/prod/ - Music Production General

FL studio question: I'm adding reverb to a channel and I'm wondering how to isolate the reverb.
>>71872429
Also, ignore that soundcloud part, don't post them here. It's considered self-promotion

>>71872449
Nvm, apparently that's what the "Dry" slider is for. Just had to turm it down to 0

Working on this beat atm: https://clyp.it/qdafrkcm

Did a quick vocal to get a sense of direction also to work on my vocal mixing: https://clyp.it/ezrm13ve

I have a Blue Yeti microphone that I'm trying to use to record ukulele. But for some reason it never gets that clear sound that it should have. Does anyone here knows some stuff about mixing your own recordings to make it actually sound good?

File: 1207.png (32KB, 600x700px) Image search: [Google]

32KB, 600x700px

https://clyp.it/c5uxdycd

I've taken some criticism from the last few tracks I made regarding the muddy sound someone called it a while back. I'd like to know if this is an improvement over this: https://soundcloud.com/haemolacria/test-tubes

>Gothic, darkwave, synthwave, 80's, vaporwave, industrial, electronic, beat heavy

Thanks.

File: tumblr_omu5pdO14Z1qay553o1_540.jpg (146KB, 540x630px) Image search: [Google]

146KB, 540x630px

https://clyp.it/k1qmwyey

just finished recording the outro to this track - it's a really multi-layered kinda choral-sounding folkish song. how's my mixing/the track in general?

>>71872738

A couple of things that seem to work for me -

>if record at a bit of a distance, with the microphone angled slightly towards the neck rather than straight at the sound hole. this eliminates some low frequencies.
>if recording closer, try and aim for the twelfth fret with the microphone
>once in your DAW, cut A LOT of the lows with a high pass filter and use a band boost, going through the frequencies, until you find one that makes the ukulele sound clear and bright to your liking.

https://clyp.it/w342lemz

Any feedback on this mix or advice on how to improve it?

https://clyp.it/2z1kfjar

Thanks

>>71872934
Thanks, I'll check it out when I'm home.

>>71873106
needs more saturation

Hey, I create different music. Rate plz
kinematika.bandcamp.com

>>71873776

Thanks, overall? Or just low end

>>71872429
Hahahahaha oh my gosh I can't stop laughing hahaha where did you find that picture anon? It's absolutely hilarious hahaha

https://clyp.it/5lu35gfs

Should I lower the low cut on the rhythm guitar?

It's only a rhythm guitar, a lead guitar and some unmixed drums atm. Up 4k-5k range on the lead guitar? Maybe ease the compressor a bit on the rhythm?

https://clyp.it/dhq25kuv

ZHU-style deep house
track probably wont be finished but i liked the chord progression i had going here

File: AL-HIRT-I-1-Q6184DU.jpg (143KB, 800x1142px) Image search: [Google]

143KB, 800x1142px

Made some tweaks to this remix

https://clyp.it/qwulrnb0

Still not entirely satisfied with it. Kindly tear it to shreds.

>>71873804
The most boring music I've heard this year, that's not different its the same you dumb shit

>>71873804
So bland its muzak

>>71873095
Dunno mate, I feel like it doesn't sit in the same place for long enough or develop an idea before moving onto the next, easy thing to do in daws, the first minute has about three song ideas

Found this in one of the sc threads and it's actually pretty good bump https://soundcloud.com/annedrank/baestation2

File: fufags.png (2MB, 1080x1080px) Image search: [Google]

2MB, 1080x1080px

https://clyp.it/c5uxdycd
no remarks, fuck u fags

File: Screenshot_6.jpg (147KB, 872x678px) Image search: [Google]

147KB, 872x678px

which frequencies are on excess here?
some lowmids on bass i guess? but i cant find the frequency

also does it feel like its lacking sub-bass? it is, comparing to teh original zep recording, which doesnt have a high pass on everything.

http://55chan.org/b/src/1490845967345-1.ogg

>>71875402
Decrease the subbass boost on the basguitar and decrease the hi-pass on the guitars

>>71875402
>add clarity by boosting 400hz
the fuck?

>>71875530
i suppose its because harmonics and overtones

can i use falsetto to reach highs that i cant reach
does it sound retarded or childish
and if it happen very often will it sound bad

>>71875596
>can i use falsetto to reach highs that i cant reach
i dunno... can you? how are we supposed to know what your vocal abilities are
>does it sound retarded or childish
see above
>and if it happen very often will it sound bad
see above

>>71875645
yes i can do it
daaaaahhhhhhhh stop acting like that

>>71875596
Mostly likely will sound bad, especially if you're a guy. Who knows without hearing it though. Head voice is acceptable though

>>71876159
i'll just change vocal line then
from the fifth to the tone so it fits my range

I think i'm at the point where i need a vocalist on this one... internet acapellas aren't cutting it.

https://clyp.it/c2xyg2ok

Anyone ever work with a good vocalist? Is the producer expected to come up with the lyrics and melody they use? Is it normal to ask them to come up with something/improv?

>>71876252
get a singer from fiverr.com

>>71876293
wow never knew about that site, thanks

Just saw Ghost in the Shell, music is pretty inspiring. Anyone know of any good virtual instruments that create a decent mandolin/liuqin sound? Looking for that proper oriental sound. If not is my best bet just trying to isolate single notes from other songs and pitch bend/sample?

https://clyp.it/djddtpoc

should i trash this or continue to work on it
im thinking of trashing it

i am trying to get more creative with samples. so lately i have been digging around for raw recordings of every day sounds.

How should i edit a raw recording (a siren, for example) into a trap style beat so the beat still knocks? i feel like its just going to mud up my beat.

do i just high pass it and then eq around 1000-2000 til it sounds ok?

>>71877530
i dont think the found sound style of sampling really lends itself to making "trap beats that knock"

https://clyp.it/2jchz40z

what do you boys think

>>71876974
>https://clyp.it/djddtpoc
nae bad, liked the sample at the end

>>71877710
you are right, but i am just trying to use terminology that would make sense in /prod/. i am going for a very distorted and textured sound but i still need everything punchy

>>71878714
nothing is stopping u my friend. destroy that beat ass nikka smash that like button (if you like)

>>71878714
maybe a parallel setting on the distortions, and a slow attack compressor on stuff?

Should soundcloud links be allowed in /prod/:
http://www.strawpoll.me/12635219

Get your votes in boys

>>71872738
Any non bass instrument you should roll off low end before it's recorded

>>71872824
We'll you nailed the quiet thin sound so many small 80s bands had

File: Screenshot_2.jpg (12KB, 287x146px) Image search: [Google]

12KB, 287x146px

How to draw volume like this manually on Reaper

>>71872824
didnt listen the soundcloud one but that sounds like 80s dance+rock

>>71873804
>>>/mu/bandcamp
you fucking fuck

>>71880016
nigga I tried to tell you last thread...
That isn't drawn manually it is 3 different clips, the middle one with the volume pulled down, and they are overlapping each other. I'm quite sure that you can't do it manually on the sound clip on reaper you have to do it with an envelope.

protip, fix your vocals that you didn't know sounded bad

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxuUunY74tI

Whistle tones are some shit that once you notice in a vocal you'll feel retarded for not having noticed earlier.

so I offer mixing on fiverr. Someone messaged me asking if I could call a phone number, record the message and send it to them as an mp3. Is there any way that could be some kind of scam? Seems weird. The person seems like a real person; they gave a bunch of positive reviews to other mixing people. I'm just starting out on fiverr so I'd like to get some good reviews however I can.

>>71874185
You can almost always eq guitars like crazy and have them still sound like guitars. So yes, cut more low-end. Also on the kick add some high-end for the click of the drum pedal

>>71873106
I'd say once the bass synth kicks in, filter off the low end from your other synths

>>71872889
I dig the vocals. Kinda quiet mix.
>>71874943
It sounds thin like an 80s song.


https://clyp.it/awecyyui
Messing with a tube preamp. Just a cover.

>>71880071
yes i know that, that screenshot was done by myself, thats just to examplify the type of volume adjustment i want to do

can't be done manually on reaper, ok
thanks

File: Screenshot_3.jpg (38KB, 538x320px) Image search: [Google]

38KB, 538x320px

Why Reaper wont load any of my Organ Vsts
Only vst it opens is ezdrummer

>>71880731
OK I understand. I'm not 100% certain that it can't be done but I have been using reaper for years and never come across it, and I tried to figure out if there was some way after you asked in the last thread and came up with nothing. Why does it matter that much to be able to see it on the waveform?

>>71880758
god just get a fucking real daw already

>>71880758
Just buy fl studio

>>71880772
>Why does it matter that much to be able to see it on the waveform

to visually get the levels even

>>71880800
its better than Cubase and i dont like Fl's vsti-oriented interface

>>71880758
Is your entire life like this or is it just the music thing that has been particularly challenging for you?

>>71880945
Visually getting the levels even is retarded bruh. Use your fuckin ears.

>>71880952
my entire life is like this

>>71880987
i wanna see it fancy

>>71881011
I'm so sorry. Good luck with your music friend, I'll try to help with anything else you want to know.

>>71881037
lol

File: alchemy .jpg (96KB, 500x394px) Image search: [Google]

96KB, 500x394px

Can someone help me make a paino like this? or point me to some resources to make it?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cc35UXJMMms


thanks g

>>71880758
Did a VST Re-Scan and all those vstis that werent working disappeared. Only 1 organ vsti remained. I will use it; too lazy to unzip the other vsts to vst folder again

>>71880800
reaper is a real, good daw
its more on protools level than cubase, cubase is shit

Effect pedal VSTs that are good?

Distortion, Delay, Chorus, etc

>>71882393
The ones in amplitube. You can bypass the amps/cabs and just use the pedals.

>>71882470
Any links for Amplitube free? I can't find a good crack for it

>>71882393
Guitar Rig is pretty dope that comes with all that shit. Even if you aren't using it for guitar.

>>71882500
rutracker.org. Use google chrome to translate it to english. I forget if you have to make an account to use it or not but I made an account.

https://clyp.it/qk1fvqi2

Feedback appreciated

>>71882515
>>71882513

Thanks guys!

>>71883281
don't post soundcloud links in spite of what the OP says, convert it to an mp3 to make it small enough to upload to clyp.it

>>71883311
kk will repost

Dance in 4
https://clyp.it/5jy4ykad
>Working on Development section and transtion back to first theme

Battle
https://clyp.it/v5ctxdni
>working on orchestration for wind Ensemble and thinking of better endings

whats wrong with reaper
should i download protools even if i dont have an interface

Hey guys plz tell me this have potential or meh ?
https://clyp.it/btdwmoyv

>>71883523
reaper is fine, there is nothing wrong with it at all. People talk shit about reaper to justify spending $700 on something they could've got for free, or because they are so stupid they think they got $700 worth of value for free by torrenting ableton.

I haven't used pro tools in like 10 years and I barely remember it but apparently it is pretty obsolete now except that a lot of industry folk still use it because it used to be standard. reaper should be better for your needs.

>>71883582
it has potential, bring out the guitar more, and develop that melody hombre, the only thing pushing it forward musically is the bass/beat.

>>71883656
Ye just a quick melody poped to me so decided to go with it gonna work on it some more.
The guitar thing i just dont know how much is enought you know afraid would be too loud
how would you say the mix is in general ?
Thx for the feedback man

>>71883651
does it have less resources and stuff compared to paid daws

>>71883750
I like the mix, it done well, the guitar itself is really quiet and unless your looking for its easily missed, which is okay becuase your using for harmony/rhythm versus as until. bump it up a few decibals making slightly lower than the melody, I would put it at a mf but idk how that translates to your software

>>71883750
>>71883873
before you hit 20 sec and when you hit 30 sec the guitar should be bump up

>>71883821
Well technically it is a paid DAW, it just costs 10x less than the others and they let you keep using it regardless of whether or not you pay. It has all the tools you need like EQs, compressors, sampler and so on, it just doesn't come with samples or instruments. Everyone uses torrented third party plugins anyway though no matter which DAW they have so it makes no difference really.

>>71883821
it's a paid daw and it's pretty much as full featured as anything comes out of the box

>>71883873
>>71883894
Ok gonna try it the guitar part is really hard for me to get right :S
Anyways have a track or something you want feedback on ?

>>71883582
its breddy gud m8 it has a lot of potential, the key change is gay as fuck though don't do that.

>>71872824

haha this is fucking sick

too sick for normies tho

>>71883990
>>71883475
Im this asshole, didnt know its mostly Electronic here, was hoping for more like me i guess haha

>>71883999
Seen it done a couple of times and kinda liked it.
but ye this time was gay too much maybe the time isnt right

>>71884220
i disagree on the "gayness" of it, but the concept is kinda overused with a step up keychange, why dont you try changing key to the last melody note unless its the tonic,after you do a fade. Might be better

>>71884266
>>71884272
see this

File: 636154763501294901-1960344336_images.jpg (1MB, 1698x1131px) Image search: [Google]

1MB, 1698x1131px

Looking for a good piano VST. Any suggestions?

>>71884363
Whats a tonic XD
i suck at music theory tried learning it cause i thought it will make me write hits but no..

>>71884403
Kontakt: alicias keys, the giant, the maveric are my favs

>>71884431
its the note thats the name of the key your in C major/minor= C tonic

>>71884467
Ohh k gonna try it
btw you know music theory well ?

I know nothing about music production but a girl I know said "dream pizza" and I want to make some kind of ironic vapourwave thing about it

What software should I use?

>>71884522
im a music major, gradutate next fall. so i HOPE im good at it hahahah

>>71884272
Ok tried it.. it suck the melody is in Am and the last note hits on d so i change the key of the "gay" part to A and its just way too high XD
see for yourself and btw i tweakd the guitar tell me if its better
https://clyp.it/cx1ahlfv

>>71884583
So does music theory really makes you write hits ?

>>71884578
Not worth it man not worth it...
To spend all your time becoming good at making music just cause of some girl.
just buy her pizza ;)

>>71884651
>>71884272
Shit forgot to turn up the main volume XD

>>71884651
>https://clyp.it/cx1ahlfv
nah its actually a good change, guitar fits better, but as for it being too high try switiching to to D. A major souns okay to me, but im probably a scrub
>>71884684
I mean thats a loaded question. Thoery helps you understand WHY something sounds awesome and gives you a way to replicate it. Good composers steal from others, untill they can make it thier own. Does it help you make a sick beat? that more of something intuitive, but studying scores and "actively" listen helps immensely as well as joining music groups

>>71884742
fixed it
https://clyp.it/bxbf2pmh

>>71884759
i just write all my songs in Am and CM
so i can use jsut white notes XD
better thing for production is sound design imo.
Since it acually help you understand how sound works in general

>>71884759
OOps i fail the song was in Dm i just noticed there was one black key XDD
but still D it the first and last note i hit so..

>>71884888
Try going to the relative major then (F major)

>>71882515
I downloaded a amplitube file, it gave me custom shop but a free trial of Amplitube that doesn't work unless I get the authorization key, it also came with an R2R file, how do I work this to give me all the amps and pedals?

File: 1489188034754.jpg (619KB, 1959x1469px) Image search: [Google]

619KB, 1959x1469px

>>71872429
r8 me

https://clyp.it/jbgmxiye

>>71884971
There is normally a .nfo file, open it in a text editor and it will give you install instructions. You'll need a keygen for amplitude I think

File: Capture.png (8KB, 529x171px) Image search: [Google]

8KB, 529x171px

>>71885145
the r2r folders empty, bad download?
If you can find me a working nfo file for PC I'd greatly appreciate it.

>>71884919
G major sounds the best imo
https://clyp.it/2bl1zz1m
Have something you want to share btw ? i want to give feedback too

>>71885103
Very Relaxing :D

>>71885253
im this guy>>71883475

>>71885103
solid 8/10 start, need nu-hippe lyrcis as sung by a guy in a octave too high for his voice

>>71885230
Sometimes anti-virus goes all false positive on keygens. What does it say in the R2R file if you open it in notepad?

Also I dunno if you're aware but Amplitube 4 is 64 bit only, so if your DAW isn't 64 bit it won't work anyway.

>>71885341
Yeah it's 64 bit, weird I opened it in notepad and text came up but no links or stuff.

>>71885396
Yeah it should just be install instructions and that.

Anyway its your lucky day, I have that exact download and didn't delete it after realising it was 64 bit only.

http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?file_id=83894696667568370624

Keygen there

>>71885416
I love you thank you so much.
Quick question since you downloaded it, sorry for being such a normie but do I download imageline and Custom shop alongside with it? Or do I say no in the instal wizard?

>>71885487
And authorization manager*

>>71885287
Im this>>71885253
Checkd your trackes
So first of all im a big fan of this type of music the instruments especially but the song "structure" i like something like Requiem For A Dream i like it darkk man
so the first one was meh for me composition wise but Dance in 4 i really liked its not as dark as i like it but its not verry "happy" if you know what i mean

>>71885567
Btw did you recorded the sounds or samples ?

>>71885487
>>71885542
I'm not sure. I downgraded to 3 once I realised it wouldn't work with my host.

The one I have is "IK.Multimedia.AmpliTube.4.Complete.v4.1.0.Incl.Keygen-R2R" which I assume has everything already there.

I'd just install it with default settings and see what happens

>>71885594
this is all samples off of Finale, its the only software i use becuase it what i need. And as for Dance, its not supposed to "sad" in the dark way, I wanted to give it a light touch of melancholy in the begining before switching it to the dominant major (peice starts in Dm -> AM -> EM

>>71885629
That's strange, my computers 64 bit but the R2R doesn't want to run saying I need to find the right version. Shit guess I'm in the same problem as you, got any good links for downgrading to 3? Haha

any r&g/wifey/refix connoisseur man in? any feedback on these bits would be greatly appreciated:

https://clyp.it/hihbpsjh

https://clyp.it/5vkas3i4

https://clyp.it/e102axha

safe donnies!

>>71885701
Hmm I suspect you're doing something wrong no offence. Should just be a case of installing Amplitube, loading it up in your DAW, then it'll prompt for a serial number which you generate using the keygen.

Also its not enough for your computer to be 64 bit, it specifically needs the 64 bit version of whatever DAW you're using. 32 bit and 64 bit VSTs are annoyingly not cross compatible.

audionews.org is the best torrent site for production stuff, its got pretty much everything. Registration only opens a couple of days a month though, I think on the 1st or 2nd of the month.

>>71885688
>melancholy
I like that
do you also do sound like this ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhSHXGM7kgE
Thou i bet thats too simple for you :P

>>71885906
Okay I'm sorry I'm fucking retarded, I saved it instead of downloading, I got it working. Thank you so much for the help you're the man.

>>71885688
Also im trying to find a song it classical i remember the melody and thats it.
also i think its russian can i send you a midi maybe you know ?

This is it
https://clyp.it/p25ehyxz
Does anyone knows how the song called ??

Finished a track feedback is welcome :d
https://clyp.it/0vtoj2bv

>>71882368
>cubase is shit
not true

>>71886077
Yeah sure man, im on mobile at the moment but i can tey

https://clyp.it/fhduntit

>dunt it

File: 1419549463543.png (60KB, 255x229px) Image search: [Google]

60KB, 255x229px

>>71885278
>>71885317
>>71872429

R8 me again

https://clyp.it/3vtipewe

Is there a way to record over a selected region in Ableton? I used to use that feature a lot in Reaper.

https://clyp.it/gsoeuwsu
https://clyp.it/5p1iqs0g

Kind of clueless here, any advice or criticisms would be extremely appreciated
I already know I can't sing btw

File: 25980[1].png (86KB, 734x249px) Image search: [Google]

86KB, 734x249px

>>71887198
do you mean punch in/punch out recording because ableton can do this you need to enable 4 and 5 buttons in this picture

>>71887433
Just what I was looking for, thanks bruh

Led Zeppelin cover https://clyp.it/y3fcrmjh

>>71887578
read the manual and take the included lessons in help view its one of the best features in ableton imo no other daw has included tutorials how live does

Hey /theory/bros I have this annoying habit of writing riffs or short passages and then being clueless about how to expand it and arrange it into a full composition. For example:
https://clyp.it/xrclgshy

It sounds like it belongs in the middle of a song right? So I try to write an intro and smash it in front of it but it always sounds jarring and bad. Maybe because I've listened to the initial part too much. Idk just venting I succ at writing music lmao

Also I know the mix is garbage pls halp

>>71887600
some of this sounds like a pretty solid singer and some of this sounds like you are completely tonedeaf, don;t just stick on one note, push your self

>>71888577
Its great, too much really for daw stuff, too many mouse clicks I actually felt sorry for you while listening.

My form opinion: From .44-1.22 should be the end section. The start should be variations or just repetitions of 1.22 onwards and up to .44. You should get 3.30 to 4 minutes out of that, and make slight variations on the repetitions.

>>71888983
Thanks brush. Will try out your suggestions next session. Also by "mouse clicks" do you mean pops? Everything is super messy I know, just tryna lay down ideas

>>71872429
I can't stop watching this gif...

>>71889293
No just laying out the complex drums and guitar parts, must have been so much work, I think that genre is better suited for live players than creating it in a daw. Some of the speedy passages do sound a little robotic if you're in ableton you can use the groove pool to loosen them up a tiny amount. Its good when the instruments don't all land on a beat together. Gives it more life.

>>71889880
Ohh guitar and bass is actually live lol. And believe me, mouse clicking drums is way easier and cheaper than finding, micing, and recording a real drummer

>>71889934
Yeah I'm surprised, you never know with kontakt guitars these days.

>>71874185
Double track the guitar. Fill the low end with bass. Too much low end on guitar never sounds good. I always cut everything below 80 hz and boost at 160 and 4.5k.

What should I do to make this better? It's an ongoing project.

https://clyp.it/itpv3ef0

I'm thinking about adding vocals.

>>71887256
I really like that stuff! The first clip is very Radiohead-esque. The vocals in the second clip sound really J-Mascis like.

Should I learn a new instrument or try to get better at guitar? I can play chords and songs and such but I don't really know any theory and I don't know if I would be better off just learning a new instrument or trying to correct my bad musical education. If I should learn a new instrument, which should I learn?

File: 1485556966006.jpg (17KB, 415x174px) Image search: [Google]

17KB, 415x174px

>>71891850
piano and brush up on your theory. it makes alot more sense when working it out on piano. it's a great songwriting tool.

Also on an unrelated note. does anyone have any R&B/neo soul samples they're willing to share? drum kits and percussion type stuff would be nice. thank you.

>>71892016
Is it worth it to seek out a teacher or would YouTube tutorials be fine?

File: plznoticemesenpai.jpg (737KB, 2197x3000px) Image search: [Google]

737KB, 2197x3000px

Posting my Whip

https://clyp.it/dspzsdnx

>>71892030
Find a teacher

File: ghettonazi.jpg (573KB, 1130x1535px) Image search: [Google]

573KB, 1130x1535px

>>71892238
last version before i black out
https://clyp.it/wmvzazix

So the guy who does the Stranger Things music uses Diva to do it

File: 135134.jpg (116KB, 966x900px) Image search: [Google]

116KB, 966x900px

I feel him.

>>71890838
Hey thanks very much

https://clyp.it/otgn5g3r

Any feedback/ideas for arrangement or mix of this?

>>71894144
Parallel octaves are bad. Every old composer would be looking down at you from heaven with their hands covering their ears saying stop it.

Generally pretty boring I have to say. You need another line that sounds independent, maybe an organic type sound. The mix is ok, maybe the kick lacks low bass or maybe you like it how it is now.

File: 1459262540164.jpg (94KB, 601x508px) Image search: [Google]

94KB, 601x508px

Daily reminder to NEVER EVER show your music to friends who aren't musicians themselves. Everyone thinks of themselves as music critics, even people who with surface level tastes who have never touched an instrument in their lives. This advice applies doubly if you make even slightly experimental music.

I once had someone ask me to show me a few of my songs, and he had the audacity to fucking critique the progression of the songs, then he proceded to rate each one.

Someone else once told me my songs had shitty rhythm, when I play drums in a freaking jazz band. He then jokily tried to mimick the vocal samples in the song.

Yeah, I'm fucking butthurt.

>>71888970
what do you mean by sticking on one note

>>71894674
show us some recording of your jazz band

>>71894827
No way I'm giving my identity away on /mu/. Sorry. anon

>>71894860
post anonimously on clyp

>>71894860
pls

>>71894616

Yeah I agree, definitely need to add different layers and rework the existing ones. Thanks

>>71894674

Post an anonymous clip of your electronic stuff, interested to hear

>>71892983
muh dick

So I was doing this remix (first time i ever tried actually lmao) and when I took out the vocals it just falls apart. Suddenly I can hear glitches and shit and anyway here it is

https://clyp.it/ykxaqcpt

rate if u want

>>71893120
really? i thought i remembered seeing a video where he had a bunch of old hardware synths

Flume here, this thread is shit

>>71895159
kek, flume is shit

File: reaper.png (152KB, 512x512px) Image search: [Google]

152KB, 512x512px

Which "mix" sounds better

https://clyp.it/h2xk2eub

https://clyp.it/nk2qi5lw

>>71895264
the acoustic guitars in both sound broken as fuck

>>71895349
broken how

i think i'm gonna make it in the industry /prod/!

https://clyp.it/eeummbxl

>>71895371
some choppy jingly modulation effect or something like that went horribly wrong

>>71894674
I have a co-worker that frequently shows me his 'music'. His stuff is godawful. Rhythm problems, uses shitty default VSTs, progressions make no sense, and generally uninspired and boring pieces. He's sent me a song every week or so for a year. No improvement.

Thing is, being a musician allows me to be more brutally honest about the shittiness of his songs. Literally I'm like "yea the rhythm is off here" and he's like "uhh i don't notice it i think it's ok". Then I go "yeah this progression never resolves and the melody clashes with the chords" and he's like "yeah but how do I use massive tho". This is after he has spent thousands on online music courses from Berklee lmao.

At least if you show your shit to non-musicians you can get the pleb take--how your music would be received by the general public if you were to put your stuff out there. Hey but learn to take advice, even from people you think are 'below' you.

>>71894674
It feels they're being so audacious and they don't even realise. You've put a month into a track and they're walking in and saying 'you should make that bit higher,' as if you're making the track for them

>>71895495
Lose the pride man, there's no point in putting down advice made in good faith. Plus a fresh set of ears is more invaluable the longer you've worked on a track.

>>71895519
>>71895451
>making music specifically to please other people

wew

>>71895553
>muh art
>muh creative expression
>no one understands the genius of muh work
keep plugging your ears and going lalala while you produce your 'unique masterwork'. i guess there's no point in advising people to take advice kek

>>71895438
Like some "clicks" at points? Or actual modulation? It has some glitching on it, as it was recorded with a poor asio driver.
No actual modulation, except for a slightly one on the reverb send, but only on the remix clyp

>>71895553
>taking advice means you're doing x specifically for the person who gave you the advice
are you being dumb on purpose or is this just the way you are?

>>71895394
Don't get your hopes up
That song has potential i guess but it's nowhere close to being good, it just kinda meanders for several minutes and does nothing, and the Die Antwoord sample is pretty lazy imo

>>71880430

Thanks for the tip!

>>71895264
Second one

>>71895831
Thanks
Glad i wont have to try to get back to 1st one's sound

What i did on 2nd

>lessened the hi-pass on acoustics
>added reverb on acoustics
>cut a bit of 250hz on bass
>slight 5khz boost on electrics
>slight re-eq on acoustics
>added organ

>>71895519
I can take technical advice or impressions, but aesthetics, everyone can fuck off and make their own track

>>71895888
trips of truth

>>71872889

i like this

>>71879438
driveby shitposter here, why do you frown on soundcloud links?

>>71896062
it's self-shilling

>>71872429
How do you get your drums to sound like the first 25 seconds of this? Is it bitcrusher + lowpass filter, or something else like compression?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLo9J7IU1I0

>>71872824
What kind of reverb did you use on the drums?

>>71896418
Sidechain the kick, use heavy saturation and a lowpass filer.

File: 0006878328_20.jpg (51KB, 500x500px) Image search: [Google]

51KB, 500x500px

>>71895817
You know that song is literally just Aphex Twin's Ageispolis, right?

>>71895817
lol

>>71896754
Who?

>>71896695
is sidechain, send and routing the same thing

How to get this drums sound

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

Imma cover this song

>>71896885
why would you copy the drum sound for a cover, make new drum sounds

>>71895264
first one
its softer

>>71896863
No, not really.
Hear when the kick comes in, the piano gets softer? Thats what sidechaining is.
Just watch this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98jc0DNyvXM

>>71896909
because the reason i make the cover is to show i can make as good mix'd and hifi as the original

>>71895394
You should remove the drums and the bell bleeps and take what remains and do it for 2 hours bro

>>71895264
the drums on the second one sound muddier even though it was not changed in the slightest
what the fuck

File: 1490325278203.jpg (16KB, 351x329px) Image search: [Google]

16KB, 351x329px

>>71896802
kek

daily reminder that if you aren't sampling your drum oneshots from vinyl or making them yourself, you are a literal pleb

>>71898490
What a stupid thing to say

>>71898557
how are those pirated vengence and cymatics samples treating you anon?
Must be really nice not to have to layer anything, just drop it in the project and boom you're set.

>>71898490
Agreed

Just lol at anyone who's drum breaks folder is less than 6gb

File: image.jpg (73KB, 600x369px) Image search: [Google]

73KB, 600x369px

>>71872429
>Chill
>Drugs
>Samples
>Pancakes

https://soundcloud.com/diggeroftheunknown/gymnopedie-interludes-offbeatz

File: grill.jpg (226KB, 1080x1350px) Image search: [Google]

226KB, 1080x1350px

https://clyp.it/wmvzazix

I know this is simple so far, since I only worked on it for a little while earlier. But am I wasting my time? https://clyp.it/lw5np4yy

>>71899073
>EVRYONE WHO DOESNT DO WHAT I DO USES MEME SAMPLES
are you feeling insecure today or something?

I just started using FL Studio producer, but the default plugin "FL Keys"'s piano sounds too artificial. Can I make it sound authentic by tweaking parameters or should I should a different plugin?

File: 05993294b2cf2b22896e55298803d2b6.jpg (69KB, 540x960px) Image search: [Google]

69KB, 540x960px

https://soundcloud.com/cyrusisthevyrus/t-shirt

Just going to start covering songs on the radio. please give me an honest opinion!

>>71899594
no senpai its nice but isn't the piano desynchronized from the drums? its a bit unnerving, i dunno if you were going for that

>>71899719
Yeah that's what I was going for but if it's that bad I might change it.

>>71899747
its not bad, but if you just extended the loop try placing each chord sample carefuly where you want it

anybody else like to transcribe tunes for studying theory/aural training?

>>71899989
yes

File: rats.jpg (204KB, 1080x809px) Image search: [Google]

204KB, 1080x809px

>>71899428
help pls

File: ManDance.png (66KB, 248x226px) Image search: [Google]

66KB, 248x226px

i don't know much about production, im pretty new myself, so i can't really give much advice but ill give my opinion

>>71899428
this feels more like an interlude to an album rather than a song, it's cool tho

>>71899594
oooo i really like this. how do i get my piano to sound like that? link soundcloud too pls

>>71899701
I've never heard the original song before but this is cool. vocals style is nice, i like how to have those back up vocals come it on the left and right at the end of the verse. you should do more things like. it gives a cool multidimensional vibe/experience to the track
Rate/hate/masturbate

https://clyp.it/wzmuyado

File: 1313212313132.png (830KB, 903x590px) Image search: [Google]

830KB, 903x590px

>>71900334
I don't have a soundcloud because my finished music is trash. But it's not a piano, I used sylenth.

Which of these programs should i study?
>Max/msp
>ableton (from using fl studio)
>Reaktor

>>71899428
This is incredibly cool.

>>71900395
you can use max and reaktor in ableton

>>71900395
Depends what you want to do

>>71900395
the three of them

>>71900334
i like but i feel like it needs more texture, piano of beginning and ending mostly, but its just my taste

>>71880430

I still kind of want some feedback on my track...

https://clyp.it/awecyyui

>>71900927
>https://clyp.it/awecyyui
voice is too loud in relation with music, there's a dynamics issue, or if you want it like that make more space for the peaks to escape and match your voice's volume at some moments

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcbuG2w0Kzo

>>71899649
let's see your samples folder then, faggot. Nothing is stopping you from posting it.

>>71901566
>Nothing is stopping you from posting it
except for the fact that i have nothing to prove to anonymous dickheads lol

>>71898490
Agreed. If you aren't making your own samples you are basically like an painter that doesn't mix his own colours. Why not go ahead and use someone else's drum pattern templates too & some preset sounds someone else made for your synths while your at it?

https://soundcloud.com/synergymusic/molly

Would love some feedback on this

https://clyp.it/zi2f5neb
please check it out
based on a sample from American Movie

>>71902164
>being afraid to make use of everything available to you because muh originality

my fucking omnisphere patches keep disappearing
this is so fucking retarded. fucking dipshit company

>>71902234
Es good
10/10 artwork

>>71902650
did you buy it

http://vocaroo.com/i/s1pN0ambKU4K

>>71876252
If you're in need of a lyricists I'd love to help

File: artworks-000032217813-x7xjl7-t500x500.jpg (44KB, 500x500px) Image search: [Google]

44KB, 500x500px

Im working on a remake

https://clyp.it/zas5bjcw

>>71902407
>make use of everything available to you
>LEX LUGER KNOKKKIN DRUMS VOL. 1 !!!!! SUPA RARE BUY NOW ONLY 99.99$

>>71901619
>nothing to prove to anonymous dickheads lol
>anonymous dickheads lol
>being this new

>>71903742
>LEX LUGER KNOKKKIN DRUMS VOL. 1 !!!!! SUPA RARE BUY NOW ONLY 99.99$
see >>71899649

>being this new
you are an anonymous dickhead though... how does saying so make me new? or are you one of those "HE SAID 'LOL'!!! OUTSIDER!!!! REEEEEEE!!!!!!" autists

>>71903070

Everything to do with SebastiAn is good, you are a good person for following SebastiAn, and you are a VERY good person for posting a decent fan take on a Sebastian song.

Compare SebastiAn at the height of his powers. It still scandalizes me that people do not realize that SebastiAn is the best musician of all time.

Better than Mozart: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RuCRgVPBqE

>>71903936
I'm not going to waste time battling out semantics. Let's just cut to the chase: it's a clyp, or a screenshot of your samples folder. If you can't provide either, the argument is over.

>>71904050
lol i'll get right on that chief. i wouldn't want to disobey someone so important as yourself

>>71904012

SebastiAn is the best musician of all time:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1wbVZ7evdw

>>71899428
really, really good, up until 1:28, then it's shit garbage. You have something good here. Don't waste it.

I just finished what i think is the best thing I've made yet.
https://soundcloud.com/limezns/calle
>techno, noise, industrial
I'd love some criticism

i play instruments and i want to get into prod but i'm stuck on which daw to start out on - should i pick ableton just so i can use these free courses

http://courses.noiselab.io/courses

if not does anyone have any other suggestions for free online courses

>>71904202
you didn't like the drums or the bass? or the switch from ambient to whatever that is

Are there any cases were the sequel to a VST is inferior? Like when I see "Rob Papen Predator" recommended, I assume I should get Predator 2 instead.

>tfw still another 33 posts to go before someone makes another thread and I can shill again

>>71904743
be the change you wish to see in the world

>>71895261
I know, but at least he isn't as shit as you.

File: 11178197_10153424985740336_1395659206855113808_n.jpg (27KB, 354x500px) Image search: [Google]

27KB, 354x500px

Do your worst, assholes.

https://soundcloud.com/user-868600076

genre: electronic (don't bother me with genres)

>>71904536
the 4 on the floor arrangement sounds very amateur to me, as opposed to the intro. Rhythms are boring, samples are weak and sound cheap, and mixing is bad. That LFO synth thing from 2:25-3:07 especially sounds really stupid. Just my opinion. I don't even listen to ambient, or whatever genre you'd call that B section, and I still liked it more.

>>71902407
i mainly use drum samples from packs i never like the multisample bass and other shit

>>71904807
B-but I've never made a general before
I'd probably fuck it up and then everyone would laugh at me :'(

>>71905544
half the /prod/'s these days have shit op's anyways

>>71905544
haha! look at this guy! what a loser!

>decide to watch this video because it keep showing up on my youtube homepage and maybe i'll learn something from it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzRiE3OQKTE
>fucking midi to virtual cv conversion just to layer the attack and the sustain
reason is stupid lol

>>71905370
thx a lot

File: 1489880971488.jpg (160KB, 899x1200px) Image search: [Google]

160KB, 899x1200px

working on a new idea for a house song.

https://clyp.it/grxaboio

>>71904321
It really doesn't matter that much which one you choose. Just pick one you like the layout of and learn everything you can about it.

should I buy Komplete 11?

File: lylelanley.jpg (17KB, 301x279px) Image search: [Google]

17KB, 301x279px

>>71872429
been feeling some beach boys, ween, and kishi bashi recently

https://clyp.it/nxpuiiz0

https://clyp.it/zsuwlhem

Made this in an hour thoughts?

>click on the "Clyp to Vinyl" thing at the top of the page while listening to somebody's clyp
>"Send us your clyps and we'll press them to vinyl!"
>it just shows a gif of a turntable while your clyp plays
the fuck is the point of this stupidity?

>>71907778
it's cute shut up

File: tumblr_o3koipnXt51v8mphwo6_500.png (269KB, 500x375px) Image search: [Google]

269KB, 500x375px

>>71906151
>>71907312
>>71907603

o/x


tall pepper sar haha u keel lmao reverse reverse reverse reverse r-r-r-r-e-e-e-verse

https://clyp.it/pa3c2cwi

not enough going on? my friends told me they want more of the voice at the end of the first part

File: 9b204240f53260f3830056803397f2e8.jpg (44KB, 444x423px) Image search: [Google]

44KB, 444x423px

>>71907846
mao

this cak surup slimy

>>71907835
so is ur mum

https://clyp.it/wxmwzuij

does it bang?

>>71907846
someone finally gives me feedback but they turn out to not speak english.

>>71907869
hhhhhhh

>>71907603
>https://clyp.it/zsuwlhem
fill out the lower frequencies with something, more bass maybe
also everything seems to be sitting on top of each other

>>71907864
>>71907846
i'm confused

>>71907884
That's cause... Everything is sitting on everything :thinking:

0-Coast or SV-1 Blackbox?

I need a crash course of (semi) modular to grab with my tax return. 0-Coast can happen right away, SV-1 will take a bit so I can eat for the month.

Everything is coming together, finally

Just got a sq1 for my micromoog. Works great. Next I need to acquire delay of some sort...

>>71904012
t-thank you senpai for your kind words

question

how do i finish my first track? I quickly get bored of the music that i make and lose inspiration to keep going. the farthest i've gone is about 32 loops.

does anyone have any tips for finishing your first track and becoming a better producer?

>>71908543
Yeah, remake like 10 of your favorite songs from start to finish, that should give you perspective.

>>71908582
completely the same?
if that is what you did, how did going through an arduous process affect your workflow?

>>71908645
You have to think of it like that.
If you take a track you already know that you love/like that eliminates the question of "fuck what am I making" which is what makes you give up while in the process.
Then it's all about finding your workflow and getting real comfortable with the whole production aspect while trying to remake something you like completely the same. Production is an arduous process by itself a lot of times so that should help you find your workflow and pick up your rhythm.

>>71908543
try making more variants by copying loops and then shifting or removing notes then start with the less complex ones and make them more complex as the song progresses.

arpeggiators can help. run one on some patterns and see if anything clicks.

this anon makes a good point >>71908707
visit abandoned projects periodically.

Guys feedback plz ?
I know its cheese but screw it
https://clyp.it/ezaenkmk

>>71907987
Intelijel Atlantis would be my choice I think

>>71876569
Something like this? Starting at 0:13
>https://clyp.it/2d2zafno

>>71876569
>>71910247
Shit, posted the wrong version. This version starts at about 0:38 but you can really hear how good the plucked string synth sounds at 0:50. Is that the type of sound you were looking for?
>https://clyp.it/gn4s2vsn

https://clyp.it/3mnmdgom

hows this so far

>>71909580
>https://clyp.it/ezaenkmk
hehehe

i like it senpai

this is great. super nostalgic. i could see two ways you could take this and make it more than just a recreation of old styles of cheese. one is that you could do something like burial does in nightmarket - take this sort of thing but make it more like looking back on it through a lens, if that makes sense. then it would be amazing. or go breakcore style and make it totally insane.

>>71911122
Here https://clyp.it/0mqlct1t
Fixed stuff from 1:19 to 1:53 (added more cheese :P)
Thx for the feedback
>or go breakcore style and make it totally insane.
What do you mean by this? sorry idk whats going on with the scene atm just came back a week ago basiclly i was listening to this music couple of years ago then started producing little bit but then life happend work and shit.

>>71911122
BTW You have work you want feedbak ?

how do I be blank banshee?

File: ech (14).jpg (609KB, 1818x1228px) Image search: [Google]

609KB, 1818x1228px

https://clyp.it/sm3rlanx

It's just some amateur stuff with speech from an interview with a Lithuanian writer.

>>71911639
learn how to produce

>>71912221
i'm actually decent at mixing and sound design, however, i'm shit at keeping a song coherent, I go off on tangents too much. I usually make more experimental music but I realize that If I wanna get better I need to write more catchy music. Also, I'm pretty shit at sampling

>>71912268
You have to hear the music in your head first.

>>71912329
I don't hear it in my head though

>>71912361
Clean your ears ?

>>71912268
>Also, I'm pretty shit at sampling
me 2

>>71912268
You just need a template mann
and then add your own samples melodies and stuff

NEW THREAD: >>71912510
NEW THREAD: >>71912510
NEW THREAD: >>71912510

>>71912361
Gotta work on that then