A good skill to have is to be able to make the

    synth deliver really long, complicated step sounds. Having to enter only

    one

    note, and have it continute on to fill a whole measure is useful, and speeds

    the creative process. On to the sequencer. By now you'll know how to enter

    notes with the mouse and make the gear play them by playing the sequence.

    See,

    no need to hit the keys! Don't like a note, erase it. Think the measure

    should be played higher, move it up! Sounds too slow, just speed up the

    tempo.

    Easy, just as it should be.

    Now for a few rules. The tempo should be between 140 and 170 BPM, or

    Beats Per Minute for the layman. Real techno is around 150 BPM. Always

    keep

    the tempo an even number, like 140, so the DJ can easily mix your song in.

    Also, everything should be done in 4/4 time. The math is easier. And

    remember

    to make changes only at divisions of 4. Never break this rule. Someone

    might get confused on the dance floor, and twist their ankle or something.

    The drum track can be as simple as you want it to be, even a simple

    kick-snare-kick-snare. You know there's a lot of techno out there using

    this

    well known pattern. If you want to do your own drum track, try not to use

    standard drum samples. Spice it up a bit. Sample someone hitting a plate

    with a spatula, edit it and use it. Remember the rule, sample it, loop it.

    If you get bored with this, or just don't have the talent, find some old

    funk album, sample a clean drum pattern, and loop it. Now you have a

    professional sounding drum track. Yes, it's that easy.

    The body of the song is just as easy. Find some really grinding

    sound on your synth, test a few random notes till it sounds dancable, and

    repeat it 16 times. Now for the change. Just find another pattern of

    notes,

    and repeat that 8 or 16 time, then go back to the first pattern. You can

    get nearly a full minute of music using this simple idea. For a fuller

    sound, you can layer another odd sound over it, repating a note at every 2nd

    or 4th beat. Don't get too complicated, though. That's not what techno is

    about.

    Now for the samples. Watch some old movie that's on late at night on

    a cable channel you don't normally watch. Record it on a VCR. Play it back

    till you find some phrase or word you think is neat. Sample it. Repeat

    this

    till you have 3-4 samples. Now take these samples, and insert them at

    regular

    intervals in the music. If you have a sample played at the 3rd note in the

    3rd measure, make sure to start it at the exact same place when the measure

    is played again. You don't want to confuse your audiance.

    And remember to never use real instruments. If you use any real

    instruments, they can only be included in samples, and should be edited to

    sound unlike the original sample.

    Now for a name. Here is where you can get original, but always stay

    within the bounds of techno-rave music names. For a band title, pick

    something

    technical that clicks. Try "Raster" or "Digi-Matic" or something like that.

    For the song title, you need two parts, the title, and the remix version.

    Even

    if you only have one version of your song, include a remix name. For

    example,

    you might use "N-CODE, D-CODE (Voltage Mix)". Try to sneak the words

    Rhythm,

    Beat, X, E, Insane, etc. into your title. But do not put the words techno

    or

    rave in. The reasons should be obvious.

    Step 5, the marketing.

    OK, you have your first song. Get the gear synced up, and record it

    to tape. If the 4-track version is finished, copy it to a normal tape deck,

    on a Type II tape, and get it to the public. How? Easy. Take it to your

    local techno DJ. Most DJ's have their own mixes available on tape. These

    are

    usually bootleg mixes of the popular stuff. Pay him to insert your song

    between 2 popular songs. This is best, since people will remember your song

    as being before or after one of their favorites. Make sure the tape has

    liner notes of the song and artist. This is so they can request the song by

    name at the local dance club. And get all your friends to request the song,

    so the DJ's will look for it, and when they finally find it at the record

    shop in the DJ-remix pile, they'll scramble for it.

    Afraid the DJ won't put your song on his remix? Don't worry about it,

    DJ's don't make much, and usually don't have high-paying jobs. Their bills

    are usually more substantial than their artistic integrity. Find their

    price,

    meet it. Get on tape.

    The hard part is getting your music onto a medium that the DJ can play.

    All DJ's spin records or CD's. Getting a song recorded to these is

    expensive,

    and usually requires a lot of copies. Again you'll need bribary. Find a

    record pressing plant as close as you can. Have your tape mastered and

    pressed

    onto a record. You'll need to get some con working to get about 10 copies

    of

    the master made, cheaply, of course. Promise them that if the quality is up

    to

    your artistic standards, you'll buy 1000 more. Don't put anything in

    writing,

    though. Take your copies, put them in sleeves, make homemade labels if you

    need to, but make the lettering look really cool. Don't include anymore

    information than the title, record RPM and BPM of the song. The less, the

    better. It's much easier to just give them to your bribed DJ friends than

    to

    try to get them into a record store, but do both if possible. If nothing

    else,

    it will add a little confustion to the owners of the store when someone buys

    them.

    You're set. Within a week, someone will play the song. If it's

    repetative, danceable, and kicks, they'll play it again, and again, as the

    masses stomp to the techno rhythms. Wait at least 2 months before you tell

    people it's your song. Make it seem like it's no big deal, that they play

    your stuff all the time. From here on, it's all gravy. You can take your

    new status as a local techno-god on the DJ remix tapes and played in all the

    best clubs, or you can expand on this idea, and go the limit. Con a small

    label company into a deal where they make nearly all the profit, but agree

    to buy you more gear, a lot of it. Stacks of gear. With more gear comes

    more attitude, more sounds. Still the same talent, but you know how to play

    the game. Soon you'll be cranking out dance tracks at high rates, and have

    remixes upon remixes. Now tour with Moby or The Prodigy. Tell people you

    know Praga Kahn and Flood personally. Remember, the system feeds itself.

    Rave on.

    p.s.

    I didn't write this so I'm not taking credit.

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    He channels the cosmos through the tables do not worship the shaman, but revere his music.

  13. Karla Kerlin - in "music is mind control" shocker

    in New York / New Jersey

    Posted

    Its the beat it unifies each of us into our eternal bliss moment. There is no mind control only mind merging. Rave culture has reached a critical mass and those in power are truly frightened because there worst fears are being realized. An entire generation of financially powerful, intelligent, technologically and philosophically, superior youth. This is just the trickle that beckons the coming flood. Our world is changing if only you knew how much.

  14. Proof that the NYPD does read the net

    in New York / New Jersey

    Posted

    I'd rather have complete anarchy than some subhuman knuckledragger shooting me in the back and generally screwing w/ my life just because his insecure ego made him become a cop so he could coerce respect out of people. Anarchy? Maybe but think how many laws we actually need. I think this country would would be fine 100 laws and a lot less police. Wake up people

    DEA, ATF, FBI = Gestapo KGB SS

    Different name same goals.

  21. how do u...

    in Useless Blabber

    Posted

    What works for me is to get a tic tac case and put them in their since its hard to tell the difference this is good when your dispensing and they won't get crushed. Most clubs in MIA are cool w/ you dropping in the bathroom. The general rule is if security doesn't see it its not happening. Although it got kind of strict @ the Mix when they were going through alot of shit w/ the county I got booted just for having vicks. Most places are pretty slack though. On Miami Beach the place is crawling w/ cops (50 -100) in a square mile and you can still drop a roll right on Washington so there's no stress. Guess that's why we have the best parties. smile.gif

  22. Vestax vs Technics

    in New York / New Jersey

    Posted

    I wouldn't trade my 1210s for anything. Anyways I heard vestax is mainly for turntablist (Q-bert) I think vestax is just paying these people to use their turntables like they did w/ invisible skratch piklz they all used to use technics now they all have vestax.

  25. What do most of you do for a living?

    in New York / New Jersey

    Posted

    is it me or is everone some wealthy entrepreneur/banker/promoter/genius on this board. any normal people here? me, I just go to college and work a decent part time. it's not what you do its who you are some of the coolest people have crap jobs because working is not the focus of their life. work is mind numbing conformist institutional crap and it would do you some good to avoid it as much as possible. That is unless you're addicted to routine and conformity (many people are)

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