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Things to get interested in

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I need a new interest, something to get engrossed in, that involves facts. I need to get so obsessed that it overshadows my horrible anxieties. An absorbing special interest is probably the best anxiety cure for myself that I can think of. When I used to have obsessions, in the Titanic, for instance, I had fewer anxieties.

What things are you interested in? What do you find absorbing and why?

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  • Silver100 said:

    Hi Jon,

    This morning I watched the video of the launch of ‘Ableton Live 9’ which looks impressively flexible on what can be done with the sound.  I would like to use samples of “physical instruments” (orchestral, percussion, electric guitar) as well as the synthesised sounds. I think these can be bought as add-ins. Have you heard the Ableton ones?  I think it was a Roland video I saw once where you can assemble an instrumental section and determine the characteristic of the instrument and playing style for each member of the section but they had, so far, only done this for brass. I think it was only available for one of their top-end keyboards.

    What music do you listen to?

    not heard the Ableton ones. I am sure they are pretty good. You can get lots of free VSTi's and Romplers (of varying quality) too. I use alot of free VST Synths.The software option is often going to be cheaper than the hardware so thats why I don't have loads of 'real' synths.

    http://www.musicradar.com/

    and http://www.synthtopia.com/

    are good resources.

    Music I like. Folk, techno, Jazz, library/soundtrack, quirky electronic and bits of most other generes (apart from christian rock. I only say that because sometimes I see it mentioned in genre lists). I seem to cycle with my musical interes and that dictates what music I make.

    I

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  • Silver100 said:

    Hi Jon,

    This morning I watched the video of the launch of ‘Ableton Live 9’ which looks impressively flexible on what can be done with the sound.  I would like to use samples of “physical instruments” (orchestral, percussion, electric guitar) as well as the synthesised sounds. I think these can be bought as add-ins. Have you heard the Ableton ones?  I think it was a Roland video I saw once where you can assemble an instrumental section and determine the characteristic of the instrument and playing style for each member of the section but they had, so far, only done this for brass. I think it was only available for one of their top-end keyboards.

    What music do you listen to?

    not heard the Ableton ones. I am sure they are pretty good. You can get lots of free VSTi's and Romplers (of varying quality) too. I use alot of free VST Synths.The software option is often going to be cheaper than the hardware so thats why I don't have loads of 'real' synths.

    http://www.musicradar.com/

    and http://www.synthtopia.com/

    are good resources.

    Music I like. Folk, techno, Jazz, library/soundtrack, quirky electronic and bits of most other generes (apart from christian rock. I only say that because sometimes I see it mentioned in genre lists). I seem to cycle with my musical interes and that dictates what music I make.

    I

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