tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47697693063031131802012-03-07T13:07:05.611-08:00Home of the greatest melodies on Earth! Blog of Ugo Capeto, a melodic electronica very unknown artist.Ugo Capetohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03888707121210420415noreply@blogger.comBlogger431100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4769769306303113180.post-25821288623690154022012-03-03T11:32:00.006-08:002012-03-03T15:00:07.862-08:00

VST plugins:- SampleTank "Carlos" (electric guitar) + Fruity PanOMatic- SampleTank "Beyond Voyage" (synth)- SampleTank "73 EPiano" (electric piano) + Fruity Reeverb 2- SampleTank "HQ Free Piano mkII" (grand piano) + Fruity Reeverb 2- SampleTank "Cello 2 LP"- SampleTank "Heavy Metal" (electric guitar)- FPC (drums)Tune is in C major. BPM is 40. Yeah, I know, it's slow.The "Carlos" electric guitar

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Volume IV by Ugo CapetoThis is my fourth melodic electronica album (actually, it's more an EP than a full album). There's something for everyone here, from minimal (a couple of tracks have just 2 instruments) to psychedelic (distorted electric guitar galore). As usual, there are lots of notes and I fancy believing that the melodies are top notch (guaranteed).The link to the album on bandcamp is:

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For this track, I really wanted to put forward a nice bass guitar. I also really wanted to use a new VST plugin called "The Deputy", which you can get, free of charge, at full bucket music."Convolution" is a term frequently used in computer vision, a discipline I kinda like.VST plugins used are:- The Deputy Mark II (Poly: Chopper Synth)- FPC (drums)- SampleTank (Heavy Metal)- SampleTank (Clean

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For this tune, I really wanted to use a bitcrusher FX plugin for that sweet chiptune feel here and there.In order to respect my full disclosure policy, here are the VST plugins that were used for the making of that tune:- Fruity DX-10 (E. Bass)- Fruity DX-10 (Fuzzy E. Piano) + Bitcrusher- Fruity DX-10 (Tinkle)- Fruity DX-10 (eThing)- Sim Synth (Breathy Sorta Bass Thing)- SampleTank (Heavy Metal)

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This tune is a little bit out there with the two electric guitars, one of which is pretty distorted, and the soprano ahh which, to be honest, didn't really need to be there. Well, I guess I just can't help being a little bit over the top. It has a little bit of a chiptune feeling thanks to the square wave of the SampleTank Start Synth of the Moog Concertmate MG-1. "Knock" is like two songs into

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"Pulse" is my latest melodic electronica tune. The name was chosen for no real good reason, except that it's a Floyd 2-CD live album (the one that came with a blinking led although the one I have doesn't have it, a real bummer). It seems I am getting rather minimalist as I've only used 2 channels for this instrumental. Well, 3 if you count the drum channel which is there just to drown a not so

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Minimalist but still quite melodic tune. Only 3 VST plugins have been used to make this song. They are:- DSK Darkness Theory - Chrissmass-day (typo included). It's a bellish xylophonish kinda of sound which I really like (in general);- DSK BassZ - Yamaha Bass;- FPC - a couple of downtempo drum loops and one drum and bass.I think there's a nice little hook in there (2:02 to 2:17). It took me a

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This tune was made with FL Studio 10 (first time I've used 10). With FL Studio 9, I've always had problems exporting to WAV as, for some reasons, there is always some high frequency artifacts showing up. The WAV rendering seems to be much better with FL Studio 10 but maybe I need to write many more tunes to be 100% sure. In all cases, it's a good reason to switch to FL Studio 10.Let's go back to

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Another track is in the can!VST plugins used (I disclose everything about my tracks):- DSK ElektriK Keys (Dreamy Wurli),- DSK ORANZE (OranZe pad 02 gate),- FPC (a few breakbeat drum loops),- DSK Asian DreamZ (Luan),- DSK Asian DreamZ (Pipa),- DSK AkoustiK Guitar (Acoustic Guitar), and- DSK ElectriK GuitarZ (Strat Marshall).I have chosen not to use any particular effects on this track. Could have

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Volume III by Ugo Capeto The tracks on this 3rd album are (in alphabetical order): Convection, Pahautea, Sakkara, Slide, Special, and Standby. Not much rewriting went on for this album, even on the older tracks Pahautea, Sakkara, and Standby. I am not a master at mastering but the way I did it is as follows: - For each track, put Fruity Limiter (one before last) and RMS Buddy (last one) in the

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For some reason, I wanted to have a lot of slides in this tune, hence the title. I have used the following VST plugins: - FPC (Fruity Pad Controller) for the drum loops. Yeah, I am really not a drumming kind of a guy, so any help I can get, I take. - Pompadur (DSK Tech Synth Pro). Had to lower the cutoff frequency to get rid of that high pitch artifact coming from the slide action. - Minimal (

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The instrument VST plugins used for this tune are: - "Piano Toy" from DSK Darness Theory (ambient synth) - "Synth Bass 01" from DSK BassZ - FPC (Fruity Pad Controller) - "A Piano" from DSK Darkness Theory (ambient synth) - "Christmas Day" from DSK Darness Theory (ambient synth) Not sure what happened but I didn't feel the need to add any FX plugins, not even a tiny bit of reverb. The "Piano

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As usual, the track starts kinda slow but it's not too long before the drums and guitars come in and everything breaks loose. Instrument VST plugins: - Direct Wave "Ovation Elite_Free" (acoustic guitar) - Direct Wave "SWR400MesaC 5str Slap" (bass) - DSK Ethereal PadZ 2 "The Path" (ambient pad) - DSK Overture Vibes, Violin, Timpani (orchestral intruments) - FPC "Ambient Grooves" (drum loops) -

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Volume II by Ugo CapetoThe tracks on this 2nd album are (in alphabetical order): Paris, Reflexion, Sensorium, Transformer, Winze, and Xavi. Unlike the 1st album, a lot of rewriting went on. The Transformer track is actually a revised version of Wampumpeag.The link to the album on bandcamp is: Volume II by Ugo Capeto.

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Volume I by Ugo CapetoIf you are a tiny bit familiar with the Home of the Korg DS-10, you probably know that I have released a bunch of Korg DS-10 albums (see Korg DS-10 Album CDs) on my very own netlabel, Ugo Capeto Records.This "Volume I" compilation is my very first album using the DAW/VST combination. The tracks have been remastered and retouched (not much) for this album release.I have

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Not sure why I feel obligated to list the VSTs that have been used but I think it's interesting:- Phenome CharlesTone- Phenome ChamberStrings- Phenome SteelDrum2- Phenome NiceTrumpB- Phenome RevBellX- Phenome Bell2- FPC (Fruity Pad Controller)- SampleTank Heavy MetalThere's reverb on the drums (FPC) and the electric guitar (Heavy Metal). The master goes through "Fruity Limiter" in order to

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Oh boy, that's a really good question! I don't know about you but it's kinda nice to have an idea of the average audio level (loudness) of a track, especially if you're working on an album and you want all the tunes to be at about the same average audio level.When you are in Audacity and play a track, the meter levels show you a bunch of things, in particular, the average audio level (that's the

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For this tune, which happens to be in F major and beating at 48, I wanted some classic synthesizers to lead the way (Moog, Korg, whatever). Since SampleTank 2 (the free edition) comes with the SampleMoog sound library, well, I guess I went with Moog.VSTs used were:- SampleTank Heavy Metal (electric guitar)- SampleTank SampleMoog Bass Taurus- Sample Tank SampleMoog ConcertMate MG-1 Start Synth-

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Lately, I've been kind obsessed with distorted electric guitars and soprano voices. This tune mixes the two and then some.The VSTs I've used are:- SampleTank 2: Clean LP 1 (electric guitar), HQ Free Piano MKII, Studio Natural (drum kit), Violin 2 LP, Heavy Metal (electric guitar), B-3 Organ, Soprano Ahh, Ambient-Dub 120 bpm (loops)- Crystal: Mushroom- BooBassI kinda used the lower registers of "

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When I started working on this tune, I kinda wanted to do something real light and simple with just a grand piano. But, for some reasons, I get much more inspiration using an electric guitar so a compromise had to be made. The beginning is just an acoustic guitar, then the electric guitar comes in as the lead, and then you have a second (distorted) electric guitar along with the piano. It of

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If you think learning to play the guitar is a daunting task, well, let's just say that you're not completely wrong. In my opinion, you need to know what you are doing every step of the way (always know why you are playing that string on that fret), otherwise it's gonna be a very long and tedious journey. The first thing to focus on is the scales. Soon enough, you are gonna be able to play guitar

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Ugo Capeto teams up with the soprano Kiri Te Kanawa for this melodic electronica tune. Yeah, I wish. No, it's just "Soprano Ahh" courtesy of SampleTank.Let's recap all the VSTs:- Heavy Metal (SampleTank2.x)- 73 EPiano (SampleTank2.x)- Soprano Ahh (SampleTank2.x)- Beyond Voyage (SampleTank2.x)- Chromatic Harmonica (SampleTank2.x)- Studio Natural (SampleTank2.x)- Fruity Drum Synth Live- BooBassWhen

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Marcomé is a Canadian artist that started her career in the "music biz" as a sound and mastering engineer. As such, she worked with some of the biggest names in the recording industry. After a while, she probably kinda felt that she could go on the other side of the recording studio and give it a shot. That's what she did!Marcomé's music can probably be classified broadly as "new age" in the same

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Jackaroo is my latest tune (yeah!).In terms of VST, there's:- atmoEpiano and Debussy courtesy of Crystal (soft synth);- Clean STR (electric guitar), Studio Natural (drum kit), 73 EPiano, Chromatic Harmonica, and Soprano Ahh from SampleTank;- BooBass and DrumSynth.I went a bit minimalist for this one having in places just one instrument playing.The tune is in G major and the tempo is 140 (actually

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"Ugo Capeto's Ear Training Scale Note" is a little java program I made to train your ear to recognize a mystery note among the notes of a given scale.After you have chosen the type of scale (major or minor) and the scale tonic (A, B flat or A sharp, B, C, C sharp or D flat, D, E flat or D sharp, E, F, F sharp or G flat, G, A flat or G sharp), it's time to hit "play". The program then plays (as

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When you make music with a step sequencer, it's real easy to build chords without having to look at any chord chart or use any chord making tool. Here, I am gonna talk about major, minor, diminished, and augmented triads but this extends to all types of chords.The step sequencer's piano roll is divided into cells. Each cell represents a half-step on the vertical axis.A major triad chord is built

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This is a melodic electronica tune I wanted to make to see what the Superwave P8 VST was all about. There are only 5 channels (layers) in this tune and they are:- Superwave P8 Pop Chords- Superwave P8 Hollow Pad- Superwave P8 SawZync- FL Slayer (electric guitar)- Fruity Drum Synth LiveFor some reason, it seems there's always got to be some electric guitar in any of my tunes. FL Slayer is not the

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At the beginning, I wanted to do a tune that's really melancholic and downtempo and the first few bars are like that. Then, I thought to myself there's no way I am gonna be able to do a full tune like that. So, change of plan: Let's up the tempo and bring in that distorted electric guitar sound (slayer) to spice things up.The bpm for this song is 140 (the default) but it's really going at half

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"Winze" is a "melodic electronica" tune I made using a virtual instrument (VST) called Phenome, available at Prodyon. Phenome is a multi-timbral (8 channels) soundfont player. It's available free of charge from Prodyon along with a factory library of 132 Phenome presets (110 soundfonts).The presets I have used are:- CharlesTone- GXBassA- Beeper- StringsDeluxeB- Sundawn_pro- FDanceKitA- SteelDrum1

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"Ugo Capeto's Ear Training Lower Higher" is a little java program I made to train your ear to recognize if a note is lower or higher than the previous one in a two-note sequence. I know it seems obvious but you've got to start somewhere.When you press "Play", a two-note sequence is played and the object of the exercise is to tell if the 2nd note is lower or higher in pitch than the 1st one. As

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Made this tune on FL Studio. There's 2 Autogun presets in there, Bassshort2 coming from Wasp, a piano courtesy of SampleTank (with some reverb), an electric guitar thanks to FL Slayer (with some reverb) and a drum kit from SampleTank (which I really like).The scale is A major. The BPM is officially 128 but it's more like 128/2=64.Yeah, I like melodies, especially the main melody and counterpoint

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This is a remix of Pahautea by Medication Club.Medication Club is an ambient project from Kristiansund, Norway. They are two long time friends who have been creating electronic music together in different bands/projects since the early 90's. They don't mind doing remixes and this is how this track came to be. I, Ugo Capeto, would like to thank them very much for having taken the time to remix one

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This song was made with FL Studio 9. I guess it's customary to list the instrument plugins that were used for a tune so here we go:- SampleTank with sounds Something Wonderful, Beyond Voyage, Soprano Ahh (I really love that one), Studio Natural (drums), Violin 2 LP and Flute 1 LP.- SymSynth's BellsHigh- BooBass- Slayer (electric guitar and amp)In terms of effects, can't say I've used much.

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FL Studio enables you to automate certain events at the pattern level using the "event editor". The "event editor" lets you draw the envelope that's gonna modulate the event. When you right click on a knob (say, the channel volume knob), you have access to the event editor by clicking on "Edit Events".Once you are in the event editor, the task at hand is to draw the envelope. For a volume fade-in

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Let's talk about the "repeat marker" in FL Studio.The "repeat marker" enables you to repeat the tune in the playlist from where the repeat marker is positioned. No, it's not a "time marker", it's a "repeat marker"!You create it by right double-clicking on the timeline - it looks like a small arrow pointing to the left - and you move it by right-clicking (keep it pressed) and dragging. Now, the

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Let's say you have a bunch of channels, each with its own instrument, and now you want to apply some effects to one or more of the channels (but not to the whole thing) and you are not too familiar with FL Studio. So, you go into the mixer and there you see, with horror, that all your channels (or, at least, most of them) are actually in the master mixer track. Well, it's because, when you add a

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You may have heard of an offer by IK Multimedia which allows to download "SampleTank FREE", a full-featured version of SampleTank 2.5, with a 500 MB specially selected samples library (you actually get 204 sounds for free, 58 of them being samples).It's a nifty sampler plugin for FL Studio, the very cool part being that it's multi output. Indeed, when you start an instance of SampleTank (by

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Track I made in FL Studio 9 to celebrate the greatness of Xavi, the spanish midfielder. The tune starts slow - full notes - but it picks up the pace rather quickly - sixteenth notes. Kinda symbolizes the acceleration power of the "little" man from Barcelona.Ok, the virtual instruments used are: sineweepy (SimSynth preset), Guitar (SimSynth preset), BellsHigh (SimSynth preset), FPC (drum pad),

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Kinda strayed away from the 2 previous tracks that were pretty slow and downbeat - yes, it has to be said - with this faster 3rd tune. It also marks the return of drums in my compositions. It's in F major which has the following tones: F, G, A, B♭, C, D, and E.Virtual instruments (VST plugins): SimSynth (3 oscillator synthesizer), BooBass (basic bass guitar), FL Slayer (electric guitar simulator)

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Trestles is a band based in the Los Angeles area. Found them on Reverbnation after they had become fan of ... well, myself. Being the curious type and because they were so nice to me, I did check them out and, to my surprise, have found quite a few similarities between their music and mine, in particular, the mix of downbeat, ambient (I am not gonna say "new age") tracks and more upbeat, faster (

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Another random generated song title. Pahautea is an evergreen tree that grows in New Zealand. Yep, that's a cool name for a song.The tune was made with FL Studio 9's piano roll step sequencer. The virtual instruments are all DirectWave, the native FL Studio sampler. The lead is a Wurlitzer organ and the other two channels are pianos or keyboards. Not sure if it matters but the key the song has

Ugo Capetohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03888707121210420415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4769769306303113180.post-8509775187629438092010-06-20T12:55:00.000-07:002010-07-09T13:23:04.884-07:00

This is "Sakkara", my first FL Studio - aka Fruity Loops - tune. Don't ask me about how the name relates to the tune because it really doesn't. I did use a random word generator and that's what came out. I can however tell you that Sakkara is an antique burial ground in Egypt.Naming a song is something I am not good at, so it was either that or the familiar "Track X". Since naming a song is

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After quite a bit of fiddling around with the Korg DS-10 at the Home of the Korg DS-10, I think it's time to distance myself from the Nintendo DS (not that there's anything wrong with it). Music knows no boundaries and I really don't want to limit myself to one piece of equipment to write and publish songs.I have started writing music on the PC using Digital Audio Workstations, like FL Studio and

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