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Make a melody more alive?

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sveinn95
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Make a melody more alive?

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Need some tips and tricks here.

I have created a melody but its, just það melody with its sound, i need to make it more a live, i have reverb and all that, i need something else playing with it to make more alive and not so quite or something like that :s :G

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Take a look in the tutorial section mate, there's quite some stuff around about melodies :)
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U think Reverb is enough ??
ITs NOT , Use Delay , Chorus and add more Release if its still not that full.
Add Chords , Some notes , FX whatever u want.
And do Whats Mentioned Above.
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Maybe it's just not that good of a melody. FX are usually just to enhance the sound and make it sound even better. Try playing with more notes maybe, as said above, delay. Try different quanitzed and different types of delay.

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Maybe try to distort it a little, r make the notes longer, or make two notes from one note, or...or...or...
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Post by Alphajuno »

Don't quantize it so hard! It sucks all the life out of a melody.
If you want it to flow, come alive, take it off the grid.
If you don't, it sounds robotic and stale...
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Post by Markove »

Experiment: that's the main answer here. :)

It could be lack of effects. It could be that a note should be split up into two. Try different solutions and see what happens. Don't be afraid to try new ideas.
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Post by sveinn95 »

TheRavestyler wrote:U think Reverb is enough ??
ITs NOT , Use Delay , Chorus and add more Release if its still not that full.
Add Chords , Some notes , FX whatever u want.
And do Whats Mentioned Above.
I never said it was enough, i said i have that, but that isn't enough

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Post by R3cl41m3r »

Pick a key, and STICK to that key. Modes are also acceptable.
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Post by ljk32 »

Alphajuno wrote:Don't quantize it so hard! It sucks all the life out of a melody.
If you want it to flow, come alive, take it off the grid.
If you don't, it sounds robotic and stale...
I'm so annoyed I still don't do this, gotta start using it. After all, nobody wants lifeless tracks.

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