/prod/: Music production general - Comfy studio edition

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>https://clyp.it/ckzpdhce

My current WIP, posted in prod yesterday and got accused of sampling the whole song. In fact the only things that are samples are the vocals and the drum beat. Everything else was played by me and then looped various times.

Bass, Rhodes, Piano, Clavinet, Synth

So I have a sample I want to use, the problem is there's a bunch of annoying humming (bzzzzzzz) noise from the mic it was recorded with. What's a reliable way to lower that buzz noise without making the sample super quiet?

>>72537371
iZotope RX, if you don't want to bother with that maybe use Audacity and train the denoiser on the buzz.

>>72537371
Scoop out a certain frequency on EQ then play with it to find the buzzings fundamental frequency

So I posted this in athread yesterday, made the adjustments and I think its sounding okay. Been learning ableton for a couple of weeks. Reall trying to improve my production/composition skills.

Hit me with whatever.

https://clyp.it/g0bgjc3b

anyone know how to install the cracked version of bitwig

>>72537638
ain't it come with instructions like an NFO, maybe the place you got it from has the instructions on the page

depends on how it was cracked

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I think it sounds a bit muddy
https://clyp.it/gh3u3b11

>>72537676
Get ADT from https://web-beta.archive.org/web/20140227093659/http://www.vacuumsound.de/plugins.html and put it on your guitar to move it to the sides. EQ out the mud if you think it sounds muddy, which I agree with.

https://clyp.it/3cmyk3yh
Should I transform this in a full song or should I scratch it?

Also, how should I EQ tambourines? They always sounds horrible


Feedback
>>72537586
Great anon, you are on the right track, but maybe you could cut the empty spaces a bit (or filled them with something), but generally speaking sounds good

>>72537676
Not huge fan of that drum tone (need more bass), but the composition got potential. And yes, it's a bit muddy.

>>72537586
sounds good to me except the intro

why don't add the bass here and there, fill a little in the blanks but no too much cos i guess that's your intention anyway

>>72536646
wow sounds really good anon kinda envy you that mixing skill

only thing i complain it's too samey? the only thing that changes its the piano and its too in the back to appreciate it

>someone puts a korg monotron with a CV mod onto a eurorack panel
>sells it for 300 bucks
https://www.shockelectronix.com/product-page/modatron-modulator
god eurorack is such a fucking scam. can't wait for behringer to flood the market with properly priced modules and eternally BTFO all the other pricefixing companies.

>>72538314
With tambourines I just try to remove all the spikes and create a new, wider, resonance like I'm shaping a synthesized noise hihat.

It sounds like you cut it out of the middle of another song, yeah add to it. Guitars on the right are pretty quiet in comparison to what's happening on the left.

>>72538475
thanks m8

>>72538158
That's a really great plugin, thank you! I tried to use it (and added more guitar tracks) here: https://clyp.it/k2tlzsix
>>72538314
>but the composition got potential.
I've been composing for longer than I've been figuring out how to mix, that's for sure :(

>>72538385
agreed senpai, kinda just repeats itself, but thanks man!

>>72538422
it's because anybody with a spec of common sense knows software outdid the capabilities of that bullshit decades ago. They're monopolizing idiots

https://my.mixtape.moe/feiwmr.mp3

been messin around w/ this today. it's all just default ableton synths but it was a fun little proj, dunno if i should keep goin w/ it

>>72538325
Thanks for the feedback, I do see what you mean. I wanna balance what you're saying with what I have.

>>72538314
Thanks heaps. Bit of a dumb question, but when you talk about the empty space, do you mean sonically or within the composition itself?

uploading my 10k play track

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Here's my 10k play track

called on a cruise

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NtRzV7m_uk

https://clyp.it/feoka5ws

This is my first time trying to make a track with my own voice. Any suggestions? Is my voice ok?

>>72539639
I don't know, a bass guitar, a long reverb effect, even a drone sound could work

>>72539655
how did it get 10k plays if you're only uploading it now? also without even clicking on it i know you still havent gotten rid of your awful vocal tag, so you should do that

What's a good way to mix a kick and bassline to make it sound like it's coming from another room? Sort of like the thing Gas does, but with heavy bass remaining. Imagine you're at a techno club and you step outside, but can still clearly hear the music and feel the bass.

I've tried playing with EQ filters but that usually just ends up sounding unnatural.

>>72540074
Short reverb, turn up the wet knob. Dampen it, make it bassy.

>>72539805
>https://clyp.it/feoka5ws

that works why not. go for it.

>>72540178
Just kind of not confident since I usually don't sing.

Best mic I can get for ~$100?

I don't do much recording but need to drop in some vocals from time to time

>>72540243
just keep going. you wrote that song?

https://clyp.it/kh4zya13

lofi acid jungle
i started it today so i think theres still a lot i can mess with

>>72540478
Yeah I've been working on it this evening but wasn't sure if I should scrap it.

Any tips on getting a wider sound for post rock style guitars? Think distortion, delays, reverbs. Using classical techniques aren't really working for really experimental guitar sounds.

>>72540645
I like to use a compressor for that.

>>72540645
ADT >>72538158
Record multiple takes and pan them, distort left and right differently, wide phaser, different subtle phasers or different kilohearts disperser settings http://www55.zippyshare.com/v/7DyQCCfB/file.html left and right before different distortions, blend them together with some reverb. Play different things left and right, like if you were to do C G on left do G C on right. Effect only one side, maybe a phaser on only one side would be a strange panning effect making things sound like they're coming from left or right.

>>72540645
Route it to a new channel with an octaver going up and put some wide effect on it, like flanger or maybe just really wet reverb, and increase stereo separation. This way there's some unique content in the sides. If you have a stereo recording setup, maybe just a portable Zoom, then record the recordings played back in a room. Maybe put the reverb on a different channel so you can have flanger and phasers and whatnot before the reverb and not in the dry signal. If you're atonal then try frequency shifting one side a little, otherwise standard detuning which ADT will do ever so subtly but maybe you'll want stronger detuning.

>>72540257
mxl 990 is a decent mic

>>72540645
Post some dry guitar so I can goof with it and see what else I can come up with.

Also you could play completely different things on left and right. Listening to The Mars Volta there's often different melodies left and right.

>>72540626
>https://clyp.it/kh4zya13
love the old school chopping on the drums

DAW n00b here.
Looking for some new/good sites for the likes of samples, loops, VSTs/plugins, etc.

https://clyp.it/vkabmp0e

I don't actually know what I'm going for, any feedback is appreciated

>>72540996
I get a lot of samples from going through the audio folders of games I download, also recording random stuff and fucking with the pitch and stuff. For other samples, just listen to a lot of stuff and take what you want and mess it up real good

All my VSTs are free because I am super poor and I feel like torrenting isn't going to teach me anything about good sound design. Learn how to use whatever subtractive synths you've got properly and you'll be good probably

>>72541000
I like what youve got going on here. Just need another section of variation I think.

>>72540996
http://bedroomproducersblog.com/

>>72540996
http://www.geocities.jp/g_no4166/free.html
go to town

>>72541029
Thanks man, I just kind of got into a rut where I don't know what else I can do with it and trying to change key always sounds weird no matter where I put the change

>>72541045
I know what you mean, I have tons of 75% complete tracks because I just cant find that last bit.

Using a simple subtractive synth? Layer another one on top to add another element to the sound. Look to the Korg M1 for inspiration on layering simple sounds to make something complex.

https://clyp.it/nnlfno03

I've been fiddling around with flstudio for the last few weeks and this is my first attempt at generic edm. I tried to get the bass to punch more during the drop but havent succeeded in doing so. Probably fucking up the EQ.

What do y'all think? Any tips?

>>72539805
sounds good my man

>>72541594
Definitely mess around with the EQ more. Before the drop, cut out most of the bass so that it hits more effectively. The little bit without drums needs to be shorter. The kids want that fat nasty bass and they want it now.

Also, work on the sound design a bit, your synth come across as abrasive at times. And I'd highly recommend either re-EQing your kick or finding a new sample. Also, change up the velocity on the high hats and lower them in general, they get boring.

That's about all I've got.

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not looking for feedback

just letting you know that i'm above you

and whatever you will produce in your life will not come close to this

https://clyp.it/hhnvee0m

>>72542245
not this again...

https://clyp.it/cntaxrxd

hit me with that r8 senpai, I'll return feedback

>>72542245
Haha oh man

Let me know which shitty anime gif you use on your lofi hiphop mixtape youtube video

Using Logic, anybody know how to emulate a bass with a standard electric? Virtual sounds fine in a mix but extremely artificial for solo/heavier parts.

Tried fiddling with EQ and pitch shifting down an octave but it sounds terrible.

>>72543259
Got a good laugh out of me, but maybe edit your breakbeat a little more, just having it flat and tempo shifted is a little boring after a while.

Also I'm this guy if you want to return feedback: >>72541000

>>72543332
Neat trick: record yourself blowing into a beer bottle and pitch shift it. It's really close to a pure tone, which is what you want for bass, but it still sounds natural.

>>72543341
thanks for the feedback homie

onto feedback on your thing
the sweep sample thing cuts off abruptly at 0:15 might wana fade that out a bit
overall I think the chordy thing drowns the drums and is a bit too loud, might wanna bring that down and bring the drums more forward a bit, might have to change kick sample not entirely sure if this one fits right.
also it would be good if you had a bass playing along with the chords and melodies, the lack of that is very glaring.
also the reverb clashes with when the chords change might wanna shorten that a bit
overall not bad, I think I know what you're going for but you still need more practice to achieve that sound

>>72543536
Thanks for the advice, man. I agree with pretty much all of it, after listening to it over and over. Could you tell me what I'm going for? I'm dying for examples of things in the same direction to take inspiration from.

>>72543599
NOT entirely sure since yours isn't the same bpm but the chord progression reminds me of shit like this
https://soundcloud.com/moeshop/that-one-time-i-tried-to-remix-mord-fustang-and-failed
and this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tc6ZWa4X_PE

and countless other examples but tell me if I'm close with these 2

I tried making a beat that sounds viper but after making it and listening to Viper, it doesn't sound anything like him. He truly is genius-incomprehensibus

You can listen to it if you like and tell me what to do: https://clyp.it/mziykerl

>>72544078
You got the low end on point, sounds exactly like my hops, that synth tho isn't very viper-like, you gotta make it more e t h e r e a l and bring the cloud chords a bit more forward

>>72543724
As flattered as I am to have evoked them, I don't know if Snail's House is what I'm going for, I just like using extended chords

You have to actually be happy to make that stuff

>>72544146
yeah the chords themselves took me to that place but yeah maybe you can draw some inspiration from those types of shit

>>72544182
Here, I tried using your suggestions:

https://clyp.it/0wsiowyq

Let me know what you think

>>72537409
there's a denoiser on the edison in fl studio, no idea how to use it though, guess i'm looking up a guide. All I can do right now is get rid of the noise slightly while also making the sample lose it's effect considering it's a crescendo sort of thing

https://clyp.it/ikgdxptz

Choir going A to U with two Synth1 instances with bandpass filters tuned to the two frequencies of the top and bottom formant frequency, then a choir going A to U with one Synth1 instance with a bandpass filter and internal EQ tuned to the same frequencies. Morphing controlled with modwheel.

It's not the formantiest sound and the resonance is sometimes overbearing but I think it's neat.

>>72544298
HELL YEA, sounds much better now
nothing to really feedback on rn, just a minor thing, maybe variate your drums a bit, more hi-hat patterns, some more samples and switchups but yeah this sounds fuckin good now.

>>72544371
audacity denoiser top

>>72544407
that's fuckin good man and yea, resonance is a it too much turn it down a tiny bit

>>72542245
>DOOD DETUNED SAMPLES XD

>>72544425
Thanks man, I appreciate the help. Also, turns out I had two synths on the same mixer track that had absolutely no business being edited together, so that was probably another thing holding that back

Feel like an idiot now, but glad it's sounding better

>>72544497
>>72543278
>>72542963
post clyps fagz

if u even come close to my drums ull get my props which is worth more than your life 3 times over.

>>72544668
nobody cares
doubt anyone here even bothered listening lol

>>72544800
>i feel the need to tell you that i do not care

cool bro

>>72544121
H m m, I agree abouth the synth. What do you mean about bringing them forward?

I'll see what I can do when I get home lmao

>>72544839
u done?

>>72544668
https://clyp.it/yb53z2qq

>>72545173
What the fuck

Like I'm not the arrogant asshole, and your beat is super good but also jesus what the fuck

>>72544913
just gttin started
>>72545173
nice meme

>>72539160
I won't lie that using real equipment is a lot more fun/intuitive than using software, but the recent craze with eurorack is absolutely ridiculous, and the only company with reasonably priced stuff is doepfer, interestingly the one that started it all.

>>72544874
You gotta get the ethereal chord synths to be more loud in the mix, get rid of those thin sawy phaser things replace with more ambient pad shit if you wanna sound like viper.

>>72545363
The Sequentix Atlantis looks pretty cool. It's a nice small 101 clone

i mix with a cheap akg k414p headphone then check it on a cheap tv monitor

>>72545543
you. are. valid.

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>>72545551
this validation thing is a joke on /mu/ isn it

les paul or strat
which fits better
(guitar on the left)

https://clyp.it/kkrl3iyj
https://clyp.it/sr0icsr5

hey /prod/, what's the best plugins for: time manipulation and making ambient sounds?

>>72545787
Paulstretch, comes in Audacity iirc. http://www.niallmoody.com/ndcplugs/themodulator2.htm this will add some timbral complexity to the sounds. Browse that website.

>>72545606
first one, guitar is a bit too "invasive" in the second one even tho that probably has more to do with the treatment than the actual guitar. also I'm not sure if you're going for a really swingy feel but the timing seems fucky at time, like shit isn't aligned properly.
>>72545787
Harmor

Newfag here. Started like two weeks ago.
https://clyp.it/xls55tky

I like the melody but I'm not satisfied with the sound at all. Specially the first 50 seconds.
How do I make it sound less shitty? I'd ask for more specific advice if I knew why I'm fucking up so bad.

>>72546505
number one it's pretty empty

this is one of the rare cases where i would suggested wider reverbs, but maybe try delay first

>>72546505
hey bro if you've been /prod/ing for just 2 weeks and this is what you have to show for it you're on a pretty good path. I think the issue you have is that your lead is too thin and in the center, like the other anon said try a wider reverb or try detuning your lead slightly, get it a bit fatter, but not bad at all! I'm sure you can play an instrument or something.

>>72545363
I think the main function of that stuff is to advertise how much disposable income you have.

If you really just want to make music I think software is a better way to go. Knob twiddling is fun but most people don't seem to be able to get anything worthwhile out of it.

>>72546806
What do you mean by empty? Should I add more sounds to it? More effects?

>>72546900
Yeah I've been playing instruments my whole life.

Also I'll try adding wider reverb. I did use some reverb but I guess I could make it fatter. Thanks.

>>72546226
thanks for the feedback, i'll stick with the first one then, even though it has some noise on it

>also I'm not sure if you're going for a really swingy feel but the timing seems fucky at time, like shit isn't aligned properly.
not intended, poor timing on my playing. does it get too off?

>>72547092
yeah at some points it does, might wanna do some microcuts on the waveforms to align it properly although it's pretty tedious

i like these threads so I don't want it to die

New to production. How to I turn basic beats into full songs? What do I add?
example https://clyp.it/fgdk4oki

>>72549206
Lyrics. Other beats. Make a song structure and fill with the corresponding beats.

Started a new thing recently, posting it while it is a fresh WIP, mixing is still rough and there is not much automation yet. Tell me something about it. Btw, I know the transition is fugged, I'm searching for a replacement for that sound.

https://clyp.it/puu4mkyx

synth
motherfucking
1

Was trying to register at audionews, heard they have open signups 1-2th every month, but they still want an invite code from me. What's up with that?

>>72545787
waves doppler

>>72550934
meh

https://clyp.it/55szc0ww
I posted an earlier version in this thread. I know it's rough, but just looking for advice on EQ mostly.

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I've been messing around with ableton for a few years, but I want to go analog

I was thinking about a Moog mother32 with some extra goodies

suggestions? the korg volca bass sounds
N E A T O

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If recording guitar, where do you put an amp sim in a effect chain?

>>72553694
last

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Qj_P8nAocU

>>72550934
tal
motherfucking
noisemaker

https://clyp.it/245ubvsx hows this sound?

>tfw just want to play Resident Advisor-core techno sets (Jon Hopkins, Daniel Avery, Stephan Bodzin etc.)
>can barely mix two tracks at 128bpm unless they clearly really fit and suit together or I think it sounds trite

Why

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setting up my master track for a mixdown and i have some questions.

>i set my target peak db to -6.1 but what LUFS should i aim for? is there a ratio of db to LU that is recommended or should i just aim for as much LU or LUFS as possible without clipping?

>what settings should i apply to the limiter? i am assuming that the ceiling should be the same as my target but what about the threshold and release?

>how much atten is too much?

thanks for your help guys. pic related.

>>72553694
I'm not sure how reactive amp sims are compared to a real life application. Typically put all your compression/drive/fuzz/distortion, etc. in front of the amp. Delay, reverb, and other time based effects are better in an FX loop, which would be after the amp sim kind of. Putting, for example, a reverb in front of distortion (if the amp has any distortion naturally from like a drive channel or preamp) will really muddy things up

>>72555164
limiter output set to -0.1 and gain to 1000000db

>>72541594
Thank you my man much appreciated

https://clyp.it/dmo4llfc
lookin for some feedback on this. Just started it.

Listen to some music at different BPMs for ideas.

156BPM Eurobeat @120BPM
https://clyp.it/4dcxonb3

86BPM Soul/Funk @160BPM
https://clyp.it/1kq2cn1q

>>72553523
>https://clyp.it/55szc0ww

Too much chest voice

>>72549206
https://clyp.it/fgdk4oki

Make it longer

>>72546505
Sounds off key in parts. The sounds don't compliment each other. The drums are basic. Just keep prodding, it takes experience to learn these things.

>>72545606
les

>>72545173
>https://clyp.it/yb53z2qq
kys, kekd tho

>>72544407
>https://clyp.it/ikgdxptz

cool


>>72544298
>https://clyp.it/0wsiowyq

Those drums are bad my guy

>>72543259
>https://clyp.it/cntaxrxd

I hate you.

>>72542245
>https://clyp.it/hhnvee0m

eh, decent quality. Not very unique though.

>>72541594
>https://clyp.it/nnlfno03

delete it and make a new one.
>>72540626
>https://clyp.it/kh4zya13

Probably one of the best tracks in the thread.

>>72539805
>https://clyp.it/feoka5ws

Your voice is overpowering the fuck out of the music

>>72538314
>https://clyp.it/3cmyk3yh

jesus christ

>>72537586
Keep making music.

>>72555917
>https://clyp.it/dmo4llfc

Literally awful

/prod/ compilation album, but it all has to be clyps under 1 minute

>>72556389

I probably won't even make it through the first 30 second if all these people are going to be in it.

>>72556401
i genuinely like when i hear something that's technically not good. i've heard good shit all my life gimme some bad shit, let me hear that real dumb shit

like this? >>72555917
love it, i want more of it. it's tight, it's raw, it's real. it's not yet another trap anthem or minimal techno loop, it's so unconventional.

>>72556483
Lol it's p awful lbr

>tfw can't stop making sad songs

http://airwindows.com/

There's a bunch of odd and specific plugins on here and he makes a 15 or so minute video to explain each one.

The latest one, Air, is basically a non-conventional EQ that works with altering the waveform in specific chunks of samples and it doesn't change the phase of the frequencies, and if you wanted to use a linear-phase EQ to do a similar effect it would get very ringy.

Loud is odd, I haven't found a good use for it but he based it on how loud sounds respond in air by studying recordings of tractor pulls and space ship launches. Pretty unique though.

Density and High Impact are really neat. They both distort the signal except Density makes things fat and High Impact keeps things sharp. More intuitive to hear.

Capacitor is a really smooth filter that doesn't accentuate the cutoff, like if you were to use a standard digital filter you could pretty easily hear where you're lowpassing it, but with Capacitor it's more natural sounding.

Fracture is a really ugly distortion that's basically a really loud foldback distortion with loud overtones. It's like Density but when it exceeds max headroom it folds back down, doubling the frequency. It can do this a few times.

Drive is what you think it is. It's fine.

Slew2 is nice, it smooths out the samples in the really high frequencies which makes it sound, well, smoother. And you can boost it back up with an EQ and it'll retain the smooth quality.

PowerSag is pretty much crossover distortion. Dirties up tones without pushing them forward like generic distortion does.

Melt is a weird flangey chorusy effect. It's real strange, it's not quite like a typical flanger, but it's a similar concept: delays that shift in pitch and are softened out a bit.

That's all the really useful thing I can think of. He's got like 20 dither plugins and I just don't have a use for them.

>>72557134
>tfw cant make songs

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>open project
>turn one knob
>close project

>>72557477
Sounds like you aren't a prodfag

Been looking to create a synth/bass sounds similar to that used in this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOX0Yf7Kpf8
(The purple pads, I also don't know how I stumbled upon this.)

I can tell there's more than one thing going on here. One of them being a hoover. That's easy enough, but I can never seem to get it right how I want it. Any ideas?

>FL Studio 12lol

>>72557497
sounds like either a square with LFO on pulse width or detuned saws and then a low pass, might be a phaser because hear two phase beatings, some distortion / saturation, and flanger or chorus and delay and reverb. if it doesn't sound quite right just try EQing to closer.

might have even sampled the original reese, who knows.

>>72557693
or it's three detuned saws and not two, that would cause the two phase beatings as well. that's probably more likely.

>anon only knows how to distort with generic waveshapers
heh, looks like someone's never tried driving a filter cutoff with a high frequency oscillator

https://clyp.it/wsulpavp

just finished this hit me with the r8/feedback senpai i'll return it

>>72558208
>https://clyp.it/wsulpavp

Fuck off Anthony

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how do i arca?

https://clyp.it/uotqrvvj

I've been working on this track for a while but my rap team has been telling me they can't flow on it. suggestions?

>>72558222
o-ok..

>>72558446
sounds very basic and like one of those beats people who've been into FL studio for a couple weeks make. I can't offer any feedback unfortunately, the only advice I have to offer is keep at it man. also that rumbly ass low end reminds me of viper lmao

>>72558537
It's supposed to be a basic banger for soundcloud so you're pretty much on the dot

>>72558572
>It's supposed to be a basic banger for soundcloud so you're pretty much on the dot

And this is called denial

>>72558254
step 1: be a faggot

>>72558610
of what I know it's shit but I'm making it for a meme rapper in hs

>>72538422
What about other modular formats? I've always like the consistency of MOTM and 5U.

>>72558634

Why not make it as good as you can make him sound good? Now he's going to sound even worse and not want to buy beats from you, dickhead.

>>72558740
He likes it tho he wants it to sound like something lil pump and lil yachty would make and he liked it now he just wants "the beat changed"

>>72544668
https://clyp.it/udizn1cx

Real drums boi

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side thing but what's going on with those mediafire links, could i get an alternative of that file that was laying with that site? (for better melodies)

>>72558778

That means he knows fuck all about music production. That melody is booboo that bass is off key, that snare and kick are soft as fuck.

>>72558837
I know fuck all about bass keys desu

so we'll start with that

it goes d5 c5 c5 d5 c5 c5 a4 how do I fix that

>>72558878

Tune it, click on the channel. Right click on the wavelength, hit edit. It should bring up Edison, right click on the wavelength again and go to detect pitch regions. Exit that shit go to the wrench tab in and right click on the key that you saw in Edison. It'll be properly tuned after that

what happened to /comp/

>>72558914
https://clyp.it/h4zm55ut

hows this?

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how do i make my drum loops have this super low quality?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zy-EV7BKSQg&t=104

ive tried lowpassing them but it doesnt quite do it. i tried rendering at a low bitrate and that didnt do it. there must be some trick.

>>72559233
Lower samplerate with aliasing. Tonebyte's Time Machine is good.

>>72559166

Sounds fine, seems like you raised it a bit too

https://clyp.it/h4tot322

Jokes and Jokes and Jokes and Jokes

>>72559291
Might be a little fuck up with the eqs any idea how to get it blown up somewhat like this https://soundcloud.com/wavey-hefner/lil-pump-boss-prod-diablo he wants it "extremely bass boosted"

>>72559261
cant find a VST with that name, mind sharing a link? thanks brother

>>72555917
>https://clyp.it/dmo4llfc
lol i like this. as the other guy said, very unconventional, in a good way. i dont know how i feel about the drums. seems like a another synth in that higher frequency range doing a melody could be good for that part of it as well, but the minimalism does have an appeal.
>>72558208
its, um, edm. cant really say anything else.

>>72558446
its really basic. yeah not really much else to say except practice more and try making more tracks.

>>72553523
work on the sibilance a bit more

i'm >>72554250 would love some feedback.

>>72559420
for the basicness of the track it's not trying to be anything more than something like this

https://soundcloud.com/wavey-hefner/lil-pump-boss-prod-diablo

and some lil yachty stuff he showed me

anything you suggest for me to get something closer to these sounds?

>>72559381
Misremembered, it was ToneBoosters and it wasn't free. Here's a link to their plugins with a keygen if you want it though uploaded.
net/file/it48hhjh/127187W.rar

Otherwise one of these.

http://vst4free.com/free_vst.php?plugin=LOFI&id=525 LOFI
http://vst4free.com/free_vst.php?plugin=TAL-Bitcrusher&id=685 TAL Bitcrusher
http://d.pr/f/YDiO+ CMT Bitcrusher

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>>72559485
thanks so much friend, its on rutracker

https://clyp.it/user/kqxwhm1p

Thoughts about this?

>>72558208
its not bad but the high end is killing me

>>72558801
not my thing really but its not bad; drums are super weak tho in my opinion, need some present from the low end hard; good vibe though

Cloud rap beat ive been working on; kinda influence by clams casino, kinda not
https://clyp.it/agojkpxq

>>72556267

I'm this guy: >>72544298

I messed with the song a bit more, added some variation, new samples and stuff. How do I make my drums not bad? I would very much like to not do things wrong all the time

https://clyp.it/dmo4llfc

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to the guy who suggested time machine thank you so much, ive always wanted a downsampler that lets me control the aliasing

now everything sounds like its form an arcade game

>>72557145
Capacitor is proving to be excellent at natural-sounding frequency splitting as well. Due it having 0 delay and no phase adjustments you can just route the signal to two channels titled Filter and High, put Capacitor on Filter and invert the phase, route Filter to High and to a new channel titled Low, route High and Low to a new channel titled Merged and put your effects on Low and High and Merged.

In case you haven't done phase-inversion for band-splitting here's what happens: The filtered output is just bass and some mids, or whatever you choose really, and then this is inverted and sent to the unmodified signal which subtracts the bass from the signal, leaving the highs. The filtered output is also sent to a unique channel so you can effect the lows (or w/e you chose) without altering the filter output that's subtracted from the original signal. You can effect the High channel that had the inverted signal sent to it all you want.

The filter's output just sounds like it was mic'd from a different distance, doesn't sound like a typical lowpass or highpass filter at all.

>>72560751
No problem, you could have just put a lowpass filter / EQ on a plugin that had maximum aliasing though. It should be virtually identical except you can have it as steep or as gradual as you want. What I really like about Time Machine though is the muLaw option. At low bits it makes bass-heavy signals real crunchy in a fluttery sort of way rather than just noisy like most bit-reduction effects.

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Any Reason Bros excited by the big news?
https://www.propellerheads.se/reason-95

https://clyp.it/3brrfukz

Thoughts ? suggestions ?

>>72550066
Bumping.

>>72558739
.com is great for your money
paul killed motm because it's too good and he needed to hop on the euroscam train

>>72560470
Disregard that

Made my drums a little more interesting

Any feedback is appreciated

https://clyp.it/ktrtzbuf

>>72560874
wow it only took them 15 years. had they ditched their gay proprietary bullshit when Fruity Loops came out they would have a chance at being relevant today.

would be interesting to see if they can win back people who ditched them for AL and FL. Reason was one of the first DAWs that catered to electronic music producers that was functional out of the box.

>>72561441
>>72560874
i stand corrected. FL came out first but it was pretty much just a drum machine till after reasons debut.

>>72558254
Glitched drums

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>tfw you can make 4, even 8 bar melody loops but it's exhausting af

>>72558254
buy pianoteq 5
set 'condition' all the way to worn
play some melodies
voila

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https://clyp.it/5rdqt5zp
https://clyp.it/c00e12zn

ears would be nice

Any opinions on this track?

https://clyp.it/1dk4hboq

>>72561826
use better instruments

>>72561826
The voice is drowned out by all the echo and other instruments. Maybe it'd sound better if you made it clearer.

CD and LP versions of the Amen break which were mastered differently.

http://ge.
tt/5k7G5212/v/0 CD

http://ge.
tt/5jjx0M12/v/0 LP

I don't remember exactly which versions of the CD / LP breaks I uploaded years ago so here's what's definitely the un-edited left and right mics from the LP version of Amen. http://www109.zippyshare.com/v/CN2fyTYE/file.html

https://clyp.it/tumcskbk Comparison of CD and LP versions. Listen to the transients.

the only thing I ever wrote and I doubt that I'm going to write anything better

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

>>72549593
>>72556267
I made it >>72549206 last a bit longer and tried getting different beats into it. Where do I take it from here?

https://clyp.it/cqv0ake0

https://clyp.it/kxbgccp5

made some tweaks on the mix, give me r8's/feedback I'll return it

What's the piece or advice/realization that took your music production to the next level?

>>72563600
If you want to write music, you gotta write music

Also write stuff on physical instruments before putting it into a DAW

>>72563600
getting proper speakers and learning about acoustics
it's hard judge anything if you can't hear shit

Is writing music on staffs before producing it on software only good for certain types of music?

>>72565007
whatever works for you
and if it's only to scribble down some quick ideas or to layout the basic form it can be really helpful even if the music is too atonal/too simple/not melodic to be worth to really write it out in detail

I've been producing music for 8 years (and playing instruments for another 8 before that) and I still have no idea what kind of music I wanna make.

>>72565185
Just make whatever comes to mind. I doubt many people chose what kind of music they wanna make, it just flows naturally.

>>72565210
It's kinda gotten to the point where I don't know where to start any more tho. I'm tired of my guitars. Tired of synths. Tired of sampling random shit around my house. Feels like I've heard it all before.

>>72565264
Tried singing?
Half of my songs come from singing random shit when I'm alone.

Other than that I don't know. There's always room for innovation but it's hard to force creativity.

>>72563600
don't try to impress other people but just do what you like

>>72562932
I doubt that, too

>>72565185
I've been /prod/ing for about 20 years now, I don't even write music anymore, I just go into the studio to make sounds and fuck about.
Sound design was always my favourite part so I go straight to that. I occasionally make a 2 bar loop with the sounds I've made but that's about it

>>72565946
Doesn't it bum you out? My favorite part about producing is probably listening back to my old shit.

>>72565946
what if you sold those sounds on gumroad or something

listen to BHK's stuff, anything that isn't drums sounds straight bad but people buy it. he's a bit of a meme though from advertising his shit literally any time someone asks how to make a reese, "you can't make these sounds without sampling *sneaks in a link to bhksamples*" so you'll have to be ready to be that sort of person if you actually want bigger sales and not just some beer money.

>joined audionews tracker
>don't want anything they have
>have to download or upload each month or the account is deleted
well senpai i have a program that'll record automatically whenever it detects sound, hope some other asshole decides to download it.

>>72538422
>someone puts a korg monotron with a CV mod onto a eurorack panel
>sells it for 300 bucks
Mate I'd buy that if it was the Monotron delay in a Eurorack panel with cv mod. I love that dirty little fucker.

>>72566002
>Doesn't it bum you out? My favorite part about producing is probably listening back to my old shit.
Not really,I can still listen back to a few things, like I say I'll sometimes make a couple of 2 bar loops, but I don't really like doing much more composition or song wise.

>>72566043
what if you sold those sounds on gumroad or something
I've not even thought about selling anything really. I've always treated it as a hobby, I guess making a few quid might be handy but I've always thought that there must be so much free stuff about no one would buy anything

Anyone thought of making a soundtrack to a non existent anime/movie/etc? or an alternate version of one you've already seen?. I thought it would be an interesting exercise for someone who has been in a rut for a million years like me so I can finally start making something again even if it's shit.

just some direction or something.

What other sites are like gumRoad?

I've got a friend that has sold a few tracks through a website that deals with independent film makers and that sort of thing.

>Declicks a break
>Subtracts it from the original to bring the clicks out more

>Isolates rides with a denoiser
>Equalizes them
>Puts them back in

>Uses Match EQ to copy tonality of one break to another
>Uses Match EQ on drum machine samples to acoustic counterparts

Who else does funny stuff?

>>72558058
>tfw i don't even know what half of those words mean
Feels bad.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XW4zqkRHDT4
lo-fi

>>72567587
i'm on dialup in 2017 someone tell me if i should laugh at this url

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Yo can someone educate me on MPC's?
I'm planning in buying an Akai MPC 2500 but i'm not sure if it's compatable with fruity loops 12 or with my laptop. I'm not very educated in tech.
Apperently MPC's are pretty much for analog only use too. Is that true? And do you need a seperate mixer? Cause i kinda already have one in fruity loops.

>>72567927
Why are you planning on buying this thing you seem to know nothing about?

Reminds me of when I bought a Zoom H1 because I saw Billain use it in a video.

>>72567982
Well because i know how to use it and i know sampling is better with it, at least in terms of splicing. I just don't know the technical parts like the chords and shit

>>72561432
No feedback?

>>72568016
Better than what with splicing samples? A mouse and computer screen? Where'd you hear that?

Well if you're dead set on getting on for whatever reason, you'll just need a way to get MIDI to and from your PC, like some sort of USB MIDI port. FL Studio will handle any MIDI controller, they all send and receive the same signals.

>>72566174
Show us something. Or share a preset or give a protip or w/e, please friend

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Shud a single track that is over 10 minutes long be called a single or an EP?

>>72568913
both, but you have to upload a video for the single!

>>72568016
I'm all for hardware samplers,but it sounds like you know next to nothing about MPC's and how they work. I'd mirror the other anon and ask why you are buying something you know so little about other than "it samples better".
To answer your questions the MPC is mainly designed to work as a standalone sampler. It has its own sequencer and I believe you can use it to sequence other hardware (analog?) or you can sequence it from anything that outputs a midi signal. This will include sequencers and pretty much every daw ever made including FL I'd imagine.
As regards to sample splicing I honestly don't think you can beat a computer based dedicated audio editor. Pretty much 95% of my samples that go into my hardware sampler are edited on my computer first, due to having a large monitor screen you can easily see exactly what you are editing in detail as opposed to a tiny led screen on a sampler. Saying that the akai is more than capable of splicing samples...I just wouldn't say it was better.
It might be worth looking into something like the Maschine studio if you are not totally set on hardware sampler only. I find the Maschine studio to have the feel of something like the MPC but intergrated into my computer as well. The 2 colour screens are handy and you can pretty much do everything on the hardware with your computer monitor off. I absolutely love mine.

>>72568840
>Show us something. Or share a preset or give a protip or w/e, please friend

I can't show anything at the moment as I'm not in my studio, but I could post something at the weekend. I don't really save any of my presets either & I'm not sure I'm really qualified to be giving out pro tips either?

So cashmere cat was a dude making cool remixes on his macbook before bed. Then he got noticed and went background producer for mainstream artists, and now he does this thing where he just goes half and half pop song/cashy cat beats. I thought this album was weird as fuck, but this track is cool and his production is still organic and totally recognisable, which I guess is his biggest strength.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKhmCh68Qu0

https://clyp.it/jlznctai
thoughts?

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sup my /prod/ brothers, today i'm without anything to post coz champions league, studying and lazyness. played some drums tho, good shit. i like learning instruments, it's bushido stuff. keep it slow, work your small movements, be consistent and keep doing it. then BANG you don't even know and can play that good and hard. groove is the treasure at the end of the path for us samurai.
k went a bit blog but i'm stoned so deal with it. here ur recs

>>72563423

are you the guy that posted that foo fighters remix aren't you? don't quite like the piano, sounds artifact but could be intentional maybe try giving it some small dynamics? great mix (like the last time) , extremely radio-friendly. still embarassing shit but godly done. drop is killer. post ur setup

>>72563303

man boring drums, boring guitar but appreciate mixing levels and bassline. poor structure. get some better drums kit, build some fill for bass and drums and bring those instruments under the spotlight. i mean listen madlib #5 medicine show. but mostly keep doing it my friend!!

>>72561814
>https://clyp.it/5rdqt5zp
>https://clyp.it/c00e12zn

they both sounds ok to me but i don't get much soul. they sound like good exercises


>>72561432
i'd crank up the snare i think but maybe that's me. a bit like the clyp just above, sound like good exercise but don't get the soul out thatttt!! nice composition and arrangement

>>72560980
you already posted this, didn't you? nice sample. maybe the kick is a bit generic and could use some variations. put a fuc**** bassline in here asap and post again


>>72560299

you already posted this too if i remember correctely. dope. this is really waiting for someone spitting over it.. would be curious to listen it with some acapella


and for this evening that's all my friend,
see ya tomorrow

>>72570003
>https://clyp.it/jlznctai

man wtf is this lol

>>72570012
(im the clams guy) --- i had already posted it but this is an updated version; also thanks for the feedback my man

>>72557477
>open fl studo
>fuck around with sytrus
>save as new preset
>close fl studio
>repeat

>>72536586
How did anyone get the motivation to start music production? I get so discouraged. Everything I make just doesn't sound right and I'm struggling learning music theory.

>>72571118
>How did anyone get the motivation to start music production?
personally i get very motivated when i listen to a song i really like, and i guess its like that for most of us

>>72571118
I'll usually tap away long waits while on the job or doing something else and come up with basic melodies, then shape those
Otherwise I'll listen to an album and think "Wowee this is great lets give it a go"

As someone whose had to relearn music theory from when I'm a kid, it's persistence and practice

It doesn't matter if it doesn't sound right, just as long as you practice some aspect of music theory
People can't play songs in say, B major, without doing scale runs

Just keep picking at the spark, rhythm, idea, whatever until you craft it into something you think is great, then decide if you want to publish it or not

>>72571118
I started cause I play instruments but never had the resources to record music, so switched to digital instead.
Never needed motivation since it's something I really like. It can be frustrating at first but it's also motivating how fast you make progress.

>>72571118
I get super drunk and black out in front of the computer, when I wake up there's a bunch of loops written and they all suck so bad that I have to write something good to feel less embarrassed about it

Thread might be ded but here we go. Worked a few hours into this, just feel stuck. Give me opinions anon.
https://clyp.it/meljbslu

Feedback 4 feedback

https://clyp.it/p505be3n

>>72572281

Really well made - I thought I'd heard a hint of the Freddie Hubbard tune (love the Pepe Bradock tune that samples the same song) before it actually cam in so that was a nice touch.

>>72572425

Thank you man. I've been dying to use that sample, I had to do it justice. Deep burnt and little sunflower feel really good to me.

Should I find a torrent for FL Studio or is there a cheaper alternative that's just as good?

>>72572811
Torrent FL

>>72572819
Thanks