REAL FREESTYLE - FROM THEORY TO PRACTICE

[♚Chello]

REAL FREESTYLE - FROM THEORY TO PRACTICE

I have now created the first test style, where I have used a style as a basis, and replaced all style elements with Fills in 3 Variations, as well as Ending 2 in the last Variation.
All Intros and Endings have also been replaced; Intro 1 and Ending 1 with Intro 2 and Ending 2.
I've made this as complex as almost possible, to test what happens.

Style elements are taken from many different styles, which can give a very varied sound image.

Several things happen as a result of the complexity:
* Total output will be much higher than normal.
* The different style elements will also have varying output, but this can be easily adapted for each element in the Style Editor.
* A desirable edit in one place has unfortunate consequences in another, which requires special attention.
* It is also important to be aware that the selected base style's effects will set (its) new color on all replaced elements.

This test shows that the theory of using Fills, Intro 2 and (sometimes) Ending 2 as Variations works great.

It also shows that there is no point in making complex mixtures - it just results in a lot of unnecessary work with unforeseen (and unwanted) effects.

As it says:
The simple is often the best.

It strikes me that perhaps the best thing is to only replace Intro 1 and Ending 1 in existing styles, in order to achieve a Real Freestyle.

It is also interesting to create completely new styles by using Intro 2 and Ending 2 as Variations, while Fills is particularly useful for creating simple styles, and here blues is an obvious target.

  Real Freestyle test.mp3 (Size: 4.65 MB / Downloads: 6)

[⚝welsh wizard]

Well Done you ....rhythm machine are so complex today and not easy to alternate with different rhythms ie on the old wersi wersimatic rhythm machine you could do anything ie you are playing using a cha cha setting then just press mambo or whatever to mix it up , which they cannot do today ,I think partly because it was separate on its own like todays all in the one screen so not easy to swap and change easily to much on one screen

[♚Chello]

Well Done you ....rhythm machine are so complex today  and not easy to alternate with different rhythms ie on the old wersi wersimatic  rhythm machine you could do anything ie  you are playing using a cha cha setting then just press mambo  or whatever to mix it up , which they cannot do today ,I think partly because it was separate on its own  like todays all in the one screen so not easy to swap and change easily  to much on one screen

Thank you for your comment.
I remember seeing what you say demonstrated on the old Wersi - everything was really easier to do before everything went digital.

Today, things are very complex; it is, in a way, digital technology's Achilles heel - that most things become unnecessarily complex.

The big challenge with what I am now doing is to achieve the same sound image for all the style's elements.
Whenever I try combinations, they always sound best without edits, because all effects from the different effects are changed when mixing.