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Drunk edition

>Production Resources:
>Pastebin - Links, books, videos, articles, tutorials and stuff
http://pastebin.com/pYGCLu6q

>/prod/ wiki - still looking for contributors
http://mu-sic-production.wikia.com
There's a severe lack of DAW descriptions in the wiki. If you're good with your tool of choice, consider writing a paragraph about it.

/prod/ IRC is up!
To join, you can go to http://www.rizon.net/chat
Choose a nick, put #/prod/ as channel. Enter!
Or you can get a lightweight desktop client here https://hexchat.github.io/downloads.html

Post clyp.it only. No Soundcloud links.
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"It's obvious to say it, but you need to listen to what you're doing. I remember seeing these charts which would tell you how to EQ your kick drum. Like, "To give it more body, add a peak around 1kHz." I remember trying to follow those charts and not understanding why it wasn't working. No one teaching music technology should use those charts. " - Randomer
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How do you guys make stuff? I've dicked around in ableton here and there but any time I try to start doing something serious, I feel like it's too complicated to do simple things. Like I can't really grasp handling samples. The most I ever do is manually draw in all the individual notes using the sounds in the instruments folder. Would like to be able to progress past that.
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>>65244269
It's all practice man. Just gotta get on it everyday and try and accomplish some kind of goal, whether it be make a complete song or just a good loop. Lately I just start off by making a decent chord progression with a simple synth wave then develop it into an interesting patch and go from there.
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>>65244269
Helps to start with a progression or maybe a synth sound you like. Translate your idea into the DAW of your choice and you'll find the ideas will come naturally, the rest is experience.
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What sample packs do you guys recommend for hip-hop/trap, I cant seem to find one that I like anywhere, and just what sample packs do you recommend in general? thanks
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>>65245355
Check out the lex luger pack on splice, has some good shit. I could probably upload it to filedropper or some shit later if you guys want.
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>>65245376
that would be sweet thanks man
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>>65245993
Alright I'll compress it now and it should be up in a few hours
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Do foam sound absorbers raise the room temperature?
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>>65246252
Not on their own, just think of them as another layer of insulation.
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>>65245355
>>65245993
www filedropper com/lexlugerdrumkit
Here you go bud, all the rap stuff I've done has used these samples for the percussion. You'll obviously still need to play with EQ and effects, but these are a good start.
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>>65246468
Thanks

What is the best way to attach foams to the wall without leaving chunks of glue behind if I decide to remove them
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>>65246548
thank you for taking the time to do that man i appreciate it
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>>65246611
All g, go make some good music with it
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>>65246608
Couldn't tell you, I've never had to remove mine. I would suggest google.
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>>65243268
Hey, I need some advice/help.
I have had an old M-Audio Axiom25 in storage for a couple or so years now. I pulled it out and it's got green shit on all the ports and one of the pots no longer turn.

Would anyone now how I could fix this? I was thinking about calling M-Audio and asking for support but I bought it off eBay and it was a long while ago.
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Dudes i'm consideering buying kontakt ( i can't make my pirated copies work right it's so time consuming ) but does it work with pirated libraries?
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>>65247565
Yes it does. I've run multiple different libraries and patches from torrents and they've all been fine.
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>>65247565
I literally pirated Kontakt this morning

It took me 15 minutes to get working, downloading libraries now
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How can I practice singing if I live in an apartment and don't want to disturb my neighbors? I want to practice by myself.

Is there such thing as a building with loads of small, soundproof studios in for people to use for an hour or two?
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>>65248008
>Is there such thing as a building with loads of small, soundproof studios in for people to use for an hour or two?
You could book a studio room but I wouldn't think it would be worth it. Music schools often have rooms like that, they might let you use them.
Alternatively go somewhere like a park when nobody is around.
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>>65247780
I can't load most of the libraries i've dl'ed for various reasons
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>>65248008

The rehearsal spaces I've worked at have all had vocal booths for singers, usually equipped with music playback, headphone amps and a mic with a preamp with an output that allowed a recording to be taken of your performance - don't expect recording studio mic quality (unless you bring your own if you have one) or great sound isolation (there will be several bands rehearsing nearby in only economically-insulated spaces) but it would be cheaper than a recording studio where you'd have to pay flat rate for the whole studio space even though you're not using it.
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>>65248048
>>65248115
Thanks for the responses. I think using the studio of a local music school is the best short term idea. Do you have any idea how much they cost to rent for an hour?

I'd be better off just moving into a detached house though.
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>>65246252
IF you are acoustically treating a small room you are wasting your time with foam absorbers. They do not absorb bass frequencies which is by far the biggest problem in smaller rooms (less then 2500 cubic ft). Untamed bass freqs can cause nulls up to 30db for some frequencies.

Use Owens Corning 703 or Roxul Safe n Sound (sold at home depot/lowes) to build bass trap panels. Or you can use standard pink fluffy fiberglass in its uncompressed state (but you need to use it over a larger surface area, such as 24in by 24in, due to gas flow resistivity. If using fluffy, do not compress.)
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Will connecting my main speakers into a cheap subwoofer instead of straight into the soundcard distort/change the sound in anyway?
This subwoofer in particular
http://www.thomann.de/gb/swissonic_sub10.htm
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I'd like to start synthesizing my drums and I'm looking for the right VSTs.
a) any general synths you can recommend for the purpose? Should be ~warm~ as all hell and still easy enough that I can run 5-10 instances. I'm looking at Charlatan, Kamiooka and Noisemaker for a start.
b) alternatively, can you recommend any flexible VST drum machines? There was one on BPB recently that I'm vaguely interested in because it doesn't emulate any specific machine, but I dunno if I'm quite sold.
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Here is a handy document that contains absorption coefficient data for various materials. There is a more comprehensive doc out there, but I can't find it right now.

http://www.acoustic.ua/st/web_absorption_data_eng.pdf
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>>65249270
If you are paranoid about this, see if you can find a circuit diagram, and see if it will bypass of all the active circuitry. I suspect it will be, and should be OK.

Personally, I solved this conundrum with a monitor controller. Besides being able to toggle the sub off and on, mono the signal at will, toggle between various pairs of speakers, and set the trim amounts so the alt speakers are all level-matched, all great features.

A monitor controller will also give you an extra layer of protection for avoiding potential disaster with incredibly HOT signals blasting out of your gear if something goes wrong. The volume pot won't let anything through beyond what its set at.

I use the presonus central station, and that costs a lot because it contains a lot of extra features, but there are cheaper options out there ranging from the mackie big knob, to the coleman audio stuff, to the incredibly cheap and simple TC electronic level pilot. I actually was forced into buying a monitor controller because my audio interface (motu 828 mk3) requires you to have one. The signals coming out of that thing would explode your monitors, they assume you will attenuate it with a monitor controller. All in all, super happy that I have one.

I avoided the SPL monitor controller because it doesn't give you trim adjustment for each monitor pair (wtf?).
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>>65249111
I mix in my bedroom at medium volumes. Without carpet because it's very hot, humid and dusty here. There's a bed and wooden furniture around the room. Do you think it needs bass treatment?
I only have JBL305's without a woofer. But I am thinking of getting a small one
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>tfw when cant compose a good melody thats completely original
Fucking kill me, piano was a mistake
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>>65249424
At the very least, a thick pile rug would be a great addition. Bass traps and rug would be even better.
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>>65249458
Thanks. Is there anything under 100eu here that's worth it?
http://www.thomann.de/gb/bass_absorbers.html?oa=pra
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>>65249441
>tfw there's only a finite amount of listenable mellodies
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probably a stupid question but I'm building a PC at the moment and I'd like to produce on both the PC and my mac. Anyone else do this/what kind of problems do you run into?
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>>65249515
If money is a concern, you should seriously consider a cheap build yourself. I was able to spend 60 dollars on 6 2' foot by 3' foot owens corning 703 naked fiberglass panels (in the EU, you may have another brand that is a monopoly), and have enough leftover to purchase the cheap, shitty light weight wood to make the frame, 12 or so dollars for mounting hardware for the wall, and then the next purchase was cheap burlap-like fabric to contain the fiberglass.

This ended up being an-under 200 dollar build that got me 6 large bass traps. Buying premade panels, you would get maybe one or two for that, and sitll require mounting hardware.
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>>65245355
gold baby 808 and the tape 808
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>>65249441
Experiment with non-diatonic scales and chord progressions
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k so last time somebody said the air horn was awkward so i had none of that shit this time and more melody, feedback would be dope as usual my dear internet friends

https://clyp.it/kp0p2wmz
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>>65249996
You dont even know half of it. Im trying to get my 5/4 9 bar g minor fugue melody on point with a switch to c minor at the counter subject and honestly only half of it is sounding good. Not melody but my counterpoint is fucked too
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>>65250086
pretty nice and cute
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>>65246921
bumping for this one
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>>65250086
Pretty cool progression, like the percussion at 0:30. Drop is pretty great, goes in hard. Play with reverbs on the synths early to give it a bit more of a mellow vibe, helps to automate them to give a sense of momentum into the drop.
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>>65250124
Experiment with timbre, dynamics, transients. You don't need to come up with a totally authentic melody. There's nothing really new under the sun. As long as it sounds good and it doesn't remind you of anything else it passes the quality control imo
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>>65246921
This sounds like it was in a high humidity environment and corroded. That would be really bad news, and could be a total replacement.
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>>65250507
Yeah, my problem is im overly experimental because i dont want that studious sound if you know what i mean.
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>>65250605
I know what you mean but the best way to avoid that studious sound is to learn how it works, decipher it through theory, so you can recognize it more easily and move out of its way. But you probably already did that
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>>65250843
Yeah, my problem is really "writers block" in a sense as well as learning music as a subject being one of the worst ideas ever
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>>65251052
Why?
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>>65251166
Poorly paced and something i feel can be learned with ease oitside of a class. I feel music theory can be condensed with ease, however thats just me and others probs enjoyed it.
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how the FUCK do i into drums. are there like drum machine vsts or something?
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>>65251497
>are there like drum machine vsts or something?
yes, but what part of drums are you struggling with?
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>>65251571
Drums beyond rock kits, like timpani etc
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>>65251571
literally everything. i dont even know where to start.
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>>65251497
Yeah there are heaps put there.
If you run FL, there is a VST called FPC, that started out my learning on synthetic drums.
Check out this indie-rock song I made, all the percussion is programmed using Addictive Drums 2.
https://soundcloud.com/christopherterrence-audio/actually-good
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>>65251571
I want to make drums like this the ones in this song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyEFIvB_9DY
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https://clyp.it/luebsikb
I think I'm done with this
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>>65251651
not really my style of music but the drums sound good. thanks ill check the plugin out. do you need pads to use it?
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>>65251714
>https://clyp.it/luebsikb
is this a joke?
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>>65251714
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>>65251792
no
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>>65251762
You don't but it's incredibly flexible.
It has hundreds of drum styles and sounds and you can route it with great manipulation.
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>>65251714
>>65251847
how long have you bean making electronic music?
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>>65251877
about 4 years
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>>65251877
>>65251893
I should elaborate

I spent two years before that making pretty shitty music that's lost to time with lmms and various shit on an ipad

then I got into fl studio 4 years ago, made shitty music on that.

the next year I took a class on music production, which was fairly basic, we used mixcraft

took 4 years of music theory in high school, graduated last week

started lurking /prod/ and making decent shit last year
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>>65251714
structure and sound design are decent. i just feel like the samples don't harmonize in any way. it feels extremely out of key.
it also doesn't help that you have banjo kazooie brass.

but i actually think that after putting some more work in it, you could do something great with this
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>>65252185
ok can you link some of your good music then
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>>65252273
thanks

>>65252291
>the two songs I'm currently proud of
https://soundcloud.com/milklove
>highlights from clyp, mostly messing around
https://clyp.it/g20fudnw
https://clyp.it/bxc1x3ws
https://clyp.it/fralrvj3
https://clyp.it/1k2wvlz0
https://clyp.it/xud1upv5

i'd like to let it be known that I don't usually make trap
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>>65251714
>https://clyp.it/luebsikb

There are several problems with this. The clap is hollow and phasey sounding. The song obviously is bass dominant but it doesn't really make much use of my subwoofer other than the kick, giving the impression that it lacks power. The synth sounds are simple saw/square stuff and come off rather generic (though I don't mind the parts they play). And it sounds small in the sense that it could use more stereo widening/space/air.

Though it gets more interesting as it goes along, so your songwriting isn't bad.
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>>65252557
>https://soundcloud.com/milklove

Solstice b p dope senpai
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https://clyp.it/catgnxpx
thoughts on this? it has been sitting in my projects folder for a long time. just wanna finish it. i'll probably tweak the mix a bit so any feedback on that would be great.
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>>65252917
>https://clyp.it/catgnxpx
boring been done 10000 times before
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>>65253001
>boring been done 10000 times before
so has ur mum but that doesnt stop me or any of the other local vagrants
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>>65252672
thanks for all that feedback, I get what you're saying
time to get some /real/ brass

>>65252745
thanks
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>>65252557
https://clyp.it/xud1upv5 aka 'Uh' and Soulstice are great, fantastic even, but honestly anon, the rest is near crap.
Did these two start from sampling or something? Just the various level of quality you go to and from really interests me so I'm wondering what your approach is, or if you have changed anything over time.
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>>65253074
sloppy drums is real nice too actually.
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>>65253001
what's been done before 10000 times before exactly? i know im not inventing a new genre here but is there something specific you're thinking about?
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>>65253094
thanks :)
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>>65246548
>www filedropper com/lexlugerdrumkit
I love it when people post sample packs I don't have! You're the real MVP.

In return, here's a pretty cool set of vinyl drums.
www filedropper com/vinyldrums
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>>65252917
>>65253154
not him but I agree

same shit all these trill beats chill beats artist do.

Compressed punchy drums that sidechain everything else and some guitar sample.

Do something interesting
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>>65252185
>I spent two years before that making pretty shitty music that's lost to time with lmms and various shit on an ipad
lmms is a fucking joke, why can't linux get its shit together with music production? I can't believe you still can't COPY AND PASTE FUCKING LOOPS in lmms.

The only time I've been able to make electronic music with linux is by programming the drums with hydrogen and then playing that and the synths live into ardour. No midi for synths I've ever tried works, all has to be live. Rosegarden crashes more often than drunk drivers.
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>>65252917
After seeing the other comments posted here I was expecting to hate this but it's alright man.
Reminds of some early nineties triphop.
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>>65253551
or yknow, tycho ripoff number 5000000000000000 (not that tycho wasnt already a ripoff)
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>>65253602
>tycho
Never heard of him. Is he only famous in America (I'm not from there)? Mind you I don't listen to the radio anyway.
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>>65253647
>tycho
>radio
>tycho
>famous
>tycho
>america

lol, watch adult swim
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>>65253647
but that's how you spell rc
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>>65253694
>lol, watch adult swim
Why would I do that. I'm a grown man in my thirties.
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>>65253744
And yet you're on a 4chan board.


That's Adult Swim's target audience congratulations
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>>65253234
is this any better? https://clyp.it/1nms4tp1

>>65253551
thanks, appreciate it

>>65253602
I like tycho (sorry if it's not /mu/-cool). i really wasnt trying to sound like him tho :S
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>>65253766
Yeah, but adult swim isn't really the culture of the /mu/ board.

DESU it was lazy bait, I watch shit like Rick And Morty.
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>>65253771
there is no sounnd

>>65253828
adult swim plays all the /mu/core
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>>65253851
>there is no sounnd
really? works for me
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>>65253888
Works here too.
I like it. Relaxing.
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>>65253744
wow you must be so grown up and matyoore
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>>65253771
>>65253888


nvm my bad


you have nice ideas but they quite honestly get ruined by reservation. Like I have heard this beat ten thousand times before, all the trill beat producers do this stuff, they have good ideas but then reduce them to maintain catchiness for whatever reason. Do some half time, go hard on modulation. I don't wanna hear the same shit for the 45005435983405th time.

Like yea it's not technically BAD, it has a strong melodic line and could be making you money, It's just personally boring to me.
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>>65254042
And an example of someone making catchy music that still is very fun and interesting is Perfume or Nakata more specifically. Level 3 and Triangle are both really fun records that plays with synthesis everywhere
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>>65254042
>>65254092
i like your honesty desu. i listen to a lot of stuff that you probably would find boring (teebs, mndsgn, samiyam, shigeto, that kinda shit). i know im often bad att developing my ideas to real "songs" so they end up just being "beats" (if you know what i mean). i'll work on it and check those artists out.

thanks senpai, i thought you were a dick at first but your feedback is actually pretty helpful
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>>65254259
I like Shigeto, MNDSGN was meh, idk the other two.

Your music isn't bad, again, if you wanna make those dope beetz go for it, you'll prob get fans and money.

I just like seeing artist do interesting things. One time this guy in here made a song like yours but he had this weird sitar break down in the song, see that interest me.
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>>65253074
>near crap
there's a reason why they aren't on soundcloud

well usually, I think of a musical idea, and try to transfer the idea to fl studio as best I can, sometimes it's good, usually it's bad, i end up never actually finishing them. I usually don't waste my time posting stuff like this. mannequins (https://clyp.it/g20fudnw) was that kinda deal. I came up with the little 2 bar loop in the kitchen, when I decided I was going to emulate the 90s as best as possible. it came out eh/10. It has a place in my heart though.

sometimes, I mess around with a certain sound and happen to gather the will to make something out of it. Good shit usually comes from in the moment stuff like that.
like this (https://clyp.it/mb2eg2pd):
I started with the sound that comes in about 40 seconds, the little vibrato synth thing, and just ran with it. at the time (1 year ago) it was the best shit I ever made. in retrospect, the bass sounds pretty trashy, but I'm not sure I have the project file nor the will to fix it.

or this: https://clyp.it/wks30lqh
the little pad thing was a drum sample I had fucked with. I probably should have posted this with the ones before but I never actually fixed the somewhat bad sidechain compression

for the one I posted today it was a combination. I had an idea: the motive played by a mallet percussion sounding sample that came with fl and I said "ya know what'd be cool, if I made a tnght style trap song with this" while I was listening to the loop

what I usually do on good songs is start with sound design and work vertically, and then I try to go horizontal with it, and add other stuff as it comes to me. then at the end I try to glue it all together with various non-melodic sounds, theatrical stuff. usually just white noise sweeps.

on things I recognize as bad I don't finish, and they stay loops forever. sometimes things go past my better judgement though, because I have fun making them at least.
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>>65253074
I neglected to answer your first question
neither came from sampling, I just spent more time on them

there are 12 iterations of solstice over like a month, and it was based on something I made 4 months before that

I spent 2-3 days max on some of that other stuff
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what's a good all around microphone for recording a wide variety of stuff for sampling?
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>>65255067
sm58 probably.
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good mic to record audio? is something like a blue yeti good? if i record next to my computer how do i get the mic to not pick up the hum from my computer
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>>65252917
I found this to be rather enjoyable man, very chill. Good vibes.

One point of critique, though- the sample of the middle aged man pelvic thrusting next to my head, with 4 pennies in his pocket, strafing to the right and left was a bit off-putting. Or was that a shaker?
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>>65255119
shit by audio i meant to record vocals.
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>>65255128
>I found this to be rather enjoyable man, very chill. Good vibes.

this is what is killing this general

le chill and le vibes meme need to stay on twitch.tv
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>>65255119
You can filter it out. Give it the parametric eq treatment and you can remove most of it.
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>>65255151
Understated, chill music has a place, usually best accompanied by vocals, though. Maybe that's what he's going for.
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>>65255151
Oh fuck off. If people like it they like it.
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>>65255128
>the sample of the middle aged man pelvic thrusting next to my head, with 4 pennies in his pocket, strafing to the right and left was a bit off-putting. Or was that a shaker?
haha thats a recording of me rattling some keys or coins. good guess though
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>>65245355
Cymatics have some really good stuff.
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>>65255164
No, it's derivative unoriginal trash, see: Flume

>>65255181
I never said they couldn't but epik reply
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>>65254365
>MNDSGN was meh
pfft, pleb
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>>65255205
post some music you made
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>>65255067
might wanna look at condensers to, or shotgun microphones if you're talking about recording stuff in noisier environments like outdoors
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>>65255226
A simply epic response, this is the definition of youtube bait. No matter what I post, you'll call it bad, it could be the next fucking Avalanches album, and you'd call it bad. Next please.
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Just make the music you want to hear, but does not exist yet.
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>>65255205
>>65255268
are you just gonna call everyone who disagrees with you epic?
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Currently EQing a track I'm finishing up. But I have no other headphones apart from mine to reference the audio through to hear if the mix is good on other mediums. Could anyone care to take a listen to a small section of my shit so far and see if it's balanced well? I worry that the bass is a little too overpowering.

https://clyp.it/yakojqc5
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>>65255268
>A simply epic response, this is the definition of youtube bait. No matter what I post, you'll call it bad, it could be the next fucking Avalanches album, and you'd call it bad. Next please.
Not true, I've seen people called out like this before, and after they post the music everyone likes it.
But if you aren't sure enough of your music to post a 30 second clyp.it, then that's fine. We just all know you definitely suck.
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>>65255283
Only the epic replies that are saying off topic things

I never said people couldn't like it, and I never compared it to my music. Both stupid (epic) comments.
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>>65255268
your response was quite epic too my friend

if you have the avalanches album, do post it. if you don't, just post something you're proud of.
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>>65255287
>https://clyp.it/yakojqc5
Sounding OK on my studio monitors.
Don't know what you mean by the bass being overpowering. Didn't hear a bass synth, only a kick drum, and that was fine.
If anything the mix is a little trebly for me, but I'm pretty sure that's just personal taste.
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>>65255296
Okay bud, shouldn't even matter btw, seeing as how my own projects have nothing to do with what I am saying. Which is stop calling shit "chill" and "vibey", they make no sense and are retarded responses.
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>>65255287
i listened on jbl 305's and i'd say it was potentially bass light...maybe that's just taste though

definitely not too much bass i think
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>>65255331
what doesn't make sense about them?
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>>65255307
nobody cares if you compared it to your music, people just want to see if you are actually at a level of talent/originality that would make saying these things not come across so arrogantly. and nobody said you said they couldn't like it because that's not a thing that anyone says about anything ever
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I'm not that guy but could you guys seriously stop posting "post your own music" as a counter response to EVERYTHING?

It really isn't helping.

Literally anytime someone criticizes peoples work it's "post your own"

Why not ask why they're criticizing?

This generals trash anymore tho so idk.
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>>65255331
>songs dont have feelings that cfan be described with words
lol do you make some kind of experimental ambient noisecore 3deep5me bullshit?
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>>65255328
>>65255332
I've got a sub-bass going at around 50-70Hz~ish, I can definitely feel the rumble in my headphones. Might try bringing the bass above 100 Hz if it's not punching through well on monitors.
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>>65255396
>Literally anytime someone criticizes peoples work it's "post your own"
No, not every time.

And why don't you want more music posted here? Hearing posted music is one of the best things about these threads.
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>>65255433
Cause when it's after those four words it's just shitposting all around, someone calls it trash and then people fight.

It's gay.
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>>65255412
>lol do you make some kind of experimental ambient noisecore 3deep5me bullshit?
Betting this is the reason. He probably can't play two notes one after another without fucking up one of them.
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>>65255378
>>65255412
>>65255491

I'm not posting completed works pr wips cause I'm not an idiot and am on a label.

heres an old demo I never finished cause It sounded muddy to me and I didn't like the progression nor the mix: https://clyp.it/osxog4lz

have fun with your "ambient noisecore 3deep5me" (which I also dislike) attacks though. Still don't even know why you want this, I just said to stop using those words to describe music when you could be giving actual criticism but okay.
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>>65255781
>stop accurately describing music becuz i don liek those words!!1
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>>65255845
Do they help you in any way? not really.
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>>65255781
>https://clyp.it/osxog4lz
Hey, this is alright man, I'm digging it. Couple of points I'd change like the first tinny beat that comes in only being a four beat roll instead of a few bars, but overall this is nice. About 2.20 the way through it atm.
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>>65255860
so? people dont call songs "chill" to try and help the artist, it's just a compliment based on the overall vibe of the song you mega-autist
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>>65255891
It's a dead demo I'm never going back to it desu, its like a year old.

I was in a weird place back then I was trying to mix acoustic sounds with electric granular synthesis and bit rate stuff and I didn't like it.
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>>65255900
I take chill as a criticism because I prefer accurate descriptions, they are better than some word thats spouted at the top of everyones lungs at twitch.tv

You are the one being all offended lol.
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>>65255781
Drum track at 3 mins in is a little general midi.
I woulda cut it after the fade at 4 minutes.

The "brass" synth also sounds a little general midi. It doesn't stound out do much when other things are playing but during the coda it does.

If this is a throwaway and you have better stuff, I'm sure you don't even care about the criticisms over this as it's stuff you've rectified later.
Thanks for proving you're not a /noise/ bullshit artist, appreciated.
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>>65255966
>NO *UR* MAD!!!! SOMETHING SOMETHING TWITCH STREAMS!!!!
you're literally 14 arent you? lol
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>>65255966
>I take chill as a criticism because I prefer accurate descriptions
also holy shit are you ever autistic

do you pull this shit in real life when you get compliments that aren't specific enough or only when you're faceless on the internet?
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>>65255997
Bait.

>>65256023
Keep calling my autist, that'll show me!

>>65255978
Yea that sax is actually real but it sounds bad cuz of the effects I had on it.

and that end part, I didn't even know that was there when uploading. I guess I was gonna do more?
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>>65256102
>Keep calling my autist
ay gimme his number
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>>65256102
>Yea that sax is actually real but it sounds bad cuz of the effects I had on it.
kek, that's amazing. What effects were you using?
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>>65256130
To answer your question, which you will again call me an autist for, YES

I do ask people what they mean by simple one word responses to my music, I like growing as an artist.

Next response please
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>>65256138
It was valhalla verb that was poorly mixed out, and some eqing that I did to make it sound lofi but it ended up sounding midi...

I guess...

I could fix it but its SHIT desu senpai
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>>65256102
but 14 year olds really DO go on twitch streams and try to convince you that you're mad lol. and you really ARE acting autistic by literally taking compliments as insults because you have some kind of hateboner for the word chill
>>65256154
>I do ask people what they mean by simple one word responses to my music
chill
CHil/
adjective
adjective: chill

1.
chilly.
"the chill gray dawn"
synonyms: cold, chilly, cool, fresh; More
wintry, frosty, icy, ice-cold, icy-cold, glacial, polar, arctic, raw, bitter, bitterly cold, biting, freezing, frigid, gelid, hypothermic;
informalnippy
"a chill wind"
2.
North Americaninformal
very relaxed or easygoing.
"I'm kind of a relaxed, chill guy"

there you go, mystery solved lol
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>>65256154
that was my first response to you in this thread. the guy calling you autistic is someone else
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>>65256186
>It was valhalla verb that was poorly mixed out, and some eqing that I did to make it sound lofi but it ended up sounding midi...
Yeah, if you wanted it to sound lofi (or like an old radio I guess?) shoulda just ran with a mild amplitude distortion and a highpass filter.
You're lucky being able to play sax. Brass is the one part of the orchestra I can't recreate in a DAW without it sounding shit.
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>>65256224
oh sorry idk wht ur post meant desu

>>65256199
Never said I took it as an insult, I took it as a criticism. I'm not replying to this anymore.
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>>65256254
It was my friend playing, I know a lot of musicians ;~)
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>>65256280
>Never said I took it as an insult, I took it as a criticism.
potato potato, dumbass
>>65256280
>idk wht ur post meant desu
you wrote "calling my" instead of "calling me" so he made a joke about it. man you're bad at conversations
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>>65256300
You know, that's a good point, so do I. I should utilise them more.
I can play keys/drums and pretty much anything with strings and frets (and a few without frets) but brass/woodwind always eluded me. I know quite a few players though.
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>>65256310
You sound really angry, I suggest you listen to some asmr, relax, maybe make some music.
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>>65256367
never attribute to anger that which can be attributed to someone laughing at you for saying dumb things

because that seems to happen a lot around here
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>>65256414
But I'm not that guy.
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>>65256435
so then change "you" to "that other guy"

rocket science lol
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>>65256477
You really are mad. I''ll let you be.
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are there any major noticeable issues with this
https://clyp.it/oarnavkt

compression prolly blows
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>>65256616
I liked the first 15 seconds of it (especially the pulse synth, the sound of it reminded me of early FSOL).
Everything after that wasn't really my cup of tea though. To be expected, I hate trap.
That bass is just silly, I think you've overdone it with the eq.
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OP here. Thanks for bringing the thread to shit.

I posted a clyp for crits the other day and got 2 replies saying it made their ears bleed. Is this cancerous or should I flesh out the project?

https://clyp.it/kf1gto0j
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>>65256774
you should keep going/10
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>>65256774
Bring the synth down in the mix a bit. Drums need more punch. The synth sounds like it's from a 90s video game, but I like that.
Continue/10
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>>65256774
its chill xD
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>>65256738
there is no bass but thanks, I get what you mean
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>>65256863
>there is no bass
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>>65256616
>>65256738
Is this trap?? sounds more like experimental to me senpai
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>>65256520
whatever you need to tell yourself to support your strange, strange worldview
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>>65256956
guitar, faggot
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>>65256832
>HOW DARE THEY COMPLIMENT ME INSTEAD OF DECONSTRUCTING MY SONG FOR 5 MINUTES?!?!?!
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>>65257044
Then say bass guitar.
Saying that speaker wobbling clyp had no bass is ridiculous.
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>>65257134
not him but it's pretty obvious that when your speakers wobble during a hip hop track - you're experiencing a sub bass/808 combo and not a ridiculously EQ'd bass guitar, shithead
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>>65257510
My original comment was
>That bass is just silly, I think you've overdone it with the eq.
He was the autist who thought I was referring to a bass guitar, not me.
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>>65257553
YOU said bass, so YOU need to specify which it was that you meant. Again you are a shithead
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>>65257825
So why when I say bass, when there is an obvious speaker wobbling bass presence, would he assume I meant bass guitar? Especially when their is no bass guitar on the track? kys
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>>65257881
You were the one who said bass, so you need to specify which you mean. You can't just say one thing and then lambaste my reply for thinking you meant the other when YOU didn't specify.
>their
KYS FAGGOT
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>>65250292
ayy thanks love ya mate
>>65250498
oh thats pretty dope idea i gotta try that shit out tomorrow on DAW, desu i didnt get into reverbs that much coz the 3 minute clip took around 8 hours to make but um hopefully it´s better next time. and like i 100% agree with your concept of momentum there definetly should be more in order to get the hype vibes in the sound
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>>65257971
>You were the one who said bass, so you need to specify which you mean.

>only one source of bass on track
Sorry, I didn't realise I was talking to someone who was mentally retarded.
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Rate my babby's first trap pls (made with the samples linked in this thread). ;^)
Also for some reason on the waveform it shows low volume but it sounds normal

https://clyp.it/laexqwoy
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>>65258036
KEK you were the one who got it wrong in the first place you shitlord. one day this place will have ID's and you won't be so eager to keep posting your rubbish
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>>65258156
ok_kid.png
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>>65258156
>trumpposters too stupid to identify the only bass sound in a song
not surprised
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>>65258036
>>65258174
>click on interesting clyp
>realises only one source of bass on track
>can't tell if it's an 808 or guitar
>better give feedback anyway
oh_kid.png
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>>65258206
He's not a real trump poster because he called me a shitlord. He's false flagging.
It all makes sense now, he's pretending to be retarded.
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>>65258282
>can't tell the difference between a sub and a bass guitar
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>>65258208
>>65258307
>reaction memeing and making up lies
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>>65258093
>Rate my babby's first trap pls (made with the samples linked in this thread). ;^)
>Also for some reason on the waveform it shows low volume but it sounds normal
>https://clyp.it/laexqwoy
Bring the snare up in the mix and make the eq less muddy on it. Than get an angry black guy to rap over it.
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>>65258307
So I suppose a sub-bass, playing bass notes, lying on bass frequencies, is not considered a bass? Nah man it's just a sub
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>>65258307
>>65258282
>>65258206
>>65258174
>>65258036
>>65257881
>>65258402
>not realizing everyone can see your samefag double posts
>no clyp ITT
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>>65258446
those are at least 3 different people
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i love how there's always an argument going on in every /prod/ thread. these guys realize that their shit and they have to let out their frustration on an anonymous internet board by insulting other people who are slightly worse producers
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>>65258495
meant to write *their shits weak
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>>65258495
TALK SHIT POST CLYP
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>>65258495
NO CLYP ANNA BITCHASS HOE TALKIN SHIT
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>>65258382
what about a nerdy white guy?
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>>65258495
imma need that clyp babygurl
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>>65258554
>what about a nerdy white guy?
...no.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1mQ_B3Q65c
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>>65258473
SCARED HOE GOT NO CLYP ITT
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>>65258628
i'm not >>65258495 i was pone of the posts that he called a samefag >>65258206
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>>65258592
wow, those fucking judges. he could make it big as a meme rapper. keep going steven!
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>>65258678
>>65258628
>>65258573
S H U T T H E F U C K U P H O L Y S H I T L M A O K Y S U E N O R M O U S F A G G O T S S T O P S H I T T I N G U P M Y T H R E A D
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>>65258701
The world just isn't ready. 100 years from now, people will find the youtube footage of Steven The Rapper (somewhere in the smoking ruins, where youtube's data servers lie) and the world will be distraught that this is the only footage we have of this genius.
They will use cloning technology to bring him back.
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>>65258744
whure da clyp doe
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>>65258801


>>65258093
>>65258093

LEAVE P L S
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Get ready for a laugh /prod/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gKPagTrLIA
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>>65258872
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>>65258872
>LOOK AT ALL THE WORDS I LERNED ON TEH INTERNET "mixtape" "senpai" "vape" "lit" AND MANY MORE!!!
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>>65259077
oh god, and i ahdnt even made it around to
>FUTURE SOUNDS LIEK MOUITH IS FUL XDD
>PAID IN EXPOSURE XDD
>SAUSAGE FATTENER XDD
>THE AUX XDD
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>>65259077
>>65259116
4chan is an over 18's only website.
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what is most of your time spent on when you are producting?
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>>65259224
producing
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>>65259204
then why are you posting videos clearly aimed at teenagers?
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>>65259224
Hitting this.
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>>65259204
seriously though, every single joke in that video was recycled, who cares if i used capslock to point it out?
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>>65259262
It's one of the few niche comedy videos relevant to /prod/, and I found it funny.
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>>65259303
look up frankjavcee for /prod/ comedy
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>>65259290
>who cares if i used capslock to point it out?
No one cares if you make yourself look stupid. Continue if you wish.
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>>65259324
>look up frankjavcee for /prod/ comedy
Nice, cheers.
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>>65259325
i wonder how you people handle face to face arguments when you cant hide behind the idea that the other person is mad at you
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>>65259348
At no point did I say you were mad. I wonder how you handle face to face conversations if you invent bullshit you think the other person thinks.
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>>65259380
mad, underage... they're all things that you dont have to be to write capital letters on the internet
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>>65259402
Well yes, there are adults posting badly spelled rants in caps on the internet, but the demographic is made up primarily by the underage.
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>>65259448
>pfft underagefags gtfo, we're trying to laugh about VAPESXD and ZOZAGEFATNERXD
just go to r/edmprodcirclejerk to get your fill of this formulaic garbagecomedy
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>>65259488
I don't use reddit. I use your mum.
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>>65259514
lol any other posts to prove how definitely over 18 you are?
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>>65258872
he acts like luke from modern family, but before he grew up
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>>65259524
The 1984 animated Transformers movie shits all over any of the movies made since then featuring transformers, especially the live action ones.
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>>65259258
lol rite? wtf kind of question is that

>>65259273
what kind of subaru do u drive bro?
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>>65258822
no?
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>>65260111
>what kind of subaru do u drive bro?
Check out my sweet whip
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Posting a counterpoint exercise I did and then stuck on some synths in Ableton - 4 part free counterpoint to a random-generated cantus firmus, but mostly stuck with each of the other voices being in one of the other species (one in second, one in third, one in fourth)

If you can't figure out composition, I suggest learning through species counterpoint. It's an easy to understand, structured system and you can start knowing hardly anything. The lessons predate modern harmony and minor/major scales so you don't even consider such things when writing (I didn't when I wrote this, for example.)

https://clyp.it/s1daknur
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>>65260496
>The lessons predate modern harmony and minor/major scales so you don't even consider such things when writing (I didn't when I wrote this, for example.)
Yeah.
The piano two-note chords more often than not seem jarring. Consider learning at least the major scale.
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>>65258744
NO CLYP BITCHASS HO REPORTING IN
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>>65260668
The chords are made up of all parts, I just left 2 of the 4 as piano and made one a bass and one a lead synth sound. It's good to learn arranging like this, you don't need to have a single instrument play a whole chord in order to have it be heard as a chord.

For instance if your bassline contains the root of your chords, you don't need to make your synth chord also contain that root if you don't want to. Anyway here is it with all parts as piano:

https://clyp.it/1f1bopiy
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>>65260976
>Anyway here is it with all parts as piano:
>https://clyp.it/1f1bopiy
Sounds less jarring, but sill uninteresting. Perhaps you need to get better at learning which parts to strip to other instruments and which need to stay in.
Also rhythmically it's pretty boring.
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>>65258744 czeched
>>65258822 czeched
but
>wahhh muh thread
OP is a feg
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https://clyp.it/r2hbvjc5

cheeky bit of dub techno

someone give this a run on speakers and lemme know how the sub sounds
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>>65261244
I think you misclicked when opening up your browser.

Here I'll save you the hassle: >>>/b/
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>>65261379
>someone give this a run on speakers and lemme know how the sub sounds
Turn down the two snares that come in around 1.40 one after another maybe.
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>>65261399
XD +1 new pasta?
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>>65255287
RIP my ears
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I need a producer, a right-hand, a creative partner, and a best-friend. Let's make something new.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gbs99QsQGPk&index=23&list=PLJq2lhp3_XBBB-84MPztRVAbXs24BW8ZC
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>>65261581
Be honest, how much weed do you smoke?
Also did you play the guitar on the backing track, or the piano?
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How do you guys do your arranging? You got a specific way to go about it or just make it up as you go along?
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>>65243268
YO WASSUP

posted here last night asking for comments on whether piano was in key or not

reading through this thread is pretty funny desu thought i would share my thoughts

>>65244160
having that information internally alongside your ear can only be a positive effect towards understanding and manipulating sounds surely?

>>65244269
listen to some music and begin to sing along with it until ive got a fresh organic beat in my head born from the vibe of another

>>65246608
adhesive spray bruh

>>65249307
look into Rob Papens VST's. you can generally create any drum noise on any synth but they will obviously all have their own attributes. also drum machines; the BEST are superior drummer and addictive drums and anyone who says otherwise is wrong
didnt realise how long the thread was desu but everyone talking about the issue with people saying "post your music" as a response need to realise that on an anonymous forum like this where THERE IS SO MUCH MISINFORMATION and not only that, just people plain straight up believing in fallacies, that to post an opinion without evidence of your own understanding is ridiculous (in my opinion) especially if you are trying to sway someone; its just like a citation and if you cant provide one then desu your shit is whack


been making some funky hiphop what u think fgts?
https://clyp.it/nwwhmolu
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>>65262107
>been making some funky hiphop what u think fgts?
>https://clyp.it/nwwhmolu
Nice melodies.
Bass synth needs to be more prominent in the mix. I think maybe volume needs bringing up and perhaps changing the tone of it a little so it's slightly less muddy.
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am i shit? https://clyp.it/elpf44oz
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>>65262107
start over
>>65262278
no
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>>65262227
no i think it will remain as an undertone i might even remove it desu but i doubt i'll bring it up in the mix, it was put in as an afterthought desu it sounds shit


ye its uploaded at -25db because fuck snakes so the levels are a little idk compressed
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>>65262107
the little plucky harp thing is pretty autistic
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>>65262278
>am i shit? https://clyp.it/elpf44oz
Production wise terrible, beat wise eh it's an ok trap beat, medlody wise not terrible. Keep going.
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>>65262372
okay, what can I do to improve the production?
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>>65262107
start over [2]
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>>65261379
>>65261379
>>65261379
someone pls play on speakers, i have none
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>>65262306
>>65262448
>start over

what makes you say that? post your music desu

>>65262314
ye its a pretty shit library probs sounds better without it
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>>65262439
I think it's the drums throwing me off. I like the beats but something just doesn't sit with me with that drumkit. Could just be personal taste.
There's not enough bass before 1.50 and maybe a little too much after it.
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>>65243268

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgeoWlqM4i8
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>>65262500
>what makes you say that?
its directionless
the vocal sample doesn't suit the rest of it
the harp thing sounds retarded
its not funky in the least

I'm
>>65261379
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>>65262479
this isn't bad considering you have no speakers. The kicks are underwhelming, as in they're so muddy its hard to hear what is really going on.
>>65262524
I've got that before. Usually about the high hats. I like the abrasiveness of them though.
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>>65262666
cheers, ill add a high end kick for some clarity

as for yours, some of it is really well produced, but the hats and the synths at the start make the whole thing sound like its 128 kbps

add some verb and use less flange/chorus on them?

also there are some clashing melodies somewhere in there that just don't sit
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>>65262646
>heres a 16 bar loop of a hip hop instrumental without an acapella
>calls it directionless
lol ur funny

ye the harps pretty shit but its not hard to change

>its not funky
>posts 4 minute song that is esentially a sample looped back to back with some noise synths pitch bended and an excited (?) hi hat

maybe we just have totally different music tastes but if thats what your going for then i dont have much to comment.

imo you kick drum is empty and lifeless, its like a thud instead of a kick. your snares stereo image is bad imo snare should = mono always, what the guy said before about the snare is totally true, i woulod suggest bringing them down as the JAR really hard when it resumes normal rhythm.

>>65262666
i really would take any advise/comments from this guy about your drums everything else maybe but lol nah
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>>65262770
Thanks man, I appreciate the feedback. I also think the synths in the beginning are too loud.
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>>65262867
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>>65263048
kek
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>>65262867
lmao you got so triggered coz of my criticism
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>>65263048
damn i just want to help but this place is just so... clueless and defensive, desu to anyone reading this the best tip for music production i can offer you is to learn from a place other than 4chan, use scholarly articles for proper information towards the interactions of waveforms and harmonics and to really question who is telling you what your internalizing

aight w/e holmes
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>>65262107
>having that information internally alongside your ear can only be a positive effect towards understanding and manipulating sounds surely?

They're of use in the absence of experience I suppose, in that you'll learn (because the kick drum was mentioned) that the click of an acoustic kick drum is towards the high end of its frequency range, the boom towards the bottom and the body in the middle - realise however that this can be worked out yourself by simply listening to an acoustic kick drum.

What anon's quote pointed out is that this frequency range is not absolute and therefore cannot be charted accurately for all use-cases, yet people use (they certainly seem to make) a lot of these charts and some may even rely on them, perhaps to reduce their fear of embarrassing themselves in front of other studio people, although quite why anyone would worry about the opinion of a person who laughs at someone for reaching for the wrong EQ knob is beyond me.

What is of immeasurably more use is the ability to identify resonant frequencies within a sound by ear - charts may give you a ballpark figure but a sweeping EQ will reveal it as quickly as looking at a chart anyway.
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>>65263153
>the clyp he posted sounds like complete shit
>thinks a clap is a snare
>thinks claps/snares should always be mono
>"a sample looped back to back with some noise synths pitch bended"
>"use scholarly articles for proper information"
>"scholarly articles"
its obvious that
a) you have literally no clue about production, and
b) you're under 18, so
>>>Reddit
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>>65263143
your criticisms are literally subjective and you have nothing to offer towards anything constructive.

you can meymey at me all you want but ur still a mong bro

what i said about your drums is very relevant after listening to your track and if you cant hear that its likely because you're not using speakers

>>65263170
yeah you're right if a persons actions are going to be defined by a chart they are following then besides the fact that the use they get out of that is defined by the quality of the information in the chart, then you are taking totally the wrong approach to making sounds, sounds which are perceived by ears if you are totally following charts. but at the same time, being aware of the harmonic impacts of increasing/reducing certain frequencies to different types of sounds, such as 2.5k to a snares impact being different to 2.5ks impact on a kick drum, being aware of the implications can only help one to make an informed decision?
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>>65263266
claps harmonics are often blended into snares and vice versa its common practice but i mean you can just address the pedantics of my syntax or grammar instead of the argument cuz thats much easier init senpai

the song you posted literally is a 4 bar samples throughout the entire 4 minutes, isnt it?
>scholarly articles
im refferring to using google scholar, for example if you want to learn about synthesis, use proper academics sources. i also have access to all the papers my uni has boguht over the years aswell but i cant rly post that here

why do you think scholarly articles is a problem are you retarded or something
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>>65263349
I'm not even going to bother arguing with you because your music speaks for itself

unless you can post something better
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>>65263271
>being aware of the implications can only help one to make an informed decision?

To an extent yeah, where a mistake could do damage to a sound system for example and you don't get to experiment first (putting a complete novice FOH would be a daft move however) or if you have no experience in choosing the right mic for the job (again, who would put a novice in charge of choosing mics in a situation where they need to get it right first time?) but as I say, charts in absence of experience - each mixing engineer creates their own chart in their head as they gain experience but it won't look like the ones we see, it'll be an abstraction and will have more to do with shapes (and sometimes colours) of sound.
I'm not sure the charts we see would help to build that abstraction, only experience - lots of listening and experimenting - will get you to that point.
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>>65263407
>my music speaks for itself

you know you havent comment properly even once upon my music without using cookie cutter comments or refferring to the structure, the structure of a 16 bar piece of a song, commenting on its lack of direction, again a 16 bar piece of a song an instrumental that will obviously not be defined by itself but by the acapella.

also, bother arguing with me? you havent argued with me at all you've thrown generalizations and irrelevant comments that sit plainly around opinion and subjective taste.

youve even clutched at straws to the extent where you address my choice of words instead of the argument.
your response to me ultimately saying that people should pursue good sources for their information was one of such ignorance that you either didnt know what google scholar was in the first place or that you genuinly believe its a bad source for information both which is pretty funny considering u just accused me of being underageb& LOL


https://clyp.it/314yj4pd
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>How'd you spend your Memorial Day weekend, anon?
>Oh you know? This and that. Hung out with friends. Not creating heinous things with text to speech programs and drinking to oblivion at all.

https://clyp.it/bxm5ezev
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>>65263577
yeah i totally see where you're coming from


i used a fred v and grafix chart just alongside a few ideas i had in my head and if anything i found it was harder to achieve the sound i imagined trying to follow rules as opposed to following my ears

but i guess if you are enough of a novice where you would blindly follow a chart without considering the ramifications then unless someone tells you what you're doing wrong then ur gunna have a bad time

i want to say i agree with you but there really are a few cookie cutter implications with effecting a few frequencies that was nice to internalize but at the same time - like i said - i have been surrounded by people who can tell me what i do wrong
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>>65263612
oh my fuck
my dad listens to this song on the regular
you've ruined it
you bastard
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>>65263650
I had to do something to cope with the recent allegations against him and it popped up in youtube. Took longer than thought it would.
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>>65263582
nigga I can't believe you sat there and typed that all up, then posted 4 bars of shitty drum and bass

how autistic r u
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>>65263816
i am here to discuss music you absolute faggot jesus christ damage control is real
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>>65263856
i bet you think you're the shit, huh
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hey /prod/ here's an ancient fuckin clip that i made

is it worth finishing

https://clyp.it/0aesxb02
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>>65263964
if you have some interesting places to go with it, then you might as well
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>>65263856
what damage am I controlling exactly?

holy fuck you are making me lel my dude
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>>65263964
vibesin

people would totally dance to that if it had a sub underneath!

>>65263949
im think im pretty capable of making good tunes and the only way is up

>>65264055
how is it not damage control if you just wont address what i reply with? like what am i meant to respond to your comments? your first was just to start again lol as if thats constructive at all

glad to be of service
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>>65264133
>he's trying to win arguments over the Internet
>ends up making himself look severely autistic
>after all that effort, his music still blows hard
maybe if you spent as much time producing as you did arguing with strangers on a Sudanese Stringed instrument forum then maybe you would have something to show for your retarded ramblings
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>>65264133
why don't you
>ignore him

it's not like you require his validation or something
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>>65264258
he needs to make up for his lack of talent somehow, apparently by posting on 4chan
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>>65264258
>why dont you ignore him
obviously because i like arguing with people online

>its not like you require his validation or something
right in the feels

>>65264317
goin right for the throat ey?

clearly we just wont see eye to eye so its futile
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free VST to make the into of few first seconds of
gold panda S950

watch?v=ksED9X-tMAM

I played with a friends KORG synth coming straight out of his guitar amp. I was able to modulate temp, pitch of a related set of waves.

can I recreate this using a cheap or free VST?

thanks in advnace mates
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>>65264507
>Syrup_Patrick.jpg
goddamn young people
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>>65264565
y h8 m8
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>>65264507
i would say trying sampling it would be an... easier approach just load the .flac of the song into ur DAW and cut it out

http://rutracker.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4498746

do you mean modulating the temp(o) of the arpeggio? i think you can modulate the arp on Omnisphere, you can definitely modulate the pitch, you can also modulate them both by the same lfo/envelope to achieve a consistent sound.

sampling with flac will give you a nice authentic sounding starting point tho imo
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>>65245355
Try out Filthy Drums and Dirty Drums
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>>65264759
shit meant deadly drums, heres a linkhttp://www mediafire com/download/pt28i3436i24t70/Deadly+Drums+1+%26+2.zip
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https://clyp.it/5yrxlj5y

https://clyp.it/f4gmow0x
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>>65264872
see a therapist
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>>65264710
thanks
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I can never get my kick to sound right. Teach me your ways, /prod/
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>>65265030
example?
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>>65265030
Also want to know this but strictly in the context of 808 kicks (actual ones). The transient at the start always gets super loud and fucks it up when I compress.
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>>65265026
i'm trying to find one
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>>65265416
i'm glad, good on you. i can hear a lot of anxiety in your two tracks
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>>65265444
i make "music" and draw when im anxious or angry so i can stop myself from doing other things. bad things.
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>>65252917

so sick very chill needs more reverb and delays and eq could sound transcendtal as fuck

also the side chaining for the kick is a bit excessive but sounds good
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https://clyp.it/5zyc1cb5

here's one my ideas for a dota 2 music pack im working on. the pack will be underscore style, lots of pulsating synths over taikos and guitars.

its not dressed or mixed. thought i'd share.
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>>65265702
sounds like metal gear solid bro

industrial as fuck

noice
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https://clyp.it/guote1pw
https://clyp.it/z1ujgncl
Thoughts on these tracks i'm making?
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>>65265891
thanks! this a draft/idea more than anything else.

Also funny you should mention that, the composer of the original MGS, Harry Gregson-Williams; is actually a big inspiration my mine.
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>>65266020
it sounds very much like the MGS 1 tank hanger place and the surrounding areas, similar bass stabs and airy voice layers although yours are strings instead

there is a real sense of urgency in the sound and rhythm it sounds great man especially if you havent mixxed it down yet
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>>65243268
i wanna make some dank hiphop/grime beat

anyone got any challenges to go for? like a sample or song or key or vibe or influence or wutever

just for funsies
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>>65266123
a lot of the underscore type stuff, especially in metal gear series by HGW I love. one of his latter works in which he did with audiomachine, Advanced Warfare, is also great.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FPdVibSAj0&
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>>65256774
>>65265702
Good music on /prod/? GTFO you don't belong here
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>>65266462
i can imagine listening to this on good headphones is an experience of its own
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https://clyp.it/o42acfrv

Working on this. Does it sound too generic?
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I'm in a three piece band and a band member was trying to convince us that it'd be easier and cheaper for us to record in the practice space that we usually rehearse at. He says he'll be paying for the mics and he's got Pro Tools on his computer that he can use. I try telling him that it won't work if we record it live with all of us playing at the same time, it's going to sound shitty, especially since we're in close proximity to each other. The practice space we have is kind of long, and I'm not sure about how long it is measured, but I can definitely say that the ceilings are pretty low at about 7 and a half to 8 feet tall. We already have problems trying to get the vocal PA in the place to work because of how much feedback there is, and I don't think micing everything up in our space (drums, guitar amp) is going to work. I've said before that I think that going to a studio would be a little better, since we'd be working with someone who knows what they're doing and because of how our practice space is laid out, but then he went off on a spiel about how us as a band need to learn how to record so we won't be "held down" by a producer and that we won't get "fucked over" by the record label. I personally think that he's trying to use this a gimmick to market our album as a "self recorded album" because he really thinks that doing everything DIY is going to get us attention. That's beside the point though. How do I convince him that it's not optimal to be recording in our practice space?
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>>65267475
You don't. You let his dumbass buy all the equipment, record a set, and realize it's shitty. The hard way.
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>>65267475
He obviously just doesn't want to be out of the job. He's wasting your time and most likely also money. Unless you're a shitty punk band, go to a studio.

>he went off on a spiel about how us as a band need to learn how to record so we won't be "held down" by a producer and that we won't get "fucked over" by the record label
He's misinformed and juvenile. Spending money on a good producer is one of the best things a band can do in the early stages.
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>>65267475
Is it your bands first album? are you guys really serious about it?

If its your first album, then it's probably better to take this route and then seek real studio recording/treatment later on. Besides you can dub/stem out any of the instruments individually if the entire space sounds too crowded.
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