/prod/: Music production general - Post your WIPs and Rate Edition!

kpop

wtf I have a waxing fetish now

>ableton

>>68785880
this guy again

>>68785515
>her

bleep bleep boop

the only way to get your fix is to produce a decent mix

Is Audacity /our/ DAW?

>>68786085
niggative

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https://clyp.it/vzajdfnh
I saw Shin Godzilla in theaters and now I just want to make Cinematic things everyday

https://youtu.be/8ymEKiY1UR8

>>68786131
>https://clyp.it/vzajdfnh
Poor man's Rolly Porter

Sup I've been messing around with synths a lot lately. I made this in like an hour or so, I'm going to add more percussion. Not sure what else I can do

https://clyp.it/5p2quoaq

>>68786268
is this good or bad?

>>68786131
sounds dank, yo

how about just not responding to soundcloud posters if they bother you that much. some of us actually do want to hear more than just clip

>>68785515
Jesus Christ. Who the fuck has such a collection of pleb tier synths?

It makes me want to cry, thinking about how much someone spent on all of that gear and it is all utter garbage.

>>68786773
>more than just a clip

You do realize clyps don't have to literally be clips, right?

>>68786784
It compliments the "woman"

Trying to get better each day
instrumentals for songs:
https://clyp.it/ccxmkhrd
https://clyp.it/dx2sngd2
beat
https://clyp.it/kp4zz2pl

>>68786340
>https://clyp.it/5p2quoaq
I like it anon although the kick is a too low and muddy I would use something with a bit more punch to it. I really like the synth textures you have. They give an old school 90's late 80's vibe, something Aphex would use; would you mind telling me what you used?

>>68786131
To stale and to quantized. The first kick sounds out of tune to the rest of the music. You need to liven it up, maybe add an extra synth on top to play melody parts or try a strings section.

>>68787016
it's a uh korg minilogue. so i want the kick to kind of sit below those high synths. you know? but I still want it be slightly punch and noticeable on speakers that don't have a great low end. Do you have recommendations for achieving that? Is it going to me more the EQ of the kick or the EQ of the other sounds?

>>68786784
TR-909 is pleb?

>>68787243
Yes. It sounds like garbage compared to an 808 or Linn LM-1

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>>68787016
>>68786131
I'll try it

>>68787164
Well what saw do you use? I would EQ is to add more mid treble.

>https://clyp.it/2vdn04rn
does this kick sound okay? any tips on improving that specifically?

just thrown this together in an hour as I've just discovered autopan and I'm having a blast with it, so not concerned that it's repetitive or anything.

>>68776444 #
I dont know anything about drum machines but personally I think that percussion is too "boomy" if you know what I mean? lots of reverb on it that isn't EQd?

>>68776804 #
this is great, as far as i'm concerned (no expert), if you mean the vocal sample then it works I reckon

>>68777962 #
no tips since you're clearly better at production than I am, just wanna say this sounds really well done. wish I could make my stuff sound as good, my guitars sound dead compared to those

>>68778406 #
imo the high frequency white noise is a bit too much when it's not ducking in and out

>>68787387
I use Logic. EQing kick drums has always given me the business, i'll add more mid and keep experimenting

>>68787554
Ah I feel you. Kicks are extremely annoying to Eq well. I use fl, how do you like Logic?

>>68787650
I only have used it and Audacity so I don't have much to compare it to. I'm finding it more and more intuitive as I go along, I've used it for about 4 years. I like their drum pack add ons and I have no complaints with the effects. It's definitely bloated though and I'm sure there are plenty of helpful and easy features that I've accidentally neglected.

how do you feel about this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aan_g8G2k3s&feature=youtu.be

proding well is hard

>>68788373
That's why you have to practice, practice, practice!

Sorry if this is somewhere in the OP and I didn't see it, but I want to start producing. I mainly want to make ambient and minimalist electronic. What would be a good DAW and synthesizer for me to start on? Ideally something entry level, but not sacrificing good sound in the process. My total budget is about $1000.

>>68788661
Ableton is usually the go-to. Try it out and see what you think.
I'm assuming with ambient, you'll mostly be using plugins anyways.

>>68788661
Ableton + a good synth VST desu

Most people here like Fruityloops because its babbers first DAW but in the long run Ableton is more flexible and powerful.

>>68788661
>I mainly want to make ambient and minimalist electronic.

The market's filled, go pick up a fucking kazoo or something

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>>68787297

>>68786784
make music with what you have and stfu

>>68789383
I do :p

>normie classmate listening to my WIP
>he's dancing along a bit
>changes to 7/8
>he keeps trying to dance then gets awkward and stops

>>68789510
Kek

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2 hrs into a track, was really feeling it, but then over the span of like half an hour it became complete dogshit and i lost all idea of which direction it was going in. how do i cope lads

>>68789884
Always have a mini project on the side to refresh your ears. I mean, imagine listening to the same song for two hours on repeat, shit right? Same when making

Any tips on figuring out the chords of a song?

I'm really bad at music theory and stuff like that, but I really want to replicate this chord progression from a track I like.

I've figured out what key it's in, and the rhythm isn't a problem.

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https://soundcloud.com/jormangod/jorman-god-halloween

>HALLOWEEN

https://soundcloud.com/jormangod/jorman-god-no-ending

NEW TRACKk
>hip hop instrumental

https://soundcloud.com/jormangod/outer-zero

>experimental


https://soundcloud.com/jormangod/jorman-god-acid-rip

>hip hop instrumenta

https://soundcloud.com/jormangod/jorman-god-no-acid

>chill wave > hip hop instrumental

https://soundcloud.com/jormangod/jorman-god-chopped-all-screwed-up

>hip hop instrumental

>>68790328
git gud

post it I'll tell ya

>>68790328
This One Weird Trick Your Music Teacher Doesn't Want You To Know!

>>68790362
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaPbK84GtSg

About 00:15

Really trying to learn to play and produce piano melodies like this.

>>68790443
Fm7 Fm7 Cm7 Gm7
Fm7 Fm7 EbMaj7 Gm7

>>68790752
Maybe the last Gm7 is a Bb6

>>68787297
>implying Miami bass was better than Chicago house

Pleb

>>68790347
amazing work. thanks for sharing.

>>68790896
Jk its fucking awful you should become an hero

>>68790328
If it's in a major key the 1st 2nd and 4th notes in the scale are major chords, 3rd 5th and 6th are minor and the 7th is diminished. For minor scales, chords would be relative to the 6th note of a major scale. Don't know much about listening for other chord types other then guessing.

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>>68791098
>If it's in a major key the 1st 2nd and 4th notes in the scale are major chords

>>68790941
telling someone to kill themselves means your mentally ill
seek help soon anon

>>68791176
Back down non-premium 4chan user.

>>68791200
telling someone to back down means your mentally ill
seek help soon anon

just a friendly reminder that

musicians > producers

>>68790941
don't pretend to be someone you are not.

Jbenitex is a great musician.

>>68791263
we are musicians first and then producers. what else would we be working on if not our own music?

>>68791098
>>68791120
I may have brainfarted. 2nd is minor 5th is major.

>>68791294
loops arent really music tho

>>68791303
don't generalize everyone into one stereotype. If you hope to actually make music you need to know the basics of producing and thats what these threads are.

>>68791200
buying a 4chan pass means you're mentally ill

>>68791303
>not making your own loops and using other people's loops and cutting up and resampling both of them and then playing more instruments over top of that
pleb

>>68791376
Dude. I can send out memes much faster than you with my 4chan pass. Don't be jealous

>>68791751
you're not even that guy

>>68791263
Good thing I'm better than you at both

Hi guys, did /comp/ go kill?

>Want Komplete Ultimate but don't want to spend literal $1,199.99 USD Dollars

little wip I'm working on, would like some feedback. I'm still new to producing and I haven't started eqing or anything really, and I need to sidechain a bit.

https://clyp.it/egbeaeap

>>68786340
it's quite nice and bubbly

>>68787485
sounds good to me, but I always have trouble with my own kicks tb honest.

>>68792004
>paying $1199 for samples wrapped in a vst

>>68792105
yeah literally just said i don't want to do that idiot

>>68792180
>desiring samples wrapped in a vst

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https://soundcloud.com/jormangod/jorman-god-umonster

UMONSTEr
>HIP HOP INSTRUMENTAL
>HALLOWEEN

one of my best
>new track created this morning

>>68792399
filtered, this is not a soundcloud thread

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>>68791263
I started as a musicians, did "music technology" at college alongside my history and classic civ. Then I jumped it further and did a BSc in Audio Technology.

Fuck the musical aspect, i've recorded enough bands, had job offers from a studio, i just can't enjoy it as much anymore, i enjoy doing work for bands but sound design, foley, weird sonic shit i did at uni, it's so much more interesting.

I'm working on getting into production companies now, being a freelance sound designer isn't great when you don't have a shit ton of previous work.

Though if you mean producer as in what kids call themselves, FL warriors, then yeah i totally agree with you.

>>68790347
pretty sure we used to have a post clyp.it only rule...

however.

Outer Zero is decent, though the kick sounds a little boxy, lacking weight maybe isn't the right phrase to use but it's lacking something.

As for "No Acid", the snare doesn't really sit right with me, I'd also cut a little more low end out of this harp like synth. Not much, just enough to remove some of that mud.

>>68789510
nice

>>68787650
I've been using Logic since 2009. It's my preferred DAW, before Pro Tools. The included plug-ins with logic are actually very good.

What kinds of kicks are you having problems with?

>>68786085
yeah it was mine, when i was 14.

I wouldn't recommend it.

Here's a short sound effect i've put together in the last 10 mins or so. Had the image of a passing space ship in my head so went with this

https://clyp.it/bectutge

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>>68792105
>He doesn't know what Komplete is

>>68792603
>thinks 500+ gb in """"""instruments"""""" aren't samples wrapped in a vst

>>68792742
Shh

>>68792076
The bass is really loud
But overall Comfy/10

>>68792076
I get you're new and you haven't started any EQ etc.

However just some suggestions for when you do.

Decide which instrument, between the kick and the bass is which one that you want to provide the track with the main source of low end. I personally would use something like this as a reference mix for your track.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zK1mLIeXwsQ

So a nice heavy and subby kick with another kick layered to give low mids but also a little bit of crack/snap, around 1khz. So personally i wouldn't have your bass as your main source of lows. Filter up to maybe around 80-120hz +- 20hz or so. and use it to thicken your low mids. let a stomping kcik fill out the weight.

good start mate

>>68792601
I'm
>>68787650
My problem with kick is usually tying to get the kick and 808 bass not to sound to muddy and wobbly and still be heard clearly especially for headsets with shit low end.

here are my clyps
>>68787016
Any feedback would be appreciated.

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>>68794035
Okay, got any examples?

I've never actually used 808 style kicks, it's not in the sort of music i do/did.

However this is something i used to do with subs to try and achieve what you want.

One thing i used to do was blend a pure sine sub with an exact copy but using a sawtooth. Then filter out the super lows and some of the highs on the sawtooth, layer that with the sine sub. What you're doing is adding upper harmonics and giving the impression that there's more to be heard and sometimes if done right, it's a good way to get "sub" through on shitty cans. Basically filter out the fundamental and upper harmonics but keep the others.


You could use squares or triangles but they can leave a hollow sound.

Something like this little pic.


So what you're doing is using the Sinewave 808 sound for those with fat speakers. The layered sawtooth is dampened and has it's fundamental frequency (the one that represents the actual note) EQ'd out. That way you're adding the fat sine with the richer sawtooth. Fuck about with that, see what it does for you

How can I make lo fi Hippity Hop beats on Ableton?

Why is chopping samples on Ableton so annoying and tedious?
I just load a sample into sampler, but I'm definitely getting bored of that.
Is there a plug in where you can chop it like how you do on Maschine or FL or the MPCS?

>>68794217
I have some clyps
>>68787016

>>68794414
what are you mixing on, very little low end on those 808s

>>68794435
fl studio, I also dont have studio monitors and mix with my sony headphones so there's that.

I'm trying to achieve a bass sound like this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCDergUJ0QM

>>68794488
Ouch. Okay.

Compress that 808. If you can use a multipressor then even better. Also for FL loads of people post decent FL Wrappers or whatever the presets are called. Look into those. Also give the 808 a longer sustain and release, yours are dropping out too quickly. More sustain than anything. Compression is your friend though.

>>68794568
Thank you for the advice.

>>68794390
rtfm retard. ableton is the easiest for chopping up samples, but obviously you need to read some shit and not just ask to be spoonfed.

>>68794568
>>68794488
>>68794711
no worries. i'm just not up on that aspect. I thought you meant EQing kicks not making them haha.
also i just opened my DAW. never made an 808 bass but is this the kind of sound you're going for?

https://clyp.it/b2ootaof

>>68794789
Yes somthibg like that but with a bit more punch

>>68794831
okay cool. that's just a few moments in the ES2 synth, honestly i'm not up on 808s. Get on youtube.

how about this then, is this what you're looking for?

https://clyp.it/1yny3moi

if you have any sub enhancement plug-ins, try them too

>>68792004
>Bought Maschine in a half price sale
>got komplete select with it
>Really liked the sound of the effects vst's
>think about buying a few of the effects bundles, but works out quite expensive
>few months later komplete ultimate is half price
>go to buy it & can get a xrossgrade deal.
>works out cheaper than half price and cheaper than buying the effects bundles I wanted
> still to this day trying to work out how to delete all the samples and presets as just want the instruments, samplers, effects etc without 400gb of fuckking generic samples.
Still was a good deal though and works well as a good basic setup for a studio. Couldn't be happier...apart from all those fucking mega gigs of samples

>>68794715
I obviously know I need to read some shit, which is why I asked you retard.

I've already seen youtube videos on chopping on Ableton, I just cant work with it.

https://clyp.it/ek3aj2ns
call me yung soundcloud cause soundcloud

>>68792004
rutracker friendo

Blimp

>>68794390
learn to insert warp markers or set the tempo correctly and chopping samples is great in ableton, pleb

>grab an old-ass non-anniversary edition midisport 2x2 after seeing video of it working in windows 7 and reading forum posts from people who got it working
>wont plug and play or work when i run the drivers in compatibility mode
god fucking dammit

>>68797413
nevermind, softpedia drivers have saved the day

>>68797413
>windows

i thought you fags liked troubleshooting?

>>68797868
certainly more than i like throwing money at problems like you mac people

notice how i was able to solve my issue within minutes of actually trying?

>>68797917
>within minutes
except you posted this shit in the last two threads

>>68797941
i hadnt bought it yet in the last thread, i bought it today after i found the videos/forum posts of people who got it working in windows 7. does assuming that i'm lying about the amount of time it takes to solve problems make your overpriced machine feel like a better investment?

>>68797972
kek not at all
enjoy your laggy asio :^)

>>68798026
>enjoy your laggy asio :^)
my total latency is 14.5ms, i think i'll live lol

>>68798066
>14.5ms
KEKEKEKEKEK

>>68798066
my lowest is 9ms round trip on windows what interface do u have?

>>68798082
that's input+output

what's yours?
>>68798104
m audio fast track ultra

What effects on ableton do hip hop producers use? Like people that sample soul.

>>68799159
EQ and compressor

https://clyp.it/1ce2yvq3

So like......do none of you guys know rappers or anyone who owns a microphone? I mean why are there so many beats and no vocals?

>>68800977
probably a mix of that and the fact that this is a production thread and therefore more focused on the music than the vocals (you're more likely to get a vocalist when your instrumental is done as opposed to a work in progress)

>>68800977
anyone i know who wants to rap i dont trust around my shit because they are too shady

https://clyp.it/4pwhwbo3

made this yesterday. Not sure what to think of it. feedback? thoughts?

>>68785515

About to pull the plug on a pair of HS5s, is there anything more accurate in the same price range?

>>68801481
Equator Audio D5s

Yo guys, where should i start with drum machines if i'm a xiu xiu fan?

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>>68801156
Damn dude
I like this alot

>>68801133
same here. I had a friend in highschool who let a rapper who didn't even seem that sketch record some shit at his house and the kid stole his dad's recording mic.It was so obvious. why tf would you steal from someone whose giving you the opportunity to record like fuck you

>>68786085
Dr Drum bruv

>>68801771

Thanks so much man :)

I have 2 released coming out this november under the name static love. one of them is on wonderlust and the other is on ivory oasis!

>>68801156
>https://clyp.it/4pwhwbo3
pretty good, the structure of the song had me kinda confused though.

>>68795480
You can uninstall anything you aren't using. At least on Windows, you can

>>68795480
>400gbs of samples

I'll take em

https://clyp.it/z4al032v

Made this track for my girl to sing to, let me know what you think