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Sampling / Re: Sample Synthesis

« on: January 27, 2016, 14:45:31 »

Help, I am using Sonic Charge Cyclone with SaviHost, and I don't know how to make samples directly.  Otherwise, I would have to take a lot of time recording samples.

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MilkyTracker Support / Help with SID sounds in Milkytracker

« on: January 05, 2016, 13:54:34 »

Hey, how do you create SID-like sounds in the sample editor from scrathch?  I know you can download basic SID waveforms, but still, how do you create all of these cool sounds the SID chip can make?  How do you even emulate the attack sustain decay release thing?

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MilkyTracker Community / Re: Samples... ARGH

« on: January 03, 2016, 16:45:37 »

You can use the sample editor to mess around with your samples or draw new samples.  Don't forget that you have instrument envelopes.  Go to the instrument editor to add some more effects.  You can also modify your sounds with sound editing programs like Audacity.  I don't know what you mean by evolve.

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MilkyTracker Community / Help with SID sounds

« on: January 02, 2016, 22:51:08 »

Hey, how do you create SID-like sounds in the sample editor?  How do you even emulate the attack sustain decay release thing?

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Tracking / Re: A Question about Instruments.

« on: December 20, 2015, 21:31:46 »

Well, the difference very much depends on the sample. Things like CDs being 16-bit rather than 8-bit should give an indication that the difference does actually matter in the general case. With 8-bit samples you have a much higher noise floor (48dB of headroom) than with 16-bit samples (96dB of headroom), and if the sample has very smooth-sounding parts (like a bass or bass drum) or has very quiet parts (like a fadeout at the end), you will hear a lot of noise. Very noisy samples, on the other hand, like distorted electric guitars, are less likely to suffer from 8-bit quantization.
This quantization noise can be rather painful to listen to if you prefer a clean mix, especially if you're using headphones. So your "or the change is only subtle" very much depends on the listening environment as well. Listening on very cheap headphones or loudspeakers will make the effect less obvious, while listening to a quiet 8-bit sample on good headphones will make you realize that there's a whole lot of noise in it. Listen to the attached examples for example and you should hear that the 8-bit version is very noisy and not as pleasant to listen to as the 16-bit version.

So if you benefit from 16-bit or not very much depends on your source material. Making an 8-bit sample 16-bit also won't improve its quality.

In English, please

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The Lobby / Re: Not sure which languages to learn

« on: November 11, 2015, 01:50:11 »

What do you think of Hindi?  Although it is not global, it still might be a somewhat important language to learn.

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The Lobby / Re: Not sure which languages to learn

« on: November 09, 2015, 02:55:19 »

If you want a different perspective, you can take a look at this:
http://donaldclarkplanb.blogspot.com/2011/02/10-reasons-not-to-learn-latin.html

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The Lobby / Not sure which languages to learn

« on: November 09, 2015, 00:27:00 »

Hi, I am dreaming of becoming a polyglot.  Right now, I am learning some Japanese because my family is traveling to Japan again net year.  I already know some vocab, grammar rules, and I can read hiragana and katakana, but I feel that my Japanese is still very limited.  My Japanese is what the topic is about, but the languages I want to learn in the future.  I heard that I should learn Latin if I am becoming a scientist or doctor, but is Latin necessary for college?  I don't feel motivated in learning Latin.  I also don't know if I want to become fluent in Japanese.  The languages I'm interested in learning are huge languages such as Spanish, Mandarin, French, and Arabic.  I might learn Japanese and Latin, then Spanish and Mandarin, and then French and Arabic, but which ones are the most important right now?

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MilkyTracker Feature Requests / More sample format support

« on: November 04, 2015, 02:07:52 »

Hi, I have a request:  Milkytracker should support FLAC samples, as well as Ogg, MP3, MP4, etc. formats and export songs in these formats.  Do you allow that?

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Tracking / Re: Has anyone used GUS (Gravis UltraSound) patches for their music

« on: November 03, 2015, 02:22:51 »

While I don't mind plain old WAV samples, the problem is the the freely usable samples such as the OLPC ones are tricky to loop.  I am using MilkyTracker so I can make XM files that are compatible with any tracker that supports them.  However, I do have a problem with the patch sets:  Most of them are off key when I play them.  I also tried Open MPT, they do not play the C note.  How do I fix this other than changing the notes of the samples or instruments?