WillyDavidK
biography
Well hallo! My name is David, I'm currently 17, a senior in high school. I've been interested in composing music since 7th grade. I started taking piano lessons in 2nd grade, and took for 6 years. I am still a very active keyboard player, playing in three bands(possibly 4 soon), and composing whenever time allows. My passion is in the field of recording and audio engineering.
When I first started out I was doing mids using a shareware program called Noteworthy composer. This got old rather fast, and eventually I moved on to better things. I tried tracking for a very short period of time but it didnt work out.
Eventually I got ahold of FL Studio 4.1. This is where I finally started making songs and being able to express what I was thinking. For a couple years I worked with FL, upgrading to FL Studio 5 and 6 later on. Up until Eyes Open, my last FL Studio only song, everything was strictly vsts and midi, or otherwise computer generated. For eyes open I recorded my own vocals and live piano playing, while using FL to add some pads to widen up the piano.
Next, I purchased a Yamaha MW12 12-channel mixer with USB port, which came with Cubase LE. I have continued using Cubase ever since, eventually upgrading to SE3 and hopefully soon to Cubase 4. Last year I sold my mixer and upgraded to a Presonus Firepod, as well as upgrading my custom built computer to a 20" intel iMac, really bringing my studio full circle.
Nowadays, I enjoy recording myself or bands in my 2-room studio, consisting of the control room with all my recording equipment, and the iso (bed)room next door, running a 8s x 4r snake between the two.
Sooo, here are some links for all you wonderful people!
http://www.myspace.com/willydavidkmusic
http://www.myspace.com/jetsetpilots
I also play with these guys a lot..
http://www.myspace.com/gtaoutlet
and I've played with these guys in the past..
http://www.myspace.com/scenesandsirens
All great musicians - if you're up to it, you should add all 4!!!
Oh, and I should have added this a long time ago, but if you would like to contact me for any reason, I rarely am able to get on here to check my bandamp account, so if you send a message to my inbox I WILL reply, but it maybe several weeks or even months. If you would like a response a bit sooner, drop me a line at my email..
willydavidk@gmail.com
I will get back to you ASAP!!
Thanks guys!
-David
When I first started out I was doing mids using a shareware program called Noteworthy composer. This got old rather fast, and eventually I moved on to better things. I tried tracking for a very short period of time but it didnt work out.
Eventually I got ahold of FL Studio 4.1. This is where I finally started making songs and being able to express what I was thinking. For a couple years I worked with FL, upgrading to FL Studio 5 and 6 later on. Up until Eyes Open, my last FL Studio only song, everything was strictly vsts and midi, or otherwise computer generated. For eyes open I recorded my own vocals and live piano playing, while using FL to add some pads to widen up the piano.
Next, I purchased a Yamaha MW12 12-channel mixer with USB port, which came with Cubase LE. I have continued using Cubase ever since, eventually upgrading to SE3 and hopefully soon to Cubase 4. Last year I sold my mixer and upgraded to a Presonus Firepod, as well as upgrading my custom built computer to a 20" intel iMac, really bringing my studio full circle.
Nowadays, I enjoy recording myself or bands in my 2-room studio, consisting of the control room with all my recording equipment, and the iso (bed)room next door, running a 8s x 4r snake between the two.
Sooo, here are some links for all you wonderful people!
http://www.myspace.com/willydavidkmusic
http://www.myspace.com/jetsetpilots
I also play with these guys a lot..
http://www.myspace.com/gtaoutlet
and I've played with these guys in the past..
http://www.myspace.com/scenesandsirens
All great musicians - if you're up to it, you should add all 4!!!
Oh, and I should have added this a long time ago, but if you would like to contact me for any reason, I rarely am able to get on here to check my bandamp account, so if you send a message to my inbox I WILL reply, but it maybe several weeks or even months. If you would like a response a bit sooner, drop me a line at my email..
willydavidk@gmail.com
I will get back to you ASAP!!
Thanks guys!
-David
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Our band could use your help!
Hey fellow bandampers, I wanted to make a quick post about our band Jet-Set Pilots (the user theotherguy is also in this band). We are currently competing in the semifinals on a website called OurStage, and could really use a few minutes of your time, if possible. All you need to do is sign up (it's really quick), become a fan of us, and vote for us in the competition! It won't take more than 5 minutes, I promise 
If you're interested in helping, we would be eternally grateful! Here's what you need to do:
1. Head over to www.ourstage.com and make an account
2. go to our page www.ourstage.com/fanclub/jetsetpilots
3. Hit the red button at the top that says 'Become a Fan'
4. Head over to the TX 10 Under 20 competition page:
http://www.ourstage.com/music/channel/85-tx-under/JIVFOAJXLJCD-hawaiin-girl
4a. If you feel so obliged, give our song a listen and let us know what you think
5. Hit the 'JUDGE' button at the top of the page
6. Proceed through the semifinals judging round - there are 45 battles total (each round is called a 'battle')
You do need to listen to each song for 15 sec, but only once - when that song comes up again you don't have to listen to it all over again unless you leave the page and come back later
7a. For all of the battles without our band, Jet-Set Pilots, hit the 'same' button in the middle
7b. For all of the battles with our band in them, hit 'By Far' on our side
8. Let us know that you helped out so we can give the appropriate thanks and graveling ^_^
If it sounds like too much work, if you could at the very least do steps 1-3 it would still help us out tremendously!!
Thank you all so much, we are extremely grateful for your help!!!!
Sincerely,
-David
Jet-Set Pilots
If you're interested in helping, we would be eternally grateful! Here's what you need to do:
1. Head over to www.ourstage.com and make an account
2. go to our page www.ourstage.com/fanclub/jetsetpilots
3. Hit the red button at the top that says 'Become a Fan'
4. Head over to the TX 10 Under 20 competition page:
http://www.ourstage.com/music/channel/85-tx-under/JIVFOAJXLJCD-hawaiin-girl
4a. If you feel so obliged, give our song a listen and let us know what you think
5. Hit the 'JUDGE' button at the top of the page
6. Proceed through the semifinals judging round - there are 45 battles total (each round is called a 'battle')
You do need to listen to each song for 15 sec, but only once - when that song comes up again you don't have to listen to it all over again unless you leave the page and come back later
7a. For all of the battles without our band, Jet-Set Pilots, hit the 'same' button in the middle
7b. For all of the battles with our band in them, hit 'By Far' on our side
8. Let us know that you helped out so we can give the appropriate thanks and graveling ^_^
If it sounds like too much work, if you could at the very least do steps 1-3 it would still help us out tremendously!!
Thank you all so much, we are extremely grateful for your help!!!!
Sincerely,
-David
Jet-Set Pilots
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FL Studio is one of many programs that fall under the category of DAW, or Digital Audio Workstation. Programs like Pro Tools, Sonar, Cubase, Logic Pro, Reason, Digital Performer, Ableton Live, etc, etc, are all referred to as 'DAW's.
In layman's terms, it is a program for creating/composing/recording/editing music. FL is mostly geared towards creating computer generated music. You won't find any links on this site about getting your hands on a copy of FL, as probably 90% or more of us have attained it illegally, but do a little googling and a lot of anti-virus scanning and you should be headed in the right direction (hint: torrents) You can, however, get a free demo from flstudio.com. I'm not sure what the limitations of the demo would be. Once you've got the program running, feel free to dive into this tutorial, and hopefully you'll be on your way.
And if you're wondering why this is relevant to bandamp, it's because a lot of the users posting songs here write them in FL.
Hope this helps some! Drop me a line at willydavidk@gmail.com for more info if you're still lost.
Peace,
-David
In layman's terms, it is a program for creating/composing/recording/editing music. FL is mostly geared towards creating computer generated music. You won't find any links on this site about getting your hands on a copy of FL, as probably 90% or more of us have attained it illegally, but do a little googling and a lot of anti-virus scanning and you should be headed in the right direction (hint: torrents) You can, however, get a free demo from flstudio.com. I'm not sure what the limitations of the demo would be. Once you've got the program running, feel free to dive into this tutorial, and hopefully you'll be on your way.
And if you're wondering why this is relevant to bandamp, it's because a lot of the users posting songs here write them in FL.
Hope this helps some! Drop me a line at willydavidk@gmail.com for more info if you're still lost.
Peace,
-David
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Hey beebs, it sounds like you have snapping turned off. At the top of the screen, on the right edge of the bottom row there should be a drop down menu with the word 'SNAP' written under it. Change this to 'cell' (default) or some other subdivision to allow your patterns and clips to snap within certain increments.
Hope this helps!
-David
Hope this helps!
-David
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If you want to do the 'proper' thing you should automate the faders on the mixer to fad the audio in. This may take a bit of practice at first, but basically you will set the fader all the way down at the beginning of the song, enter into record automation mode, and raise the level as you wish.
You can also toy with the velocities will to simulate a fade in, as kings said, and this may be a bit simpler if you aren't familiar with automation, but I wouldn't recommend bouncing your instrument to an audio file to fade it in as it will reduce the quality of the final render.
Send me an email at davidks107@msn.com if you need more detailed instructions.
You can also toy with the velocities will to simulate a fade in, as kings said, and this may be a bit simpler if you aren't familiar with automation, but I wouldn't recommend bouncing your instrument to an audio file to fade it in as it will reduce the quality of the final render.
Send me an email at davidks107@msn.com if you need more detailed instructions.
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