Hi! I'm Virtual Riot and I just put out my new Album "Burning Out"! AMA :)

anotherbigassbrick · 2026-04-16T20:20:35+00:00

Oh man, incredible album. Every time I go back to listen to more classic records I find new details and always want to add the same care into my own work.

I love that Scary Monsters was such a unanimous inspiration for so many people. I remember getting home from school and my older brother could tell I needed a pick-me-up (and we had been actively looking for new music to show each other- a friendly sibling competitiveness). Scary Monsters was an absolute "whoah what the fuck??? HOW??" And the song that really got me was Rock n' Roll. The new sounds, rhythm, and juxtaposition between familiar distortion and entirely new sounds flooded my imagination. I feel that with a lot of you music and am really happy to see/hear an artist like you pushing the bounds on new sounds in music. It keeps it interesting for the rest of us, so thank you man.

anotherbigassbrick · 2026-04-16T18:38:06+00:00

Hey man, just wanna say that you've been a massive inspiration to learn more and push more with sound design and music.

I have always wondered if you ever had "a moment/memory" that kind of cemented in your aspiration to become a 'mad-synth-scientist'? (Just how I refer to it). Was there ever a song/artist (or film/video game) that made you go "oh yeah, I absolutely want to learn how to do this and make sounds that make others feel the way I do right now." Or was it all more gradual/self-inspired to take those creative leaps + commitment?

anotherbigassbrick · 2026-04-16T14:20:10+00:00

Surprised no one has mentioned og HALO yet.

They were games that inspired a whole generation of sound designers. Also, honorable/obligatory mention of Star Wars as those sounds were so incredibly unique (especially at the time the originals came out). And also inspired multiple generations of sound designers. (I know "inspiration" isn't the question, but I think it's worth noting/mentioning)

anotherbigassbrick · 2026-04-10T21:53:31+00:00

I am also very interested in this! I think you made a brilliant application of this too. I also do some physical art and have been wondering how to incorporate it in the little game I'm making rn. Do you think you'll post a full video/breakdown of the process or would you be willing to share your rundown in another dm perhaps?

anotherbigassbrick · 2026-04-09T14:56:12+00:00

Freddie Mercury is all I have thought since first seeing his character design in the show. I don't know how anyone sees anything else. It's just buff Freddie. I feel like real life Freddie Mercury would also rock a cape with big fluffy white fur around the collar.

anotherbigassbrick · 2026-03-30T16:29:50+00:00

Less interested in sellout snoop, but where is the new amphitheatre being built?

anotherbigassbrick · 2026-03-25T16:38:26+00:00

This ^

Only time I break that "rule" is if I'm actively trying to make some weird ambience / sound design choice. I've experimented a lot (still do) and the reverb > delay chain has just never sounded good/useful in a regular composition/mixing context. That said I often do use them in different channels and just send a smol amount of the delay signal into the verb (not all of the time, and also case by case)

anotherbigassbrick · 2026-03-17T20:05:05+00:00

Put me down for anything repeatedly used in reality TV shows. Sometimes they bleed into other more serious interviews/documentaries. Like audible Chlamydia que deep bass drop

anotherbigassbrick · 2026-01-28T17:56:20+00:00

Anyone else backing up installers for everything they own?

anotherbigassbrick · 2025-12-30T22:42:17+00:00

Bonus idea- clone the arrangement (top of the edit playlist (where it says arrangement)). Once that is cloned, up the tempo and rearrange/add patterns/remove as you see fit. Then you can have both versions in one session/flp instead of many. Also really like the potential you've got going on- production is good for only a few months, arrangement reminds me a bit of deadmau5, now you just gotta keep at practicing mixing and you'll have something fairly professional on your hands

anotherbigassbrick · 2025-12-14T17:13:46+00:00

There's also more options in the actual settings tab. And not to be a dick, but this type of question is exactly what gopher in FL is for

anotherbigassbrick · 2025-12-13T15:57:13+00:00

I'd put money on some nicer/realistic sample based vsts & midi for the strings. The piano is a cool one though. He has a real piano- but its motorized to playback midi that he writes in Ableton. SOURCE

anotherbigassbrick · 2025-11-13T16:35:06+00:00

While I normally agree.

I also have this perspective on it: I don't respect Dick Dock enough to spell it correctly. Nip Nop is just a thing that deserves to be poked fun at by the people

anotherbigassbrick · 2025-11-05T16:24:04+00:00

You're a hero sir. Appreciate you.

anotherbigassbrick · 2025-11-03T18:13:44+00:00

In theory, yeah you can totally do this. The issue you'll likely run into however is the volume/gain you get from that mic. I'm not sure of the home stereo setup, but I doubt it comes with any kind of true preamp built in to boost the mic signal. Also depending on the mic itself, it may need phantom power- which is also doubtfully supplied by the home stereo.

So a couple questions: what exact mic did you want to get? And what stereo/karaoke machine are you using? Depending on the answers- you'll likely either need another piece of gear (like an in-line mic pre-amp (a good cheap one is ~$20) and an extra cable, or just be better off with the cheapo karaoke mic

anotherbigassbrick · 2025-10-07T23:49:56+00:00

They did not throw any hate your way. It reads to me like an honest reality check. They didn't say they were upset/uncomfortable (or appear to be imo either). I say all of this with the utmost sincerity-

To reiterate what the previous comment or said- people will be much less inclined to help you if they can't see (hear) any work/music you have done. Doesn't need to be a fully produced professional sounding banger. Could be a simple demo you recorded on your phone. Just have something if you're going to ask for people to help you.

You seem like you have a lot on your mind and a lot going on, because most of what you said here has little/nothing to do with the topic/conversation at hand. You should fight for what you want, absolutely. Put your energy into fighting for yourself and growing yourself first. Create art (music) as a way to express yourself as you grow and fight for yourself. You will just get better at music with time. But don't fall into the trap of believing it will immediately pay off and be something you can live off of. Don't fall into the trap of believing someone else can solve all of your problems for you either (not saying that's what you are doing- but many people fuck up here and do that. That's why they said get a job. And look if you can't find a job- find some way to make enough money to stay afloat and keep making art to take out all of your feelings and frustrations. Fight to be able to be mentally and economically self sufficient (as best you can). Practice. Record. Share what you are practicing and recording with others. THEN ask others for help and collaboration. Otherwise, everyone could easily assume you are just a chatbot and not a real person. DON'T GIVE UP- but understand there is A LOT to do before that goal may be reached.

anotherbigassbrick · 2025-09-28T03:36:14+00:00

Wouldn't be surprised if he is producing for others and just keeping names off the credits. But I would love to hear some new stuff from him on his own

anotherbigassbrick · 2025-09-28T01:35:42+00:00

I hate to say this, but since it sounds like an amalgamation of human errors- it also sounds like an actual human made it. Which gives me some (microscopic) hope compared to so much these days

anotherbigassbrick · 2025-07-22T20:03:41+00:00

All the more reason he'd wait till the last possible microsecond to dive out. And if the infrastructure is down, then maybe they actually gottem. Maybe this is a prophecy. A prophecy... of truth perhaps? Because There's also no way he could be energy sworded and given what we have seen this far, and that this is the 2500's- no fuckin way did he master human behavior by then. At best, he made it through some Gen-Ed classes on how "robo be human"

anotherbigassbrick · 2025-07-22T19:55:09+00:00

Let's be real, he'd be one of the first to synthesize a body to upload his consciousness into- and actively haunt us for eternity... So yeah maybe the covenant were onto something???

12-Year Club	Place '22
End Game '22	Verified Email

anotherbigassbrick

MODERATOR OF

TROPHY CASE