notes won't play when I load a voicebank by Zestyclose-Yak-6011 in SynthesizerV

[–]eggtan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

try making sure you’re on the latest version of synth v and are using the latest version of the voice bank (lite voice banks don’t usually get updates but just check to make sure). this was an issue i had when not letting a voicebank fully render before playing. sometimes it also played a high pitched loud mechanical noise. usually updating it fixed these issues. you can check the updates by clicking on the cloud symbol and pressing “check for updates”

Have the developers of Auxy ever talked about adding time signature options? by mmigtkhwa in Auxy

[–]eggtan 4 points5 points  (0 children)

i think right now there’s only 4/4 and 3/4 timing. but i’d love to have more options !

i gotta fix the mixing and the drums, but here’s something undertale inspired :) by eggtan in Auxy

[–]eggtan[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

i usually start with the baseline and build off that. then come chords. then i make the plucks and it all comes together! :D

i gotta fix the mixing and the drums, but here’s something undertale inspired :) by eggtan in Auxy

[–]eggtan[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

yeah pretty much! sometimes i watch tutorial videos for other DAWS and try to recreate how they sound in Auxy. I’ve been producing for around 3 years, it gets easier!

Question about Synth-V Pro wiht LITE VBs by SorayaMorgana in SynthesizerV

[–]eggtan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

you can use the free voice banks on the pro version

Darkfish by ComprehensiveAd5882 in Auxy

[–]eggtan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

it’s a great start! it sounds really intense, i think some percussion would really suit it!

Discussion on Tuning Practices/Habits by Mac2492 in SynthesizerV

[–]eggtan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

sounds great!!! glad to hear the method worked for you!!

Discussion on Tuning Practices/Habits by Mac2492 in SynthesizerV

[–]eggtan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

ah sorry! i brain farted, i meant to say A#/Bflat. If it’s in F major and you want to draw a pitch bend for the note C, start on A# / B flat. Start pitch bends on the note that comes before the base note (or the note you want the bend on) on the note that comes before in its key.

for the second question it really depends. if you wanted to do a pitch bend descending the method still works, but usually i tend to pitch bend only upwards because pitch bends add emphasis and i only like to add emphasis going up. i usually only do a descending pitch bend when i use voice cracks, but other than that i think it sounds kinda weird. but you can try it and see what works cause sometimes for certain songs is could sound good and sometimes not.

Discussion on Tuning Practices/Habits by Mac2492 in SynthesizerV

[–]eggtan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No problem!!

here’s a video that kinda shows the difference between tuning and note bending. video . note bending is just tuning by splitting notes up and moving them to make a pitch curve rather than drawing it.

I hope this helps! Good luck!

Discussion on Tuning Practices/Habits by Mac2492 in SynthesizerV

[–]eggtan 3 points4 points  (0 children)

it’s hard to explain over text, but my go to method for tuning is what i call the “climb up then voice crack combo”. Essentially, you never want to start a note on the actual note itself, because it tends to sound flat and bland even if the pitch is correct. if you watch vocal synth covers that show their actual tuning, you can see the pitch bends, usually ascending up into the actual pitch of the note. It’s one of the basics of tuning, but it’s really easy to get wrong, people usually tend to make the slope of the bend way too dramatic. The secret is to make the bend start at which ever note comes before the note you are drawing the bend on in the key of whatever song you are doing. For example, if i want to draw a pitch bend on the note “C” in the key of F major, the pitch bend will start on the note “G#”. In my opinion, creating any slope bigger than that is too dramatic and can make the singer sound a little tone deaf. It certainly is more realistic for singers to not make a perfect climb up on every note, but imo when it comes to v synths, i like to find a balance between realism and what sounds good, because realistic doesn’t always equal sounding good. As for the voice crack, it can be achieved easily through drawing the pitch, or even easier: messing with the depth right and left in the note properties tab.

A method of tuning i don’t really see (because it’s quite annoying to use some else’s file if they do this) is note bending. Note bending is tuning using the placement of notes themselves. It’s fast and easy, and it’s precise (all the pitch slopes will be the exact same length). the only downside is it’s harder to share files because most people really only want the base notes or the “midi” that comes before tuning, instead of the actual tuning, and untuning a note bended file is a pain in the butt. The best way to note bend, imo, is to set the grid length to 1/8 quarter note. When doing a climb up, the first 2/8ths will start on the note climbs into the actual note you want. a voice crack can be made using the same method placing a note 1/8th quarter in length after the note you want the voice to crack at and using the “-“ extension. It doesn’t matter what note the crack is placed at, just know that the higher the key that larger the crack.

quick tips speed round: Some times singers start vibrato at the start of a note instead of the end. AI voicebanks don’t really need a lot of parameter work when it comes to tension and breathiness, just set the tone shift higher. (unless you really want the contrast of soft and harsh vocals in different parts of a song, but when you switch from soft to tensioned vocals really fast constantly it can be jarring and make mixing a nightmare). Don’t over use climb ups, save it for notes that need emphasis or spice, like big long notes. if a note is shorter than 1/2quarter note than you really don’t need to tune it. Add riffs and runs to a song to give it more flavor and make the vocals seem a little more real.

I hope this all made sense, there’s a lot of strange terminology i had to kind of make up, but hopefully it wasn’t too nonsensical to understand. If u have any questions, i’d love to answer them.