/prod/ lunga strikes back edition

is the behringer c1 a good option for a mic? i'm trying to get a cheap set and that's one of the cheapest mics i can find

>>73119234
it makes more sense to go used if you're looking that cheap imo. sm57 is usually a safe bet. What are you recording?

>>73119292
i dunno what genre exactly yet
you're talking of a shure sm57 right?

>>73119315
i mean vocals, just guitar, hitting random things?

sm57 doesn't usually pair well with cheaper interfaces so far as i can tell. not terrible but still. i spotted an e609 used on guitar center for 70 bucks- solid mic.

>>73119390
maaaaybe hitting my dick againts things but mostly vocals, cause i can just record my guitar directly from my computer

https://clyp.it/2s5k0cdx

finna post this again cos no one gave feedback last time.

>>73119446
I think either will suit you fine for vocals and dick samples. the e609 is brighter and doesn't need as much gain.

>>73119458
uhhh are you asking about something specific?

I thought I replied to you but I guess I didn't know what to say...

Sanity check on this mix and master? <.<
I think it's good to go but I haven't had any experienced ears on it yet.

https://clyp.it/id1h0xxx?token=190977cf7660757b9a6af66500b4a47d

>>73119500
I guess that's good. Just wanna know if you think it's a good track both musically but mix/master wise too. Does it sound professional?

>>73119542
High end is way too much, you have to tame that. Lots of painful freqs on that main noisy synth, look on a spectrum and take those down or alternatively use a multiband compressor.
Bring them overall down and give some more volume to the drums, they have to be at the forefront of this I think. Pretty cool and unique track tho I like it.

>>73119579
hmmm, the brightness was intentional but i'll reconsider that. What are you monitoring on? The only person who's heard it didn't bring that up and they're pretty tame when it comes to music.

The kick and rimshot delay thing sound somewhat "stock" if you get what I mean. That was the only part that kind of pales in comparison to the rest of the track.

>>73119711
(in the intro)

>>73119051
what are some good vsts for cubase, specifically orchestral, 8bit, or moog synths

>>73119711
I'm listening on speakers, I still think you need to ease up on the treble a tad.

And thanks for your feedback.

>>73119797
>Orchestral: Kontakt Libraries, so many of them.
>8bit: You can make 8bit in any synth really, get Sylenth1.
>Moog synths: Arturia

Might I also recommend Equipboard, look up your favorite producers on there and see what they use!

bump ;___;

>>73119825
thoughts on vienna?

>>73120629
It's alright tho a bit dated. It's really good how it's an all-in-the-box library but if you have more patience to "get" separate libraries for everything it's gonna sound better. LASS for strings, CineBrass for brass, Berlin Woodwinds for Winds are must haves.

https://clyp.it/x2aqerem

Honestly how much of a mess does this sound like? I'm having that problem where it sounds OK while I'm working on it, but when I come back to listen after a few hours it's almost unlistenable

how can i get a vintage or a tape tone like old lofi music only using some eq?

>>73120974
fucking dreadful

>>73121369
>only using some eq

what do you only have hardware available..? you're gonna come up short dude. high and low pass

why is it whenever i start up cubase, every other program's audio is cut off? I cant even hear the windows volume make sound

>>73122490
nevmind found the prob
https://www.steinberg.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=226&t=83227

>>73122627
>posting your solution so anybody reading can fix it too

:')

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banger in process
https://clyp.it/ubivfkq5

>>73119051
>tfw no irl /prod/ buddies to chill and make /mu/sic with

this pic makes me sad :(

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeZLO2VgbZHeDcongKzzfOw

8-bit Music Theory, actually good info and has some modern stuff.

can anyone link me to a good mac omnisphere torrent, or point me in the right direction? piratebay only had a really convoluted one that doesn't work

>>73121369
filters and noise probaly. this has a tape sound, but I remember reading on some forum post or something by him that he ran it through an ms20.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWYLK7-KjZo

yo prod, I'm mixing and mastering a mixtape for my friend. He's just ripped the beats from the internet and recorded verses over them. I told him that the beat quality will stop it from sounding really good, but I'm prepared to give it a go.
So far I've MB compressed the beats to tame any ugly high end that comes from the mp3 beats, mixed his vocals and cut a tiny bit of his frequency range from the mp3s, so there's room for his vocals. I've also gone to the trouble to add better kicks to the beats and also added side chain compresh to give a bit more clarity to the mix as a whole. I feel like I'm ready to give it a master chain now. My question is, have I done too much to the original mp3 beats? I'm afraid it would probably sound better if I leave them alone and just try to make them gel with the vocals rather than the MB and side chaining I've put on them. Guess I just gotta render two versions and A/B them. Any suggestions? Experience working with mixing shitty quality beats with no stems?

>>73126282
Been there

Did they sound like shit already or what..? Without hearing an example it sounds like you've done too much- if he's were talking about pro tracks the most you should need to do is carve out a bit for the vocals if it really needs it

>>73126881
they sound disgusting as is, sorry not able to post any examples

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https://clyp.it/hoeadtj0
plis giv crit

Any good world instrument vsts?

>>73120974
sounds organic leave it be
Avalanches influenced

https://clyp.it/p3lavdrp

feedback appreciated

>>73127018
lol I understand

Shit in shit out sorry man, if you're able to find another source for the same songs maybe try swapping them out

>>73127044
the percussion on the west africa kontakt library is aight

>>73127544
i was looking at garritan a bit, over 350 instmnts in 2.5gb? wtf

Agnul

This is about to be mastered, any final recommendations would be appreciated. Feel like anything more would be polishing a turd.

No ability to overdub anything more.

https://clyp.it/ws2mg13e

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I want to be famous!!!

now i need some drum vsts, specifically looking for good double pedal and snare, and some china cymbals

>>73129995
i think i mean thin splash instead of china, im no drum expert

whatever's on this set
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIzfbZ4Tcy0

i didnt do hardly any mixing at all and my bass is fatt and all my friends say its cool

when does mixing become a waste of time? why does the mastering guy i send it to before publishing kill my bass? no fun allowed it feels like

my friends car stereos is really the only kind of reference i do aside frm my krks

>>73130186
>my friends
Well of course they aren't going to be dicks. The idea is to make everything sound good enough for anyone, from a random pleb's cheap speakers to someone with a trained ear and expensive headphones.

I got a track that sounds perfect on headphones but unsatisfying in speakers. Why does that happen?

>>73130994
post it and we can tell you what's wrong with it

>>73130994
Maybe you have shitty speakers

>>73130994
Either your speakers or headphones or both are crap. If I'm being honest most likely both

Anyone know what drum machine is used in this track?

https://youtu.be/G3MyziCA7rU

>>73129818
Just face it, you'll never be famous.

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

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

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

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


There are 1000's of producers like this, child prodigies just itching for a chance to show off their amazing work, and you honestly think you stood a chance? No, you don't even have the intellect required to be a producer, so even if you "grind"(cringe) you will get no where and will never finish anything.

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

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

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

>>73129818
>>73131904
Fuck both of you

Can I get some feedback on this one, about to send this one to get mixed and mastered. Will return the feedback

https://clyp.it/rttfxrog

>>73131904
jokes on you, i've only been producing for 2 years i'm already in talks with labels

https://clyp.it/4c42wzq1

>>73120974
The bit towards the end sounds a bit off, but its a nice tune

>>73132570
>i'm already in talks with labels
>in talks with labels
>in talks with
>in talks
>talks

Meaning you haven't been signed. Also that track is meh

>>73132570
Sending a demo to labels doesn't count as talking

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Hey /mu/ would just like some critique on the mixing and the arrangement of the overall track

https://clyp.it/thtzroa1?token=55dc8b10cfd681db2ac23ef052be6585

>>73132570
what label would want this..?

>>73129818
Lol wtf why

>>73131904
looked at some martin garrix interviews and damn, he's one of us

>>73133200
>>73132757
>>73132931
that's literally a jeff mills track you fucking plebs

>>73127544
I got "West Africa" when I upgraded to Komplete Ultimate...spent a couple of weekends drumming away on Maschine like a crazed shamen. Sounds fantastic

>>73134645
it's still trash though.

>>73134645
Can't stand that era of techno desu. "sugar is sweeter" is pretty chill tho

>>73126282
Sometimes I have to mix things for people with only a stereo instrumental and then the vocals. My usual process involves this: ~2-3dB multiband compression in the main frequency range of the vocals (which are sidechained). The MB is set to mid/side mode, and is set to around 75-80% mid, so that it's just scooping out of the middle channel to make room for the vocals. Then I use a plugin called Track Spacer, which is pretty much a dynamic EQ, to side chain the vocals to it. I have set in a similar way to the MB. It has a frequency range option, and I usually have the range set to 200hz up to 3500hz. That usually clears up room for the vocals pretty well.

>>73134645
doesn't mean its good

Favorite drum sample packs?

>>73136288
116 drum machines

If you like Martin Garrix im sorry but you have really poor taste.. also
>EDM

Daily reminder that Skrillex is a product of a team of ghost producers put together by Dead-maw-five

>>73136306
link me holmes

>>73137199
>Skrillex
literally who?

>>73137199
daily reminder that ALL top 40 djs have teams of ghost producers and ghost engineers, including dead-maw-five

>>73138445
>including dead-maw-five
n- no you're wrong anon....
;_____;

Ghost write some verses /mu/

>>73138553
THE

>>73138579
ONLY

>>73138616
NIGGER

>>73132570
what the fuck is this?

>>73133048
i really like this anon
keep making music

>>73138751
That's funny, I was about to tell them it sounds like flume-tier garbage and to stop making music

>>73138673
I KNOW

i have big ears and 200$ what headpohnes do i buy

help

>>73138842
i used to have a friend like you, he couldn't accomplish anything in the real world because he was too lazy and negative so he would try to bring everyone down to his level to make himself feel better

the idea that other people were doing what they loved and getting better at it every day while he just smoked weed and played video games was too much for him to bear

>>73138864
IS ME

>>73138939
I

>>73138908
>says one negative thing<


I KNOW YOU AND WHY YOU'RE AN ASSHOLE LMAO OPEN UR EYES

>>73138954
AM A NIGGER

/song stop it

Hey boys. How do your ears react to this?? It's suppost to loop weird

https://clyp.it/xy25jvm1

>>73131904
Nah ;)

>>73131764
Alesis or Akai, both have some similar acoustic-ish drums. Either one will get you close with the proper lofi effects.

>>73139016
>https://clyp.it/xy25jvm1
WHAT IS THIS

>>73139016
sounds like someone transposed a fart and added a snare

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>have song idea
>can play melody on guitar
>don't know how to give it underlying sound so I'm not just playing every note in sync with the words

What do you bros do when you're trying to flesh out your tunes?

>>73134645
I actually like that track, but lets not pretend that dance is actually about track quality. See Omar S

>>73138579
>>73138616
>>73138673
>>73138864
>>73138939
>>73138954
>>73139011
*holds up spork*

>>73139333
fite me

>>73139125
thanks bro
>>73139152
Selecting that kick was the hardest part

>>73131904
u r just angry, for me if someone listen to my track and liked it, or a crowd in a club dances to it, ill feel famous.

>>73131924
>>73132570
>>73134365
>>73139059
>>73139941
you're talking to a delicious italian dinner

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>>73139983

>>73135457
Thanks for the tips anon

>>73133048
>https://clyp.it/thtzroa1?token=55dc8b10cfd681db2ac23ef052be6585
sound cloud my guy ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

>>100 replies
>13 clyps

this fuckin thread derailed

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>>73138751
thanks man, appreciate it! (:

>>73138842
>flume-tier
hah, thanks for the compliment. I love flume, he's also very successful and makes amazing music. Why don't you post one of your clyps?

>>73140821
dont have one yet, this is track 1 of a 3 track EP i am making with hopes to release over the summer. If theres a way i can let you know when that happens i would love to. thanks for showing interest it means a lot. (:

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https://clyp.it/l3wfro0k

Feedback?

>>73119458
sounds pretty good, might want to make the snares/claps a little more punchy/loud

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K so i made and setup a synth, how do i add notes to the track?

>>73142990

You need to create a MIDI part in the arrangement window (the section with the 1,3,5,7,9 numerals at the top) that contains your note data - you either do this by recording some MIDI with a MIDI keyboard, or by manually creating a MIDI part then manually adding the notes to it.

To do the manual step, use the pencil tool to draw a MIDI part in the arrangement window, then choose the arrow tool again and double-click the newly-created MIDI part to enter edit mode - in edit mode use the pencil tool to draw your MIDI notes.

Is it bad that I still use lmms? It's what I started with and I'm too stubborn to move away

>>73143281

Oh, meant to add - keyboard shortcuts:

Ctrl+E - Edit mode

To exit edit mode and keep your changes press the RETURN key (not the ENTER key on the number pad - that key functions as a Play key)

To exit edit mode and cancel your changes press the ESCAPE key

As mentioned, ENTER on your number pad starts play, the 0 key stops it, the 3 key returns the "play head" to the start of the song, and the 1 and 2 keys set the play head to the left and right locators.

>>73141988
>makes amazing music.
Not that anon, but flume is actually garbage

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>>73143391
I just had a weird glitch where i went a bit crazy on the piano and went all the way down and all the way high and the sound cut off after that. just repeated what i did and the sound came back, weird

>>73143500
to each their own, i guess. I think his production is on another level. Plus, you can't really call someone garbage after they recently took home a a grammy this year. :l

>>73143556
His production is only programming. And very formulaic at that. I'd say that's more entry level, than next level. But as you said, to each their own.

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Is there a faster way to repeat a set of notes instead of copy/paste, or make a set loop for 4 then another set loop for 4?

>>73143869
... what's wrong with copy and pasteing or looping?

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>>73144113
nothing i just wanted a faster method

anyways here's a bass line, thoughts on it? Dont really know how to handle with reverb but i think it worked out well and the synth i tried to make it a little raspy but with some sustain to soften it.
https://clyp.it/ppsm5nv4

>>73139242
Listen to other music for inspiration

>>73139242
>put chords behind melody
>place other elements along chords
>ezpz

>>73131924
fuck me harder daddy

>>73132570
better b8 than my post

>>73134365
he's a manlet, like all good songwriters

>>73139059
;)

>>73139941
they're lying or on drugs.

>>73133048
meh, it has a good song structure and is mixed and mastered decently, but does it set itself apart from all the other future bass garbage?

it's basically the same cringe tier major sevenths, vocal chops(which is lorde... seriously?) Lack-luster chord progression, generic sound palette, bare basic sound design, very little percussion, nothing that makes me go WOW.

why does everyone that say that they're inspired by flume only draw from his 2013-2015 releases? His first album was so much better, and skin even had a great deal of experimentation for an artist whom's main crowdbase don't even listen to experimental electronic music.

Anyways, back to your track, it would be better if you had an actual vocalist sing on it.

>>73143725
>His production is only programming.

Like any other primary electronic artist? lol. Wasn't the whole appeal of Flume and "wonky" because of the off-kilter beats? Something which is very un-formulaic

Who would you describe as "next-level". Don't say Arca because we all know his tracks are just a clusterfuck of sounds with him whining over the top.

>>73146827
lol I die inside when everybody ignores anything slightly experimental or out of what's mainstream right now and scrambles to the same okay sounding clyps

I mean I get normies doing that but it's fucking /prod/ lol

>also tfw no decent feedback

to anyone calling flume 'experimental' i suggest you listen to more electronic music lol

>>73147168
i'll give you feedback

>>73147250
Since you're so enlightened, please give us plebs some reccs of 'experimental' electronic music.

>>73144461
ALRIGHT

Here is the finished product
https://clyp.it/22uqmvhn

>>73147322
i dont spoonfeed lol sorry

>>73147410
Imagine being this autistic

^
lol imagine being this clueless

>>73147378
Reminds me of Flume

how do I know what genre I should make? I don't know whether to focus on jazz, folk, rap, gospel/soully stuff, or something else. those are all genres that interest me, but I obviously can't do them all.

for example I don't want to spend years trying to rap before finally realizing I'm shit at it. I don't want to study jazz for years before realizing I can't make my own progressions or write good lyrics.

>tl;dr how long do I have to try at something before I should give up and try another genre

>>73148233
I don't know what the fuck genre my music is. Just write what comes to mind.

>>73148233
make a mix of all that lad

very green wip, would appreciate any kind of feedback im kind of lost right now

not mixed or anything, just puting the pieces together

https://clyp.it/epsgcy0v

>>73148420

would sound like shit

come on, rap and folk?

>>73148459
Might be cool.

>>73148459
nono, you don't fuse genres, you just take from each what you like, it comes naturally

just try make a track without any limits and youll see you will be doing some weird shit that sounds like many things you like merged together

also rap drums with folk melodies go very well

>>73148233
>tl;dr how long do I have to try at something before I should give up and try another genre

Probably until you stop enjoying it or it doesn't inspire you anymore.
Also who cares if you are still shit at it in five years time? I've been /prod/ing for about 20 years and im unsigned, unpaid, no live shows and no releases...so I guess that makes me really shit.
I have friends that play football every week they've been doing that for way longer than I've been making music, they don't even play for a club let alone being pro footballers, it's fucking jokes how shit they are!

https://clyp.it/hpvjxj34

I had a go at sampling some drums.
What else should i add to the song, kinda stuck honestly.

>>73148446
It's nice, but it kinda goes nowhere and gets boring after a while.

>>73148621
I think your drums might be a little too loud.

>>73148706
thats the idea

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https://clyp.it/uq0dom0y

what I've got so far, feedback would be nice

>>73142281
i really enjoy it

Just made this.

https://clyp.it/14sphwi3

Any thoughts?

dont die :(

>>73146827
>>73146827
Hey thanks for the feedback, glad the mix is good in your ears and I've been trying to teach myself mastering I thought I was struggling but I guess I'm doing alright, thanks anon! Yea I agree it's nothing too far out of the mainstream genre spec but I'm pretty happy for finally finishing a project. Out of all the people I've shown you're the first one to guess correct about the lorde vocal chops haha. Just curious about why you don't like lorde or the chops? I wouldn't mind having someone sing on the track but I feel there's not much room for actual vocals or verses and whatnot. Thanks for the feed back though anon. (:

Lol, I enjoy so many rough sketches I compose, but when I get deeper into the project, it loses all the appeal. And so it goes again and again.

The worst possible combination.

>>73154139
Are you adding a bunch of different musical ideas or are you taking the bits from the initial sketch that you liked and changing them slightly for some variation here and there?

Watch this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUdyc8j8eLc

It's about taking a short musical idea and turning it into a full song, using Dark Souls' final boss music as the example.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/omym1q58xuzu8a2/Roland_S-550_Library.rar

Roland S-550 (the 1989 rack sampler) samples in WAV format. Use for your synthwave and new wave and whatever else.

>>73119051
There are 4 tracks in this clip, all the piano chords are major 7ths, thus making it a chromatic progression, the bassline follows a chromatic progression as well, the mallets and the lead are in the key of G major. Does this harmony work at all? I'm having a hard time trying to figure it out.

https://clyp.it/hhmz1rwm

>>73154713
G#major, my bad.

>>73154354
whoa thanks m8

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https://clyp.it/ga5oolyn

Workin on a house banger.
Gonna listen to your shit now aye.

>>73154354
Also it comes with Akai programs and you can drag those right into DirectWave in FL Studio. Maybe Kontakt can import them too.

>>73148446
pls, anyone else thinks it gets boring quick?

>>73155672
Drag them onto its button or whatever you'd call it in the step sequencer I mean. Doesn't work if you drag it into the GUI.

>>73139242
Learn dumbass. We're in the age of information, a simple google or youtube search can take care of your every need. That goes for the rest of you too. I'm tired of seeing dumbshits come here for help for the most menial shit.

https://www.google.com/#q=how+to+write+melodies+for+lyrics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6ahMRpwNsU
http://www.secretsofsongwriting.com/2012/04/20/a-10-step-process-for-adding-melody-to-your-lyrics/

>>73119051
L U N G A

>>73155676
>pls
shutup

>anyone else thinks it gets boring quick
yeh sorry, that same melody is just being varied for 90% of the song

>>73154920
bass and leads are pretty muffled, filtered sections seem kind of lazy imo

>>73151948
>Any thoughts?
it sounds like your musical knowledge exceeds your programming ability

>>73150595
builds up to nothing.... the first 40 seconds would be a good intro cut down

>>73147378
those two synths are in different keys... in a bad way. a couple parts harmonize well but outside of those meh

>>73154713
yes it works, but the repeated bass note on the third chord sounds off. i think it should go root 3 7 instead

>>73156929
Thanks for borrowing your ear mate, I'll check that bass note out.

>>73156929
>yeh sorry, that same melody is just being varied for 90% of the song

i realize that but i thought i pulled off the harmonic layering and rythmic variations enough to allow myself to use the melody lines more like little gimmicks, i don't want it to be driven by a concise melody, i want the textural evolution to be the main focus, supported by the drums, and the melodies just to serve as background and fillers

>>73157054
That note is a C# actually, and that's the root of the third chord, it might sound off because it's the 4th degree of the G# scale.

up UP UP

>>73157166
>i want the textural evolution to be the main focus

then keep working on that part then, it wasn't much as is

A lo-fi rock'n'roll thing

https://clyp.it/mfelq3ca

>>73159405
i like it <.<

>>73158890
ok so i fucked up in many fronts

what about the rythm doe?

>>73151948
Completely indifferent to it.

>>73154713
Sounds weird.

>>73154920
Samples don't flow that well, kick is muffled, percussion seems lazy, add more variation.

>>73155676
Yes.

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K so i have a keyboard (pic related) and it has midi in and out ports. Is this all i need to connect to my laptop and use it?
https://www.amazon.com/SANOXY-Cable-Converter-Keyboard-Window/dp/B0017H4EBG

Or is there something more/better i should get?

>>73160222
i mean it's got really bad reviews lol

>>73160222
get something like focusrite scarlet 2i2 or steinberg ur22

>>73160614
made a little house number of a clap sample to BTFO this shit thread about sampling not being music if anyone's interested

>>73160575
but i just want to connect my keyboard to the laptop

>>73160729
ur22 has midi capability that presumably doesn't suck like that amazon thing + the ability to hook up monitors later if you so desire. they're cheap as shit used anyway m8

>>73160837
I just want to use the keyboard for the software with its own custom sound, not record the keyboard itself

>>73160890
>ur22 has midi capability
yes

>>73160949
what, im saying i just want to play notes with keyboard INSTEAD OF MOUSE CLICKS

>>73160971
it will let you do that the only reason i suggested those interfaces is i know they arent shit quality

that one cable will work but it might be shitty quality

>>73160971
yeh thats what midi does

>>73161036
this one looks better
https://www.amazon.com/VicTsing-Cable-Converter-Keyboard-Adapter/dp/B00ACGMOA6/ref=sr_1_7?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1496536589&sr=1-7&keywords=midi+cable

>>73160222
That's all you need.

>>73160694
That's pretty fuckin cool.

>>73141988

[email protected]

email me whenever you make soundcloud account and start dropping stuff!

>>73160207
>>73156929
ur pathetic lad

>>73138986
your frustration with life is palpable even through the wires

I tried making a vaporwave track
Still needs some work, but I'm new to /prod/ so pls use lube
https://clyp.it/5a2wkidn

>>73162676
good job man, have some feedback:
i think the intro is too long and when you start playing with the kick pattern at the beginning it kinds of kills the flow, also needs more skipping imo

the whole track sounds very washed up to me, needs to be more in your face, i know its vaporwave and supposed to sound washed up but you went too overboard with it, like listen to sth like fuji grid tv prism genesis, its washed up but at the same time it doesnt sound too reverbed

overall its a good start, i really liked the vocal sound, at 4:18 the voice kind of resonates and reaches a level that i think the whole track should have

or if you really want it to sound that far back add some cassette tier hiss maybe?

>>73161056
the worst that can happen is you wasted 10 dollars if it turns out to be shit

>>73161056
also look at this

Please kindly note that the item can only be used for XP/VISTA. It can not be used for win7 above, yamaha and apple device.

>>73162843
Thanks a ton, senpai
Now that you mention it, I did go way overboard with the reverb

>>73162949
Oh, and any tips for adding fake tape hiss?

>>73159650
You too

>>73163053
just look for a sample of it online

there's even some vsts that replicate it, that make audio tracks sound like they are being played in different media with the corresponding characteristic noises and textures, but it would be easier to sample it and add it

also try this (could end up sounding liek shit, but maybe not, sometimes its good): gate another instance of the hiss with a synth or the drums or the voice, or whatevever, then see if you have a reverse-gate function, that way you can give the hiss some life, and if there's reverse-gate then there's yet more life cause it has a pattern of its own

maybe make it go through a bit of vocoder too, like the amount sometimes used for hats, no more, just to add some extra mess to it

>>73163053
izotope vinyl is free to ad shit like that and ableton has a built in one

>>73163164
>>73163329
Thanks brehs
I have Reaper so looks like I'll go the sampling route

>>73163065
thx u 2

>>73162591
but only half of those are me so who's pathetic now :^)

>>73160222
i'd go for a brand name one like a roland uno, more expensive but much higher chance of working

>>73161680
>That's pretty fuckin cool
Thanks m8! I love making atypical synths/instruments out of unusal samples

>>73163856
*unusual

Does anyone actually have the Lunga album? i really want to hear it but i can't find it

>>73163990
this.

>>73163990
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gi3bh4tFeZk

>>73164085
nice, now can someone explain the meme please?

>>73164085
still not the full album :'(

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>>73119051
>everything sounds great
>a minute later
>everything sounds like crap

https://clyp.it/ramc3ssl

Fuck fuck fuck, I know there's something deeply wrong about this, it's probably the first piano chord, but I've challenged myself not to change it, I wish I knew non-diatonic theory.

Amirite?

>>73164129
lunga is /prod/

>>73164216
I now what you are trying to achieve, read about parallel harmony, I like where you are going, nice m1 sounds.

>>73164129
was the guy claiming lunga is his dad 4 realz

made me comfy

>>73164216
If you just moved the top note of the first chord down a semitone or perhaps a full tone it would work

Also you're going to want to rework the melody you have with the horn sounding instrument

>>73164768
Will try that, though I've been reading what >>73164621 recommended and I've come to understand parallel harmony creates dissonance and that's ok. Maybe I'm too used to diatonic scales. I'll try rewiring my brain.

>>73156929
wait what both of those synths are in the key of d, wat r u talkn about

What's a good compact unweighted midi keyboard? As long as the keys aren't shitty or sticky, I don't really care about the price - expensive or cheap

the fuck. i just noticed there's an AUDIBLE noise floor in everything that has anything to do with ableton. every stem. never noticed it before, but today I was mixing a track that's super quiet and once it's compressed it's pretty hugely obvious. fuck

>>73166423
Is the higher pitched one really..? Either way it doesn't go at all

>>73167064
?????

turn the gain down when you record lol

>>73166577
Kontrol

Alternatively just buy a bass station 2 and use that

>>73162591
We're 2 different dudes. Pathetic why?

>>73162676
I agree with the feedback the other dude gave you. Also I want to add that you should take care of the clipping, put a limiter on the master so that it doesn't go over 0dbs.

>>73164216
Nah chords seem fine to me, it's just that everything is a bit too harsh to the ear mix wise but other than that you're good.

>>73167433
you might need ear training

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>>73119051
i dont think ive actually done dubstep before so tell me what the fuck to improve

https://clyp.it/lic34k4c

>>73168380
Drums are weak and quiet, sub bassline in the intro doesn't seem to fit with the main pad thing going on. The sounds you have in the drop are cool but that main lead synth is super random and all over the place.

>>73168380
Also that ending is super weird and random

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>>73168466
so basically do less shit melodies and volume boost drums and no dumb shit after the kicksnarehihat loop after drop is over, yeah i can do that

>>73168541
Also try to A/B with some similar tracks. Here join our discord I might be able to help out more.

https://discord.gg/QJtUjW5

chordbot rules. i use it in an android emulator. needs to be a vst. me cant understand music theory. press bottuns

>>73168262
ok, i might have seen a ghost

thought i was seeing a pattern there

still think you are the same dude, but i don't know if you are pathetic now

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>>73127044
EW Ra is ok, has some good stuff, from African percussion to didgeridoo and banjo. Even alphorn.

when did you write your last fugue, /prod/ ?

mine (pic):
https://clyp.it/tltcig45

>>73168658
Not the same guy and thanks bro :^)

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>>73119051
>we actually decided to leave the old embed codes in
my sides
>>73168711
Interesting stuff indeed, I'm assuming this was recorded with a keyboard to midi?

>>73168890
> I'm assuming this was recorded with a keyboard to midi?
Partially, the subject (the first melody) was recorded with a MIDI keyboard, but the rest was programmed in with the mouse. I'm not a very good pianist so fail to play in 4 part polyphony.
I often work with the 'snap' off and just carefully place notes with the mouse in order to get some humanity in the music - if everything is snapped to the grid it can sound too robotic.

>Komplete Ultimate 11 50% off deal
>just got a small bonus from work

welp

bye bye money

hello more things that I could possibly need

kill me

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Where do you pirate your VSTs from? I've used to have nice filled library of them but my HDD got fucked up and now i have no idea where to get them again since kickass got shut down.

Asked this in the guitar thread but got no response: I've got a constant background hum from my Scarlett 2i2 that I can only get out with a noise gate currently, but I'd like to eliminate it before it goes into FL Studio. I'm pretty sure it's a ground loop problem, but what can I do to fix it? If I buy an isolator, does anyone have recommendations?

>>73170689
The Pirate Bay.

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Someone help me. I've been having an incredibly hard time feeling inspired lately. I can't make anything that isn't completely awful unless I'm motivated but it's been months.

This is what I ended up making 2 days ago because I had to force myself to make something. Waste of 2 hours. https://clyp.it/v1bkkkmc

>>73170883
Sounds pretty uninspired. Go do shit with your life and get some inspiration from the outside world.

>>73171008
My anxiety is completely fucked and so is my back. Not gonna happen.

>>73170883
not bad

i'd turn that synth lead volume down a little bit

>>73171041
I don't want to spend any more time with this song since I don't feel anything from it.
I've been mostly listening to Shpongle, Adam F and Oneohtrix Point Never lately and I don't even know where to start when it comes to more detailed songs.

>>73171008
>get some inspiration from the outside world

Tired of hearing normie musicians say this desu

>>73171461
just bee urself

>>73168613
you can try xfer chtulhu

>>73168568
aint got no time for that coz i´d have to get my other PC which has the discord but i already am remixing the whole thing into different genre and boosted the kicks / snares low and mid frequencies + replaced most of the synth shit, it´ll be done soon and i can start fucking around with vocaloid & rap acabellas after that

>>73171461
I stopped interacting with the outside world and haven't come up with good music since. Strong emotions are good for making music, even if they're shitty ones such as rejection.
Drugs are a good source of inspiration as well.

What's the best way to make cuts of music? I got hired to do some editing of music, and they want me to cut from one part of another. What's the best way to do this smoothly (minimizing clicking noise). I'm using edison (FL Studio) right now but it's not working super well. Is there a better program for this?

>>73171600
I'm completely new to this kind of shit, I only got hired because they knew I produce electronic music. I'm not an audio engineer at all

>>73171461
>hurr i'm so uniquely pained, surely no one else on 4chan has social anxiety

does anyone know how i can replicate thosr laser whoosh stabs at the beginning of electricity
https://youtu.be/Y43XLVqjytQ

>>73170689
audioz.info and soulseek sometimes

>>73171690
>noise
>high resonance filter
>twist the knob right to left or map a EG

>>73161952
okay cool i wrote it down, thanks again for the support

Are there any voice synths?
Like actual singing lyrics you can program on a voice.

>>73172010
chipspeech, Syng, Vocaloid, UTAU

>>73171600
Anyone?

>>73171544
drugs warp perception too much

i have a question about pitch / tuning samples

i'm making some music thats super disjointed and i'm using some bizarre samples

does everything have to be tuned to a note?

i'm mostly talking about very percussive ""hits"" / one shots with mostly no melodic values

i realize most of these tuning questions are subjective and "use your ears" is usually the answer but i would like to hear everyones opinion on this

>>73171600
use anything that can do proper crossfades. no idea about what FL has to offer in that regard

>>73172642
Okay, pretty sure Edison can do that, I'll see what I can do

>>73172505
if there's no melodic value then there's nothing to match, at that point you're just adjusting the pitch for timbre

>>73172724
thanks, yeah that makes a lot of sense

>>73172505
Well a hit has a frequency, so if you raise the pitch it'll have a higher frequency. It can't be off key so it's not a note.

uh oh page 10

how do i make synths like these?
https://richardgalbraith.bandcamp.com/album/polyphony

>>73176317
modular synths

anyone want to check my WIP?

https://clyp.it/bd0a1lob - i guess its shoegazey

>>73171544
emotions aren't a result of living in the "outside world" though. Artists draw inspo from books and shit all the time. Neet life is a whole different perspective

>>73171643
Lol okay

>>73178415
goes on too long

vocals are pretty shit

otherwise it's actually top notch. might be the best I've seen on /prod/

>>73179134
thank you for listening! ill fade it out earlier.

how should i fix vocals? just bad singing or should i try different delivery.

any good harp vsts?

>>73179517
CineHarp for Kontakt

>>73179481
it sounded like you weren't using enough air to sing. try breathing with your diaphragm, and it might help to turn everything else down a bit. part of what made it sound shitty is that you're slurring a lot of words, which happens when you aren't using enough air or singing loud enough

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can anyone lend me an ear?
https://clyp.it/yckr3001

Vintage Samplers (Kontakt)

http://www24.zippyshare.com/v/jgY125SR/file.html

Fairlight II and Emu samples (WAV) with Kontakt instruments. Shakuhachi, strings, choir, drum kit, etc. Get that 80s sound.

If you don't have Kontakt (???) but have FL Studio, DirectWave will import them fine except you'll need to get rid of the LFO to Pitch modulation and might need to fix the gain and velocity.

>>73180227
Bring the kick much much forward, it's drowned in the mix. Beef up the percussion overall and give more loudness to the entire track. Other than that pretty good.

>>73180457
You the real MVP.

Should I just sell all my hardware synths? For the past 17 or so years I have been fancying myself with a bit of synth hobby. I had some aspirations early on, that I would actually make something, but between making various excuses for not getting it done, I have yet to complete one cohesive track.

I bought piles of magazines and books, some never have been cracked open. "One day... One day..." I told myself, as I left most of my hardware disconnected, magazines unread, books as new as day I bought them. Yet, I am still not sure how modulation works, still fuzzy about FM, still not far from n00b that I was when I first started hoarding synths and paraphernalia. The only fruit - 1 semi-coherent track completed for personal consumption. Of note, it was made with 90% software and with a DAW I am yet to master.

I was very GASy over these years and hoarded up some synths. Since I'm not a great player by any stretch of imagination, lack of MIDI in some of my vintage synths has kept me from getting more use out of them. Meanwhile, my circumstances dictate that I raise some much needed cash and while I'm not yet squeezed to the point where I don't have a choice, I am considering selling off most of my synths.

They sit in my "studio" as a reminder of how much time and $$$ I sunk into this hobby, with not much to show for it. I am about to divorce and between having to focus my time on other single dad activities and needing to re-tool my work skills to remain employable, I doubt I will have the time and substantial enough reason to justify my keeping this collection for foreseeable future.

As I mentioned, I am considering selling off most of my gear, including JP-8, Elka Synthex, JD-800. I am keeping for now Virus, Juno 106, Akai AX-80, Matrix 1000, and Oasys.

>>73180715
Sell it all you'll make good money. If you decide you wanna get back into /prod/ing software has you more than covered.

>>73180715
your problem is every time you sit to do music you expect to end up with a full fledged track, making music is 90% fooling around with the instruments and learning to extend your body into them

plug a synth and put a record you like, play over it

>>73180702
thanks a lot, will do man, still trying to be happy with the arrangement

one more question, do you think its structurally coherent?

>>73171600
You want something like Steinberg wavelab a real dedicated audio editor...although you could probably do what you need inside most daws I'd recommend a dedicated audio editor especially if you are new to this sort of thing.

>>73169252
I bought komplete 10 Ultimate a couple of years ago when it was on sale at 50% off plus I'd already bought Maschine so got a discount from upgrading from komplete select which comes with Maschine. Without a doubt it's the best money I've spent on software it was worth the price alone for just the softube effects and Reaktor.

>>73180715
This post makes me feel sad. I hope you find some inspiration and decide against selling all that stuff. I've been /prod/ding for about 20 years now and even though I have low points I really enjoy chilling in the "Studio" now.
Maybe you should sit down with just 2 or 3 bits of gear and only use those for a while, get to know them a bit better and things might start falling into place. I've recently done exactly that and learnt a sampler I've had for 20 years inside out. It's a good feeling.

>>73180715
>>73181446
Oh also in my 20 years of messing with music I never finish any tracks either...I think that's fine unless you are hell bent on having finished tracks for some reason? I usually just try out ideas and when I'm done I move on, most often I just turn everything off without even saving it. As long as I'm learning stuff I'm happy, plus I have no need to have finished tracks sat on my hard-drive...maybe one day that will change

i just trolled the shit out of /h/, hope i dont get banned

>>73167433
i don't record. ableton LITERALLY has an audible noise floor for me. like if i open a completely empty project it's audible. if i bounce that project and open the 'empty' wav file and then amplify it, eventually the noise is audible. so if i have 30 quiet stems the noise on each of them stacks up and it can be heard quite easily

>>73181927
do you have dithering enabled in your export options

>>73181142
Yeah it is.

>>73181927
Dude

>>73180752
>>73181094
>>73181446
>>73181560
it's just a copy pasta btw

>>73181927
what's your bit depth set to? try setting it to 24.

>>73183046
kek

fucking whack yourself on the balls, see if your music is still angsty piss then

>>73183046
Thanks for making that feel go away c:

I was hoping nobody is this pathetically hopeless, though I wouldn't doubt it

>wake up early
>take adderall
>plan on writing music all day
>2 hours in I get called into work
>spend the rest of the day at work chewing on my own tongue and clenching my teeth and wishing I were home

>>73183981
serves you well for being a drugaddict

>>73184168
nah bruh, every couple months I take one day to just write all day, and it's the only time I take it

>>73184168
>>73184437
>not producing on jenkem
fuckign hacks

Any guitar wizzards here?

My guitar tone is just meh, any tips and pointers to get a better tone?

my guitar track chain goes something like Input>poulin free head amps> poulin lecab

https://clyp.it/lu2y0zkm

Any decent, cheap audio interfaces with a 1/4" headphone socket?

I don't need much else, just midi keyboard and mic to attach as well

>>73184716
>friend produces the best jenk
>literally goes on diets for months to make super potent jenk
>was able to score some of the good shit
>created the best improvised material I've ever made over the course of 2 hours
>forgot to arm the recording

>>73185168
Ur22

>>73185001
(outside of your playing and gear ofc)

DI is all about them impulse responses and heavy eqs bruv

RedWirez ( http://www.redwirez.com/free1960g12m25s.jsp ) loaded up into Nadir or something similiar is what most people end up doing. I don't fuck with amp sims for guitars anymore but i'm pretty sure these will do you better than poulins cab sims

>>73185445
>>73185445
>(outside of your playing and gear ofc)
I just threw around some riffs half hazzardly late at night to have something to fiddle with.

I will try those plugins and IRs, thanks m8

>>73185168
>with a 1/4" headphone socket?
like all of them?

Is there any point to buying a dotcom modular in 2017? The only thing eurorack doesn't seem to have are a few esoteric early moog designs.

>>73181927
Can you see the noise floor in the volume level lights VU meter? is it on all the time? what DB does it get to