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Hi everyone! Below is "Insomnia," my new short vocal synth fanfic! This story came to me a few weeks ago as I was laying down to bed. I didn't sleep much that night, but I was able to write most of this. I hope you'll give it a look and that you'll enjoy it!

I was curious about what inspires us. What things in your life give you the urge to create something? I've found that I have a few memories, or even imaginary scenes, that I've accumulated over the years that I want to turn into some kind of creative work. Unusually strong feelings are also...

Anyone have any tips for making vocals more terse/talkloid-like? From my own experience, I'm thinking Keeping notes short Little pitch variation between notes Maybe decreasing OPE (so the mouth is more closed) Hopefully not, but possibly having to put a really short pitched-down/up note after...

It seems like I haven't been getting email notifications for a few days. For example, I have the Miku Expo 2023 VR thread watched, and I received email notifications until Mar. 29 (Miku Expo 2023 VR). After that, there have been a few posts, but no emails. It seems to be the same for some...

You might have seen articles/videos recently about an interaction between a reporter and the AI chatbot-type functionality of the Bing search engine. Here's one video I wanted to post with a few ideas, although this is a little off-topic for what we do here. To begin with, as was said in the...

You know the iconic two-note slurred Hawaiian/tropical instrumental riff? The one so commonly heard at the first appearance of an island paradise setting that it's sort of a trope? Does anyone know what instrument makes that? By its sound, I'd guess it's a metal string instrument, possibly...

I remember @peaches2217 mentioning having issues moving Vocaloids to an external HD a long while back. I currently have Synth V Studio Pro installed on my local HD, and I'm thinking about moving it to an external drive to save space (despite how little space it takes up). I.e., uninstalling it...

In honor of the season, I'm sharing a Halloween-based WIP! This is still a bit rough (particularly the vocals, for instance), but I hope you'll tell me if you think it's coming along or not. Regardless, if you observe the day somehow, I hope you have a good Halloween, everyone!

Can anyone share recommendations for image-editing software? I've been using Corel for awhile (which I think is relatively similar to PhotoShop), but they've moved to a subscription model. I'm not really a visual artist, so I think something like Clip Studio Paint is probably not quite right...

Clipping has been a bane of my existence for as long as I've been trying to produce. It's annoying as all heck trying to make a song, having it sounding good in the DAW, and then being unable to render it because it warns you that it's too loud in spots. As I understand, it's related to...

mobius017 submitted a new resource: Studio One - Splitting a Bus into Two Identical Copies - How to split a bus into two separate, duplicate busses. Read more about this resource...

Is there an online printed manual for the new version of Synth V? There's a scripting guide, but using the software seems only to be supported by watching YouTube videos. The videos are good, but text is much easier to skim/search to find specific things you're trying to do. The original...

If you've used a wavetable synth like Serum or Vital, you're probably familiar with how they have a few built-in LFOs (low-frequency oscillators). You can use these to do things like change the cutoff value of an EQ filter over time (producing a "sweep"), or change the volume over time, or...

I've been screwing around with some of the sample content that comes with Vocaloid 5, specifically the little vocal samples that come in the form of little tuned sample lyrics (e.g., the ones like "Ah-a-a"). Some of them have notes in parentheses that they have effects (e.g., delay) applied...

A quick mixing question here: is there any difference between fattening and using a stereo imaging plugin to increase stereo width? I assume maybe There's a difference of degree (fattening being more subtle, and the stereo imaging being more extreme) The imaging plugin could do more artistic...

I'm curious about drum machine plugins. Why are they useful? I can understand how a physical drum machine would be useful for a live performer. It would automate production of a static percussion sequence/set of static percussion sequences, so a live performer wouldn't have to rely on a...

So, this is half-question and half-sanity check. I...think...I have this sort of worked out, but I wanted to get a read from those who know more than me. I'm trying to work out how the concept of melody relates to overall song form. Let me define how I'm thinking of these concepts: Melody: A...

I thought it might be interesting to discuss which kinds of figures we prefer. If you purchase or think about purchasing figures of one kind or another, do you prefer ones that you can arrange into whatever pose you like, or ones that come sculpted into a fixed shape? Why? My own preference...

mobius017 submitted a new resource: EDM Drones - How to make/alter a drone sound for your background. Read more about this resource...

I'm curious about how people use loops. I can see where they might be good for inspiration, or if they contained instruments/sounds you couldn't make yourself, especially if you could transform them (change speed, extract stems and replace the loop's instruments with your own). But otherwise...