/prod/ - Music Production General

Feedback on these please? Which mix sounds better

https://clyp.it/xpspeseq
https://clyp.it/y2d53lpn

Tried to clean it on the 2nd attempt but still sounds dense and saturated what do you guys think

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>>71392118

Post setups?
Remix I'm working on

https://clyp.it/vffr5n5s

sc - https://soundcloud.com/mwgli

>>71392504

how do you like the m-32?

>>71392557
More than half of the sounds you hear in some of my songs are the m32, imho it's the best value synth on the market. So well built too.

>>71392581

awesome, im tempted to purchase one

>>71392603
You definitely should

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>>71392504
This is my setup, nothing too fancy, my cans are horrible, that'll be my next upgrade.

I was in the last thread and got great feedback, I think my stuff sounds much better after /prod/.

Before /prod/:

https://clyp.it/2ge2lbhg

After /prod/:

https://clyp.it/nbueadeg

Right?

I just got a MXR talkbox to go with my Arturia MicroBrute to make muh music

>>71392980
For some reason this reminds me of Crash Bandicoot, dank.

>>71392980
Huge difference. What did you do differently?

>>71393662
I'm checking what's that about, thanks anon.
>>71393696
First of all, I used other synth sounds. Someone said it was too muddy, other person said it was really messy, and someone else said it could be because of the relationship between the lead and the keys, and he was right, so I made the lead go slower i.e: less notes per bar, and that cleared everything up, I also panned both a bit and added a bit of reverb.

>>71392980
>https://clyp.it/nbueadeg
I liked the simple rhythm of the intro part in the first one; why did you maybe it more complex? :(

>>71393919
Wow. That really made a difference. You didn't do any eqing?

>>71392980
>akai but no mpc
>thinkpad but no t40

>>71394063
It's gone now anon, someone said hats were too much and I think he was right.
>>71394088
No, not at all, I did mix it again though.

>>71394227
Hey, c'mon. He's on the right path

>>71394344
yup.

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Added more to my guitar+drum track. I don't know much about song structure though 2bh

https://clyp.it/x2psdl34

im retarded with music. what is the instrument in this song called and how do i do the effect that it has in the song (like changing pitches or something) virtually?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3Yc_3W-BHw

>>71394904
Interesting, but I can sense you're really new to producing, your volume levels are really screwed up and you have to learn how to mix, start by learning how EQ's and suble compression works.

>>71395057
Sounds like an alto flute doing an extreme vibrato.

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My setup, only missing some studio monitors and I'd like to get a couple other toys like a midi drum sampler and a larger midi keyboard

>>71395252
looks comfy as fuck not gonna lie

>>71395252
Some of my work using this setup

https://m.soundcloud.com/gage-winthrop/fully-empty

>>71395267
The trick is pink light bulbs haha
I love making music here

>>71392504
really diggin your stuff man

What do you guys like to map to your knobs to make things cooler?

I'm sick of doing the usual stuff like sweepers.

>>71395567
Thanks my dude

I'm a little stuck and I can't decide which version of this track is better so far:

Version 1: https://clyp.it/ccg4eajk
Version 2: https://clyp.it/a2cwlwio

Which version do you guys like more so far?

I couldn't think of a title so I went with Space Funk, it seems fitting.

https://clyp.it/zcxynlm2

>>71396145
First by miles

>>71394227
can I use this rhyme?

>>71396447
Please do.

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>>71392504
Old setup

Moving into a bigger space but that means everything's a fucking mess right now.

>>71395252
I like that lamp

>>71396145
I love both of them, I prefer the first one but if you rework the second more they can be two completely separate tracks.

How do you know when your stuff is good enough to send to a label?

>>71397011
You just do.

How do I make drum beats like in the downward spiral?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2qI6UDD2uQ

>ywn make something like this

>>71397011
let me just speed up the process for you real quick: it's not

how do I make emotional bangers?

>>71396836
>>71392504
>>71392980
>>71395252
lol all this shit about but you retards are too stupid to realize you were just being SETUP to give this faggot an excuse to shill his soundcloud

>>71397680
Like I've never seen a soundcloud link before, I won't open that shit you autistic fuck.

>>71397680
This is quite obviously not the same person you retard

>>71397727
congratulations in proving your self-worth, but your prowess doesn't help the rest of the community who gets to open a fresh thread and see the second reply is this dude wavin his dick about

>>71397818
Yeh, obviously. You're missing the point. I'm saying that whole topic started with some faggot wanting to self-promote and anybody contributing without acknowledging that is egging him on

Trying to dip my feet into remix, just slapped this together quick with the Bottomless Pit Stems, how does it sound? What should I do to start improving my mixing?
https://clyp.it/k3nretbh

https://clyp.it/1ayq5zmq

helo friemds

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>>71392504
Hadn't done any speaker alignment when I took the photo. Most of my physical equipment is on the other side of the room as well. Bit inconvenient but oh well.

Sorry, newbie here. Looking into recording my own music. Im looking at an interface and a couple of mics right now. I'd love to be able to do live recordings of my own band one day too. What do you guys think? When is a mixer going to be required? will I even need one?

>>71398367
If you want to do recordings of your band, you can use your software as 'the mixer', but the bottleneck here will be how many mic preamps / inputs your interface has. An interface that has 8 mic pres would be a good start, and many of them can be daisy chained together, such as the motu stuff, if you need more inputs later.

>>71398276
The sax melody could be so much better when the drums come in

always made little tunes on piano, just downloaded Fl studio (Should I be using a differnt program??) and came up with this in 30 minutes. Im not sure how I make each pattern a different instrument. I want this to be an edm song.

Eventually I would love a female lead singer to sing the melody. Am I doing it right or am I delusional.

https://clyp.it/d2unnl2m

>>71398739
>https://clyp.it/d2unnl2m
I'm also new to this so I can't nail the specifics . But this sounds really "thin" like not much stereo stuff going on and almost no bass. Sorry I can't be more specific. It's jaunty as fuck tho.

Can someone tell me if this arpeggiated thingy is grating as fuck and out of time? And how do I make midi piano sound more natural? I have a shitty laptop so I'm playing with 256 buffer size and I can't quantize cause of my of fills n stuff

here's a snippet. pls no bully. Just started learning. It's also a bit quiet I think? how do fix?

https://clyp.it/htbylef0

>>71398276
>https://clyp.it/1ayq5zmq

Might be my headphones but those hats are piercing my colon via my eardrums

>>71395252
presonus boy, u poor or from australia? I see them shits everywhere here

>>71398864
>presonus is bad
When will this meme die?

>>71398367
To do live recordings of your band, you'll need an interface with a lot of inputs and preamps. Alternatively, an interface with an ADAT/optical in and out. Using that, you can expand to use more preamps.

For example the audient id22 interface as 2 preamps, but has an optical in and out to expand up to 8 more. Then I just need something like the focusrite octopre which has 8 preamps and can connect to the id22 through ADAT.

>>71397011
Just face it, you'll never be famous.

You aren't special, no matter what your mommy tells you when you finish showing her ur shitty track and she has to lie to stop you from killing yourself.

You will never be a rockstar, you will never pioneer into new genres, you will never get the cars, the money, the women, or the attention.

You will never have young girls getting wet when they are in your mere presence.

But it's not like you had a chance to begin with? Martin Garrix went to an elite school of musicianship and has been producing for over 10 years, and he's only 20. At 18 he was touring the world, fucking bitches and getting money for producing child's play, whilst you fail to produce a musically coherent 4 bar loop.


There are thousands of producers like this, child prodigies just itching for a chance to show off their amazing work, and you honestly think you stood a chance? No, you don't even have the intellect required to be a producer, so even if you "grind"(cringe) you will get no where and will never finish anything.

By all means, keep feeding money to Native instruments and cymatics, but keep in mind your going to have to work 9-5 for the rest of your life, and probably put in a few extra hours a week to pay back your debts.

>inb4 Martin Garrix is bad.
No, as he gets more pussy than you and i'd prefer to listen to his shit over anything you have the courage to upload and call "music")

>inb4 "I just do it 4 fun xD"
You don't, stop lying to yourself. You secretly want to prove everyone wrong, but think people can't see through your pathetic facade.

>>71398800
I just realised I had the "attack" all the way up on the piano because I was trying to work out what it does :/ thats part of why it sounded weird to me

Don't reply.

>>71398959
Whats that

>>71399040
?

I was clarifying on my own Clyp I posted. Or are you asking about the attack? I'm an idiot and realised I already new this from filters and stuff but it just adjusts when the note starts, and fades it in. It's probably more technical than that. But I'm just beginning and fuck with things til I work out what they do....probably why I'm asking for advice about some basic shit

>>71399071
Can I hear it now with your fix?

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>>71399071
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-ot9AaJx-Y

>>71399085
https://clyp.it/zowovf2x

It's not that dramatic. Just sounded much less percussive.

https://clyp.it/zowovf2x

>>71399107
This is a cool channel. Thanks anon.

Having trouble setting up my drum machine with fl studio. What I want to do: Create a pattern in FL studio that triggers the buttons on my drum machine. I hooked it up with both midi in/out and with audio in/out. When I googled it some people did it with the FPC plug in in fl studio and they assigned the buttons there to buttons on the drum machine. I tried it and it doesn't work. Any tips?

>>71398956
mmm delicious pasta

In ableton how do I set a key like ' 8 ' to start playing at a locator?

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https://clyp.it/murnetw2

>>71396145
Firt one is the best imo

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Do I have a good voice for rapping, or should I just give my beats to other internet rappers?
https://clyp.it/ypute0nn

Help, thoughts on this?
Does this sound too compressed and dense?

https://clyp.it/y2d53lpn

It seems like bachata music mixes are much lighter and clear what do you guys think

>>71392118
Does Slate stuff actually suck?

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>>71392504

>>71401880
worse than waves, IMO
there are some kinda unique and great working tools like the FG-X, but fuck all this microphone modeling nonsense and 300% more 'character' than the original bullshit. when even empirical labs bails out their contract to get a licensed slate distressor plugin and goes through the trouble of coding one from scratch themselves then you know this stuff just sucks

>>71400910
practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice

youre not pulling off higher pitched words and you go off beat sometimes

ur voice literally doesn't matter, especially since you're going for a catchy vibe.

giving beats out for free is ok as long as you're not giving your best, only give a few away for free to get your name out, then start selling

>>71401973
That is a very nice setup you have there.

Also, any recommendations for mixing plugins that aren't Slate?

>>71401382
this is painful to listen to

>>71402002
fabfilter
plugin alliance's brainworx, maag, spl, elysia
soundtoys
sonnox
flux
lexicon
exponential audio

>>71402050
Why

>>71402076
it is too compressed and dense, also the strings are unpleasantly detuned and trebly and harsh

>>71402109
But these are just the words i used lol
Should i just decrease the compressors' ratio or change some other parameters?

Arent the guitar on this bright the same? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPlnOOmUJ5I

>>71401989
Thanks for the feedback. I'm not really looking for money by selling beats though, I just wanna make good music.
I live with my parents, so I'm not really starving for cash you know.

>>71402059
Thanks a lot. I have the soundtoys bundle and love it. I just got fabfilter, but haven't been able to use it yet. I'll take a look at the others you mentioned too.

>>71402156
>am i dumb and retarded?
>yes, you are dumb and retarded
>but that's exactly what i said lol
whatever mong, if you think your guitars sound like that video's guitars, listen again

>>71400910
I'd actually be curious to hear you rap over this, just made it

https://clyp.it/4o5gc2lq

>>71402231
lol
that video sounds much more light and with more space. you have an idea for the compression besides just decreasing its wet mix?
my guitars sound saturated and with some saturated high mids, thats what i can pick

>>71402289
Love it. Can't really record before the thread dies, but if you wanna collab, you can give me a way to contact you.

Any feedback on this?

I'm trying out sampling.

>>71402381
Cool, [email protected] is the account I use for music stuff so if you want you can send it there

>>71402457
https://clyp.it/ooddyik4

Forgot the link

>>71402457
Very minimalistic and empty. I like it.

Is there someone who is experienced in releasing music on 12-iches? What is standard/most-popular deal with labels?

>>71397011
To be honest, don't. Labels will hit YOU up. You don't want to sign a deal that doesn't have leverage on your part. Just make music and self release it.

>>71403222
These trips don't lie.

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I'm tryna make melodic wubs and it just aint happening

https://clyp.it/n5ihczk3

Any idea how to get Reason 9 without actually shelling out 400 euros?

>>71403939
The best thing I can think of is making a sort master-slave connection via ReWired in FL studio. Just download the Reason 9 demo and set up connection every time you start a project in fl studio. I've been doing it for a few months in that way.

mfw i cant run omnisphere properly and it took a week to download


>>71403688
yo mmaybe lay off the lowpass

>>71404213
what about it isn't running properly?

What does /prod/ think about the new Bitwig 2?

>>71404310
my processor cant run it
not enough ram to have chrome and omnisphere open
t. poorfag

>>71404400
how did you afford omnisphere but not a good PC?

Does this progression work?

https://clyp.it/z3jwrtw0

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>>71404426
>buying things

>>71404201
Thanks for the input

>>71402468
Sent you an email. Did I get the right one?

>>71404432
its a bit dissonant, but if thats what youre going for its ok-ish

>>71404618
In what way, do the individual parts clash and cause dissonance or is the entire progression a bit dissonant?

>>71404640
the progression on the arpeggio

>>71404650
That's what I'm going for, thanks

>>71404640
>>71404650
shit, i mean, the notes that are arpeggiated upon

>>71404318
Brief me on Bitwig. Why does no one ever talk about it when discussing DAWs?

>>71404924
it's 64 bit only, fuck that shit.

>>71404924
probably just because it's the newest and therefore is the least well known and probably has the smallest userbase

>>71404961
Why would anyone working with music in 2017 still use a 32-bit OS? I use an i5 and 8gigs of RAM and mine takes forever to properly load big projects.

>>71405006
this
also unlike ableton bitwig includes a bridge for all your pirated 32 bit plugins

>>71405057
ableton really needs to get on this shit already

What are some good VSTs for making ambient music?

>>71405121
reverb

>>71404961
Lol

>>71405121
can't you just google that, you lazy shit?

>>71405100
it's kinda against the whole point of 'live': low latency extremely stable and reliable live performance software
a plugin bridge is kinda the opposite of all that
would be useful anyway, yeah

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>>71405144
I can, just wanted to know if any of you knew from personal experience

>>71403688
fucking hell never post here again

>>71404318
It looks really cool. I wish I could use a DAW other than reaper. Everytime I try, I get overwhelmed and confused.

Do any of you guys perform live with Ableton? If that's the case, how do you do it? Do you just use your controller as a DJ mixer and fade between songs/add some filters, etc? Do you make songs on the spot i.e: launching scenes and clips?

There are some effects that I haven't been able to simulate when playing live and that's one of the main reasons I think I should start djing my songs.

>>71405121
Not a VST, but Paulstretch. I have Omnisphere and it can't compete with good 'ol fashioned stretching of samples.

>>71405431
Yeah Paulstretch is like a single click ambient generator

>>71405468
That's why you cut up the samples and try to get creative with them. Made this track this summer by stretching up a random song I heard on the radio.
https://clyp.it/y4ytszfu

>>71405121
Absynth

>>71399907

Read your drum machine's manual, then read the FL Studio support for FPC so that you know how to assign MIDI notes on both, and either assign MIDI notes on the buttons in FPC to correspond with the notes that your drum machine's manual says are assigned by default to the drum sounds, or change the default MIDI notes in your drum machine to respond to the notes that the FPC buttons send.

It's unlikely that both would be perfectly lined up straight out of the box, so this is why you're getting nothing happening right now.

>>71405057
>>71405100
jbridge or 32lives is your best bet i doubt ableton will add a native bridge

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>>71392504

>>71396836
really great setup anon.
>og electribe respect
what kind of stand are you using on the midi pads and microbrute?

>>71401973
10/10

>>71406387
nice tape

What's the trick behind writing in chromatic scale while sounding tasteful besides trusting in your ears? What should I study? I already know a lot about diatonic chords but that's not helping.

>>71406490
voice leading, secondary dominants, alterations
analyze a baroque lamento form for example, that's mostly a completely harmonically strict type of voice leading revolving around a descending chromatic scale using all the tricks to legitimize it
youtube.com/watch?v=AUQu9gyt5XQ

>>71406707
also the musical offering:
youtube.com/watch?v=PcTVkOzrzQs

bach gets thrown a theme that's impossible to make a strict fugue from because it's too chromatic and stupid
bach does it anyway

>>71406707
>>71406852
Thanks Anon, I'm watching.

>>71406929
no problem, m8
of course there's lots of later musicwith heavy use of chromaticism in lot's of totally different ways but gotta start with the basics, you know

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>>71392118
Jelly of anon's cosy setups
>>71401973
>>71406387


https://clyp.it/ekaorolj
current WIP

>>71392504
Eyo what's the desk or where is it from? I just wish to get a similar one darker and preferably not IKEA.

looking for sample packs/vst/... if anyone has some to give / recommend
thanks /mu/

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>>71407986
>sample packs

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hey /prod/!!! that's cool to see ur setups i thought about asking you all about that a lot of times but never did.

>>71401973
>>71406387
woah man


also wanted to make you listen this stuff. that's a beat, looking for suggestions and stuff but mainly wanted to share coz feeling a bit lone tonight and you just want to share your shit from time to time. soundns like a faggot but cmon
anyway here the clyp https://clyp.it/bgnhrmsg and pic related is my studio. have fan catz, dogs, mice and whatever

i'll rec in 10 minutes as usual so we don't end up circlejerking and shit

>>71408179
sample packs are mostly filled with shit i just take the oneshot drums out of them

Hey /prod/
Ideas of good 4 inputs audio interfaces for less than 300$ ?

>>71407671
It was built with the house, sorry my dude

>>71408889
Saffire Pro 24

>>71408955
Thx,
But I should have specified: USB and 4 xlr in.

need some input on this trap beat i threw together
https://clyp.it/3c4zavc0
also some frequencies sound like shit on clyp and soundcloud mostly hi hats can someone help me understand how to fix this

>>71409088
Sounds really basic.

Anybody here have a Rode mic? Are they awesome?

>>71408180
>peroni
my nigga

nice beat tho, snare could be a little punchier, try layering

>>71409306
Have used a Rode NTG-2 recently, made for cinema.
Dunno if that's the type of mic your searching but they sound good and are well built.

hey guys i need a little help with my project could you guys help ?

>>71409724

>>71409306
I have a bunch of nt1a
they're solid, especially for the price

Anyone got any tips on making music sound more lo-fi?

I'm looking for that really warm sound sort of like old Madlib records or even Knxwledge but maybe not that extreme

>>71410757
That's the type I'm looking at. I knew I should have just spent the extra $150 and gotten a Rode over the MXL 770

>>71411222
get it as you next mic

>>71411182
Layer some vinyl noise, harmonic excitement, analog emulations of plugins etc.

>>71411381
I will. Or I'll just sell some shit

>>71410757
>>71411182
>>71411222
>>71411381
>>71411419
>>71411596
PLEASE HELP

>>71410132

https://clyp.it/zowovf2x

posted before, but no one answered ;(, is the arpeggiated bit too grating and out of time? and any tips on how to get MIDI pianos sounding more natural? I'm new to this pls no bully

>>71411831
The arps are a bit too blurred and you can do better with what notes they play, the piano sounds too quantized and there's not a lot of variation velocity-wise.

>>71411893

the pianos not quantized though I'm just a kind stilted awkward player...Thanks, now that you say it, I think the velocity issue is my main problem. my midi controller is pretty dead response wise, might have to manually set the velocities after playing. I;ll see how it sounds without the ridiculous release on the arp. Thanks anon.

Anybody using Studio One 3 and how do you like it?

Greatest free daw ever?

>>71412257
Reaper?

>>71412257
reaper hands down.

>inb4 it's not actually free

>>71412298
i think ardour is free it seems pretty good too

>>71412257
Reaper.

>>71412298
Even if you pay the $60 it's still totally worth it 100 times over.

Does anyone else feel shitty using pirated software? Like, not bad because you didn't pay for it, but like it feels dirty, like it's not working properly or is running slow? I also feel like I actually never learn how to use pirated VSTs or Dawson properly, but when I actually buy them, I learn very quickly.

Anyone else have this feel?

>>71412447
>paying $6000+ for a daw
LOOK AT THIS FUCKING KEK.

>>71412576
>not buying a protools hd system
kek

>>71412513
i dont use pirated software anymore i still pirate samples though

i never really felt the software i pirated was running improperly or slow either

>>71412513
No.

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>>71412576
>The best I can do is $55. The Reaper market ain't what it used to be. It's gonna sit on a shelf here, taking up valuable space, until someone mayyyybe walks in and buys it, but the odds of that are slim

>I tell ya what, I know a guy. He's a professional DAW appraiser. I'll have him come down and tell me what it's worth. Sound good?

>>71412728
I ol´dl

>>71412513

It gives me a boner knowing that I didn't pay one penny to the autistic savant who programmed it

>>71408180
>MPC2000XL
mahnigga.jpg

>>71413091
Who would be that guy?

>>71412257
just pirate ableton + max

>>71412513
>but when I actually buy them, I learn very quickly.

Some people shouldn't pirate. You're one of them

>>71412513
no

>>71412653
>>71413091
>>71413553
>>71413680

t. Poorfags

>>71413736
now that's a top shelf ad hominem if I've ever seen one friend :^)

>>71413736
t. boujee nigger

>>71413736
>"I pay for premium gasoline"

>>71413862
That's all my car takes, dipshit

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>>71407352

there is some obvious shit going on with the mixing of the mumbling bass but the drums are dopre and programmed as jungle jesus want. like the general vibe too. solid man

>>71409088
snare and kick weak as fuck. don't like the lead. nice patterns. don't sound trap tho

>>71411831
don't like the piano here. where did you got the sample library? also dunno but don't get the idea of a stuff like this. anyway it has a vibe, orientalvideogamish

>>71405596
was hoping in something else from the intro. maybe you should make it louder? also can't really grasp a personality behind this you know t i mean

>>71407671
reddit.com/r/drumkits

>>71413865
epic kekerinos

>>71413994
:^)

Anyone using ableton and bitwig? How do you think the stock plugins compare? Delay, reverb, compressor, eq, etc...

>>71402321
help

>>71414483
>How do you think the stock plugins compare? Delay, reverb, compressor, eq, etc...
I think on any DAW they do what theyre supposed to do thats all

>>71412257
every good daw ever

https://clyp.it/30f0hmaq
lol haha XDddddd

>>71415108
Awful.

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whats the worst vst you used
for me it was this gay shit i got with a midi controller

>>71415239
There's no such thing as a bad vst, if you're an elite producer like me you can turn anything into gold

>>71415266
i wrote a synth that only plays a monophonic sine wave

good luck senpai

>>71415207
I think it's pretty good

>>71396836
Nice Tetsuo poster

>>71412513
the obvious answer that im surprised nobody posted yet is it depends entirely on the skill of who cracked it, and whether you have to use an ancient version or not. Some software legitimately is shitty when youre using a pirated version because it dls stuff from the net or something and those features are gone when they take out calls to home for example. Or you have to enter your serial number randomly over and over again. etc. dis is why its good to check what group did the rls before dling.

>>71413736
lls

>>71396836

I have the same poster hah

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>>71392504
Old picture, but setup is still pretty much the same

Noob here, only played piano irl my first song, appreciate any feedback, I added a bassline from comment from last night. Ignore the "drop" its really shit and will probably be completly dropped. I have no idea how to write drums.

https://clyp.it/q2b4gp4m

There are some tracks I make that I just can't get fucking right. I think I have 40 different bounces of this one. With some songs the mixing just puts itself together. Any anons relate to this? Here it is, it just sounds retarded to me at this point. Feedback appreciated.

https://clyp.it/jgqnbfvp

>>71418221
>https://clyp.it/jgqnbfvp
Im the noob above you, but I would make the kick more prominent

>>71417776
>>71418221
skrillex here you guys are talentless hacks

bumpu~

>>71413871
>also can't really grasp a personality behind this you know t i mean
Please explain, anon.

>>71413871
re; the orientalvideogameish one
It's the "simpler grand piano" from live lite :( I've got very little CPU power and nothing else has worked so far. any suggestions for lightweight piano libraries? It's a small segment of a piano ballady song I'm working on. It's supposed to suport a little jeff beck type guitar melody, but I'm still trying to work out how to record guitar

prodjeet my son,

at long last you are mixing a track you believe is your masterpiece

you must pick

plentiful parametric EQ

or designated ssl channel

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>>71420841
>prodjeet
lmao

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please by my shit
i have family to feed
https://rivertrip.bandcamp.com/releases

>>71421383
nice music dude, just pirated it!!!

>>71392118
I produce, mix, and master entirely on FL studio.
let the triggering begin

>>71421903
No one cares mate. If you're happy with it and it works for you and your music, all the more power to you. Most people never find there workflow flow and fuck halfheartedly with interfaces with features that they never use or use to ill effect. Have fun pumping out yr trashy babbies first hiphop instrumentls for vine compilations u degenrate lil faggot pieece of shit I will destroy u cunt.

>>71421952
checc me out
https://soundcloud.com/dbbeats2/vibes

>>71422138
lol

>>71422222
nice quints. Also I played those chords myself, no sampling.

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my music is so gay

https://clyp.it/eqyrhma5

>>71422234
I like when you throw in the extra two notes in yr little fill that you play the entire song mr shillman do u produce for j cole?

>>71422304
eh I was just too lazy to make an entire progression. But it makes it easier if someone wants to rap over it.

>>71422138
This is the guy writing little fan fics about having a cigarette at 2 am on a little balcony overlooking a rainy street on billl evans and chet baker videos

>>71422329
shit, I don't smoke or write fanfics but I do love me some bill evans and chet baker. Have all their albums in 24/96 flac but I could never sample them they're too good for that

hey, first clyp ever.

HOW BAD IS IT I NEED TO KNOW

https://clyp.it/ygvs4qf2

>>71422322
>>71422341

you're a good sport, but unsolicited soundcloud sharing isn't the etiquette in here.

What's your setup for piano? and what are you using on it?

>>71422404
What the fuck are you expecting? This 4 seconds of unmixed, unchanged stock samples and presets? Give us a little more too work with and you'll get feedback and tips

just a 88 key weighted midi keyboard and kontakt instruments is all.

>>71422435
but but these aren't unchanged stock samples nor presets???
the whole track is made from scratch???
the only preset in here is the background sound wich is a transposed, slowed down and reversed trap piano roll.
the hi hats,snare,drum and sounds are all scratch, it doesn't stop it from being baby first diarrhea but still.

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>>71392504

what's the best daw for recording and mixing?
the wiki says record in audacity and then export it to somewhere else, but can you do that? i thought audacity couldn't handle multiple mic inputs at a time, that it turns into one big sound mess, but am I wrong? Can I take an audacity recording, then put it in another daw, and mix there? what should I use in that case? pro tools? fl studios? is all of this only applicable if i multi tracked each recording one at a time or can i do this if i recorded everything live?

>>71422658
im making rawk music if that helps at all (some sort of punk thing in a small attic) with two guitars a bass vocals and drums

>>71422658
probably pro tools or logic for recording and mixing

>>71422658
>>71422689
but really any would do fine. choose the setup you feel most comfortable with

Where's flume when you need him? cmon m808

>>71418221
To much highs / sibilance, de-ess your hats or turn them down, also make sure the bass and kick stop clashing, side chain them

>>71423251
>>71418221
Also the piece is not good. Flying lotus does it better yours doesn't change enough and seems like its the cd skipping

There are tons of mixing courses online with invaluable info, can you guys do them

>>71422593
oh jesus I'm in love

>>71414647
>I think on any DAW they do what theyre supposed to do thats all
exactly. If you want more routings and modulations get third party software and vsts, otherwise, what you got inna box is good enough, especially if you take the time to learn how to use synths and effects and how to layer up shit to get a complex evolving sound , if you even want that.
>>71415266
this might be sarcasm, but it's true
>>71415339
if you manage to write a good melody it'd sound good anyway

kk I added more to this
https://clyp.it/rmxfawb5

>>71418221
it's so fucking bland without chords, vocals chops could be louder.

>>71422289
it gets pretty dissonant at points, nothing really matches. I don't feel like the chords do anything. I gather you're pretty new, so don't let my feedback discourage you. Keep going :)

>>71422404
uh. needs more swing. bro.

I'm trying to produce tech house, but I can't get my drums to sound good enough.

I've tried layering loops and samples (common practice for this sub genre), I've tried using compression and saturation where needed, I've even tried parallel compression aka New York compression, I've downloaded a lot of different sample packs, but nonetheless I can't get that "full" sound in my drums. It all sounds so flat and uninteresting, it doesn't sound like it works together or have any groove.

Here are two examples of what I'm going for:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z89joeg6KnE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkX_k-tj_Eo

I've produced quite a few genres in the past yet nothing has been harder than making decent tech house, which ironically seems "easy" to make, and most people say "it all sounds the same".

>>71424855
Post your stuff

>>71422593
thats some good gear! espeically that rack of verbos modules!

thoughts on the mc202? My local shop has one with the breakout box mod for a good price

>go to local music shop hoping to trade stuff in to buy a nanokontrol
>they just got discontinued in favour of the nanokontrol studio which is twice as much and less compact
>new features are just a jogwheel and track select buttons and muh wireless functionality aka all stupid bullshit
god dammit korg

>>71425439
you can buy one online still

>>71425439
nanokorg studio has been announced for like a year now

MY HOTTEST PRODUCTION PRO TIPS, YOU WON'T FIND THIS SHIT ONLINE! /MU/ EXCLUSIVE

TURN UR GODDAMN SHIT DOWN, EVERYTHING TURN IT DOWN. KEEP THE SPEAKERS AT A REASONABLE LEVEL AND IF UR LEVELS ARE FUCKED, TURN SHIT DOWN DON'T TURN SHIT UP

DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME WITH GEAR AND VST, WASTE YOUR TIME GETTING GOOD. NOBODY GIVES A SHIT IF YOU MADE BIG OL SAWS IN SERUM, MASSIVE, OR SYNTH 1, YOU ARE STILL A BAD FAGGOT. IDGAF IF YOU MAKE A SONG WITH ALL VENGEANCE SOUNDS IF IT GETS MY HEAD MOVING AND NEITHER DOES YOUR AUDIENCE

LAST BUT NOT LEAST, DON'T BE A PERFECTIONIST. WHO GIVES A SHIT IF A HOT IDEA ISNT WORKING OUT, IDEAS ARE CHEAP AND THERES ALWAYS A HOTTER IDEA RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER, BUT YOU'LL NEVER FIND EM BANGING YOUR HEAD AGAINST A WALL TRYING TO MAKE YOUR 3RD SONG EVER HIT BEATPORT TOP 10 FAGGOT, SO GRIND GRIND GRIND NO ONES PERFECT

>>71425945
yeah, but it means i'll have to pay full price for it
>>71426023
i know, just didnt know it meant they were gonna discontinue the other nano stuff

>>71426220
You need to turn it up to accurately mix your bass because your bass will turn out much louder if you keep it down all the time. But if you turn it to a whisper you can tell which other instruments need adjusting (apart from bass), and last longer without ear fatigue.

Other tricks are listening to different speakers and systems, your car and from another room.

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Saw this on the Ableton forum and I'm intrigued. Is this photoshop or what? If not, how do you use this feature?

>>71426972
Silly me, of course it is. Fuck Ableton for not implementing this feature.

>>71427079
Why do you need it though, don't you have ears

>>71426972
It's photoshop, Ableton's piano roll is so fuckin archaic they haven't implemented ghost notes yet.

>>71427079
>>71427177
I saw a video of an ableton instructor and he said something like the effects aren't that great because its made to be a performers daw for live Djying. We expect too much of ableton when its main priority is to be able to do things quickly on the fly.

>>71427177
wouldn't that just be a note with low velocity?

>>71427273
You clearly haven't used FL studio.

>>71427311
you clearly haven't answered my question

>>71427316
I'm clearly not the one you asked.

>>71427249
It's a great DAW and its native effects are really good but you still need external VST's to do most tasks whereas with FL Studio all built in IL plugs are top notch and you can pretty much do everything with them.

>>71427273
Ghost notes on the piano roll is the ability to see notes from multiple channels when you're only working on one so you can get context and look at all the chords and whatnot, it's annoying not to have this.

>>71427330
that's not what clearly means
>>71427340
oh ok, i was thinking ghost notes like in drumming

>>71427380
Well, that's true, a ghost note can also mean a silent note.

>>71427249
I don't know, when I'm on bitwig or fl studio I miss lots of Ableton features.

>>71392118
Hey yall,

I have a question about a production trick I often hear in pop music.

https://vimeo.com/149208849
Grimes : Easily

The first few seconds of piano have a fade out/pitch effect that I'd like to recreate in Logic Pro X.

Anyone know how to go about doing this or what the effect is called?

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>>71427177
>so archaic they haven't implemented something that completely breaks MIDI standards and causes issues with MIDI compliant software and devices

>>71426972
>>71427079
theres a max for live device that will do this but its not free
http://isotonikstudios.com/chaos-culture/midi-multiclip-editor/

>>71428386
>causes issues with MIDI compliant software and devices
Explain further.

>>71428380
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SW9DzqizLs

This track also makes use of the effect. Any help would be very appreciated

>>71428380
>>71428414
dblue glitch tape stop or izotope vinyl

>>71428386
Can you explain further?

>>71428406
>>71428588
na man, you fucking need to research further clearly.
Literally look up what midi is, its standards, how its used, why its used and how many devices use these standards already. More sysex and fragmentation is not a good thing for midi. That's great babies-first-daw does proprietary stuff on top of midi standard to make nuts and bolts midi programing easier to digest, but that doesn't change the reality that midi is an established standard that benefits when every device/software works within the same parameters and suffers greatly with sysex or other proprietary features.

>>71428697
Your post does a terrible job explaining how implementing optional ghost notes on your piano roll is bad.

>>71428697
Why would it affect the way midi works? It's just a different display.

>>71428380
In Logic there's a built in option to turn audio clip fade-ins/outs into speed up/down
Just right click on any fade and it gives you the option

>>71428386
>>71428697
stop acting like you know things lol

>>71408180
2 hardware samplers master race reporting in

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blowjobs for feedback

https://clyp.it/ce5lfxlh#

https://clyp.it/ce5lfxlh#

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>>71428697
>babies-first-daw does proprietary stuff on top of midi standard to make nuts and bolts midi programing easier to digest
As pseudo-prod as it gets folks

>>71429423
please just stop posting here

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>>71429453
not feedback

sorry no blowjob 4 u

>>71392118
are there any good guides/books to get into music production, song structure, music theory, mixing?

>>71429423
It's alright.

>>71429553
home recording for dummies
seriously

>>71429553
https://www.amazon.com/Audio-Engineering-101-Beginners-Production/dp/0240819152

the drawings in this are kind of patronizingly simple and cheesy but the information is clear and good for a beginner

>>71429721
>>71429612
also something to music theory and chord progression stuff?

HOW do I get my levels right? It's like I'm totally oblivious to how loud or quiet each element should be. I've tried comparing to songs I like, I've tried the brown noise method, etc, but I still can't get it right.

I know it's hard to get the perfect mix but every time I play my songs for friends in their cars or speakers or whatever I cringe at how fucked up my mix is.

Please offer me any advice that you can regarding this subject.

>>71429863
Honestly, it depends on what genre you make but the nr. 1 tip is "use your ears". If your mixes are still fucked up you might have to get more experience by doing it and fuckin up a thousand times but you'll get there eventually.

>midi controller randomly loses connection
just kill me

>>71430085
*kills you*

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>making edm

>>71429075
i used to be part of that race, but now i have none :(

>>71430127
>not making EDM

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Hey /prod/, i tried to make my song sound stereo. tell me if i did well.

The song original recording in mono:
https://soundcloud.com/matanken/the-way-the-earth-circles-aroud-the-sun-makes-me-feel-dizzy


The song after splitting the guitar to left and right with a 30ms delay, adding a subtle vibrato to the right headphone side, and a subtle ping pong delay:
https://soundcloud.com/matanken/the-way-the-earth-circles-aroud-the-sun-makes-me-feel-dizzy-stereo


I also made versions without the subtle vibrato and without the subtle ping-pong, as well as versions where the delay between left and right is only 20ms, I'm still not sure what is the approach i should take...

>>71430950
Please someone ban this idiot.

>>71430127
>finally nailing that one sound
>mind expands beyond seven galaxies
>feel like a new person
best thing i ever did after creating up hip hop

>>71431034
Instead of calling me an idiot you could give me some advice. it would be much more useful for me.

I don't know enough about music production, i'm trying to get better you know!

REEEEEEEEEEE FUCK THE GAY ELECTION RUINED THIS SITE

fucking all of you go to this guys soundcloud right now.

>>71392504

Holy shit he's good. I cant stop listening to "children of the sun". massive big.

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>>71431085
Here's some advice: get the fuck out

>>71431108
i hate politics

>>71431110
Stop shilling your shitty clown music.

>>71430950
your mother missed out on a terrific abortion

>>71431136
That's not an advice that has anything to do with the topic i was asking for help in

>>71431260
>Hey guys can you give me some advice so i can get better?

>FUCK YOU!!!! I WISH UR MOM WOULD HAVE ABORTED YOU!!!! Btw you are the bad guy, we are totally the good guys here :^)

>>71431286
yes, we're very, very bad. what are you even doing in a website full of meanies?

>>71431286
Upload your shit to clyp it, drop your tripcode and never come back.

>>71431312
Being mean is bad, and i think deep inside you know it's not the right thing to do, anon.

You can get better

>>71430362
I have Maschine Studio too. I guess I like samplers.

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Hey,

I'm having some real trouble with kick drums. I want to make my kick drums sound real punchy. I don't know how to explain it, but I don't want it to be "bass-y". I just want it to be punchy and light (not so light that it disappears of course.). Basically I want it to sound like every kick drum in every mainstream song.

I decided to read (and watch) up on kick drum compression/EQ-ing but I still can't get it to sound quite right. Do you guys have any tips on kick drums? I would really appreciate anything honestly.

https://clyp.it/233c13hp

Pic related, it's my compressor settings. I also increased the gain on the ~mid-low range with an EQ, didn't do much honestly.

>>71431479
Punchy = Action in high frequencies

>>71431479
start with a sample that doesn't sound like ass
then compress that with a longer attack to let some transient pass through

>>71431567
I'm not experienced or anything though, i'm just telling you what i think looking at your description.

Usually thing sound punchier when there is more mid-high frequency action

>>71408180
dope

>>71431567
>>71431585
Okay, yeah now that I think of it, that does make sense. I just read an article where it was said that increasing the gain on mid-low would increase the punchiness. It help a little to be honest. I'll try gaining the mid-high range next time! Thanks dude.

>>71431574
Yeah, I agree. That sample is a little shit. Listening to it over and over made me realize that it had some noise at the end.

I will definitely try increasing the attack with a new sample and all. Thank you!

>>71431567
>>71431889
Wishy washy descriptive words like "punchy" or "warm" or "spongey" and shit like that can be subjective and vague. There's not really a strict definition for most of them. Personally I would agree that punchy is more about the low mids. Some things like "dark" or "bright" are more obvious but some are less so.

>>71432085
I agree with you! I don't like using those words, but I couldn't think of a better way to describe what I wanted the kick drum to sound like. I did however read an article in which the different parts of the kick drum were broken down and explained (like the click, mud etc..)

It just shows how much I have left to learn. I don't even know the correct terminology. It's fun though.

>>71431386
here's my 2 cents on this issue: deepthroat a morningstar and die, fucktard

>>71432283
That's fine, they're useful words. Just saying be aware that people have different ideas of what some of them mean

>>71432400
You are just making yourself look stupid, not me.

>>71432488
on that respect, i would suggest cutting off your dick with a toothpick and eating it raw

>>71432509
Your music is probably very very bad because you are an evil person who has no empathy towards other human beings

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>>71431567
>>71431585
>>71432488
>>71432523
>I'm not experienced or anything
god's sake nobody listen to this naive fuck. "Punchiness" is derived from transients which can happen anywhere on the spectrum that have short attack and usually short release times. One might argue actually, that in the case of kick drums particularly, this more often takes place in the low-mid end of things.

>Punchy = Action in high frequencies
Imagine you have a shitty, bland kick. You decide to layer the kick with a hi-passed sample that has a nice punch to it. The kick then will still sound like shit, but now will have some useless layer on top that'll probably get lost in the mix anyway.
Please stop posting, your music is mixed blandly and clipping. You're spreading misinformation like an idiot and derailing the thread.

>>71432523
don't cry too much, now
i'm sure they have a subreddit for complaining about 4chan, and another one for posting your meme soundcloud

>>71432674
I'm not crying, i'm just sad for you.

I wish i could liberate your mind from your terrible thoughts and help you become a better person.

You are a slave of your own hatred, a victim of yourself.

>>71432737
MOM THEIR BEING MEAN TO ME AGAIN!!!!!!!!

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>>71432765
Look at this cute kitten.

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>>71432668
note: careful with short attack/release times with bass instruments. it can cause funky looking waveforms and distortion because the compressor attenuates and then brings the level back up to normal before the wave cycle is completed

>>71432737
>>71432794
fuck crazyaga

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>>71432836
Can't you see i'm at the good side?

>>71432813
Right. Never found a use for a transient-shaper on anything other than drums personally.

>>71432737
you wanna ease my consciousness? choke on your own feces and die

>>71432851
>>71432794
>>71432737
>>71432523
>>71432488
>>71431585
>>71431567
>>71431386
>>71431286
>>71431262
>>71431085
>>71430950
reported every one of your posts. Next time try to be a little more discreet about being underage. Prepare for ban.

>>71432888
Are you trying to mimic Isis or something?
Isis wants innocent people to die, you want innocent people to die...

That makes you similar to isis in what you wish for.

Why won't you join the good side anon and be a nice person?

>>71432888
trips of truth

https://clyp.it/ru3z3hvo
thoughts on this?

>>71432888
>>71432910
can't you see it? he does it for the (You)s
his idea of a fun time is putting on a tripcode and baitposting until everyone's called his mom a nigger gangbanging crack addict whore

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>>71433017
I'm just a reasonable person in a website that is full with unreasonable people.

>>71430950
Sounds lovely, anon, You achieved a stereo mix. Watch out for some clipping/distortion that happens at 1:45 it throws off the spacey atmospheric vibe you have going. Other than that great work. Your guitar tones are nicely layered and have good depth and variation in spacing.

>>71433033
you're a loser with too much spare time and a folder full of chinese cartoons

>>71433033
>>71433017
Telling others that they shouldn't be mean towards others over literally nothing is considered controversial in this website

I'm the reasonable one, not the average anon poster

>>71433041
Thank you!

>>71433033
RAWR

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>>71433041
>anon
i see your filter list isn't up to date

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Made this quickly this morning, Sounds very plain but I think it has a catchy vibe so I might expand and work getting a larger overall sound.. Does anyone like it?

https://clyp.it/oevl12bc