When i comparing my old tracks (ProTracker, FT2 times i.e. samples based) and new (where i use VSTi’s mostly)
…I hear, that in earlier tracks i experimented with sounds much-much more using vibrato, tremolo, pitch slides e.t.c… And new tracks is more dull and artless…
Is it happens cause of imperfect and not very convenient VSTi managment or maybe i getting old…
for me its contrary. I am happy that I am not limited to a few effects like vibrato, panning and such … Now I can experiment with all those vst-effects.
however, this is basically not a composing-thing but much more in sound-science, its like making a “normal” composition and then trying to get effects on the sound itself.
ceejay, I was experiencing your same problem, and now I have to say it was my fault, not because I was getting old, but on the contrary because I was young as a VSTi user.
With time you will learn a lot of tricks, features and new ideas will come.
I’m still heavily improving my VSTi skills, I’ve talked about this feeling some times in offtopic discussions: it’s like start learning from scratch again, which can be frustrating or fascinating.
Don’t give up, keep up with experimenting, learning and making music, and above all, don’t forget oldschool techniques: some of them, like sample offset, envelope offset and that stuff you will never see in a VSTi, which are exclusive property of tracking knowledge and must not disappear
well samples are the most convenient form of ‘fundamental objects’ in any module. that was the thing that drew me to module and the tracking scene. (and it sounded a whole lot better than midi on a crappy wavetable board)
but i guess times change and music has never sounded better. look at it, we were satisfied with ST sample packs back then as well… then came the modern trackers like noise/scream/fast with more advanced sample handling capability.
i suppose vsti was the next big thing at first, instruments didn’t sound that good… but i suppose it can only get better… and more expensive. i still mostly use samples at the moment. my computing platform isn’t strong enough for too many vsti.