Syncopation is the way to add variety to the rhythm. You have to also choose right place and right time for syncopation. It is not that you just throw it somewhere randomly. It all depend on context and composition.MarkS wrote: ↑Sat Apr 27, 2019 13:06 CESTWhat i am doing wrong with syncopation in my melodies? Some people: say it's too robotic, when i go right on kick drum. But when i use syncopation , some people say it's off. So i try to have some light in this matter. This is a answer with a question but i hope you can get it.
Also what I usually do (quite often) is avoid 100% quantization of notes. Sometime it works better then syncopation. There is no way in reality to perfectly play on instrument especially in ensemble. There is no way all players in ensemble start playing every note at the exact same millisecond. There is always some delay. ALso important is velocity per note.
So here is small not so good example I just made to show you what I mean and what I don't like. Same melody but two different approach. First is perfectly quantized part with same velocity per note no syncopation. Second one is with gentle syncopation, without quantization and note velocity based on play.
So the first one is is totally mechanical without emotion - robot like. But I'm not musician it is just what I feel when listening. No matter what instrument type some emotion have to be implemented or you get morse code.