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fuck edition
use clyp.it only
These 808s on child's play-Drake are literal god tier, how tf can I remake?
>>64432862
bruh theyre in sample packs
Anyone else here synthesize everything instead of using samples? I only use samples for random effects or vocal chops.
>>64433380
I like working with samples more but I usually put samples into Serum and Granulator
>>64433434
I haven't played with granular synthesis yet. Any 3rd party VSTs you'd recommend?
Also, every time I try dropping a sample into Serum, it simplifies and ruins the sound too much for me to do much useful with it. I just stick to regular subtractive synthesis with Serum.
>>64433510
Robert Henke's granulator, but it's only Ableton compatible
>>64433591
Yeah I don't use Ableton, should've clarified.
>>64433510
i like steinberg padshop pro
but there are other good ones
Most recent thing I've done
https://clyp.it/p2av011z
>>64434493
Padshop is extremely underrated. You can put in any sound and get out something majestic as fuck
>>64434628
its pretty cheap also to buy the pro version + zero gravity pack
like 70$ or something
>>64434592
is that a Stevie Wonder sample?
Visions?
https://clyp.it/5zvkflh2
smf senpai desu
>>64434592
holy sex its bretty good
but there's clicking at 0:48
otherwise solid
>>64432782
>use clyp.it only
As this is a production thread can we not find a better quality file hosting site so we can share wav. files?
When I'm sending stuff to my other production friends we use wetransfer.com although I've not tested it out it looks like you can use a share link too, plus you can send any file format you like.
It might not be ideal though as I'm not sure if wetransfer host the actual file and you might need to download it's?
>>64435048
newfag
>>64435048
i doubt anyone here would be sharing things anyways
>>64435060
Mate I've probably been here a lot longer than you'd think. It's a music production thread and posting shitty compressed mp3s is like me giving criticism to anons music while listening through laptop speakers.
Not sure what in my post indicates why I'd be a newfag. Fuck off back to /b/
>>64434662
I got mine with cubase but, yeh, whattabargain
>>64434765
Good ear! Then reversed too but yeh.
>>64435033
Appreciate it friendo where's your chunes at?
>>64435203
Holy newfag. That's literally all that happens in these threads
>>64434801
Did you do the vocal on this as well or solely prod?
>>64435321
shut the fuck up faggot
i never see people offereing links to download their shit
i got padshop with cubase also and updated tho for like 35 dollars
>>64435301
clyp.it doesn't shittily compress sound files. clyp.it is used religiously in /prod/
>>64435321
https://clyp.it/bup3tzwy
https://clyp.it/nkmppg42
https://clyp.it/um3vizbe
not complete, mixed, or mastered
one problem I know I have is that I'm not good at dialing in bass synths but I'd be grateful to recieve feedback
>>64435374
>doesn't shittily compress sound files
Wouldn't totally agree but it's undoubtedly a good platform and the most used here. Every form of digital upload compresses in some manner.
I did notice right off the bat lots of the hi's were cut from the track I posted. Could be sample rate compatibility? I don't fucking care anyway.
>>64435360
Never seen someone get this angry over being uninformed
>>64435498
sure thing buddy ive been coming here for a long time and nobody ever posts links to download music
lads i am going to go look at an rx-7 soon, what do i need to check to make sure i'm not buying a dud?
thank you boys.
>>64435555
meant dx7. am tired.
>>64435573
You sure you don't want a sick Mazda instead?
1/3
>https://clyp.it/bup3tzwy
Initial thoughts are you need an ominous saw bass. Super simple but can give that type of expanded space your aiming for. I was going to say take the verb tail off the snareclap thing but if you had that synth it'd fit nicely. Good start for sure.
Hear @ 0:53
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccOP3d1I7mE
https://clyp.it/cwnz3r33
>>64435360
>>64435529
I've been coming here a long time too, I've never seen anyone offer download links either, I probably wouldn't download a file from here either which is why I said I think they have a share link too.
I was just suggesting we use a better quality upload service, wetransfer might not be suitable, but maybe there is something else that might be.
Never mind it was just a suggestion.
>>64435633
way too muddy
>>64435555
i think you need a mazda cuz thos quads
2/3
>>64435426
>https://clyp.it/nkmppg42
Great Bourne movie type shit. Try and embrace the glitchyness. It's a little empty right now. Maybe some really abrasive textures. Like glass breaking, some type of screech I don't know. Glitch 2 is free so if you don't have that already you should consider it.
>>64435638
oh my god you're both retarded nobody uses clyp.it to download others' tracks. It's simply so we don't all go full soundcloud whore mode.
>>64435633
What exactly is going on here? Why lowpass to the point that nobody can hear jack shit? For the memes?
3/3
>>64435426
>https://clyp.it/um3vizbe
This one is my favorite. I misjudged it at first because the intro sounds like complete garageband-tier shit. Once that first kick hits I'm sold. Good choice to keep this one a little less "musical" if you catch my drift, it fits the percussion and tone of the piece.
>>64435800
is there anything I should add to the intro to make it less garagebandy
>>64435759
Are you fucking retarded or just so fucking stupid you can't read?
I was at no point suggesting we download each other's files! I was suggesting we find a higher quality file hosting service so we can share wav. Files instead of mp3s. I even said I wasn't sure if wetransfer would be ideal as I wasn't sure if it actually hosted the files and when I've used it you need to download the file.
>>64435851
>>64435759
guys stfu. listen to people's clyps and offer constructive criticism instead of being cucks
>>64435821
Honestly would advise you scratch the intro you have and take a more ambient approach. Maybe a soundscape or some evolving graintable thing that doesn't sound too forced. It can give the actual chorus muccchhh more impact. Keep it minimal. Shit you have now is pretty unbearable.
But I'm no fuckin expert dude do your own thing
>>64435878
ARE YOU KIDDING ME ?!?!
THERES LITERALLY NOTHING WRONG WITH BEING A KEK !
>>64435851
Yes I'm retarded
>>64435878
yeh...
>>64435605
>>64435704
>>64435800
is me bruchacho
>>64435957
I'm sorry, I couldn't tell. I just wanted you guys to quit cuckolding around because we all want a good mix
DOES ANYONE HAVE THE APPLIED ACOUSTICS SYSTEMS SHIT
IT'S SO GOOD
>>64436435
Never heard of any of this until now. Chromaphone looks pretty damn sexy
>>64436435
>>64436535
abletons vst are made by AAS collison analog and tension , electric
they are basically chromaphone ,ultra analog , string studio , and lounge lizard without fx
holy shit y the fuck is saving in reaktor so imposssible.... wtf.....
https://clyp.it/04vd5uyi
not sure if i should try to turn this into something or ditch the 4 on floor completely and try to make it some future bass thing? whatever
doing an experimental music performance right now. annoying criteria
does anyone know that feeling when you make something really good the first weekend you start producing, but then you can't do anything comparable for months
https://clyp.it/40utqs11
>>64438703
i've stopped making electronic and just mix/master bands etc.
however i have tried every now and then and compared to the stuff i used to make, nah man, i just can't do it anymore
>>64435555
>>64435573
>turn it on
>plug in headphones or an amp
>????
>Profit!
>>64435952
is /pol/ going to meme in every thread now?
HElp does anyone know where I can get a free Roland SH-2 VST?
>>64440057
Only if you keep starting this shit in every thread.
>>64440125
They'd do it either way out of their love for shitty formulaic pseudo-edge
>>64440226
They do it for your reaction. Notice how the thread moved right along?
Seriously Jorman, it's getting old.
Rate my shit
https://clyp.it/rrg2xclw
https://clyp.it/30y1licd
https://clyp.it/wxlxjgpp
>>64434801
Just compress my shit up senpai
>>64435426
Neat sounds, i like the glitchyness on the second one
>>64435633
sounds like a weird aphex twin intro
>>64438469
A two step beat could definitely make it more interesting
>>64440266
>notice how the thread moved right along
the fuck does that have to do with anything, they don't have to derail the thread to be shitty unfunny memes.
>Jorman
Ah, so you're one of the braindead people who still can't figure out I'm not jbenitex, no wonder you say so many other retarded things lol
>>64440300
>they don't have to derail the thread
And they haven't been. Why do you need to do i?
>jbenitex
It's a joke sckid. We all know the real Jorman stopped coming here, but on the other side of the same coin, we still know it's the same guy always trying to derail this thread. Which is why you've been demoted to Jorman status a long time ago.
>>64440335
why do you need to do it?
and dont give me that "eveybody else but me is doing it" bullshit, the only one you're trying to convince is yourself.
>>64440275
>https://clyp.it/rrg2xclw
i like the synths and alan watts but the bass sounds bad 2 me. it's a bass guitar, right?
you should maybe get a better one
>>64434801
>https://clyp.it/5zvkflh2
If the mixing wasn't so fucky this would be really cool.
>>64440335
Lol I made one comment about /pol/'s memes being shit. That's all I ever do, and then the crowd of people that can't just ignore posts they don't like shows up to tell me how only I am ever the problem because they're actually that stupid
>>64440379
The irony in this post is beautiful. You are an artist.
Does this riser make any sense?
https://clyp.it/q0p4q3r1
>>64440354
Its the bass guitar that comes with Kontakt elements
>>64440466
I'd say it'll sound better if you make the secondary riser synth much louder so that the two risers play off each other. Also I would mute the riser on the last beat of the riser so that its just the drum fill. That way there is more tension when the drop comes.
Also a final thing is that your kick is too loud compared to the rest of your mix.
>>64440560
Also forgot to add this but white noise and a low pass envelope will really help to add energy into the riser.
>>64440555
sounds exactly like a low-end cheap bass guitar imo, but im kinda crashing from last night so maybe its just me.
>>64440560
>>64440587
Lowered the gain on the compressor on the kick, increased the volume of the second riser and added a white noise riser
https://clyp.it/caxzufzw
R8-H8 and help me
https://clyp.it/cnutms5j
>>64435426
sweet beats man.
I like the 3rd one the most cause the sub hits really hard
>>64435633
I have no idea what the fuck is going on
>>64440466
no
>>64440694
Yeah man that sounds way better, good job. I would turn down the volume of the white noise though and put a high pass it around 200-300Hz. White noise is mostly used in this genre as background texture so you don't want it drown of the other more important elements of your mix. If you are feeling tedious you could use an eq to slightly cut the frequencies of in the white noise that clash with your synths but that isn't really necessary.
>>64440985
Yeah I didn't EQ the white noise at all, but I did it after posting.
The supersaw has white noise in it, so I think I'll duck some high frequencies from the white noise riser when the supersaw hits.
WIP of a rap song im making with a mate, give ur honest opinioin please.
https://clyp.it/nqugjufa
>>64440870
This sound pretty cool, i think it would benefit being a little more melodic. The synth that comes in two thirds of the way through sounds gay as. Also the noise is mixed too loud.
A mixture of MaxMSP, disabledton and contact mics
Fun stuff
>>64441142
Are you using the contact mics to trigger midi?
>>64440870
>no
What should I do instead then?
As for your clip, add break in the drum loop (silence, not drum breaks) after every 8 or 16 bars and in every 16 or 32 bar,, remove the 4th beat.
I guess what I'm trying to say is; break up the drums a bit. They're pretty boring.
>>64441141
>The synth that comes in two thirds of the way through sounds gay as
ye i know. i'll remove it. I had something cool in mind but didn't work out.
>>64441237
>>no
>What should I do instead then?
I think the riser, specifically the kick, could build up in tempo with the sidechain going lower
>X---X---X---X---
>X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-
>XXXXXXXXXXXX
>MEGA FAT SNARE
>drop
>>64441166
Nope. I have done though, they're running through various patches to make them sound percussive and some quite ambient and granular.
Basically I have one contact mic that runs to my friends laptop where he is running a max patch with procedural audio, when triggered it changes the key of his work. I have a friend with a stylophone running through an arduino with pressure sensors made to have a ctrlout so that pressure makes the stylophone change pitch and effects an LFO. Also have the frequency of a band pass on my laptop affected by the pressure sensors and pitch he is playing with the stylophone. It's a mess of sensors but worked out quite nicely.
I wish we were allowed to just trigger midi.
https://clyp.it/xa05ch2t
>>64441433
Damn this sound awesome. Do all the contact mics generate the a different sound or are they just running into different patches?
>>64441537
Fuck, you like reverb a lot don't you.
>>64441564
I'm using them just to pick up a signal. They are all into different channels yes. Good thing is that it has forced me to use ableton. I'm a logic 9/pro tools guy so ableton isn't something I would use for tracking but it's good man.
It's fun. I would always suggest to anyone to make yourself some contact mics. We made 20 for another project so I used them for this one.
>>64441602
Who doesn't bruh
>>64441430
Hmm... good idea.
What do you mean with "with the sidechain going lower"?
You mean the intensity of the sidechaining growing weaker?
what's the best reverb?
>>64441537
This would be good without the reverb.
>>64441730
ValhallaRoom and ValhallaVintageVerb.
I use the latter more than the former.
>>64441537
sexy af, though melodically repetitive
what does lindsay lowend use for samples?
>>64441909
>dude 8bit synths playing jazz progressions with trap song structure lmao
I was going to call him out for having a generic style but halfway through writing it I realized how unique what he does is
Idk tbqh I think his best stuff is the stuff that's just midi sequenced (e.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPEJbU9Gncs)
>>64441730
No such thing.
However my favourites are the logic space designer, redline reverb, Valhalla, anything by Oxford plugins. There's a few more I use but can't remember names ATM.
>>64441723
If you increase the number of kicks during the riser, anything thats sidechained to it will just completely disappear behind the kicks.
I dunno how much it applies to other genres, but since I only make DnB oriented music, it's important to watch out for it
>>64432782
>STEMS
I'm looking for stems from old remix competitions, preferably electronic.
>>64442337
Ah, that's what you meant.
also i made this shitty flip of an entrance track a while ago and never asked for feedback
https://clyp.it/okamldyd
pretending im mndsgn
>>64442880
washed out* not entrance
>>64442880
cute :3
>>64434592
>>64441537
best so far
Gradually reducing the sidechain makes the supersaw get really loud
https://clyp.it/omuuqpeh
I rolled off a bit of the high end, but it didn't really help that much.
I rolled off more and it just ended up sounding weak.
>>64442880
Very nice.
The resemblance to a track I made a couple of years ago is uncanning.
I don't have it so I can't share it though.
how do i make weird cool feedback loops like in stgstv but using only a computer? plz help mu <3
how do i make PC 8800 sounds?
>>64433510
Granulizer.
Loomer Cumulus.
Alchemy had granular osc, I think.
would running phantom power on an interface kill a laptop battery really fast?
>>64445211
Eh. Depends on the laptop. It will be much quicker yes but not much quicker than using an interface in general.
>>64445351
i've never done it with or without phantom power, do interfaces usually kill your battery that quickly? i have a condenser and a laptop/interface and was wondering about taking them out together to record stuff
>>64446610
well personally i wouldn't record outside with a condensor. you're asking for handling noise, wind noise etc unless you put it on a stand and use a deadcat. I've done it before before i got my shotgun mic.
It will die relatively quickly, if your machine lasts around 4 hours normally, expect around 1 hour or so whilst powering that stuff. Not sure, only did it a couple of times.
how can i make a synthesizer sound similar to the high frequency stuff on Spirit They've Vanished? I really like the sound and I think its' really pretty and I would like to recreate it somehow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKU2iS4OMq0 is the sound im trying to go for
how do you split your early and late reflections?
>>64446897
Experiment with ring modulation.
>>64440057
people post on more than one board you know
check out this dank meme
>>64448317
and they should leave their shitty memes where they came from. i post on /tv/ but you don't see me going on about TRUE KINO and FOR YOU XD
actually come to think of it some guy tried to bring the pest meme here and it was universally disapproved of. you guys just defend this /pol/ shit because LE SOUNDCLOYD KIDD IS ALWAYS RONG XDD
>>64448987
i remember the pest meme
>i liked it
what are your political beliefs /prod /
proud zionist here
tfw no greater israel
>>64449332
not hating but let's not bring politics into music. it ruins it.
>>64432782
Why the fuck does this image make my brain feel like I'm doing damage to it? It's like looking at the sun. I have a headache.
>>64450341
well its better to get it out of the way
so people know what we are into and stop crying about "/pol/ racists"
>>64435952
>>64440057
>>64440300
>>64440379
>>64448317
>>64448884
>>64449332
F U C K
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>>64450517
anti semite
>>64432782
I thought this was the album art for the new Mariachi El Bronx record. THOUGHT WE WERE GONNA TALK ABOUT GOOD MUSIC FOR ONCE. Dammit OP you got me excited you fat fuck
>>64450456
no it's not. i occassionally browse pol, however i don't have to bring it here. this is a different board with a different theme
>>64450699
>every thread is crying about /pol/
>>64450699
2nd. There's no good reason to bring that containment board shittalk cancer into a perfectly civilized thread.
>>64450751
>implying
Maybe because this a specific thread on a specific board? If people want that type of rambling there's a place for it. Nobody on /pol/ is going to start bringing up /prod/ topics.
>>64450915
yea they do
>>64450751
i know them. ignore it. it will die out
>>64450825
thank you, i come to /prod/ to share my knowledge and experience on top of interesting concepts and projects i do in my degree to give other people help.
I don't come here to talk about politics. it's like when i'm playing a game with a buddy with some beers and he says anything about politics. fucking kills the mood. i'm interested and i care but there's a time and place. that is not here.
how do i make this not sound like shit?
https://clyp.it/p0ip1a1c
what's up with americans and glitchy trap shit
>>64451988
americans are plebs
>>64451550
just give up
discount flying lotus
https://clyp.it/3xz4govk
>>64452979
fuck you post a track.
>>64451550
i dont either of those noise sounds really i dont think it fits the piano line
I'm using Reaper. I have a time signature change and when it happens it fucks with the feedback from the previously playing tracks and slows it down suddenly creating sci fi like lazer beam shots that echo. How can I get rid of it so it's a clean transition?
hey /prod/ so I'm going for a retro/analog dreamy kind of sound like this here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMt2shWPaOw
my plan of attack was to put a vocoder and saturator on everything and this is what i have after about an hour
https://clyp.it/ao2vuyhw
it's sort of along the right lines but how do i make it have that ultra creamy texture like the youtube link?
>>64453377
>my plan of attack was to put a vocoder and saturator on everything
im afraid to listen but i will
>>64453400
lol it's not what you think..hopefully
>>64453344
that's nothing to do with reaper or anything. that's what happens when delays and feedbacks change time/speed. other than reducing the effects as you come to the transition, the only thing i can think of is, using them in a buss (which is more efficient anyway) and then automating their volume when it comes to the transition.
it's the same with delays when you change the rate. it's a pain and maybe it would be wiser to duplicate your tracks and have seperate copies for each time signature. that way you have say instrument A/B/C for time sig 1 with effects and a duplicate of A/B/C for time sig 2 with effects. it's the easiest way but not the most efficient
>>64453100
It kind of sounds like the intro of Dare to be Stupid but with glitches.
>>64453476
it actually sounds good as fuck i like on the snare it sounds like a glass breaking layered on top
i think the youtube link sounds kind of "dirtier" than your clip and im not sure how to get that
Any good tutorials for someone who wants to start producing but doesnt know a thing about it?
>>64453578
Okay, that makes sense, thanks man.
>>64453344
1. Assuming you put some reverb or delay on the sound yourself, just google how to automate effect parameters in Reaper and minimize decay or dry/wet as desired.
2. If it's an software instrument (VST) that has a tail you don't want, google how to automate volume or mute on a single track in Reaper.
3. If it's an actual audio clip decaying and overlapping with other tracks just cut the fucking clip retard.
>>64453689
glad that makes sense because i have no idea what the drunk me typed.
>>64453675
Please.
How do you guys normally go about adding percussion to your tracks? I usually start with a melody and what not and I get an idea in my head, but I can never seem to find the right samples or how to even compose it in a way I want.
>>64453377
Sounds nothing like the texture from the video but it definitely doesn't sound bad. My initial guess for that band's sound is just guitar with audio chops. Effect chain most likely just gated reverb and very slight mid-freq kinda phasing plus lots of EQ.
>>64453675
>>64454089
>>64445211
This type of shit is why we need a non-faggot OP
>>64454405
I remember there being one.
https://clyp.it/t1ui2sj4
>>64454555
>https://clyp.it/t1ui2sj4
yikes
>>64454715
what's wrong?
>>64454555
you recreated the "warming up and tuning instruments" part of a rehearsal pretty well there
>the synth man on CL doesnt respond
LMAO LMAOOOO EPIC BRO
stupid fucking diabetes 45 year old man who doesnt check his fucking email and just happened to pick up the only good synth within 1000 miles fuck you FUCKING MORON CHECK YOUR EMAIL THIS IS BASIC 21ST CENTURY SHIT YOU RETARDED FAGGOT
>>64454715
well mainly the fact that it doesn't make musical sense. trust what sounds good to your ears not what you think will fit in the scale
https://clyp.it/ly1fxmm0
I'm still trying to work out how DAWs work. I can't get my synth hooked up to FL so here's some shitty default.
>>64454332
phasing sounds golden, thanks a bunch anon
>>64453675
What are you looking to start with?
>>64454907
but it sounds pretty good. i thought tubular bells was the shiznit.
>can't find the phantom power switch on one of my interfaces, google to see what the fuck
>it has to be turned on in the editor software
the fuck? you're gonna have a dedicated physical button to access the built in tuner but not one for the phantom power?
>>64455037
i swear theres always something retarded like this like why cant they just make something logical
>>64455016
the instruments aren't necessarily bad. it's literally a 4 bar loop of like 5 different things musically unrelated to each other
notes and rhythms within a track have inherent relationships to one another and you seem to be ignoring this
>>64455114
what about this then?
https://clyp.it/duprlqn4
>>64455153
>https://clyp.it/duprlqn4
yeah thats much better
now you just need to expand on it past the loop
loops work if you're making hip hop or dance music but for something like this you really need to know enough music theory to start expanding a progression
try a few of the ideas here
the deceptive cadence is especially helpful
some good reverb would also take it to the next level
>>64455742
i had altiverb's ER at like 20% dry/wet. no tail.
Hey /prod/, I just got audacity working on my computer( no mac and no money here). Is there anything cool I can do with it? Any good guides out there?I was able to get multiple songs to play at the same time, change speed (at least on the playback), so really basic stuff so far
>>64455891
sorry i didn't realize i forgot the link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oy3KE_z3Qg0
and for the reverb you're definitely going to want a tail it'll make it way more gripping and cinematic
>>64456144
just download utorrent and get everything for free
a project in my sigital media is "here's audacity, I want you to create a multi track audio file and explain it" I'm sitting there with my laptop saying to myself "fuck audacity!" but then "I've got a souncheck song (using reaper) I made last night and atleast 16 more at home I could just turn in how is"
But I record pretty much black metal so I decided to challenge myself and try a triphop beat, I could turn it in already how it is but I know I can surpass my greatest fault in writing with song structure so I'm working on it more tonight, I'll probably post it here later in the week when I turn it in.
https://soundcloud.com/77-sunsets/version-1
help mu what do you think?
im not self advertising because i only use soundcloud for showing songs to friends and stuff but yeah is it good and how should i edit it?
>>64458015
Those vocals are utter trash but I genuinely like the rest of it.
>havent made any music in like 2 years
>go in closet and record myself singing shakily
>throw it in audacity
>mfw I sound WAY better than I thought I would
hey anyone who listens to shitty lofi shoegazey noise pop can u tell me if this snippet sounds bad-shitty or good-shitty i dont know anymore
intro guitar sounds rly flat and boring but hows everything else is it too much ass
https://clyp.it/nxoztahw
Why is ableton so shitty when it comes to trying to add new instruments/vsts/effects/whatever
this alone is making me want to use a different DAW
http://vocaroo.com/i/s0nGWC0m5EfJ
This is where I'm leaving my track for the minute. I want to make some things more vhs crisp but I want some beats that are flubbery to. I'm a stranger to most vsts honestly, all I use in my own work is podfarm so doing non-metal is a new world for me.
>>64458015
I only think the vocals need some better equalizing and potentially recorded with a poor mans/every mans pop filter made out of a coat hanger and panthoes sock. I like this a lot though.
>>64458478
>https://clyp.it/nxoztahw
the intro humming should be enveloped down and I'm thinking the drum sounds after the first main one could be deeper and louder. I like it but I would like more drive coming out.
>>64458478
I like it. Not boring; the buildup is good. You may want to clean up at least one channel so the whole thing doesn't sound like a muddled mess. Also learn to type like a normal person and not a 17 year old Tumblr nu-male.
>>64458690
agreed esp about the drums thanks
>>64458704
>nu-male
dropped
Pour a forty out for this one since the project died with my old hard drive and all I have left is this. Proper mastering never ever.
https://clyp.it/iva4k45m
>>64458798
>https://clyp.it/iva4k45m
A little upbeat for me but I dig it
>>64458676
Most DAWs will look in C:\Program Files\Steinberg\Vstplugins\ for installed plugins (Program Files(x86) on 64-bit OS) without you having to even tell them to, Ableton included, so if you're having trouble with Ableton finding VSTs you'll most likely encounter the same problem with other DAWs..
I usually create the VstPlugins directory before I install Ableton or any plugins (if I install Wavelab first the installer creates the directory) and most well-written installers just find it - there are some (like Waves) that require two installation paths, one in VstPlugins (for the Waveshell/loader) and one in the Program Files/Waves directory (the individual plugins) but there are usually prompts for these during the install. Any freeware that comes as a bare dll file just needs copied and pasted to the VstPlugins directory.
OS X VSTs go into the /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST/ or /Users/[username]/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST/ - same deal there, follow the installer prompts and install (or manually copy and paste to) where Ableton is looking for them by default.
>>64458704
Why don't you learn to talk like a normal person and not a navel-gazing pseudo-intellectual reactionary?
>>64459304
Both of you sound like huge fags. Love, /pol/.
>>64458383
thanks! (im not saying that sarcastically, im glad you like it)
>>64458690
hey im really new to production and mastering and stuff but what exactly is equalizing? and what do you mean by the other thing with the pop filter? lol
as a sidenote, im not sure what to say for feedback for the vocaroo thing you posted other than you could add some lower bass notes in my opinion but i really like it.
What Max for Live devices should I download or buy? Just dived into M4L. Kinda lost.
Open to anything. Instruments, audio effects, midi effects, etc. Just been messing with a noisemaker and it's AWESOME.
Bonus points: Anything that may be used to make or effect sounds for dream pop/shoegaze would be awesome. Dreamy stuff. Pretty stuff. Whatever.
>>64459478
I'm nervous about using M4L these days. Couple projects I used M4L started crashing as soon as I opened them. Weird shit.
>>64459478
Granulator
>>64459372
so equalizing is essentially setting what sound frequencies your track, or part of track, will be in. Bass will be on a lower channel and leads on a higher so that way they arent overlapping eachothers frequency and so it doesn't sound muddy. I mean your track wasn't muddy but find a video for equalizing in the program you're using.
Now essentially a pop filter is a cloth layer that stops the poppy sounds from going into the mic, so like breathing sounds that are exerted when your talk and the pop when you open your lips. What all of us have done is take some pantyhoes and a metal coathanger, make the coat hanger into a loop with an arm that you can wrap around whatever it will come off of (it can be your mic stand or your sisters cat or the mic itself)
again your track was pretty good, I mean that opening buzz before the guitar comes in you can really just use envelopes to turn it down or just cut those 3 seconds out. I'm going to bed but I hope the rest here can answer your questions, and thanks for the feedback
>>64459550
I'm assuming that's like granular synthesis? I've been meaning to try that out. I'll look into it.
on a spectrum of 1 to 10
1 being bland and annoying
and 10 being smooth and catchy
where does this track stand so far?
https://clyp.it/rzstjoxb
>>64459728
It is, yeah - you'll get all kinds of noise out of it to begin with but some real beauty too if you stick with it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pn_b7OUO6I
>>64458783
nu-male detected
>>64459625
thank you! you probably wont see this but this was very helpful
>>64459962
NOW THAT'S WIT!
https://clyp.it/5keydhia
Constructive criticism pls.
Is this nice to listen to or bland and boring?
>>64453630
You're kinda right
>>64460267
i did try pretty hard it took me about an hour to come up with
tfw ur ready to release an EP
Why is an MPC 1k/500 worth it?
>>64461213 is this it?
>>64442976
>>64451550
>>64455153
>>64454910
>>64454555
>>64458478
>>64458690
>>64458798
Please quit
>>64453100
Just barely missed the mark due to lack of chordal/melodic structure. Flylo attacks this style with actual finesse, you just threw together random senseless shit. Listen to some TSURUDA too, he's the better version of flylo. Learn from them.
>>64453377
>>64459774
Car commercial tier
>>64458015
If you want crits don't post soundcloud links faggot
>>64460399
Muddy as fuck. Also extremely boring and uninteresting.
>>64461582
edgy
>>64461582
thanks 4 the valuable feedback
>>64461228
Unless you sample vinyl daily, absolutely fucking not.
>>64461630
>>64461618
>Everyone pretty please please please give crits <3333 I reeeallllyyy need some help with this!
>gives feedback
>YOU FUCKING EDGY FAGGOT MY MUSIC IS ONEOFAKIND!!! KILL YOURSELF
To think I use to wonder why these threads always go to shit...
>>64461582
Thanks.
>>64461788
i said neither of those things
How do I stop my synth leads from getting really fucking distorted when I'm adding chords larger than a triad?
>>64461788
i didnt even post any of those you just sound edgy
>>64461839
>leads
>chords larger than a triad
>chords
whut
>>64462447
I'm butchering terminology I know but I'm making a future bass type beaf, just trying to emulate flume right now so I can learn some production.
So the chord progression for it sounds good using a piano preset, but when I flip it to a synth preset it gets muddy as hell.
And don't get me started on sidechaining it.
>>64440694
If you've got that rising synth sidechained to the kick (sounds like it but maybe it's just a looping sample that happens to cut there) I'd turn that effect back a little bit because it's kind of intense compared to what comes after it. That's just my preference though.
>>64462447
As in I'm trying to apply semester one music theory and its not sounding as expected.
>>64461582
xD worthy
>>64461788
no one said that, and you didn't give criticism. Bye.
>>64461582
cring'd
>>64461826
>>64461921
>>64462990
>>64463141
tfw some plugins actually have a link on the gui
>>64462990
he did give criticism. it just wasn't constructive
Anything cool I can download into Audacity?
>tfw you come back to this thread and realize your hard work has paid off and your sound design, conceptual structure and arrangement ability has moved far beyond the pseudos of /prod/
that or i'm having a particularly delusional month
>>64463737
>Anything cool I can download into Audacity?
>download
>not sampling records
k e k
>>64464197
I believe you mr.frogposter. These threads always give me loads of encouragement as well.
However, might we get a gander at some recent work so you can back up that claim?
>>64464260
this
>>64464260
it's all unmixed right now because i'm waiting until i have an ep's worth of content so i can push it to a label. i don't want anyone to get the wrong idea.
my advice to all of you (unlike that faggot telling people to quit) is never to give up on the dream. constantly seek out new methods. we're all gonna make it, you just have to work hard bros.
What's the best reverb plugin?
>>64464414
valhalla
>>64464414
read the fucking thread shitwit
>>64464418
its really good and its cheap
>>64464430
I'm sorry pham
>>64464418
>>64464443
thanks!
any mixing tips on how to get massive drums?
>>64463318
imagine being the kind of person who goes around being a douche on purpose and then patting themselves on the back when people react to it because "hurr muhfeelings ur just offended XD"
>>64464566
Compress the shit out of them and use make-up gain.
A little reverb never hurts either.
https://clyp.it/1e2yvkbi
Does this sound ok?
>>64455082
I love the neve preamps we use. Just click in the gain dial to turn on phantom
>>64463318
you better be cunt
>>64464824
Pretty chill. Where is that vocal sample from?
>>64461582
>car commercial tier
literally telling me my music has potential to be profitable
really appreciate that m8
Is there a simple reverse vst
>>64460399
Try not using Gross Beat presets. Sticks out like a sore thumb.
https://clyp.it/rt4xqcdk
This is my latest work in progress.
Would appreciate your thoughts on it. Do you like it so far? What should I add? Other melodies? Production clean enough? Does the bass sound out of tune sometimes?
thx senpai
>>64464331
good spirit, anon.
I believe you.
>>64464331
I woke up this morning, chuckled at quitfag, then got to work. Fuck'em.
Lads, I'm switching from FL to Ableton and I found a problem.
As I pirated it, I made exclusions on the proper folders, then ran the patch with admin rights (no internet connection). I think I did everything right.
Thing is when I open the program it tells me I need to register, yadda yadda. And I can't save my shitty tracks.
Is there something I'm missing?
>>64461228
Some people really hate using computers. I guess if I worked in an office doing Excel spreadsheets all day, I might not want to make beats on a computer. But I think a computer with a midi pad controller is probably my preference.
>>64435048
What format does clyp stream as anyway? I upload most of my WIPs in .wav anyway.
>>64435633
Maybe as an intro to some sort of clean shit but good god I have no idea why you put all of that over the top
>tfw soundcloud follower count reaches 6
we're all gonna make it lads
>>64455153
If you can, try to scale back some of the bow noise. No idea what samples/VIs you're using so don't know if thats an option.
>>64460399
Nice, I like it. Drum sounds could use a bit of work and maybe don't go so full on with the right side pan on that sample halfway through, sounds a bit too unnatural.
>>64461788
Because they want a critical response, not some non-contributing fuck just telling people to quit. Either say why its bad so they can improve or fuck off.
>>64470279
Cool shit. I wouldn't add much else lest you run the risk of muddying the mix.
