Jazz?

Steve Cat · Post by **Steve Cat** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 7:47 am

Have been playing with the demo, very intuitive.

Question: I see there is something called a song kit which I assume is like a style, but there does not seem to me any Jazz kit. This is the genre that I am most interested in. Is there a place to download these? Doesn't look like it in the help file......so can jazz be successfully and easily created using this product?

Jaxon · Post by **Jaxon** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 8:08 am

Not trying to be a smarta$$, but the music comes from YOU.

Steve Cat · Post by **Steve Cat** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 8:28 am

Yes, I am well aware of that.

Question: how would you like a response to your questions like that?

You are really clever, but how do you rank for empathy?

Post by **Acoustica Eric** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 8:41 am

I never noticed before but you are right, there is no jazz.
Hmm, maybe we can mention this to our loop guy.

Jaxon · Post by **Jaxon** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 10:32 am

Steve Cat wrote:Yes, I am well aware of that.

Question: how would you like a response to your questions like that?

Hmmm, not quite sure why you took offense to that. My point was the lack of loops shouldn't hinder you from creating ANY type of music with Mixcraft.

You are really clever, but how do you rank for empathy?

???

Steve Cat · Post by **Steve Cat** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 7:48 am

OK let's try another angle.

How would I go about creating a ii, V, I progression?

I see I can change the key, but not to a minor.

The idea is also to get the music out of me and down on paper, and binary so I can express my creativity and experiment with different tools than my guitar that may help me to become a better musician.

Steve Cat · Post by **Steve Cat** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 3:22 pm

So I would have to take the silence as No it can't be done. Darn the music will have to stick in me until I can get to Guitar Center and buy Notion Progression

Post by **admin** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 4:17 pm

You can't switch from major to minor or vice versa using prerecorded audio loops. You need to use MIDI or virtual instruments.

If you need help with MIDI, please check out the support and video tutorial area for Mixcraft.

Vibrant Audio · Post by **Vibrant Audio** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 10:57 am

If you want to do this a lot with loops you need good loop collections (plural). So be prepared to spend the cash.

With midi you can do anything that you want, but it's even more tedious than manipulating loops. And you need a good guitar vsti unless you don't mind a poor sounding guitar. I recommend Real Guitar.

http://www.musiclab.com/products/realgtr_info.htm

Notion Progression is much like a midi editor/instrument. Mixcraft does the same thing but without the score or tab interface/output. Progression also gives you a lot of flexibility with articulations (bends, etc.) that can be difficult or impossible with midi (Although Real Guitar can emulate these things decently.)

As far as programming/recording a midi progression, here is an example of a ii-V-I progression in A in mx4 format.

http://www.mediafire.com/?owz0wmyo2m4

Post by **Acoustica Dan** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 3:09 pm

Hi guys,

When you talk about 'jazz' what styles are you hoping for? We're working on a jazz kit to be released soon. Our plan is to go with a traditional "old school" jazz sound, like this classic Dave Brubeck piece:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwNrmYRiX_o

Would this be something you'd use? Or are you hoping for a more modern jazz sound, perhaps a Kenny G sound, or something else entirely? Please let us know what you'd like to hear in Mixcraft!

Thanks,
Acoustica Dan

LIIDEA · Post by **LIIDEA** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 10:14 am

More intense stuff like Elvin Jones, Tony Williams etc would be of great use.

YouTube · Post by **Acoustica Greg** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 4:52 pm

Hi,

The latest version of Mixcraft (4.2 build 102) now has Jazz loops!

We just released it today.

Greg

P.S. It's also got some new horror soundscapes, just in time for Halloween.

manguiko · Post by **manguiko** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 1:15 pm

Great.

How does one include those loops, or the new features on a previous, installed version?

JustOneOldMan · Post by **JustOneOldMan** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 4:21 pm

manguiko, they're included in the 102 download when you install it...

YouTube · Post by **Acoustica Greg** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 4:47 pm

With earlier builds, you can click the "check for updates" button to the right of Mixcraft's library, but we do recommend getting the latest build.