I got the hang of audio tool but there is a lot I still have to learn, it is so complex that I think I will not be using it as much. I am going to start using garage band a lot more because I think it is easier to use.
This week I learned how to sample. I remade the drum track for a song that was already sampled.Just in case you don't know, in music sampling is the act of taking a portion, or sample, of one sound recording and reusing it as an instrument or a sound recording in a different song or piece. I remade the drum track just as practice.
This is the original drum track that was sampled in the track that I am going to remake.(just listen to the first 10 seconds.)
So I downloaded the song opened it in Garage band an cut up parts of the drums that i needed.
Once I had cut up every sound I needed, I opened up musical typing, what musical typing does is every time I hit a certain key it will make the sound of whatever sound i assigned the key to make.
So now that I have all the sounds assigned to a certain key I connected a keyboard to make it easier for me.
I listen to the song a couple of times and practices the pattern and when i thought i could get it down I recorded it a couple of times until i thought i got it right.
This is what it looked like when I was done.(every white box is a time i hit a key on the keyboard.)
This is the song that I remade the drum track.(drum track appears 0.11 - 0.23)
And this is the the remake I made. I know it sounds easy but it was a long process and I am proud of myself
This week I tried using a website that is used to make beats called Audiotool and I was completely lost the first time I tried it. I took the tour and kind of got the hang of it, I learned a little bit but I'm still confused. I don't know how to start making it. This is a lot harder than I thought. I'm going to watch a couple of Youtube videos so I can learn more and hopefully by next week I will be able to use the site well.
Here is a screenshot of the website.Can't blame me for being confused.
My name is Alfonso Ramirez and on this blog I will be sharing beats I made. They might not be the best because I have no experience but this is something I have always wanted to try.
