/prod/ - Production General

Do you guys ever use FM Synthesis for making 808-esque bass sounds?

i layered a square over a sine and then fm'd the square with a triangle-ish shape and then i lowpassed it. sounds p decent i think so far. def a better tone than a bare square wave imo.

>>70117966
yesssss!!!
in Sytrus you can design a sinusoid operator which sounds just like the perfect 808. then I filter that and I also turn on another oscillator just with one single pitch drop which isn't keytracked which is the attack of the kick and it sounds 10/10. I can send you the preset if you want.

and also ye, a lot of times it's just a distorted sine wave but you can make 808's with all sorts of waveforms.

Here are my songs
https://clyp.it/i1rutuf1
https://clyp.it/4sxc0osc
https://clyp.it/r0faax0n
https://clyp.it/nd5k4jk1
https://clyp.it/wvoxtif0

>>70117966
OP here on the recording I posted I actually ended up using a tone generator to trigger a 60Hz sine wave on the kick drum to add some umph cause we recorded like poorfags and only had one kick mic

>>70118697
>https://clyp.it/nd5k4jk1
I like the 5th one the best, reminds me of some mitch murder

>>70118657
Please do send the preset. Thanks.

>>70118947
https://www.mediafire.com/?gr4r8df4951swon

Is an electribe enough to make full songs outside a DAW? what's a really cheap hardware setup to make minimal techno and stuff like that?

>>70119397
depends on how you define "enough"

>>70119505

Enough for a complete beginner on a budget I mean. I'm planning on adding as I learn and as I save money. I'm willing to go the super-minimal route for the time being.

>>70118799
thanks do you have any suggestions for the third one? I feel like it needs more

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https://presidentofwhat.bandcamp.com/
Me and my buddy mixed this in my bedroom, opinion?

>>70120283
Needs alot of work m8, sounds very amateur

>>70120771
specifically vocals, they have no depth, did you use a USB mic?

I copy pasted one region in Logic Pro X from one instrument to another. When pasted in the second instrument, it doesn't fucking play. I can record on the track just fine, the only issue is with that copy pasted region.

Halp

Is it worth starting with ableton live lite or just going with reaper?

>>70119659
in that case yes, it is.

>>70120955
Ableton's good, it's all about what workflow you get used to and Ableton's is really fuckin good.

>>70120955
why lite? just get real ableton

>>70120771
>>70120801
Yeah hahaha just a logitech, we went into it literally a budget of nothing but after buying an interface, a proper mic is next on the list, a guy at the local music shop recommends a shure sm-58, is that a good mic in you guy's opinion? Thanks again for the feedback

>>70120283
i don't care for the vocals at all, and you should read the sticky my man

>>70120815
bump, I was having this problem in reaper

>>70121198
vocals need to be practiced more and won't benefit from a better mic alone. get an sm57 instead

>>70121237
sure thing my man

>>70120955
Intro is like $79 in canuck money

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>>70121251
Hey bro, not sure if it will help you, but I fixed my issue.

Pic related. When I created the new track, it had its MIDI channel set to All. I changed it to MIDI channel 1, same as my other tracks and it worked.

I'm using some VSTs with it so it didn't pick up on it.

Here's what I got
https://clyp.it/fb41a4tm

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Here's a cover a Sex Dwarf (Soft Cell)
What glaring issues are there? What sounds out of place?

https://clyp.it/ueqejkpf

https://clyp.it/5z35235t

Just got into house music and this is my current work in progress. do you guys have any suggestions for what could make my music more interesting/what could help my mixdowns/etc.?

https://clyp.it/4du5pttl
my wip so far. having a hard time making my pads sound atmospheric without making it all so muddy. i want my reverb to sound thick and lush but it all comes out so thin no matter how much reverb and stereo widening i do. been going at it all day and havent done anything on the drums

>>70121198
I second getting a sm57, look on craigslist for gear

>>70122041
>https://clyp.it/4du5pttl
Try cutting 3db at 400Hz for other instruments

What are you using for reverb?

I have quite a bit of reverb on some tracks on this, but alot of the lush sound is from delay

https://clyp.it/drygnoco

>>70121692
>https://clyp.it/fb41a4tm
I actually liked this, at the end i would go into a full time groove though really build the song up back into a 4 on the floor dance beat senpai

>>70121994
It's really good anon, you had me grooving in my chair.

https://clyp.it/drygnoco

Does anyone ever do live drums or instruments in general? Really would love some feedback on this, I know the levels are a little quiet but it's not mastered/finished yet

>>70122214
thanks man! its not done yet, do you have anything in mind that i could work on/make better?

>>70122434
No. I'd just like to add that I love it when the bass comes in. It is so unpredictable and is catchy right away.

What folder name do you use for YOUR samples folder? As in, under "Samples" I have folders like "Classic Hip-Hop Kicks" and "Only The Holy Drumkit", but how do I call the one where I put song snippets that I have found myself, or recordings I've done?

>>70122131
I'll try adding delay. Tbh I never thought to do that. I have a reverb send for the pads and I eq out the sub and boosted alitte in the 400-900 area. I panned 500 and up freqs slightly to the right while everything under panned slightly left. Then I put a stereo chorus on it but I think that candles out the panning I did. Also I was jamming to your tune bro shits good

>>70122787
>>70122131
Also im using ableton stock reverb

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https://clyp.it/hxf2qcb2

How do I make this not sound like shit on laptop speakers? In my car and on my headphones, everything comes through rather clear.
>Basically how do I mix well for all types of speakers

>>70122706
STOLENMUSIC

>>70120283
i like the beginning of midterm n steady hands n im glad you think etc n probably something else if i kept listening. alright variety you have there but the vocals make me feel too much like im a 20something adult who accidentally entered the room of a teen in hs practising music with his friend and thats just uncomfortable, but its enjoyable keep it up my man

>>70121994
dude....sidechain some shit. you have no house pulse

>>70122846
Tempted to use this actually lol it's better than what I have right now (my real life name)

>>70122840
Best I can say is mix in mono

>>70122787
dude delays are where it's at to get that lush sound. I usually use 2 reverb buses one for vocals and one for instruments. In that mix I only send organ and rhythm guitars to a plate reverb bus, on the reverb bus I cut out 400Hz and below and about 10kHz, it will clear your reverb up and let sound you technically want to come through, the long decay.

But seriously try a close spaced delay and then into the reverb bus.

Thanks man we tracked all real instruments, the big guitar sound you hear is analog delay with modulation, but panned left and right from two mics on the guitar cab

>>70122840
pay for mastering, or attempt yourself, try youtube

>>70122931
Oh go download epicVerb right now, I freaking love it, it's a free VST plugin

I use alooooot of these plugs
https://varietyofsound.wordpress.com/downloads/

How do you get them fancy vengance packs for free? I have the their trap kit of anyone wanna trade

What's a good, cheap ass turntable I can buy for sampling?

>>70122880
it is sidechained, but probably not enough. i think i need to adjust the attack on the compressor a bit

>>70122840
Check your phase on any stereo instruments, reference on laptop speakers. That's generally what you do to check a mix anyway but it could help to revisit it.

https://clyp.it/qq231kfq

Working with a vocalist on stuff, probably gonna push him this as a taster for a track in a day or two. Any mix suggestions in the meantime?

https://clyp.it/1fnsuaql
New album drops next sursday yall biscuit heads

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I've been wanting to buy a microphone for a year now, but i've never really managed to find out whether a condensor or dynamic mic would be better for what i want to do. I'd want to use it for recording my piano, probably my guitar too, and maybe vocals. I know that dynamic mics are used for recording amplifiers in the studio etc.

Anyways, the mics i had my eyes on are the MXL 990 and the Shure SM57. I don't know if these would be best to start out with. I thought about spending around 100€ to start with. If you have better suggestions, or think i should definitely spend more, i'm open to do that

Anyways, i implore you to help me out, because i really just want to buy a mic already.
Also, just in case, yes i have an audio interface that i think can power a mic up to 48v (Scarlett 2i4)

>>70127596
Honestly piano won't sound fantastic unless you're micing it in stereo with two mics. The 57 is nice and multipurpose but a 58 would be a straight upgrade for what you want (if you can afford it).

My advice would be keep saving if you can.

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My Live tooltip is suddenly red.
What the fuck does this mean?

>>70127703
People are listening, give them a good show anon

>>70127693
I have the money to buy an SM58, i'm just always reluctant to invest a lot, even if it would be a good investment. So you're saying i should definitely get a dynamic mic? The guitar is acoustic by the way, i always thought dynamic mics are mainly used to record incredibly loud sources of sound (such as amps)

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>>70127721
>>70127693
Well, interestingly enough, they both cost the exact same amount of money. Is the SM58 really just a straight upgrade?

>>70127721
>>70127743
Yes. While condenser are usually recorded for the instruments you've listed, for your budget you'll find it very hard to get one thats actually good. The 58 is a solid choice for basically everything if you're out of options.

>>70124806
Basically anything with direct drive as you'll want to spin back and cue samples and the like

>>70127787
Like i said, if you have a better suggestion i wouldn't mind spending more money. I just said around 100 bucks because i'm unsure on what is the right investment

>>70127743
it's not
it's the exact same capsule with the 57 trying to be a tad more neutral and the 58 being optimized for handheld vocals as in having the extra pop screen and a little presence bump to compensate for it
get a matched pair of condensers like the rode nt5 for a usable piano sound and try some stereo micing techniques with them

So I recorded some 10 second long sound and I want to make a melody out of it. How can I make it so that it only plays as long as I hit a key (so if I hold a key for 2 seconds it only plays that sound for 2 seconds instead of the full 10 seconds)? Using FL studio. Pls no laffing I am stupid.

>>70122320
the drums don't sound too bad, but especially your snare sounds like it's a couple of meters behind the rest of the kit, it lacks some punch and clarity. I love the body on it but it lacks snap and it's too reverby and blurry
same with the piano, it could be much more 'tactile', give it more purpose in the mix. make it really come in front in the soft parts of the tune where it needs to hold everything together. later on with just the fills on top of the full band it's fine because it needs to blend
good job on making the kick&bass interaction work
great hammond sounds though, it blends nicely with the guitars and adds just the right amount of color without making a muddy mess. maybe it's a tad too wide, but that's matter of taste
also pretty nice guitar solo, gotta love that tasteful groovy noodling

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tfw waiting for support to reply

>>70127952
Download Kontakt Player, its free from the Native Instruments site. Can get a decent bunch of free sample libraries from them too.

>>70127811
Well whats the upper limit of your budget? For piano its gonna sound best with two mics, and you'll get a very nice guitar sound doing the same.

Thanks /prod/ for getting me to the point where some good indie labels listening to my demos. <3 you faggots for getting me this far.

>>70128184
give tips

I have a problem with FL Studio 12.4. It's very infuriating. It always makes crackling sound, even when ASIO is on. I do not want to delete the project for the 20th time, but please tell me how do I fix this? I will put my specs if you want to see.

>>70128195
what audio interface do you use?

>>70128195
Are you using a USB hub?

>>70128198
Realtek High Definition Audio.

>>70128192
12 hours prodding virtually everyday, knowing music theory, knowing how to use ableton to its absolute core, and using my midi controllers and sequencer to death. I also studied just about all my favourite artists inspiration and just kind of followed basic patterns they did. Guess I'm "Striking while the iron's hot" seeing Future Bass is kind of flavour of month to some labels.

>>70128201
I don't have any. I work on a laptop. But elaborate.

>>70128204
then if you're using asio4all or FL's own asio driver with than then make sure you up the buffer size of that to some 512 or even 1024 samples in the respective driver's control panel when dealing with big projects

>>70128217
If you're getting crackling while recording with a USB device it's probably because the USB ports on your laptop don't carry enough voltage for the device to function correctly.

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>>70128232

>>70128213
Were you NEET or did you do this while working a day job?

>>70128236
I don't record anything with USB device.
But what do you use the USB device for. I am also a noobie.

>>70128242
that shit shouldn't crackle in that case
does it count the underruns in there while crackling?

>>70128248
Working a part time job and living in a bungalow at my mum's place for free.

>>70128251
In that case you need to do what the other anon said and up your buffer size, get a better CPU, or try closing any VSTs you're not using and see if the noises stop

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>>70128262
No.
>>70128270
I am on laptop, so can I change CPU on my laptop?

>>70128281
try turning off all the multithreaded stuff with that little old processor

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>>70128300

>>70128335
looks bad then
downsize your projects, freeze tracks to audio to save processing power and work destructively till you can get a computer that can run your stuff properly

>>70128701
OK

>>70128178
I'd say i wouldn't want to spend more than 300€ on a mic yet

>>70128740
Two AT2020s would be good choices, but if you can afford it two AT2035s would be even better.

>>70128835
I meant for 1 mic desu

>>70128213
so basically
>learn major 7th's
>learn how to automate supersaws
>learn how to make bread and butter sounds
>copy what everyone else does because I have no creative ability and can't think outside the box

how's this boiz/10?

also how do add more varitation
https://clyp.it/b22s0bii

>>70128961
You're not going to get good piano recordings with one mic, and guitar is drastically improved with one on body and one on neck/bridge. Vocals won't suffer on these mics either.

>>70129211
alright

https://clyp.it/vkzfsfjx

Made a track that was heavily influenced by caribou. Would like to know if its actually good or ive just put too much work into it.

>>70130061
besides the drums being way too low and the overall not really good job on the mix there's some really weird things happening harmonically
pretty much everything clashes, the bass has odd harmonics that won't fit any of the pads and the vocal sample is completely out of tune

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Finished a week ago.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FTC4dEsxBU

Has some good ideas in it, I hope

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sup /prod/

I've been using DAWs on/off for about 10 years and have NEVER used VSTs for mixing/mastering before. I have always defaulted to the DAW's version of a limiter/multiband/saturator/eq/etc

Am I missing out, is there a good set to have?
I hear waves is good, but i think it's mostly advertising telling me that.

>>70131666
check out fabfilter to see where versatility and gui design is at

is there any reason there's virtually 0 torrents of good orchestral libraries for kontakt?

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>>70119264
Nice!

>>70131666
izotope ozone is what i use

fabfilter is good. i use a lot of their stuff, but for the core limiting/saturation/eq/multiband/ i like ozone the best.

how do i make beats like paper platoon?

>>70117813
Very Pink Floyd-esque, what equipment did you use to record with?

>>70123016
Variety of Sound plugins are so fucking good, the dude should be charging for them.

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What would /prod/ pay for a JX-10?

made a lil boombap flip in around 4hours. r8!

https://clyp.it/joq3sbid