Just deleted 4 years worth of my music edition
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how do i get that glistening on the bass?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KSOMA3QBU0
Anyone got any tips on how to actually finish a song? I have hundreds of unfinished ideas on my hard drive
>>64141948
>Just deleted 4 years worth of my music
like the phoenix anon, you will rise from the ashes and be musiclaly reborn
>>64142021
glistening? you mean that resonant sorta ringing thing? it sounds like 2nd and 3rd harmonics have a but or sustain on just them. but idunno, it sounds annoying to me, could just be the song overall tho that's chapping my auditory cortex
>>64142625
i have this problem too. lemmy know if you figure it out.
Dont know what to do with this - any suggestions? https://clyp.it/ptlx3iup
>>64143403
>https://clyp.it/ptlx3iup
everything except that last part
https://clyp.it/f5f2yfzv
what genre would this be considered besides pop?
>>64144205
also the first bit of this is in 8th note swing and the second half isn't. does anyone know a way of transitioning back to 8th note swing without it sounding awkward?
what kind of filter would I run drums through for this sound
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqN5UYEKT8g&index=2&list=PL6127345AE280CB23
>>64145229
layer a duplicate track with the low end dropped out, distortion and a vocoder. automate the formant on the vocoder and the base of the distortion
>>64141948
I'm looking for good sample packs. My recent favorite is the Cymatics Death Drums.
>>64145833
what genre are you interested in making?
https://clyp.it/lzupcp0h
what im working on idk
>>64145959
bongos sampled from where
>>64146084
they're not from a song, I programmed them
>>64146197
"sure"
>>64146516
you never know, maybe he's got a buchla
>>64146516
>>64146784
they're still samples, but they're not from anywhere.
Join /prod/ discord, etc.
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https://clyp.it/lxu4oga1
I just spent 10 hours mastering, is it fine? Maybe some more widening?
I want to make some sweet EDM/dupstep like Excision. Im thinking of buying a launchpad. Which one is good?
>>64142824
I delete every song I finish
>>64148369
beautiful
>>64149472
really? I don't think its my best, lol. Any critiques?
>>64149899
can you take a look at my clip I want to see how shitty my mixing actually is
anybody know any good alternatives to be able to record "What U Hear" if your card doesnt support stereo mix
What's the best ProTools reverb plugin around?
>>64149899
The song is pathetic. If you heard that having never heard it, would you say 'yes' and download it?
How do I get an aggressively crunchy, crusty sound like older KFC Murder Chicks tracks?
pls give feedback
https://clyp.it/4g4nqnjf
>>64152073
Soundflower for Mac and Virtual Audio Cable for Windows.
I bet y'all cowards can't even withstand this much piano cheese
https://clyp.it/wkab4xgs
Memes aside i'm trying to get used to some piano libraries on kontakt, opinions both about the sound and the composition?
>>64154041
Is this trap-influenced jarre?
It's quite good but i think it would benefit from having more things happening for that duration
>>64148369
Imo that mastering is quite good
>>64145959
>>64146084
I'm also interested in these bongos
The beats is quite nice i would mix the bongos a bit higher
what scales beside the minor give a kind of gloomy feeling to them?
>>64154412
>Is this trap-influenced jarre?
I have no idea who that is.
>It's quite good but i think it would benefit from having more things happening for that duration
Thanks, but would you say the same thing if there was vocals over it? I didn't want too many things going on, as I think it would sound overproduced if it had a rapper on it.
>>64154844
Phrygian mode, gypsy scales, turkish/arabic maqams
>>64141948
A bunch of those links in the pastebin haven't been working for at least a month
How do I make my vocals sound like Midna from twilight princess?
>>64154953
thanks ill try playing around with them
>>64154910
>Thanks, but would you say the same thing if there was vocals over it?
No i don't think so
I was a bit meming about jean-michel jarre but these are top tier t b h
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nz1cEO01LLc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kbazRhuhd8
>>64154412
Mastering guy here. It depends on what sound you're going for. This sounds like it almost performed live in a room (plate verb? Idk), which is nice to me. Composition is nice but stereotypical, now don't get confused, stereorypical can be good. Who doesn't wanna listen to a nice piano melody that doesn't try to be all wacky or obscure?
Basically, it's nice.
I'm making EDM type stuff (don't judge pls it's not too shitty), how do I make a kick sound that properly stands out in the mix? I know a lot of it's in the mixing and mastering
I'm not a complete nub, I don't really have trouble with this for other genres
https://clyp.it/sqnhqdg3
M E M E
>>64155507
Sidechaining
>>64155021
Look up how they did it.
>>64149108
Don't buy a launchpad unless you're performing.
alright reposting from old bread
>what's a good program to combine a shitty picture with my music for uploading it to youtube? Movie Maker always crashed for some reason, I just want something that doesn't compress the audio and has a small footprint (=no overkill stuff like ae)
>>64155507
sidechain stuff to the kick, layer 2 different kicks, one for the low end boom, one for top end
>>64155023
make sure to detune your notes slightly if you're using maqams, their sound is defined by those slightly 'blue' notes.
most DAWs should be able to do this, they measure fine tuning in 'cents' or 'cent'
Most maqams have 2 or 3 notes slightly retuned, either up or down by about 25 cents (but you can use 20 or 30 of your DAW only does 10 cent increments)
So for example segah maqam would be:
F, G(flat 30cents), G#, A(sharp 30 cents), B, C, D(flat 30 cents).
I used this in a song once, pretty easy to use, just like a normal scale only more spicy
pic is from
http://www.hinesmusic.com/What_Are_Makams.html
https://youtu.be/h7JXOzjO4xY?t=4m36s
>DONT FORGET REGGAE FOR DA RASTAMAN
>>64149219
Why would you delete anything? If you're going to be in production, you have to realize you're never going to be Brian Wilson. I can definitely sympathize with being a perfectionist, but if it gets to a point where you're just deleting songs, that's ridiculous. Keep them for later, maybe you could come back to them in a few months or so and remaster them with new things you've learned and make them sound better, maybe you could use the songs for samples, or anything. Why anybody would get rid of their own music is beyond me. You could even just keep the stuff to listen to, you may be kicking yourself later.
I have such an attachment to my music, even if it's bad, someone deleting a song feels like someone burning the Mona Lisa. It's all art, just hang on to it.
can anyone hook me up with a sample pack of drums that are super clean
I don't need them to be compressed and eq'd or anything just not distorted and overly aggressive like most vengeance packs
like you would hear in a commercial pop record i guess
I need a sampler
pic related is absolutely the tits, expensive but seems to be worth it
is there anything that even comes close to it?
I want to be able to chop/manipulate samples on the box
is maschine+ableton more capable/easier to use?
I am not against carrying a laptop for performing, but at the same time, a laptop can and will crash more than an elektron box
any suggestions? thx
>>64157889
Did you grab the Dr Luke drums?
>>64156304
hi poly long time no see
>>64156247
i'm actually interested in that
>>64155207
Thanks a lot anon
>>64158314
shit i didn't know he put out a pack
bless you anon
maybe one day ill get to rape kesha too
>>64158442
>maybe one day ill get to rape kesha too
Court found no evidence of it, senpai. If it happened, she definitely should not have lied under oath and should have brought it up to the police as soon as possible. As of how things stand, she just thought it was what it would take to get Sony to let go and she was fucking wrong.
>>64158442
>he put out a pack
he didn't, someone leaked it on twitter
it's not confirmed that they're actual Dr Luke samples, but they are of extremely high quality anyway
>>64158465
i was joking m8
>>64158495
well it's great regardless these samples are exactly what i was looking for
>>64158465
good thing we have internet psychics like you to tell everybody what's what. people should just submit their grievances to you instead of the legal system
Is the Focusrite 2i2 good for recording bass guitars?
>>64158495
Are they just drums or all sorts of rhythms instruments? can you post it?
https://clyp.it/w5wbk1yo
>>64159416
I know right? Otherwise we'd just have to go by feelings, that are so much more important than evidence.
>>64157855
i have 10 years of projects that i have never once gone back to
>>64160361
Remember kids, there's literally no such thing as "getting away with it". If you are found legally innocent, there is a 0% chance you did it
>>64160897
Why, let's put people in jail over he said/she said. You're literally raping me with those comments.
>>64157938
>is maschine+ableton more capable/easier to use?
Yes. I mean what's your reasoning behind using this when I'm pretty sure any daw's sampler is infinitely better and a lot more customizable. Any decently specced laptop will hold up just fine.
Finally got my amazon shit figured out (asshole white trash neighbors stole my package). They're shipping my behringer vibrato overnight.
My plan is to hack up my gigging organ to have true frequency vibrato.
Hello guys, sorry for an amateur question, I don't frequent these threads and I'm sort of a beginner with more serious production.
I use FL Studio (huehue) and I wanted to ask how I would achieve a dirtier sound, such as the one Burial has (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHtNPzaHO7k). It sounds underproduced and I like the sound. Of course I tried sticking reverb and filters and shit to the mix but I really don't know what I'm doing. What does it have to do with? Compressing? Filters?
>>64162455
i think distortion is what you're looking for
>>64162455
Saws on the synths with time amongst other types of distortion added. You really have to build he whole thing around your distorted melody and/or chords.
If you really want to, you can chop up something I did.
https://clyp.it/j344kecq
>>64162795
I see, the drum samples should be distorted as well, right?
In general, how do you avoid having an over-produced or too clean or too FL Studio-like sound?
>>64162856
I'd suggest not having it all lined up "electronically", that you change when the notes come in, like pic related. It makes it feel more human and dirtier. pic related is ableton live just so you dont get confused
I've finished my work for the day and am now accepting compliments
https://clyp.it/0mhiustc
>>64156247
>what's a good program to combine a shitty picture with my music for uploading it to youtube? Movie Maker always crashed for some reason, I just want something that doesn't compress the audio and has a small footprint (=no overkill stuff like ae)
bump
>>64162856
Well It's a step by step process for me so I'll say what I remember
A lot of EQing on each element and the whole composition, listening to things over and over again to make sure each bit sounds dirty enough and whether or not it would support it's counterparts
I also found it helpful to whack each individual thing plus the final piece through a limiter again and again, but at big decibel jumps for the ceiling and gain starting from the bottom working my way up the db numbers. That's just me though.
>>64156247
>>64163036
considering youtube will compress the audio anyways, why not use premiere pro?
>>64159730
>can you post it?
this please
I want those samples
>>64141948
Ok guys, I want to make classical/orchestral music. I fell for the FL meme and torrented it, what do you think is the best DAW, should I stick with FL or download another one?
Music theory, what is the best book or maybe youtube videos on music theory that I can watch to get good?
Programs, what are the best programs to get a realistic sounding orchestral sound (bla bla you will never get sound as good as the real one, don't care)
>>64163384
for the music theory part id suggest finding something that teaches you intervals
>>64163384
You performing live? Use Ableton. If not FL is fine. Use kontakt samples. They sound nice and with some vallhalla reverb can sound amazing. Learn to not quantize everything and to have varying degrees of (I'm in class and forgot the word but here's a substitute word) volume hits.
Also, bassoon
>>64163000
jokes aside can i get some feedback on this?
>>64162455
Cut out high end, don't excite things. Use distortion and bit crushing. Burial is so simple desu I don't get the appeal and yet almost everyone in here tries to rip off his sound. Maybe because it is so simple.
Would you like some burial samples? I could try to find the pack I have.
>>64163647
I have only toyed around with FL studio thus far.
I'll check out Kontakt ty.
>>64163742
Will you be here in an hour? I can tell you the sample libraries I love.
>>64163262
>>64159730
I assume you're talking about these, I've browsed through them and they are really nice.
https://mega.nz/#!sY1SyQKQ!yegd9_ZdTNI_obNT0CI0fIipPcDGCBepYupuflyGuU8
>>64161561
>Why, let's put people in jail over he said/she said
no stupid, my argument was that you shouldn't assume she just wanted out of a contract and cried rape just because he wasn't convicted
>>64164199
Will you two get a room
>>64164199
>defending kesha on /mu/
>>64164199
literal retard
After all these "years" (because I've been making music on and off for a while. I'm inconsistent as shit) I just realized that I finally got like 4 or 5 beats I wouldn't be embarrased by if I showed them to people.
all I need now is a shitty struggle rapper and we can put out the most avarage EP of all time nigga we made it
what does dr luke for synths
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqIvR2ligoo
>>64165088
probably not a vst
>>64141948
Production is stupid. Get yourself an acoustic guitar and jam out some real tunes!
>>64165342
Im sure now-a-days you can recreate his shit with a vst and enough mixing
>>64164218
>>64164235
>>64164251
you all raise excellent points, and so verbosely
>>64165354
but i can load up several different acoustic guitars in ableton
>>64164909
Are you really okay with wasting your beats for a shitty rapper? You can still make a instrumental EP or something.
>>64165497
lol that part wasn't serious don't worry.
>>64163764
Post it all, I check this thread all day.
>>64163000
good so far but sounds like there's a lot still to do friend, i cant give much feedback on that other than develop it some more
is there any house/techno people in here? anything anyone been working on lately?
my evening's session https://clyp.it/yxzo0gm3
>>64163000
well, you got dubs _and_ trips...
Is there an easy way to match tempo with samples in FL Studios. I do it through a backwards retarded way that takes a good 3 mins for EACH fucking .wav
pls help
>>64166504
>Is there an easy way to match tempo with samples in FL Studios
yeah
you have to download Ableton Live 9 Suite.exe and install it
>>64166993
groce
anyone here used a keystation? are the pitch buttons velocity sensitive?
>>64154412
Could I sample this is there anyway I really like the way it sounds
heres my SC so you can message if you can
https://soundcloud.com/brynmorgan
>>64167347
soundcloud shills need to go
>>64163384
if you ask for music theory i assume you can't play keys or aren't really a virtuoso. if that's the case you might give fl studio another chance as it has the best piano roll by far. it's actually laughable how crappy most daws are at midi editing and the best one at it is mocked by some.
Realistic rock/pop/ukulele/house/orchestral/house/insert every genre can be obtained in every daw. fl and quite a few others if not all lack high quality orchestral, you need vst's for that, like kontakt+orchestral libraries. you also need some hdd space for high quality samples.
>>64166141
>https://clyp.it/yxzo0gm3
get some sidechain going and add a little more high end with an eq or multiband compression
>>64155959
this is actually really good.
>>64155959
probably the worst thing I've heard on here so far, congratulations
https://clyp.it/u2v05snv
is this future bass or electro?
i just got an mpk225 and the pads are completely stiff/immobile. they do not travel at all when pushing them, it's like concrete. do they work you plug in/power it up? or do i need to replace the mechanism
>>64168006
can i say, not in a homophobic way, that this has a distinctly gay vibe to it?
>>64168006
its shit
>>64168006
It's Digorno.
Just kidding, it's generic.
>>64168205
I am gay...
>>64168438
Called it
what would happen if I sidechain two of the same tracks into eachother with increased feedback reverb
>>64168540
dude don't do that shit that's dangerous the flux capacitor might blow up right in front of you
>>64168604
don't do itttt you're gonna die
>>64168271
How would i make it not-generic?
>>64168714
modulate shit
>>64168742
modulate what
>>64168770
everything
>>64168770
what the other guy said, literally modulate whatever u think would work
>>64168826
but like everything has modulation. admittedly not much
>>64168948
more
>>64168948
I don't hear much modulation happening desu...
4 on the floor is boring
the mix is bad, boxxy, muddy.
the synth is really grating
>>64168948
never mind found that half the modulators were off, redoing them now
>>64168901
just modulated the long chords in the drop and it's actually much more interesting now, ty
>>64168147
lel, pads generally don't travel, they're touch sensitive
>>64168901
>/mu/ """"""""""""""""producers"""""""""""""""""
>>64169249
>shit"""""posting""""
>>64169179
baka i had no idea. i figured they'd be like soft rubbery square buttons but they're more like...rubber blocks that don't move lol
Is there any equipment that is particularly good for making ambient music?
Just wondering.
So what if I wanted to do a one man band kind of thing when it comes to producing with instruments. What would be the best DAW to incorporate that and what would I need to make it possible
>>64170602
ableton
serum and a good synth emulator
good keyboard skills
midi keyboard
>>64170602
whichever one appeals to you, they can all do multitrack stuff like you're talking about. you'd need an interface with lots of inputs or a mixer and an interface with 2 inputs if you don't care about processing each instrument individually in the daw
>>64145944
I make my own genre really. I'm looking for anything. Perhaps drums that hit or interesting percussion,
>>64170602
r u performing live? use ableton if so
>>64170800
well of course if he's performing Ableton Live he's going to be using Ableton Live...
>>64170685
>>64170700
>>64170800
Ok sweet
>>64170827
shut up
>>64141948
Is it possible to make music similar to this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAv2OgkeBiE
with a daw?
If yes, any suggestion how to start ?
>>64171166
What the hell. I was just listening to this and have been trying to replicate some of the percussion.
You can sample old funk records and stuff, they aren't under any license.
>>64171215
I would dislike to sample other songs because it oftentimes just ends up being the song reimagined, I would rather create new stuff.
>>64171249
that's your fault honestly, you can make an entirely new song out of samples.
>>64145959
>>64154412
You can find bongo samples anywhere. and thanks!
>>64170795
would you rather have organic or electric sounding drums?
What do you guys think?
Did this on logic pro. It's all acoustic instruments except the synth which was the microkorg I got last week.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFOZAOwGEKI
>>64171801
Clyp (dot) it or kys
>>64171971
Sorry what I'm new here. I apologize for my noobish tendencies
https://clyp.it/jgsrqguw
I made this to be the theme of my friends short black comedy film about a clown posting an ad on craigslist and getting assaulted. do you think i caught the mood right?
>>64171166
I made this on a DAW
you'll notice a few similarities with your video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBMIA2jvc1A
Convince me to not buy this sampler.
>>64172823
literally just get a midi keyboard
>>64172895
10/10 response
>>64172823
you can sample at a specified tempo, but not resample at one. so when you're resampling or sampling at a non-specified tempo it will display a whole number as the tempo but there is actually a decimal point you can't see, so loops that say they're the same tempo can go out of sync. you can't record a new sample while another sample is playing (no playing a synth or drums or whatever over a sample and recording it onto a pad). you can only resample up to 4 samples at once, 2 if they're in stereo, and you can't resample a recorded pattern, only playing in real time. the start and endpoint knobs only do fine adjustments of like 100ms, other than that you have to play the sample through and hit the marker button to mark start and end points or exit and re-enter the start/end point menu to keep using the knobs to take off another 100ms. there's also no sampling across multiple pads or dividing an existing sample across multiple pads, so you would have to do what i just mentioned with a longer sample you recorded and keep duplicating it to new pads, unless you were going to stop the audio on whatever you were sampling from and restart it every time you recorded a new sample (also if you were to do this, it forgets the tempo you specified for each new sample). other than that, the pitch and timeshifting just never really sounded that great to me.
I have no clue what I'm doing and I have no equipment but I'm having fun I guess
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