Comments on: Negative or subtractive sequence arranging.

By: maestro

maestro — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 08:27:41 +0000

this is how i do it!

By: DJ Chima

DJ Chima — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 12:59:57 +0000

I use a similar but different method – loading a scene with all clips I would possibly need, and having the track mutes mapped to my midi controller. That way I’m only working with one scene and I can add and subtract parts with easy keypresses.

By: vo1k1

vo1k1 — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:02:44 +0000

Very interesting post. Arrangement and construction are fascinating IMHO. Definitely an area worthy of more discussion. Kudos on the link!

By: digitalbeatsyndrome@yahoo.com

digitalbeatsyndrome@yahoo.com — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 21:42:22 +0000

Wow. I hope this kills my writers block.

By: Sean Cooper

Sean Cooper — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:33:54 +0000

i make tracks basically the same way, get the bones of the track finished (the main loop) and then work backwards from that, removing certain elements as i go until i have a beginning.

By: Charles Cushman

Charles Cushman — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 16:07:54 +0000

Great post, I missed this over at ALDJ, I just shared your blog comment back over with them.

By: Oliver Chesler

Oliver Chesler — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:36:30 +0000

I’m definitely going to try the subtraction method this week. Imagine if it cut my arranging time down drastically.

By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:04:15 +0000

I’ve always written my tunes in this way…. I guess its because I find I need to know where the peak of the tune will be before I start arranging – it kind of establishes a boundary and keeps me focussed on the original idea. If I don’t have a definite idea of what the meatiest bit of the tune will sound like, I just keep piling on the salami until the bread crumbles….

By: Chris Randall

Chris Randall — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 08:55:06 +0000

Interesting, inasmuch as I wasn’t aware there were other ways to go about it. I guess coming from tape-based production techniques, I’ve just copied over mute-group arranging to the modern age. But how he described it in his article is essentially how I write electronic music and always have.