Absolutely! Converting music is a complex skill, too-especially if the music is dense or polyphonic. This teaches you arrangement and problem solving within the context of a tracker. When you develop those skills ahead of time, you don't have to worry about technique as much when inputting your own music. Can't recommend it enough. :)

Great idea to use both like that!

Glad you enjoyed it! Anything that gets you making the music you want is the best.

Glad it helped! The no DAW composing experience is pretty fun too.

Thank you @@MatthewIvic for your time in making this video. Yeah I mean I still love working with DAWs, but it's so much fun when you already know what to do :) Simply put, I interpreted this video as advice on escaping "tutorial hell" and actually start doing shit! The thing is, it's even more evident when working with trackers, isn't it? Maybe? With daws you can get away with it and compose something eventually, but trying trackers without a plan... I failed miserably LOL

Great to hear. Bach is best.

Thanks, DevPoodle! Trying to crunch down information into more digestible bits.

I hear you. It really helps to deliberately state how your piece will go ahead of time. Try starting small, too. Like 30 seconds of music or less. If you can keep a short segment coherent sounding, then it's only a matter of expanding on the subject matter. Also, glad you found the video somewhat useful. Good luck!

Great advice! You can save and export instruments in most tracker programs, so that's a big plus.

Yeah, music can be complicated; learning production and software stuff on top of that is demanding. It's worth the time investment if you love it, though.

I would either use the previous row with the delay function, or if you want the note on the beat, create a grace note instrument with a small subdivision! Hope that helps.

Me: *doubles the song’s BPM instead*

Sure. In my opinion, having any material/concept/whatever before sitting down to compose is a good start. At least for me, I find that to be more effective then endless noodling. :D

Yeah, there are definitely some things that are more difficult to do in DAWs than trackers...details in particular.

There are plenty of different ways, but a simple way to start is to add a contrasting section. For example, if you have a fast paced rhythmic section, try adding some contrasting lyrical music. It helps if the contrasting section uses material from the first section to tie it together. Another easy way is to try and maximize the material you're using; that is, don't create a contrasting section, but rather try and keep expanding on the first section's material. Take the example of fast paced rhythmic music. Instead of transitioning, try developing the rhythms you start with. Arrange them in different ways, create permutations, try them in different harmonic contexts. Plenty of stuff to do. Lastly, listen to lots of music to get ideas. Try to guess what's going to happen as you listen. Compare and contrast what you think will happen to what actually does. Pay careful attention to what surprises you and the emotion the piece evokes! Could write forever on this, but hope that helps a bit!

Big question! That would probably take me an entire video to explain. Here's a short attempt: Transcribing is the process of translating what you hear into standard notation. For beginners, one method is to pick a part you can hear most easily (usually the melody or bass) and try to convert that first. Count the beats to understand the subdivisions. Listen to the melody's intervals to get a grasp of it. Once you have the melody/bass written down, you should have a good skeleton of the piece's layout. From here, add the harmony or anything else. Hope that helps a bit...

@@MatthewIvic I think my problem is trying to realise how to tell the difference between 2 notes :/

@@srb2er Keep at it. Ear training, transcription, and music is a life long journey. You can do it!

Few options: 1) Study other modules/demo songs 2) Try to copy music by ear 3) Learn to read sheet music! It's truly worth the time investment if you love music. I promise.

​@@MatthewIvic abdullahajeebi has a better idea - use a midi file

Good point

The most ear piercing music community challenge...

@@MatthewIvic xD