To give them wider exposure (read: to give me them sweet, sweet views) I’ve decided to start posting new Thrive themes on this thread. For instance, here’s my latest track:
Other Thrive composers can post their work on this thread too, and I guess everyone can use it for discussing the in-game music, whether it’s ideas for new themes or comments on existing ones.
So how does one make music? Is there a website where you can choose instruments and make a song from it? Or do you have to use actual instruments? (I probably sound like a dunce but I don’t know music that well)
While you can record real instruments, these days there’s software available for music composition and production featuring virtual instruments. For instance, AudioSauna is a browser-based sequencer and Musescore is a free music notation program. Both are decent as free software. I started out using Musescore and converting to MIDI, which uses slightly better instrument samples.
If you’re serious about music production, you have to start talking money. I’ve used Cubase for several years now. I used it for every composition you can see on my channel. I started with a basic version and have gradually moved up to more advanced levels (each time I had to spend quite a lot, but what can you do). Cubase is an example of a DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) - you’re given a timeline, instrument slots and effect slots on those instruments and you load synthesized instruments, sampled instruments or recorded audio into the various channels, building up a track as you go.
This is a screenshot of the project file for the track above in Cubase. The horizontal bars correspond to instruments. The bottom left shows the mixer where you adjust track volumes and panning (how left or right a track is) while the bottom right shows the effects applied to the selected track. Things can get quite hectic with all the tracks and effects.
You can also use MIDI-based instruments such as keyboards to enter data. I have a small digital piano on my desk (and a larger one in the corner of the room) both connected to my PC, and when using Cubase I can record the notes played on these keyboards. You can then move them around, change the instrument and so on as you see fit.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/mrx8ebr0bc2h7cj/space%20music.wav?dl=0 [Edited by Oliveriver to give a working link]
The audio didn’t embed properly so I edited your post to make it a proper link.
Do you want feedback on this?
yeah id like some feedback
What did you use to make this?
It’s by no means a bad first attempt but it’s clear it is a first attempt. It has a very static rhythm and texture with only a single melodic line, with notes on every beat and nowhere else. The instrument (or instruments, it’s hard to tell whether several have been layered or this is just a highly textured single instrument) is nice, though perhaps it could use some editing to tone down its aggressiveness, if an atmospheric spacey aesthetic is what you’re going for.
My advice is to keep working on stuff without actively seeking feedback until you get to grips with the software and basic music composition. It’s difficult giving detailed advice to beginners because there’s often a lot they don’t realise is missing, purely because they lack the experience to know. Please don’t be discouraged though. I was once in the same position. It just takes a lot of experimenting on your own to get anywhere.
i used fl studio but its the free version so i cant load the fl studio file i saved and i didnt save it as a midi so i cant just load the midi and change the instruments
Can we use this thread to post our music and get feedback?
Why did you copy me? should we be twins or what, since we coincide with each other constantly?
Great minds think alike.
If it’s thrive music, probably
My intention for this thread would be a place to share and discuss Thrive music so I don’t know. I think a separate catch-all music feedback thread would be better. In fact, I’ll make that now.
Also, inspired by @VelocityRaptor’s question earlier in the thread, I’ve been struck by a sudden urge to make a video analysing the Thrive Society Theme from a compositional and technical standpoint. It could act as a sort of guide for people wanting to make Thrive music.
Would people be interested, and if so, what topics/questions do you want to be covered?
Well thats it, I do have some music I made for thrive.
I was hoping I could get some more feedback for it…
EDIT: Wait, never mind. I saw the new thread
Bumping since this was kind of buried.
Temporarily rising from the dead to say that yes, that sounds like a great idea!
One person said it was a good idea so I went ahead and did it anyway.
Nice oliver! Think we should post this on social media outlets?
I retweeted it from the Twitter account but I think any more would be too much since it’s very tenuously Thrive related. I might post it to the subreddit under my own account.
I made a thing.
