how do I make the bass sound that comes in at about 00:15?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpZVPSCv79U

any tips on EQing midi keys to get the sort of sound that comes in here?
I'm just using FL Keys and I've turned down all the velocity but the keys are so bass heavy. can anyone help me out?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1QAM9rq1PA
at about 1:28

>>63799955
See senpai, the reason why you're having issues is because that's not the same kind of piano you're using. More like Rhodes piano or organ. I'm going to hook you up with a Soundfont.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/581w1ld5orss3pm/jRhodes3b-stereo-aut%20EDIT.sf2?dl=0

Use the loudest velocities you can on the low keys and you'll get the growl.

dream live hardware setup?
for me it would be a roland sp404/mpc1000 with the bigger screen addon thingie/tascam portastudio for ambient stuff and arturia minibrute i guess all going into a mackie mixer

bumno

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I downloaded this http://rutracker.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5052778
And got pic related.
I have no idea how to install this in Kontakt.
Help.

>>63800224
>https://www.dropbox.com/s/581w1ld5orss3pm/jRhodes3b-stereo-aut%20EDIT.sf2?dl=0
wow this is great! anywhere I can find some free choir soundfonts?

>>63800830
Have you tried googling "free choir sound don't" and yst going through the results?

I've been experimenting in fl studio for the past couple weeks trying to make some ambient for fun in between classes, but I've run into a bit of a hurdle. I'm not really sure how Tim Hecker or guys like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QW2x7jjUPRs&list=PLKtI6DyKnYmNSmdMh8rUZBpxtkf_lKMv4
make this like... Glass sound? It's this sort of cold filling silence kind of sound, not really sure how to describe it. From what I read on wikipedia, Hecker made his using like slowed down organ sounds he recorded or something. Is there any way to make it with synths because it doesn't make sense that every ambient artist has their own pipe organ they play with.

>>63801660
>Is there any way to make it with synths because it doesn't make sense that every ambient artist has their own pipe organ they play with.
you could just use a church organ emulation, bounce to audio and stretch the audio.

Look at a piece of software called SPEAR. it's great for infinity stretching sounds without degradation purely because it analyses the sound and then recreates it with frequencies. you can change and cut each frequency. SPEAR makes these kinds of sounds.

>>63801714
Oh okay sweet, I'll play around with it. Happen to have any recommendations for church organ emulation too?

>>63801793
afraid not, mine are within my DAW

with spear you don't "open" a sound file. you go to edit - analyse sound

god dammit i just fell for the april fools rhythm roulette

https://clyp.it/yg5f1eob
Rate?

>>63800814
You either go in to the libraries tab > add library if it's a compatible library,

or you go into files tab and search where the NKI files are for your nord stage, right click the blank screen on the right to bring up the quickload menu and drag the NKI file into the quickload menu for later use.

>>63802154
Sounds like trash. The synth that comes on at the end is completely out of key for the rest of the song. There isn't anything interesting about it, start from scratch.

>>63802154
Nothing there worth salvaging. Sorry senpai.

http://www.jamorigin.com/products/midi-guitar/

can any of you lads hook me up with a torrent for MIDI Guitar 2? I tried the demo and this shit works pretty damn well, but the only torrents I can find are for version 1.

thoughts on the op 1 synth from people who have used them? Considering getting one as my first piece of standalone equipment

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/prod/ is so dead.
Bumping with shit music
https://clyp.it/awlou4hr

any comments on this?
Pad consists of 5 voices, I don't layer stuff often

https://clyp.it/qalpi0b5

What does prod use for glassy PPG wave type sounds?

I'm looking for something like the sound that enters at 3:38
http://youtu.be/zWJqaVqi8Ik

since /prod/ is ded, I'll shitpost with PPG wave, my synthewaifu

http://youtu.be/zu0EsapgHfA

What is your synthewaifu /prod/? Synths you already own/use do not count, as waifus are unattainable in reality, just like the PPG wave.

I got the VC2A, VC76 and VC160 compressors with Komplete 10 and was wondering how they work, what are their attack and release times? I get that 2A is variable, but generally, does it clench down on transients or does it enhance them? What about the others?

>>63805397
And let's just take the VC76 as another example. NI's website says they "work well on drums, vocals and stereo limiting". Apparently it has a very fast attack, so it compresses the transients... why would it be good for drums then? From what I understand, it's generally in your interest to preserve the transients in rhythm instruments. I'm a bit confused. There seem to be information that contradicts my beginner notion of "two categories of compression: transient-enhancer and leveler".

>>63803401
>https://clyp.it/qalpi0b5
ease up a little on what sounds like bitcrushing, overall sound is pretty good though.
opinions? started mixing this about an hour ago. not got far yet but hey it's there for a listen to whoever wants to.

it's rough as balls though. will be better by tomorrow.

https://clyp.it/k2c2qqvb

>>63801714
i love you for that spear thing m8

>>63805529
don't mention it. when my lecturer first showed me it 3 years back i felt blessed. he did his PHD on microsound so he's boned up on all the weird as fuck software.

>>63805566
not that guy who asked for it though, do you know anymore stuff like this?

>>63805576
>>63805576
Well I didn't go down the same route as him. I did sound design/Foley.

It's nothing like SPEAR but there's a very unusual but cool plugin called "crazy Ivan". It's my go to to create warping or like "sci fi" sounds or pulses. Also check out one called "Buff Rice". It's kind of shit and I never use it but it can make some nice sounds.

Fracture By GlitchMachines is great for robotic or unusual sounds. Used that a bunch

>>63799898
It's hard to tell how to get it exactly, because we don't know what kind of processing happened on the mix and the master (or at least I don't). But, as far as getting that sort of techno pluck sound, you're gonna want to use your filter envelope, starting partially open and decaying closed quickly. Sounds like it's probably some combination of square waves and possibly sine waves to give it more low end. Also, the sound has a bit of a punch at the beginning which can be achieved using the pitch envelope. There's some delay on it as well.

>>63805718
thanks a whole lot, luv ya

>>63806294
no worries dude.

i've got loads of random plug-ins, i'm actually at the pub right now so can't look through my computer.

however ZAP is good. just look up "free vst/au plug-ins"

always good for inspiration.

i used a mellotron with a violin patch and put it through a bitcrusher and reverb. it sounds too distorted. i wish i could get the hang of tweaking the gain and filter bands a bit more. where should i start on fixing?

https://clyp.it/zkwqd5s3

>>63806383
here's another piece. similar layout.

https://clyp.it/k10ohazr

this is the last song on my album, to give context, but yea idk its missing something idk what help /lunga/ bros

https://clyp.it/cwwmg5jg

obviously not mastered/mixed btw.

bamp

>>63807204
i like it, whats your soundcloud?

https://clyp.it/pj0dx3fv

do you think the chord progression is used too much?

>>63801485
Yes but I'm lazy

>>63805481

Compressors, when used with percussion, tend to be used not to enhance transients as such, but to balance them with the decay portion of the sound (that's kinda what you meant though, I get it), a fast attack will bring the transient part of the drum sound down in level probably quite sharply and will enhance the decay too (since you can adjust gain reduction to be less as the decay, er...decays) and if it's a really fast attack it'll do this without softening the attack of the percussion hit - we usually allow transients through because compressors traditionally do not react quickly enough to control them, they sort of "round" the peak and it sounds unnatural but if we had a fast enough attack this effect would be less noticeable.

We'd then have more control over the transient/decay balance and since the decay carries a lot of the more of the resonance of the percussion sound we would have a tonal tool, rather than simply a dynamics control.

>>63808578
https://soundcloud.com/pixelations

Jesus, /prod/ is really dead recently.

Anyway, looking for some feedback on this song
https://clyp.it/tgghlaw5

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https://clyp.it/gbnscwyv

>tfw i didn't thikn it was gonna spike that bad
>tfw shit im deaf

Does anyone know how to make a bass like the bass in these tracks? It's probably really simple but I can't figure it out

https://soundcloud.com/eightxnights/kingsxof

https://soundcloud.com/eightxnights/xu-gaze

I'm pretty sure it's a combination of saturation and (maybe) compression with a short attack and release?

I've tried messing around with saturation, compression, distortion, limiters and clipping but I haven't been able to get it to sound like in the track,

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https://clyp.it/q210q0wq
Just did a rough mix of this track last night, gonna be working on it again soon, any suggestions would be nice


>>63811932
It's ok, I'd suggest doing something with that crash cymbal though, it sounds like a really bad library sound, some variation on the velocity and maybe some effects and eqing would help push it into the background a bit, also, maybe using 2 or three samples in stead of just one

Would you guys like to share samples/packs? I got a bunch of them from splice and quite a few credits left over.

>>63812213
>obey the internet of false idols
2edgy4me

https://clyp.it/v33vhiod

thoughts on this early stages beat?

>>63814275
>https://clyp.it/v33vhiod
needs more variation in the drums if you ask me.
literally A beat at this point.

>>63812213
leave it like that, add lo-fi filters, make it sound like Ariel Pink.

Then add some variation, something nice you could do is record some extended rock-sounding vocal lines and use them as background harmony when it starts getting too repetitive.

My computer updated to Windows 10 and it has some kind of auto-EQ going on that's ruining my mixing. I'm about ready to revert back to Windows 7.

>>63814490
variation in the drums I agree. When you say literally A beat, do you mean its boring?

>>63814766

I highly doubt it actually has that.

any one know what nicolas jarr uses for his percussion?

>>63815394
nickles in jars

>>63814869
i mean it contains one beat. the rest of the song has an atmosphere (kinda forget it now b/c i'm sleepy) but i kinda remember it being lush and sorta glitchy? overall not boring.
beat in the singular generic.

>>63815994
ok, thanks for the feedback man

https://clyp.it/y0bvwmob

>he doesnt play with step sequencers

https://clyp.it/ujddpx1z

Any suggestions for the bass? Really out of ideas for it.

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I want to get into music production. Mainly making music that uses many different instruments (from trap beats to acoustic shit).

I want to get a DAW that will have all the tools so I can produce without physical instruments, or at least sketch ideas on my laptop to be made with actual instruments.

>>63817800
Okay. I mean, do you have any questions, or are you just stating things?

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When inspiration strikes and that song you didn't know what the fuck to do with turns into straight fire.

>>63817874
Question.

I would like to get a program that's versatile (can make virtually any track) and completely intuitive (don't have to use any physical instruments.)

I was looking into FL Studio but the plugins and VSTs come up to around $700, which I just can't afford.

>>63817800
If you're planning on later recording shit onto what you made, ableton is great for that. It comes with built in tutorials, proffesionals have made tens of thousands of videos.

It will help you make loops and arrange them into songs, which you can then record tracks into easily. Not to mention it comes with some pretty versatile vsts.

There's definitely no cracked versions of Live 9 that you can download and install pretty easily from tpb. Nope. Not at all.

>>63817976
I'm a bit confused would ableton be an all in one DAW like I mentioned before.

I don't understand the context you're speaking of record in. Do you mean I can make a bassline in ableton and record with an actual instrument later on?

I kinda wanted a DAW that would work as an all-in-one.

For example, I would be able to make a Trap track with VSTs and samples in the DAW and I could do the same in any other genre of music.

>>63818098
yes, you can make a bassline with midi, then record an audio one later on, with a real bass.

You can make anything in midi. You can record audio into it. There are two types of tracks in ableton, audio or midi.

Yes, you can make whatever in ableton. There is a built in sampler so whatever samples you have, you can use. I make all sorts of different music. There are built in instruments of all types, from flutes to cellos to trance leads.

You can do anything in ableton, it's just a matter of learning it and getting the right vsts if there's something you want it doesn't have.

I have 1500 hours in and I definitely don't know it all. Get to work, anon.

>>63818254
that was phrased horribly, but hopefully you get what I meant. Kinda drunk atm

So, what do I do?

Every time I download a software all the switches and shit are so daunting I just end up uninstalling it.
I don't have enough money to hire a producer though (even if I could find one).
I'm a rapper btw.

>>63818600
start with the tutorial videos.If there are none built in, find them on the internet. There is a beginners guide for every major daw.

And really, if you can't find a way to get your ideas down, how are you getting anywhere?

The other option is to just buy premade beats from websites. There are a bunch that freelance producers make.

>>63818937
>The other option is to just buy premade beats from websites. There are a bunch that freelance producers make.
I look through websites, but I think what I want is way too specific to use random beats.
Are there any programs you would recommend? Hopefully something easy to access, I always find getting a keygen difficult.
>And really, if you can't find a way to get your ideas down, how are you getting anywhere?
Huh?

>>63819074
I appreciate your true and utter zeal. I know a lot of people who are intuitives love fruity loops because you can just fuck around and come out with something cool at a certain point.

I love ableton because I am an analytical kind of person. Build it from the ground up, micromanaging, kind of musician. But really, the easiest, most user friendly DAW, is garage band.

I didn't have to get a keygen with ableton. tpb has you covered if you can follow directions.

>>63819157
>I didn't have to get a keygen with ableton. tpb has you covered if you can follow directions.
Is TPB even still up? I switched over to Kickass a while ago.
I'll try Ableton, but I can't use Garage Band unless I have a Mac, right?

>>63819381
No clue, honestly. I've given you all I can, anon. The rest is between you, god, and a search engine.

Where the fuck do you find cracks at?
Google is literally fucking useless. I just want a fucking 303 VST for my Mac. Why are all the 303 VSTs like 200 fucking dollars? There is no reason that there shouldn't be a free one for Mac by now. It's complete bullshit.

>>63820146
rutracker.org has most everything

its in russian so use google translate

>>63820165
rutracker is for downloading albums and shit.

>>63820185
bruh

if its at least a fairly well known plugin, rutracker is likely to have it and it will have plenty of seeders

rutracker is always the first place I check for plugins and it has a fucking shit ton of them

>>63820349
Literally searched every 303 VST I could think of on rutracker and nothing came up.

>>63820416
Also I don't know what 303 plugin you're looking for but here's one

http://rutracker.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4869687

says it works for osx, but I haven't tried it myself

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>>63820435
>>63820416
and here's the newer version. tested it out, works. pic related
http://rutracker.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5151170

keygen/activation code for some reason is some russian gibberish without any numbers, so I had to get the code from a different download

Name: TEAM R2R

code: WVPZPJ-UZDJH-CFXWC-HXYNUV

>>63820819
actually nevermind. It says its activated but then just runs in demo mode, and then asks for activation when I close/reopen. I'll see if I can get it working

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>>63820857
>>63820416

okay got it working 100%. Lemme know if you want to know how, cause its a little confusing and I don't know if you're even here anymore

>>63814521
Yeah, I'm gonna make room for another vocalist on that track, maybe some verses as well

>>63820435
>>63820819
>>63821067
Windows version where?`

>>63822381
here you go
http://rutracker.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5145565

Before you install it: in order for the activation code to work, you have to block www.audiorealism.se in your host files. If you don't know how, learn:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HtODhWg_YA

>>63822453
I know about the host file.
I can still access the webpage though... oh well, it's not big of a deal.
I make my 303s in Serum and it works for me.

>>63822546
I'd help you but I don't really know how to do it on windows so I dunno what you could have done wrong

anyone ever successfully cracked u-he satin for mac? it always ends up asking for a registration code etc.

>>63822605
Nah, it's okay.
Clyp related, 1 minute in Serum
https://clyp.it/ceia0gss

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Note to self: never go to reddit.

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I just started messing around with music a little while ago. I don't want to be the next big producer making electronic dance or whatever I mostly just want to play with musical composition and create soundtracks for things for fun, maybe chip tune or orchestral stuff with a lot of emotional kick to it, just stuff in that ball park.

I was wondering if you guys have any tips for practicing or getting the hang of this stuff because being this newbie tier hurts my soul.

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>>63805344
>What is your synthewaifu /prod/?

Probably the ARP 2600

Haven't looked recently, but saw one listed about 10 years ago for $5000 local pick up only on eBay (Sydney, Australia)

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Here's 3 recent things I've been playing around with recently. https://clyp.it/stpx3amn

Which is best? What do you like about each one? What's bad about them?

>>63805344
My synthwaifu would be the buchla 200e. Been messing about with one recently.

>>63807204
Are you on ableton? How did you get that skipping effect on the synth?
Am Newguy btw

>>63818600
I'd make beats and shit for you for a little bit of money.

>>63824547
There are much better production subreddits than edmproduction

>>63825737
recommend some please anon

Which bundle of FL is best? I plan on making synth/slasher wave

I don't plan on using much hardware but looking for a good midi keyboard and pad

Also I see alot of electronic artists using mixers with their laptops. Are they running each track through a separate mixer channel?

Hey guys I never post in these threads and i'm not sure if this is the place but i'll try anyway.

I just want to know where to I start with making electronic music like Flylo? Like what equipment do I need. I'm playing various instruments and I have a lot of ideas, mostly of rhythms that I want to make but I don't really know how because I have literally zero equipment. So I will really appreciate it if some of you guys can help me.

I mean how do I make stuff like those?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ScYz9sNaQk

speaking of course more about the techincal side of stuff. Like how can I get all those sounds he's using? what software and stuff. Also what's the best way to learn it? Like I said before i'll really appreciate your help.

Also what are some other modern artists like Flylo that this really spacey rhythmic music using electronic setup?

man I on recommendation of a lot of people I just started messing with Ableton a few days ago but it's missing some basic functionality that you'd expect a DAW to have:

1. Auto-save? Like seriously? That's one of the first things that should've been on there.
2. 32bit plugin support on 64bit Ableton. All my 32 bit plugins work fine on my 64bit FL Studio, why the hell do you need to download a separate program to get them to work on Ableton?
3. What the fuck no vst3 support? It's like they're deliberately trying to fuck people over. I'd now have to re-install like 20 vsts and re-authorize them (which is a pain) because Ableton requires vst2.

I might just go back to FL Studio, it's much better.

And I haven't even started with the interface, jesus. While the layout is fine, it's just ugly as fuck.

Why are Kontakt samples so big?
I was searching for some orchestral VSTs but seems that for getting anything decent I'd have to have a huge library of samples like Spitfire's Albion and the likes? Is there nothing lighter?
How do you menage your sounds and projects in relation to disk space?

>>63826133
its all sampling my man, welcome to a long and often thankless journey, but when you get your head round it, it gets easier. please be aware you will suck for months possibly years though. all you need right now is a computer and a DAW pretty much all edit audio and have in built samplers etc. try stuff out on there and if you want to get some hardware think about a MPC, Maschine or sp-404 etc. essentially just real versions of your DAW's samplers.

but yeh the main thing to bear in mind is it will take along time to get your head round and flylo is the kind of guy who adds an awful lot of extra textures and sounds to his beats, more so than a lot of hip-hop producers, but definitely just start out by playing with samples, chopping them up, rearranging them thinking how you can manipulate them and use them creatively etc.

>>63827265
Excuse my retardation but what exactlay is a DAW? And do I have make in built samplers?

I really know nothing about it. If you mind just explaining everything like you would to a 5 year old it'll be awesome. Because I really know about it like a 5 year old does.

>>63827825
>And do I have make in built samplers?
I meant
"How do I get built in samplers"

>>63827825
>http://mu-sic-production.wikia.com
you should start with reading our wiki, should cover most of the basic stuff

>>63828452
ok thanks this seems like what I need

Difference between VSTs and sampler + sample tanks: one processes the sound of an instrument manipulating the pitch while the other has a recording for every single note of an instrument? Is this right?

>>63828634
No, Vsts can be samplers or synths or effects. A synth generates every note based on the settings you enter, a sampler with a sample library like kontakt would have recordings of every note at different velocities and articulations depending on the library.

>>63825381
I played one once, it was magical.

>>63828776
What I mean was an instrument, the ones that weight something like 10 mb
Yeah, I was thinking about Kontakt

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Hey /prod/ i tried to make dalek-like again after a long time and i'm moderately satisfied and a bit lost

https://clyp.it/c1psosqk

What do you think of it? I think clyp degraded it a bit but well...
Also Absence a best

best mic for vocals/sampling objects around the house for ~200 dollars?

>>63830509
If you already have a phantom power source, get the AT2020. Not a fantastic mic, but it does what it says on the box, and gets the job done. I have a pair I use as "beaters". If that's too cheap for you, then I recommend researching mics yourself, because there's a shitload of mics around $200.

>>63804511
Still trying to figure out how to make this sound at 3:38. Any help is appreciated

https://soundcloud.com/aaaaaalexander/turning-off

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>>63830509
Pretty cheap is the
rode nt1a
At2020 is okay but nothing special. Very brittle
Low level sontronics microphones are great.
Behringer if you're really saving pennies

I'm just looking to buy a Helios soon. About £600 though. Used one on some vocal work and it was pretty smooth

Synth/VST question here

Are there any free VSTs available that are actually decent? Or would I be better off just shelling out a little bit of dosh for a synthesizer?

Space is an issue at the moment and I use Ableton if that matters any.

>>63826247
And now you know why people call it Unableton.

>>63826951
>Why are Kontakt samples so big?
Because they're high quality and there's a lot of them.

i started to make my own synths instead of using presets, am i doing an alright job at making a hip hop beat? can i please get some feedback, it is really appreciated even if you really dislike it

https://clyp.it/scz1xnxh

and a work in progress https://clyp.it/it1y5dfc

>>63832135
there a ton of free vsts, crystal and triple cheese are both good

>>63830365
pretty dope stuff, good stuff

>>63832760

Don't let anyone tell you presets are bad. Presets are great, of course you alter the shit out of them, but they're there to get a base sound and get rid of the hassle of doing it all yourself when it's right there.

Again, using base presets will prob yield shit results, but they're a good base point.

>>63825511
Fl studios. I assume you mean the choir? use a step sequencer or something like gross beat

I used it here too

https://clyp.it/y0bvwmob

idk who newguy is, hi newguy

>>63832891
oh okay thank you for the advice, i appreciate it. am i doing okay at making beats, those clyp.it links are just things ive made in the past week. much thanks

>>63832866
Thanks anon

How would I go about getting the reverse affect on a synth in fl studios?

the synths in alchemy btw

>>63832760
anyone willing to give feedback?

feedback on this WIP senpai?
https://clyp.it/kip4tqrj