schizo editionPrevious Thread: >>124056056>Production Resources:https://pastebin.com/pYGCLu6qhttps://pastebin.com/p2QUqMzj>/prod/ wiki - still looking for contributorshttp://mu-sic-production.wikia.comUse vocaroo to post WIPs.No youtube, soundcloud and other shilling websites allowed
posting it again, pumped up some of the lows on the kickhttps://voca.ro/15gFr4Z2octN
>>124093224generally cheerfulnice mixbut probably doubtful memorable groundbreaker
>>124093272i had a dream last night that adding a really good sync lead to it would take it to the next level
>>124093348i mean if you just want to make something good to listen to...or did you want to make a million dollars...without sucking grimes's dick
>>124093391i dont make music to make money, i do it because making a song i like is a dopamine spike that no drug has been able to give mewouldn't mind releasing music that other people like but thats more for the ego boost than anything
>>124093454well i make music because its funbut when i look at the few listens i getit kinda makes me crater emotionally because i'm too childishi need support...and lessons on making good music since my music is trash...its a growing cyclebut i've got a plan
>mainly artist>gain decent following doing fanart and shit>start making music>like it way more than doing art>fanbase for art already built>anytime i post anything related to music it gets no attention
>>124093497accompany it with some art
>>124093497no one wants to hear someone else shill their shitty music. the only thing that'll work is doing loopable animations of sexy/cool anime girls and your music
>>124093583what about quick timelapses with my music in the background
>>124093637that works, appeal trumps all though and i don't unmute timelapse vids because there's usually shitty music playing
>>124093497average music is much less consumable than average artits just how it is
>>12409366590% of commercial art is average90% of commercial music is giga produced conglomerate shit made by the best people in the industry
>>124093702non sequitur
>>124093712now if they get ai google browser to give me the definition when i hilite a word>i would know what the fuck non-sequitur means or atleast can stay within the context of the argument
>>124093739selectright clickdefine/other ai commandssnoodifywittify retort
>>124093702how is that relevant to some anon posting his hentai on the internet?
>>124090581>drums feel a bit in-congruent with the melodic content - particularly the snare feels out of placeIt's lo-fi hip-hop. That's inherent to the genre.
>>124094022>receives feedback >"it's supposed to be like that"lad what's even the point in posting if you think theres nothing wrong with your production? go to the share threads and shill it if you think it's already done.
>>124094136when music is that bad you just gotta not give it advice because 9/10 times that's the result
>>124094136Just because you give feedback doesn't mean the person is required to agree with it.
>>124094022i was the anon who posted that feedback. those drums are definitely not lofi hiphopupload it without drums and i'll put better drums on it in 15mins lmao
>>124094268"it's supposed to be like that" is just a shit attitude tb h
Imagine this on a DAW grid https://youtu.be/wEJruV9SPao?si=-LPHI3r2XeEdFcXf
>>124094363I don't really care for the constant movement in baroque music, but that is a beautiful piece and Daniil is based-as-fuck and has incredible balance to bring out the melody. Were you the guy who posted this exact video here once before, probably months ago?
>>124094308>those drums are definitely not lofi hiphopThey're not. I'm only working with fl studio default assets.>upload it without drums and i'll put better drums on it in 15minsgo ahead https://vocaroo.com/1lzOK0D5Nari
>>124094572Yes that would be a year ago probably, I haven't been here and had forgotten that piece and found it again now. I ChatGPted Bach's 20 most popular tunes which yielded a few surprises.
>>124094580fixed your track brohttps://voca.ro/1hYWE3KwL4V9
>>124094856actually listenable now
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BznJe-CA-HkImagine making a song so bad an mma fighter wants to beat you up
>retards doing advertising for free
>>124094856>https://voca.ro/1hYWE3KwL4V9lol bretty gud
friend with together studio in new song to make, fun while together playing did.
>>124094856damn senpai whered you find this im cummin buckets
>>124094348>take and apply every piece of advice besides 1>somehow this is "shit attitude"ok nigga
>>124095843just consider what is being heard by other listeners you insecure dickhead
>>124095901cry about it
>>124095910imagine thinking someone giving you advice is an attack. touch grass
how do i make shit with actual progression instead of just loopslop
>>124096008Fifth step fifth third fifth fifth fifth fifth fifth fifth half step half step fifth fifth fifth fifth fifth
>>124096008you have to play with your hands i imagineplaying the mouse is not an instrument
>>124096060I play keyboard, saxophone, trombone, trumpet, and ukulele. doesn't help.
The F# to B back and forth in 1000 miles is really hard for me to get down and I don't understand why
>>124094580>>124094856This is a great tune to riff off, not sure why more anons haven't had a go yet. I almost feel bad giving this away for free in a thread notorious for others stealing content and ideas, but sometimes you gotta take risks.https://vocaroo.com/1osqKsbe95fo
start my high paying job tomorrow lads. cubase pro, im on my way
>>124096761>he's still sperging out
any other producer bro kinda get annoyed at how much DAW made music gets overlooked and rather looked down upon? I can see for myself how much uncharted territory there still is for zoomer musicians making music using interesting sound design and production techniques and blending genres and etc yet it's something I feel like is not really appreciated by a wider crowd
https://vocaroo.com/16QKpXPS7HYUworked on it a bit more before work
>bro didnt use my improvementsconstantly ask myself why i even give people help on this goddamn forum
>>124097108>increased the bpm>low pass filter on drums >removed 1 (one) of the vocal samplesThat's all you're getting. Also it's a trumpet with qa harmon mute not a saxophone
>>124093454so because you are pretentious. either release it or stop. doing it for yourself is only valid if you think it is shit because you are learning or because you are scared of critique. both are valid reasons to not release and both are because you think the music is representative of what you want to be doing. but one is because of being a scaredy cat.
>>124097094dude just move on>>124097108your ideas were polishing a turd and didn't address any of the actual problems with itget over yourself and stop punching down on noobs.
>>124097377>dude just move on>op says use vocaroo to post WIPsThat's what I'm doing. not the one sperging out every time someone posts something
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=og2Bcm-ZTVs8:20this is ridiculous how people get to be richfag superstars off of literal fraudwhile us outsiders are gaslighted into thinking we have no chance regardless of how much we know about technology and how good music taste we have
>>124097775Money buys opportunity. Opportunity does not immediately grant success.People who legitimately don't have what it takes who pay2win fade back into obscurity when they stop paying2play.This isn't new.Stop putting your doom slop in front of us and stop watching these shitty youtube content farms go work on your music instead
>>124097074i haven't heard any unpopular music that is actually all that good, you people are full of yourselveshttps://music.youtube.com/watch?v=nJsXrs1ZyNgeven this which contains legitimate melodic content has some retarded anons saying it sucks shit, it's pop slop etc, those same anons would probably be all over some generic ass old school techno beat or some video game music which the composer himself said is intended to sit in the background while you focus on the gameplay as opposed to being actively listened to
>>124098027why do you care so much what other people like
>>124098027bland
>>124098142it's not helpful for anyone if someone insists that a literal who track with less than 1000 views over the years is the best thing since sliced bread, it doesn't help me make better music, anons are just deluding themselves with the skewed perception that they have from listening with inferior audio gear
>>124098160>it's not helpful for anyoneand your blogging about your superior taste with random pop songs that are already extremely popular and critically acclaimed are super helpful because..?
>>124098311i answered >>124097074
>>124098392No you didn't. You are not helpful.
>>124098436Ignore the schizo poster
i can hear the superior quality in the vast majority of popular songs. sometimes there are parts that are cringe songwriting wise but production wise they btfo anything that amateurs make.
>just walk away
>rent free
>>124098647what audio interface do you use
how are you supposed to promote your music?
>>124099150>snarky doom post
>>124099150Come up with a TikTok dance. Film it.
https://vocaroo.com/1aeeJ4i50g2DTook me two and a half weeks to get this
>>124099714oh
>>124098027>i haven't heard any unpopular music that is actually all that goodthat's how I can tell you are a pleb with no taste. There is an insane amount of music that's undiscovered or maybe not all that popular that is good if you are willing to look for it. I really don't understand what you're schizoing on about in this posthttps://youtu.be/ZaCnFU_8aLE?si=6Ru15KG05CQdKAI3
>>124100043Why would you link this as an example jfc know your audience
>>124099150Live performances in public. If it's good people will rightly share it with everyone they know, because that's what people do with music. You funnel this attention to socials which hopefully trigger the algorithm. It all comes from IRL engagement
Made this yesterday. The idea is it is a beat but I think it is more than that now. Think it is good. Completely unmixed lol.https://voca.ro/17A4cT4BDiJz
>>124100393what if i want to be a low- key kind of person like Bevan and do no live shows at all, at least for now
>>124100812Then you're ngmi until you pay your due
>>124100864yeah, thats what i thoughtto go that way my music has to be really good, and i want it to be really good also
>>124100864>>124100393>Live performances>pay your dueanon it's current year lol
>>124100812How does he even make a living?Does his music (and merch?) sell enough or does he have an income source outside of music?
>>124098027That was my experience for a long time, but my most played artist for the past two years has 2500 listeners on spotify. There are hidden gems out there, it's just that outside of dumb luck finding them is really tedious/discouraging because yeah the vast majority of music is unpopular for a reason.
>>124101160there is absolutely no way he doesn't make enough money for it to be a main source of income just from streams/ royalties/ album sales from pasthe's popular
Being a jazz musician is peak kino. I find a bar with a piano, I sit down, I get paid
>>124102846gigantic larp
>>124102898my favorite is when some dude who's definitely under 40 shows up to talk about other jazz "cats"
coffee break... nap... huh...,...it took stupidly long to land on that actually and of course the answer is always granularhttps://vocaroo.com/1hGMLFRuJj5m
>>124096008Stop trying to compose progressions. Functional harmony is fake and gay. 400 years and still no use for progressions. Learn 2 clasula and forget about "function".
>>124103497All harmony is functional
>>124102955I'm not that old thankfully but I can vibe. my command of concept is nothing to snuff at though I am in my 30s which is young in jazz, trad bop for me, soon I'll have total command of reharms and passings and I'll just play ballads all night
teehee i make le low effort post that's unorthodox i'm such a good poster. you don't need harmony, trackers are the only good daw, you don't need to learn an instrument to make music
>>124099714i like itgot any more?
>>124103380nice atmosphere
>>124097153i do release music and have had a number of artists that i idolise discover my songs organically and like them on soundcloudbut thats not why i make music? not sure how youre making a jump to pretentiousness
just bought Quanta 2 recently, shits so epicany other granulisation plugins people recommend?
>>124103380Granular is cheating :(>>124103497Based>>124103718What's this function? I feel like I'm throwing down random bass notes with those 5ths, but if I do it confidently, it sounds good.
I can play the entire dearly beloved theme song from kingdom hearts. Music is really fun to practice when it's songs you really like.
>>124103380this is v cool but are you allergic to melodic content?
>>124105551yes, all he does is make the same safe shit that never says anything
>>124103380fixed your track bro https://vocaroo.com/1gzQ6ie96SCx
>>124093129I have dreams where I hear new music and it's really loud and then I wake up but I don't know what to do with it, I can remember how it goes but only for that day and I don't know how to quickly put it in musescore or something :_(
A beat a day 5Flute editionhttps://voca.ro/1leO3ckpjqj5
anyone got any good noise gate plugin reccs?
>>124106465The Campos Gate
>>124105338Why did you choose sharps instead of flats
>>124105338Well that entire first bar you're altering the quality instead of moving anywhere. -M, +#11, susb9 7#11. It's a color alteration instead of a change.You're doing a lot with dim chords basically moving between dims and non dim, or mixing whole tone scales. Your G# A##s are just Ab and B natural, C A C F Ab Is a ouble dim which functionally goes anywhere so you go Ab B Bb Db Gb A To triple dim goes anywhere aka whole tone scales C F Bb A C F Ab Bb9 with maj7 omit3rd, you've chosen a euphonious option after going dark we have some brightness F Ab Db E / CSo this plus the previous with the chromatic descending fifths is your functional passage from Bb7 to C11b9#5 Eb #9 B13#11 Bb Db Gb A / GAnother double dim pedal the G resolve to G7#11b9 Then you, obviously, go to CSo there's your functional passage to hold your quality altering chromaticism together and the run is nifty F E Ab Eb F Bb F E (B natural) Emaj7#11 the Fs are passing tones. E to Cmaj is functional E and G are the same family Cmaj7, +, 6 Looks like you trill that over F# and then go to D-Maj, totally normal stuff id like to hear it
>>124107480Oof, thinking about it in flats after learning it as written makes my head hurt.The image name is the title of the piece; it's the third and final piece in Szymanowski's Metopy (Op.29). All the pieces are tied together and themes appear here and there tying them all together.The snapshot in question starts around 0:48 in this recording:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLWRpld0E9YI really like Martin Roscoe's recordings.Martin Jones is nice toohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsH1FkokqtoThis dude is also really goodhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0ccMib1sFMI see the whole tone scales that you mention and outlines of the chords you describe.I don't see the descending fifths as chromatic>E, D, C, B, GI like how the B and G make a nice major 7th sound to, in my mind, resolve/end that left hand phrase while the other voice lines continue to float over the top.>total normal stufflol
nobody here knows what they're talking about
>>124107795A lot of the wandering stuff like this accomplishes is due to the nature of 3rds. If you keep floating around whole tones and -3 progressions you have the distinctive sound of not being in a key, because the symmetrical scales belong equally to all keys The most readable version for me would've a mix a sharps and flats but maybe sharps alone are best I did misspell a few things. And after analyzing it im enjoying it a lot more than before :< Sounds a lot like ravel. Jazz is largely based on impressionist harmony, Herbie tunes have some interesting quality moves and monk is very angular like that but jazz usually gives some primacy to a key because it's for improv for an audience. but like listen to this guy he's all over the place https://www.chrisandersonjazz.com/new-album-1
>>124106261sounds like it's missing something. I can't pinpoint it. just feels empty.
>>124107978>Sounds a lot like ravel.For sure. There are parts in there that I swear were inspired by Ravel's Miroirs.I need to listen to more Herbie.. and jazz in general, but I still have so many pieces to learn.Mm The Chris Anderson examples I've listened to so far are pretty, uh, angular as you say, perhaps. It's like he forces the harmony with these almost harsh, distinct full bodied chords instead of letting phrases intertwine and imply different harmonies in a softer way -- which would be more my style.I need to remember what Daedelus did to Bill Evans..https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLYYCOfWq94I love the resonance. I think senpai gave me some tips.. I'll need to dig back into my txt files.
>>124100500not really a fan of the percussion you've chosenmelodic content is cool though
>>124107955Good posts get ignored, shitposts get attention
>>124107955in regards to what?
>>124107955Retard.
bump
>>124108355>Good posts
>>124100043>https://youtu.be/ZaCnFU_8aLE?si=6Ru15KG05CQdKAI3this comes across as shitposting outsider music like they're deliberately making gross sounds to be edgy
>>124100043heres some good unpopular music<5k plays on spotifyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXooyxXlEuA<20k plays https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-h1p81lcR0<25k plays https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaroW-ASLe4<15k plays https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4vE7GXoCts
>>124105551but burial
>>124110893That last one is just a shit copy of Mobb Deep - Temperatures Risinghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jdpt7KBfgys
>>124111535original has no soulremake is better
>>124111535don't send me back to the boom bap phase bro damn
i want to start making edits but something about it makes me feel like a hack
>>124111691Its a backing beat , not a full track bro
>>124110893(You)
>>124111725then make less art. that will make you happier right, to make less art? that's what I think when I start feeling like a hack for any reason.
>>124107955you don't believe that, you see value in the community here. if you didn't you wouldn't even be here let alone expending the effort to post about here.
>>124112915Noo what even a day without opening ableton makes me feel awful ._.It’s a similar feeling to getting over sampling in all forms back in the day
>>124113028I guess you'll have to make those edits then won't you?
>>124113028tell you what, you make an edit of toxic by Brittany spears and cabbage by venetian snares and I'll make an edit of think you the shit by ice spice and springtime for Hitler from the producers.
>>124113154Yeahhh idk it just feels like sullying somebody else's song when you already like it lol>>124113263babe whatI actually never got into VS and it makes me feel like a poseur toxic is an all time classic tho i can't touch that without going full Daria so it won't qualify
>>124113356you aren't sullying it in any way, you aren't removing the original from existence and people aren't likely to find your weird edits (that you don't have to upload anywhere anyway) instead of the originals. I'm just saying you have the option to make more music or make less and one seems better than the other.
>>124113653yeah you're right thanks i'm gonna go ruin some classics
made in 2016 when i was still young and had most of my teethhttps://vocaroo.com/14dg03siP7lK
>>124114619How did you lose most of your teeth?
brush your teeth kiddos
>>124114723i miss this era sm
i can't play in time!! :(((https://vocaroo.com/1lmeq6EEe38E
>>124057339In previous thread someone was offering some Patreon dumps, I was hoping to get some vids if you're still here. Especially interested in:Noisia - Could this be + stemsKoan Sound - song from scratch/making heavy snares/kicks mixdownsImanu breakdownsI'd love some more of the tutorial/breakdown vids, maybe you have some stuff uploaded to browse through?
Incoming dumb fuck ramble here, but I need some advice. What's more important for a beginner to work on? >actually being able to finish a piece with just dry sounds, but having good ear for what sounds work well together, what works compositionally etc.or;>being able to mix and design sounds that sound good and fit together (or using good quality sounds/vsts) so you can then compose a piece?This is a dumb question that might not make much sense cause I'm having trouble articulating the issue, but I keep having unfocussed sessions where I get inspired and just try to lay something down, but get really discouraged and turned off by how shit the vsts I use sound. I tried to force myself into a mindset of just trying to take everything from a soundfont pack to try and speed things up and force me to finishing a compostion fully instead of getting bogged down by mixing, but find that it sounds too shit, so I just abandon the idea. I also feel like it just might be my inexperience with creating music and knowing what flows well or not - maybe someone experienced could compose with these dry ass soundfonts and have it still sound good, but I'm clearly not there yet. How do other anons balance this out and what did do that felt best for improving as a beginner? I'm at the stage where I've re-listened to all my projects and want to put them on a HDD so I can set fire to them cause I didn't realise how bad the ideas all were.
>>124116401just finish songs instead of blogging about it, you dumb fuck. make a choice in your life without having to ask everyone what to do
I've been working on a remake of Kill the Noise - Dying as a learning project. I still have quite a few details to add and a lot of mixing to be done, but I'd love some feedback on what I have so far. Second drop is of my own making, the rest is 1 to 1 trying to replicate. https://voca.ro/13vNVYz0T43Y- I don't know where to begin to get my shit sounding as full as the original, I'm planning on mixing it while using some reference tracks. I've never done this before, I guess this is how I find out?- I've been fucking around with delays and shit to get the (synth-v) vocals sounding a bit closer to the original but in the vocaroo clip I just slapped on some Crystallizer preset and another extra Fruity Delay 3. Any tips?- The original arp in the beginning; does anyone have some pointers on how to recreate this? I found a Sakura preset which comes very close, but there's some fuckery with layers and delays going on here which I don't understand.- The saw chords sound way too harsh, but I don't understand how to make them "softer" without removing the saw timbre like the OG has. Original song:https://youtu.be/RZyTa56Cr3k
>>124116401>having good ear for what sounds work well togetherinforms> mix and design sounds that sound good and fit together Being good at sound selection and balancing that with composition is just practice like everything else.At the start if you're having trouble I would recommend:>dedicated time to finding and organizing sounds you like (sample, presets, whatever) and compiling or taking note of what you want to use later>dedicated time to learning sound design/effects/tools >dedicated composition time based on the previous two; already knowing what you're going for before you start rather than doing it all at once reference tracks may help with all three of these and i highly recommend having just one or two per song where you have either a palette of sounds you know you want to rip or some specific thing like a chord progression or beat that you want to mimic
EQ automation + way more mults than you would think changed my life but also i want to kms myself 10% more now
anyone know a good tool to convert text to voice for sampling in tracks?
well i had a lot of feedback to give to like half the people here but according to 4chan my post is spam so rip
>>124116828synthesizer-v works pretty well if you want singing?
>>124103380>https://vocaroo.com/1hGMLFRuJj5mreally cool like always you weird anime boy, textures were pleasing to the brain>>124104524serum and im not joking>>124105584nah i disagree hes posted melodic stuff before>>124106261i really like the little flute bits theyre really fun. i think the drums could use a bit more reverb though to help them sit in a similar space to the flute. >>124108015 mentions it sounding like its missing something, i think thats coming from the drums and other instruments not entirely feeling like theyre in the same space. still very enjoyable tho.
>>124113263>an edit of think you the shit by ice spice and springtime for Hitler from the producerswhat a stupid idea https://vocaroo.com/1cQXq15c5i3b>>124113356personally I think thats allowed in art, sullying that is>>124114619this is lovely, definitely sounds like music made by someone with teeth but now you can make music by someone without teeth so its not all bad>>124114723do you need it or would you keep it>>124114932you can play in your own time thats also fine :) this sounds very nice but this is also mostly in time to me or at least it doesnt FEEl super out of time.>>124116401>actually being able to finish a piece with just dry sounds, but having good ear for what sounds work well together, what works compositionally etc.its this one. and best to learn to not take it all too seriously.
>>124116899thx :( also checked>>124116908dumb jokes she's wings ... she swings...
>>124116896>synthesizer-vYeah i might want something in singing format but mostly just normal chatting voice, more like a dialogue tone, which i guess is simpler but i havent found a consistent tool yet
>>124117002uberduck or elevenlabs maybe? There's tons of similar things online. I also remember downloading some open source AI voice thing but I don't recall the name..
>>124111760>backing tracks can't have soul
I will never finish this I started it 1 hour agohttps://vocaroo.com/1fpY6WHyO4rS
>>124118171thank goodness
>>124118183mean, but that true i produce extremely badly
>>124118357just keep grinding broprobably 3 years before you start making good songs, unless you go hermit mode
>>124116519based, but i dont know, i dont use fl studio
>>124118357its not terribleit just doesn't go anywheretake me on an adventure through time stephen
>>124118387Actually sometimes I make serious music, but I can't finish it because I have severe depression.
>>124116519>https://voca.ro/13vNVYz0T43Ythis is actually pretty good
>>124118431well i cannot finish any of my crapi just make loopy stupid stuffso you are doing better than most
>>124116519>The saw chords sound way too harsh, but I don't understand how to make them "softer" without removing the saw timbre like the OG has. its not a saw chord, its one of theseyou'll struggle to recreate the vocals as KTN has got multiple vocal recordings harmonised, whereas it sounds like the vocal you've ripped hasn't captured the multiple layersoriginal arp in the beginning sounds like its FM, if you can get the FM right then the processing of it shouldn't be too hard
>>124116899how do i use serum for granulisation? can ya point me in the way of any good tutorials
>>124118491I don't know of tutorials but you can import .WAV files as waveforms and sweep through them/warp them for some interesting granular stuff.
>>124118416>>124118387>>124118183>>124118453here I have something that I never completed, it's supposed to be a bootleg of another song but I'm definitely not going to finish itof course it needs more modulations and other patternshttps://vocaroo.com/1mBtE9sytcBshere's an intro to something I wanted to do but dont want to finish https://vocaroo.com/1eijYN63nksa
A beat a day 6Shitty mix editionhttps://voca.ro/1nMUf3smfACA
>>124118559thats probably enough info for me to have a play around, thanks
>>124118566who is this hairy armed lady
sounds like the rock song is supposed to go somewhere then it becomes a rap song
>>124116519>too harshthat as well as the other sounds are way more scooped and have way less high end in the original.part of that "full" sound is really just the ease of balance as things fall into place once you have everything sitting in the spectrum where they belong.really nice work so far dude
>>124118559>>124118491you can import but serum is not granular lol
https://voca.ro/1daDlNzlBXUJhttps://voca.ro/1LSiIJZBtWhR
>>124118491i think phaseplant is better for that, but you can drag and drop audio into wavetables in serum
>>124118828>https://voca.ro/1LSiIJZBtWhR>20min trackTLDL
>>124118748it is if you think of cycles as grains
>>124118867that's okI wonder what people's toughts on plunderphonics are?
>>124093665Music with 3 views/listeners is the only. Content that I "consume" with such small numbers. I don't care about very small videogames, novels or whatever, but for music it's ok (I'm ESL so I hope I made this point understandable)
>>124118885some very obscure indie games are great like those made by Jake clover
>>124118885that's how i am tho i have seen some weird films
>>124118877boring and solved in the 90s
>>124118980i think it's exciting and subversive
When I get to the end of mixing sometimes I go to play a song out of my headphones or in my car and it's drastically quieter than other songs I have, and quieter than stuff playing on streaming apps from professional bands. Is their a plugin that I can add as a final step that will set the overall volume to what the standard volume of stuff on YT, Spotify etc is? Like, I'll have something playing that seems to be blasting and then it is just nowhere near as loud when I render the file and I cannot figure out why. I don't do anything really big different between songs, my amp volume and mic volumes never get adjusted, I don't move the volume sliders down or up substantially, it's so weird.
>>124119035youlean loudness meter and learn to mix better
>>124119035you're making music and don't know what limiter is, or the difference between volume and loudness? I'm actually kind of jealous
why is my music thats peaking at +5db in my DAW so much quieter after exporting?
>>124119182ableton?
whats the most bang for your buck DAW and/or synth in terms of built in instrumentsI just want to play around with a lot of sounds without stealing
>>124119182Because you didn't bandpass your master
>>124119252FLstudio mobile cost me 15 dollarsmy music sucks though so i wouldn't be the one to say
>>124119252fl studio is the best bang for the buck and you can supplement with free plugins like surge, vital, etc.. ableton live has great built in plugins and synths but you need to pony up for suite and then version updates while fl is free updates for life
>>124119237nah, based in london
>>124119252i use reaper and stretch free audio clip for making basses because i'm autistici just resample anything
>>1241192521) Reaper with a handful of good free plug-ins -- good instruments aren't built-in, but they are free and good2) Ableton Live Lite if you're looking to buy a midi controller that also gives you a license for it>>124119310>but you need to pony up for suiteSure, but even the lower tiers have good instruments. Drift and Simpler is all a person needs and those are in the lowest tier.
>>124119458>Sure, but even the lower tiers have good instruments.i've had suite for so long i wasn't sure what was in the standard version. intro is a waste of time imo. standard is way too much money even on sale and it's missing plugins i use a lot like operator and wavetable not to mention useful effects like echo, pedal, amp/cabinet, hybrid reverb, and convolution reverb
>>124119268>>124119310>>124119388>>124119458thanks fellas
>>124119579I agree that Intro is a waste of time because Lite exists. I don't remember the price, but I'm pretty sure an upgrade from Lite to Standard on Thomann around black Friday is a decent deal -- only ~5 more weeks.
>>124119252dont bother with FL, the free synths are so shit
Was taking a break from learning for a few weeks, made these today while warming up. I think I may expand the hotdogflavoredremix.Hotdog:https://vocaroo.com/1etnUm0PHPbPKinda annoying drumshttps://vocaroo.com/14G8HRgI2owx
I threw together a sort of X-files Mark Snow inspired track quickly just now, thoughts? Not usually what I dohttps://voca.ro/1iENu2ZjVzLC>>124118566I like where this is going at some parts but the piano could be a bit louder and maybe build on it a bit further. Is the guitar part a sample?
>>124120010I like the drums, how did you do them in a nutshell?
>>124120624Thanks! I cut up a drum beat from a 90s club cd,and then combined it into a new beat. Then I chopped that, and put effects on it and recorded it as a new track. Then I added a generator for some noise receiving a send from one of the chopped tracks.Here it is in steps. https://vocaroo.com/1oBKN51Awdlh
https://voca.ro/12VN3zafg6GqAmbient with "uneasy" vibes. I can probably work on the sound a little bit, but my brain is shut down tonight.
>>124116182Here you go:https://we [DOT] tl/t-e9asq1vwR0https://we [DOT] tl/t-J6yHCYJc1Ahttps://we [DOT] tl/t-Eq3Xl8ZGHXhttps://we [DOT] tl/t-zdmp1E6PccThey're kind of mixed together to minimize the number of links, but it shouldn't be difficult to see which video belongs to which folder/Patreon.>I'd love some more of the tutorial/breakdown vids, maybe you have some stuff uploaded to browse through?Nothing uploaded anywhere. I do have other non-Patreon tutorials of various kinds but they're all over my drives and I don't have the will or time to gather them and offer to upload them, at least for now.
>>124121145which links which?
>>124121178The site has a 2 GB limit so I added based on how much space was available. They're kind of all mixed together.If you open the links you can see the files contained in them and download them individually.If you're not sure which Patreon they come from you can reference the pastebin or this post >>124116182 I guess, but it should be obvious.
making a spooky skeleton song for spooky skeleton spook monthhttps://vocaroo.com/1bMVeIIm5kve
>>124093129is this too minimal/static? it's supposed to be kinda stripped back, but after listening to it over and over idk if it actually is lacking something or not. https://voca.ro/1eFWVTgWJpkS
>>124120600>https://voca.ro/1iENu2ZjVzLCI just finished the X-Files PS2 game so I have some of the music fresh in my mind for reference. It's a little bit aimless, like many Mark Snow tracks cobbled together, but I like the sound selections and a few sections get the vibe across well. Are you using a KORG for these sounds?
>>124122835becomes a mess at 58 seconds all the way through until it eases off again at 2:06. The bits either side of those time marks seem fine.
>>124121145Amazing, thanks a lot man! I don't have internet tomorrow for quite a while due to maintenance work in the area, so this material is great to spend my day on :)
https://voca.ro/1eDIQ0rvQ0w2Still need to do a few things to the composition and some more mixing. Was wondering if anyone could let me know how the drums/perc is sounding on this. The mix all around I guess. I don’t have good speakers
"christmas" dance track for a party i'm gonna dj for:https://voca.ro/1jP7RzQDIjE3is it at least memeable?
>>124123392your hihat sample isn't great and its too loud in the mix
>>124118561ok I decided, maybe i'll start making music again but I'll try something newI'll probably buy a microphone and start singing.
>>124122870Yes that’s right, a Korg M1 plug-in. Also a Roland XV-5080 plug-in. Aimless is the right word, in this case I just sort of meandered over a chord progression that sounded appropriate. I guess focusing on one major theme would help?
>>124123368Glad to be of help my friend
try not to cry challenge day waooowhttps://vocaroo.com/13eSk6xdCjCJ
>>124124670Very nice as always.>try not to cry challenge day waooowOf happiness for being so good at producing?
>>124124879Thx lolMusic is a dream realm that turns back to ash every time ableton closes and it’s always leaving traces everywhere throughout the day from dirty hands reminding you and needing to be cleanedIdk dude spooky season always fucks me up
>>124124670Damn this sounds high quality to me. I don't think I could even guess how most of those sounds are made. How did you process those vocals for example? Do you publish your music anywhere else? If not then you should
>>124124970Yeah same, except instead of music it's incest porn.Pretty much the same thing really.
>>124124995Thanks. I've thrown up a handful of dopey little dnb and hyperpop tracks in the past but they're eh.I'm going back through stuff from the past year to polish rn and then idkThe vocal is an iris sample going "bum bum bum bum" that i threw in granulator and bussed with a kick in silly ways 4 tha pump and then reprinted.Valhalla Vintage Verb on Room doing a wash carries a lot.>>124125034Real. Waking up from dream world actually ruined like 90% of my porn addiction, i'm actually pretty mad about it.
>>124123908Thanks for listening anon. I’ll try out some different high hats. Still have yet to go through and do a proper mixing but I’ll turn them down
Day 6 of consistent practice. Trying to get my friend who plays guitar to start practicing. One friend says he will start drum lessons before the end of the year. Hopefully one day we will jam
Is it true that like 70% of the posters here are UK guys making the same dnb or whatever annoying UK sub genre? >Ahh yeah, this deep spooky jungle track is well poppin! Get them wubby dubs in me ears!
>>124126903Maybe listen to shit in the thread. But yes.
kind of a weird hyperbolic time chamber remix to warm uphttps://vocaroo.com/1PN0L4gqJbIN
>>124118400 >>124118440Thanks <3>>124118472Hmm, that sound a bit too square I think, but I can hear what you mean. I'll experiment a bit more with this waveshape cheers!>>124118730Scooped = filter out the mids more, and then on top of that also the high end? My filtering so far is basically non-existent in those regions so I'll play around with it. I suppose the right way to approach this is to EQ + mix first (without soloing too much) and then putting it next to reference tracks?And thanks :)
>>124123392Like other anon said, hat is a bit obnoxious but I can see the vision. I like the composition too, but the mix is VERY mono. Grab ozone imager (free vst) to see for yourself, feel confident bro gotta fill some L/R space with your ego.
>>124118472The vocals are synth-v, I have some harmonisation going on (for example on the "feel like"). I'm referring more to the delays/swells or however you call them which "drown" the vocal, but it's less obvious delay/EFX than my version has.Also thanks for the arp tip, will have a go at it.
>splurged on a bunch of gear again>haven't finished a song in monthshelp
>>124130047I’ll help you if you buy me gear
A beat a day 7A little bit of this a little bit of that editionhttps://voca.ro/11hqZnR6cNgY
I still can't play the fucking melody for 1000 miles but like all the other songs I try are clicking. Is there a tip for playing the back and forth parts from B to Ab, and F#. I'm so sad I suck
>>124128102I have added panning AND a stereonizer on all my pads. Do I need to hard pan everything? I’m on an MPC one. I have >pic related going from my output into my interface. It goes from two inputs to one input. Is this my issue? You’re not the first to say it’s mono as fuck.
>>124130500probably the best you've done so farthe switch up into the funk sample is a bit weird and out of place, probably should be two separate beats
still on my garage wavehttps://vocaroo.com/1bsL0MSZy1mL
>>124093224That's very nice. I wish I wasn't a neet and could fine a female singer
>>124130652forgot to add - really hate the kick currently, and need to add some more percussion and melodic content to it
>>124130669thanks matei just found those vocals on the FL version of splice
h8 4 zach hillhttps://vocaroo.com/13Z2vYqQC1yV
>nobody on /mu/ wants to talk about practicingi just wanna hear about what other people are doing while i practice. since im not producing idk where to post. no reason to bother making a thread cause i know itll die. i tried looking at /gg/ and thats probably one of the worst threads ive ever seen in my life. i think its just like a dick measuring contest there
>>124130980it's been one mentally ill dude's mission to make the thread insufferable. the thread was good when it started but it's botted to hell
>>124130980wtf is "practice"?i just make beats and get better over time bro
>>124131023>to make the thread insufferable.Yeah i saw the collage posted in that thread. i have no idea how someone just ends up making their whole life about ruining a thread on 4chan.>>124131029>i just make beats and get better over time broi was doing this too but my beats stagnated or were just worse than what i made before. i need to know theory in order to make something that not shit. listening back to my old shit isnt even fun cause i hear now how nothing goes together.
>>124131089my knowledge of theory is pretty laughable.i know all of the standard scales, and i understand how to write a chord progression and add voicings, but i dunno how to write a full song
>>124131089>>124131029u can't "just do it bro u get better trust me broo" you actually have to challenge yourself and learn THINGS and do different STUFF>>124130980>instrumentsya but like talk about what? just do it trust me but play it slow then play it fast (i can't play any instrument to save my life anymore :[)
>>124131209i just trust my EARS broooo
>>124130549That Volt 1 interface has a single balanced mono input, so by default it will send a mono signal to your DAW.How it receives the signal you're outputting from your MPC is a different matter, ie which type of Y-cable is that? Does it have a TRS plug on the end that gets plugged into the interface?Those TRS plugs when used with stereo Y-cables are intended to be inserted to stereo input sockets, not one that uses the TRS connection for a balanced mono input like your interface. Internal wiring and the balancing circuitry in the interface will determine how it reacts to a stereo signal being presented to it via the TRS, it may ignore the left channel, it may ignore the right channel or it may sum the two, but the way balanced connections work involves flipping the polarity of one of the received signals so summing might have unintended resultsTL;DR your interface only has a single mono input, so everything you record from the MPC will be in mono and possibly also missing a channel sent by the MPC, or mangled by the balanced circuitry
>>124130980then talk about practicing and ask about, or ask theory questions as you work on songs instead of bitching about no one doing it
>>124131209How about I challenge myself to get a cracked version of Scaler2
I just imagine rhythms on my head and voice memo them
unhinged protosketch i am so sleepy make them all go awayhttps://vocaroo.com/1cY1MdHsgK9O
>>124131740theres some good sound design underneath the schizonessthat crash/ride at the end sounds out of place though, too clean
>>124131602>rhythms on my headritems en mi casa
>>124127758Apparently I never warmed uphttps://vocaroo.com/15VzmNP7rZ8m
a cheese songhttps://vocaroo.com/1ks4EdF7uUwI
>>124131271The cable is TRS but the 1/8 to 1/4 adapter might not be. Gaht dammit. So reversing the polarity will work? (Possibly)
>>124093129I'm going through FL Studio's tutorials (DnB) on YT right now. These guys make them strangely. Instead of teaching us how to do each thing or understand the various menu functions, they just load up presets with a beat, then briefly caption whatever they just did, telling us why they made a very specific choice of tool to add into a complex mesh of sound.
>>124132619>or understand various menu functionsNot everybody is making tutorials assuming that their viewers are NEW new though.DAW basics and genre basics don’t need to be in the same video.
>>124132561>So reversing the polarity will work? (Possibly)Work in what way? It won't allow you to record stereo signals if that's what you mean, your interface doesn't have a stereo input. And if you mean reversing polarity after it's been recorded into your DAW, then all you'll end up with at that point is still a mono recording, but with its polarity flipped.If the issue you want to fix is mono sounding recordings, record in stereo, and for that you'll need an interface that has a stereo input.
>>124132672Truehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iDLgHrvsB4Am I missing something, or did he break away from the lesson to teach us how to make ghost notes instead? I still can't see the notes of the key on the roll.
>>124132906The lesson was done by 1:25, what else do you need to know?What do you mean ghost notes? He didn't do anything outside of the scope of "scale highlighting."
>>124132687Fml why would they not give you the option to do both? God damn it sucks being new. Thanks for the help anon
>>1241329060 iq
>>124132945>>124133006Earnest mistake. I couldn't see what he was referring to.
>>124133036Mm, the colors are hard to see.
>>124132906i find it far more confusing when i change the scale helpers, because the standard (cmaj) highlighting shows the keys as they are on a keyboardthis feature was really designed for people who don't know what keys are in each scale
>>124133213not her, but it should just automatically fold the notes. i don't find scale modes useful in piano rolls nor do i think they'd help if i didn't know theory. the chord stamp tools are similarly useless
>>124133213It's a visual aide.
>>124130063alright you get a $2k allowance, go crazy
>>124133958MONITORS…aaaaaaand it’s gone. Oof
I wish I had something like $50,000 to waste on building a studio
>>124134276Get yourself 0.1 btc and hold it for 5 years and then you should be good.
>>124124670tranny music
>>124126903yeah seems like it. house music was overrepresented for a while, i guess from burger anons. germans are overrepresented on youtube, i think they have the dunning-kruger and less social shaming so they're not as afraid to make shitty techno and such.
>>124126903not bri'ish but im making garage at the moment
is there something exactly like the OP-Z that doesn't sound like shit? like a really, really tiny portable sequencer/sampler/synth gadget that is also very powerful? the sequencer on the OP-Z is fantastic but the synth engines are dogshit, the effects are dogshit, the sampling storage is only 30MB(!) and the whole modules system is just a mess.
>>124134634tranny music best music
>>124135545terrible as far back as walter carlos
https://vocaroo.com/12e6dqKL7BUHdo you like my song :(
>>124135577id love to get my hands on stems for this
>>124135541no, there are no decemt grooveboxes until you start spending a lot of money. at that point, it's more money and less powerful than a daw
>>124135577I like it anon!
>>124135577Make something new, anon, this song is gay and you've been posting it for months.
>>124135603why is it that Apple can build something as tiny as an iPhone and still have it compete with some laptops in terms of power but nobody can manage to build a tiny lil music doohickey that doesn't suck fucking ass
>>124135577>gay ass banjo>indie folk faggotry>pansy effete vocals>almost pornographically homosexual lyricsgay. shit was gay as fuck I need a shower. dick-in-the-booty-ass nigga. (7/10)
>>124135815economy of scale, retard
>>124135815Modern CPUs/SoCs are some of the most complex things ever made. The machine that builds them alone is absolutely insane as well, and a fabrication plant from TSMC or whatever takes 5 or more years to build.The only option these gear manufacturers have to get decent performance like you're saying is to buy general purpose off-the shelf parts, which is also very expensive and pretty much requires a scale that music gear companies rarely if ever come close to.Maybe they can find a way to basically build an android phone with a custom form factor and a custom ROM like those Chinese handheld emulators, but I wouldn't bet on them reaching those scales either.
>>124118561I need a feedback I know I suck but idk.
I accidentally this experimenting with pitch/freq shifting.https://vocaroo.com/1hQubtVJv66mand here's a shitpost music video I made for it afterward:https://mega.nz/embed/QytEyb5R#N67OeUtRu6G7XPrJU_EQ0vknpmsnyO2PzfSz8OV10UI>>124118561dude I can already sense your depression taking over your decision in some sort. You are fine as a producer, especially as someone who's still learning.>https://vocaroo.com/1eijYN63nksaThis one sounds pretty good, still very barren but you can build around it.>>124120010>https://vocaroo.com/1etnUm0PHPbPI dig it, but I find the panning distracting and somewhat annoying>>124120600Nice, I really like this, would fit well as an intro to any old castlevania game>>124123392great stuffs
Does anyone here use ableton? Where did you get it?100% of the torrents i've checked have shitty viruses
>>124137576audioz.download
>>124137576Rutracker.net
>>124136932Thanks you for the feedback, you really boosted my mood.
>>124137576Paid for it cause I'm not a bum
>>124137893>paid for it because I am a sub who likes to get ass fucked while swinging in the air in a BDSM rope chair >paid for it because I am morally a garbage can for anyone>paid for it because I drive a Scion Cube>paid for it because my nipples need attentional also>paid for it because being a reddit moderator is actually a decent gig
>>124137893You are a bum because you pay.Wheres , I , am extremely wealthy becuse I never pay.
>>124137576It has a false positive, no virus, just says there's one
>>124138265Thismicrosoft is in bed with the VST jews and lie about perfectly good cracks
>>124137893unless you're already successful it's crazy to pay for everything. $300 for an EQ cmon
even if you have ill-gotten gains so you feel like you're not wasting your money because you didn't earn it. i'd rather buy a $1k meme DAC/amp than $1k of plugins.
an office chair can be $1k+ if bought brand new
>>124138716Waited for black friday deals on a third party site. And I stopped torrenting software a while ago, trackers can't be trusted.
just bought a ddt 770.ffs I thought these had detachable headphone cables, but turns out that was only the Thomann 70th anniversary edition.the fuck do I do now? return it? headphone cables always fucking break after like 3 years so when that inevitably happens I at least wanna be able to replace it without having to solder shit myself...
>>124138977dunno but i had 990 and the headband securers broke which basically resulted in each of my 2 headphones dangling from the headbandalso the earpads started looking godawful like they have grime in them, with a weird colorbut thats all okay, since redditors said that those headphones could survive until the heat death of the universe
>>124139176>also the earpads started looking godawful like they have grime in them, with a weird colorthat's a humans problem. same way artificial leather starts dissolving from our natural body oils. but at least with the ddt 770 you'll likely always be able to find replacement parts, unlike with my Sennheiser HD 380 pro which aren't being made anymore so you can't buy replacement parts anymore except from dubious 3rs parties
>>124138265>Just trust me, bro.
>>124139580>gets scared because of a false positive>comes to 4chan for spoonfeeding >turns out you were wrong>doubling down on stupidity
is this listenable, before I added the retarded voice?https://vocaroo.com/1flslbjtaEwNor did I add the voice because my brain was telling me the song was boring
last for classicalhttps://vocaroo.com/1gTrU5v4cheL
>house / garagehttps://vocaroo.com/1mFbyKV8lCBU
>>124140297>https://vocaroo.com/1gTrU5v4cheL8/10 would kill a heartless to this
>>124140391nvm just got to the gating, wtf man 2/10wait, the part after the gating is cool, 9/10
Maybe these are just noisehttps://vocaroo.com/1nngOeCF467Jhttps://vocaroo.com/14ss829jxOzW
>>124137576bought suite for with an education discount during the holiday/black friday sales
>>124140297This was really good until you changed the song. As someone who's been learning KH on piano, I get why the other guy said that.
Any of you apes feel like baking?
Sure thing just give me 900 seconds
>>124141608
>unrelated imageepic thread
>>124141711
>>124137576literally just use 100% hardware. no DRM, no licenses, no accounts, no subscriptions, no please connect to the internet to use this thing you already own, just drop a couple hundred bucks and use a physical object like god intended
