>ATTENTION! DO NOT post Soundcloud, YouTube or any other links where you are not anonymous (unless somebody asks you for it). That is considered self promotion and will usually result in bad feedback.
>LEARNING RESOURCES
(Obligatory mixing course) >The Art of Mixing by David Gibson youtu.be/TEjOdqZFvhY
(Obligatory synthesis course + additional related videos) >Intro to Synthesis by New York School of Synthesis youtu.be/atvtBE6t48M YouTube channels that you should subscribe to:
I will post this while a thread is fresh, didn't get any feedback last time. I will still revise a lot of the things, but I am interested in the overall feeling and what I can improve with mix since it is my first big project. Tell me what you think about guitars too, it's a nice library but maybe I didn't make a good pick.
Anyone know where I can start? I've tried just reverb + white noise but it always sounds like shit
Camden Robinson
I'm the one who added some percussion to your track a few threads back. Still interested in your project, but your mix really needs some work. Not saying I'm qualified to, but I could give it a shot if you're willing to...
Zachary Gomez
clyp.it/x5eqmnw4 I don't know if I'll do anything more with this but I just like the sombre sound of it
Michael Gray
where in the grouper song..?
the white noise in the hecker song is low passed- you gotta eq out a lot of what you don't want and let the tail of the reverb do a lot of the work
Xavier Wilson
Oh hey, I need to practice myself, could you tell me what I should focus on?
What I think some of the problems are, from the beginning:
>the bass at the beginning is still possibly too loud >when the drums kick at the 1:00 mark, they suck every other sound, not sure if I'll keep them, but then again, I haven't even tried sidechaining them >the guitar riffs are possibly too loud and/or too ear piercing (not sure how to fix the latter) >I have been working on making space for cellos, but it is still tricky, I can't tell if there is too much reverb or the problem is with levels
I feel like a lot of the problems are due to bad levels and possibly too much reverb but I can't tell objectively anymore. So, if you can tell me some obvious things I need to fix it would be appreciated.
Colton Ortiz
Starts from the beginning and extends the whole way through.
Listening to it now I realize a lot of it is probably a synth but I still have no idea how to design a synth to do that. I've been trying and they always end up sounding pretty obviously unnatural and fake
Create some space, cut the low end on tracks that don't really need it, maybe try less reverb here and there. As for the guitars, just sweep through the frequency spectrum with an eq and see what frequencies are causing issues. If you still can't get on top of it just set all the faders to zero and start from the most important instruments and don't be afraid to leave a few tracks a zero. Might not be a whole lot of fun with 40+ channels.
Also get utox and add me there
Julian Bailey
>clyp.it/z0doycib pretty cool, I like the idea - I would strip back the bright buzzyness of the main synths and then make the kick drum a lot louder , and then drums over all louder. Maybe make the synths more chorused and Lofi and maybe make the song slower. That's what I would do, Cool project
Josiah Edwards
i can tell ya that sound you like in grouper isn't white noise, it's her voice, then super heavy reverb with a long long decay, and then it sounds like feedback delay.
Oliver Collins
>posting this ugly lying bitch on /prod/
Justin Powell
This election has the worst candidates in history, that's all I'm gonna say.
Owen Jackson
What are your thoughts as musicians on this album?
Just tried to create a super complex kontakt patch and the fucking sound exploded, reflexively threw my headphones off and scrambled to shut down ableton not even the limiter on the master buss stopped it
ears ringing rn
could this have been a deliberate timebomb thing cuz its cracked
Isaiah Walker
good feeback, thank you my man!
William Foster
nvm i googled it, it's the 3x2 filter its been happening for years
Oliver Rivera
Huh. I would never have guessed that it was her voice listening to it but that actually makes a lot of sense.
I dunno if my voice is on the same level as Liz Harris's but I'll mess around with synths and some effects and try and squeeze something good out. Thanks, user.
Thanks to you too.
Adrian Sullivan
hopefully it wasnt too loud that it permanently fucks your shit up
Lincoln Long
How do I use synth presets from splice in logic pro x? I am having a hard time using the ex24 sampler. I would really appreciate anyone's help on the matter. thanks in advance
Gabriel Cook
bump
Tyler Myers
nah luckily i had my volume down low, always have it low
Luke Sullivan
Last night I was messing around with FFT, played this tone once and my skin was crawling for like 20 minutes, felt really gross like wtf - i havent actually listened to it since, dont wanna tbqh
>synth presets tell me what synth presets you have, then we'll talk from there. Because as of right now you make no fucking sense
>as musicians you're in the wrong thread homie, nobody here knows how to find middle C on a piano
bass gave me aids
chord at 0:40 and chord after seem out of place. That'd be a good time for a switchup but you didn't do it well
Daniel Harris
>nobody here knows how to find middle C on a piano this is some major projection
William Ross
I've been playing piano for 15 years faggot.
Juan Richardson
is this flume or one of the other grumpy studio master faggots who have terrible criticism and no clyps
Elijah Wright
I've done that a few times top fucking kek mate
Connor Moore
...
Nathaniel Phillips
your career will only be memorable if you do what cobain did
Zachary Sanders
How do I tell if an instrument will compliment the sounds I am using. I am having trouble generating accompaniment to my main synth leads and chords. Any advice guys?
Isaiah Morris
>I've been playing piano for 15 years faggot. and I make $200,000 annually as a chef at wendy's
Alexander Butler
>clyp.it/eg1ntiac Only had Fl studios for 2 weeks so i dontknow what im doing. Any feed back is appreciated. i want to become better
Juan Wilson
Wanted to do something a little chaotic recorded some guitar and went from there it's... interesting. if you like compression...
You've got to work on intuition for choosing what sound you pick and also know how to tweak the sound to get it to suit it
Getting a repertoire of sounds in mind is key
And the intuition part is just thinking about what you would like to hear rather than anything technical stuff
Jason Morgan
i really like the melody and the chords but the drum programming is a bit uninspired
David Sanchez
that's pretty good for 2 weeks, i think the drum samples don't fit the melody that well not saying you can't use trappy samples, just maybe not so hard ones. you also might want to think about some bass element except for the kick.
I feel like something is "off", like there isn't enough space in the mix and melodies. I've autotuned all the vocals.
William Price
yeah the mix is strange, especially the percussion doesn't really sit in there but the thing that throws me off the most is the fact that the vocals second note is a G, which sounds like ass in the E major chord
Joseph Flores
You have the composition down, so you're right on the money trying to figure out the mastering. I would try throwing in some compression, eq-ing, and mix with pink noise for a start. Though I'm not that great at mastering either, so take my advice with a grain of salt.
Here are some WIPs that I could use a second ear's feedback for. Any constructive criticism is really appreciated.
a lot of your drums are out of tune and the melodies of the vocals and the chords conflict with each other a lot.
Also, you definitely need something to full in more of the mix, as you said. Maybe try something that follows the chord progression that is lower than the range of your 808 and lower than your main chords. It could be plucks or it could be piano. Just try to fill it in. Also, relax with the hi hats. Put the pattern you have in half time and it would probably work a little better.
Make sure you fix those vocals though.
Julian Perry
meant to say higher than your 808
my b
Anthony Clark
The moogy keys are too wide, like you've got a pseudo stereo widener on them turned up all the way, especially for their low frequency content. sounds like they're too close as well. try lowering the pseudostereo spread and adding a subtle chorus or delay/reverb on a send to push it back in the mix
Also it sounds like you've either sidechained the drums to the synth keys compressor or you have a compressor on the stereo bus thats making the synth duck when the kick and snare hit - the release on that comp is too fast and jarring
those clicks panned to the left are too loud and the cowbell type sounds are really annoying
Jacob Adams
thanks for the advice.
As for your stuff, I'm not sure how I feel about those 1/8th note piano melodies. If you want to go consistently with those, you should make an arp and not try to do anything more with it. One of the most important things about melodies is their rhythm, and having a flat, steady rhythm like that sounds a little awkward. For melodies, vary note length and work more with offbeat hits. Also, make the drums a bit more audible on the second one.
I like your synth design in both tracks. I'm not sure if you were going for an old analog electro feel, but you nailed that sound. Imo, the piano takes away from that feel majorly.
Just wondering, do you have anything to say about my sound design?
Ethan Davis
For those of you into noise gear, what's some good entry-level gear? I wanna get into noise production.
Tyler Long
I made some breakcore inspired by Goreshit's stuff.
Still new to this genre so i dont have any glitched drums yet.
Please tell me what you guys think, especially of the composition.
Jaxon Price
Yeah man, I definitely dig your sound design. Seems like you have a good understanding of the hardstyle sound.
And thanks for the feedback, I wasn't quite sure about the piano, so ty.
Robert Butler
Cool ideas, I love breakcore. But I think your break has way too much high end. In general, I think good breakcore is crazy but still somewhat clean. Take, for example, the masterpiece Epidermis, and how Venetian Snares keeps his beats tight and focused.
I cleaned up distortion on the drums and used a different source break entirely
Aaron Perez
Anyone know of any good videos or have any tips on making high distortion/feedback guitar kinda like you'd hear from noise rock bands? do I just have to turn the amp up really high and use a certain mic placement?
James Edwards
Already sounds so much better :D
Nathaniel Sullivan
There's this book I want for mixing, where can I get PDF torrents? I don't have $100 to throw on a book right now.
She recently got new HS5 yamaha monitors. Being that Im pretty ill right now, its driving me nuts!
Things like looping a 4 second loop for 3 HOURS FUCKING STRAIGHT. Basically heard it over 2700 times. And she has the fucking nerve to ask me what I think of it. I just say "Yea, sounded cool like 3 hours ago".
Plus, she abuses the FUCK out of kick drums, so every kick is drilling into my headache head.
This has been going on for the past 3 days, pretty much right when i got a flu.
Just needed a lil rant since im stuck at home sick with the same fucking songs on repeat for hours on end.
Is this the life of a music producer?
Work and listen to your song on repeat for +4 hours staight till it just sounds like a barrage of nonsense?
>Is this the life of a music producer? >looping a 4 second loop for 3 HOURS FUCKING STRAIGHT Yes. My condolences.
Justin Nguyen
Yes, producers tend to listen to their songs lots of times to flesh it out, duh.
idk about looping 4 seconds for 3 hours tho, she might be sampling a song or something.
Henry Bennett
I mean, they must at LEAST take a break. No ?
Andrew Parker
Actually yeah. Ideally every 30 minutes
Carter Sanchez
I personally don't release a song until about a month after I make it complete, I wanna make sure its sounding good in the mix, has everything it needs. Reassurance basically.
She should definitely take a break, not taking breaks compresses your ears
Jeremiah Hughes
Is mixing with your mind worth the price or is there something cheaper and more reliable?
Jaxon Brown
what
Jacob Rodriguez
I'm just talking out of my ass
Nathaniel Morris
What else would you mix other than your own mind, do you mean giving the task of mixing to someone else?
Nolan Nelson
it's a fucking book homie
Alexander Johnson
Tell me now, is it possible to make good music with just Ableton samples?
Oliver Hughes
i kind of dont like the ableton content but it is possible to make good music with what they give you
Levi Diaz
I know it's hot garbage, but I made this in 15 minutes as a joke intro to a Cred Forums album and I have no idea how to work FLstudio besides fucking with VSTs, making loops and arrange them. clyp.it/nzxcahdu
How much promise do I show? It was kinda fun to mash together and I might get into doing production seriously.
Jordan Stewart
Why not "fatherstretchmyanus". The arrangement was odd but it didn't sound so bad.
I can't work on the same song that long because of that. I get tired just hearing the same loop like 4 times
Isaac Reyes
tell her to use headphones for that
Anthony Taylor
Do there exists some sort of midi switches in a foot controller format, that can be used to send midi signals to my PC?
For example like I'm playing live via bias, I want a small 4 switch foot controller that can be used to toggle on/off for some parameters in bias. Do this kind of stuff exist and can I get them cheaply?
Is there something smaller though? Like I only need 4 buttons or so.
Brayden Taylor
What does that thing do?
Jace Long
Do you guys add effects/eq on drums from sample packs?
Easton Carter
post your music fag
Eli Davis
>women >music producers wew lad
Justin Wood
I started when I was 4 and I'm 19 now. I'm asian its super fucking common.
Jordan Fisher
I think the artists that write music without using any samples, are better than the ones who do, overall at least
Connor Clark
oh my, flume posts here :3
Sebastian Price
what does writing music with samples mean? using them in general?
Landon Howard
I have tinnitutus from what the same thing. Be careful with that
James Hernandez
think rhythm roulette (search it on youtube if you don't know what that is)
Isaiah Rodriguez
I find doing sample based music much harder. I guess it's because I'm more experienced with synthesis/ keyboard playing.
Parker Cook
L O N D O N O N D O N
Nicholas Martin
Thats damn good for 2 weeks user, keep it up!
Levi Russell
This shit is based as fuck. How long did it take you?
Cameron Hughes
bump.
Hoping some professional will come in this thread again and give some CC to everyone.
Joshua Collins
I don't know about that but check this 9.
Hudson Hill
I'm professional. You all suck.
Easton Hill
Quality post.
Eli Young
thanks
Dominic Jones
Now check this 9.
Nicholas Wright
Depression is stopping my progress again... Blessed are those who don't need any approval for their music I say. This is poisoning me.
Parker Diaz
use the depression as fuel, put the depression into music, let the depression carry your music, bathe in your depression. stop making excuses for yourself you fucking faggot
Levi Mitchell
I was like you. For me it was impatience, the tick-tock of the years slipping away and still no success, the "when the fuck is this going to happen?" that leads to anger and is eventually followed by the pit.
I fixed it by no longer making music as a means to an end and instead treated it as the end itself - I love music so shouldn't that be enough for me? I've never been one for seeking approval though, I just wanted to make a living at something I loved doing and that should have been my warning sign - how would I make a living at something if I wasn't trying to get people to enjoy my work? It turned out I was just too lazy.
You need to work through it if you want to get to where you want to be - depression is a time-thief and you need to treat it as your enemy, look through it to where you're headed and go there in a straight line as if there was nothing in your path. Think "what would not-depressed me do?" and do that.
Jackson Miller
grandpa how do you keep getting back online?
Jaxon Nguyen
>MENTAL ILLNESSES ARE FAEK, PSYCHOLOGISTS R GEY XD
Luke Green
>swallows 89 "happy" pills >:)
Tyler Bennett
Did you read my post at all? If he's actually suffering CRIPPLING depression he shouldn't be on here, if he does and still chooses to be here - he should seek professional help. If he's just mildly depressed or lolsadbois depressed then he should use it as a stepping stone to elevate his music rather than looking at it as an unconquerable obstacle. Also yes, most psychologists are gay - I have anecdotal evidence to support my claim
Jordan Morales
just smoke some man it won't make the depression disappear but you won't give a fuck about that shit for the time being
Is there any way of saving presets on pirated arturia stuff?
I export a preset to a folder and it doesn't load when i try and access it. I try save as and it doesnt show up in the preset list.
Ian Jones
>woman producer
lol no, thats a switchboard operator...
Robert Ross
>you're in the wrong thread homie, nobody here knows how to find middle C on a piano Oh, come on...
Matthew Miller
>tfw you make a distortion grind track that rivals the gerogerigegege just by messing around with a recording of cars go by and some dumb drum vst
Evan Morgan
nvm i can use ableton FXB instead
Wyatt Collins
>tfw afraid of making a "deprecated" music nobody even wants to listen to anymore and stop working on it, almost every time
It's not like like I just want to make some popular EDM shit everyone will enjoy, but not having anyone to resonate with your music sucks. I'm thinking it's possibly even worse than having a badly composed piece but in a genre people like like to listen to. It could be awesome technically, but fuck it if people would rather listen to ambient coin music with 2 chords going downwards by a small second.
Jacob Ward
Just come up with an artist name that sounds cool to namedrop and put polygons and palm trees on the EP artwork and people will pretend to like it
Angel Richardson
>tfw you say meaningless things that no one really cares about and don't even post a clypit
Landon Johnson
So... here's the question: Cubase or Cakewalk Sonar? I'll use it 90% for VST instruments.
Wyatt James
have any of you used one of these before and is it shit or not
Kevin Watson
makes no difference. use what you feel like using and stick with it
Mason Collins
the god of dubs has touched this thread
Nolan Brown
I'm assuming you are using this for a guitar. What kind of midi pickup do you have? that's what really matters the most.
Bentley Russell
this one actually doesnt need midi pickups it runs from the 1/4 cable
Gavin Barnes
a suh dudes just finished uploading some projects to Splice if some people are curious about music production you can check out my stuff and even open it in your own software and study it and play around with it.
let me know if youve done something with it later, thanks
Jack White
any thoughts on this?
Justin Kelly
i really really dislike trap as for me it is kiddie level production difficulty
sub is on point melody is vague lacks character make it more ominous if that was your aim
James Martin
That Splice looks too good, I am literally in awe right now. I bet i will learn a TON from this.
But btw, I've downloaded one project and the guy just has audio files for drums, where do they get that shit? Just stolen samples or exported as audio (but why)? I'd like to see EQs on them but fuck it.
Nathan Ross
the samples are either exported as audio from drum machines or directly imported from sample packs I had collected. I like to work with audio for the most part. Check out Matt Lange - Consider THis, his project is purely audio btw, but its amazing
I don't know what to say, but Splice just proves what /prod/ has been talking about all the time. I can't find anything else other than shitty EDM projects in FL Studio category, the only good stuff was made in Ableton. Makes you think.
Gavin Watson
+1 a friend of mine remixed me on fl studio 2 3 days ago and now he's switching to ableton so that we can collaborate better and he loves the shit out of the interface
Nathaniel Davis
>kiddie level production difficulty says the tripfag that literally can only use samples and presets
Jason Scott
> melody is vague
explain what you mean by this and what kind of music do you produce btw?
>i'll just take the stems and rearrange them >cover
Zachary Green
sounds good is this kick just for the build up? if this is your main kick, it lacks impact
Jason Ortiz
>start learning ableton >have to choose a single folder for custom VSTs
Already lost a will to migrate from FL for the X time. I have like 10 folders with VSTs on various partitions, shit is terribly organized and I'm too lazy to fix it. Why the fuck do I have to have everything in a single folder? FL > Ableton
I'm devising a conceptual album. Is it that weird to write down your ideas, and how are you going to shape it through different instruments?
Andrew Cooper
Oh, thank god for that. Although, it might really be a good idea to organize things a little bit. Didn't have space on one partitions, made another folder and everything went downhill from that point in terms of organization.
Ryder Murphy
btw the skin is called LT I'm using it right now
William Ortiz
Oh and btw, for some reason I have a much worse response from both my MIDI keyboard and a PC keyboard when playing then I have it in FL. On the other hand, when I switch to ASIO nothing comes out of speakers. Sucks.
Yeah, I too have that skin, although I'm thinking of finding something even more clearer, possibly brighter, like the default one, but without a horrible unreadable text.
Xavier Wilson
Working on the kick. Just converted to FL so i have none of my drum samples :(
Connor Perez
the bluskreen skins are very nice this is dark v2 but i mostly stick to Laser Focus or Disco
Brody Turner
forgot pic im drunk
Joshua Young
How is ableton? I've been using FL Studio and I always find that maneuvering throughout is kind of a pain. Is it easy to maneuver in ableton? I've really only used it for like 2 hours (added up) and it's so confusing sometimes
Thanks
Colton Barnes
new to this, shouuld i use FL or something else? also is there a way to pirate it pls no bully
Elijah Murphy
it's really amazing
i started out on reason in 2009 and switched to ableton in 2010 after learning it was great for live performances too
the workflow is really solid and once you learn warping techniques and keyboard shortcuts you will be doing track arrangement on the fly
i can only recommend it
Chase Jackson
i desu dont think anyone buys fl studio
Jordan Peterson
Hmm okay thanks!
Julian Richardson
MFW I bought FL haha
Jacob Morris
Producer edition*
I bought it because it didn't feel right pirating fl studio anymore and because I didn't want to be in a be
John Morris
> also is there a way to pirate it
of course lol
lmaoooo
Jason Sullivan
>be in a be wat
I didn't want to be in a big mess in the future. I'm pretty paranoid about pirating shit so, it was worth it.
Christian Ramirez
I also have an FL studio license and I feel terrible for trying out Ableton but I think it will truly improve my workflow.
I don't know why Ableton doesn't have anything that looks like an actual mixer though. FL has multiple views and it looks great, this shit looks bad (if a session view is supposed to be the place where you actually mix everything too).
I'd like it to look the same as a hardware would. I guess Reason would be the best choice then but fuck Reason.
Jayden Scott
if it's not jbenitex fagging up the thread its airborn
I haven't used the SX version so I don't know if it has proper transposing of samples.
If it doesn't you need to have it hooked up to a laptop/turntable constantly or you're going to have a bad time. You need the varispeed of the turntable or some sort of clean transposing software playing audio off a laptop or sumthing so you can sample via the audio in on the fly to match samples you've already got in.
If you just pick a bunch of samples and put them on an SD card and fill up all the pads you'll get stuck because you won't be able to pitch them to work with each other.
What I do is start with a sample I like i.e. a drum break and sample it on the first pad of a bank and then resample duplicates to all pads in the bank then adjust the sample starts and ends on each one so you get a drum kit and then quantize a pattern out of that. Or you could loop an unchopped drum sample.
Then you need be very selective about something that will suit the first sample you laid down both tonally and pitch wise and do the same thing, make sure you use turntable varispeed or computer transposing
Brandon Flores
PPG Wave
Thomas Allen
oh wait it is apparently maybe my antivirus deleted something
Christian Hall
Hey.... Flumes good....
Jason Young
yes, now its good
Liam Walker
>tripfag thinks they aren't the issue
lurk moar faggot
Jace Foster
is mix ok? i was having some rumble issues
Ryan Cooper
Did Ableton even ever had some redesign? Shit looks ancient. So many wrong things in design it's amazing. Is there any talk about possible redesign in the future? This redesign looks pretty cool.
all I see is more salt, breh not helping anyone with this attitude why are you so bitter? is your life really so normal that you have to spazz out on people online?
Joshua Martinez
thanks for dealing with this Airborn, hope ya dont quit /prod/ :D
I want to be able to make my own sounds. All the knobs and shit on Sytrus, Sawer and the like confuse me and I don't know most of them.
John Morgan
I like it! I feel like the beginning chord sounds awfully out of place without context, so maybe you can pitch bend it and do that on every loop? I love it though! looking forward for more
Justin Cooper
NY School of Synthesis videos and tutorials on Sytrus, Harmor etc from SeamlessR
Justin Jenkins
do these threads get automatically replenished every time they expire? or is there just one person waiting?
Levi Garcia
jbenetix makes every /prod/ thread
Nathaniel Howard
jfaggytex and fagborn are the only people itt
John Perez
i don't know why you so mad at me
people literally already remixed my track from this morning and sent me demos for a remix package EP, while you just insult people anonymously
getting some k-pax vibes mix sounds very balanced, gg
Christopher Reed
Nice! I feel like the intro is too long for the type of song. Looking forward for more!
Mixing is great but take that as a grain of salt as my mixing is not great
Levi Parker
It can be done but a lot of people use the 404 for live sets. Sampling on it is a little tedious if I don't say so myself. I do enjoy it though, I've gotten really good at using mark to get my loops perfect the first time.
Camden Kelly
>too long not to be confused with length of the note. it needs more variation
Brayden Watson
dont' listen to they seriously have no idea what they are talking about. they only steal stems from other actual producers and call it their own.
imo the mix has a bit too much mid range, also not enough stereo width. sounds like too much is fighting for the center. arrangement wise I liked, but maybe took too long to get started?
Cooper Gonzalez
nice pioneer unit back there.
i've been thinking about getting that newest model
>tfw people never mass reply to my clyps Feels incredibely bad
Lucas Anderson
The EFX-500? I really like it and I got it for cheap from Ebay. If you have the cash get the 1000 it's definitely worth it. youtu.be/zIEQYNtDbFw
Bentley Walker
put on clyp.it instead of google drive and people will be more likely to look at it
Tyler Wright
I do, I'm not that guy, just say I never get more than 1 reply and nobody said it's fire/based/lit yet
Leo Jenkins
i was looking at the RMX-500... really like the release feature
David Adams
thats probably because the resurgence of tripfags has made /prod/ a ghost town.
Luke Jenkins
>constantly switching mental states from "I fucking love my song" to "What was there I even enjoyed? Why am I wasting time on shit? I might have to start all over again before finishing it yet again"
I think I may have some mental problem, but legit. LIke, I'm stressing out as fuck.
Adrian Cooper
made this just now
Lincoln Mitchell
>65 posters
Chase Fisher
Based user i based.
Juan Carter
>thinks 65 is a lot for /prod/
Brody Nguyen
not, but still
Nicholas Nguyen
That's completely standard. Get used to it. The creative process is fucked.
Do I need to be good at math to learn FM synthesis
becos when i was a kid I even had nightmares about algebra
Lincoln Brooks
>DAP DAP >WUB WUB
John Carter
I think the thing about limited hardware stuff is because it's so limited you have to learn it like a guitar whereas if you load up ableton's samplers you're a maestro from the getgo
but you can put the sp-404 on your lap and not have a big screen making your senses battle each other
Hudson Phillips
im shit at math too and i dont even think about it while learning fm synthesis go by your ear with what sounds good
Jacob Lewis
I use my 404 with ableton for effects. I love me dat vinyl sim
Henry Bailey
>DCS player detected
Isaiah Wilson
I don't know if this is the right place to ask but do any of you know how the very beginning sound (0:00-0:15) of the mgs4 title screen music (youtube.com/watch?v=8ATzz3AhyH4) is made?
So this is a lil something I've been working on for a while.. I don't know if it's good or not what you guys think?
Lucas Williams
something with reverb in reverse, with additional reverb added
Nolan Gomez
>If he's actually suffering CRIPPLING depression he shouldn't be on here why? people with crippling depression have downtime too >WOAH MAN LE FARMASOOTICALS ARE EBIL BECUZ I WATCH YOUTUBE DOCUMENTURIES just make multiple folders within your vst folder
Gabriel Green
hi
Jordan Torres
i'm not up to scratch on orchestral knowledge but i think it's a raked cello being reversed through reverb
Jordan Morgan
Kek
Isaac Bailey
>tfw you made an extremely snide comment to an aging artist about his new album on his forum and he deleted the forum the next day and hasn't released an album in 6 years
Lucas Adams
Story. What did you say to him? What kind of music did he write? Also, fuck you and kys if true, though.
Jaxson Sanders
lmao
Caleb Smith
maybe he died?
Gabriel Rivera
turn up the kick bruh
Sebastian Robinson
>What did you say to him?
I told him that his new album reminded me of House with Hugh Laurie
Jayden Bailey
and that hit him so hard because he was old?
Christian Ward
no its hard to explain
Kevin Gomez
Hi guys, can I write music in FL with same logic, as it writes in Logic? I mean, can I use tracks in playlist like instruments, and use patterns as just midi-clips for them? Here example about what i mean youtube.com/watch?v=CmLCe4dmoTI It is possible, or I should choose another DAW like ableton or digital performer? I just tired from switching back-and-forth constant between patterns and playlist. I can use "make unique" function, but this is not nelps a lot, because patterns always contain midi-data for instrument in pattern, not just midi. *Sorry for my probably bad english
Charles Rivera
cubase might be something youd like
Blake Mitchell
Thanks for advice, i try it
Tyler Murphy
yea try it but try other programs demos also there might be something you enjoy better
Ryder Jones
I can't hear the difference between MP3 and WAV
Connor Moore
try playing it louder, on a bigger sound system you will hear the artifacting
Blake Perry
i think i can hear a difference between wav and mp3 in hihats and cymbals
I wanted to start making music in Ableton but have really shitty hardware. So I decided I'll buy some laptop (could be even used). So what would you recommend me as hardware for starters for a guy who has no prior knowledge about music production and/or has only some vague ideas?
Adrian Sullivan
you answered your own post, all you need is an electronic device with a processing unit.
Next first thing you'll want are monitor speakers. (and an audio interface) If your budget is too small, go with some headphones. Superlux are amazing for their price. (about 20$)
Depending on the kind of music you want to make, next would be some kind of midi input device most likely a keyboard.
Camden Moore
>have really shitty hardware how shitty are you talking
I was thinking about making left field hip-hop. My current computer is garbage by today standards. My friend recommended me buying any used MacBook, he said even one from 2011 will do good for beginning. Is it good choice tho?
Juan Ross
2GB DDR2 RAM and some weak ass 8 year old processor.
Jaxon Torres
i don't know how the 'you need a mac book for producing music' meme started but goddamn apple you sure did it.
literally any laptop or tower for 300 bucks will do
Thomas Lee
So what am I looking for in specs: RAM, processor and sound card? I mean what's regarded as decent considering I'm beginning my journey
Isaac Diaz
yea that is pretty weak for daws today
i would suggest a getting desktop for a more powerful setup over laptop unless you need the mobility
Bentley Gonzalez
i have amd fx 6300 3.5ghz, 16gb ddr3 ram, 1tb 7200 rpm hd
i do fine with it but the cpu is kind of weak to run many vst at once so i export to audio often to compensate
I see, I guess I'll unfortunately have to choose mobility over power of desktop, in that case can you rec me smth or just give some tips on what I should pay more attention when buying a laptop?
Kayden Flores
i never had a laptop before but alot of people use them for production
you need to get one with a fast cpu preferably intel and preferably an ssd with 8-16 gb ram and you will be ok for making music
I suck at this shit haha. But it was fun. What can I do to improve?
Michael Morris
i can't tell you exactly how to make that synth without guiding you step by step on a particular synth, but from what i can hear, it's a flute synth patch, so go in your synths and go into your presets and look until you find a similar sound
Jordan Cruz
if anyone wants to play around with this on Splice