/prod/ - Music Production General

https://clyp.it/rgevmyk4

I don't know how to continue with this. thoughts? suggestions?

>>68880220
add an 808

>>68880220
Good base going on, add more elements as it goes on.
Make something a bit wider it sounds flat and work on the sound design a bit more.

http://easynicelifetime.com/1.2_Der_%C3%9Cbertritt.mp3

Made this yesterday, any suggestions?

Can anyone give me feedback on this weird synthy/chiptune/crooner song I'm trying to make??

https://clyp.it/btanymre

Any and all advice would be fucking awesome, except keep in mind I havent written lyrics yet so im sorta singing gibberish. I especially am bad with drums, if anyone has advice on that.

>>68880090
what's the home studio in the pic?

hook me up to some paid sample packs for dnb/ rhythmic stuff.

>>68880992

I find the formulation of the second half of the first sentence is kind of weird.

I'm an electronic hardware nerd that has been recording audio tracks into ableton with minimal (almost zero) use of VSTs. A lot of the times live recording 8+ simultaneous tracks. It has finally occurred to me that there is probably a better daw for recording live audio. Recommendations?

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>>68880992
The kick and snare don't punch, vocals are too quiet.
I like the singing and the song isn't that bad apart from the weird progression but I don't think the singing fits the song.

>>68881034
Superior drummer

>>68880569
>http://easynicelifetime.com/1.2_Der_%C3%9Cbertritt.mp3
Thanks for ear rape.

>>68881195
Reaper is great for that. It's free and very simple to use

anyone know any dub reggae related VSTs?

just want to make stuff sounding like this:

>Hughie Izachaar - Melodica Dub
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuPfFVAez1Y
>Kaiju - Unity Dub
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uew32AaCV48

>>68881220

You could have make it less loud but I actually worry about your brain. I actually kind of dissolved in light while listening to it for the first time.

>>68880569
>http://easynicelifetime.com/
>The name of this picture is "FROM DEATH TO LIFE" and I guess that it's my best digital graphic so far. Additional Information: My Internet connection is about 8 Kilobyte per second on average and I get a package of 100 MB of 300 Kilobyte per second in the middle of the month, besides of the three meals I get per day (actually it's two, the breakfast is not worth standing up this early because there is nothing to do here, the constant noise of the highway and some other weird high frequent noise that is being emitted here makes time here unbearable, by normal conditions, but I guess I'm made of steel or something.) I get about 135 € per month which I mainly spend on clothing of which I still have very less and food and of course weed, which is a very nice enhancement of the passtime here and I can only buy it because some people hope that some day I start to think that it's bad for me because of the shenanigans that are being let happened while I'm high. I'm fully aware of the fact how weird my descriptions sound but trust me: I'm fully sure that I'm telling the truth and there is some strange stuff going on in here, to describe it vaguely and mildly.
Oh yes and I DIDN'T HAD A GIRLFRIEND IN THE LAST 4 YEARS! :-D How great is this? I mean 4 years of straight jacking off, ladies and gents. Mainly pictures only.

I fucking love this guy

Does anyone know what happened to WC Olo Garb/Jexus? He used to do all these awesome synth demos and then he disappeared.

http://syntezatory.net.pl

>>68881195
cubase is great for hardware but it has dongle copy protection unless you pirate cubase 5

>>68881403
he fell into a ditch on the side of the road and never lived again

>>68881436
Did the fall kill him or was he too lazy to get up?

I got memed into buying a micron and realized i have no idea how to synth and couldnt be assed learn while diving menus on a screen the size of a stick of gun

>>68881458
it was against his own philosophical tenets and political ideology to get up

>>68881476
That's unfortunate

How do I make a music like afex twin

>>68881513
The Aphex twins are poor man's Au and the Techres.

>>68881283
Dubmaster liquid delay or something like that and dub siren which comes with a delay I thing

https://clyp.it/4x3xifdf

give me a band I can play this with

>>68881342

dude, you didn't had to look up the actual webpage, self promoting is highly prohibited in /prod/ threads and I don't want to be seen as one who does such bad things, dude.

>>68882698
All you had to do was posting it on clyp but its okay if you dont make a big deal out of it like a certain someone who posts his SC everytime in these threads

how do you guys record vocals? What programs do you use?

I have a good singing voice and a lot of good lyrical ideas for the instrumentals I've already made, but I have FL Studio and recording vocals in there kind of suck.

>>68882724

>clyp
>8 kbps

sure pal hahah

I actually just visited this webpage because I didn't for a long time and had the idea to post the track I've uploaded some days ago for my last money in an internet cafe into this thread to see if someone has something to say about it, to be honest, it was just an coincidence :-D Fuck soundcloud nigga

>>68882730
Pro tools or Cubase for recording or even Audacity if you don't plan to produce.

>>68882812
I enjoy the first 4 second of your track. Good job! I wonder how you achieve the sounds you do.

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Can anyone give their opinion on these monitors?

who here uses krk rokit 5s?

>>68883087
theyre gud

>>68882812
>:-D
are you a german

>>68883087
get the 7s instead of the 5s for better bass response

>>68883093
i borrowed a pair from my friend for a month to try out and i didnt really like them

>>68883201
>get the 7s instead of the 5s for better bass response

A bit low on funds. Any cheaper alternatives?

>>68882904

If I didn't apply a filter you for sure wouldn't, The song initially started with a catchy but very generic synth melody :-D I was so high, damn... when I've finished the track I stood by the window and listened to it, it was night. I couldn't really understand what I've done yet but it felt not only great, but also transcending and widening.

Best moment while recording: I got kind of afraid of my hands moving like automatically over the keyboard (I can get precise and insanelly fast like a machine while being on weed) and started to check if I actually move my right hand by myself because I'm actually left handed, haha. If you listen to the whole song you notice passages where a 12 (I guess)-Note loop is played manually at sometimes different syncopatic variations for like more than a minute and stuff, I learned that while being high on weed some months ago and I think one of these were the one where I just though "what the heck is happening in here again, my hands move like automatic")

In my personal opinion it needs to be shortened though, a little bit maybe, but I won't do it because the track is finished.

>>68883164


I'm not a german but I live here, yes. I started to post the nosed laughing smiley again as it was out like for years ironically.

>>68883164
Just looked at the link and I was right what a suprise

>>68883242
i am not sure what is a good alternative besides saving for the bigger ones because the hs5 only go down to 54hz and youd need to buy a woofer to get lower frequencies

>>68883242
or buy the 5s and save up for sub if you have headphones already.

>>68881357
Your cord management sucks anon
use wall hooks

>>68883414

Chords are mainly boring....
better get a high latency wifi instead! ha! :-D

>>68881220
Superior Drummer VS Addictive Drums?

Who wins?

>>68883765
>Addictive Drums 2 2.0.7 Total Size: 9.24 GB
Superior drummer has 40 GB+

>>68882698
lol know but I actually wanted to share your page, it's fucking great man, I really like some of your stuff

>>68883865

Cool then, thanks. It's just the beginning I guess, I just have set up the website (a week ago) and the displayed producing method is still very young, as you could read, I've started this stuff in the beginning of april 2016. Much appreciation

>SAMPLE BASED """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""MUSIC"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""

INSTRUMENTS AS GUITAR, PIANO, DRUMS AND OTHERS ARE NOT REAL INSTRUMENTS THEY ARE JUST BIG SAMPLE BANKS WITH HUMANIZE ON.
INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC IS NOT MUSIC.

>>68883828
how does that make it better?

what are the best quality drum machine samples you know /prod/

>>68884262
They are wavs so the sound quality is better

wavs are much louder than than mp3s that come with other things

How do I make this poking sound that comes in after the first bar in this song?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UB7CbOhH0Wo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mIIO7l8PBE

>>68884317
FM or record a guitar with plucking near the bridge.

>>68882365
Can we be friends?

I want to do a proper bass cover of this

>>68884391
Only if you have a femine penis.

>>68884391
its funny because the "bass" only plays the same note over and over again

>>68884451
I imagined distorted bass chords over a bassline of what the "guitar" is playing

I have a soundcloud full of junk like this

https://clyp.it/rp4qziab

>>68884535
sure that could work as well

only needs to be a full song now to do a full bass cover other than that,go ahead and try to cover it

That feel when you distorted bass chords with lowpass filtered crash drums over reverberation synthesizer VST Delay Master bus applying to Midi track? DAW Guitar Noise generator, sound spectrum bass clavinet flac samples. Converting Synths to raw audio data spectral analysis, soundmangled quickfucker dodging high cock supreme masta anus volume one.

https://clyp.it/lpbrx5uf

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>>68884752
was kekking long before quickfucker, but after i read quickfucker i saved this. thanks friend.

>>68884645
>>68884754

i like these a lot, friends.

>>68884645
>>68884959
more, a different style
https://clyp.it/hl1iap0p

>>68884948
Formulaic referencing reciproke expression, Adressate.

>>68885056
meh, gotta say i liked the first one more. although the hard saturation/limiter could be lessened a little on both.

Haven't fucked around with my daw in months.
https://clyp.it/nlzqdcsq

>>68885322
they're compressed to shit to balance out the fact my "recording rig" is a 1/4 -> 3.5mm cord

So, I just want to make sure I understand compression. Basically, if I have a track that is clipping or loud in a few small parts, is this a case that I would use compression?

I've tried it and it sounds ok, but I just want to make sure this is the proper path to take. Thanks everyone

>>68885401
but it doesn't have to be distorted to absolute fuck. unless the adapter is distorting your recording and you're just distorting everything?

>>68885436
nailed it

I shouldn't be in a prod thread i dont know the first thing

>>68885433
If you don't mind no dynamics, professionals don't use compression.

>>68885465
>I shouldn't be in a prod thread
how else would you get constructive criticism

>>68885433
oh boi.

compression is best learned by trying it out on various sounds and just playing with it. combined with help from videos or tutorials, not one the other.

i like to think of a compressor as a funnel.
a conventional funnel takes takes a large amount of liquid and condenses it into a smaller stream. in case you (like many people) think "compressors make it phat and loudddd". that's you hearing the make up gain. a compressor simply decreases the amplitude based on a threshold you give along with attack and release. what it does in affect after make up gain is applied, makes loud sounds and quiet sounds closer together. using it in excess isn't recommended. learn how to mix with faders first. sorry if this was a shitty explanation, i can elaborate.

>>68885465
you can learn. stay here.

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>>68885489
>>68885433

ok so i went ahead and did a graphic explanation of what i wanted to say in my paragraph.

>>68885489
Thanks for the explanation. That makes sense.

I guess I was just wondering if I record, say, a vocal part and the singer gets too close to the mic for a few seconds and sounds louder than the rest of the vocal track, what would you do in that circumstance? I know I could do some volume automation to dip the volume down for a few seconds, but is this the preferred method?

>>68885605
Thanks for this. That makes the point much clearer

>>68885625
you can do whatever sounds or works best in the situation. I was going to mention automation but you already did. A compressor basically is automation in super simple terms. but yes, if there is a part of audio that is much too louder than the average volume, yeah i suppose so. if the audio is like hovering around at -5.0db most of the time and every now and then she its -2.0, set the threshold to just under -2.0 and use your ears for the rest. some people make the compressors obnoxiously obvious and it ruins the sound. subtle touches are best.

https://clyp.it/ppyqtedc

Two full original songs:

https://clyp.it/y5znrayi

https://clyp.it/kvusf4xm

Let me know what you think, especially about lyrics and stylistic choices, what should be redone or scrapped, etc. I've only been using FL studio a month but played guitar for 15 years. I would call these electro-art-rock or something.

>>68885666
satanic trips. i like die for tomorrow, but PERSONALLY i dislike the vocals. but I usually like instrumentals anyway.

>>68885657
>subtle touches are best.
thisis correct its really easy to over do it with effects

>>68885657
Great, thanks so much. That makes a lot of sense

>>68885694
Glad i could help, you seem to have a grasp on it

>>68885706
Is what >>68885322 means by saturation the "thickness" of the distortion? (the sustain on my pedal)

>>68885726
no, i meant the master audio just being too abrasive and uncomfortable to listen to. it works in moderation but crushing the fuck out of the entire song just hurts.

>>68885661
I like the riffs, but the distortion makes it too painful to be more than a novelty. I like the tritone part. I also liked the riff at the end after the silence.. I would switch to that part sooner.

>>68885605
>autism

>>68885744
ah, i apologize. those are uncompressed audio files, i had my speakers lowered unreasonably to adjust

>>68885782
>knowledge on the tools im using instead of "throw le soundgoodizer on it"
>autism

not arguing that i'm not autistic, but come on.

>>68885784
all good. just be sure to fix it in the mix.

>>68885684
Thanks man. Any idea what it is you don't like? I am the first to admit my singing is poor, but I need to know what to work on.

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>>68885808
you did forget to cover ratios.

>>68885808
people opening anons audio files should be wary of headphone destruction :)

>>68885782
stfu, he's just trying to help, cunt.

>>68885819
i don't like to hurt anyone's feelings or anything so don't take anything i say personally, it is subjective. i think the actual music is fucking gold, 15 years of guitar sounds about right. the lyrics seem out of place and very forced.

>>68885834
i'm trying to explain to people the bare basics without confusing them, which is hard enough WITHOUT ratios, which should be pretty self explained.

>>68885856
u should just tell those fags to read the manual desu

>>68885808
>not using soundgoodizer
I bet you don't even buy your sample packs from certified places like me.

>>68885928
this is good advice too, but visual explanations can help. nowadays with the availability of DAWs, we can't expect
everyone to.

>>68885943
i sample all mine off of vinyl.

>>68885433
if you use fl open the limiter and you can see what is happening

>>68885948

>>68884222

Anyone wanna listen to this trap beat i'm working on https://clyp.it/aqqqlpuc
Not sure if it's done or not and still needs to be mixed

>>68886113
i hate trap but i'll critique.
>Not sure if it's done or not and still needs to be mixed

it's done when YOU think it's done. did you create both the piano melody and chords yourself? or are these all just loops? if you created most of it, then i give props. the pitch modulation on the sub bass is a bit too much, and the sub could be slightly quieter.

>>68886159
Yes it's all original and i was mostly wondering if it's long enough/ sounds like a trap beat Thanks for the feedback i'll try work on the bass

>>68886205
>Yes it's all original

oh in that case i can feel better complimenting on the mixing during the drums. good job with the chords on the piano. and if you think the modulation of the sub is good as it is, keep it that way. whatever you think works.

>>68886113
>no kick

>>68886242
if ur saying the track has no kick there definitely is a kick there and it's actually pretty loud in the mix

>>68886242
yeah his kick is fine. unless you want a muddy fucking mix with a big ass sub kick slamming into his sub bass.

>>68886284
The kick sounds like someone that is trying to yell when there are people sleeping in the next room.

>>68886315
>what is mixing

>>68886399
>what is the limit of the amount of frequencies that can occupy the same space even with sidechain.

>The kick sounds like someone that is trying to yell when there are people sleeping in the next room.

the fuck? do you have a bandpass on your listening device? his kick has plenty of high end and fits well in the mix that has lots of lowend. he mixed it perfectly well.

Akai Tom Cat or Korg Volca Beats?

>>68886532
volca any day, cheaper and just as good. but the use of a hardware drum machine is kinda situational.

>>68886532
theyre both shit imo but the akai is worse

i have never used an akai hardware synth that wasnt complete shit

akai is the worst company to buy from imo

>>68886532
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PItmtOKhH8E
Buy AKAI :^)

>>68886602
oy vey

>>68886113
>https://clyp.it/aqqqlpuc

Not much of a trap beat desu. The drums don't have enough punch and the piano sounds really out of place

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FL studio not responding

>>68886696
>when kids fall for the "google how to make edm meme"

"oh, fl studio, to the pirate bay i go! it's not like there are a dozen other things i can try before i settle on the meme daw."

>>68886696
what do you mean by that ?

if youre overloading with too much vst midi you should bounce youre shit to audio

>>68886717
https://clyp.it/0bi1byyx

It finally loaded

>>68886766
>https://clyp.it/0bi1byyx
?

>>68886766
i love this style.

>>68886715
Why is it a meme DAW?

>>68886793
the actual DAW is ok. it's been turned into a meme daw by the kids that are so narrow minded and google "what daw does avicii, martin garrix, etc. use". i just don't like the circlejerk that has been formed in favor of personal taste. its edgy as fuck to say on /prod/ because lots of kids use it, thanks to the circlejerk.

>>68886766
kek i liked this desu

>>68886817

Wait avicii and martin garix use FL? Why do all th Ableton babbys say it's a shit DAW then?

@68886853

not falling for that bait.

>ctrl+f jbenitex
>0 results
today is good

>>68886685
Maybe not trap as much as new hiphop

>>68886817
what daw do you use cubase is my favorite desu im running 8.5 pro

i also have ableton 9 suite but i dont use it as much as cubase

>>68886853
It's like the aol of daws

>>68886871
i've messed with FL, cubase, reaper, ableton. i stuck with ableton and glad i did. i really like cubase and think it's a great daw, just not what i want to use.

>>68886868
>https://clyp.it/aqqqlpuc

It sounds like something Justin Timberlake would sing to if you took the 808 away.

Not even hating. It's not a bad song, it just doesn't have a trap feel.

>>68886853
It started as a shitty program for sequencing basic hip hop beats and therefore was used only by 15 year olds looking to 'get found' for making basic trap or dubstep

it's evolved a TON since then though and unfortunately a lot of guys choose to hate it based on what it was way back when even though it's an entirely different program now

>>68886853
IMO FL didn't get the name because kids were searching how to be avicii, martin garrix, etc. It's because half of fl studio users are niggers obsessed with the "grind" of making shitty trap beats that no one will ever use/buy because they never bother to learn music theory.

also, FL is easier to pirate, and most people use windows, which I think ableton was once not on.

>>68886895
i like ableton but just not for mixing and finishing tracks so pretty much everything i do in ableton gets exported as wav into a cubase project

>>68886865
kek pleb :^)

>>68886929
>it's evolved a TON since then though and unfortunately a lot of guys choose to hate it based on what it was way back when even though it's an entirely different program now

lmao, no. i hate it for the fucking cirlejerk that evolved around it NOW. it was better when it was an early program, at least it was good for the time.

>>68886952
king of /prod/

>>68886953
>lmao, no. i hate it for the fucking cirlejerk that evolved around it NOW. it was better when it was an early program, at least it was good for the time.


Lol, what ever you say la familia.

Made this today?
This is my first time ever really making what you could consider a beat (just using digital shit, mind you). I'm kinda happy with it even though I'm never really happy with what I end up with when I make music. I mean, before I uploaded this I was still thinking about what I could do to like, spice it up or just make it better.

Keep in mind that this was all done in the poorest of poor man's DAWs: Audacity.

https://clyp.it/enkxcnsv

>>68886980
enjoy the blatant misinformation, you have the right to it.

>>68886953
>at least it was good for the time.
What is wrong with it now?

>>68886953
>Open up ableton live studio on my $4000 macbook pro
>Still doesn't have the mono feature

>>68887031
this is correct.
>>68887028
What is wrong with it now?

nothing, i never talked about the flaws of the DAW itself, just the circlejerk around it that promotes conformity of "dude fl lmao its the best and there are 0 alternatives"

>>68886923
it's all good i'm kind of more into rnb anyway so i probably just misclassified it

>>68887024

By all means, inform me

>inb4 ABLETON IS BETTER BECAUSE FL AND NIGGERS


There is no circlejerk, Ableton is still the most popular DAW

>>68887031
>Open up ableton live studio on my $8000 macbook pro 2.0
>try to scratch my neckbeard
>hit my starbucks cup with the elbow instead
>starbucks all over my Ableton Push 2.5
>"Damn, fucking FL studio kiddies I swear to god."

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https://clyp.it/mk4j2xi5

My first real track

Feedback is appreciated

>>68886113
I like it, but the piano sounds a little too stock sounding for my taste... I agree with >>68886685 in that it sounds like something Justin Timberlake would sing over (not really a bad thing though cause I actually really like Justin Timberlake). I think you can get more of that trap flavor with more glitchy hihats and something a little darker with the melody.

>>68880992
I like it. The whole thing reminds me of some guy I used to listen to in like 2012, sounded a lot like you.

>>68885381
This could be good with vocals

>>68887079
>There is no circlejerk, Ableton is still the most popular DAW

simple wrong. it's popular as fuck, i use it and love it. but FL is so much more popular, or at least it does have the vocal majority. and it's not "ableton is better xddd". i'm complaining that its a single minded circlejerk. i don't want everyone to switch to ableton, i wan't them to try out various daws and pick the ones they like. FL can be one of them, but I wouldn't mind seeing more Reaper, cubase, reason, etc. just less of the fucking same generic choice.

>>68887125
Sounds good

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>>68887125

>>68880090
I like this

>>68887139
>https://clyp.it/mk4j2xi5

Well mixed for a first track. Could use more movement though.

is Serato a buggy piece of shit or is it just me?

tfw there is no best daw

>>68887188
I meant to respond to
>>68887125

>>68887093
>Open up ableton live studio on my macbook live pro 2.0
>plug it into my $20,000 iMac Screen
>Open up my $5000 preset pack I ordered direct from Skrillex
>Make beats
>send the unmixed project off to my personal mastering engineer at landrdotcom
>concert tonight at 9pm
>hire a dj to pre mix my set
>wow so unique.jpg
>bring my ableton push 3.3299
>start up itunes and then play with the pretty lights on my PUSH for an hour
>go home
>shitpost on /prod/

https://clyp.it/j13wdlsx

>>68887125
alright thanks for the feedback and yea the piano definitely needs some more mixing

>>68887284
kek

>>68887001
I guess I should've mentioned that feedback was encouraged.

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"Mono? I don't know what that is."

>>68887462
If you want feedback you should give feedback...

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>>68886935

Ableton 1.0 was released simultaneously for OS X and Windows in 2001, but it took a while to be picked up by Windows users.

>>68887001
>Audacity
Why?

>>68887505
Because I'm working on a friend's computer, it was already on here, and they're running out of hard drive space as it is. So downloading anything better was pretty much out of the question.
>>68887493
Yeah, you're right. That was kind of a dickhead move on my part.

>>68887538
I love that snare.

>>68887496 (You)

>OS X

My bad, just checked - Mac OS 8.5 and Windows initially

>>68887001
sounds messy idgi desu, mix it

>>68887125
if this is really your first song, you did fine, much better than me way back when.

>>68885661
anon pls
hi this is me pls gib feedbek

>>68887350

https://clyp.it/b4nnun0e

Really working hard to mix this one, please let me know what I can improve.

>>68887922
PLS leave Lone

>>68887934

What f am?

>>68887965
LONE...pls...leave

>>68880992
>https://clyp.it/4x3xifdf
Can't say I'm a fan of the vocals to be honest (but as you said, they aren't done). But it sounds pretty neat. Your drums aren't that bad either. It's a pretty fun tune.

>>68884754
I like it, but my right ear doesn't.

>>68885381
My head was bobbin'.

>>68885661
>https://clyp.it/ppyqtedc
I like the riff. It would sound good with some drums behind it. But instead of trying to attack my ears, use a gnarly sounding fuzz and then make sure you're not blowing your interface's ass out. It'll sound just as good, but without the coinciding ear rape.

>>68885666
>>68885666
The vocals sound odd on the first one? Like, there should've been something done to them. I also suppose you don't really sound like you were putting your all into the takes. Belt that shit. And the stuff done to the vocals at the end were kinda weird too. The instrumental as a whole was pretty good though.

I'm listening to the second one right now, and it seems like the same stuff could be said about it. The instrumental is really good. But your vocals just need some work. Lyrically, both songs are pretty good as well.

>>68887609
What do you suggest I do, mixing wise?
I honestly can't really think of much. Although I get where you're coming from when you say it sounds messy. I was SORT of going for that. But not too much.

https://clyp.it/hxf25tr5

I think I'm close to completion so any feedback appreciated.

>>68887490
>the ableton mono memer is also the type of yokel who is threatened by bright colours and facial hair/glasses
IM A REEEL MAN, IM TUFF AND MANLY AND ALL MY DAWS HAVE MONOZ XDD

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>>68888458
You sound insecure :^)
Pic related: me, photo taken by my 23rd girlfriend.

>>68888508
>tribal tattoos
FAAAAAAAAG

I need /prod/ to tell me the truth. I'm poor as fuck. I may improve financially in the following months, but I'm still poor and depressed as fuck. I recently had to bust my ass just to get a cheap used casio ctk keyboard, and last year I bought a keyboard synth on eBay that turned out to be all fucked up, drum buttons are broken and some keys have to be pressed very hard in order to work. Also have a used small 25 keys MIDI keyboard that works fine, but I've never really used it. I have pirated ableton, FL Studio and have Reaper, I haven't really done anything.

My plans are:
learning basic piano
learning some music theory
learning some synthesis (I recently pirated Syntorial too)
buying a Blue Snowball Microphone, a midi cable, xlr cable, and recording, mixing, everything on one of my pirated DAWs.

Can I do this without any audio interface, no really good headphones and none of that expensive gear? Assuming I have the creativity, Can I make GOOD music while being poor? Please I want the truth, I need the truth, no memes

Ableton is, if learned to it's full extent, a more powerful DAW than FL.

However no one in these threads is going to learn either DAW to anywhere near their full extents so just use whatever the fuck you want like who cares, if your WIPs sounds good that's the only thing that matters

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>>68888622
You can do anything you set your mind to anon

>>68885605
Literally the worst explanation of compression ive ever seen holy shit

>>68888622
if you're getting a usb mic, then what is the xlr for?

>>68888643
pls no memes

>>68888641
>Ableton is, if learned to it's full extent, a more powerful DAW
Explain?
Protip: You can't.

>>68887031
lol mono you have to be fucking joking

>>68888672
racks and chains and maxforlive stuff, son

>>68888672
Better fundamental programming when dealing with envelopes, manages resources better if you're going plugin heavy, again it's minor things and I actually use FL which is the entire point of my post *LITERALLY* who cares

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>>68888668
It's like the end of catcher in the Rye.

The girl, she keeps on gripping for the item. And the protagonist, he says, he doesn't tell her to stop, or to reach harder. He lets her reach. All well knowing she could fall and hurt her self. But that's what life is, that grasp, that reach. There's no telling where it will go.

What I said earlier is true.

>>68888622
You can.
All you really "need" is DAW and some headphones or learn how to reference from other songs.
You could possibly fix the fucked keyboard buttons.
Check /comp/ threads for theory.

>>68888713
I have a pdf on music theory that my teacher wrote, he said I can share it with anyone. In truth, another professor at my school wrote it and it's not perfect. But I think it works. I can share it if anyone wants it.

>>68888729
just post it

>>68888729
There's lots of resources out there.

https://www.mediafire.com/?2abf8nk9mafzgvm

>>68888697
>>68888713
I know it's not in the spirit of 4chan to type stuff like this, and it might seem simple but just reading this meant a lot to me. Just knowing there's a chance. All I can say is thanks, thank you very much.

>>68888777
Thanks

>>68888777
Looks okay if you need basics.

>>68888824
Happy to help :) as someone who's doing the book one thing he left out is that in order to read the notes it's useful to know mnemonics in order to read the notes. Like, EGBDF or EVERY GOOD BOY DOES FINE for lines on trebble clef, FACE for spaces on treble clef.

Also Great Britain Doesn't Fight America on bass clef lines and All Cows Eat Grass on bass clef spaces. This way one would be able to have more reference points for the lines. Also, this would make one able to count by twos instead of one when looking at a staff.

There might be other stuff that's missing. I haven't read the book in honesty I just do the worksheets and ask for help personally. But there's so many people that can answer questions. However, sometimes the questions not asked can hurt. But, uhh Trebble clef is actually a very fancy G if you look at it long enough, and it wraps around the G note, and Bass clef's two dots are around F. That's enough to get started. There's another book for stuff to play but it's not public access. Any book works fine though. Really what playing piano does is gives a visual context to the notes on the page. Just playing the stuff that you're reading if you whoever you are is reading this. Then it'd do you just fine to learn to play the scales and attempt to memorize them, attempt to memorize note placement, attempt to memorize inversions, attempt to memorize the circle of fifths and understand it's functions etc. With this understand you'll be more adept at playing pieces. From there on out you can play pretty much anything of a certain skill level, so to speak.

>>68888849
I'll see if another book will be out soon if I don't forget, it just might be so.

>>68888984
And be able to include these techniques in your music.

I can obtain copies of the worksheets correct awnsers and distribute them as needed lol. just gotta let me know, I'm Deko<3 if you haven't figured that out. I'm sure someone might be able to find me. I'm not raelly that good at this though so please bare with me.

>>68889071
I will try to answer any questions, but I've seen guys in the classical threads that could probably be of assistance as well.

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>>68884222
>>68885666
>>68886777
>>68888777

yo dis thread 2 spooky
im out chea

>>68888984
Thanks! I had already learned the very basic stuff but I needed to refresh because I haven't read anything about it since last year. Do you think it's best to completely focus on theory first until I get to understand de circle of fifths or should I study theory as I study synthesis, production, mixing etc at the same time?

>>68889089
I'm spooky hehehe

Goodnight

>>68889093
I mean honestly I'm no expert but if you want to learn how to play an instrument and learn old-school composition techniques then theory would probably be for you. If you want to make a clean recording then you might rather study mixing etc I'm not sure, so on and so forth. Having the freedom to do what you want is nice, I have to do theory to just keep up with school. It's hard for me and it moves fast. I hope eventually I can feel less constrained.

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>>68889093
Do both at the same time.

>>68880090
Any logic users know a way to automatically delete sections of an audio track with no sound?

is sylenth good? give me good VSTs otherwise prod. have $300 budget.

>>68890319
Sampler, trim.

>>68888622

Get drugs NIGGKXAHHH

I don't get this post desu senpai baka, like, you have pardoopled the doozle skibbiedoobiedigga? How du you think you're going to "learn basic piano" or "synthesis"? Are youh a wizzurd? Those are impossible things you're trying to accomplish! Stahp the feds are comin fo you spark the shootie ASAP 8-)

>>68890313
do you ever actually post music?

>>68891604
I don't know, do I?

>>68891644
i dont know, there's never any clyps where the post says "I MAED THIS IN A DAW WITH MONO UMAD??? XDD" so i guess not

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>>68891664

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>>68891664

>>68891664
Post your reddit account fucker, then we can talk.

>>68880090
I don't have an interface atm so I'm recording my synth with a microphone but I can't fucking get it the melody to loop perfectly god fucking dammit fucking shit

>>68892146
what daw?

>>68892184
Ableton

I mean I suppose I could just play the entire song rather than looping a few bars but then I run the risk of fucking up

>>68892217
m8, abletoshit is a pretty good DAW, but if you want to make a track that has subfrequencies 50hz-30hz, ur gonna have to download a DAW that has mono.

>>68892217
if you're in ableton you can just warp it so it loops right. just dont use repitch mode for warping

>>68888686
>maxforlive
max is fucking trash

>>68892786
Don't tell them, they need it for the better plugins that Ableton "has".

>>68892786
why?

Hi /prod/ long time no see
Some feedback on my maymay synths ?
https://clyp.it/ik2sl2ly

>>68885661
I agree with every other people really

>>68887922
I would put the light snares/ light claps slightly louder It sound alright mixed to me

>>68885666
I have terribly english oral comprehension so for the lyrics you'll have to see someone else

Is that bass BooBass through an amp in the first track ?

Everything is alright you're just not a professional singer

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>>68880090
>4x4 kicks
>snares every second kick
>hi hats between
>wet fart level synths that you fade in slowly, just 4 seconds of music you copypaste into endless loop
>some ambient garbage in the background

should i try doing "deep" techno? shit cant be that hard

>>68888888

Hey guys, how'd I go?

https://clyp.it/s3idzjky

Anyone know of any good 8-bit/glitch VSTs to emulate these sounds?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ShwvRYAbcw

>>68880090
Thoughts? https://clyp.it/at5ljyhs

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>>68892786
>he can't program

im sampling something on ableton and i turned transpose up to change pitch and now it sounds choppy and some parts cut off

what do

>>68893446
what do you mean by cut off?

>>68880509
>base

>>68888003
>I like it, but my right ear doesn't.
I'm saving up for a computer that can record music so I'll have a fully re-recorded version that's complete eventually.

Right now I have 6 boxes full of cassette tapes that I've filled on my 424 and am going to go through all of them and re-do the good ones on computer.

What's a good, affordable audio interface to plug my studio monitors into?

>>68888622
>Assuming I have the creativity, Can I make GOOD music while being poor?
Yeah.

Make the best of what you have available and learn all of your gear inside and out.

You don't want to go out and buy a shit ton of studio gear to "buy" your sound when you won't know what you're doing in the first place.

You might need an audio interface, but those can be had for cheap. If not you can look into cassette or digital multitrackers which are harder to use/less fluid than PC but you can do a lot with them.

I know tame impala gets a lot of shit here, but one of their albums was recorded on a boss 16 track and not in some fancy studio.

>>68894419
>I know tame impala gets a lot of shit here, but one of their albums was recorded on a boss 16 track and not in some fancy studio.

Innerspeaker? Honestly I thought it was something uniquely likable about that album, if this is true that's pretty cool.

>>68894371
i use steinberg ur22 but alot of people like the focusrite 2i2

Any of you guys composed freehand semitone compressor oscillating? Tone key sidechain minor scale, rhythm pattern threshold low frequencies. multiband mono equalizer with tambourine emulation hardware low latency speakers.

>>68894631
this sounds like a tweet from a twitter bot trying to target producers

https://clyp.it/pnpch0ty
Am I doing this right?

what's the most versatile volca

I only have the money for one right now

>>68894811
god damn this is comfy how do I get my kick to sound like that

>>68894958
Compressing, EQ-ing, and Filtering

>>68894980
I'm always confused when people say "filtering"

what does that mean exactly

>>68895006
have you ever made coffee before? it's kinda like a coffee filter but with sound.

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>>68895006
what daw do you use?
it should have a filtering vst of somekind in there, I use FL, so I use Love Philter.

>>68895016
lol I understand the concept but how do I do the thing

>>68895108
ooooo that's why it sounded good. I used to use FL and then I switched to Ableton, and now getting my drums sounding right is much harder for some reason. In FL it was a breeze to get the perfect kick

>>68895108
>all that clutter just for envelopes

This is why ableton is superior

>>68895137
eh I am fine with it. I usually organize them into their own tracks but I just haven't gotten around to it.
>>68895132
I plan on moving over someday

>>68895108
Senpai you should change the size of those tracks on your playlist. It'll help you squeeze more

>>68895110
not if you think it's comparable to filtering coffee lol
>>68895132
ableton also has a filter though. daw choice has nothing to do with getting a specific sound, it's all in how you p[ocess it

>>68895183
>ableton has a filter
u wot

>>68895224
ableton has a filter

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>>68895173
I'm not crazy about the look of squeezed tracks, just fucks with me. But for you onii.

>>68895269
does fl put every automation line in the arrangement view by default or something? that's so unnecessary

>>68895291
Yea, it places it in the playlist. I find it kinda helpful for fast changes for mastering.

>>68895269

Ahh gotcha. I just use it to squeeze my pads, Shakers, and envelopes

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/Ableton/ question here. How do I randomize the starting/ending point and the velocity of each midi note of a chord that I constructed using the "chord" device?

I.E: I press "C" on my midi controller and my chord device is set to +4 +7, so I'm actually playing a C major chord, but I'd like that the notes C-E-G have a different lenght/velocity in relation to eachother.

>>68895774
i dont think you can do that with the chord device

Anybody using Studio One 3 in here? How do you like it?

>>68894811
Can someone tell me how to get the wavy synth sound when it's weaving between the kicks?
I don't really plan on using it I just want to know how it's made.

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I need ukulele sounds. What's the best sample library available for this?

>>68896969
Dunno if you are talking about the saw/square synth or the 303 saw synth I am using for bass, either way, use a gate or a sidechain.

>>68895774
You're better off just making chords in your piano roll and then automating the velocity.

https://clyp.it/05aemou4
Am I prog house yet?

>>68893364
Famitracker

>>68881357
Can I have the 303?

>>68893561
late response but basically it sounds glitchy

>>68898117
pm'd u the 303 ;^)

>>68893364
I use a list of chip vsts that could, with varying amounts of work do that:
ymVST
Famisynth
magical8bit
pooBoy2

Can some one please hook me up with some good jazz-hip-hop drum samples?

got reaktor 6.01 from rutracker, have the keygen and all that jazz, but i cant find the reaktor 6 in the service center program, what do i do now lads?

>>68895291
You could squeeze everything to half of that if you really wanted.

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>>68898653
just buy it goy

>>68898682
WEW LAD REALLY HELPFUL

>>68898653
Go ask on rutracker. This isn't a crack help forum

>>68883554
i'm interested, give me a setup as an example

>>68888656
do it better then, faggot.

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>>68898048
just start shitting on marshmello on twitter and you'll be just a few UMF's short of bein fuckin deadmau5

>>68899876
although marshmello is objectively garbage

>>68898713

HAHAH he said CRACK! :-----DDDD

How do I get to the point where if I imagine a sound in my head I can create it

Is audacity all you need?

>>68899968
get an actual daw and learn synthesis

if dubs check my soundcloud

>>68900075

I have shitwig and audacity

I feel like bitwig doesn't have a good synthesizer

>>68900075
not that guy but are there any solid tutorials anyone can rec for this
i'd love to make the kind of complex dirty sounds from year zero by nin, but no idea where to start

>>68899968
Audacity is just for recording. So, if you can make all the sounds outside of the computer, you'll be good to go

>>68900125

you can generate many different tones and it has a ton of effects

>>68900177
>tones
If you're making noise, then I guess it would work for that.

>>68900177
I use audacity for things like normalizing the master track and converting the final wav file to mp3.
Audacity is a really great piece of freeware. But that's about all I use it for nowadays.

Yo anyone Sony acid pro 7 here? Is there a way to reduce the clicking noise (lags) by setting a specific ratio of buffers or is it best if you just make both of those sliders to the right? I remember figuring out an optimal value but I restored it to factory settings by accident

I've got a project pending but there is some lagging noise during playing and rendering and I don't want to reduce the whole thing too much because it fucking hurts (not really but you know) and I have to wait at least one more month in order to buy a new cpu

>>68900310
Exactly. Audacity is good for manipulating audio, but it isn't really useful for creating songs from scratch inside itself.

>>68900326
Try lowering the sample rate?

>>68900110
there are some nice freeware synths like uhe tyrell for va synth and dexed for fm synth

>>68900119
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atvtBE6t48M this video series is good if you are new to synthesis

>>68900341

but I don't see what it doesn't have compared to the synthesizer in bitwig, for example

>>68900359

Isn't 44 khz too low? Doesn't it sound shitty? I don't remember anymore, the last time I've got 44 khz as sample rate I had a single core processor

>>68900407
It doesn't sound that bad.
You probably just have too much stuff going on, too many effects, pc is starting to shit out.

How do I make leads like this
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tBkXIjMZo0w
without using? Detuning makes a change over time (because phasing, I guess) that I don't want.

Anyone know what brand/model this keyboard is that is being played at 4:05?

https://youtube.com/watch?v=IM6HTfwEhQg

>>68900718
looks like an m-audio axiom. i have the 49 key version.

>>68900541
>It doesn't sound that bad.

>that bad

:---DDD I think I'm going to check it on my... 10 bucks headphones! yesssss Fuck I actually noticed that monitor speakers (at least mine) aren't that good to detect quality in such fine nuances but I'll try it

Yes there is "too much going on" but you can kind of optimize it in the options of Sony acid Pro 7, like , adjusting the buffering and such

I see if those lagging noises FUCK I FORGOT THAT BEFORE I DELETED THE LAST TWO COMPONENTS I RESTARTED MY COMPUTER AND AFTER THAT I DIDN'T DEACTIVATE THE SPEEDSTEP-OPTION AND DIDN'T OVERCLOCK IT AS I DO USUALLY BEFORE CHECKING IF PLAYBACK WORKS FINE WITHOUT LAGGING!!! okay I'll look tomorrow

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>>68881476
Shame. The Micron sounds really good.

You could get an editor program.

http://www.hypersynth.com/ion-editor.html

Ableton or FL Studio for making beats?

>>68901847
figure it out yourself. its not just ableton or fl studio, every daw has a free trial or demo. personal preference should dictate it.

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I've heard that ableton is standard for producers but I create the quickest with mascons and really like the ease of it. Can I continue using maschine or do I absolutely have to switch to ableton?

>>68901903
is everyone on /prod/ fucking retarded?

>>68901903
You heard wrong. Nobody gives a shit about what you use.

>>68901951
it seems that way sometimes

>>68901967
> sometimes

i was up last night arguing with absolute retards. there are too many to be a sometimes thing.

>>68902128
>>68902128
>>68902128

>>68900396
you can play/arrange a synthesizer, you cant do either with a tone generator