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Klop
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### Any tips for covering a song?

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Post by Klop » Fri Aug 26, 2016 5:34 am

If you don't know, i'm a novice to this, and I've only been able improve somewhat over the last couple of months. So in hopes of changing that, i started making covers, so i can learn the in's and out's of a song. I don't have any prior experience with music, so as you might've guessed, i was having a lot of trouble creating one. I've posted my first cover on the forums, but i haven't gotten around to completing it, and since it was a relatively simple song, i managed to grasp it and cover most of it. Here's something you should know: i have little to no issue in finding the main lead/melody of a song, everything else is where my problem lies. So is there anything i should listen to when covering a song, and (i know that i'm repeating myself but...) is there any tips to covering one?
EDIT: If you aren't able to answer my main question, at least go over my songs, and tell me what could be fixed/and or improved. I don't want this thread to be ignored, so any feedback would appreciated.
Here are some covers i'm working on, but made little to no progress for:

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  Bloop.ftm
    (P4A: Sky's The Limit)
    (883 Bytes) Downloaded 159 times
  Burn My Dread.ftm
    Didn't know i still had this, until now.
    (1.88 KiB) Downloaded 162 times
  A song so overdone, you already know what it is.ftm
    title's self-explantory
    (6.43 KiB) Downloaded 170 times
  Burn My Bread.ftm
    Just replace bread with dread, and add "last battle" at the end.
    (1.89 KiB) Downloaded 156 times
  Practice.ftm
    (If it's for you ~Song 4 u~)
    (1.26 KiB) Downloaded 146 times
  PERFECTION.ftm
    There's some inaccuracy with the lead. (Perfect Cell Theme)
    (1.83 KiB) Downloaded 152 times

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Post by Klop » Sun Aug 28, 2016 10:09 am

I'm working on yet another cover, but i've ran into a problem. As i stated in my previous post, i have little issue finding the lead of a song, but i seem to have trouble with everything else(drum beats, instruments, ect.) The song sounds empty as of now, and i'm trying to figure out a way to fix that. I've tried listening to other instruments in the background, and could only make out a drum beat, and what sounded like a "ringing noise" not sure what that's instruments called. Here's a link the the song: https://youtu.be/Fd6MW-XhO5I. My main concern is that ringing noise i mentioned before, i have little to no idea how i'm going to emulate that, so i'd like to know how if anyone knows. And while your at it, i'd like you to take a look at my project and see what else i can add/fix, besides what i just mentioned. Your help would be really appreciated!
P.S: Don't edit the original file. If there's any issue with the song, point it out.
EDIT: I made an attempt to try to emulate the sound, tell me what you think.

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  Simple Test.ftm
    Emulated sound
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  Way of Life.ftm
    Beta 0.5 Required
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Post by Teuthida » Sun Aug 28, 2016 1:28 pm

My advice for finding the other instruments in a song is finding a YouTube video of it and then using http://www.youtube-mp3.org/ to make an .mp3 of it. Download Audacity, and you will be able to use various tools to isolate instruments, such as Bass/Treble and Vocal Remover.
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Post by Klop » Sun Aug 28, 2016 8:34 pm

> Teuthida wrote:My advice for finding the other instruments in a song is finding a YouTube video of it and then using http://www.youtube-mp3.org/ to make an .mp3 of it. Download Audacity, and you will be able to use various tools to isolate instruments, such as Bass/Treble and Vocal Remover.

I use Audacity, but i never thought about using those effects. Thanks. Though, do you have any other tips? Also remember that ringing sound i mentioned in my last post, if you know, could you tell me what instrument that was? And probably better, how to emulate it.
EDIT: I isolated the sound so you can hear it better. Here's a link to what i'm talking about: http://vocaroo.com/i/s1pyc4atUjB5
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Post by Teuthida » Sun Aug 28, 2016 9:13 pm

I think those are sleigh bells. I would either use the noise channel with some arpeggios and mode modulation, or just sample the sound itself.
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Post by Klop » Sun Aug 28, 2016 9:27 pm

> Teuthida wrote:I think those are sleigh bells. I would either use the noise channel with some arpeggios and mode modulation, or just sample the sound itself.

I'm sorry to ask for this much, but could you provide an example? I'm not too use to editing anything but the volume for an instrument.
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Teuthida
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Post by Teuthida » Sun Aug 28, 2016 10:41 pm

Here you go.

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Post by Klop » Sun Aug 28, 2016 10:50 pm

> Teuthida wrote:Here you go.

It says "file is not a valid Famitracker module".
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Post by Teuthida » Sun Aug 28, 2016 11:07 pm

Are you using the beta version? It might not work on that.
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Post by Klop » Sun Aug 28, 2016 11:29 pm

> Teuthida wrote:Are you using the beta version? It might not work on that.

Yeah, i am. I'll switch to the newest version. That said, thanks for your help. c:
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