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Previous thread: >>123801486

>Production Resources:
https://pastebin.com/pYGCLu6q
https://pastebin.com/p2QUqMzj

>/prod/ wiki - still looking for contributors
http://mu-sic-production.wikia.com

Use vocaroo to post WIPs.
No youtube, soundcloud and other shilling websites allowed.
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>>123827547
First for love
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First for always high passing the master
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Ive been trying to make vocals for some of my songs and i usually start with just voicing out melodies but when i try to make some lyrics on the spot the most depressed doomer shit comes out of me. I dont even think im depressed and go about my day normally but when i try to make lyrics it just comes out and it really surprises me. Whats up with that
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fourth for never listen to anyone on YouTube
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>>123828167
because of the autistic interaction in the previous thread, I'm always high passing the master from now on. suck shit losers
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no wonder he said 25 hz lmao, he looked at the first google result
>>123821937
>>123817322
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>>123828541
Kush Audio said we should have sex with our mix
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>>123828839
that's one piece of advice I'm willing to listen to
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>>123828708
wait what the fuck, if he's high passing the master buss yet the compression and eq are on the individual tracks and group busses, then what the hell is high passing on the master going to do? sounds like it'll destroy the mix
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>>123828934
>sounds like it'll destroy the mix
It's not like we tried to say otherwise last thread, but you have to watch REAL youtube music producers who do this otherwise your music sounds like shit. Please lose more headroom by accidentally boosting your bass near the cutoff frequency
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https://voca.ro/16NoBQa4an1C
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>>123829007
never listen to youtubers. they are sponsored marketers selling a product. this point here should make it obvious. first they'll tell you to high pass your master, then make a whole series on how to "save your mix" with a mysterious new eq plugin that costs $499 ($497 with their YouTube promo code)
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>>123828908
He makes some of the best porn music ive ever heard
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do you guys think Kevin Parker high passes his master buss?
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did anyone notice the mix in this picture is already clipping? this is why people fuck with the master buss, they already suck at mixing and think a blanket solution is going to cure their incompetence
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why does there seem to be a never ending stream of anons who spend their whole day shitposting this general into the ground
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>>123829318
It's one anon who repeatedly shitposts because he cant make music worth shit
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uh huh anyway shitpost before srs stuff today just because i felt like playing guitar and remembering i can't sing BIG PLANS ahead l8r nerds

https://vocaroo.com/1iReZ2CBMAtI
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>>123829318
>>123829343
amazing posts. I'll never forget this contribution to these threads. you have saved /prod/
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>>123829318
do you know which website you're on? they've probably been banned from reddit and had to come here desperately seeking validation, even that validation comes in the form of abrasive insults.
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>>123829443
cool. like adore era smashing pumpkins
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>>123829343
Is your bully in the room with us now?
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how bad is this mix? hard to tell because all I have are FUCKING headphones to mix on
https://vocaroo.com/1eXJhgf1rIXm
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>>123829453
You're just talking to yourself 90% of the time.

>>123829021
https://voca.ro/16NoBQa4an1C
Piano has a bit much reverb on it, gets a bit wishy washy and lacks punch, maybe dial back the dry/wet setting a few percentages.

the drums are nice and punchy, cymbal might be a bit bright, but my ears are fucked so opinions might differ. The bass synth needs to be a fair amount louder though, maybe boost the upper mid frequencies on it to get a bit more presence out of it.
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>>123829527
the vocals need some reverb but I don't see what's wrong with it. who cares if you've only got headphones. did some youtuber tell you that you needed it?
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>>123829537
>https://voca.ro/16NoBQa4an1C
Doesnt sound bright to me
Must be your shit monitors or headphones.
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>>123829593
not her but it's insanely bright
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Hello bros need honest opinions on 3 mixes of different songs

song 1
>https://voca.ro/1gE1HMY8bzrH
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>>123829736
Song 2
>https://voca.ro/17QEH99hnyt3
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>>123829742
Song 3
>https://voca.ro/11h3zo9vHAFr
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thoughts on this idea? its just an intro and verse so far. britpop/synth pop vibe. oh and my ears a bit blocked at minute so might be too much highs in the mix lol

https://vocaroo.com/1cL0JSJ9fA5m
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>>123829736
>https://voca.ro/1gE1HMY8bzrH
It's not good. The low end is really muddy, cant tell if it's the guitars that's boomy or the bass guitars that needs it's low end reigned in. The vocals needs to be compressed to hell and back or volumautomated because the dynamics are all over the place. The distorted guitars needs to go up 5-6 db or something because they are drowning in the mix.

>https://vocaroo.com/17QEH99hnyt3
Overall, this one is better. The bass is still a bit too loud, but not as bad as the first one. Vocals just dont sit in the mix at all, sounds like someone singing karaoke over a instrumental. And again, the distorted guitars are the quietest part in the mix when they come in. This is rock, they should be way further in front in the mix.

>https://vocaroo.com/11h3zo9vHAFr
This one sounds the best of the bunch, overall better balanced, the vocals sounds part of the song, not slapped on tap. This is a good baseline to aim for, but it still needs some work and polish.
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>>123829841
Interesting, reminds me of something Samuel Campos would write
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>>123829867
Appreciate it anon I'll work on improving them!
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>>123829867
How would you make the vocals fit better in the mix in song 2 if you don't mind answering?
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>>123829916
When mixing vocals, it's important to keep in mind the performance of the vocalist, the type of music and the dynamics. In this case, sounds like rock/funk with a latin bend, but in alot of parts, it sounds like the vocals are laying on top of the mix. Which in most cases means they are too loud in the mix and doesnt blend well.

Something else to keep in mind is that when the music gets loud, the vocalist have to sing louder to compensate, thats how you make something sounds natural. If you have a vocalist whispering over a loud part and the vocals are louder than everything else, it's going to sound forced and artifical if it doesnt lean into some very specific styles or genres.

In the second song, I think you can just pull the entire song and vocals down 4-6 decibels and when the "loud" part, chorus (the part with the distorted lead guitars) comes in, you boost the instrumentals back up 4-6 db, but leave the vocals at -4 db like the rest of the song. That way, it feels like theres an energetic boost when the loud part comes in because right now, the quiet parts are as loud as the loud parts and there is no dynamics to the song.
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>>123829916
Make sure you high pass all your tracks too
It glues everything together
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>>123830079
don't forget to apply a compression on each track (measured to -20db on each) followed by a fast buss compressor then a master compressor, and maybe a multi band compressor to knock out that 20hz and 20khz range. subscribe and hit that like button and make sure to turn on notifications
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>>123830165
>>123830079
can we skip ahead to the part where you blow your brains out with a 12gauge when you run out of avenues for attention seeking and realise nothing will fill the void?
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>>123830186
You being shitted out was a mistake
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>>123830186
that's the spirit anon. did you get that from a youtube channel? I like it. where can I subscribe?
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So I post some tips trying to help someone with their mix and some dude tells me to kill myself. This is what happens every time I post on this shit general. And you wonder why its shit and dead?
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>>123830231
there's heaps of self help youtube channels to help you cope. they even have bookstore sponsors which provides a promo to buy their property baron mother in law's book on how to become a self made millionaire after inheriting her dad's property portfolio. only $89 with the promo. what a bargain! you have to subscribe but well worth it. her advice is really good like "be yourself" and "don't surround yourself with arseholes". really groundbreaking stuff.
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>>123830231
Ignore him, you're a great person for helping others out!
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>another general ruined by a narcissistic schizo
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>>123830276
You are a retard loser go get a woman maybe then you could say you accomplished something
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My mixing sound like shit.

Is the best way starting out just snatching a reference track and copy it 70% or so?

How long should you spend on a track before you either scratch it or export it?
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>>123830297
right? he should subscribe to a YouTube channel to learn how to not be such a narcissistic schizo
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>>123830332
What exactly do you think is wrong with it? there can be numerous factors as to why a mix doesn't work. personally I've never used a reference track so I can't comment on the effectiveness of this method. for me, I've always ran into problems mixing when I didn't set my levels correctly in the first place. if you're trying to mix to to gain balance, you'll lose dynamic range and headroom. but if you wa to explain what's giving you issues I can probably share my own thoughts on it.
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>>123830231
Hey anon I'm the dude who asked for feedback it was really helpful and I'm very grateful don't kill yourself yet
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>>123830328
she already dumped me
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>>123830365
shut the fuck up

>>123830379
geei wonder why
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>>123830394
it's not a mystery actually, she was very forthcoming with me and I accepted her rationale. I've moved on, you should too.
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>>123830358
For the most part its instruments overlapping weirdly or sounds not fitting. I'm not sure sure if I'm just picking the wrong base samples and creating the wrong synth sounds or if I should EQ more to separates the different low, mids and highs.

Like when I put in vocals or just doesn't fit, doesn't feel like there rooms for my vocals even with dynamic side changing.

The worst issue for me must my mixes just feel very flat and monotone which leaves me to use some weird plugin to make it “feel” wider but in reality kinda ruin the sound. Also I'll start making the tracks louder and louder to compensate for the lack of nice sounding mix
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>>123830412
if you'd truly moved on you wouldn't be continuously taking out your emotional frustrations on a random 4chan general like a child
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>>123830448
some serious projection in this post. Lose some weight, those stretch marks are fucking disgusting
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>>123830459
Proving my point.
Grow up, try to regulate your emotions, stop throwing a temper tantrum, try to care about how your presence effects other people.
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>>123830471
you're on 4chan you pearl clutching bitch
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>>123830505
not that anon but just cos you're on 4chan doesn't give you a free pass to act horrible. you should strive to better yourself and act with kindness
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>>123830523
are you saying I should put a high pass filter on my emotions?
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>>123830536
yeah you pretty much need to eq your emotions bruh
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>>123830505
Anybody who's here is subjecting themselves to it; i'm not complaining about it i'll just leave the thread if i want lol.

The website you're on is not an excuse to act like this.
I'm telling you as a person, not an anon, to reflect on your behavior.
The way you act online isn't some separate entity from your real life self.
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>>123830542
should I compress them? what happens if the phase becomes inverted?
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>>123830557
that's where you're wrong
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>>123829549
the headphones just aren't flat and my monitors are at my old place. just went out and listened on my car speakers and it's probably one of my better mixes so far
>the vocals need some reverb
yeah I agree. there's already a bit on there, but probably not enough. definitely needs something in terms of effects.

the ending bit also needs some more going on. i gotta find a good free sampler vst for that
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>>123830592
what headphones are you using? I don't know much about monitor speakers myself since I haven't used them.
yeah effects don't need to be excessive, just something that can add texture or flavour. I usually add a tape delay to my guitar tracks which aren't really noticeable when listening, but give it a somewhat fatter sound. it's only noticeable if I solo the track.
I also just listened to a mix in my car and it's one of my best ones as well. I was very happy with it. we're gonna make it anon
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>>123830567
>>123830558
lol what a fragile little trolling bitch
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>>123830787
you seem totally the opposite of fragile
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Exciters sound more natural than boosting EQ. My new favorite thing to add treble. Can easily be overdone if not too careful.
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>>123830558
anyone here use saturators? I sometimes use the stock ones in my DAW and it just destroys the signal, even with minor overdrive. I don't understand their application.
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>>123830830
The other thing I like doing is using multi-band compression on the master bus. It adds life and movement to a dull mix. Aim for 1-2 dB. Way different than glue.
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>>123830849
Saturation sounds even more compressed than compressors alone when going for that cassette tape sound. Really great for lo-fi punk stuff.
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>>123830849
>stock ones in my DAW and it just destroys the signal,
Then there's two possible problems, the input/gain is way too high or the plugin is just shit. Probably a shit ton of freebies you can explore.

>>123830830
>Can easily be overdone if not too careful.
Sure can, I find that it kills transients, but it's a clever trick if you need more air in the top end, but dont want the top end to just be louder.
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>>123830849
what daw
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FUCKK THE WORLDDD FUCK THIS BODDYYY *sobs* (cont.) xD

https://vocaroo.com/185XTn0s5KI6

okie l8r next
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How do you find reputable mastering without paying $100 per song? I'm just a bedroom producer with no money. Most amateurs doing mastering don't even have treated rooms.
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>>123830964
>breakcore
>animegirl.jpg
>wage allusions to suicidality
why are you such a cliche, nice beat and all but damn, did you order your personality online or something
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>>123830964
Very nice
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>>123830964
Damn. How long did it take to write the drums? I would probably bring down the pads a tad. Add an extra minute. Sounds cool, bro.
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>>123830995
Just dont? Just do what they do, on your own.
Just slap some Soothe2 on it, slam it into izotope ozone and call it a day
Thats what you get for 100 dollars.
Also, anyone doing mastering online for a 100 dollars probably have about the same experience as the average in this thread. Just not worth the money.
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>>123831057
I have 10 songs. Soothe and Izotope worth it?
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>>123831089
I dunno, pirate it. I use Izotope all the time, soothe2 is more something I use to save recordings or samples that sounds harsh, muddy or whatever.

But honestly, you're not going to find much else in the toolbox of anyone who does mastering for a hundred dollars.
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>>123831089
soothe is a meme, rx is great if you do a lot of audio editing

you should worry about getting to the point where paying someone to master your sound would actually get more people to listen to your music. that is probably years away from where you are
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>>123831037
idr like 30-60 minutes? the whole first draft took like three hours and then it was deciding on a bunch of automation and rendering effects, which was the like... actual time consuming part.
I used midi for the snare (rare) and some fuckery that makes it sound more complex than it actually is and that saved a lot of time

>>123831027
ty

>>123831022
NOT A SINGLE BREAK IN THERE M8 THERE'S NO CORE HERE

it's probablyyy because i legitimately do fit every stereotype
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>>123831158
You should do a percussion tutorial. I suck at programming drums.
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>>123831107
Soothe is unpirateable.
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>>123831202
Well is it now?
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>>123831214
Was it cracked recently? I need to check again.
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>>123831224
I dunno, all I can say is that I currently use it and it didnt make a dent in my wallet.
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>>123830854
how couldn't you achieve that with a simple compressor buss? adding it to the master seems counter intuitive
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>>123831193
i tried to make one for Demi once to teach push/pull and swing for boom bap but i felt like an idiot talking and also i'm a terrible teacher lol
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>>123831158
>and some fuckery that makes it sound more complex than it actually is and that saved a lot of time
Could you elaborate a bit on this please?
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>>123831253
I have 3 SSL 2-bus style comps and Pro-MB for multi-band. The MB is way more lively without sounding compressed.
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any feedback on this track? somewhere between shoegaze and metal https://voca.ro/16LH3N1PTjId
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>>123831308
sounds like he made it in a separate project with a different tempo then used the wav for the the main project or the drum program allowed him to quantize the tempo
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>>123831308
Yeah sure.
There are a couple kicks with some parallel waveshaping, a clap and a ride with some delay on it that are all pretty straight forward imo (and actually quite sloppy, if i were to polish any further all of the tails from the distortion/delay would need to be printed and cleanly cut).
The actual fucky part is all in the snare:

So the initial thought was to do a trance style 909 snare roll thing and base a beat around that (MIDI in pic related)- the MIDI itself hardly deviates from that and it's all perfectly quantized iirc.
I always mentally reference arca (@@@@@@) for this type of sound and wanted it to sound much wetter and stereo in kind of an odd way, but without leaving it completely up to chance or having to sort through and comp a bunch of random renders, so it occurred to me falling asleep last night to render out a handful of bounces with some contrasting stereo effects and have an LFO randomize between pre-selected sounds so it's not too all over the place (pic related obvs) and did the same thing for a very similar sounding snare that I EQ'd to have the same spectrum as the original.

Swapping between all of that + the automation (delay mostly, pictured) creates the illusion that there's something more complex or random going on with the snare despite the beat being pretty much the same throughout.
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>>123831524
God Ableton looks gross
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>>123830186
Extremely rude post, my guy...
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>>123831341
>https://voca.ro/16LH3N1PTjId
That bass held the song together. Sounds pretty good. Great separation between the elements. My stuff is extremely smeared in comparison.
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https://voca.ro/1iO2tMULNPJU
is this good or bad
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>>123828300
checked, well its your retarded brain equating sadness and poetry/lyrics, its normal for immature/ignorant people
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I have tried making different mixes of the same song, and then mixing those two together as two tracks. It was an experiment and I ended up not considering it the real version the times I've done it. But I think it is a concept worth exploring.
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>>123831341
the snare sounds more 80s/early 90s so i wish the kick matched instead of being the modern metal tone i hate. sounded good otherwise, not sure i'm a fan of the sorta whispered growling in the center though when regular sorta whispering would probably suffice but that's my own aesthetic pref

did you do that second fuzz guitar in daw or from one of your pedals/amps? it sounds good but the fade in for it could be a little more natural sounding
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>>123832503
>>123832503
That is inherently antithetical to the idea of “mixing”

Unless you mean that horizontally, in which case yeah it’s been done
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>>123832401
I like it, but I'd add a tiny bit of melody to it.
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>>123831245
Gimme a hint as to where? plox
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>>123832566
I see it as you have two good mixes and blend them together, it kind of makes it meet in the middle to form a new mix. That way you could have a mix that's is bass heavy and one that accentuates high end, and mix those two mixes together. It makes sense in my mind and when I tried it I could tell how it would be a useful thing to keep trying.
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>>123833030
how do you "blend" them? Parallel compression?
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>>123833188
By taking the two two-track mixes and importing them as wav files in a new session, and adjusting there volumes until it sounds cohesive.
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>>123828619
it's funny because i'm perhaps the most hated autist in these threads as of late and i thought there shouldn't be an issue with high passing the master as recommended to trim mostly inaudible and mostly unintentional noisy frequencies that still get counted toward the LUFS calculation used by streaming services when deciding to cuck your loudness. especially when cutting at the very edges of the audible spectrum as in the previous OP's pic, the downsides should be negligible. the high pass is applied to all signals on the master so it doesn't mess up the correlation between different signals. phase rotation is only an audible issue if there is clipping involved, and it's suggested to not do hard clipping because your track might get all-pass filtered in various situations like radio broadcasts etc.
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>>123833306
this discussion is already over. youtube won, we know.
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>>123830995
try the god particle, it's better than nothing. if you don't like the results, try something else.
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>>123832724
rutracker
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idk /prod/bros i think this one might be too retarded to let live
https://vocaroo.com/1cDghqgFda8d
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>>123834319
is that a recreation of the noises you hear 24-hours in your head?
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>>123834483
lole sometimes on psychedelics I've had the ability to command sound in my mind and actually hear sounds as I'm thinking them, and those times sounded kind of like delay manipulation sounds which I found funny but also I think something of a chicken/egg situation
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Why does it feel like the synth I'm using is hurting my ears
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i don't understand why running distortions into a distorted amp fucks the signal so much. i hear artists use dirty amps live then turn on a fuzz and it augments the signal wonderfully, but the amp sims i use it just crunches the signal and it sounds like utter shit. whats the deal? am i supposed to be running a seperate clean amp for my distortion pedals and use a distorted amp for a more rhythm sound?
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https://voca.ro/1bijoK39V3Gu

what i did today. besides being a basic bitch lofi thing i think it's cool. going to try to do a guitar solo at the end there
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>>123831524
That's a very cool idea and it turned out sounding good as well. A+.
I feel like it can be expanded on a lot. It can basically be used to alternate between variations of any sound or effect. I was recently fucking around with something similar where I had sine LFOs offset by equal amounts on the volume of rack chains containing different EQ8 formant presets, and feeding it white noise while automating all the rates at the same time makes this
https://vocaroo.com/11I2M8ou97d8
Which I resampled and layered with itself to make some kinda nice horror-y ambience.
Nothing impressive obviously lol, but it's a fun little fx technique kinda similar to your idea.

Sorry for taking so long to reply but I fell asleep yesterday lol
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>>123834835
https://vocaroo.com/1blD9CN0bAR9

My ears ache after listening to this and I don't know how to fix it. Do I have to filter the mid or something?
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>>123835084
>Do I have to filter the mid or something?
That gated synth is pretty loud and has alot of mid frequences that you could controll.

You can use something like TDR Nova (free dynamic compressor) and reign in those frequencies in themids of that synth.
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>>123835178
What about reducing the number of voices on the synth itself?

It's just that I'm using a couple of effects already
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>>123835192
>What about reducing the number of voices on the synth itself?
Only if voices add volume to the synth itself, you can also use a multiband compressor and just clamp down in the mids of that synth. Or use and EQ and scoop it out.
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>>123835210
I'll just use an EQ but that chorus/flanger mid is still really annoying lol
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>>123835084
I agree the synth mids are a bit loud, you could also try sidechaining the pads to the synth so that you can lower the gain on the synth but still have it sit on top of the mix without having to be so loud
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I think I have to accept my brother is no longer interested in music so I'm wondering what are some decent drum vsts and sequencers? I've been using groove agent which is cool but I'd love to check out some more
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What do you about new midi keyboards?
1) New Launchkey series
2) New Artura pro series

Also - is Komplete 15 worth it
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>intern girl said I should send her a video of my live performance
>says we should make music together sometime
>add her on social media at home, send her my video
>she says we should collab sometime
>say "for sure!"
>don't suggest an exact date because I'd have to clean my flat first, this project could take a month
>chat her up once and talk about what kind of music she likes, it's a decent online conversation
>about two weeks later tell her I'm playing around with AI vocal removers
>say I can test a song for her if she wants
>she says "tyyy, but none right now"
>ask her if she's still feeling super busy and playing catch up like she said last time
>"Yeah"
>passive agressive message her "it's fine, we'll collab 60 years later then when we're retired :P" (not seen)
>today be in the office kitchen alone with her
>ask her what's up nonchalantly like nothing happened
>"Nothing good"
>ask her if she wants to talk about it
>"No."
>ask her if she wants to hear what's up with me
>"No, I'd prefer if we just sat quietly."
>assume something must've went down in her life, no way she would act so uncivil towards me
>eat lunch quietly, she leaves before me
>after I get back to desk she is back to her regular cheerful self with her other intern colleague

My /prod/ucer brethren, I am deeply hurt.
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>>123835599
>What do you about new midi keyboards?
wym? my 10 year old keyboard works just fine

komplete is very worth and i am their biggest shill
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>>123835665
idk anon girls are weird
maybe you came on too strong, or gave her a bad vibe with that 60 years later comment
or she has something totally unrelated going on
if she was so easily put off, and you were legit being a gentleman and not pushy about it, well that's probably an early sign of incompatibility/oversensitivity and hopefully you avoided even bigger drama down the road
but sorry that has got you down anon, it sucks when connections fizzle.
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>>123835665
How was she in her next interaction with you?
If she went back to that sad mood it could be a problem with you, but if she was also cheerful with you it may have been just a temporary sadness that went away after a short while for whatever reason.
Or maybe she's more comfortable showing her emotions to you but wanted to keep a cheery facade with the other coworker.
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>>123832372
Thanks, I built the song around the bass track so I'm glad to hear it. When you say your stuff sounds smeared, are you talking about just bass or a full mix? Give me an example, might be able to give you some ideas to help separate and blend.

>>123832554
Good feedback, I'm gonna swap out the kick and see how it changes the vibe. As far as the guitar at the end, yeah it's from an amp, just a boss katana artist with a patch I made specifically for this track. I just wanted a really fuzzy tone to come in at that time. Agree about the fade in, I also think my panning automation could have been smoother. Thanks for the pointers
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>>123835665
fuck you and your blog post, anon, she dodged a bullet there for sure.
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Yeah, I know you're right. I'm normally very cautious because I'm not so good with rejection and #metoo culture and shit, but when a girl says it twice on two separate occasions that she wants to "collab", then I take it as a sign that I can be friendly with her. One message in one week (that she took days to reply to) is the lowest amount I could force myself to do. Naturally I was excited about this whole thing for more than one reason, but I did my best not to go full retard and send her every track I make or chat her up every day.

So in one sense I'm satisfied with my performance, as I kept my cool better than with other women before. But maybe that makes it hurt all the more, the fact that I feel like I "did better".

>>123835796
This happened today, I haven't interacted with her since. That last sentence would be wishful thinking at its finest! It's not impossible, but I highly doubt it. Even before this interaction I felt like it was "over", but this really sealed the deal. I won't be making an effort unless she makes some move to mend bridges (unlikely)

>>123835872
I'll post music when I get home
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>>123827547

https://vocaroo.com/12VLCf577qNI

^ my band's first indie rock demo in a while (we're mostly alt country), still writing it

also still working on basic arrangement stuff, as you can see\

random stuff i'm thinking about:

1. the electric guitar i'm using in the demo is a $150 off-brand tele. i think this song needs a dual humbucker guitar + boss delay + blues driver? (like this tone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TXdU9LMmv4 ) --- worth it to buy that gear just for this song??? we typically make ~$50 per song release within the first 2 months from spotif but idk i think this song could b the crossover hit of dreams. idk i just think the tele pickups are a bit plinky for this kinda riff

2.
i want it to be produced like this:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TXdU9LMmv4
[2000s modest mouse]

my bassist wants it to be produced like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UGTwnsy0aY
[90s modest mouse]

my rational brain wants it to be produced like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_XPj6hhtag
[2020s slow pulp]

do you guys have any preference towards those songs, in terms of production (especially drum sounds) for our song?
i just want financial stability for our band and to be noticed by indie senpais like pic related, that's all this production is trying to achieve
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>>123825295
And waste money and space on an obnoxious amount of extra equipment? Fuck you
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>>123835665
You did something earlier on that icked her that you didn't greentext, and or it could have been multiple other things you recounted saying here that gave off a no-go vibe

t. girlbrained
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>>123835944
no idea what's trying to be said here

they go up in intensity/dominance...like... okay...?
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>>123836121
guitars are based man. theres only one or two people in this general that post music that has actual real instruments and everyone else just has beep-boop robot sounds from the same shitty plugins. guess whose music actually sounds like music and whose sounds like a fucking shitty computer?
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>>123836121
you can get a usable guitar for way less than 200 bucks, then pirate a decent amp sim (or just use neural amp modeler) for great tone. Guitar VSTs and sample libraries all suck ass, you are far better off using a real one.
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>>123836356
you're making the giant assumption that he's already a guitarist. there's a significant amount of time when a plugin will sound better than a live performance, without factoring in the headache of tracking, comping, and everything else that comes with playing and processing a real instrument
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>>123836356
Nigger, I have a guitar, I play the guitar. I just don't want to invest in mics, amps and all that other shit that takes up space. I'm not a fucking hoarder
I'm just looking for a decent guitar vst on par with RealGuitar, that is compatible with newer systems and run 64bit
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>>123836466
it took me like 2 weeks to play rhythm guitar at an adequate standard, and you can use as many takes as you want for challenging leads/shredding as needed. Hell, you could sample your own guitar and built your own sample library if you have to. The advantage of owning a real guitar is you can use it exactly how you want, while I've never encountered a guitar VST that samples enough articulations properly and they never sound right.
>>123836677
>mics, amps and all that other shit
You legit don't need them anymore, I don't use any of that shit at all besides the guitar itself. Amp sim plugins are easily good enough, even the free ones like NAM.
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>>123836764
>it took me like 2 weeks to play rhythm guitar at an adequate standard
Good for you, you're a prodigal freak of nature or maybe just have extremely low standards. For most people it will take months or years to get to an intermediate level where they can cleanly play things with any level of complexity consistently
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>>123836824
>prodigal freak of nature or maybe just have extremely low standards
neither, but I do play other instruments. For a complete beginner it'll obviously take a few months to a year to play decent stuff, but anon said he does play some guitar already.
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>>123827547
I keep getting told I make video game music. I don't know what im doing to do so. I think it might be sound selection. I keep trying to figure it out, but I wanna make eletronic music. What should I be doing to make it not sound like vidya game?
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>>123835710
Jeez, can't eat 1 word. Yeah, if your old midi works fine for you, stick with it. Imo new Arturia is overpriced and I don't like how essential looks (kinda childish). Didn't check the keybed tho. I'm looking out for smth new. There's also ableton move on the way. I think 8th october.

Imo Komplete is shit due to old ui. It's like it's still 2004. Massive X has been a complete failure.
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>>123837919
I was hit with identical comment. I think person that said it wanted to compliment but it kind of make me feel bad. I like to listen to vidya music but what I do has nothing in common (at least to me).
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>>123837919
>>123838019
Honestly i wouldnt think much of it.
I think those people listen to a lot of vidya soundtracks so they equate a lot of what they hear with it. Maybe its their way of saying they like it cause they like vidya music. I had comments saying my music totally sounds like X or reminds them of X but it sounds nothing like it. People just associate new music with some music known to them beforehand
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>>123838216
That's a good way to look at it. I'll keep that in mind.
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>>123838367
Awww i love cats. Youre welcome
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>>123837919
post an example maybe we can figure out why
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I like how my vocals sound with a bit more reverb than I think is acceptable in the mix. How would I apply this, but then make it *fit* into the mix? I don't want the vocals to sound like they just got placed on top of the instruments and that's how it sounds, like two independent tracks running simultaneously rather than one cohesive unit. I could apply the same reverb to the rest of the track but thats not the sound I want; I need the adjustments to the vocal that reverb provides but without it placing the sound 90 feet away I guess.
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>>123838216
That's a good way to look at it. JUst a lot of people tell me it.
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>>123836764
I guess I'll look into it. Never thought I'd like tech advancement
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>>123838697
at part in the mix. slapping a reverb on something IS NOT mixing in the reverb. if it is too loud at 00:00:003:015521 seconds you turn it down there
i mean people here will call me a gainstaging cultist cargo follower but how will you turn down the reverb with full resolution on the fader if it is not gainstaged.
like if the drunk singer on a stage starts to sing 5 times louder you would turn him down?
live? as it goes? do the same with the reverbs, eq them etc.
peak automation exists aswell.
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>>123838697
and play around with different predelay and room sizes and decays
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>>123834857
there are "pedal platform" amps like roland jazz choruses that are used because they're clean and the dirt comes from the pedals. high gain metal amps are different and you get most of the distortion from the amp itself

distortion is confusing because what you hear as high gain might not actually be that high gain, so when you start setting up an amp you cock up the tone by going too gainy/distorted to begin with. also idk what amp sims you're using but usually you want something to be on the edge of clean/breakup and then boost into it. probably don't want any bass in your amps, guitar distortion is more about mids and possibly treble boosting.
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>>123839007
I've reduced the reverb effect and it takes out the sound. I feel like the sound I want is locked to the problem I'm having, in such a way that I have to compromise either I get my vocal sound but suck it up and have it feel out of place or I make the song all mesh together in space but I don't have the vocal sound I want. I have also tried singing differently, trying to get more resonance through my mouth to add more natural reverb and I've tried both in a normal room with no soundproofing and in the closet with clothes, blankets etc dampening. Maybe a different plug-in brand's specific reverb would work better but I have no idea. I have it available from a couple expensive brands I torrented and the free ones in the daw but the one I'm thinking fits best for the sound is in the 'Melda Production' free effects pack, in the 'ConvolutionEZ' plug in. I'm not sure if this is based on a more professional plug-in, if so that might be the thing I need but I can't find that information.
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>>123839215
This. Dialing in the lowest distorted tone you can on a triple recto will sound 'heavier' than the cranked settings on a 6505 for example. But if you run a pedal over a triple recto you'll be in fuzz city, and not in a good way.
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>>123837919
>>123838019
>>123838216
It means you make autistic sounds that bear no resemblance to actual music but would work fine in the context of a game because people don't expect much. Bad sound selection, inadvertantly discordant/not following music theory, bad rhythms, etc. Might sound like the person making it has no idea how music works and is just hitting buttons
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https://vocaroo.com/1oaNjepJ5Yj7
trance
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>>123838737
Post an example and ill tell you if it sounds like vidya music. Granted i havent played vidya for 15 years
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>>123839708
I like the sound design and the percussion a lot, nice mix too. maybe its my taste but I feel like that chromatic sounding chord riff gets kind of jarring, especially after it repeats a few times.
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>>123840106
i was expecting something more jarring but it sounds completely fine. is it repetitive though? yes, very much wears out its welcome eventually with no evolution
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>>123839959
https://voca.ro/12txxldpZp0d

This was a part 2 to a 2 part track.
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>>123840451
Not them but that makes more sense. It sounds like background music servicing something instead of standing alone as its own form of tension and release

It sounds like there's cues that don't from within: "ok at this time, build suspense, at this time make me feel X." Your song sounds like that and not "musical" itself
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>>123840106
i agree that it's very repetitive, even though it's listenable to me, rave songs tend to be more repetitive and shocking than this. i intend to add more things like a lead, but i don't know how to fit it in, also more ambient effects and 808 state birds.
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>>123840515
Little confused on what you mean.
Anyway thing, or way I could possibly change this? Im still learning how to use automation, and transitions. Soon Im hoping to use sampling.

Some people who inspire me right now: Machine girl, Femtanyal, and lexycat
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>>123840724
>Some people who inspire me right now: Machine girl
No, I won't be helping you
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>>123840451
Yea it really does sound like vidya music, some kind of 2d newer game
But only the first part, last part sounds like standalone music
I think its the synth sound and the melody and repetitiveness
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>>123829313
its clipping cuz they put a highpass filter at 20 -30hz , which you shouldn't be doing at all since there is literally no point in doing so , the cope about it is that "it clears up the low end" but all it does is fuck up the low end phase of the entire mix and fucks up the entire dynamic of the track , only thing u should be putting on ur master is light compression , corrective eq (which shouldnt be done if you already bus your elements together beforehand) and clipping
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I haven’t posted a recording in a while and once again realize that i probably need feedback again that isn’t just my girlfriend lol. Here’s my attempt at a melodic dnb track.

https://voca.ro/1lpI8k7nScjV
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>>123841492
lethargic and boring
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>>123840765
the fact that *that's* the offending one of the three lmao
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>>123841492
it feels too thin, and like the other anon said, it's boring as a result
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>>123841492
it's extremely cliche. and why do the drums sound like that?
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>>123829206
Idk but Neverender is the song of the year. Also, should I learn harmonica?
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>>123841820
>should I learn harmonica?
look into buying one first lmao
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P54ByFm0nB8

around 5min one of Lightning Bolt talks some gear and setup
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https://vocaroo.com/1iX59xUMhREl

>garage
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>>123842351
immediately stopped with the crackling noise
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>>123842325
>Lightning Bolt
BASED

dang i've kinda wanted to do some acoustic drum trigger noise stuff for a while... maybe that'll be the experiment for today
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>>123842351
I do like a bit of vinyl crackle, but that vinyl crackle sounds more like a malfunctioning speaker jack. It's very distracting

The beats pretty cool though

Also, took the liberty to upload three various vinyl crackle loops I have laying about which I think would be more fitting to the burial esque, future garage vibe you're going for. Just download as use as you see fit.

https://vocaroo.com/17fvdzATZy4C
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>>123841655
>it feels too thin
i’m assuming that’s both because the mix and the composition. Not trying to cope but if you’re willing, is there anything in particular that might be glaring?
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>>123842351
you really overdid the compression on everything imo... and the stereo phaseyness...
song's aight but the mix is so off it's distracting
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>>123842566
sounds like every other track on midnight radio. the mix is fine.
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>>123842587
okay
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Im gunna write a song with no experience and little music theory (almost none) in an hour

lets see how this turns out
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why do people post things and ask for feedback then disagree with anyone that gives it lol
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>>123842676
it's going to sound like every other "project" in this thread so go nuts
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>>123842708
wrong, it might be better
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>>123842735
true
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>>123842688
self preservation/ego, knowing that people here don't know what they're talking, genuinely just disagreeing

i've personally never seen somebody just go "nuh uh" and obviously be in the right though.
regardless it's better to just like, not say anything about it lol
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>>123842688
lol
>>123842746
lol
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>>123842688
some people arent looking for critique or feedback on something their uncertain about. Some only want validation and admiration because they all ready think their shit is the greatest shit since jesus
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>>123842774
>their shit is the greatest shit since jesus
it's because it is. get over it, loser
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>>123842749
>>123842789
you know you can just not respond instead of passive aggressively posting like a petulant dickhead? the interaction just stops and you can move on with your day?
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>>123842801
lol
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>>123842806
jesus christ all you had to do is make a few 6db gain changes and narrow the width and you're fine, stop being such a fucking baby
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Do you guys brush your teeth?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxmtJGlUVQ0
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>>123842828
oh we're LARPing as schizos now? ok sure ill play along;

ah yes, the gain change in the project i didnt post will fix all of my life's problems

did i do it right?
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>>123842844
if you tell me one more time that my mix is muddy i have stated on numerous occassions that my reference is a gregorian chant and phase issues dont interest me at all, joe stop talking about phase issues
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it's official, once i find a new job, im purchasing one of these
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>spend 45 minutes finding a good vst/soundbank/samplepack
>you need an account to access download links
>create account
>email confirmation
>it requires ancient shitty middleware that doesn't fucking work even after pozzing your rig
>spend 45 minutes finding an alternative
>it needs to be "decompressed" out of this ancient shitty format, the decompressor for which doesn't fucking work even after pozzing your rig
>repeat
>oh thank god this looks good oh wait it requires A DIFFERENT shitty middleware that doesn't fucking work even after pozzing your rig
>repeat
>225 euros for something they don't even provide samples for, which also requires a shitty middleware that, by the grace of god, might possibly at least work after pozzing your rig
>99% of all of these websites look and work like SHIT except for the 1 or 2 still written in pure 1999 HTML
I have wasted cumulative years of my life to this
My kingdom for a fucking .dll for god's sake what the fuck is wrong with europeans
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>>123843210
their obsession with anti-piracy truly knows no bounds
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>>123843210
i wouldn't even get to installing the middleware. if it's not just a vst then i'm not interested. i don't buy many vsts but every one i've purchased has been incredibly minimal from tal, shaperbox, and some others
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FULL MOON !!!!!
https://vocaroo.com/1aNFBAmCAFfd

bonus 2017 rock cover of lil boy i found in my archive xD
https://vocaroo.com/1yBq1n6DIPiG
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>>123842774
i think its fine for anons to feel excited and proud of something they made and want to share it with their friends/community. as long as you aren't trying to demean others/act superior about your work. I personally love hearing what talented anons have to share, to me it makes this place feel kinda special because honestly some of the stuff I hear in /prod/ is way more interesting than most of the mainstream albums coming out
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>>123843187
初心。。。
mxr layers is probably my next pedal december 2025.
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>>123843506
sounds cool. has a synth quality to it. i think i'd prefer the jupiter kaleidoscope
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The difficult reality is you need to work with people "irl"
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>>123843796
Why
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkM3M3zGcGE
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>>123843819
why is it difficult or why do you have to work with people """"irl""""?

some people experience intense social anxiety or don't process information the same, making it harder to socialise and develop relationships.

working with people """irl""" is necessary in any commercial industry, particularly the entertainment industry where expression itself is the product.
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stop doing it /prod/
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>>123844007
>more schizo posting
Okay cool
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>>123844047
how is that schizo posting? the only reason I could see this as schizo posting is if I was a schizo myself and believed it was written by my gangstalkers sending me subliminal messages. are you a schizo anon?
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>>123844066
Anon you need a healthier outlet for whatever your frustrations are, I’m not indulging you.
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see you later losers i am becoming an audio expert now
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>>123844007
you're right but this /mu/ is a full of underage and/or weirdos who will never make anything of note nor need to communicate with real people
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>>123844083
premium advice already
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>>123844083
just watched a vid that referenced this earlier
https://youtu.be/d-CvbKULDUY?t=18
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>>123844109
holy shit this dude is on a whole another level wtf
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>>123844115
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>>123843625
>synth quality to it.
Ew. I would just be using it as a sustain pedal to allow me to play unplayable chords. I prefer a natural guitar sound.
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>>123844081
weirdo
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>>123844520
i get you senpai
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>>123843506
>mxr layers
never heard of that before but sounds too digital. think i'd prefer to hook something up in a daw and use a midi signal to change reverbs. i'd want more control over the reverbs like bitcrush/distort/filtering
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>>123844146
he's not wrong
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmeNB-WOy2s
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>>123844115
i dont get it, what he's explaining is obvious. who teh fuck thought it was as simple as binary operations? of course its a non-linear process. my god i hate fucking normies
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>>123844763
You're a retard for thinking the time constants are an "obvious" thing
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>>123844792
i dont know, what he's explaining sounds fairly intuitive. i never once considered this was a binary function. maybe you did so now you feel insecure.
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>>123844748
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>>123844098
yes well your post was proven instantly when someone called my post "schizo posting". immensely strange board...
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>>123844799
I never considered it binary either. If you ask 100 producers, willing to bet the supermajority of them will expect it to work like the second falsehood he thought. The expected behavior is that the attack time is roughly when it'll be kicking in fully
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>>123844855
all right then, my mistake. it definitely isn't an obvious thing but i'm just confused how audio engineers couldn't consider it as a logarithmic pattern.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0WnfJOeCKg

:)
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>>123844866
You're being retarded again and misinterpreting things in bad faith to shield your own ego. No one would expect the job of the compressor to only be compressing at ~63% at the attack time without doing the math itself. It's not obvious at all and you admit it, stop talking
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>>123844878
>It's not obvious at all and you admit it
yes so why do you have to keep explaining yourself? i conceded. you win. what more do you want? you are obviously very insecure
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>>123844889
>yes so why do you have to keep explaining yourself?
Foreign concept to you, but to help others. Nothing about insecurity that you keep hurling at others
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>>123844969
immensely insecure.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdLcM_Nn7mQ

can one digitally create this sort of disgusting sound?
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Behringer made a micro freak II clone

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYaWH4YXs7I
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>>123845571
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Is this good for recording for music? or is there some kind of loss in audio quality
https://vocaroo.com/1aDfvvo9eoSc
sounds pretty good to me but there could be some artifact or something that you can't hear to the naked eye.
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>>123845571
>>123845579
I'm anti synths that have no save banks so don't really care. Swing was their funniest rip off. They truly don't give an f.
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I spent about 2 hours driving myself mad trying to transcribe a tune that appeared in my brain randomly and it fucking sucks being a beginner. I just couldn't get it to sound like what I could hear in my head and spent so much time trying to correct the 'offness' of it that I forgot what the original idea was. The main issue was I could hear something was off with the rhythm, even though everything seemed to be qunatized and 'on grid' - I recorded the drums and tune to the metronome to make sure it was to rhythm and tempo, but on listening back it started feeling like it was going out of sync. It sounds ok for multiple loops, then suddenly I feel like it sounds very wrong and I have to go investigating why and then I find I've wasted 2 hours on it and made no progress beyond basic drums and an 8 bar loop. Is this something that can happen with repeated midi playback or something? Were my ears just playing tricks on me?
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https://voca.ro/187ZBbAUf9I3

>My new beet
>Synthy
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>>123843257
>https://vocaroo.com/1aNFBAmCAFfd

Hekkin cool as heckkkkkkkk
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something is wrong in this track but i don't know what is wrong here

https://soundcloud.com/archive0501/test06?si=9fdf7acd04734e7ca4a78bc664eb1c5f&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
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>>123842351
Super fresh nd funky. The static sound does get a bit obnoxious after a bit tho
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>>123830964
crazy ass sounds, you went off on those drums too damn
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i've decided to go drop c tuning except rather than CGCFAD, ive gone CGCFCC. it's a very nice lush sound. i guess we could it call open drop c?
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>>123846994
>>123847779
do you always samefag your posts
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>>123846924
slow start but i like it
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>be me
>pick up guitar in my teens and get good really fast
>manage to write songs in semi successful projects throughout my early 20s
>after my last band dissolves I come up with the original idea of getting into electronic music from listening to sophie etc
>first few ideas are obviously raw but receive the "pretty good for a beginner" compliments which gets me excited
>As I try to further my abilities I notice myself becoming much less creative, good ideas become more sparse
>get decision paralysis for what "genre" I wanna stick to which leads to me jumping all over the place slowing down my already poor progress
>decide to do some soul searching by spending a day browsing subreddits/ bandcamp etc
>I'm harshly reminded that most of it fucking sucks and also electronic music "culture" is vapid cancer.
>I just wanna go back at this point but have sunken three years of my life learning music I ultimately don't care too much for and also still mediocre at
>suicide.jpeg
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>>123850095
you can still just make what you want though..?

i don't see the problem here
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>>123850286
it’s more just the time wasted that bothers me, i suppose you’re right though.
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for the high-pass on the master debate, does anyone care to analyze this track, the bass at 3:21-3:38 feels like it's about 30hz if i'm not way off the mark
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=Rr1Cdli5nE8
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>>123850729
fuck off
use a spectrum analyzer you dork
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>>123850095
This kind of resonates with me as I feel I have done something similar (guitar player deciding to /prod/ all of a sudden), but spent less time on it so far. I also found that going on places like reddit or spaces that cater towards specific/niche genres kills my mood more than fuels it, because you realise how many dumb cunts are on the internet and it's just fucking annoying and unproductive to read their dumb fuck thoughts (much like my post right here and 90% of the posts in /prod/). Everyone's different so it might not work for you, but i found the true soul seeking is to stay offline for a bit and create what you want and see what you naturally gravitate towards. Spend a good amount of time on it rather than just a day. Take a week or so where you either don't go online at all, or you cut down use drastically to just do things like listening to your influences on YT or watching the odd tutorial if needed (don't fucking look at the comment sections).
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>>123850817
pretty good advice, i’ll give it a try
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seeking zach hill bf

https://vocaroo.com/1h8RRTNSaiws
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>>123849097
uh huh yeah obviously
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>>123851308
learn 2 ghost notes on the snare, it just sounds like constant rim shots
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>>123839560
You must have a really narrow, boomer understanding of video game music to say such drivel.
Normies listen to synth and electronic and think "computers and computer games", like sounds made on Amiga. It has nothing to due with quality or association with games themselves. Yes if they post here, they're probably amateurish tracks, but someone relating specific sounds to shit you've heard before from computers and games is only natural, not some backhanded psycho anaylsis of a producer, or some tear down on artists who'd DARE use non-traditional instruments.
What the fuck even is "video game music" man it's sounds made for a game, not chiptune.
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>>123851386
>You must have a really narrow, boomer understanding of video game music to say such drivel.
I don't, you're wrong about everything you say.
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try 2 sleep but thoughts like this 25/7 8(

https://vocaroo.com/18fyrcmYZwRf
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https://vocaroo.com/1bz2uuw50zlp

struggling to figure out what the next section will be. I also want the lead to be louder, but it conflicts with the hats if I raise the volume too much
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i switched my DAC to minimum phase and it did help with transients but it fucked up the overall fidelity. so i think linear phase is the best DAC filter setting for general listening as well as mixing/sound design because it's less flattering when it comes to transients so if your transients sound good on a linear phase DAC they'll sound even better on a minimum phase DAC.
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>>123852555
The pads are really nice, good harmony there.
You need a really solid and cohesive melody.
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>>123852555
autistically atonal and bad lead, unlistenable
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>>123852700
it's kind of consistently autistic, maybe you could release something like this under a pseudonym and some people will think it's genius
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https://vocaroo.com/1iDO8WVXVoTo
Bass sounds really cool here. Had the Sonic CD Special Stage music in mind, the cool american one not that weird japanese house one.
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>>123853377
>prefer the american soundtrack than japanese soundtrack
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>>123853409
Stop the slander.
US has the better special stage and level clear, JP has everything else.
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>>123852394
Give this drums and it'll be fire
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how do people play guitar live through a laptop? I always get enough latency to fuck up my timing
guitar -> umc22 -> m1 air -> guitarrig -> headphones
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>>123855130
what's your latency? works on my machine
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>>123850095
did you stop making rock music totally? I have a sort of similar story but it was initially rap/rock music. i did notice that once i decided I'd have a fully electronic side project, i totally became obsessed with genre. i ended up sticking mostly to neuro-funk and only occasionally branching out to stuff any given rave whore i was obsessed with at the time was listening to. for a bit i did manage to blend my influences but as i dug deeper into the electronic niche i was in I noticed how reliant i was on other people's ideas and trend-hopping in general.

I never stopped making the rock/rap music i was making but i did ultimately sink in a lot of time into a niche that is filled to the brim with mega autists who have been in this genre since they were 12 years old making it impossible to break through IMO. i did learn a lot about mixing and my ears have improved but i hate all my default ideas and i despise electronic culture across the board.
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>>123855130
ive never had issues with latency. not sure what you're doing
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>>123853377
>>123853409
>>123853766
im finally beginning to understand the average mind on /prod/. thank you.
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Dang I’m the only one who hopped from rock/hip-hop to EDM and had a positive experience huh lmao
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>>123855130
nothing in your fx chain besides guitar rig? saw a similar post the other day and the guy had soothe plus a bunch of other shit and was wondering why he had high latency
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>>123855320
Learn to DJ and then stick to techno and tech house it's literally that easy
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would you guys clown me if i don't play the *exact* rhythms and fills or nah

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49B5f6awKOg

idk it's all planned in my head but i feel like it's gonna make me cry and want to quit music at some point
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>>123855407
love when people complain about latency and then they have something like multiple 3ms lookahead compressors on a channel, bus, master (limiter) lol
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i am now a true audio expert, but now i still need to become a piano expert. can someone please translate the works of vincenzo scaramuzza, spainbros you cant gatekeep this like that.
translating https://archivos.csif.es/archivos/andalucia/ensenanza/revistas/csicsif/revista/pdf/Numero_15/ANTONIO_BERNAL_2.pdf
now
also FUCK bitwig it doenst work offline. absolutrely criminal.
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>>123856773
If only there was free software for that
>4 Focus on finger flexibility and consistent movement for arpeggios. Practice all possible seventh chords starting from a single note. Work through additional chord exercises, referencing studies from Czerny to Chopin's Étude No. 1, Op. 10. Ensure the thumb’s action in scales and arpeggios does not create uneven sound, alter other fingers' positions, or slow the touch. The thumb requires distinct mechanics when moving upwards or downwards due to hand anatomy and its adaptation to the keyboard.
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>>123856985
>Thumb alter other fingers' positions
Now this i just disagree with. It leads to a constantly highly curved finger position which I personally don't enjoy all the time
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>>123856773
>also FUCK bitwig it doenst work offline.
People actually put up with that? Chinga tus madres.
Espanol es mas o menos ingles, no?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KWy3oLaNyU
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>>123856996
To be sure, it is saying that the thumb's action should NOT alter other fingers' positions -- you got that right?
It does not lead to highly curved finger positions (which I would agree are terrible and should be avoided; flat finger gang represent). Just get gud at folding your thumb under while keeping your fingers flat; it's like you're just cupping your palm while keeping your other fingers sticking straight out.
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be real with me, is my beat too fucking weird prod?
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>>123857207
this is weird by literally nobodys standards
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>>123857207
if by weird you mean boring, yes
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https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=1066&context=musicstudent here is good stuff about scaramuzza aswell. he taught martha argerich you know? i think is the best piano teacher ever. the sound of his students is just so good.
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it's proto lulz V1 calm down

https://vocaroo.com/1b1wJXM1NP69
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when does one use a fader? i think this fucks up the compression and general balance of the mix if they're not kept on unity no?
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>>123857742
fader applies the volume change after everything that's on that track so no, no fucking up

use it to change volume relative to everything else
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>>123857781
i see. that makes a lot more sense. cheers
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