(i don't have the copy pasta to start this properly)
any recommendations about grand piano vsts that are easy to find (free or 'not') and CPU friendly?
>>60798912
the reason piano refills. you need reason, but well worth it for the quality.
I'm trying out hardstyle. The kick is placeholder, obviously it's not a hard kick, but I wanna know if I'm on the right track with the style. Yes, I did post this in the last thread.
Feedback appreciated
>https://clyp.it/jtxtmrec
>>60799371
This would have a place in some action video game for sure (especially retro 2D platformer). Nice.
Btw guise R8 my 5 minute track I made for fun. Everything is placeholder t b h.
>tfw when I'm literally afraid to place the shit into mixer and start mixing because I always fuck everything up, so I always just make an idea of electronic stuff and put it aside, and try to finish composing classical stuff where it is mostly me and melody rather than scary scary prod tools. Help me.
https://clyp.it/52pc2hv0
>>60798912
Piano in 162
>>60793632
>i need help getting the drums to sound level for the ep.
>any tips? im using fl studio.
>
>https://clyp.it/uzopzcuq
You still here?
Is that all recorded? Sounds super chill, except for the drums, too distorted.
Anyone got a dl link for kontakt ?
Every time i download one crack it doesn't work on my DAW
>>60800266
The most seeded torrent (first link) on TPB worked for me every time just fine.
>buy studio monitors because people say typical speakers fake the sounds and make them better than they actually are
>my music sounds much better on the monitors with no adjustments
Explain this prodtards.
>>60798894
>(i don't have the copy pasta to start this properly
man, how few /prod/ users know about the archive?
http://rbt.asia/mu/
>>60800426
monitors sound better than shitty speakers, nothing no explain really. i use my monitors instead of my computer speakers for listening and producing
Dark ambient is fun /prod/, is mine spooky enough?
https://clyp.it/os02kkml
>>60799675
It's okay can't tell you more for the genre
>composing classical stuff
link that shit
>>60799371
FUCKING PUMPED MAN
I think i actually like hardstyle better without a hard kick
Nice desu
>tfw everything I make sounds good to me
Am I a genius or a retard with no standards?
>>60800772
Post it and we'll know but t b h you're probably a retard
No offense
>>60800729
Yeah, I don't know the genre, this was just a super fast little jam, nothing more.
If you are interested in classical stuff be sure to check out the /comp/osition threads when they are live.
Eh, I'm working slowly on a few bigger pieces when I'm in the mood, but I'll post those little ones I posted in /comp/ before.
https://clyp.it/l435kuc5
https://clyp.it/xbrd5o24
I still didn't touch the middle part of this one... I was experimenting but can't leave it like this, it is in a different style and I need to fix the transition from 4 to 3 beats.
And then here's me again trying to mix my electronic child...
https://clyp.it/v4ge4ux0
I can say that I like the part starting from 1:30 (especially the main melody starting at 2:00), but the beginning is more progressive background stuff, I need to spice things up. Oh, the end is just a playing around, I cut it wrong. Though I haven't worked on this for a while...I mean, you guys can see the dates in their names, time flies... Also, thing with these electronic works of mine is that they are almost not mixed at all, or have kinda bad placeholder random sample synths that sounded good enough for the moment, so it's harder to imagine the finished work. But I can hear it and would like to be able to achieve it one day.
>>60800798
o-ok
muh WIPs
https://clyp.it/zlmlna24
>>60801522
I can hear the third and the last one as some ambient background soundtracks in sci fi.
For the last one, I can see a huge white room inside of a spaceship, full of lens flares and a few floating objects, and on the one side of a wall is a giant window to the dark nothingess illuminated with faint stars. If you added more harmony and more noticable progression with strings it would be epic, though, you can probably already imagine, it would start to sound like Zimmers work, so there's that.
I think the third one would be even better with a lot of reverb, also as a faint background for something.
The first two are top kek material.
Oh and the fourth one is also similar, make it with a lot of reverb, far away.
>>60801522
Interesting sounds
The one and three are kind of bad
I like the three others
>>60801133
>https://clyp.it/l435kuc5
>https://clyp.it/xbrd5o24
nice
i remember you second clyp
>https://clyp.it/v4ge4ux0
It's nice
The very last bit is unnecessary
>>60798894
I'm about to start a course (hopefully) in tech/sound production, should I learn a little bit about it or should I just assume they'll teach me from scratch
I play bass as well so I'm not completely clueless as far as music goes
>>60800496
It's also literally in /archive here.
Howdy /prod/! It's the weekend, you know the rules!
https://clyp.it/42cjsbxm
>>60802452
>the rules
The only rule is making music happen.
Any goals for the next two days, anyone? I've got a track I gotta add pads to and mix it crudely.
>>60801837
Thanks. Yeah, as I said, that was a mistake, it is not supposed to be there, and the main melody is not finished yet.
>>60798894
Me on the left
>>60802490
I ackchully do have a project i'm sposta be working on. Back in high school i wrote a song that i played with my buds at various school concerts, won the talent show, etc. My friend recently stumbled upon the old demo i recorded so we've decided to re-record it for hyuks. it's going to be the beginning step in embarking on a whole new project. SO i have to do the drums, record the bass part, add some keys, and start recording my guitar parts. then he's going to overdub his parts.
once this is done i want to start working on a weird ambient/dirty rock fusion album. here's the old demo of that song anyway:
https://clyp.it/us442um1
>>60798912
The Grandeur
Spitfire Grand if you're going for lots of reverb classical music piano.
>>60800266
http://rutracker.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4911761
>>60800426
The fuck?
>>60800772
A genius, music is about how you and only you feel about it, tho you need to have objective standards if you wanna "make it" in the industry.
>>60802207
Waste of time, it's 2015, you shouldn't have to go to college to learn how to produce, you just need a minimum wage job and effort on music during your free time.
>>60802614
Man that are some loud ass drums.
>>60802696
BECAUSE ROCK AND ROLL
also I did that like 15 years ago, gimmy a break man
>>60802718
Here, I don't know why you need it though.
The guitar is spacy though, sounds nice.
>>60802750
thanks anon x2 :D
why does it seem like the grid is so much less precise in live 9 than it was in 8? like when i'm trying to drag the end of a note to be exactly a triplet or a quarter note or whatever it seems to take a lot more precision for it to snap to the grid line
>>60803117
nevermind, i guess i just had to change my adaptive grid setting
Can somebody make me a tl;dr explaining programing drums for RnB because I'm lost on it and can't really seem to get that RnB vibe
I'm come for an ambient and electronic background
>>60803283
make sure you have swing, like, your snare doesn't hit exactly on the beat.
>>60803283
i produce r&b too. something i've noticed is that it doesn't get those really r&b vibes until you add all the layers of singing over it until than it sounds like melodic hip hop. i hope that helps, also make a rhythm with the drums.
>>60802672
Oh, I meant I was doing a tafe course - which I think is like community college in the US?
Just wanna know what I'm doing before I try and get a job
>>60803983
which TAFE course brah? i'm from around Sydney
>>60798894
So I bought this yesterday and downloaded FL studio
how to I make myoozik?
>>60804207
nice hardware, good for collecting dust on a shelf while you use soft synths.
>>60804248
Why would I use software "synths"? Interacting with a mouse sounds counterintuitive as fuck
>>60804248
rude
also synths collect dust like crazy even if you use them everyday
>>60804044
g'day
Well atm I'm tossing up between sound production or technical production in Adelaide. idk, I think going to do sound tho
>>60804207
it's very easy
learn how to play an instrument, get acquainted with a piano roll, learn how to use that synth you have, watch this : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atvtBE6t48M (you should be able to apply the general synthesis knowledge learned to most synths, hard or soft), learn how to mix and how to use your DAW , and that's basically it, good luck buddy
>>60804207
>buying a synth before you know anything about making music
fucking rich people
>>60804293
>"synths"
and a dumbass to boot
>>60804352
I understand the basics of synthesis, but I'm not really good with the keyboard just yet. I'll try to get familiar with FL studio and piano roll
>>60804459
>fucking rich people
Nigga I've been saving for this for 5 months
>>60804293
that's not what I meant. I use MIDI controllers and keyboards, but soft synths, simply because they are much more convenient to use and if you have a bunch of them you can do so so so much shit that one hardware synth can't.
>>60804315
I always put spare bed sheets on top of my midi keyboards and, well, my Virus TI which I don't use anymore is on the shelf, dusty af.
>>60804459
he's right you know
>>60804495
>5 months
then why did you only grab fl yesterday?
>>60804495
What have you been doing these 5 months not learning music?
>>60804207
did you try this first to make sure you like teh ms20?
>>60804495
you're triggering me. why would you even fucking get a hardware synth without knowing anything about production?
>using a mouse sounds counterintuitive as fuck
literally ignorance, a hardware synth isn't a fucking interface, it's an instrument. should've gottan a cheap keyboard with a bunch of knobs and control softsynths if "mouse is counterintuitive meme takes place"
>>60804495
also, like, 90% of hardware synths already have softsynth emulations.
I don't think it's a bad idea to get a hardware synth if you want one, what's your guys problem with the MS20 guy?
>>60804536
I'm not very smart
>>60804517
I can still use both you know
>>60804560
I was playing games and shit
>>60804579
I spent a lot of time comparing analogue synths available in my area (amazon is a no go where I live), watched videos about them, tried the microbrute, bass station 2 and the ms20 mini in stores, I even shitposted on /gee/ about it, and decided to go with the ms20 mini
>>60804665
sorry
>>60804759
>sorry
just return the thing and get an Alesis keyboard or some shit. FL has fucking great class A softsynths. Harmor, Sytrus, Harmless are all amazing.
>>60804207
Practice every day
Fuck around with the DAW and read tutorials if you don't understand how to do something
Read comprehensive music theory and producing tutorials and courses on Coursera or other sites (not of that "ezy music theory cheat sheet for le modern producer" shit)
That's pretty much there is to it
>>60804736
Synths are fine and all but buying one before even touching a DAW is like putting the cart before the horse.
>>60804824
I can still use the ms20 mini as a midi controller if I really have to. I realize this is a stupid choice as a first instrument, but it's also something that is flexible and capable, so it will always remain useful as I improve
>>60804886
>ezy music theory cheat sheet for le modern producer
I think I saw that somewhere, I realized it was probably not very useful when I saw le funny 9gag memes on every single page of the pdf
I'll start fucking around with the DAW. I'll try getting a USB type B cable tomorrow to see if I can use it with a sequencer
>>60805011
very very limited midi controller, i don't even know if the MS 20 functions as a midin controller to begin with
So I'm wanting to get a really dirty, almost megaphone-like vocal-effect using a microphone and a guitar stompbox.
I know I'll get that old-time radio sound if I cut the bass and treble while boosting the mids, but I want the crackling, distorted sound too.
What would work best? A distortion pedal, an overdrive pedal, or a fuzz pedal?
Any recommendations for a specific pedal?
Thanks in advance, folks.
>>60805011
>>60805122
You probably can, see korg's website for details.
Also, what the fuck, since when does korg offer an updated arp odyssey?
jonwayne makes beautiful music jesus
https://soundcloud.com/massappeal/rhythm-roulette-beat-2
>>60806103
clyp it or fuck it
>>60806163
idk whats wrong with soundcloud but here
https://clyp.it/qpoq3qof
>>60806103
He didn't make that, he sampled it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuCbdbgOOS8
>>60806361
yeah i know, i watched the video. he still made his sampled version.
>>60806361
SAMPLING IS NOT STEALING
>>60806472
yeah and those people at the produce section who eat grapes and apples and shit right off the shelf are just "sampling" too. ya dick.
>>60806581
what if you sample the music you bought?
>>60806631
Then it's like making an apple pie and you gotta have permits for that, f a m, or else it's jail for you.
>>60806631
copyright doesn't allow you to make copies or derivative works anon. when you buy music you aren't paying for access to the copyright. you need permission to make your own copies or derivative works. it's not even legal for you to publicly perform or play the music, which is why commercial establishments need to pay licensing fees if they're going to have a radio or jukebox or something. it's standard stuff anonymous.
>>60806728
what if you edit it and chop it up and make it so you cant tell what it was before so no one knows ;)
>>60806828
I see, I suppose it makes sense, especially if we want this music industry thing to survive, which I do
I found my super old Musicshake account lmao.
This was my second song, 7 years ago. Keksimus maximus.
http://eng.musicshake.com/song/51865
>>60807025
Hmm that ballad is kinda chill (the other one on the list), but yeah, who the fuck cares when I didn't create melodies, I just put them together.
Same with the samples t b h family. Fuck them.
Every time I open up FL I get completely overwhelemed and have no idea where to even fucking start.
Every fucking day is frustration because everyone I know is doing more and better than me and I can't even get a fucking foothold. It makes me so fucking mad.
Should I quit? It's come to the point where even listening to music makes me completely enraged and jealous.
Can i just ask why everyone on these threads always seems to make ambient? Is it because its a simpler and less compelx style of music to produce?
>>60808404
I know that feel man. I used to feel that way as someone who wanted to become successful so bad, but now after a lot of hard work, I can pretty much make whatever I envision and want and "success" is hopefully just around the corner. Anyway, word of advice is keep working at it day and night and also, try to envision it before you do it. You have to see it before you make it. You need something, a melody, a chord progression, even a sound. You can open up a blank canvas and randomly expect to make a masterpiece. Direction and purpose is key. I know it sounds generic, but it's what I got. I have another 20-30 minutes before I go to bed, I'll try to help you out as much as I can during that time, or shoot me a message on soundcloud /anthony-anadiotis
>>60808676
Not the anon youre replying to but holy fuck me and him are basically one
I constantly envision plenty of melodies and basically songs in my head but putting the shit together is unbeliably frustrating. Ive been going at this for about a year now and i still have not made one fucking aong succesfully. Everything my idols make flows almost logically, its poetic yet simple. The second i try it, its a fucking abortion. I just get stuck doing the same shitty 8 bar loops and fail to accomplish shit.
>>60808819
I'll try not to give generic motivational advice. After you envision the melody, try to think up a context of it. I have no idea what genre of music you make, but try to envision the chords, the drums, the bass, try to think it in your head first, as much as you can. Then, when you go to your DAW start of simple. Program your drums, then bass, then your lead line. From then on, once you have your basic structure layered work on making a full sound by doubling your lead, drum fills, adding chord stacks, more instruments, making variations. If you told me what genre you make I could maybe help out a bit more but try not to be overwhelmed and start with the basics first.
>>60808404
I think you have a very unhealthy mindset, but you maybe can turn that into motivation to work harder at what your doing. I don't think you should quit, unless you really don't like producing or making music
https://clyp.it/huaq3cvy
thoughts so far?
>>60808902
Alright so im more of a bass person, so my goal is to produce genres such as drum and bass, garage, some dubstep, etc.
So like im trying to create a dnb remix of a song called "Be together" by major lazer as of late (not sure if youre familiar with the song)
So i create the drums, i have the vocals, i even have a part of the bass wobbles worked out, but when it comes to makong a proper melody to fit the mix and on top of all that make all the elements work together nicely, i consider suicide. Its like a curse, i have no inclinaton to stop trying to produce, but honestly im a year in and im still a fucking musical try hard failure.
>>60808487
>ambient
I thought it was trap?
>>60809151
Too many /mu/tants consider trap pleb tier
>>60809202
>/mu/tants
Tbph, I don't even open other threads on this board and I suppose I'm not the only one doing this.
>>60809116
>a year in
be patient anon, do your best, learn and put it work, and you'll probably catch up with the people you admire
>>60809116
I don't know man, I have a notepad with like 800 melodies written down. When I take a shower, go for a walk, take a shit, travel to different places, eat some nice food, I get inspired and lots of melodies come to me, so then I just up and go to my computer or pull out my phone and write that shit down. If you struggle to make a melody WHILST working you won't come up with anything. Usually it's just me working on material that I've written down over the course of time. You should really get to writing down shit on a notepad or recording yourself because you can't tell me you NEVER have inspiration. I made this catchy dnb melody the other day that I'll put on my upcoming EP too.
hey im really sorry to be whiny needy motherfucker but i have college apps going out soon and i need advice on portfolio pieces
im applying to schools like nyu/steinhardt and northeastern for my music tech major
i already have a sonata piece i wrote picked out so i need to pick 3 or 4 more pieces
https://soundcloud.com/emptycity2/alloy
https://soundcloud.com/emptycity2/another-field-to-fall-back-on
https://soundcloud.com/emptycity/alright
https://soundcloud.com/emptycity/oakwood-death-sentence
https://soundcloud.com/emptycity/gangrene
https://soundcloud.com/emptycity/peppercorn-wine
https://emptycity.bandcamp.com/releases
http://puu.
sh/lH2EN/50698a81ec.mp3
im thinking the puush link, peppercorn and alloy but please feel free to tell me they all suck
i'll return the favor any way you can but i really need as much critical feedback as possible nobody i know knows anything about music
>>60809285
I hope youre right anon, like i said ill keep going
>>60809293
When you say you write your melodies down on a notepad, do you mean you write the notes down or do you go full out patrician and do bars of sheet music?
>>60809523
sheet music not so much, tho I use Sibelius for arranging, I mean just write the note names and the context, or I might just do ---- ---- ---- ---- which is 16th notes 4/4 and replace a - with a note. Sometimes it's just a mashup of stuff I like, sometimes it's a mood, a sample, it's anything really, but EVERYTHING that inspires me i immediately write it down, the issue is I have so much fucking shit written down that I don't know where to start, I 'm making a 7 track EP which hopefully is gonna be on a major label and I 'll be using up a bunch of those ideas.
>>60809252
I occasionally open other threads and then remember why I told myself not to desu
>>60801522
Is the 4th one literally just that one background track from Fallout 4 or am I just paranoid?
>>60809609
God damn youve got a gift my friend
I wish i could hear the notes im writing down in my head to the point of where id get a melody down without even turning on a keyboard
Ill try your write everything down approach, and hopefully as i advance ill be able to hear the notes inside my head like you do
May i ask what music you create? What label are you shooting for?
>>60809750
Here's the thing. It's not a gift, it took me a while before I started hearing all that stuff inside my head. I come from an orchestral background but 2 years ago I opened up my mind to embrace and love and want to make every genre possible, from dnb to complex jazz. Inspiration will come to you, but not immediately, keep working at it and keep listening to a lot of music, and stuff outside your "comfort zone". I released some stuff on Plasmapool but I want to release my EP with Monstercat, they give out a lot of exposure. my SC is /anthony-anadiotis, tho I only upload production trash on there and I'll delete that SC when I start off with my alias, anyways, feel free to send me a message there anytime man, I can also show you that dnb thing I've been working on if u want.
Anyone here have any experience with four or eight track recorders, digital or not? I was thinking about picking one up to record with with.
>>60810060
i've used both digital and tape
i think tape is good for stuff that's midi controlled and synched and lofi and stuff but only worth it if you know what youre doing
digital ones ive used sucked
>>60806163
>not knowing who jonwayne is
>>60806828
>>60806976
oh jesus, it's THESE assholes again
>b-b-but if sampling was legal then people could sample MY music without paying ME
>>60808487
because you have a very selective and weird confirmation bias, /prod/ is nowhere near being all ambient or even mostly ambient
>>60808929
your drums sounds great. i especially like the misc. percussion sounds that pepper it. i like the contrasting sections. OK track overall but feels pretty generic. it could be improved with some samples.
>>60800729
actually yes this is pretty spooky. well done. if i was making a horror movie i'd definitely hit you up
>>60806236
this is tight!!! get a rapper on this dude forreal. reminds me of some kooley high shit. i don't really have any suggestions, although theres a lot of experimental directions i would personally take with this track. post your soundcloud? (idk if that's allowed but i would be down to check more of your stuff). 1/1
something for school: https://clyp.it/jppropgt
idk what genre it is... experimental hip hop/downtempo IMO... anyways it's due next week so i'd like love feedback.
>>60811690
it's jonwayne, his soundcloud was linked already, the only reason it's even here in clyp form is because somebody sperged out about it
jonwayne definitely doesn't post here, he's a low end theory regular and he has a song in the latest grand theft auto... he is above and beyond the lot of us in terms of accomplishments lol
>>60811784
oh. tfw bought a madvillainy poster and stones throw sent me a signed picture of jonwayne's foot.
>>60798894
https://m.soundcloud.com/phil-meyers-2/prima-seoul
Most recent track (disregard the meme account, i'll be making a newer one soon)
I've been in a slump, and I know my shit is bad. Maybe sampling not the route to go anymore. What can work on to git gud? Please help.
>>60811812
that's hilarious lol, wearing sandals i presume?
>>60811852
yo we post clyp.its here go advertize ur gay music in the SC with the rest of the fags
>>60811868
Your right, my fault.
>>60811868
you're kind of out of line being such a fuckface about it when the op text hasn't been posted in like 3 /prod/s
>>60811956
>>60811923
the guy didn't even give anybody feedback
>>60811978
that's not a rule, it's just a courtesy... also he's anonymous so you don't even know for sure. just accept that you overreacted
>>60809718
I made it before F4 even existed desu
>>60812010
I-Inon Zur?
>>60812010
Yeah I just listened through the fo4 soundtrack and I guess I was just hearing things
Does anybody has working links to download books about mixing/enginiring? the ones in pastebin are dead
>>60813387
someone reupped them on mediafire iirc, just look for previous ops on the archive, there should be a link there
>>60799371
if youre aiming for hardstyle the lead isnt dirty enough. it needs more detune & unison voices.
for the kick you can always keep in mind that you can either go for a punchy distorted kick or clean kick + reverse bass. choose your favorite.
( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_kCoqnxHVY )
keep at it though. its the most fun genre to produce
>>60811509
lol, nobody said that retard
Is Cubase elements 8 worth the hundred bucks?
not a /prod/ guy, pretty dumb when it comes to DAWs, but I want to start messing around with tape loops and stuff.
I really love ambient / drone music so I was going to get a tascam 4track and start making my own tape loops and ambient recordings
I feel like it would be a good stepping stone and really fun.
Until I can afford one I've been learning ableton live though so when the time comes i can start making my own ambient pads to put on my cassettes
>>60815452
they did the last time we had this big anti-sampling shitstorm
How do you get Started with Playing Live Shows?
And I am wondering just how to get booked or something. I don't have any originals so am I shit out of luck?
>>60817237
>last time
well i'm sure we're all glad you're keeping track
What are the best ways to learn Ableton for someone who loathes video tutorials with a passion?
>>60817854
>he was in a thread i wasn't in, what a lame-o!
>>60818787
what level are you able to use the program at currently?
you sound kinda like me, and i truly believe you really just need to figure it out on your own. it comes with time, and that's a good thing. i've used it for 2 years and i remember how daunting all the features can be. personally, i was able to make really basic tracks after a few weeks, and as i kept making tracks, i would want to do a certain thing and then a previously mysterious feature would suddenly make sense. "oh that must be what that does". desu i would read advice like this when i first started out and find it discouraging but believe everything you do, in your own way, will be worth it. i did watch a bunch of tutorials to get the basic layout of ableton and i believe that was necessary but you really just have to figure it out on your own.
>>60817834
>I don't have any originals so am I shit out of luck?
haven't you ever heard of a cover band?
i don't have ideal monitoring speakers (they have ports). is it okay to mix with studio monitor headphones?
pic related
>>60819114
i'm an extreme beginner. ive started and given up so many times in the past few years because there was so much to learn and i got frustrated but im gonna try and stick with it this time
https://clyp.it/hyiqt41v
thoughts lads
how the hell do you guys stay motivated?
i've been making music on and off for about 3 years and it seems like every time i feel like i can commit to it and get better i listen to something and think "well fuck i'll never be able to do that" and quit for a few months
everything i've ever made sounds so synthetic and unoriginal
>>60819272
take classes
learning more music theory gets me motivated to apply it
bumb
>tfw load up FL Studio
>write down chords and randomly make a synth patch
>everything is smooth I'm liking what I got, jamming out and playing with the synth
>10-14 minutes into messing around and toying with synth, and chords FL crashes
>quickly reopen FL studio and re do everything best I can
phew, it's better than nothing
>>60819807
Auto save dude
>>60819807
>not having a nervous twitch that makes you press ctrl+S every times you do anything
what are /prod/'s thoughts on the ableton push?
>>60819807
this >>60820043 desu
also
>not backing up those saves on an external
>>60820247
>look at that picture
smells like electrical fire and poor soldering
our thoughts are 1. expensive and 2. meh
though im pretty sure some cool stuff can be done with it
I want to buy a usb mixer as opposed to a separate mixer and audio interface or a mixer into pc sound card. I am going to be recording guitar and mic. I want to do the majority of the work on pc, and will not be using the mixer for any live situations. Is it okay for me to cheap out? Is there a better deal than pic related out there? The only things I think I need are phantom power and both guitar and XLR input. Am I missing anything? Help me /prod/ gurus.
http://www.amazon.com/Alesis-MultiMix-USB-Four-Channel-Mixer/dp/B001T9O5VG
I just learned that frequency sweeping isn't limited to searching for resonances with narrow peaks. Sweeping broad boosts is a pretty effective way to find the clashing areas and the changes are so obvious it kills the temptation to solo anything.
I think my EQ work leveled up.
how long did it take you to get comfortable with your DAW.? pic related is me after 1 year with ableton help
>>60820043
>open a project, shift one parameter and ctrl+s twice just to be sure
>start a new project, work for five hours before I even realize I've got something great and I haven't saved at all
Every time.
>>60822459
I've been using ableton for 3 years and I still have moments of "OH MY FUCKING GOD THAT'S WHAT THAT DOES..."
>>60822717
Should've read the manual.
>>60822809
manuals disrupt my organic Chi bro
Soup /mu/
WHERE THE FUCK CAN I FIND A LIBRARY WITH JUST OLD HOUSE CHORD ONE SHOTS GODDAMN FUCK plz help, I'll share my knowledge
>>60823331
sampleswap.org?
>>60822925
Read them as you would a book, on the shitter.
>>60804207
I give it 2 months before you either sell this or stuff it into the back of your closet.
>Those toy cars and those curtains
Or I guess you can have your mom take you back to Guitar Center so you can buy the new Black Ops.
>>60804293
>Interacting with a mouse sounds counterintuitive as fuck
>>60825343
>curtains
don't reach so far, you'll dislocate your shoulder
>>60805332
Crank the input volume all the way up (and turn its track volume down, obvi) so it redlines and peaks.
hey this is still going!
thank you for the piano vst recs but i figured out that i actually like upright pianos more. Here's where the problem arised.
>backstory
i installed ableton32 because i wanted to use Synth1 and SQ8L. They work and have cool sounds.
also Sylenth32 works.
unfortunately 64 vsts don't work anymore.
>i used 64 before and after the rec of a popular youtube channel (sandwichproduction) with tutorials i decided to try ableton 32. (the stoner dude said it would be better to use 32 as long as you can).
Problem with 64 amd 32 anleton
i run it on a toaster netbook and my controller can handle 2 notes without crackling sound.
when i play 3 or more notes it is fucked.
(i tried 128-1024 buffer, not much changed)
i reach 55-70% cpu though.
also it is worse on Upright1 piano VST. Iguess less voices on the VST = less heavy on the cpu?
>tl;dr sory for the autism and bizarre english.
>>60817209
You could also go to Walmart or something a buy a $20 tape deck and some blank (or thrifted) cassettes and make/record tape loops today.
>>60825535
questions are
>what do you think about the crackling when i play more than 2-3 notes of the controller?
>can i get by with the 32 ableton version? i don't really need the latest and flashiest VSTs for my needs if there are enough good 32VSTs out there.
>>60825535
specs of your netbook? also are you using an interface or asio4all?
>>60825630
Most good vsts are only 32bit and very few good vsts are only 64bit. 64bit isnt really worth using unless your pc has more than 4 gigabytes of RAM.
If you are getting crackling sounds, I recommend you try Asio4ALL. While it solves the problem with flying colors, it creates the problem of only listening to one audio source at a time i.e. only listening to your DAW, and having to close your daw if you want to listen to something on your web browser.
If you dont want that hassle then I recommend you get an audio interface like a scarlett2i4 where their official asio drivers let you listen to all apps on your pc while at the same time having low latency/cpu consumption.
Recommend you try asio4all first though.
>>60825713
www.amazon.co.uk/Acer-11-6-Inch-notebook-Celeron-Windows/dp/B00NWHUXYG
slow celeron amd slow 4GB ram not the regular 4gb ram.
ASIO on the first option and asio4all on the second
>>60825772
i do use asio4all and connect my controller via usb.
if the crackling sounds are not recorded on the arranger maybe i can make it.
they are distracting but you can play the keys.
do the crackles get recorded on the arranger?
i will test it.
>>60804207
tune the synth
>>60820362
it is not expensive and very well made
>>60818787
Just read the 600 page manual and experiment as you go along. I'm with you on the video tutorials, I don't want to hear an idiot ramble while he produces low quality house beats
It's weird to think back a few years when I moved from Garageband to Live 8. It was daunting AF, but now everything is so second nature that it feels like I've always used it.
Why is Ableton detecting my 4.0 speaker setup on ASIO but not in MME/DirectX mode?
>>60827714
better question: why would you have any use for mme/directx mode?
>>60827797
I'm using a separate equalizer program to make the back speakers more similar to the front speakers but ASIO bypasses it.
I was playing around with some chords and presets last night and I got some pretty familiar sounds. couldn't help myself but finish this thing
https://clyp.it/ytfttbm4
Does anyone know if lone uses fl studio presets? it sure sounds like it
hey /prod/ how would I go around making high frequency sounds like the ones in this track?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYeP8a_Y_0A
they seem to be sampled from computers and other electronics but surely all of that can be accomplished digitally, can it?
>>60825772
>Most good vsts are only 32bit
this is just not true
most of the shitty synthmaker/synthedit are stayed 32 bit only
most of the decent plugins are in 64 bit now
>>60828510
Literally just a sine wave.
>>60829087
really? im assuming it's just running though an envelope filter then snipped into a micro sound?
>>60829288
You don't need to filter a sine wave since it's just a single frequency, the ones used in the album seem to be around 10k-12kHz. You should be able to create them with any additive synth.
I didn't listen to the full album so maybe we are talking about different sounds here.
why do people try to sell their shitty yamaha/casio 80s keyboards for $200?
>>60829721
people will buy them
id rather use multisamples of one myself than spend 200
>>60808404
>>60808676
>>60808819
>>60808902
>>60808928
never has a fag ever been samer
>>60829891
>>>/b/
run along now, the rest of the children are waiting for you
>>60811690
>actually yes this is pretty spooky. well done. if i was making a horror movie i'd definitely hit you up
Thanks anon
Can't listen to it right now, i will when at home
>>60806935
This is perfectly right
Imo sampling the sounds of a record is okay but sampling whole basslines / beats without editing them is pretty much stealing
Like, the avalanches blend it all so you can argue that's akin to collages but if i decided to make an hip-hop track based on sampling the bassline of another one bites the dust it would be stealing
Also i'm typing this in a hurry so i don't know if it makes any sense
>>60830496
why do you dinosaurs even own computers?
>>60816194
>Is Cubase elements 8 worth the hundred bucks?
I use Cubase 8 full version
elements is not really worth it imo
you should get artist or full because there are a lot of things missing from elements that you will want to have
>>60798894
Hi, I just bought a Push 2. My current version of Ableton is an old cracked/torrented early version of Live 9. I tried to download a torrent of the latest live 9, and renamed my old copy of Ableton; but the new torrent won't authorize and the patch file seems to have a password.
Is there a way to update my already cracked copy of Ableton to 9.5? Any help is greatly appreciated.
any sampling vsts besides kontakt that can handle pitch and time independently of one another?
>>60831619
Eat shit.
>>60831619
why would you buy push but not buy live
>>60831639
Why so mad?
>>60831640
I don't know, I'm an idiot
>>60831639
you really need to find a different production community if this is how you react to piracy
>>60831670
I would say buy it when you can because that's just how I am
the only other option you have is to wait for someone to upload their crack and probably they are gonna wait until patches come out for bugfixes to do that
Does anyone know what synthesised voice is used towards the end of this song?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aHc5Fn5IrI
>>60831628
i found a workaround for now
apparently pressing the "use time machine pro" button and selecting time machine pro from the dropdown menu are different. dropdown menu has speed control and pressing the button greys out the speed knob for some reason
still looking for suggestions on other sampling vsts
Why is /prod/ full of bitterly furious assholes?
>>60831890
are any 4chan generals not?
>>60831890
musicians in general are angry
go look at any other place and youll find people raging over the smallest shit
>>60831865
The money is boring chick, the distorted voice in the middle or the high pitched one at the end?
>>60831890
Boo hoo hoo no one will hold your hand through cracking ableton
>>60820247
>>60820362
I just got Push 2... It's orgasmic. Holy fuck I feel like DJ Shadow every time I touch it. Great for fucking around, also a decent performance instrument.
What guitar pedals are good for an electronic sound?
I've been looking at the Malekko Scrutator and it seems kinda cool.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mg8QoINE-y0
>he spends over $30 on a piece of software
>>60820597
>Getting a mixer
Why
>>60822459
You'll get there if you keep working at it.
>>60823331
Synthesizing those chords isn't hard:
a) find out the notes, put them in midi clip
b) use the most simple-ass synth you can find (3xOSC, Operator, etc)
c) fuck with it until it sounds sexy
>>60804293
Legitimate question. Mostly a price thing, or a control thing. Don't let the fuccbois get you down.
>>60825535
It's not your computer, it's something you're doing. Make sure you're not running a fuckton of other processes at the same time, check that attack and release aren't like 0ms, etc.
>>60832177
I pay for all my software
I do not trust cracked shit running on my machine is why really
>>60832177
being completely against buying software is just as dumb as being completely against pirating it
>>60832017
The money is boring one. I really like the sound of it.
>>60827193
>>60818787
lynda al9 tutorials.
no match in quality and pacing compared to the stoner tutorials u probably have seen so far.
https://clyp.it/ewdwdxp0
r8
>>60832848
i like it
>>60832754
>chello i wuill now show you make beats
>>60832754
Unfortunately he talks about previous eps and shit, but they're not in a playlist. It's not hugely helpful.
Also different guy to the person you were replying too btw.
Could someone recommend me a good keyboard/synthesizer under $800?
>>60833324
moog subphatty is like 900 new with 25 keys only though
>>60832199
I remember one group ranted in nfo about fixing bugs the devs were too lazy to correct. It's not all bad.
>>60834150
yea I know the teams are pretty cool usually
I think it was team air who put inside an nfo about tone2 fucking over their legit users
its too easy for someone to reupload with something you don't want that I just don't risk it
>>60834430
Ah yeah, though if you've got a good source it's usually not a problem. Also, scene parts and SFVs are usually good insurance.
[spoiler]I miss AiR, I think it was them who put out that music compilation as the last rl. Haven't looked at the scene for a while, last I remember R2R was the new hot shit.[/spoiler]
>>60835019
nobody really talks about this but I think a lot of companies wouldn't have made it without their products easily cracked like imageline with fl studio
lots more people than you think end up buying after they use a product cracked
>>60835339
Imageline doesn't even make it hard to crack their products, bless their wonderful hearts, and I don't see them going belly up anytime soon.
>>60835019
shit, i dont follow these kinds of things at all but i remember a bunch of good stuff i got was from AiR
>>60835799
Dude, AiR fell apart a few years ago (~2008?), chances are there are new versions already by other groups.
>>60835939
oh... i didnt even produce in 2008, guess everything i got that said AiR was just people re-uploading their stuff or using their name?
>>60836029
Maybe they got back together. I don't even know where to check for releases these days.
>>60811690
I don't really like the clap but i tend to dislike most claps desu
It's nice, very chill
It may be too long though
>>60799675
>>60800729
>>60814324
Thanks guys, I agree hardstyle is a lot of fun to produce.
>>60819228
still looking for feedback on this, really only the bass. It sounds weird to me but im not sure
Anyone know how to do noise stuff like this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEL1GYu7Oo8
Samples?
https://clyp.it/zissmzvj
r8 pls
Hi /prod/
https://clyp.it/hqw50sc4
Welcome to castlevania
>>60837341
No opinion on the rapping, english isn't my first language
Good old school beat but i think you'd like a grittier, darker bass instead of that smooth moogy thing
>>60837054
Brickwalled drums
Deformed samples
Compression, distortion
Messing around
>>60832848
Messy otherwise very nice
>>60819228
It's okay
You might want to pump up that bass a bit though, at the beginning i thought you just have tuned your kicks
>>60838520
Forgot to add the part where i ask for feedback and if i should make the middle part longer / add more ideas but well it's not like these are unusual requests
>>60838553
>Forgot to add the part where i ask for feedback
it's kind of implied when you post a clyp
>>60838632
Yeah but just dropping the clyp sounds rough to me
I found the first full song I ever made, this was around October of last year. Should I try to make something out of it?
https://clyp.it/gcigole1
>>60820597
Get an audio interface, usb mixers are slow as hell and sound bad. A scarlett 2i2 should keep you covered since it has 2 combo jacks and phantom power.
>>60839878
everybody always recommends focusrite
why no love for tascam /prod/? these are only $20 more than the 2i2
http://tascam.com/product/us-366/
>>60840042
I use Steinberg ur22
>>60802452
I'm out at the bar with some m8s right now, but when I get home I do wanna do a power hour with that 6 pack I need to get rid of.
I'll hit you with a clyp.it tomorrow lemonf a m
bimp
how do i make some basic-ass thotty white girl/Rae Sremmend shit?
>>60808404
this literally happens to every single beginner musician that has a hard time applying themselves but I'll tell you how i made it out
1. learn music theory
2. learn more music theory
3. apply this music theory that you learned and practice it so that you can understand it
4. repeat steps one through three until you learn how to speak music
that's literally all there is to it. no shortcuts, no handmedowns, only dedication, patience and practice. I advice you learn to appreciate this learning process otherwise you'll get bored quick.
also stop being such a little bitch jesus christ
Posted a couple threads ago, but still trying to decide.
I've been using FL Studio for five or six years (maybe more I forget) for electronic music, and REAPER for anything more guitar oriented.
I had a brain hemorrhage in August and am just getting back into making music and producing, but I've completely forgotten how to use both DAWs.
Debating picking up Ableton (to use for both) instead of relearning FL and REAPER.
Thoughts?
If anyone can tell me the main strengths of FL and Ableton that'd be cool, my brain is really scattered nowadays. If there's any obvious questions about how I use the software that'd make one a better choice over the other feel free to ask, anything else.
>>60842434
Dude, will you be ok? That's messed up. It's hard for me to think of anything to tell you that than to wish you a safe recovery... hope you remember all your DAW knowledge soon!
To answer your question... I think Ableton would be ideal since it adapts itself pretty well to both applications. there's also a lot of good resources for learning it on the internet.
>>60842734
>Dude, will you be ok? That's messed up. It's hard for me to think of anything to tell you that than to wish you a safe recovery... hope you remember all your DAW knowledge soon!
Thanks man. I'm getting better slowly. I've got walking and talking down again (only took about a month), but I'm only just getting back into music.
It was pretty shit, I don't remember a lot honestly, but I was getting better, then I had a second hemorrhage a few weeks after the first and went back to being unable to talk.
>To answer your question... I think Ableton would be ideal since it adapts itself pretty well to both applications. there's also a lot of good resources for learning it on the internet.
Yeah, that's a lot of the appeal to it. I've heard FL's piano roll is better (than Ableton's) now, and I do like using the 16-step sequencing stuff from time to time. On the flip Ableton (to me) looks way cleaner in the way it handles effects, parameters, automation, etc. Also looks like I would only need to learn the one program since I should be able to do any of the other production work I do (did) in it as well.
I still can't really play guitar (left hand control issues), so I bought a Nektar LX49 a couple weeks ago, which has turned out to be a way better purchase than I expected it to be.
It's pretty frustrating being a total amateur again, but it does feel nice to make music again, even if it's nothing special. I made this just after I got the LX49 home. Nothing special, but still.
https://clyp.it/jrfhmeja
I remember years ago I ended up going with FL because the approach of layering up sequences and patterns felt more natural to me, but I've heard Ableton can pretty much do this anyway with the piano roll.
I've also heard Ableton's live side is way better than FL's. Obviously that's not relevant now, but eventually I want to get back to it...
I just don't want to make the wrong choice, since learning either of them again is going to be tough and take awhile.
Which edition of TAL reverb is the best?
>>60842434
>>60843006
No need to make up an excuse like that if you're new.
>>60844693
>No need to make up an excuse like that if you're new.
Not new, although I have a lot more experience in recording metal. Electronic music was more of a pastime for me before.
The brain hemorrhage and forgetting how to use FL and REAPER is true though. I've managed to pick up REAPER pretty easily again though which is nice. I did both of these a couple weeks ago. Been putting a ton of time into playing guitar, takes a huge amount of focus now though.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWPS1SSNYRk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9V4olW0uuQ
The rest is pretty much just ignorance though. I don't think I ever thought too hard about what DAW I'd use for electronic music, but I definitely want to get more into it now.
>>60843006
Sound great, although the percussion other than the kick is pretty stock and sounds slightly unfitting
>>60844861
>literally being a metal head
Are you in middleschool?
>>60844929
Thanks, I totally agree though. I pretty much gutted most of my VSTs and Samples so I wouldn't overwhelm myself. It's pretty hard to focus as it is.
I think the issue is the kicks are very electronic, whilst the rest is very electronic.
>>60845232
>Are you in middleschool?
No.
What does it matter what I listen to though? It's not like I'm sitting at home listening to metal all day and shit posting any other kind of music.
My personal AOTY is a long way from metal.
>>60842434
Honestly, I can't stand Ableton's piano roll and the chain device view. I like my stuff in separate windows which I can move around to my liking.
So I'd say FL, but I'm biased.
Recording live stuff is a hot mess though, and delay compensation still sometimes bugs out.
>>60846915
Yeah I do like FLs piano roll.
I think the big thing with Ableton for me would be being able to do metal production in it as well. Previously I would hop over to REAPER (Cubase way back when) instead.
I think the windows approach in FL would work better if it didn't have issues with my 24+19" monitor setup. It doesn't seem to like it at all.
How is multiple monitor support in each? I'm about to swap monitors. Grabbing two or three new monitors. Was thinking of getting a pair of 27-29" 4K monitors so I can have ungodly amounts of real estate.
>>60846986
You can only have one window in FL, but there's a "maximize to all monitors" command that makes it full-screen on both. Or you can detach windows and move them outside the main area, to have playlist on a second display or something.
>24+19"
Well, that might look weird. If they're the same res, no problem besides from things not lining up, otherwise can't tell. I've got 2x19 side by side.
Can't say what Live looks like now in that department, apparently it does multimonitor now, but didn't when I last used it.
All my shit is somewhere in C:/Program Files(x86)/Image-Line/FL Studio 11/Data but I don't want to navigate in and out of that for every little thing if I use something other than FL11
Is FL a pain in the ass about changing folders for projects, presets, samples, VSTs, IRs, etc. etc? Does it keep sending you back to the "data folder" by default in every file dialogue?
>>60845579
I thought you were supposed to form an equilateral triangle with your head and the speakers?
Those are pretty far apart and not even directed at the head.
Am I doing it wrong?
>>60845579
This is the worst speaker placement
>>60808404
>>60842124
yeah i once got told 5 handy words for learning drums but it applies to all music, "there are no shortcuts", literally there is nothing you can do but suck and suck and suck at it at the beginning, and sometimes it won't be fun, but there really is nothing you can do but keep trying, i know this advice is generic as hell, and you've probably heard it a lot but that's because there's no way round it.
(also, in terms of 'knowing where to start' it kinda depends on what genre you're making. if i'm making dance music or hip hop or something i'll start with the drums and layer on from there, if it's guitar music i'll start with a chord sequence. whatever works for you, but try to make sure you enjoy what you're starting with as much as possible, so that you can get into the groove/flow of what you're doing as quickly as possible. this will help you push through the sucky bits)
>>60847441
Move shit to where you want it and use symlinks to keep FL's browser happy.
>>60838520
>tfw nobody likes castlevania
>>60847100
24+19 is more what I had. 1920x1080 and a 1280x1024. I'll be changing to 4Ks soon I think...
>>60847468
>>60847557
I'm sitting a lot further back than you probably think I am. The bigger speakers are mainly for listening to the mix which I do standing further back (it's a fairly high powered system).
When mixing I use the top speakers which aren't connected in that photo (I just moved). I move them around depending on what I'm doing. I've got 6db loss at 3kHz in my left ear from a work accident however long ago, so I shift them around quite a bit.
>>60847468
>>60847557
>>60847935
Oh, also worth mentioning I'm usually working in quadraphonic. Once the speaker stands arrive I'm setting the third set of speakers (not shown) up behind me again. Gives a nice spread and openness to the sound.
Are there any fucking VST out there that actually utilize Aftertouch?
Not even DAWs signature synths like Live's Operator support it. What the fuck?
