/prod/ - Music Production general

>>69868210
Discord link is dead nigga. Replace it with a new one.

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>>69868210
>tfw you can't use any sweet 32 bit plugins because of ableton

https://clyp.it/uuqqyqyo

What you guys think?

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Merry Christmas bitches
https://clyp.it/tegdzkkr

>>69869314
damn i love this

>>69869314
great work

>>69868902
i cracked 32 lives and logic works great

>>69868210
synth1 doesnt work anymore on logic :(
also i dont use half of these anymore since i moved to mac
noisemaker is GOAT tho

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How can I pirate Max for Live?

I have a pirated Ableton Live Suite installed, but it didn't come with Max for Live. Is it a separate download?

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>>69869379
>>69869412
thanks ba

>>69869154
>https://clyp.it/uuqqyqyo
Lovely

>>69869314
>https://clyp.it/tegdzkkr
wow this is great can I have your soundcloud link? : )

https://clyp.it/rkbyn5mt

Heres one I made the other night still working on it.

>>69871968
yeh
https://soundcloud.com/official_contingent

I was the one givin you feedback on that WIP 3 last thread

Has anyone here use tapes or reel to reels in their production? I picked up taec reel to reel at a thrift store for $4. It powers on and everything and I can fast forward and rewind the tape. Havent plugged anything in or out of it yet. Not sure where to get started with It I just want to use it for tape effects like tape delay or saturation.

>>69871392
There is a way to do it and its totally worth it. I think you just click in the live part of the library in ableton and install it. You get some of the best reverbs I have ever heard

I'm interested in production. Where do I start?

>>69872310
What do you want to make?

what are some must have logic x plugins?

What are some good snare samples for 90s breakbeat?

I love the kick and claps from the 909 but the snares are weak and don't do it for me

nomad busdriver had been one of my favorites lately. lets you get just the right amount of 2-bus compression, and beef up the harmonics in the midrange

>>69872332
I'm looking for a more synth oriented stuff that feels like it's straight from 11980's porno

>>69872332
I'm not really sure. I just want a get feel for everything and have a strong foundation so that I can go in any direction later on.

I downloaded flstudio and fucked around a bit, watched a few youtube vids but I can't really get into it.

>>69868210
Was gunna buy Synplant with some of my Christmas money. I feel they have been sitting on Synplant 2 for ages though...

>>69873830
Should be able to make anything with any DAW really.

>>69868902

Dude just use Jbridger, I've got a ton of 32 bit plugins in my ableton.

>>69873491
Just sample snares from actual breakbeats

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>>69872123
I often pull my main bus through the a810 with some fresh emtec tape (these are great BASF spec'd tapes and still kinda affordable here) if I don't need crazy SNR. sometimes it's just neat to really push it hard and then blend it with the original file, which is great because that machine is steady as fuck with no wow/flutter at all

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Right so is there just no way at all to load kontakt instruments in ableton? Currently trying to get the Soundiron Soprano pack going but it just crashes everytime
any good female vocal plugins?

>>69868210
chiptune sucks

discord link: https://discord.gg/RDEjg

Anybody here produces something with classical instruments?

>>69868210
Should I get FL Studio 12, Ableton Live 9 or Both?

>>69876694
I want to make shitposts, Dubstep (new and old), House and DnB.

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>>69876705
<--- Old Dubstep

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>>69876626
sure

latest thing I did
https://clyp.it/rgk0ptg4

What do you guys think

>>69868402
https://discord.gg/sCbXZHF

>>69868902
use jBridge

>>69869154
I like the feel you're going through but drums aren't cutting through the main mix at all. EQ the muddy freqs (usually mid ones for example at 500Hz) out of the voices and sidechain them to the drums, then bring those up.

>>69869379
this is great man

>>69872310
start by going to Equipboard. check out what your favorite pro's are using, then get that. once you get those, go through the manuals of EVERY little plugin there is and try to understand EVERY concept the manual is talking about, even if it has to happen 3 times in a sentence. that's your starting point.

>>69872876
if you're talking about external plugs just go to Equipboard and see what your favorite producers are using.

>>69876354
get Kontakt as a VST plugin then load the libraries on there.

>>69876626
yeah
https://clyp.it/43wdb1ti

>>69876694
depends, even tho I use Ableton myself I'd probably go with FL Studio but Ableton's workflow and timestretch algorithm are better imho

>>69876626
I wonder

https://clyp.it/gdsyrmm5

The moment when it hits you that you have been producing for a longer time than some people here but you still suck. I'm either lazy or am terribly inefficient.

Anyway, it really is a crippling feeling.

How do I into Synth1? The amount of buttons kind of overwhelms me

>>69877716
watch the 3 NY school of synthesis instruction videos

https://clyp.it/m4sipqvm

>>69876776
>https://clyp.it/rgk0ptg4
normmaly wouldn't have listened past 7 seconds, and slightly regreting that i did.
lol wtf is this gay ass synth holy fuck i give up

parents got me a volca fm for christmas i'm so happy
sounds fucking crazy

>>69868210
>no tb tapeworm
Maximum pleb

Good FL Studio tutorials? I'm not new to making music, but I'm new to DAWs.

I just wanna sound like madlib.

>>69878055
just use youtube

>>69878055
>I just wanna sound like madlib.
fuck a daw just grab an mpc and start crate digging.

how do i recreate that signature gross beat effect without fl studio? like what effects would i use? i've tried things like reversing the waveform but it doesn't sound the same.

ex:
https://youtu.be/x_FrAIcKhYw?t=20s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ewSCYSSItA

>>69878055
Someone deleted all the links that were previously in the OP, if anyone has them, please post them.

I recently got a maschine, so I've been dabbling in sampling, of course very poorly. Here's a rough draft to something I've been working on since christmas eve. It has lyrics as well, I'll upload the instrumental if someone really wants it

https://clyp.it/epm1adrt

>>69878224
you can get gross beat as a simple plugin if you really want it
but izotope stutter edit or sches' tantra are way better IMO

Z3ta +2

>>69878149
Are their any good sampling plugins? They all seem so convoluted. I already have a turn table and I run it into my PC with a mixer/interface.

>>69878497
I always just used wavelab to sample stuff years ago, now I use Maschine. (Just use anything that has a waveform editor, Pretty much all daws have this feature)

>>69878393
the effect i want the most is that scratch effect, which it looks like those 2 plug ins don't have (or maybe i just didn't see it). i'll probably download them anyway. thanks for the recs.

Anybody else gonna be Producing all Christmas? I'm really feeling it today.

anyone know how to get some cool vocal effects?

>buy high end headphones for christmas
>realize your track are mixed like shit
>cry

>>69879300
>have high-end headphones
>my mixes are still shit and have always been
>cry endlessly

https://clyp.it/yo3tbzml

Still filling it in but how is it?

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>>69879817
>https://clyp.it/rgk0ptg4
can I get an update on the discord link?

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>>69879300
>have low-end headphones
>Been guessing on how to mix shit for the past year
>send tracks to a friend with high end headphones
>He said they've been mixed really well this whole time
>mfw

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>>69878497

I use Morgana for sampling as it's the closest I've been able to get to the S950 sampler I used to own and sounds to my ears at least better than the S2000 I now have - it's got a fairly simple interface so it would probably suit you well, but it's deliberately not going for perfect accuracy.

Have a read of the description - click the -> arrow on the web page to expand it:

http://www.112db.com/vintage/morgana/

HOW DO YOU EVEN DECIDE WHAT NOTES TO PUT AGAINST EACH OTHER WHEN THERE ARE INFINITE NUMBERS OF COMBINATIONS IN THIS UNIVERSE AND SO MANY OF THEM WORK WELL? HOW DO YOU BATTLE INDECISION?

>>69880562
just use a randomizer, or decide by trowing the dice, shit will probably sound better than most music

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>open present
>see this
At least amazon should cover it, but now I don't have this stand for my next gig.

Does anyone know how to make your own scale in FL Studio, like if I want to play a sample on a keyboard or a synth in something like an Indian scale or something user defined how do I do that?

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how do i make the led feedback on a knob or fader show its volume on a launchpad mini?

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>>69876215
>electro3

Hi guys, I want to buy a midi keyboard.

>M-Audio Oxygen 49 MKIV
>Novation Launchkey 49 MK2

WHICH ONE

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h-hello I'm kind of a beginner when it comes to mixing so I'd like some advice from you guys
https://clyp.it/y0odgrad

>>69881210
>beat
>connection-uh

>>69880562
First start with an idea. Think of a melody, and fill in the blanks around it.

h-how do I get better at Logic X?

>>69880643
i'd suggest another stand tbqh. gigging with it becomes a real pain. overtime the adhesive foam strips for the support arms will weaken and start getting stuck inside.

>>69882316
how do you get better at anything? Practice.

>>69882316
step one: stop using it.
step two: download any other DAW

>>69882470
why lol logic is good my man

>>69868210
just got 'Kick 2' for a little under $60

worth it?

>>69882442
>i'd suggest another stand
Then please do.
My last stand was breaking at the welds, and A-frames are ungiggable. At least this thing won't take up much space, which is something I actually need for gigging.

Besides, shitty adhesive isn't really a problem, I'd just re-glue them with epoxy.

>>69873830
FL is god awful for learning to produce. You should start by learning some basic composition theory assuming you haven't already and try getting your hands on Ableton, Logic or literally anything other than FLstudio. Having a physical keyboard also helps to start just randomly mashing keys and coming up with progressions and melodies.

In which ways does Ableton beat FL studio? I've been using FL for about a decade, I've heard the old chestnut that 'pros' move from FL to Ableton but I can't really find any good reasons other than snobbery...

>>69879447
The more you mix the better your ears will become at discerning good from bad. My advice to you would be to try to improve your use of multiband compression both for very large sounding tracks (Drums, Vocals and some heavy synths) and for mastering. Don't be afraid to start from the presets.

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

RULER
RULER
RULER

>>69880562
Listen to something you like then try going to sleep. I come up with melodies and basslines just before I fall asleep so I started sleeping at my desk and recording when the inspiration came to me.

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I just got this. How did I do

>>69881233
Ableton? >Novation
Anything else? >M-Audio

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>>69868210
What will be the next big EDM sub catagory next year /prod/?

>>69881528
Bring the drums up a bit in my opinion, dial back the lead and boost the highs/high-mids slightly (but not so much as to overpower the lead) on the rhythm guitar

>>69883132
I can vouch for Akai, stuff just works for me

>>69883187
Derivative normie bastardised synthwave-house that will kill the genre.

>>69883132
Focusrite website is down right now lol

https://clyp.it/45ykig5l
Please comment and critique, I was using a new drum sample pack.

>>69883099
please need feedback
kek jk

Any feedback on this lo-fi/house/disco track? I want to keep it lo-fi but not so much that it sounds like I don't know what I'm doing. Did I cross the line? What should I work on? Keep in mind I'm playing this live so I can't afford to use too many vsts.

https://clyp.it/urm03ylk

>>69883554
I like it. I think you've got a good lo-fi feel without just sounding like you recorded it with your phone in your ass. 909 sounds good, very chilled yet slightly energetic, feels like it could build into a good drop when you transition. Obviously I would suggest that you plan when you want to play this piece but other than that, it's well mixed.

>>69883625
Thank you, man, let me give you some feedback on your clyp, if i didn't already.

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>>69872123

https://clyp.it/khclj1a3

yee boy. just got this model 80 the other day. tape sounds really good with bass and drums. I also got one so I could use it as a tape delay, but unfortunately I had no idea the model 80's record/playback heads are one, so I there's no way I can use it as a delay. what model is your teac? what kind of music are you making?

>>69876215

nice studer! what tape should I look for that doesn't have sticky shed issues? ATR I know is probably good, but it's expensive. is RMGI okay?

>>69883768
Feel free: https://clyp.it/45ykig5l

>>69883934
I'm loving the sound design, the synth that starts at 2:33 is great. Composition wise it's solid, I wouldn't change a thing. The track is pretty groovy, especially the bass, but I think it might be a bit loud, sounds like it distorts a bit. Personally I'd try to sidechaining some synths to the kick because it seems to disappear from time to time.

Who would have thought that after 11 years of formal music study, music production would be the hardest form of art to express myself with. Not photography, or design that I got into a year ago, not even writing. Nope - music.

There's a possibilty that I just have much higher standards here, though. But I was definitely surprised how tough it is to create a good sound or make a good mix.

>>69884243
Thanks, I appreciate having actual feedback unlike in the Soundcloud share threads. I don't play my music live so I'm not really wise as to how DJs like a mix. Makes sense that the kick needs to cut through a bit more though

Do you have any specific idea when you create music, or you just stumble upon something interesting and work on it? I actually (almost) never really thought about what I want to create and what is the actual narrative of a piece. That's probably why I'm having a real trouble finishing anything.

>>69884785
https://soundcloud.com/jormangod/jorman-god-ruler
not at all but i did create this ruler track

I go through songs then find a small sample

play around with it on a sampler playing different keys

Get a 2 measure sample of keys playing
Then add effects then record that audio to a new track

Then use it on sampler again and play different keys

>>69884815
That's pretty dope, man! :)

>>69884850
Its hard to know which song your creating when you do this area of creating music

I just find samples and then use them in my tracks by re-sampling them in theories I've created in music

>>69884785
Personally I tend to create music from ideas but there's always an element of luck in there. I usually try to choose a few devices or a scale and base my track around that. I also like to look at people's art and try and craft miniature stories based on a singular character or motif and then tie it into the greater universe I develop across my work.

>>69876776
kys

>>69880432
>>69879447
>>69879300

>headphones

there's your problem. most pairs of monitors are better than headphones, if you have the privacy. if not then, gl.

>>69883132
I think the focusrite is going to be replaced by a new model soon. They do that a lot with bundles. Still a good innaface though. You have cool parents.

>>69877930
>>69887024
:^)

>>69883132
>How did I do

You have a nice family anon :)

>>69868210
Is LMMS a good starting point for a beginner?

https://clyp.it/0efalgd4
man do I suck at mixing

>>69888904
eeehhhh, some of the presets are kinda gay but you can put your own in.

how do I add rhythm to my tracks beyond the usual kick/snare/clap/hat?
I've been listening to loads of minimal techno recently and I noticed many producers like to add tambourine rhythms very very low in the mix

>>69883187
here are some of my predictions
psytrance
sad-edm
techno
electro-pop
hardstyle

trap edm and future bass have already peaked.

>>69889009
nigga u dope but yeah you do suck at mixing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbosX9wFnXw, WTF is this racist shit

>>69877988
noice!

>>69883132
Download fl studio. They just released a new great upgrade and its easy to get in to while still being the leading industry standard DAW

>>69883132
fuckin cool beans m8!

>>69889453
there's tons of wood percussion, toms, sidechaining ghost kicks to the lead instruments of your song to get a pulsing rhythm without an actual kick, glitch noises, whistles, bells, beeps, and a shitload of world instruments that are all kinds of drum variations basically but have a more uncommon and therefore intriguing sound to subconsciously pull you into the song
etc

>>69883132
the mpk mini is nice to have just for hybrid and wobble
focusrite is solid too

I really like things by TAL. Got their reeverb and I almost use it for everything.
Gonna check our their other stuff as well!

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https://clyp.it/ofbdifmm

>>69887318
What? The second gen Scarletts came out not that long ago.

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i hav eNO idea what the fuck im doing

>>69891212
Didn't know about this. Thought it was the same Scarlette that replaced the Saffire.

How much would /prod/ pay for a JX-10 with Colin Fraser ROM?

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>>69892629

Any tips on how to achieve an Arthur Russell sounding voice? I know most of that is his skill, but maybe there's some website ro youtube vids for training my voice. or maybe some effects to help get a soft somber tone

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can one of yall recommend a cheap laptop that works decently with ableton/audacity? ty

>>69892859
>Research and emulate
Minimalism
Raga
>listen to
Steve Reich
Phillip Glass

I have never heard of this guy, or have heard his music, but those are still good starting points.

Reading his wiki page makes me think of myself, and now I'm suddenly concerned about AIDS.

>>69893028
There really aren't many compys geared towards music production these days. It used to be relevant in the olden days when computers had midi ports and low memory.

Just find something that has good CPU and RAM for your money, and not give a shit about screen resolution and disc space.

>audacity
I'm not sure if it's even possible to buy a computer that can't run audacity well.

>>69893225
thank

>>69893242
I usually shop microcenter for new computers, if that helps.

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itd be great to get some fresh ears on this WIP

https://clyp.it/2xlz5zux

post punk, dream pop, tell me anything that comes to mind thats constructive.

How do I apply digital sound processing to music, is there any recommended vsts or software?

>>69893502
that's pretty vague
what kind of DSP are you talking about

>>69893619
I'm learning DSP currently, and I guess I mean like the statistical side of DSP, there has to be some use in making music with this.

>>69893439
Was jamming to this.
Maybe consider changing the "can't escape the 'lectric chair" bit to make the vocal bit a bit more melodic and musical. I think it'd be a bit better that way. Also in the coda might be cool if you added in just one more instrument like a piano sound or something. Just to cap things off. The idea in my head is just simple like whole note chords with two notes higher up to transition between them, but I think it would be nice.
What's your setup?

>>69893701
okay thank you! I just recorded that vocal take so i wasnt sure about it either.

This song I just DI'd bass guitar to ableton and pitched it up for the crazy distorted leads. and used an sm57 mic to record the acoustic guitar bit and vocals. I don't have any analog gear besides amps :/

>>69893699
DSP means a lot in the audio realm. DSP can be anything from basic EQ and compression, to FFT analysis and resynthesis.

If you mean that you're looking for software to build this kind of stuff, look into Max/MSP ($), PureData (free), Kyma ($$$), and Supercollider (free).

I'm not quite sure what you mean by statistical side of DSP, and I live with a pair of statisticians. If you're talking about chance, randomness, sample sets, and algorithms, those programs will make you more than happy.

got a Zoom h4n recorder for Christmas
here is a recording on the basic stereo mode. sitting on a tripod on the music desk of a grand piano

http://vocaroo.com/i/s06JD5zVOgqF


I think its too close to the strings, suggestions on mic placement? or tips for recording a grand? it takes a tripod adapter, doesn't fit a mic clip. My brother had a good idea that I should get a suction cup mount for a gopro and stick it under the lid of the piano

Here is a question: how would someone go about learning how to make music only using ableton?

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>>69893909
place the recorder flat along the piano, in the "hook" like pic related

>>69893909
Here is another take with the gain way lower

http://vocaroo.com/i/s0on7YESdHBd

brother-in-law got me logic pro x for xmas cause he can get it for free. anything i should know? this if my first big boy daw

>>69894360
if you've ever used garageband you'll feel right at home

>>69894385
awesome, that was actually what I used mainly up until now (for probably much longer than i should have). it definitely seems familiar, almost too familiar. i guess i was also wondering if there's anything i should know moving from garageband to logic that might be easy to miss or something.
sorry this is so vague

>>69894602
Don't be put off by the shitty looking synths, samplers and effects, as they all sound really good. Also you now have Alchemy.

>>69893028
one consideration you might want to make is to use a laptop an Expresscard slot so you'll have the option of a firewire card, if you want the option of using a firewire interface. I don't think many laptops come with an actual port.

also a high-res screen. Ableton on my 1366x768 screen is cluttered.

>>69893944
just youtube tutorials, and use the Ableton manual

>>69883554
it doesn't sound too lowfi, but I'd mix the low-end louder

>>69883099
needs more percussion in between the existing ones. or make the existing percussion hits sound thicker

>>69895201
thanks for the tips. i still have a lot to do as far as really figuring out how stuff works in logic, but it's really nice to be able to a) import garageband projects, and b) see some pretty immediate improvements with logic.

if anyone wants to give this a listen i'd love to get some feedback (it's meant to be an intro song of sorts)
http://vocaroo.com/i/s1bAJkPe7onE

Anyone got a working windows 64 bit autotune torrent, already tried the rutracker one, but its a .vst file instead of a .dll file

>>69868210
What if I told you I have been working on production as an amateur for the last week and plan to self produce and rap on a mixi in the next month-ish with full confidence that it will be quality (give or take my laziness)?
>Look for the name mashmortan in a month or so in these threads

>>69896045
legit, no one cares. Trap producers aren't real producers.

What's the cheapest possible way to get multi client support?Directly with a multi client interface or cheap interface+cheap mixer?

>>69896045
>rap
Annother white suburban kid who raps, great

>>69896045
>Bruh listen to my mixtape

The built-in reverb of circle 2 sounds gorgeous. Is there a way to use a synth's reverb as an effect?

>>69896332
>Trap producers aren't real producers.
Yeah, but it's fun.

Speaking of which, is 4 verses too much? The song is a little under 4 and a half minutes so it's not like it's too long (as far as length goes) but I can't help but feel like there's too many verses. Anyone have some input?
>https://clyp.it/1vrndiz3

>>69898763
Hook was good but ur verses are hella corny

>>69899137
That's literally the point. We made it as stupid as possible on purpose. Anything I can do to make it stupider?

>>69892859
Shitty producer here. I'm guessing he sings close to the microphone using a dynamic microphone (SM57, SM58 or maybe cheaper). He then cuts out a lot of the lower frequencies. Then he adds short delay and/or short reverb.

>>69883132

That's really cool! Personally I got a pair of reference headphones, they're sick

>https://clyp.it/4himmss5
How the fuck do I mix these vocals? No matter what I do, it sounds like they're like on top of the beat rather than a part of it, if that makes any sense.

>>69900044
Because you have an intense doubling effect on top of them. Fold down to mono and check how weak they are there. Widening is fine but don't go overboard unless you want things to sound out of place (not saying that in a bad way). Also, ease up on your dynamics. You're basically smashing the limiter.

>>69869314
sounds like chrome sparks

>>69900537
I just have the widening effect on the hook vocals. I was mostly referring to the verse vocals.

https://clyp.it/e2s1e215

i'm in desperate need of a bass vst, what do you use

>>69898720
only if the developer designed it to work as an audio effect as well.

>start a new song
>already hate it

How am I supposed to work on a track for 30+ hours if I always cringe after an hour? It's not that the piece is shit, but it always sounds generic to me.

>>69883898
RMG SM9xx is really good. not as good as the old emtec stocks but especially for the price it's fine

>>69901897
u-he diva

>>69893439
the music is good bud, some good bass in there

that and a good guitar aesthetic is all you need to make something pop

>>69893439
It seems that the second chord is terribly off-key, otherwise, interesting intro with time shifts.

>>69904408
can you be more specific? maybe a time stamp? having trouble finding what you mean. thanks for listening!

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>>69877763
yha i would agree with that

>>69868902
use two

>>69904470
It's actually not off-key, 1:52 - when you have D in bass and play D-F in the melody, it doesn't sound right, but it's probably because of the guitar. Happened to me too with certain sounds.

>>69904775
thats what i thought...when i first played it, it kinda seemed like a sour note but the second time through playing it I actually liked it a lot and ended up keeping it...maybe ill look at it again. thanks

I'd like some feedback while it's fresh. How can I improve the sounds?

https://clyp.it/v31qekry

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new discord link anyone?

>>69905209
this one shoudnt expire.

https://discord.gg/3P6DDTG

>>69868210
>install ableton 64 bit
>it doesn't support 32 bit plugins
is this a fucking joke?

something I just made over the weekend, what does this need? what would you change? is it just boring?

https://clyp.it/hdsd3zva

>>69906121
Nah, man, that shit's pretty cool. I would pitch the chords down a few semitones and maybe change the snare sample to like an 808 snare or something. If you don't have any, I can upload a pack for you.

>>69905185
Make the low piano notes more stereo. Get iZotope's Imager. It's a multiband stereo enchancer. Like, let's say you wanna only made the low frequencies stereo and keep the high ones mono, you can do that. Other than that, I think it sounds good.

>>69898763
Also, still looking for some feedback on this:
>https://clyp.it/1vrndiz3

>>69889465
>techno

"real" techno / any of its offshoots: no

>hardstyle
already pretty popular so maybe

https://clyp.it/adg3kzoe

Can't find that stereo plugin, but I've tried it with default ones and I can't hear a differnece. Then doubles tracks and panned them left and right, a little better but still... I'm probably deaf.

Btw, does this hurt your ears or is it just me?

>>69877716
better pirate and learn zebra2 it is just the definitive soft synth

>>69883187
jump on trap while it is still hot go from there

>>69905890
that's just how vst works, you need to bridge it
a few DAWs come with an internal bridge but since live usage is one of ableton's main things they don't support stuff like that, it's usually way less stable than just going the direct 64bit (or vice versa on a 32bit installation) plugins
so just use a 3rd party bridge (jbridge) like everyone else

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How the hell do you get anyone to listen to your music? I feel really guilty taking initiative in promoting myself, and have no idea how to score a gig. I don't even know whether my music sucks or not because zero feedback...

>>69908328
Collab with people. CONSTANTLY release stuff, no matter how good or bad it is, just post regularly. Or alternatively, make better shit. :^)

What kind of music do you make? If it's something I can fuck with, you wanna do a collab?

>>69908328
critique others' music in exchange for yours. Aside from threads here, there are other forums and groups you can join to do this.

it's also helpful for you to listen to peoples' music who are at a skill level similar to yours, so you can judge what mistakes they make and if they did something good, ask them how they did it.

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>>69908567
Fair point! I very rarely post in feedback threads, so I could def be more active.

>>69908409
I would love to do a collab, yeah. I really struggle with categorizing my tracks, it's mostly melancholic bass music (not really trap or future bass, but in the same ballpark). If you want, you can check it out here: soundcloud.com/lchn

>>69908750
That's actually pretty similar to what I make so I'd be down. Here's a track if you're interested:
https://soundcloud.com/retaliation-records/jtx-totem

Just hit me up at soundcloud.com/jtxn1cb if you wanna do something.

>>69908858
Wow, that is really good. I'll hit you up for sure!

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>>69908043
woah thanks dude, ima go make my lo-fi bullshit now

>>69905185
Do you guys find this boring?

Is this thread still going? If I post a WIP would someone see it?

>>69909444
ofc

>>69905185
good stuff
the only thing i don't like is the arpeggiation of the beginning piano. I don't think all of those notes are needed, especially when it repeats so much. Maybe only keep the important notes of that melody and drop the climbing notes.

>>69909655
Ah, I see. Thank you, I will try to change that, it was actually kinda lame to me too.

https://clyp.it/ehumee5j

2nd end part is start of a new song

>>69909992
You used dsk strings ;) very comfy tho

>>69868902
>>>69868210 (OP)
>>tfw you can't use any sweet 32 bit plugins because of ableton
>>69868902
Use a program called j bridge. I use it on my 64bit and it works great, just make sure you know what vst are bridged.

>>69910329
I did not, idk waht dsk is

>>69903989
At least you cringe after an hour, not when you sat in front of a song for ~2-3 hours per day over a weekend and grow sick of it

Recorded some m8s from our schools marching band to try out mixing, how is this for a start

https://clyp.it/tv4lwaup

>>69896045
Faggot.

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>>69911156

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Hey /prod/, dumbass person asking a dumbass question, probably.

Anyway, I got pic related and it worked fine, but after messing around for a while I found that a couple keys causes others to play, and it sounds terrible. Factory resetting as far as I can tell doesn't work, and I'm not finding anything on the online manual.

https://clyp.it/hxzezuli

https://clyp.it/ejyxgkdh

thoughts on these 2? The first one should probably be 2 different beats. And the second one should probably be edited due to the simplicity but lemme know what you think.

>>69913805
Maybe you pressed a chord setting in your DAW.

>>69913805
>Anyway, I got pic related and it worked fine, but after messing around for a while I found that a couple keys causes others to play, and it sounds terrible.
You got a defective one then. Mine has been doing fine since I got it (1 month ago).

>>69913805
which keys? where on the keyboard?

does this model have a mono midi port on the back?

>>69913805

First thing to find out is whether the MIDI controller is sending multiple MIDI notes when these faulty keys are pressed.

If you can see that you are getting multiple notes for a single key press (and you have no setting on the controller that would enable something like that) then you either have a mechanical issue where a single key is operating more than one switch, or you have an electrical issue causing the same thing.

If you only see a single note recorded in your part then you'd need to look at either your DAW's MIDI routing or your choice of MIDI instrument's note playback settings.

>tfw i will never have these snares
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0G5yjgHvB4

>>69913805
yes >>69914179
pls let us know about the mono midi

very important

>>69914249

I should have added that the easiest way to do this is probably to record a MIDI part in your DAW of choice and then look at the part editor page to see what notes get recorded.

>>69907798
>Btw, does this hurt your ears or is it just me?
Not just you. You just suck ass at eq-ing (if you did any at all).

>>69914130
I tested it outside of my main DAW and had the same problem

>>69914136
It worked fine when I first plugged it in, but I pressed some buttons and now it's like this

>>69914179
My next to last B key, and one of my D# keys

And no, no mono midi port

>>69914249
It records in the DAW (Renoise) as multiple key presses.

Thank you guys for your help, I'm gonna try a different USB port on my computer

>>69914281
i figured part of it out
1. load an acoustic snare sample to be the layer
2. compress the shit out of it
3. now do your distortion/convolution
wa la

>>69914281
literally just layering. Kill yourself. Noob.

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>>69915079
well first you need the right things to layer

>>69915114
1⁄2 cup unsalted butter, melted
1 cup graham cracker crumbs
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 cup butterscotch chips
1 cup pecans, Coarsely Chopped
1 cup shredded coconut
1 (12 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk

= buttery 7 layer snares

>>69914281
>people enjoy listening to this repetitive trash

>>69915184
try imagining you are in a good night club with your friends and your fuck off drunk to find a hidden small back room of the club that is full of really trashed out cunts, somehow still surviving from the gabber era. one of them comes up and give you coke, too packed to go back and get your friends, so you stay and do more coke and become like every cunt their losing their face off to that track.... doing anything for ya?

>>69915431
If you have to be on drugs to enjoy music it's shit, this is coming from somebody who listens to a lot of edm without drugs. It's the same beat all the way through, boring sound design, tries to be "le edgy"

>zynaddsubfx
>envelope only takes effect on notes above c4
what in the fuck

>>69915705
update: it only takes effect on one bar for some reason

>>69914573
monitor your midi information with midi OX

>>69916684
I have Windows 10

>>69916852
Irrelevant.

>>69917270
Oh sorry, I only found versions for an earlier version of Windows for a bit.

Thanks for your help

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so my HDD with everything, projects, VSTs, samples, everything is FUBAR. To stay as non-suicidal as possible, I figured now would be good time as any to experiment with my workflow.

now I don't know what I want to make anymore

also might have forgotten why I make music in the first place

send

help

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>>69917445
>he fell for the experimentation meme
Stop being a lazy faggot. Cleaning up your shit will enable you to reach your full potential in terms of workflow.
>asking the '''''''''why''''''''
if you like it, that's why.

https://clyp.it/user/0n0e1div

Does this sound heavenly?

>>69918679
kys

Send help. I can't write songs. I always start with a beat, or a chord progression, or a melody, and by the time I'm only ankle deep in creating the rest of the song, I already hate the sound of it. I can't make music I enjoy because I'm simply not good enough at it.

>>69920547
You have all the makings of a great music journalist. Come to the dark side you must.

>>69920547
i have this problem too. lower your expectations, you have to start with the understanding that your music will be shit. Practice makes perfect, be persistent and consistent

>>69884785
>think of idea
>start it with software
>get distracted by this new idea
>original idea disappeaars

>>69917445
Go hardware

>>69917445
>no having a mac with solid state and a 3TB thunderbolt drive you regularly backup everything to every week as well as a backup to the cloud

kys

>>69914509
I did actually. I don't see a problem with it. Care to elaborate? All of them have their own space on the spectrum.

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r8

>>69921413
Too fucking loud, shouldn't have to adjust the master volume

>>69921413
Curious, what you makin' there famalamu?

>>69921465
I'm only adjusting it at the very end to fade out the entire thing

>>69921492
stuff I aint showing you because it's too good for /mu/ to even hear because cunts will steal my shit

>>69921518
>I'm only adjusting it at the very end to fade out the entire thing

Lies

>tfw can't create a full, clear and light sound without slapping a soundgoodizer on a master track

Help. I always realize how muddy everything is when I turn on a soundgoodizer. I don't think only the EQ is the problem here.

>>69921413
>3/4

>Tempo has automation
>in a track that seems to be 100% recordings

what did he mean by this?

https://clyp.it/00dr0vz4

>>69921594
Yes it is.

>>69921737
what do you use stuff like maximus and soundgoodizer for, then?

>tfw you realize even many great musicians don't have almost any following nor money from their craft

Should've stayed at music college and at least get a teaching position. Fuck webdev and design..

>>69891524
Not sure if spelling mistake or pun

F#

>>69923523
A

>>69921780
Why do you use it if you don't know what it does?

>>69924435
I use only soundgoodizer occasionally and it's because it - wait for it - makes it sound good famalam.

If the problem is really only in EQ, I will practice that more.

>>69921407
Probably your monitoring then must just be shit. There's random frequency peaks everywhere, especially some protruding lo-mids on that harp. A harp typically shouldn't sound like how it sounds on your track that is all I'll say.

>>69925038
I'm using Beyerdynamics DT 990 PRO 250 OHM. That's considered shit?

It's not really a harp, but some "asian keys" sound from one VST, but yeah, sounds similar.

I think the problem is that I'm not trained to hear shit like this, I just feel something is wrong, but I wouldn't be able to tell it if you didn't mention it. Jeez, I don't know how I'm ever gonna learn this by myself without some kind of mentoring. I'm literally deaf when it comes to mixing and sound design, been /prod/ing for 2 years.

>>69925132
If you or anybody else can EQ and reverb this properly, please try it out and show me - maybe I can learn something. This is a raw sound.

https://clyp.it/lmuejkkg

Okay, how do I improve on this? I know I did something wrong, I just don't know what.
https://clyp.it/cuwtwpgy

>>69868210

VSTs and PLUG-INS ARE FUCKING GAY!!! Can anyone reccommend me other stuff than that shit?

>>69925877
use sylenth1 you fucking elitist

>>69925132
iirc there's a video on how to train your ears by pensado, it's pretty much the standard method but you should definitely check it out if you haven't yet

>>69926024
I know about him but didn't see that video. Thanks.

>>69926086
>>69926024

This is the series, right?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xTXEDxfJwA

>>69925978

thanks, but do people still use software and vsts even if they have hardware? i hate using the computer to make music

>>69926102
yeah that's the one

>>69924267
C#

>>69925186
>>69925186

here u go kid

i even added some of my own cool backing vocals to ur piece:

https://clyp.it/2p2bejnb

any other producers rate my singing abilities?? i've got 5 years of experience under my belt

>>69926143
I would assume it would be hard to translate the hardware into a midi format for a DAW. But I wouldn't know, anon

>>69926197
Warning for all headphone users. This guy went full retard on this one. Keep the volume low - or better yet - ignore this shitpost.

>>69926229
What? I am only using a cheap microphone and pre lol maybe it's that?

>>69926229

LOL

>>69926197
2/10 get out of my /mu/

>>69893439
this is some quirky commercial bgm
i feel like a 30 something should be explaining how to refi my mortgage over this
super comfy

Hey guys, I'm kinda insecure about my voice. I think it would sound a lot better with some sort of modulation effect over it, much like Avey on Animal Collective albums or like the singer in this video: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwiqGP8fmQg

Is there some sort of vocal effects pedal I can buy that would let me achieve that?

How can I do "ambient" like this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWlRoC807nY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYtISNqxTjQ
I'm not going to copy him but just want to have the same freedom in sound. I'm using FL studio.

>>69926197

Wow this is great!

I can really hear the Death Grips influence! Sounds just like stefan burnett!

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Is there a way in Ableton, to adjust Volume instead of Velocity from the bottom part of the MIDI roll?

I don't want to adjust Velocity because it will change the tone of my drums (since they will run through the compressors and other effects differently).

I want to change their Volume after all effects, not the Velocity of the initial sample.

>>69927232
Can't you just do regular volume automation?

>>69927232
make a dedicated automatization channel for volume only

>>69927336
I could use a Utility on each drum part and automate that, but it would be a nightmare to program. The current UI is fine, but it really should let you adjust volume for each hit instead of pre-effect velocity.

>>69927232
there is a max for live midi effect called expression control that lets you map: velocity, aftertouch, or any other kind of midi signal to anything you want.

So you could probably map the velocity of each drum sample to a post-effects Utility, which would achieve what you want.

>>69927414
well FUG now i gotta go pirate max for live

>>69927232
Someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but it's not a bad thing to lower the velocity and have the sample hit the effects differently. You don't want to have the exact same drum sample playing over and over and sounding exactly the same.

what are some sexy guitar effect sims/plugins thanks cuties

https://clyp.it/lhh2txqg
does the bass sound like shite?

>>69927232
click that button that says "E" then select track volume.

>>69927990
that works for the entire drum rack, but not individual hits of one of the drums

>>69868210
>Using anything other than magical8bit
>REEEEEEEEEEE

Hey just need a second set of ears on this, i am far from the mixing phase but wanted to make a house track,

i used "golden boy - that thing" as inspiration
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlI9HGWftCg

need help though: anyone here use massive? if so how do you record automation while using a massive synth? I have some cutoff filters and envelope rates i can freely control on my midi keyboard but i cant figure out how to re-record that automation. Any help?

Here is a sample of the track i am working on.
https://clyp.it/q1bompis

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>>69928268
if its a drum rack you should be able to select the volume for each channel.

>>69928907
New thread