Jazzy Shopping Music | FL Studio Community | Page 1

dusty schooner Mar 7, 2025, 9:07 PM

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I want to do an upright bass or drum solo in the middle but lmk what you think

jaunty crystal Mar 7, 2025, 9:22 PM

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haven't listened yet but immediately intrigued glancing at the post header "Jazzy Shopping Music", sounds like my exact kind of genre. I'll check it out shortly

dusty schooner Mar 7, 2025, 9:25 PM

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jaunty crystal haven't listened yet but immediately intrigued glancing at the post header "Jazz...

This is one of the first things I've made in FL Studio while trying to learn how things work so I appreciate any feedback or suggestions

jaunty crystal Mar 7, 2025, 9:26 PM

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sure thing, listening now

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nice utilization of FLEX

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@desert slate see this track is a great example for you too

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the instruments are just using FLEX and FPC I think. and I as mentioned above she also said she started learning recently

dusty schooner Mar 7, 2025, 9:29 PM

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I can't help but bop my head to it so I consider it a win

jaunty crystal Mar 7, 2025, 9:29 PM

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that's always a good sign in music production

latent notch Mar 7, 2025, 9:30 PM

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lowkey reminds me of Yiik, i like it

dusty schooner Mar 7, 2025, 9:32 PM

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jaunty crystal that's always a good sign in music production

I don't know anything about mixing yet

jaunty crystal Mar 7, 2025, 9:34 PM

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alright here are my thoughts after listening. it's not bad after listening right away for a first project at all. I sensed the groove right away. you definitely picked the right instrumentation and put together a decent vibe. you utilized the blues and and swing rhythm pretty well I feel, and it feels appropriately used.

one thing I noticed is your keyboard instrument has some stuff something I might change. two things about it. firstly, it sounds a bit too loud, could turn it down in the mix, and maybe EQ some of its lows/low mids especially away.

additionally, it sound like you're using minor triad chords. in jazz it's much more common to use 7th chords at the very least, (or at least while you're learning), although once you get more advanced, usually jazz uses even denser 9th chords, or rootless voicings. chords can get quite deep though so don't worry about it, take it one step at a time, and just try out 7th chords for now. also you're playing the same chord over and over, and in a real jazz setting a keyboardist might play the same chord but with a bunch of slightly different voicings, and at slightly different rhythms (the chord players improvise too, not just the soloists).

*tip, in jazz, the instruments that play the chords/harmony is referred to as "the rhythm section"

only things I'd adjust other than the chords is the mixing I guess, but honestly everything else here is pretty decent actually, especially for a first project

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pretty decent for a first project honestly, exceeded what I was expecting. liked the idea you came up with here

dusty schooner Mar 7, 2025, 9:39 PM

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yeah I wanted to change the chords I just did the one chord as a starting point

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I love jazz

latent notch Mar 7, 2025, 9:40 PM

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have you listened to weather report

jaunty crystal Mar 7, 2025, 9:42 PM

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dusty schooner I love jazz

awesome! don't be afraid to ask about more tips or questions then I'll be happy to share. I honestly don't see people asking about or interested in learning genres like this that I like too often so I'm always excited to see someone interesting in learning them

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looking forward to see how your learning journey goes

dusty schooner Mar 7, 2025, 9:56 PM

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jaunty crystal awesome! don't be afraid to ask about more tips or questions then I'll be happy ...

I went to university for two years studying opera vocal performance and then re-auditioned for the jazz department but then had to move states because my dad got laid off from his job

jaunty crystal Mar 7, 2025, 9:57 PM

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oh wow!!! that's super cool, honestly more than I've done. I've just studied music through the web and YouTube on my own for the most part. awesome that you have all that past expirience though

dusty schooner Mar 7, 2025, 9:59 PM

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it's been awhile since I really played around with music because I ended up going back to school for nonprofit administartion and now I'm in my master's for public administartion but FL is really helping me re-discover my love for making songs

jaunty crystal Mar 7, 2025, 10:00 PM

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that's awesome to hear! yeah the learning I find is best when it's self motivated and a "fun hobby"/thing you do as a passion sorta stuff

dusty schooner Mar 7, 2025, 10:07 PM

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jaunty crystal that's awesome to hear! yeah the learning I find is best when it's self motivate...

making silly stuff like this is so much fun

jaunty crystal Mar 7, 2025, 10:08 PM

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oh yeeah for sure

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is that your voice?

dusty schooner Mar 7, 2025, 10:08 PM

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yess

jaunty crystal Mar 7, 2025, 10:08 PM

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why's it only in one ear

dusty schooner Mar 7, 2025, 10:08 PM

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ohidunno

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i had this problem earlier

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darn it

jaunty crystal Mar 7, 2025, 10:08 PM

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in FL Studio, you're probably picking the "IN 1 - IN 2" option

dusty schooner Mar 7, 2025, 10:09 PM

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I just recorded so many vocal layers ahhh

jaunty crystal Mar 7, 2025, 10:09 PM

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pick the "IN 1" option instead

dusty schooner Mar 7, 2025, 10:09 PM

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RIP

jaunty crystal Mar 7, 2025, 10:09 PM

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nono you're fine! don't worry you don't have to rerecord anything

dusty schooner Mar 7, 2025, 10:10 PM

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ohh

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wait where do I go

jaunty crystal Mar 7, 2025, 10:10 PM

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you literally can fix it by doing this

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https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/957220886916767754/1347034898443145308/Screenshot_2025-03-05_010618.png?ex=67cc55c2&is=67cb0442&hm=257db6e460e0f2d48adc4eb8babd983ad0f4346e2a695e7b033921074259fe35&

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add Fruity Stereo Shape to your vocal track

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and adjust it with these settings, the two yellow up like this

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the left yellow will already be up

dusty schooner Mar 7, 2025, 10:11 PM

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I gotta get ready for dinner rn but I'll look at it later

jaunty crystal Mar 7, 2025, 10:11 PM

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the middle yellow and red will start out both turned up. turn the red one down to what I have here, and turn the rightmost yellow one all the way up to match the left

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jaunty crystal Mar 7, 2025, 10:12 PM

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jaunty crystal https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/957220886916767754/1347034898443145308/Sc...

or you can just right click an copy the left yellow one, and then right click and paste it on the right yellow one, then just turn the red all the way down to match what I have here

dusty schooner Mar 7, 2025, 10:17 PM

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Ty for helping me I'll hyu later if I get confused

jaunty crystal Mar 7, 2025, 10:17 PM

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you're welcome no problem. and sure thing

dusty schooner Mar 7, 2025, 10:26 PM

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jaunty crystal you're welcome no problem. and sure thing

The other random vocal layers lol I just had it on loop to brainstorm ideas

jaunty crystal Mar 7, 2025, 10:32 PM

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you vocals are pretty great I think. well I'm not a vocalist so I at least find it impressive. since I don't sing myself I couldn't accurately rate it but as a musician still, it sounds quite decently in tune

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still one ear though, yeah

dusty schooner Mar 7, 2025, 10:33 PM

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Before FL I was coming up with these ideas in my Easy Voice Recorder app so I'm having a field day

jaunty crystal Mar 7, 2025, 10:36 PM

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awesome. you're gonna enjoy FL a lot I think

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once you're able to get your keyboard hooked up and working as well you'll be able to access loads of instruments and control them right in FL, that'll be something fun to look forward to as well

dusty schooner Mar 8, 2025, 3:26 AM

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jaunty crystal once you're able to get your keyboard hooked up and working as well you'll be ab...

okay how do I add fruity stereo shaper to my vocals?

jaunty crystal Mar 8, 2025, 3:27 AM

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do you know how to add effects to the mixer track? it's an effect

dusty schooner Mar 8, 2025, 3:27 AM

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I dont

jaunty crystal Mar 8, 2025, 3:28 AM

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so see the green line here?

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see how there's two? a dividing gap between them. that's the left and right side. your microphone audio when it comes through or is played back should look like what I'm showing here

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dusty schooner Mar 8, 2025, 3:28 AM

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yeah its just showing on the left

jaunty crystal Mar 8, 2025, 3:28 AM

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however, in your recording, yours probably looks like this

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only one side is green

dusty schooner Mar 8, 2025, 3:29 AM

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yup

jaunty crystal Mar 8, 2025, 3:29 AM

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next click anywhere inside here to get a list of FX

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all the effects you can add to your sound

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you can either left click, to get the default (boring) sorta list, or you can right click to get the (super cool awesome) list

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if you right click you'll also get the ability to type into the search bar too

dusty schooner Mar 8, 2025, 3:31 AM

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I dont see that

jaunty crystal Mar 8, 2025, 3:31 AM

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once you're there, either type in "Stereo Shaper" or find it in the Gain section

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hopefully it looks something like this

dusty schooner Mar 8, 2025, 3:32 AM

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oh I see it now

jaunty crystal Mar 8, 2025, 3:32 AM

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the searchbar down here also would work fine too

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once you see fruity stereo shaper, you can left click and drag to add it to whatever mixer slot you want

dusty schooner Mar 8, 2025, 3:33 AM

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I'm lost

jaunty crystal Mar 8, 2025, 3:33 AM

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or you can right click, to instantly auto-add

dusty schooner Mar 8, 2025, 3:33 AM

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jaunty crystal Mar 8, 2025, 3:33 AM

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sorry if I'm explaining poorly. okay let me know where you got stuck at

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oh okay you have Edison on there. did you add that yourself?

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Edison is also an "effect" in some ways, so if you knew how to add that, the process should be similar

dusty schooner Mar 8, 2025, 3:34 AM

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I don't know

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I added everything when I went to record

jaunty crystal Mar 8, 2025, 3:34 AM

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yeah that's fine

dusty schooner Mar 8, 2025, 3:34 AM

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found this

jaunty crystal Mar 8, 2025, 3:35 AM

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perfect

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although I just realized something

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I see you have multiple vocal mixer tracks. it would be recommended to route those to a subgroup, basically a new mixer channel

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then you can just add this effect once, and it'll effect everything. this tip is also helpful for other effects too

dusty schooner Mar 8, 2025, 3:36 AM

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they're all on 22

jaunty crystal Mar 8, 2025, 3:36 AM

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ohh alright that's good then, perfect

jaunty crystal Mar 8, 2025, 3:38 AM

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dusty schooner

so do do you still need help here?

dusty schooner Mar 8, 2025, 3:38 AM

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yeah lol

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sorry

jaunty crystal Mar 8, 2025, 3:39 AM

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click on "Presets" (or in my case its bugged and the word doesn't appear idek whyy), then click "LR to LL"

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which basically means, the LEFT channel stays the same as what it is now, and the RIGHT channel becomes a copy of what's on the left

dusty schooner Mar 8, 2025, 3:40 AM

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okay

jaunty crystal Mar 8, 2025, 3:41 AM

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alright and that should be it

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lemme know if that fixes your sound I guess

dusty schooner Mar 8, 2025, 3:41 AM

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its still just showing the left green bar when I play it

jaunty crystal Mar 8, 2025, 3:41 AM

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even after clicking LR to LL?

dusty schooner Mar 8, 2025, 3:41 AM

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jaunty crystal Mar 8, 2025, 3:42 AM

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jaunty crystal

make sure you clicked this, or nothing will change

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the one my mouse is above here

dusty schooner Mar 8, 2025, 3:42 AM

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yeah

jaunty crystal Mar 8, 2025, 3:43 AM

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can you show the fruity stereo shaper plugin again?

dusty schooner Mar 8, 2025, 3:45 AM

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jaunty crystal Mar 8, 2025, 3:45 AM

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oh wow, that's weird, that should be what you need

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I think what happened is you added this to the wrong channel maybe?

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can you show your mixer again?

dusty schooner Mar 8, 2025, 3:45 AM

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how do I add it to a specific channel?

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jaunty crystal Mar 8, 2025, 3:47 AM

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ohh, you have to have the mixer track you're trying to add it too already clicked

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well you have a few options other than starting over. you can also route the mixer track (22, where you have the vocals) to (21, where you put stereo shaper)

dusty schooner Mar 8, 2025, 3:49 AM

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how do I do that

jaunty crystal Mar 8, 2025, 3:49 AM

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or you could move the effect over

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sorry about this being so confusing. I misjudged how simple this process would be to explain

dusty schooner Mar 8, 2025, 3:50 AM

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It doesn't help that I don't know anything

jaunty crystal Mar 8, 2025, 3:51 AM

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it's alright, that's normal. I likely just didn't explain it effectively. we're not expecting people new in this server that just started using FL to already know their way around afterall

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and that's most people here, totally new to the software with little to no expirience

dusty schooner Mar 8, 2025, 3:52 AM

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what's the difference between the channel rack and the mixer?

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vs the playlist?

jaunty crystal Mar 8, 2025, 3:52 AM

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that's a good question actually. that's definitely a useful thing for a begginer to understand

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think of the channel rack as the "beggining". where the sounds start. it's the source. think of the mixer as more like "the end". where things from the channel rack eventually end up at

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and the playlist just lets you decide when and how your sounds from the channel rack happen

dusty schooner Mar 8, 2025, 3:54 AM

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whats the difference between the song and patterns?

jaunty crystal Mar 8, 2025, 3:55 AM

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I could help you a lot faster with some of these questions and the stereo shaper thing in voice chat if you'd like. it'd be easier if I can show you were my mouse is and exactly what I'm clicking because a lot of that is difficult to convey through screenshots

dusty schooner Mar 8, 2025, 3:55 AM

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okay

jaunty crystal Mar 8, 2025, 3:56 AM

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if you're alright with that I'll join #1076735134843285597

desert slate Mar 8, 2025, 5:04 AM

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oooooo

desert slate Mar 8, 2025, 5:05 AM

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jaunty crystal <@617708949705064488> see this track is a great example for you too

i love this

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i love the piano at 0:22

desert slate Mar 8, 2025, 5:05 AM

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dusty schooner I want to do an upright bass or drum solo in the middle but lmk what you think

i got so many question

dusty schooner Mar 8, 2025, 5:06 AM

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desert slate i love the piano at 0:22

tyty

desert slate Mar 8, 2025, 5:06 AM

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what did you use to do that i'm struggling as hell to make a jazz music

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@jaunty crystal plis help 😭

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i dont know the good instruments since there's so much

dusty schooner Mar 8, 2025, 5:10 AM

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I used this

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I did this

desert slate Mar 8, 2025, 5:10 AM

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i dont have instruments

dusty schooner Mar 8, 2025, 5:10 AM

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awh

desert slate Mar 8, 2025, 5:11 AM

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like i dont have irl instruments with me

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i only have a pinano

dusty schooner Mar 8, 2025, 5:11 AM

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oh thats fine

jaunty crystal Mar 8, 2025, 5:11 AM

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desert slate i dont have instruments

that template is like built in already though'

desert slate Mar 8, 2025, 5:12 AM

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oh

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im so confused there's too much options

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like wtf do i do withj this

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actually lets move to general or smt

dusty schooner Mar 8, 2025, 5:13 AM

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oh idunno

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sorry I'm new too

desert slate Mar 8, 2025, 5:13 AM

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why r u sorry 😭

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not ur fault

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insane music tho

dusty schooner Mar 8, 2025, 5:15 AM

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desert slate why r u sorry 😭

cause I want to help but I don't know ahh

dusty schooner Mar 8, 2025, 5:15 AM

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desert slate not ur fault

tyty

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