/prod/ - Music Production

I just got some new drum mics and an audio interface yesterday, haven't had much time with them but I recorded this test thing. Sorry for the lame guitar playing ha.

https://clyp.it/ohg35nlo

if anyone cares

SM57 on snare, AKG D112 on kick, 2 Samson C02s as overheads into a Steinberg UR44

Sounds decent for $300...

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https://clyp.it/j0o3bsnu

avoiding my problems (finals week) by producing. What do you guys think?

https://clyp.it/kwrsh2iy

Kinda just broke out of a producer's block

https://clyp.it/qlwl2pvh

Kinda going for a more industrial sound, but not all the way to Reznor-style, just kinda emotional.
idk.
Should I just trash it?

>>69652733
>Steinberg UR44
how is the basic fx suite that comes with this

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Does anyone else procrastinate studying or doing something to make music, only to later on find out its shit?

Anyway, hows this?
https://clyp.it/eowcwam2

>>69652983
shit was dope until like 0:50. its like you need to split that up into two different songs. IMO the tones were clashing.
Also, were you using deadmau5 xfer samples, I could have sworn I've heard them before!

>>69653570
>deadmau5 xfer samples
definitely not I sample Youtube and CDs

https://clyp.it/k3py51gt

Fresh meme

is there a midi controller that's just standalone pitch/mod wheels that aren't attached to a keyboard? i could've sworn i saw one at some point in the past

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I need your help. I am looking to torrent/purchase music editing/recording software, I have a PC laptop and have only ever used audacity to record my music. What is a good entry level program?

>>69654935
ableton and fl are the most popular, bitwig is kind of like ableton, there's also logic if you have a mac. then there's obscure stuff for weirdos like reason and renoise

>>69654935
Garage band

>>69654935
try out different software and choose which one suits you the best

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>>69654935
>relevant

>>69655086
cubase should be a jew instead

>>69655086
>no pro tools

>>69655142
woah dood, you're so irreverent! look at the way in which you are contradicting social norms with regards to race! it is causing me to not be able to even at this time!

>>69655175
dumb fag i am a jew and everyone i know in israel uses cubase

>>69655195
was telling those lies easier than admitting that you're a hack?

>>69655211
stay mad goy

>>69655086
>no reaper

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>>69652983
this is real fucking nice
kind of reminds me of boards of canada

https://clyp.it/eg1fahtt
just fuck my shit up

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>>69655086
From my experience (I've met a lot of producers and worked in the industry for 10+ years)
Swap ableton users with cubase.

Add protools and have a picture of a professional recording studio with successful producers

Exchange the Logic Pro user for someone who works full time scoring films professionally, has a BA in composition, massive jazz trumpet chops, a grand piano in his living room and a really nice house with sound-proofed windows so he can record his jazz trumpet and use it on film scores. Oh and give him a bunch of terabyte HDDs under the desk.
This is based on an actual guy I know.

Exchange the 100% hardware guy for pic related

Hey guys, I'm running a cracked version of Live 8 suite (got it back when I didn't know if I was gonna keep doing this). Also have Live 9 trial. I have no latency on Live 8 but I do on Live 9. Any ideas?

>>69653279
Chop up that break beat, you can't just leave it as it is.

Like this

https://clyp.it/kpos54jo

>>69654935
FL studio from what I heard

How do I get a voice effect similar to the vocals from Kid A (the song)?

Reaper or Fl Studio
Just looking for something with ease of use but more complexity than Audacity.

>That feel when you finally find the right configuration of hardware and software all set up and ready to create

Took me so fucking long to figure out the best setup, what about you guys?

First time posting here,
I'm working on this sudden burst of inspiration
https://clyp.it/2m0immix

However I can't seem to get a good hook or drop. Any ideas?

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>>69655086
>tfw no one uses sonar
I fell hard for steam deals memes

>>69656727
Use an alternate and simplified chord progression and build the hook hook off of it.
Depending on genre simplify or make the drum patterns complex

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>tfw piano lessons for 11 years at a podunk country music store
>want to make good music

Is this impossible, bros?

>>69656696
Ableton is great but I'm pretty satisfied and comfortable with do studio 11. 12 is better though.
Can't say much about reaper but I've heard good things.

>>69657001
What genre are you looking to make. Avicii made millions off of rehashing folk as big room.

>>69657040
I'd like to make some minimalist IDM or breakcore type stuff, maybe try to make some complex pieces if I can. I'd love to make a living out of it one day, but if it means selling out then I'll settle for making less. I just fear I've been insufficiently trained to be able to compose/produce music on the appropriate level.

>>69657060
>11 years of training
>insufficient training

Mate I have never had piano training to begin with and I'm slowly getting better every day.

No worries

>>69657013
Fl*>>69657060
You can learn how to produce pretty fast for cheap nowadays. By now you shouldn't be sweating switching up scales to get the sound you want.

>>69657073
This too. Never had any musical training before.jumping into producing. You can learn along the way, fl studio tutoriala basically taught me.

>>69657073
Well yeah, but the music theory that we covered wasn't exactly in depth. I can get by, I guess. If someone put sheet music in front of me I could probably play it with a few days' practice, but you know. I'm just unsure.

>>69657090
I also haven't had any music theory exept for the basics, Just jump in and experiment around in your chosen DAW. check some tutorials and maybe read some musical theory.

There is never no time to learn.

>>69657090
Start with remixes

>>69652733
Sounds like some gay faggot trying to sound like Pink Floyd, then a pointless drum solo at the end. Nice job man I like it.

>>69657090

Ignore >>69657111

Just start with a DAW, instrumental ability isn't needed to work in a DAW anyway. I just type in notes, for example. But a simple MIDI keyboard would serve compositional purposes, and if you want to do IDM, there's a lot more to do than just composition.

You guys are all fuckin nerds tweaking knobs rather than real musicians. That's why no one will ever listen to your music, it is interesting from a technical production sense, but it has no relevance to anyone else.

I'm not saying you can't be a real musician making 100% digital music, just that you guys aren't. You are like the dude who spends 12 hours a day practicing guitar and after all that can only play ridiculous runs of robotic sounding arpeggios, not anyone could do it but no one gives a shit because it is masturbation not music.

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>>69657270

>>69652544

ELEKTRON ANON ADDICT

does anyone know why the io patch for ableton wouldn't work? The dialogue box for authorization opens.
The person having this issue (definitely not me) is using windows.

I found a lot of interesting PDFs which I downloaded on Bookos Z1 concerning electronic music and synthesis. If this thread isn't archived I share it with you when I escape from my job duties

>>69657270
This. He's talking about those cunts who can't even produce a full song. Nobody wants to listen to 8 bar loops so stop posting them on /prod/.

>>69656130
Like the bassline and the atmosphere! Maybe try to vary the drums a bit more other than the fills

>160 bass music bizness
https://clyp.it/cbqrxh0o

>>69655942
Reaper is homeless guy

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>>69655086
I feel like something like this should be the Ableton image, 90% of the Live users I know are laptop DJ's

>>69659104
More like Richard stallman in a fedora

>>69659067
brehs what do you think, should the third part (from 2.49 onward) be longer or do you get sick of it really quickly? I kinda dig it but it's hard to be objective

>>69656696
FL or Ableton

Could anyone recommend an good analog synth? I've looked at a couple I'm just torn what to get really? It'd has to be within the 100 to 200$ range of possible

>>69659536
I don't know any gear that is analog at that price besides the korg volcas

>>69657334
>does anyone know why the io patch for ableton wouldn't work?
probably because you did it wrong

>>69659121
>merzbow is a "laptop dj"
wat

>>69659536
There's not many analog synth options under $1000.

Korg Volcas (~$150)
Arturia Microbrute ($270)
Korg Monologue ($300)
Korg MS-20 Mini ($450)
Korg Minilogue ($500)
ARP Odyssey ($550)
Moog Sub Phatty ($789)
DSI Prophet 08 ($1000-$1300)

Your only option under $200 would be one of the Volcas. I would recommend coughing up some more money and either getting the new Monologue or a Microbrute (they are mono only, though). The only affordable analog poly synth under $1000 is the Minilogue, which is $500.

>>69655086
1/10

>>69660106
It came out wrong. I don't mean merzbow is a laptop DJ but he looks like one

>>69660154

Hmm, Alright. I was actually considering the Microbrute but I also found the korg taktile 25 which doesn't look too bad. I think the only problem for me with the microbrute is that it seems a little bit extravagant for me. Knowing me though I'll probably sperg out to get the microbrute

>>69653570
kek i think that doing a change like that to something totally different sounding halfway through is actually quite good. just try to go back to the beginning sound after that to give it a sense of conclusion.

>>69660555
MicroBrute or 2 volcas seems like your only sensible option in that price range.

>>69657145
yeah theory isnt really needed. you can learn bits of theory as you go, thats probably the best way to do it. if you try learning theory before you start writing songs you dont know how to actually apply the theory, or your music is too much into the theory. if you learn the theory as you make songs you can apply it and use it to better your music.

>>69657270
kek if you have fun doing it who cares? maybe people arent trying to be musicians and are just trying to have a good time.

>>69657270
if you are a real musician then why are you wasting your time amongst us commoners who arent musicians and are just fucking around

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>>69655086
Here's the picture for Reaper

>>69659536
i recommend housing, drugs, and learning how to make digital stuff sound like analogue

>>69659536
>>69660953
because digital is the future and you can make anything you could with analogue in digital if youre good enough with the toolset

>>69660934
Why are you replying to a 6 hour old comment?

>>69655086
>no max/msp

>>69652733
Sounds dull and lifeless.

If you want a good drum sound, get better mics.

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Guys please help me.

I made this https://clyp.it/v2wxluf3

Do you guys experience bass saturation in the intro? I only encountered this problem in my car but it worries me.

Also, can someone tell me what fucking genre of music it is? I would have say Drum & Bass but I'm not sure, I have no clue.

>>69660942
oh god lol i forgot about this guy

>>69661111
if you mean the distortion components in the bass then yes, these are obvious but nice sounding IMO
yeah, it's pretty drum&bass-y, I get a tad of neurofunk vibes sometimes

>>69660942
kek

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>Komplete 9 torrent is over 250gb
Good god, I'm actually going to have to clear out some space for this shit.

>>69662158
komplete 11 ultimate is 370gb or some shit like that
I put it on it's own external drive because fuck that shit

>>69662158
it says its over 300 but some of the libraries are compressed and installed will take 250 only

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Have a break coming up, love me some vaporwave. Am familiar with LMMS and audacity, how do you go about making some vaporwave

Samples, filters, any tips would be gr8

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Can we talk about gear for a little bit? I got a Maschine Mk 2 I'm trying to program with shortcuts (save, copy paste, undo) in FL to no avail. The documentation for the Controller Editor is pretty shit, so I've resorted to Frankensteining templates I've found online. If anyone actually knows what they're doing, some help would be appreciated.

Aside from that, I'd like to see what kinda gear people here are using.

>>69655086
where would LMMS fit in there? Cause I use LMMS

>>69662531
It would be an unwashed freetard with a Stallman tier neckbeard

>>69656724
After going through the trouble of buying hardware over the past three years I just use software as its the most streamlined way to do things. Ableton, Serum, and drum racks are mostly what I use.

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>>69662649
Fuck off cunt. If you pirate paid audio production software then your no better. LMMS was first software I used for audio production and I like it asswipe. Also don't act like a smug asshole if you paid for and use expensive audio software but produce garbage.

>>69656724
As long as I can get things sounding modern, or things helping the old sounds to sound modern, it enters my setup.

Each thing I do I still learn and try new stuff, my real setup might come in few years.

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>>69656724
>don't want a small controller keyboard with shitty keys
>don't want to sacrifice tons of desk space
it took me way to long to come up with this

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free xpand2 until january 4 requires software ilok

http://djworx.com/ccount/click.php?id=12

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https://soundcloud.com/daremr/sets/sultana-full-beat-tape

Rate a brother over here, may be a cheap production but still wanna know if it is good production.

>>69663384
Do not post soundcloud here. Fuck off.

https://instaud.io/AqB
The last one I made in order to break my musical doing-nothing spree.

>>69661111
I can only hear the clipping from the perc. Aside from that, nice sounding drums, maybe a little more space and you are done.

>>69660907
Yeah that's all good, a lot of people are very pretentious about it though I guess that's my issue.
Like just before I posted I came from listening to some faggot 14 year old currynigger who was making awful generic EDM, but there were a few things about it that were pretty sick like a couple big supersaws and cool melodies that caught my interest a bit, basically there was more good in this retarded 14 year old's music than anything I hear from all these pretentious 20something white college dudes who are autismally obsessed with 'sound design' (aka taking good sounds which constitute music and making them sound shit).
But everyone was ripping the shit out of this dude, like 'OMG this sounds awful you really suck bro' type of thing. They are grown men who wouldn't know a good melody if it jumped straight out of their DAW and slapped them in the face, yet they are hating on a literal child for trying to make something that people actually like.

>>69660934
I like learning new stuff about production, some people here are pretty knowledgeable. Also the feedback here is usually decent if I post my own stuff, and I have helped a few other people in the past, its pretty chill in these threads I just thought I would ruin the vibe because I am a bad person.

>>69661111
Sounds fine on my monitors.

I think its like neurofunk like the other dude said, its pretty cool although I got a little bored but I think people who like this music like that kind of structure so you're probably good, the mix is nice other than losing the kick in places.

I think the kick sample isn't so great for certain parts where it gets more full on like at the end, maybe just needs more highs so it cuts through a little better, or maybe sidechain it i dunno, try a few things coz it loses the power of the beat when the kick fades into the background.

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Okay /prod/ gimme some gud VSTs to pirate

>>69664007
Have you heard of Serum? What about fabfilter pro Q?

What you looking for gay you need to be more specific.

>>69662947
Can I get a link? Had ubuntu studio and hated lmms. Just curious.

>>69664007
dexed, sq8l

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>>69664007
Z3TA+2
Sylenth1
Serum
Xfer

Idk, i like free vsts

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>>69661182
>>69663804
>>69663495

Thanks for the listening guys. I'm realising just now how it's long and how I could lose the people attention, but in the same time I love so much trying to picture a little story. Gaining popularity would be cool, but I would have trouble doing radio edits. I'll see how future tracks shape up.

As for the space in the mix yeah it lacks some, unfortunately the main drum loop is a rich wav sample. I did not learned yet how to treat beat samples, but for sure treating it would have helped me a lot with the mix. I never spent so much time on a single track, I will definitely do better decisions on the next ones.

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>>69659536
Old soviet synths?

>>69664007
you need to pay :^)

>>69664140
This
Sylenth
Massive
Kontakt (exhale and anything by output)
Nexus

>>69653059
>https://clyp.it/qlwl2pvh

Pump those pads when they come in

>>69664225
Good luck my bro you are doing well

anybody feel my fuzz techno

https://clyp.it/h5ounimg

Just finished my final project for a college Pro Tools class. Give me a grade /prod/

https://clyp.it/5k1mo0ou

>>69664427
Started nice, but later that distortion is unbearable.

There are my documents about Electronic Music / Synthesis / Acoustics ...

[Douglas_R._Jones]_Sound_of_Worship_A_Handbook_of

[Eduardo_Miranda]_Computer_Sound_Design_Synthesis

[Martin_Russ]_Sound_Synthesis_and_Sampling,_Second

[Tony_Gibbs]_The_Fundamentals_of_Sonic_Arts_and_Sound

Maurizio Giri : Electronic Music and Sound Design Volume 1 & 2

http://www.mediafire.com/file/dc6zc93czzniezq/Electronic_music.rar

If password needed: /mu

Enjoy!

>>69664506
>Started nice, but later that distortion is unbearable.

needs a mix huh

>>69664495
It has good dynamics in some parts, but for me the drums are overcompressed. Maybe lower the rate a little? And there is some body lacking to melody lines.

>>69664495
white people/10

>>69664495
>https://clyp.it/5k1mo0ou
Where can i hear more?

>>69664250
Explain these to me

>>69664427
Low pass the distorsion before real mixing. I would suggest making the most lower note of that one instrument a more sinusoidal sub.

There's definitely some huge vibes lying under a pile of mud. I can only hope the high progressively opens in the full space of speakers, boucing gently left and right, rotating in front and in back of my head. While the distorsion still is there in mediums, in her own instrument type of movement.

>>69664520
based those max books are what i need

>>69664495
7/10 without knowing context.

8.3/10 otherwise. But yeah the composition is good.

>>69664556
>drums are overcompressed
only place I used compression was the master

>body lacking to melody lines
yeh probably

>>69664620
>Where can i hear more?
I don't shill here. If you really want, post your SC and I'll message you

>>69664520
Thanks m8, looks really solid. For me I can share the Mixing Audio by Roey Izhaki - the basic mixing book
http://www.mediafire.com/file/bqggmqp2b1jmz8g/Mixing_Audio_-_Concepts%2C_Practices_and_Tools_-_Roey_Izhaki_.rar
No password

>>69664799
It does not work like that

>>69664705
>Low pass the distorsion before real mixing. I would suggest making the most lower note of that one instrument a more sinusoidal sub.

Yeah, for sure.

>There's definitely some huge vibes lying under a pile of mud. I can only hope the high progressively opens in the full space of speakers, boucing gently left and right, rotating in front and in back of my head. While the distorsion still is there in mediums, in her own instrument type of movement.

Thanks. I think you get it.

>>69664836
Thanks anon, will download it!

>>69664007
omnisphere2
Air3 complete
Kontakt

all of them super big HDD munchers

also pirate Gladiator

>>69664704
They're synths. They were made by Commies. You can make pew pew sounds with them.

>>69664325
Can you give a time for me?
I have pads in most parts of the song.
Anything else?
I know mixin/mastering isn't too great right now, but that is usually the last part of my production process

>>69665200
I forgot to add that on their website there is a collections of .wav files for each section. Helps a lot.

What's a good entry level audio interface?

>>69665747
used rme babyface

>>69665747
I use Steinberg UR22 and it's nice, except the clipping on hi-z. Focusrite 2i2 is nice too. Depends on what you look for

>>69665747
anything you see for around $100-$150

>>69665915
how long have you had your ur22 mine doesnt have the clipping on hi z issue

Is "musical key emotions" a thing?
If I write a death metal song in C Major, would it sound gay?

>>69667885
of course major and minor keys have their obvious effect but in a (well) tempered system key coloration is close to none, which is the point of the temperament

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https://clyp.it/czw2vkha

Just a mellow atmospheric piece I made, let me know what you think. Still getting used to ableton. Is there a way to arrange a completely piece without recording and hitting start and stop on teh different samples / tracks?

>>69666342
2 years? It only has that issue when you use electric guitar without any DI box or effect. It's a problem with gain function, minimum is set too high on high-z. it should be -6db, and it's 0db. Maybe they fixed it with new drivers I honestly didn't check for a long time.

>>69662158
link?

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need advice on this piece I'm making

https://clyp.it/hyggyfwc

It's electronic kinda experimental, kinda dance, kinda "jamie xx".
I'm listening this on repeat so I don't know anymore if is good or if there is something huge to change!

>>69668604
>https://clyp.it/hyggyfwc
it sounds really cheesy and that lead is way too detuned

>>69668658
yeah maybe is too cheesy, I'm gonna change something and adjust it tahnks!

>>69668587
rutracker

https://clyp.it/hvcv0ysz
playd with nelly furtado turn off the light acapella
i think i might be onto someting, or on something

>>69668811
Thanks senpai

>>69665394
Please tell me where you can get a Polivoks for $100-200.

>>69669139

1990