/prod/ ~ Music Production GENERAL

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well?

https://clyp.it/q5j1zgnd

>Old one almost 3hunna

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Every time I get a device or plugin I read the manual in extremely close detail. I always find that it doesn't explain everything in depth and it assumes pre-existing knowledge on the user's part in a few areas.

Can anyone recommend me some books that get into every nook and cranny of mixing tools? Ones that teach not just the basic concepts but also explain idiosyncrasies and tricks etc

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first time using a sample

not entirely finished, needs more details

what do you guys think tho?

how's the mixing?

https://clyp.it/auf2a5mb
https://clyp.it/auf2a5mb
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throwing some underground deep house vibes
https://clyp.it/tc2lksh1

should I finish this?

>>70472417
this is good. the sampling is kind of iffy from the middle part onwards

>>70472475
the samples are off key, giving a very dissonant feeling.

>>70472470
I just watch youtube tutorials on the devices I buy. I learn a lot of stuff that is not covered in the manual

>>70472538
i mean i get that it sort of lulls in the middle but what's wrong with the sampling near the end?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGi8Ipp0wlY

372 plays in 1 day

>>70472673
>372 plays in 1 day

because you spam your shit in this thread every fucking day

you're supposed to use clyp

>>70472765
gonna upload something on clyp hold up

>>70472538
>the samples are off key, giving a very dissonant feeling.

how can i change them so they are in key?

>>70472805
gonna do grain and pitch effects with trumpet
also process audio with other fx

I got a dude wanting to buy a couple of beats from me. What do you guys think I should charge for them?

https://clyp.it/4kan4m2l
https://clyp.it/2d0j4ncc

>>70472817
First, identify the key to your track. Check out busy works for this, they have a vid.
Then fine tune your sample's pitch manually until its in key

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Bitwig 2.0 looking p good

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-fE5eCXN0Y

https://clyp.it/p5zvxphf

Humbly requesting anyone who is good with microphones. Not sure if it's apparent in the clyp but I can't figure out volume levels for guitar. Too high gives me horrible innate whitenoise and background static. Just a hair under max gain gives me this volume, still with static. I'm not sure if my equipment or set up is causing it.

>>70473883
dat qt Bitwig rep.

i really would like to get the roland 500 modular but ive never used a modular synth and wanted to know what sequencer youd reccomend for it, i figured i might get it and play around with learnibg how to make patches even though it would just be trial and error of connecting the modules
any advice on a good cv sequencer and is it stupid to buy this if ive never made a patch on a modular setup?
also this is the synth https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/System500-CS

https://soundcloud.com/noeq

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Probably a stupid question, but does anyone know if the 48v Phantom Power on the Scarlett 2i4 is on both inputs or only 1? I'm just wondering because theres only 48v button and its on the right.

>>70475018
modulars aren't hard to use

just get some expert sleepers kit to integrate it with your DAW

>>70476545
do i have to have a cv sequencer to hear what a patch sounds like though? like on a keyboard if i dobt have any keys pressed i can hear what my synth patch sounds like

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I'm thinking of getting this.
Good idea?

>>70476743
you can turn up vca initial gain to hear it drone retrigger the envelopes with an lfo to the envelope gate input probably

>>70477405
this thread isn't for promoting your music, it's for feedback on the production lad

>>70477504
He's gearspammer level autistic, ignore all posts by him.

>>70477405
Filtered :)

Something I've been working on. What do you lads think?

>Darkpsy, Forest
https://clyp.it/fnkylwpd

>>70472417
Sounds good. I'm a sucker for bird samples.

>>70472538
It's good but repetitive, even for the style you're going for.

>>70473091
Price according to how much he will make from it.

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Can someone help me out on whether it's worth shelling out for a used DX7 or DX Reface over the Volca FM synth?

What parameters would I be missing out on?
How much juice/sound variety could I squeeze out of the Volca compared to the classic synth itself?

>be me
>recording in bedroom "studio"
>things are going great
>halfway through my doge starts howling and he ruins everything

just stop these threads, literally babys first beat every single one of you. its laughable.

>>70474287
What are your levels recording at when you hit the DAW?

If the bulk of the signal (usually the "inner green" part) is hovering around -18dbfs, you should be fine. You should have your microphone input gain set at a point that gives you a signal reading that hovers around -18 on the DAW when you play. If this requires so much input gain that you hear noise, back it off and record the loudest signal you can without noise. You can always make the signal louder with gain plugins, compression, and layering. Just try playing at a volume that gives you a strong -18dbfs signal and you should be fine. There really isn't a benefit to recording hotter than that--you just introduce noise and potential clipping on peaks.

>>70478919
this. Just give up guys, If your technical skills aren't on par with professionals within 1 year just give up.

>tfw you realize most producers known for their sound design are actually talentless hacks who use a synth from a company that has zero marketing. Keep lining the pockets of NI and Xfer though good goyim.

And no, I'm not mentioning the synth.

>70472538
>https://clyp.it/tc2lksh1
Add chords at the at like the :35 mark. It sounds like a loop.

>70473091
>https://clyp.it/4kan4m2l
>https://clyp.it/2d0j4ncc

Give them away for free and make something better

>>70479542
>Give them away for free and make something better
Damn. Ouch.

>>70479542
>https://clyp.it/4kan4m2l
>Give them away for free and make something better

this. or consider suicide

>>70472538
certainly gives off the oldschool deep house vibes. not intresting enough on its own though.

>>70472475
fucking terrible

>>70479382

It's omnisphere

>>70473883
>its more beautiful, happier
watch out. people might call it a kiddie daw soon.

>>70479382
>NI and Xfer though good goyim.
>>70479999
>It's omnisphere

??????

https://clyp.it/k3py51gt

I really like this track I made a while ago, opinons?

Why do so many of you guys like Abelton? Session View is a useless meme. Just use Fl Studio Logic or Protools.

Why do people say Reason is shit? Do they just not want to read the manual and do everything through dragging audio around?

>>70472367
https://clyp.it/defuxzlj
does anyone think this has promise? I know a lot of it is just objectively kind of fucked up as is,
this was done in the middle of the night when super high and i totally forgot existed until i stumbled upon it today and adjusted it a little bit

>trippy
>hip-hop
>trap
>electronic
>piano improv
>dont really know what to call it, just stupid trippy shit

>>70479999
nice digits but ur fucking wrong lol. Everyone uses omnisphere.

>>70480147
FL12 is the shit

>>70480158
Did you find a preset on something that sounded a bit like a song then typed that bullshit out and posted no proof because ppl would say you were autistic

>>70480155
Maybe you should stop getting high anon, it obviously isn't helping with your music production.

>>70480169
Exactly, my main problem is with Abelton. Just seems like people use it just to be different rather it providing anything useful. The piano roll sucks and it takes many steps to do something that's easily done in fl 12.

>>70480183
Nope, contrary to babbie belief on here, there are more synths than sylenth1, serum and massive.

It's completely organic, it doesn't sample anything but sounds so real and life like.

r8 my song i'm working on?
https://clyp.it/ogvmnssg

>>70480184
lol ok thanks man

>>70480207
sounds like you're talking to yourself about some bullshit, because you're stupid

>>70480201
before fl12, I always felt inferior (used fl9, then 10 for a good while). but I actually feel like I'm using a real (not to say fl was never "real" but u get me) daw with 12 if you know what I mean

>>70480231
5/10, would be strong 6 if not for the crazy clipping all over the place, unless that's like the A E S T H E T I C you were going for or some shit, but it sounds really fucked up
but u could mix/master it better and i think it would be pretty cool

Reason is a groovebox on steroids why don't people get this

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how's this for production?

>>70481424
thats like asking if you should use a ceiling fan for mowing your lawn.

>>70481489
it's really that bad?

>>70481511
i have no idea, but since you can make beats with your fucking phone these days youll do just fine with that thing.

>>70481424
Anything by Apple is going to be overpriced for what you get with it.

>>70481585
What would you use then? An ultrabook?

hey /prod/

just started my latest foray into production a few weeks ago and was wondering if anyone had any tips for making a good drum'n'bass hihat roll?

I can never seem to get mine to sound good, i just don't have any sense for rhythm in a music program.

Is it easier just to hook up a keyboard via midi and let one flow from the fingertips or is there a better means of doing it?

>>70482256
Yeah. Download the Amen break sample and put it in a slicer. Problem solved.

>>70482291
I mean i guess but that just feels so 1992

I've kind of been having fun just hand crafting shit, even if its pretentious garbage that sounds like ass

I'm just hoping that I keep having fun with it and maybe get to a point where I feel like sharing some of this trite

What's the most no nonsense daw for a Windows user?

>>70482553
ableton

>>70482561
Posted in the wrong thread.

>>70482377
Download Ohmicide too. Put it on the Amen break and fuck around with it. Trust me. Ohmicide takes some getting used to though.

>>70482377
Here. This should get you started.

https://www.mediafire.com/?u2h2pwrx887ufem

>>70481684
something with a fast processor and lots of RAM. my pc has 16GB of RAM

are any of these worth finishing :^)

https://clyp.it/zeawdapq
https://clyp.it/5tvhnn35
https://clyp.it/2kxdrgyi
https://clyp.it/jc1fuh1l

I bought an SM57 yesterday to start recording my guitar amp.

My amp does not have reverb on it, how can I add reverb to the microphone itself? Should I run it into a pedal before it connects to the interface or use DAW reverb? Theres no effects loop on the amp so I'm not going to use a pedal with that.

>>70483193
i highly recommend this. i have 8gb ram on my pc and all hell unleashes when i have more than a single instance of serum running at the same time with more than 9 voices per.

>>70483327
You probably have a shit CPU because I have 8GB RAM too and occasionally have over 10 instances on Serum running in my project.

>>70484009
i5 4670k

ive no problems with using multiple serum, its just that if i use multiple instances with 16 voices on A and B i fuck myself over.

but i usually run my google chrome on the background so could be that too.

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>>70472367
Does anyone have a good guide about getting music with samples cleared by the copyright owners?

>2 upcoming songs
>first song uses samples from an old RnB song
>second song uses samples from a movie

>>70472765
could understand if anon was using some non clyp music sharing site that sucks but youtube is pretty handy.

>can play the song in the actual thread by clicking on "embed"

>>70479382
you only have to pay NI and Xfer if you actually tell the world what you are using.

>>70484190
>clearing your samples
why tho

>>70484751
the off chance that i get a record deal

>>70484190
it would be easier and most cost effective to just give those songs away for free/promo

>>70484804
thats the plan... my fear is that they will find it and jew away my youtube ad revenue.

>>70484835
>promotion
>making profit

choose one retard

>>70484791
plenty of musicians have made livings off uncleared samplings. four tet, burial, any plunderphonics artist, probably flylo, maybe doom, etc.

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>>70484861
except major labels don't take risks like that...

>>70484846
but youtube does both you silly nigger

>>70472367
Are there any cheap synthesizers like the microbrute that are POLYPHONIC?

The microbrute would be perfect if it wasn't mono

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>tfw you just downloaded 7000 more presets for your synth today

>>70485572
>presets
disgusting

>>70485572
Is that an early invention of the lathe?
>>70485637
This

>>70485392
Alesis Micron

>>70480207
>sounds so real and life like
well Serum is literally the most "life like" softsynth in existence, so you must be baiting

>>70472673
1100 plays in one day

also just created my best track again
gonna upload

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>>70472367
I know this is more of a DJ thing but what is your opinion about NIs Stems format for Traktor?

Is it the future of DJing or just some fad NI came up with to get market share?

>>70485944
Well the trend is making things simpler for plebs. Soon mastering and eventually mixing will be automated

Do you guys think I'll make it?

https://clyp.it/psqudief

>>70486200
not with this track but you definitely will if you work hard and have passion/believe you will.

>>70486216

What if I added a drop?

>>70486233
that's not the problem, the song sounds flat and aimless. it's gonna take you a while to get there but ultimately you have to make music that impresses yourself, shit that you go "FUCKCKCKCKC", gonna be a stressful journey till then but you know when you get there.

you can't rush it, it'll happen when it happens. tell me, how long have you been producing for and do you have any prior musical knowledge?

Anyone have experience micing up a upright acoustic piano? Where should I place the mics if I want the warmest sound possible, and very little hammer noise?

I was thinking of either the back of just recording from the bottom panel.

>>70482573
Why Abelton over FL 12?

>>70484917
true. but if you don't really need to get shit cleared if you're just making mixtapes or beats. look at Charles Hamilton - he got a million dollar interscope deal entirely off of raps over obviously sampled beats. just do what you do well and let the rest come to you.

>>70486705
how many mics do you have?

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Still can't afford monitors or even decent headphones. Need mixing advice.

https://clyp.it/51mgrrm4

>>70487251

None at the moment. I'm considering buying a pair of at2020.

>>70487263
get AKG K44 Perceptions, they are cheap (30-40 bucks) and amazing.

now as for mixing advice, let's see

This isn't that bad mix-wise, I think that guitar is a bit too stereo (probably the chorus you have on it) and probably has a lot of unneeded low end, guitar doesn't need anything below 100Hz.

That clap is way too bright, if they played that song on the radio with the compression they add the clap would tear the listener's eardrum apart.

the sub isn't quite cutting it. I mean, it's ok but it sounds way too empty without a top layer for your bass and some chords on top of that (you have to do the chords cleverly, not just stack some static saws on it)

"EH" samples a bit too loud

A/B with any Major Lazer song as well, gonna pick a few things up yourself

>>70487297
take the panels off if you can and place both at each end of the piano and make them face the strings, not the hammer directly.

>>70487371

You are talking about the front or bottom panel? I thought the front panel would give a brighter sound, and the lower part of the strings would give a bassier sound?

>>70487263
as the other anon said the out of phase component of the guitars and the chorus sample is brutal and really annoying
make sure to take a look at a goniometer every now and then and double check your mixes in mono (both the guitar and the sample almost completely disappear in mono sum which is a good indicator for it being too out of phase)

>>70486939
Just get royalty free samples. Don't use pilfered samples and you don't have to worry about it.

>>70487422
get the external body components removed and no, it doesn't matter what part of the string you're recording, a string vibrates the same exact way, the lower/higher has only to do with the thickness of the string aka the keys.

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>>70480201
>>70480249
>>70486841

>>70472475
Go learn some music before trying to go straight to music production/composition. This is a message to you all. Hopefully you are not tone deaf but you have a lot of work to do.

>>70480249
Idk where this FL studio praise came from, but I like it. Keep going brothers.

>>70486200
Those fucking samples holy kek. Wtf is that from??

>>70475734
Most likely for both - either on for both or off for both. I have the 18i20 which has 2 phantom power buttons, for inputs 1-4 and also for 4-8.

>>70481424
Depends on what level of production you need. It may be underpowered if you expect to use loads of virtual instruments and plugins.

Stumbled onto this recently - apparently the FL Studio playlist is going to get built-in audio warping, with warp markers--like ableton--is coming to the FL studio playlist according to this post.

http://forum.image-line.com/viewtopic.php?f=100&t=151564&start=150#p1129355

I can't fucking wait. They've already got the engine work done, since FL studio got real time audio stretching late last year. I know you can warp samples effectively by "making unique", holding shift+left click, and adjusting pitch by going to the individual sampler channels for each slice, but having it like ableton with markers you can visually adjust on the waveform will be so much more convenient so I'm really looking forward to this.

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Good free compressor plugin for mastering?

>>70489545
molot

>>70489545
kotelnikov

it's very transparent and has control over peak and rms release times.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cpokm0j1DXQ

>>70489613
never even heard of this company before. thanks!

>>70488747
thanks bud

>>70478919
>lol just give up if u cant maek music i liek
are you someone important or just another dumbass?

>>70485392
minilogue

>>70480201
>The piano roll sucks
clicking in entire parts sucks, that's why ableton doesnt really cater to it

also what is more steps in ableton than fl?

>>70491934
not in fl 12. In fl 12 clicking in notes is intuitive and fun. Deadmau5 does it in Abelton he should just use fl.

automation for one

>>70489545
>>70489572
>>70489613
Why did you mention mastering? Should I use diffferent compressors for mixing and mastering? Also, what is the use of a compressor during mastering stage?

>>70492314
>automation for one
but you literally just rightclick a parameter and hit "show automation"

how do you get fewer steps than that?

>>70485637
Presets aren't necessarily bad if you know how to build your own patches to begin with, no sense in building the same patch twice if you're going to be using it again right?

>>70492314
>>70492685
Actually agree with the first anon. Being able to work on automation in the Piano roll's "Velocity" area is a lot easier than working in tracks where you have to zoom in on the part you want to create an automation for. Also, it's really confusing that you have separate automations in the piano roll too by clicking the little E button thingy.

This is one of the main reasons why I'm keeping an eye out for Bitwig as my Ableton replacer.

>>70489545
I don't really compress my master (find it pointless 90% of the times) but when I do I either mildly use the Ozone one or throw in the SSL comp from waves. if I want hard compression on the master I'll use a glue compressor.

>>70485906
gonna upload another 1k song real quick

lol

>>70493023
hmm... i've always just done automation in the arrangement view or by recording the mouse movement of individual parameters. never really felt impeded by it

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>>70493737
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AU7z_7QMxkI

i doubt anyone here knows, but what is up with the stereo signature on this track?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEYcVAqH1zI

there's a hollow convolved sound to everything.

>>70472367
is that knaye wost?

>>70494072
I don't notice anything special but a bit loud side signal in some parts
just a normal track, bro

>>70488816
Yeah, I won't get it then. I suppose I need something with more RAM. A macbook pro seemed okay but I'm not sure I'm going to shell out $1300 for 8gb of RAM.

>>70475734
both. 2i4 is a great choice btw

Not much I can think of to say about this. Just gimme critique.

https://clyp.it/mteag0dp

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>>70494029

https://clyp.it/ijduytsu

here's a clyp

tell me what u think
should i upload?

>>70495884
prob not gonna upload

>>70495884

I quite like the artwork - the beat's an ok starting point, are you thinking of adding to it?

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https://clyp.it/wiwmzw5p

thoughts?

>>70494072
it's way too stereo if that's what you mean

>>70494106
yes

>>70495873
I can tell you just started /prod/ing. it's way too quiet, drums aren't audible, an uninspired generic chord progression (if I can even call it that).

>>70498024
nothing mindblowing, very generic but it works for what it is.

>>70489545
loudmax, if used VERY lightly, can be really helpful for a loud master as long as the mix itself is solid.

>>70479382
????

What specific producers are you referring to?
You mean to tell me that all good sound design comes from only 1 mystery company, 1 specific synth, and takes no effort whatsoever?
Is...is this...the Secret the Industry Doesn't Want You to Know About™ ?!

>>70487371
>get AKG K44 Perceptions, they are cheap (30-40 bucks) and amazing.

Can't find any here in the Philippines. :(

>>70487371
>>70487434
As for the other stuff I'll get right to it when I'm free.

>>70499260
No soundcloud links in /prod/.

>>70499408
sorry. https://clyp.it/nvyqwskf

>>70499433
If the sample didn't last through the entire thing, it sounds like something Antwon would rap on. Not bad.

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https://clyp.it/zeyuogzo

does this sound good

>>70499505
heh i got carried away with the supercarrot. i plan on finding a really fat white guy to rap on it.

>>70499638
Shit, I got one for you.

>>70499701
>>70499638
Here's an example of one of his raps. He doesn't necessarily sound "big" (he is thought) but he's still big and white. He doesn't really have bars either. Which sucks.

https://clyp.it/2fhhkepg

>>70499923
bars are the only thing you need, my dude
luckily i live in a big city and everyone wants to be a rapper

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https://clyp.it/z2rsuvic
how's this sounding?

>>70500034
I can ghost write for him haha. I got bars but I don't have a voice for rapping. So I just stick to making the beats.

w e ' l l

n e v e r

m a k e

i t

>>70500475
Are you GREAF?

>>70500712
I will u dingdong

>>70500712
w h o

s a i d

w e ' r e

d o o m e d

Ableton more like Disabledton

>>70499197
order them from ebay

>>70499260
pretty good stuff man

>>70499618
it's very stock sounding

>>70500475
ayy this is fuckin great man

>>70478246
Volca forever idiot

Are there 61 and 49 key midi controllers with fully weighted keyboards?

>>70495884
This has potential

>>70486200
lmao

>>70500475
Wow, amazing <3

>>70472475
Holy shit this is bad
Everything is off key

>>70501823
he asked for somebody to help him though

>>70478246
Look the volca fm can accept DX7 files and sets up macros to edit them similar to a subtractive.

If you want deep editing what you want is FM9 or even Dexed

Volca FM rules at fast sounds.

Look up Chrome DX7 patch unpacker and loader

Someone told me this sounded kinda muddy. How would I go about fixing that? I've heard to just dip the 400hz range by 2 or 3 db on the master but that seems... wrong.

>https://clyp.it/lkjm42gj

here's a frankenstein thing I made in a couple hours today, not sure which drop to build a song around. Let me know famalam, also thoughts on the mixing would be helpful. There's like 20 seconds of guitar wankery at the end that you can skip

https://clyp.it/0auvv51a

>>70502284
Don't have anything other than rudimentary advice. Don't know if there's a sub under the synth bass but if there is roll off the bottom 100hz from it

I made a post-ironic beat but I feel like I crossed the line between intentionally bad and actually bad.

https://clyp.it/xmiiioox

>>70502284
>https://clyp.it/lkjm42gj
you could start by making proper music

>>70502536
>https://clyp.it/xmiiioox
this is awful... do you not have any imagination? theres more to making meme hip hop beats than distortion

>>70502586
>this is awful... do you not have any imagination?
:^)

>>70502358
>https://clyp.it/0auvv51a
you should make this song simpler

>>70502561
>gaiafag
No offense taken.

>>70502613
well do you lad?

>>70502641
How many layers of irony are you on?

>>70479382
metasynth

>>70502654
im simply telling you that your music lacks imagination despite it being post-ironic

>>70502633
hey you're the one who copies other music not me

>>70502536
>https://clyp.it/xmiiioox

when you try to meme and become a meme : the post

>>70484791
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOG9cU3OQlY

>>70502617
yeah this is pretty much a brainstorm still, I was just wondering if I should go in the trap direction of the first part or the deep house direction of the second part

>>70502673
succ

>>70502673
>hey you're the one who copies other music not me
I wasn't aware.

>>70486177
Traktor has always been designed to be plebby though, it's basically the Garageband of DJing

>>70484791
Sorry if you hate Reddit but here's a link that might be relevant, I don't really know anything about the subject though https://www.reddit.com/r/WeAreTheMusicMakers/comments/mfymz/question_about_song_licensing/c30lkhi/

>>70479382
what does this even mean? Serum is versatile and it's why most producers use it. Larger sample size of producers, more outliers at the top "known for their sound design". Also, Xfer isn't having their pockets lined by any stretch of the imagination--I'm sure Steve Duda does well for himself but I'd say at least 50% of people using his products have a crack.

guys im new to production. i just got protools, where do i start with producing my own beats/songs

>>70481424
I'm still using my 2012 Mac mini for music production. Work fine...was kinda hoping that Apple were going to update the Mac mini last year but it seems like they've given up on it and are concentrating on the MacBook Pro range...

>>70502944
Try reading the fucking manual.

>>70482256
velocity is your best friend

>>70486200
nigga did you just sample moonbase alpha

first time posting to /mu/, so please be gentle.
https://clyp.it/2en3cbys

>>70503233
>https://clyp.it/2en3cbys
The hi hat bothers me for some reason. Other than that, it's pretty good.

>>70503286
yeah, the lofi post processing i used didn't transfer over too well for the high-end frequencies

>>70503300
Ease up on the "lofi post processing" and it should be good. Just tone it down a little.

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new wip ideas

messing with filters and shit

https://clyp.it/jmumyj4g

>>70472470
>>70472568
alot of it has to do with experience.

i got a korg trition studio for christmas when i was 14. No joke, the manual was brief as fuck, didnt explain shit or how to record and i didnt do shit with it until when in was 18. It took a few years to figure shit out but i was also in school throughout the day and didnt have as much time as i did now to break in new products.
I learned the GUI, a few tricks and shortcuts, and applied that to other DAWs,

The best things you learn are trick on doing things with limitation like how to do certain tricks like creating a crescendo by recording the volume automation moving up quick during a segment in your music, or looping samples short to create aphex twin like glitch sounds, or smoothing out samples of a bass line or singling out drum breaks to create presets.

Now days, kids can just download pirated shit that does everything for you with a click of the button, but back in 2002 you had to do everything manually or pay for quality samples.

sometimes i wish i just stuck with using the computer and figuring out things like renoise since VSTS were just starting out when i was 14 instead of begging my parents to blow 4000 on a DAW keyboard with monitors.
but the experience of using hardware helped out alot and youll spend more time figuring out your setup than actually jamming.

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HI GUYS,
THANK YOU,
I LOVE YOU.

I'm going to be streaming breakcore production in ableton Live on Twitch. I'm RenoiseJungleBreakcoreguy, I posted lots of breakcore/jungle WIPs outta Renoise. Feel free to tune in!

I'm using Tremor for drums, followed by bouncing and significant choppagem, and Serum for most (all??) synths. FabFilter plugins including godly Pro-R and others like Trash2 make appearances.

Go to Twitch and search Kimryd, I can't post the link because "the system this it's spam", the link is also in the IRC channel, and discord.

And remember....

THANK YOU,
I LOVE YOU.

Someone told me to post this when I finished it so here it is. https://clyp.it/4jruaaae

I know it isn't good, but maybe that anon will like it.

>>70503882
where did you get that vocal sample?

>>70503930
It's a vocal synth

>>70503938
which one?

>>70503963
I probably should have specified, sorry. It's called Alter Ego, it's alright considering it's free.

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https://clyp.it/gittkg3p

How do I get kill the noise type vocal effects?

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HAHA, HEY,

HEY GUYS,

GUYS,

LOOK, IT'S MY CPU ON ABLETON LIVE.

https://clyp.it/cg12ugum
Are there any good virtual synths/sounds which sound like they're from the 80's which are actually good?

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What do you guys think of this track, specifically the mixing???

https://clyp.it/1itrbd53

>>70500475
Awesome sounds, although gets kinda repetitive.

>>70504579

This is sick, do you have a soundcloud? The texturey drums sound really cool how did you make them?

https://clyp.it/n5pbiqib

Any thoughts on improving this mix?

>>70504462
I can never recommend SQ8L enough for that type of shit.

Example:
https://clyp.it/qoh4g5qi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vchshozI8g8&feature=youtu.be

Another One

>>70504855
https://soundcloud.com/harryhart_official
is my soundcloud.

Maybe the high end could use a bit of play around sounds great though

>>70505046
what the fuck am i watching?

>>70505046

Cool, followed. What do you think should be done to the high end?

>>70505282
just sounds a bit too loud in relation to the low end IMO, although it still sounds great nonetheless.

>>70505300

OK thanks, do you have any suggestions for controlling it? To me it seems balanced in the first half but in the second (where there are more synths added in the higher frequencies) it kind of overpowers the rest. I have them all EQ'd bussed and compressed but don't want to over do the compression, is there anything else I could try?

What's the best record player I can get for 200?
Anything good?

https://clyp.it/1mhnkp42
thoughts and feelings?

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>>70505386
>>70505282
A general rule of thumb is to make your master EQ look like brown noise. At least that's what I've always heard.

https://clyp.it/h3fhsz0q

>>70502284
>>70505476
Also bumping this since I didn't get any real advice.

>>70502820
>Traktor has always been designed to be plebby

What would you recommend then?

>>70504194
Youtube

>>70505476
sounds ridiculously muddy if you ask me.

it may just be a preference but i dont think there can be enough clarity and pronounciation if you cut high end that much.

Oh shit I like this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8f3NuE8tfgw

https://clyp.it/e3dbb10d
To do: re-record vocals, add piano, master it

>>70505799
I'll try raising the high end on a couple of things and post the result. Give me just a sec.

>>70505476
you can't see sound you fucking autist. Literally nothing matters visually if it sounds good.

>>70505925
why the fuck does it have to be so thin? I like weighted keyboard keys for a reason...

>>70506194
You can with an equalizer (kinda). And besides it's just something I heard. Don't take it as fact.

>>70505799
I solo'd all the synth and they all have plenty of high end (except when they're geing filter swept, obviously). You think maybe there's just too much shit going on at once?

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>>70472367
holy shit im so out of gas musicwise after doing 7 beats to a customer. how you guys just start doing when ur exhausted af
also supposed to get into some shitty EDM parties tonight, i probably should drink heavily for that to be fun

>>70487749
well… no.

>>70506276
Start making some shit in a genre you don't usually fuck with. I used to just make trap but got burnt out and start making synthwave. Now when I go to make a trap song, shit bangs.

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>>70506328
yeah sure that sounds doable, like just googling genres, picking one with random, setting BPM somewhere around 90-115, getting 500MB new samples for the beat etc.

usually i just do one 8-16 second clip that has all the elements, then cut the volume out of most of that shit and add them to the track as time goes by to get there some sorta progression

still i feel like you gotta have vocals for any shit to be commercial, or it has to be really fucking good

>>70502673
Hey grimes

Wrong cuck. This plugin requires absolutely no synthesis skill. /prod/ btfo'd

https://clyp.it/eqknjlau

What do yous think?

>>70505476
Better to chuck a few songs you know into your daw and watch the spectrum analyzer while you play them. Quite fun to do actually, The 90s -00s rock I looked at has a little boost around 2k god knows why

>>70506463
>setting BPM somewhere around 90-115, getting 500MB new samples for the beat
Want me to hook you up with some?

>>70506902
I do that occasionally. Just to get an idea with what levels certain frequency ranges should be. Helps quite a bit.

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>>70507066
>current era
>/prod/ sticky doesnt already have sample BS

just drop a link man :^))

>>70507240
It's gonna be about 30 minutes to compress these into a zip. And they're all synthwave/80s sounding samples. Hope that's cool.

>>70507301
>30min
kk ill check out the thread later on

>>70507392
Yeah, it's a big pack. Sorry.

Does anyone know some good desks that aren't too expensive? I'm having trouble finding something that will fit 2 screens and 2 nearfileds

>>70507392
Here's one. The other one is still compressiong.
>http://www.mediafire.com/file/n7taj0im9axn6fj/pl0440_acid_wav_synthwave_87233.zip

what's the best VST drum machine? I don't want some fucking muh 909 emulation with the awkward interface, I want something preferably grid base, and flexible. I was checking out this one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WyHReSYm1k

this same idea. any recommendations besides this one?

Hey, producer with barely 7 months of experience here.
As an student and freelance worker I have to put all the time I can to good use with music production. What I'm trying to do now is learn a little further from the basics, which I believe I'm handling well, but I need to get the most out of the few hours a week I get for this. My question is: Should I spent my time working on songs and learn by trial and error while watching tutorials and reading manuals or have any of you found a more effective way? Is theory more important than practice?
I play guitar music, mostly rock/pop by myself, btw

https://clyp.it/liuuhems

>pop

Advice and comments appreciated

>sample based music and bleeps-bloops yet again get the most love in here
See you in the next thread.

>>70508302
>wahh no one likes my shitty music
shut the fuck up

>>70508362
I love how everyone immediately just replies in "no you" style. I don't have a problem with my music, that is irrelevant in this discussion.

>>70472367
explain kanye's setup to me

>>70505476
>make your master EQ look like brown noise
nah it's pink noise. It's not exactly an iron-clad rule, but it's useful for people with bad monitoring setups and whatnot. look up pink noise mixing

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>>70508550
I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that's an MPC on some weird stand which controls everything via MIDI. He was also a big fan of the ASR-10 in those days.

>>70504271
Windows

>>70505582
I think Serato is the industry standard
I don't mean to knock Traktor really, it's not a bad program, but it's intentionally simplistic

>>70504271
specs?

>>70507579
you can always buy a couple planks and put your own together

>>70507732
desu just get a fuck ton of samples

>>70507743
theory is NEVER more important than practice, so do that. however, in case you find yourself with a bit more spare time go through your plugins' manuals or read a few guidelines. Equipboard is a good site with a lot of resources.

>>70508012
I like the atmosphere a lot and what you're trying to do, but I don't think it's executed too well, volume levels are messed up, everything is way too sloppy (drums, chords) kinda like piecing a puzzle the wrong way. streamline your ideas into something more coherent.

>>70508550
http://equipboard.com/pros/kanye-west

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https://clyp.it/crxx4ola
already a mess. how do i make things sound simple, other than the sidechain meme

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American “hot rod” mentality applied to a boutique, high-end stereo interface. Hand crafted in Seattle, WA utilizing the finest silicon components money can buy for ultimate transparency. There is also a selectable tube-powered overdrive circuit designed by Michael Soldano (of guitar amp fame) to add as much character as you like to any sound.

Is this the penultimate interface of are generation?

>>70510864
it all boils down to better sound design and better sample selection (i.e. that kick), also there's no sub, vocals are mixed way too loud compared to the rest of the channels.

>>70511332
people don't really care about audiophile shit anymore, like, just make some goddamn music jeez

>>70511633
>people don't really care about audiophile shit anymore

Precisely why most things today sound awful

>>70511332
penultimate means second last

>>70511998
Really? It kinda sounds like the best

>>70475018

nothing wrong with getting into modular, but it takes lots of money.

its the shit though

>>70511778
not really, back in the 80's you only had 5 different drum machines and sequencing shit was a pain in the ass, songs back then sounded stale, dry and quiet with the same kick drum in every song whereas nowadays every artist has his own sound and sky's the limit in terms of what you can accomplish purely in-the-box.

>>70478246
The main problem with the volca is the polyphony.
Sold mine for a DX7 and it's amazing.

>>70512839
3 voices right?
That's still great for making soundscapes and melodies.
Any other major flaws to be aware of?

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https://clyp.it/l3m4inxu
Working on a comfy future beats-ish track. Critique would be appreciated!

>tfw just copped Korg DS-8
90s, here I come

>>70513498
yo this shit is good except the vocal sample that sucks

>>70513456
No velocity, other than that it's great.

>>70513622
Yeah, I'm still deciding whether to keep it. It's my first time working with a Vocaloid, it's pretty fun

>>70472475
The track I did on mute sounded about 600x better than this

>>70503233
This is really nice. I don't mind the open HH, it gives a nice steady back beat to the syncopated drums and samples. Maybe it's a bit loudish.
>>70510864
Pull the vocals down a bit, EQ
>>70508012
I'm digging it, especially the jazzy melodies and autotuned vocals. Needs compression and better mixing, a wider stereo image would be nice.
>>70506762
Sounds like a sweet jam, but still a jam. Are you planning to add anything (percussion maybe)?

what makes tropical house tropical?

>>70514269
>non-arid
>all twelve months have mean temperatures of at least 18 °C
>unlike with subtropical house, temperature remains relatively constant throughout the year and seasonal variations are dominated by precipitation

>>70514352
hul daebak

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>>70509177
OS: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro (x64) • CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-5200U CPU @ 2.20GHz (2.20GHz) • Memory: 7.9 GiB Total (3.4 GiB Free) • Storage: 417.2 GiB / 945.3 GiB (528.1 GiB Free) • VGA: Intel(R) HD Graphics 5500 • Uptime: 19h 54m 38s

PIC RELATED, A DRUM SEQUENCE.

graham from therecordingrevolution has some nice videos but I always get the feeling he's trying to sell me something

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https://clyp.it/qixtener

something like a beat, I haven't really done that before
is it too busy? what more should I add to it?

>>70516825
https://clyp.it/xfztsw4s
alternative bass, the melody is improved either way

>>70513498
that shit is comfy as fuck man

>>70508012
groovy man. eq that shit though, some of the sounds sound off. but not by a big margin so its all good

https://clyp.it/yy1kyou3
first time doing something hardstyle related

>>70514516
Are you using default windows drivers?

>>70513858
i don't think its that bad

>>70514516
do you have a bunch of shit in every cell of the drum rack or something? even still... sounds like some issue with your computer and not ableton in general

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>>70505462
Can anyone give me some criticism on this so far? I'm still trying to learn how to use guitar synths as well as mixing and mastering.

this shit pretty hot

rate https://clyp.it/3dmtp3g4

>>70522176
remove the jingle bells or get a new sample, they don't have enough sustain/sound off

>>70522419
i didn't use any samples

and i don't know what jingle bells you're talking about there are none lmfao

>>70508552
Oh is it pink noise? My bad.

>>70507392
>>70507662
I fell asleep before the other one got down uploading. I'll post the link in then next thread since this one's about to die.

In the meantime, here's a shitload of vintage drum kit samples.
>http://www.mediafire.com/file/495fm04ggaiu3h3/KB6.rar

>>70485893
>what is absynth
absynth is beautiful once you get to know it

>>70507240
>>current era
>>/prod/ sticky doesnt already have sample BS
Honestly we should do this. I have like almost a TB of samples I'd be willing to share.

Anyway, here's the other pack.
>http://www.mediafire.com/file/c430nos59pmo6fi/SM47+-+Synthwave.rar

Can anyone enlighten me to wtf is going on?

I have a drum machine and a synthesizer which I'm using for arpeggios. Both have tempos set to exactly 100. I start both at the same exact time and after a few loops, they start to desync and deviate from each other.

Anyone know what the problem could be/how to fix it?

>>70525925
Maybe one of them has a faulty clock? Did you try to connect them over MIDI or something?