Why would you get sh** for that comment? Not trying to be facetious, I'm genuinely curious... As i feel the same way.For me it's the most utterly worthless feature ever added to any synth.for me, it's the most important feature ever implemented on a synth
Not learning how to program your synths is like not learning how to tune your guitar or how to change strings on it without help.
Learning to make your own patches allows you to form your own style and can be quite rewarding. Starting at INIT then ending up with a great sounding patch is very satisfying. As someone who has created over 1,000 patches for DUNE 3 I can tell you beyond a shadow of a doubt that it's not rocket science. All you need is to have a little imagination and to put the time into learning....the same things you also need to create music.
How do you think those patches you use in Genetics came about? That's right, someone learned how to make them.
But the Genetics feature already exists in DUNE 3 so people are free to use it if they wish and more creative users are free to ignore it and that's a win win.
Now I realize my comment will generate a storm of dissent especially from KVR's resident reprobate so I won't bother coming back to this thread and won't read any responses. Just remember that if you use crutches you'll never learn to walk without them......
This shift to having tools/scripts/entire plugs dedicated to randomly generating, telling you chords to play (chords, hRmony and melody dont work like that: its based on tension and release, which is derived from the relationships between intervals. Its NOT "this chord symbol looks cool, lets try that) and my personal most hated; using other peoples melodies for your works.
I totally understand tools breaking up your stale work flow: as s good piano player, i know the purpose of an ARP is NOT just playing an arpeggio with consistent velocity and rhythm. Its about stunbling upon something your hands wouldnt think to play. I get all that, i dig MOST of it, but at a certain point i ask myself if people utilizing this stuff should be calling themwelves musicians. Like, the process of writing the music snd the challenge of making it compelling but also accessble is WHY i got into music. The journey of creating the end piece is the real reward. Thats the kind of thing that reeled me in 20 years ago; YOU created an original piece of ART.
The idea of using someone else's melodic sample - which is almost humorous in the same way a paint by numbers book is - and then being ok with still calling it YOUR so g (or beat kr jingle whatever the case may be) is, well, downright insulting. At this point youre a curator at best. I was tempted to say arranger, but i that would be insulting to the Quincy Jones's or Duke Ellingtons or Dr Dre's of the world
Statistics: Posted by Wmp198333335x — Fri Apr 04, 2025 12:19 pm