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Modding, Mission Design, and Coding => The Modding Workshop => Topic started by: Mobius on September 21, 2008, 12:11:58 pm

Title: Creating New Soundtracks...
Post by: Mobius on September 21, 2008, 12:11:58 pm
Now that I have an audio card I want to give a try.

I'd like a freeware program, possibly a compromise between simple and professional, to make my first attempts. What do you recommend?  :)
Title: Re: Creating New Soundtracks...
Post by: Colonol Dekker on September 21, 2008, 12:27:33 pm
I like the E-Jay series for a quick, reasonably cheap fix. Audacity can be used to cut/splice open source (or music with permission) together too i suppose. FL Studio 8 demo is really powerful too. :nod:
Title: Re: Creating New Soundtracks...
Post by: Mobius on September 21, 2008, 12:33:14 pm
Which one allows to create soundtracks suitable for FS?
Title: Re: Creating New Soundtracks...
Post by: Colonol Dekker on September 21, 2008, 12:35:08 pm
FL Studio can make any genre of music. Orchestral through to D&B, whereas the EJAY series is a bit more club themed... For that arcadey feel :yes:

Try em all :D
Title: Re: Creating New Soundtracks...
Post by: captain-custard on September 21, 2008, 12:35:26 pm
audacity is a useful tool you can do a little more than cut and splice with it , its availible for all platforms , heres windows link....http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/windows (http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/windows)

if you want lots of tools then maybe think of an installation of ubuntu studio , all the music tools you can shake a stick at for free......

this can even be installed on a thumb drive or within windows using wubi
Title: Re: Creating New Soundtracks...
Post by: Jeff Vader on September 21, 2008, 12:36:43 pm
If you actually want to compose your own music, you'll need something more than Audacity. But if you have some music ready, you can open/record it with Audacity and then export it to wav/ogg.
Title: Re: Creating New Soundtracks...
Post by: Mobius on September 21, 2008, 12:40:59 pm
audacity is a useful tool you can do a little more than cut and splice with it , its availible for all platforms , heres windows link....http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/windows (http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/windows)

That "a little more" doesn't sound(lol) convincing...I'd like to create any kind of sounds...

Try em all :D

This is a problem. With my slow connection it'll take ages to DL all suggested problems and at least a few centuries to learn how to use them.

That's why I ask for one, decisive "shot" in soundtrack creation.


If you actually want to compose your own music, you'll need something more than Audacity. But if you have some music ready, you can open/record it with Audacity and then export it to wav/ogg.

I want to create sounds from scratch and modify existing ones only on rare occasions.
Title: Re: Creating New Soundtracks...
Post by: Colonol Dekker on September 21, 2008, 12:42:13 pm
FL Studio is 200meg :nod:
Title: Re: Creating New Soundtracks...
Post by: Mobius on September 21, 2008, 02:10:14 pm
Thanks to blackhole I'm DLing the demo version of FL 8. :nod:
Title: Re: Creating New Soundtracks...
Post by: Colonol Dekker on September 21, 2008, 02:22:10 pm
Yeah he pointed me towards that version, but i already got it the day beforehand :yes:
Good soundfont selection in there too :D
Title: Re: Creating New Soundtracks...
Post by: Mobius on September 21, 2008, 02:26:33 pm
He gave me some precious hints...I'll let you know... :)
Title: Re: Creating New Soundtracks...
Post by: Mobius on September 23, 2008, 11:18:07 am
Ok, my actual problem is to find a tutorial for FL8...I click on tutorial from the program and I'm lined to a video which takes hours to load(I have a slow connection).

Do you know where I can find other tutorials?
Title: Re: Creating New Soundtracks...
Post by: Colonol Dekker on September 23, 2008, 11:20:46 am
I se the Docs that come with it, and youtube :D
Title: Re: Creating New Soundtracks...
Post by: Mobius on September 23, 2008, 11:29:13 am
D'oh, the docs...thanks... :)