Recent content by Toddskins

Before you go posting your music online, there are a few things you are well advised to heed so you have no regrets. The experts tell you to not only copyright all your music, but also get yourself listed as the music publisher, because the more hats you wear, the more money you will get from...

To the OP, might I suggest watching and listening to this 5-minute excerpt from the classic movie "Cyrano". Trust me, it's relevant. Especially at the 4-minute mark to the end at 4:56. But watch the whole thing. There's much to learn from this. Background: Cyrano is Frenchman who is...

Ok. First off, that sound that sounds like high pitched strings is very easy to create using any synthesizer, or synthesizer plug-in (VSTi). If you have any musical background, you should be able to create that sound very easily. You do not need to sample it and then embed it. Just get a...

The list should be updated to include Cakewalk by Bandlab (formerly Sonar). Not sure why, but I clicked "other". For those who are lacking background and education on current DAW's, Cakewalk was maybe the very first DAW ever, going way back to DOS days in the 1980s. Then somewhere in the...

The purpose of Prime Time Forum is listed as "a fun gathering place...." Okay guys. You're dropping the ball. I'm not having as much fun as I think I should be having. Hop to it!

So what do you think -- do you prefer acoustic instruments or electronically enhanced instruments?

Hey guys (and gals), Reading music is one thing, but transcribing a composition of yours to score is quite another. I have faced the dilemma I'm in now, several times in the past years, and always end up working out the issues on my own, painstaking as they are. QUESTION: What might be the...

So you might consider yourself a "rocker", or a lover of R&B, or some other categorical name. And you might like a lot of different styles of music. But those who know you best, might consider one of the CD's in your collection a bit out of sync with what they know of you. Tell us what it is...

Came across this today. Pretty damn challenging and kinda funny. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Use the Morse code key to help you solve the coded message. The message is written without breaks between letters. When decoded, the dots and dashes will answer...

There is a game on windows computers called Internet Backgammon. If you've ever played it, you will know that the program cheats for you or your opponent. It doesn't matter which. When the person down needs a very specific roll, it will happen. You can predict the roll of the dice beforehand...

I'm wondering how to achieve the group, or gang sound, singing various lines of a song, coming from one person (1 mic) during a live performance. I do happen to own a Digitech Studio Vocalist that can add 4 additional voices over the original, but quite honestly have never used the equipment...

So I just discovered that my new automatic software upgrade on my magicjack has the following problem. If you have one, or are considering getting one, beware. = = = = = = With MJ new software, they slipped in a new "feature" that is a horror. Located in the advanced users, selecting "My...

Everybody who listens to a sample, or raves about the sound of their Ivory II samples, or whatever electronic instrument, may not be experiencing sound assessment rightly. This post is about quality of sound, not music. If you don't invest in an awesome PA, you just don't know what you're...

Years ago, there was a website where you could recreate the Math curve for Kurzweil FUNs, and it was incredible. I lost the website. It was an exact replica of the FUN screen editor, except after selecting your input options (A and B), it would then show you the mathematical curve (or graph)...

I would not believe it if I were not right in the middle of it - St. Louis, MO. We had almost 24 hours of nonstop ice hitting, and it has just finally turned into snow. There must be 5 inches of ice on the street still (even as many times as the snow ploughs have driven through), and now 5...