/prod/

>>70626647
first for Serum a best.

>>70626647
what are some good free guitar vsts

>>70627012
Actually, not just guitar. I need recommendations for just about every instrument. Where do I look? Also free includes piracy.

>>70627403
AudioZ is a useful place to look around, just dont use the usenet link, its shit. go for other links on the page. it may be slow but it has whatever i look for.
As for guitar vsts, are you talking about things like BiasFX?

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can't find nexus 2 on pirate bay for logic x


will give gold token to whoever helps me get it without buying it

>>70627012
>guitar vsts
they are usually bad and fake sounding imo it would be better to get a cheap guitar from a pawn shop and learn it

any cool stuff from namm?

anyone know of a working fl studio crack?

What VSTs are good for analog style sounds that don't directly emulate existing analog synthesizers?

>>70626647
wait who are these guys?

can i get a quick run down?

>>70627012
Do you mean guitar amp VSTs?
Guitar Rig. Free on the bay.

>>70630061
its daft punk without the masks

>>70630061
they're huge fags

whats the best way to get good, do I just have to spend time messing around? Should I look for outside resources?

>>70630241
Tutorials on YT, they'll be there
obtain a full version of whatever DAW you desire, any method is fine
Dick around in it for long periods of time, learn it until you know the DAW by heart

Do NOT save every little idea in their own file, you'll just create clutter. it may not be bad at first, but it becomes unmanageable.

>>70630241
As far as musical talent goes, it's something you either end up having or you don't honestly. You could spend 5 years straight doing nothing but working on music and become a master or you could still be shit by the end. Of course, the only way to know is to just do it and find out. You can help yourself quite a bit by just learning as much as you can, watching videos, learning theory and how to use whatever technology you choose to use, and experimenting with new ideas. Lastly if you don't enjoy doing it don't even bother.

so what happens when i use pirate bay without a vpn?

>>70626647
Why are literally all links to the newest cracked serum mac version offline? Pls halp
>inb4 kanye

I don't take production too seriously desu, but it's still cool to hear feedback on my shitty little compositions

https://clyp.it/vmvpsnqg

>>70633338
depends on where you live
also you should find a way to get an Apollo or PassTheHeadphones account, there is some stuff there

>>70634183
what's the chord you play at 0:37? Hold that shit longer. It's unusual. Don't go straight to the harmonious chord again
good mixing btw. What daw do you use?

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- why are new roland synths so shit and bad turd-looking

- why do they keep making bad looking synths when people have complained for years, is it someones wife made the design and they dont want to offend or what

- are roland retarded and run by a senile person, why dont they just use the old style that reminds of a wipeout playstation game, why dont they reissue the classics

When submitting tracks to labels, is it bad if they're unmastered? What about if I master them myself despite not being very good?

>>70635033
depends on the label, really.

shit label? master it yourself.
higher tier label? might want to ask around.

What is this sound that everyone uses? I cut it so you know what sound I'm talking about but it's from one of Jinsang's songs.

https://clyp.it/aispqgmm

>>70627567
I mean, you don't need it specifically for Logic, you can get it for every DAW...

>>70635066
ahh that makes sense

thanks bud

>my shitty usb2midi bought years ago doesn't send Sysex
>on the KORG manual it's written that some usb interface are not able to handle those messages
>various forum posts and blacklists about it
>call the technical support of a shop asking informations about a midi interface i want to buy as a replacement
>he starts to sperg out telling me that that's not possible and that everything is independent from interfaces
>it's written in the fucking KORG manual bro
I sent him an email with a link to the korg manual, I wonder if he will reply

who /oldschoolprod/ here?

i only use old, crummy and shit free vst plugins. it gives me some sort of edge.

Worked on the tune I put up in the previous thread lads. Added a lead guitar and a groovy bass track (At least I *think* it's groovy - Whatever that means lol) It's still a bit rough and I think I might change/add some of the patterns. How polished/how many tracks does a demo album have to be usually?

https://clyp.it/wryold0a

>>70626647
I need the Bog pill

>>70630079
Anything fron NI always comes in demo mode if you try to pirate it.

>>70635452
quick rundown?

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>>70626647

Oddly enough was working on some bogcore the other day but never got around to finishing it

https://clyp.it/cgc5l0al

>>70635431

Distortion is a little bit over the top crunchy for me, maybe bring up that other lead a bit.

>How polished/how many tracks does a demo album have to be usually?

4 tracks is a nice little demo imo, as far as polish goes that's up to you

>>70634183

Nice little tune m8, chill vibe to it

>>70626647
updated ma tune with the facebook notification sound which happened to be in the same key.

Critique?

https://clyp.it/2q0t2m2u


I think I wanna go for more industrial hip hop beats and for pop music- i love both

>>70635431
dude I almost fucking died

Shreddage II is the only good guitar VST I can find. Is there anything like it for acoustic guitar?

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I got a sampler that has individual outputs and a 'mixed output'

When I send a sound through an individual out via a TS cable to the soundcard instrument input, it sounds fine.

When I do the same with a mono cable using either of the mixed outputs, I get no sound but a painful screeching sound. Is this supposed to take a TRS to TS split only? Is it normal behaviour for screeching to be heard if you put a stereo jack output to a mono cable?

>>70635134
Sounds like a sampled harp.

>>70637231
Sometimes mono cables fuck shit up because they connect the two stereo pins internally which is not always calculated in with the circuit design.

>>70637659
i need to know if mixed output means a single one of those outputs sends a combined l+r signal to a single cable, or if i've been sold something with destroyed outputs

>>70637851
should be easy enough to test if that's the case

>>70637951
im waiting for a reply from the seller, ill order a splitter if its necessary but i wanted to see if anyone here would know

ill be pissed off if yet another ebay purchase was someone offloading broken gear thinking i wouldn't test it

if those outputs are destroyed, would sending a splitter from the headphone output give the same quality signal?

>>70637851
couldn't you just stick a pair of headphones into the mixed outs to find that out?

>>70638218
i read that you're not supposed to do that w/ no explanation

god everything to do with cables and recording is vague as fuck on the internet

>>70634469
live in canada

>>70636016
the demo mode on GR5 is entirely usable at least

you can flip through the presets under the time limit and get a lot of sounds

>>70638782
then nothing

>>70635183
i meant mac

is it weird to ask your favorite music artists in person what kind of equipment they use to make their sounds?

>>70639378
probably comes off as youre trying to look for a shortcut to sound like them.

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first try at juke/footwork

https://clyp.it/ohbg21gb

thoughts?

juke is shit

so is trap

literally just glorification of down syndrome music because it's 'urban', half of it sounds like reggaeton mixed with hip hop

literally everything people post ITT is just trap and really bad EDM, because you're shit and stupid and 14

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>>70641152

>>70641152
sounds like you just suck

>>70641152
This is actually true

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>>70641152
>really bad EDM

as someone who posted this shit in this thread that kinda hurts lad

>>70641493
This is actually untrue

>>70641501
anon is just upset that they haven't amounted to anything in their sad music career and taking it out on hobbiest like us.

>>70641152

ignore this guy, it's /nba/ leaking
some famous basketball GM apparently lurks here and they're trolling for him to respond

>>70641593
>anon is just upset that they haven't amounted to anything in their sad music career and taking it out on hobbiest like us.

it's not about 'taking it out' on anyone, this thread is just really bad. it's literally a video game general for using pirated software to make trap and bad EDM

>>70641771
kek sorry about your life failures anon

>>70641803
stop making trap

>>70641836

no

RAINDROPS

>>70641771
why do you come here if you hate it so much

>>70641836

go back to /nba/

Tfw lacking too much confidence to even look at my laptop, let alone try to make good tracks.
I get so butthurt at myself sucking and just scribble depressing pictures in my sketchbook.

trap is like 12 years old now

thats almost the time difference between sgt. peppers and detroit techno

just make something new lmao

7kt sent us from /nba/. he said you could teach us how to make darrude sandstorm on a cracked ipad no problem?

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>>70642165

Stop bothering us you dumb jock

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>>70641836
i don't make trap tho

https://clyp.it/cb1jgrjd

>>70642354
>https://clyp.it/cb1jgrjd
sounds like something I can listen to while shitting in the morning

>>70635431
I agree with the other anon that the distortion should come down a bit. It's too much right now.

>>70642287
what do i need? fruityloops?

>>70635431
>https://clyp.it/wryold0a
those shitty guitars made me want to kill myself 10 seconds in. then that shitty riff went on for what seemed like hours

naw hell naw/10

>>70642445
where your clypit newfriendo?

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>>70642445

>>70642457
at your moms. it's the sound of her ass clapping. haven't mastered it yet

>>70642445
it sounded like a friends tv show intro nightmare. cool if that's the sound you were looking for lad

>>70642473
>>70642415
>>70642505
>>70642445

Ignore this, its /nba/ raiding us

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here's something really groovy
https://clyp.it/pp4twtoa
on that note, anyone here familiar with reason? are you able to make the default instruments sound good? that upright bass for example, I remember using a vst a friend had and it was the nicest upright bass ever. am I just making excuses or should I try another sampler?

>>70642518
>https://clyp.it/pp4twtoa
that would be fine if you didn't steal the midi file

>>70642543
what do you mean?

>>70642354

>I don't make trap

thank you for being one of the few faggots on here

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>>70642560
I hope you're trolling

https://clyp.it/eeummbxl

trying out a new 808 sample pack

going for a retro vibe

>>70642626
melody-wise and chord-wise I think it's a nice start, I obviously know it sounds cheesy and midi-like but it has much to do with the default reason nn-xt instruments. that's why I asked if anyone is familiar with reason

>>70642681
>https://clyp.it/eeummbxl
not bad a little clay d ish but overall good job

>>70642717
i cant be bothered to figure it out but it sounds like a popular track

im not an expert but oh wait i am

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>>70642765
>expert

>>70642765
don't know what you're talking about but maybe I took it from somewhere. C#sus, Bsus, Bmaj, C#dim and C#. add a goofy bass on that
it'd be cool to compare if you knew where you remembered it from

>>70642765
expert at being a faggot

>>70642930
I'm looking for it. It was a Chicago house track

>>70642681
Aphex Twin?! You post here?!! Wow!!!! It's really you!!!!

>https://clyp.it/eeummbxl
i love you, though i also hate you for stealing my idea, btw yes you can be better than the cornish disklavier autist, persistence is all, take it from me ;)

https://clyp.it/vdk11oj0

>>70643055
>>70642681
meant to reply to this guy

>>70643034
not really my area of expertise. in my mind I'm making it sound like a fruity diddy kong racing track or something

>>70630061
Here's a quick rundown on the Bogdanoffs:
>rothschilds bow to the Bogdanoffs
>in contact with aliens
>rumoured to possess psychic abilities
>control france with an iron fist
>own castles and banks all over the world
>direct descendants of the ancient royal blood line
>will bankroll the first cities on Mars (Bogdangrad will be be the first city)
>own basically every DNA editing research facility on Earth
>first designer babies will be Bogdanoff Babies
>both brothers said to have 200+ IQ
>ancient Indian scriptures tell of two angels who will descend upon the Earth and will bring an era of enlightenment and unprecedented technological progress with them
>These are the Bogdanoff twins
>They own Nanobot R&D labs around the world
>You likely have Bogdabots inside you right now
>The Bogdanoffs are in regular communication with the Archangels Michael and Gabriel, forwarding the word of God to the Orthodox Church
>They learned fluent French in under a week
>Nation states entrust their gold reserves with the twins. There's no gold in Ft. Knox, only Ft. Bogdanoff
>The twins are 67 years old, from the space-time reference point of the base human.
>In reality, they are timeless beings existing in all points of time and space from the big bang to the end of the universe
>The Bogdanoffs will guide humanity into a new age of wisdom, peace and love

>>70643055
that literally hurt my innards haha good job, now i know what autism sounds like.
damn

what are some good granular synthesis plugins?

>>70643179
damn man, harsh ;(

>>70643410
steinberg padshop pro , sound guru the mangle , max4live granulator 2

>>70643488
not that I don't appreciate the effort but there was a lot going on there. like you used an entire sound board. but hey be you, there may be the cure for cancer in there somewhere

>>70643617
well at least you're honest, sometimes i wonder my self why i'm unable to make a normal track but there's no point to self pitying, a shitty track a day and in ten years something might snap and i'll make a banger

>>70643724
what else you got?

How do people sequence drums to sound lively without owning a drumset to demo how it'll sound first? Do I just have to make a bunch of different patterns in FL for every measure I want to have a fill or something in? Should I get one of those finger drumming machines?

>>70643970
quantize

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>>70643970
>finger drumming

>>70643970

This is the opposite of what I need, this is for tightening up things played live

>>70644051

This is what I've seen them called, you know what I mean, Novation Launchpad, MIDI Fighter, the pad controllers whatever

>>70643970
turn off snap to grid in piano roll and micro adjust the drums until they sound right

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>>70644070

>>70643854
https://clyp.it/olkxgav2
there's a lot more if you've got the time

>>70644129
>https://clyp.it/olkxgav2
little more structure on this track, i can see it being a techno track if you had a 4x4 beat on it. getting better tho i cannot tell a lie

trying to make techno

how does this sound?

https://clyp.it/effsrccf

>>70644220
>https://clyp.it/effsrccf
good i was waiting for hihats but overall in the right direction. im nodded my head to it. wouldn't call it techno more future housy

>>70644118

yes, would something like this help me get more live sounding beats? should I just splurge for v-drums?

>>70644291
nothing you can do with a mouse or mpc pad will ever sound right without doing this
>>70644106

>>70644322

so either micro-adjust or get electronic drums, essentially

>>70644291
Listen to songs with good sounding drums, pay attention to the drum beats, maybe create a midi pattern that mimics them.

>>70644358
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMg4ssbzTQA&list=RDdMg4ssbzTQA#t=118

>>70644358
get gud
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doFEQo8Hgck

>>70644203
what boggles me is that i made that track like late last year in half an hour, yet if i really try hard to do a thing it always ends up sounding like shit lol, anyways here's another older thing i did, samples courtesy of that turkish star wars thing

https://clyp.it/orhlhtsd

>>70644220
>>70644285

Q 1.1

>>70644358
even with electronic drumset /finger pads youll have to do small adjustments to what you played unless you happen to play it perfectly how you want

>>70644405
>>70644428

oh my fucking god.

I'll probably end up buying a drumkit anyway since I tend towards live music personally and it's an instrument I've always wanted to learn

Where can I pirate ableton

>>70644433
you're overthinking it, make tracks and let them go. it's easy to mess shit up with so many parameters and knobs to turn... as for this track the piano at the beginning was too much and overpowering. id did find the breakdowns/drops to be interesting. @4:04 to the end reminded me of old school breakbeat

>>70644433
>https://clyp.it/orhlhtsd
for fucks sake: if you wanna make that piano so loud at least sidechain it to your vengeance-sound pack kick drum. There's so much punch missing.
I do like that sample at the beginning tho

>>70644654
>vengeance
i recently downloaded some of these sample packs and think they are shit for the most part

>>70644681
they're not shit but everyone uses them and you can tell cause the sounds are so generic as fuck.

>>70644588
>>70644654
i actually fully agree about the piano, i like old school piano melodies but at the time i had no fucking idea about scales or anything and it ended up sounding really dissonant, though the kick isn't vengeance, this isn't going to help the autism allegations but i don't really use many plugins or sample packs because it feels like cheating, i mostly just edit the fuck out of presets or sample my own stuff

Yo I'm wondering how to remove some of the excess noise from my guitar signal here. I'm running my line through a preamp and a delay pedal straight into my interface. The sound you here is even low-pass eq'd to about 10 kHz to cut off the worst of the hiss.

https://clyp.it/w43skpt4

Is my preamp just shit for creating so much noise?

my music sounds so much better if i play most of it on my keyboard instead of drawing it in

is this the key to getting a natural sound?

example:

https://clyp.it/3fg2zv4o

i played 90% of that on my keyboard and it sounds really natural and lively imo

>>70644822

>is the key to getting the keyboards to sound natural playing them instead of drawing them

Yes? Is this how retarded producers are these days?

>>70644754
try fabfilter and draw it out

>>70644822
wouldn't mind being stuck in an elevator to that track

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>>70644889

Slow your brakes there edgelord

>>70631258
FALSE

that couldn't be more untrue

musical talent isn't real friend

its all about what you focus on and how hard you work

if you're still shit after 5 years you don't lack talent

you lack the knowledge to acquire talent

read the book Mastery

>>70644917

ye you prolly right, with that said it's a nice track and I actually like it

>>70644914
>elevator

can't tell if insult or compliment but thank you

>>70644889
i've only been making music for 2 months im still new and figure out this shit. no one says this shit in youtube tutorials or anything...

>>70644541
rutracker

>>70644754
it's probably the wiring or the preamp itself, but you should also check the bitrate.

>>70644822
>is this the key to getting a natural sound?
yes, quantized is the opposite of natural by definition

>>70644984
there's more to life than youtube tutorials mate, use your brain

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did any of you have this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOcmxBf1p9c

>>70645187
I didn't even consider the wiring. I tested it with a different cord and there was no noise. Thanks!

https://clyp.it/jcn4xyss
Made edits from last /prod/ thread.
Hopefully this isn't too bad.

>>70645592

I remember that shit, that and Parappa The Rapper were my childhood

>>70645942
be more confident in your work faggot

this is good

>>70645942
is that alan watts?

>>70645592
Yes this was my shit! In high school I made a bunch of bass heavy beats with -9000 music theory knowledge that I then recorded to type I cassette tape

>>70626647
who are the guys, can i get a quick rundown?

>>70646820
Who?
>>70646801
Thanks mate. Submitting this online makes me freak.

>>70647559
whose the guy talking?

>>70647572
Oh shit. Wish I could say. Came with a sound pack. Had some great speeches in it too.

>>70645592
Lots of late 90s breakbeat producers sampled that shit.

>>70645942
I really enjoyed this. Very well done yo

>>70645942
>https://clyp.it/jcn4xyss
>dem snares
>dem crash cymbals

How do I get better EQing/ Compressing and mixing and mastering in Ableton? Also, what's a better alternative to using samples?

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https://clyp.it/e2wzy2wi

pls respond

>>70649141
a real 909

Its not finished yet but this is what I have so far.
https://clyp.it/xry3iabj

>>70649301
>https://clyp.it/xry3iabj
>xylophone funk

>>70649170
Pretty good anon, really like the drums. I want to hear more of it.

>>70649546
I actually sampled a melody from my synth and the played it as it's own sound.

>>70649170
>https://clyp.it/e2wzy2wi
gets good when that bassline kicks in but the rest was a little sterile to me

>>70644822
Groove pool ableton
Quantise off
fixed grid off
Play the part yourself

so i heard 7kt makes beats here? post musics

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I got two questions.
Anyone know where I can bulk download free samples?
Where I might learn more about terminology?

>>70650593
http://edmprod.com/glossary/

does anyone else like to remake songs just to try practicing the production and not the composition?

examples:
https://clyp.it/42ly23dc
https://clyp.it/uykvuium
https://clyp.it/yzdgnjph
https://clyp.it/awweecwe
https://clyp.it/wrozkahm
https://clyp.it/rowuiefb
https://clyp.it/xzzvcwj2

I know these aren't that good, that's why I'm practicing.

>>70650593
i download samples from rutracker or similar places

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is atmospheric dnb really as simple as two cool seventh chords over and over with breaks

https://clyp.it/lhxqn40w
hmmmmmm

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Thoughts on this? Dunno how I feel about it.

https://clyp.it/gwayxv2d

How would I make a mashup/plunderponics concept album that tells a story through the use of song samples and not through spoken word dialogue samples?

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>>70642726
>someone posts an obvious aphex twin track
>/prod/ says "not bad"

/prod/ belongs in /vg/ as a reggaeton fruity loops general

>>70653916
Posts peter hitchens, embrassing mate

https://clyp.it/f2wbd52l

is my song too basic to be /good/?

>>70654092
Without vocals, yeah.

>>70653916
to be fair, that's one of Aphex's lesser tracks.

https://clyp.it/s2i5vb5w

A meme mashup thing I made which I cant go back to edit because reasons

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>>70653916
>>70654149
no wait, I take that back
>that bassline
>that lightly distorted 808 kick

>>70652261
I think you need a harder mid range kick layered over your 808, otherwise it's pretty enjoyable. that melody that comes in at :54 seconds isn't really that trap sounding, unless you're making background music for an alien related video.

>>70654121
OK, I figured as much. Thanks for listening man!

>>70654079
you shut your mouth skimmed milk drinker

>>70644485
>>70644386
>>70644358
>>70644322
>>70644291
the hatred for quantized drums is kind of overblown these days... there were entire genres built on sequenced drums after all

>>70626647
>https://clyp.it/vmvpsnqg
I only have this Plantronics Gamecom 388 Gaming Headset and I'm trying to learn mixing. I've done this: https://clyp.it/jss0b5s5 . I know it could be better that's why I'm here. Can I get advices of mixing or equipment to buy?

>>70655342
get a pair of jbl lsr 305

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My audio interface just died (E-MU 1820M)

Had it for over 12 years so I guess it's time to upgrade. Budget is 1-2 grand. What's good these days?

>>70654092
sounds like hotel lobby music

>>70645592
yea that was the shit

Is Reaper legitimate software? It seems too cheap to compare favorably with Pro Tools or Cubase

>>70630241
Youtube tutorials will help you alot. But if you wanna become better at mixing, you'll just have to practice, practice and practice. Theres no shortcut for a great mix.

>>70654265
Wasn't really going for that traditional trap sound. Trying for something more "Gothboiclique"-esque. But yeah, I should probably change the kick sample, I agree.

>>70655960
How many inputs/outputs do you need? Do you need MIDI in/out? Firewire or USB?

>>70656390
I know Meshuggahs latest album was mastered in reaper. LOL.

>>70656503
Never heard of them. Are they known for good production?

>>70656551
Technical metal. I personally hate them but their latest album is really well produced.

>>70652261
>>70654265
Is this a little bit better?
>https://clyp.it/l2men12q

>>70655732
I don't have a treated room to produce in. Shouldn't a get headphones instead of a pair of speakers?

>>70656854
no

>>70656964
And why are those better than Krk Rokit at the same price range, for example?

I got a MIDI keyboard and am thinking about messing with synthesizers, what DAW should a total beginner get?

>>70656390

I came from Adobe Audition to Reaper. If you are programming midi notes manually I find it a bit frustrating but its great for recording live stuff. They have tutorials which are really good on their website. Volume automation still escapes me but at some point I'll figure that out

>>70657024
If you are a begginer and haven't done any research, I would say to try out the one you think it's more appealing

>>70655960

Scarlet line is pretty good. I got the 2i4 which looks similar to the one you have in the front. Vocals always come out very clean.

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>>70656854

You should reference your mixes in both, but ideally mix on speakers.

For headphones, you want something with a flat response. No "DJ" style headphones with added bass. TH02, I think, is a nice budget set

i know a bit of music theory but I feel like it gets so complex when you are making synth-based music, especially if you modulate pitch and detune. is this just me? am i crazy?

i have an interface with spdif in and out for 2 additional inputs... what would i have to buy to take advantage of that?

>>70657092
I also have the 2i4 and its good

>>70657019
better on-axis response
WAY better off-axis response
better low end

>>70657230
A new interface cause yours is gayboy

>>70655960
MOTU and universal audio make good stuff

>>70657395
part of growing up is learning not to chime in when you have nothing to contribute

>>70656390
Reaper is amazing. It is the patrician DAW.

>>70657518
Like yr doing? Who even uses spdif? just google it you nong

>>70634904
I think the new Rolands look nice tho

Anyone have any advice for me?

I am struggling with focus on anything I try and work on. I am hitting walls when writing lyrics o i make a very basic bassline for a track and then never touch it again.

I am attempting to look into other genres of music but I really want to make a specific genre.

I think what is stopping me is my inability to see what I am creating could be good and I am seeing so much negative in what I create and it makes me not want to continue with it.

>>70643177
>both brothers said to have 200+ IQ*
*combined

>>70649170
dont listen to the guy saying this is sterile

the bassline sucks but the rest is dope fix the bassline and sell this on beatport and make $$$

>>70656390
I love reaper but I wish the fx channels were more like FLStudio. Where instead of applying FX to each track I could just tracks through individual channels with FX on them

I'd imagine it's much easier on the CPU if I'm applying the same FX to multiple tracks.

I read the wiki but still have questions. I'm new to production, have been putting out shitty beats with Garageband and want to upgrade my DAW. Can anyone recc me? Looking to make ambient or hip hop instrumentals

>>70658763
Take a look at a bunch of them and pick whichever one that has the interface you understand the most, it will save you a lot of frustration.

Reaper is pretty cost effective.

>>70658361
Are you telling me you don't know how to use a channel send?

>>70656390
Burial made his first album in Sound Forge lol.

i like the Renoise interface (Tracker style with sample/recording capabilities) but it runs so fucking slowly on my computer. i think for some reason not seeing the arrangement style view is better for me, but (especially) if i have a few samples going at a time renoise commits suicide unlike any other DAW that could do that and run smoothly. it's annoying

>>70658911
Yes

>>70657855
you sure showed me for asking a question, u faglord

>>70659179

http://forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=14990

>>70637851
>>70637851
Use a TRS cable to run from the Mixed Output and plug it into a combo / TRS input on your interface

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>>70659393
Little roundabout but pretty much what i was looking for, thanks bro

>>70657230
>>70657230
Since SPDF is a digital signal, an example of using it would be to outsource the Digital to Analog conversion to a higher quality device.

In practice, an example would be, your interface is kinda shit in terms of Digital to Analog conversion. You use a SPDIF cable to run from your interface, carry the digital signal to a monitor controller with a higher quality Digital to Analog converter (maybe its a presonus central station, or similar device). In this way, you are bypassing a shittier conversion in favor of a bettter one.

You can also use SPDIF to transport two digital channels from another device to your interface. I use ADAT, another digital format, to transport 8 channels from my mic pre into my primary audio interface. You could do something similar with those SPDIF inputs.

>>70658067
just listen to some songs you like and try to recreate them as closely as possible, you'll learn a lot about what makes a song work and it'll passively improve your workflow too, it's a really good exercise
for lyrics, don't make them overly specific or complicated and don't be afraid to write something that doesn't make sense, a lot of the more memorable lyrics in songs are the ones that make you go "wait what the fuck did he just say", for better or for worse

>>70654092
>https://clyp.it/f2wbd52l
"not bad" i love apex twins

>>70654179
horrid sax loop though the entire song made want to scream so i didn't hear the rest

>>70645942
extremely nice ambiance but please for the love of fuck people stop it with the meme retro voice samples, they fucking destroy a song more often than improve it

https://clyp.it/k2dovkoz

I never really write music. Is this a good foundation for something? I want to add lyrics and an ending and maybe rework the lead guitar for the chorus

>>70660163
sounds like you just used 3 notes for the entire song

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>tfw can't sing and my songs always feel unfinished

anyone get vocal lessons here? are they a meme?

>>70660163

going for like a pseudo bossa nova feel? sounds nice, m8. i'd let your lead breathe a little bit, it's alright to have some space in your licks. there's some harsh tones to my ear on that lead, i'd eq some high end off.

it's nice though

>>70657229

i know a bit of music, at least enough to know what chords are in what key and played in a worship band and such but learning to make edm has been a struggle thus far, i feel your pain mate

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is this where bad music and broken dreams come to die?

>>70660400
Thank you for this constructive criticism
>>70660463
Thanks man, yeah I feel the same way. I kind of just wanted to lay everything out so I could dial things in later. I think you echoed what I've been thinking about the chorus too, I need to space it out a bit. It feels almost stressful

Where did you guys learn the basics?

By that I mean music theory, arrangement and sound design, I'm currently making garbage lo-fi boom bap beats, I'm having fun but I'm kinda stagnating, where do I learn all of the shit I mentioned? I don't mind books.

>>70660892
there are no basics, lil yachty exists

>>70661000
So I should just create my own style of doing things? You were probably dissing Yachty, but that's a great idea, thank you!

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>>70660892
>music theory
https://dropfile.to/76tTCRr

it's aimed at guitarists but same theory applies, diatonic chord theory (i.e. the relationship between chords, keys and scales or "how to pull chords from scales") is the most important thing to understand.

scales also help you understand melody

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>>70661176
Thanks!

>>70660892
>>70660892
michael new has some nice basic theory lessons on youtube

when it comes to arrangement, ask yourself what is your aim. are you trying to create a track with a strong melody? might want to emphasize on building a good lead synth. do you want a funky beat? might want to focus on bass melody and beats. for years i've been trying to make senseless sounds trying to make a texture that also functions like a bass, i only started to make progress when i started separating a synth for melody, a synth for texture etc

>>70645592
still have memory cards full of songs

very amateur, little nervous but what the heck
https://clyp.it/2hkedbsg

>>70661176
don't click on this it's a ratt virus. /nba/ is famous for these tricks

t./g/

>>70661917
>https://clyp.it/2hkedbsg
aphid twins/10

>>70661942
I-Is that bad?

>>70661921
i already did damn, how do i get rid of it? my computer is acting weird now and i just bought it

>>70659434
I tried it with a TRS to dual TS, the signal is only on the left TS cable, so it appears that the mixed outputs are mono and mixed just means sounds not assigned to individual outs

The mixer inside is obviously destroyed, guy claims he was just using it like a multitimbral rompler and never once used the main outputs which I highly doubt. He's shucking and jiving now about how the screeching is normal so I think he's trying to scam. If I don't get a refund im laying the neghammer and dont care if he responds in kind because im quitting ebay anyway if this shit happens yet again

>>70662059
>>70662059
TRS to dual TS. So some kind of Y cable? I would still try TRS to TRS if you can, just to rule out that the cable is the problem in this equation. If its stereo unbalanced coming out of a TRS output, then using the wrong Y cable could cause a problem. What mixer is it? I may be able to answer more accurately.

>>70662039
pls respond i can't log in now

>>70662123
It's not the cable, I tried the headphone output on the front with headphones and it's the exact same sound. The mixer or VCA or whatever it is inside the sampler I mean. It must be going through something different than the individual outs that's broken, he said himself that the individual outs bypass the internal digital mixer.

>>70661176
it says i have to call a number to unlock my computer now. why would you do this?

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>>70662124
dude you fucked up

>>70662273
i used sandbox and it still got me.any idea how to get rid of it? i called the number no answer. i had 500gb of samples on it

>>70662264
don't click links you don't recognize

being hacked is one thing, but being hacked by an anon... well, best take a hammer to that computer if you don't want some autist making photoshops of you giving birth to them

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>>70662264
fuck dude ur in a sticky situation. send a picture of the message that's telling you that.

>>70662328
this is why you never trust an /nba/ link. they're cancer everywhere they go

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>>70662341
will i lose everything if i restart?

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>>70662351
>>70662341
>>70662332
>>70662328
>>70662273
>>70662264
>>70662124
>>70661921


It's a PDF file what are you on about? Works fine for me.

>>70662431
you know viruses are spread through PDFs right?

>>70662457
>viruses are spread through PDFs

It's clean, my friend.

https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/3704d8535a30a86d18048e53a3b70082b563529c0859c7d243bfcc95a7645cb1/analysis/

>>70662429
>some harmfull virus

it's bullshit, restart the fucker

>>70662431
http://www.brighthub.com/computing/enterprise-security/articles/76970.aspx

>>70662473
not all virus show up there, there's always new ones. are you that dense?

>>70662539
Yes. for that matter it is possible for any file to contain a virus. As ScottKS said a .exe can be "disguised" as a .pdf or any other file. Never open anything from someone you do not trust, especially .zip files as those seem to be the common method SPAMMERS are using to infect machines these days.

>>70643177

actually they are spoiled royalty that are ugly as fuck

>no virus killer
>2017

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>>70662493
restarted it. it all came back. thanks for guiding me though this. what if they take it over again? who was phone?

>>70662742
not microsoft's helpline probably


paranoid me says u probably fuked up again doing that.

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>>70642518
slight update
https://clyp.it/byxwtyxh
don't mind the sweet beatboxing, it's the only way I can figure out drums in any capacity
is it easier to get fuller and richer sounds in another program or am I just not adept enough at arranging? it's like I want this loud bass and organ but once I crank it up it drowns out the other instruments or it gets unpleasant, and I try to eq it only to make it sound weird and washed out

>>70660163
with a lot of work you can make this sound pretty good yes, also vary up the chords a bit and structure it like a song, verse-bridge-chorus (x2) or whatever, right now it sounds more like a sketch.

>>70660463
honestly, if you can produce you can probably sing, there's no way you can't hit at least a couple of notes, also use pitch correction.

>>70660500
no

>>70660892
lots of trial and error and reading through the manuals of all of my VST's and plugins and trying to understand how everything works starting from the fundamentals which is the waveform. as for theory I went to piano school when I was a kid and stayed there for like 10 years, been making tons of classical shit on paper before I even discovered the whole production aspect.

>>70660892
for theory you have to familiarize yourself with the notes and scales, just look that shit up even on Wikipedia, not that hard to grasp, but you should invest on a lil MIDI keyboard at least so you can see what you're doing.

for sound design/production/mixing go through all the manuals on your synths and try to understand every term they use, also tons of trial and error, keep experimenting with everything.

>>70661917
beginner experimenting around with random stuff / 10

keep at it man

>>70642464
lehbran jaimms

>>70626647
Hinkie, you cuck.

>>70662974
not him but
>honestly, if you can produce you can probably sing, there's no way you can't hit at least a couple of notes, also use pitch correction.

i can sing, i can sing quite well, my problem is that my voice is ridiculously deep and when i sing i sound like a wild boar stuck in a bear trap.

I think most of the people who "cant sing" actually just dont like the way their voice sounds, could be wrong tho.

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what does it take to produce music? Do I have to trust the process?

>>70663326
you from /nba/? start with this and make drake beats in minutes
>>70661176

>>70662974
>keep at it man

thanks dude

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>>70635274
>>my shitty usb2midi bought years ago doesn't send Sysex

are you still lurking? I had the same problem with a different synth and found a solution

pls respond

>>70654931
depends on what youre making really i dont hate quantized drums personally

>>70662581
windows by default hides filename extentions for some reason now and it lets fags fall for that shit easier

>>70663701
just write it out for him m8 so he sees it l8r

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>>70663814
tru

well anon I'm assuming your midi to usb cable is one of pic related

what you need to do is download the actual drivers for it, the windows generic drivers give problems when you're doing more complicated stuff over MIDI/USB. google

EmmP_PCDrv_L6_1_01_04

and download it from one of the links u see (I don't remember exactly from where I downloaded it so I'm not linking any pages)

good luck

>>70663917
stop using that chink shit and you won't have that problem

>>70664085
that chink shit works well enough in 98% of situations

>>70664355
just not in this one

>>70664410
well it does after an easy driver update, so it works 100% of the time

checkmate

Okay, so I tried to download some of the books in the pastebin, but all of the mega.nz links say the file is no longer available. Is there another trusted to place to download or should I just google around.

It sounds like someone is dropping a ball on some chordophone at around 36 seconds in

Isn't this all sample based music? How do they do that

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMGzHTn5Aa4

>>70664971
or maybe its a steel drum

>>70664861
we don't know yet. could be a bad cable.

4D checkmate

>>70665117
>needing cables
>not connecting your gear via telepathy

Prod i need help
I'm starting a noise-rock band and i need some help
I want to record a demo tape but i don't have enough money to rent out a studio so i'm recording it in my basement. All i have is a laptop with audactiy installed and a usb mic. Do i need more equipment or am i good with what i have? How should i record it?

>>70665146
I connect to your mom via midi. driverless

>>70665178
It's going to sound like shit with that set-up. If money is the issue, download a cheap DAW like Reaper, buy a cheap single input audio interface from craigslist or guitar center, look at the sticky for where to download free VSTs, and you will sound a million times better.

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>>70626647
>If you're good with your tool

https://clyp.it/5usni4i5

How can I change the chord progression after it repeats? Do I have to change key?

so let me get this straight? 7kt makes all these little threads but his so called "music" still sucks balls

Can any of you homos recommend me a good computer for music production? I've done a little research. I know Linux is out. I kind of don't want to buy a Mac but using Windows 10 seems more godawful. However I could build a Windows rig no problem. Im so lost. Help me /prod/.

>>70665772
>Windows 10 seems more godawful

and why is that?

>>70665772
I still have Windows 7 and I have no problems with compatibility

>>70665772
>Linux
if you use bitwig you can use linux but probably only a shit distro like ubuntu

if you want mac without buying you should look into a guide for building hackintosh

>>70665800
I haven't like windows very much since 8 came out. It was my impetus to switch to Linux.
>>70665841
Can you run reaper?

>>70665772
I built my computer a year ago with windows 7. Works great.

>>70665956
I run Reaper on windows 7 and it is amazingly efficient.

>>70663178
>I think most of the people who "cant sing" actually just dont like the way their voice sounds
its this, more likely than not.

>>70665756

What's are you even talking about?

>>70666310
some fags from /sp/ started to come in here for some reason

>>70666310

Remember the guy who tweeted Chvrches and got banned? He lurks here and apparently is some hot shot NBA executive
/sp/ found out and is raiding us for some reason

I want to make music for the NBA

>>70666768
t.gary glitter

>>70652321
since i left you?

>>70660463
just sing a lot whenever and you get pretty ok at it. vocal lessons would help i guess but doesn't feel like a necessity. if u can make a track then u have the ear2 sing over it 2

Anyone use ardour? How do you like it?

https://clyp.it/oush5awb

comments?

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im trying to make some energetic jumpy beats thats not too drop-focused, heres the intro

https://clyp.it/jlme4cgu

the chord progression imo sounds pretty unenergetic, any recommendations?

>>70667751
that piano sounds depressing with those chords. trying major chords and adding chiptune-y sounds might work.
sounds pretty good so far