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Previous Thread: >>124141608
>Production Resources:
https://pastebin.com/pYGCLu6q
https://pastebin.com/p2QUqMzj
>/prod/ wiki - still looking for contributors
http://mu-sic-production.wikia.com
Vocaroo/anonymous only
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>tfw last 20% of the track
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQHP1-alrPw
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trash thread desu
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I'm going to make a dubstep album from 2011 just using fm8 massive ohmicide and melodyne
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is this too repetitive

https://vocaroo.com/1fzUCYr7OxSY
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MS9YAaJpOoA
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCKkxcuXqhg
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https://voca.ro/1kdDbGGytUU9

im writting this jungle tune , im using exclusively 90s techniques , everything is sampled breaks pads one shots and pure midi , all the delay , phasing , filtering , time stretching , flanging , delays and reverbs on certain break hits all done via midi and autistic sequencing of samples

my main problem is i dont know if it just sounds like trash or is there any potential in this
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>>124192581
Agreed. This thread sucks shit. Shame on you op, I’m not going to click YouTube links spammed with no description, I do not care about celebrity gossip like j lo and diddy. Fuck off and go away
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TL_llrc8nIM
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>>124193200
For active listening, yes. It feels like I'm watching a 15 second loop of footage from a 90s anime on /f/.
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>>124194955
>all done via midi
Based.. but what do you really mean?
e.g. for flanging you're triggering the same sample with the second instance being triggered milliseconds later than the first trigger? Similar technique for delay/reverb: triggering the sample multiple times via midi and reducing the volume of subsequent instances to mimic delay/reverb?
..
I mean... technically effects can be triggered and automated via midi data as well. They had effect units back in the day, so it's still legit and probably even more appropriate to just go ahead and use them unless you're trying to larp as poor dudes who only had a tracker and were forced to work inside the box because they couldn't afford external instruments and effects.
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what do you guys thinl?

https://vocaroo.com/1oJC6zrdq3ZC
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>>124195715
At first I thinking that it was some 80s music that my parents would have listened to but then it kind of reminded me of 相対性理論の地獄先生.
Nice work, friend.
>>124189156
Thanks for double-click+drag with draw mode off - tip. I didn't see dragging mentioned in the manual and didn't realize it was possible.
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>unconsciously buy the exact same gear as my favorite artists
damn im kinda based
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https://vocaroo.com/19RKqXlyb2nU
>hip-hop
>horrorcore
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>>124196290
>horrorcore
always trash
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>>124196361
you're just jealous that i'm thugmaxxing
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>>124196437
>thugmaxxing
nice cope but you make unlistenable trash that sounds like it was made by a retarded child that never heard good music
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it's not great but I don't think it's just noise finally
https://voca.ro/13dwtdsJDr35
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I JUST WANT TO MAKE TIM HECKER - DUNGEONEERING !!!
:(
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>>124196290
did you play that bum bum bum line in by hand?
it's dragging like... a little too noticeably

honestly i can't feel like this is supposed to be tongue in cheek kinda goofy like early eminem where some of it is supposed to be a joke or if you're trying to genuinely do ghostemane or some memphis junt with those voices
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>>124196704
>or if you're trying to genuinely do ghostemane or some memphis junt with those voices
I was just trying to make it sound edgelord-ish with the screamo shit
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>>124195535
what im doing technically is slicing a break and sequencing it via midi , i mark kicks snares and shuffles in edison in fl studio and i put it in fl studio slicer and i put it in play through the whole sample mode , that way when u play 1 midi note after another right after it they play at the same time creating a flanging effect , if u shift the notes a bit apart and pitch it up it creates that timestretch effect , u can also control the filters in the midi as well as panning and pitch and slide those values up or down via slide notes , for example u can put a note for a snare and then u can put a slide note but on the slide note u put the cutoff value lower , that creates filter automation within midi , thats the way i created everything , 0 effects except a clipper on the master is used , all the delays and flanging effects and filters are done via midi , its very very close to how they did it in the 90s with trackers and akai samplers
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>>124197593
i prefer this workflow cuz its way faster to me to create any effect i want in fl studio piano roll cuz im so familiar with it than to automate effects + this way i have extremely granular control over effects i do and since it's a minimal approach it forces me to think creatively and everything is right in one window and up to me to sequence it how i want which makes it way simpler than doing automations and shit etc
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I find it so frustrating that I'm so insecure about my musical output. That I cant trust myself when it comes to wether or not my music is worthwhile or not.

Yesterday, I've was listening back to some of the songs I've put together over the last couple of months, thinking I hadnt listened to them for a couple of weeks and wanted to hear them with a fresh ear and I was really enjoying myself. Like nodding and fistbumping the air like a spastic, thinking my shit sounds actually really good.
Then I came back from work today, listened to the same fucking songs, on the same volume, same speakers and now it all sounds like shit. Nothing music, just a combination of chords, drums and sounds that barely pass as muzak.

I have the same issue with my mixes. One day the kick is too clicky, then the next day it's too muffled, the bass is too boomy, then it's too thin, vocals too loud, vocals too quiet.

I just wish there was some consistency to what I felt about my own music and I didnt flip flop between two extremes.
It's driving me nuts.
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A beat a day 10
Xylophone edition
https://voca.ro/11Gpgobim43e
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>>124198628
i've found it best to ensure i always feel like shit about my music by immediately comparing it to somebody who i want to be as good as to put me back in my place.

this is assuming the situation i was either being lazy for some reason or wasn't far along enough already to be using reference tracks, in which case i'd almost certainly already feel like shit, or average at best.

if you want to be good u should feel bad
if you want to have fun u should not care and not compare yourself
little pro tip from me to u fren ;)
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>>124198630
Keep it up brother
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>>124198628
Have you considered that your mood is affecting your capacity to judge your own work?
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>>124198712
>if you want to have fun u should not care and not compare yourself
Sure, but theres always a part of me that wants my music to be as good as possible. I have music I've made purely for my own gratification. Music so cheesy and dated it would be embarassing to show to anyone. There is some drive in me to improve what I am doing, not that I aim for a career in music, but that when I die, my headstone will read "Here lies Anon, didnt amount to much, but could slap together a pretty banging tune"

>>124199051
I have, but then I would be frankly worried by how much my mood fluctuates. I know ear fatigue plays a part, after 8-9 hours of work, my hearing isnt as pristine as it is right out of bed, so shit lacks a bit of sparkle when I come homel late at night. I just wish there was some consistency or some part of me that could objectively say "well this is a decent song, this other one, not so much" despite fluctuations in mood. If there wasnt sunken cost into play, I would have probably deleted perfectly good songs off my harddrive in disgust.

Anyways, I'm just venting my frustrations, thanks for replying.
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>>124199184
>sure, but theres always a part of me that wants my music to be as good as possible.
Song every day (etc) Improvement will follow if you're genuinely just trying new shit and tweaking all the the time.
Trust the process :^)
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>>124199184
Sometimes I obsess over getting a piece of music right; I'll spend days obsessing over 5 voice counterpoint. But the result is usually something worth the struggle.
But then other days ill play something live in and out a few effects on it and call it done. And I'm often happy with those ones, too.
I dunno if its helpful but from my perspective I think not every piece of music you make needs to be held to the exact same standard. Sometimes you need to recognize that you were trying something different or learning something new or even just trying to get the fucking thing finished. I don't mind hearing a piece of music I made and going "well I'd do THAT differently" because at least I know I'm in a position to change it if I can tell what the problem is. Give yourself the credit you deserve when you deserve it, cut yourself the slack you deserve when you deserve it, and be honest about what bits didn't work and you would fix if you did it again, the move on and do another one with the lessons learned.
Gotta be a shark, man.
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>>124196647
there's no grid or structure idk how to organize it

like actually it clicks a little in my brain like sculpting and just going with it which is kind of nice disregarding timing to a degree but at the same time like...
there's no guidance!
it's a bunch of noise with no names that just go in places :[
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I use:
Digital Clip on Saturator in Ableton.
Limiter.
Soothe 2.

Why do I need a compressor?
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>>124199798
>I use heavily processed loops that doesnt need any mixing
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>>124199822
You're saying a compressor's only for recorded instruments?
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>>124199849
no I'm saying you're not running into scenarios where a compressor is needed because the sounds you're using are all ready processed, mixed and probably heavily compressed.
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>>124199798
Use compression to change the tone not to control peaks you DOOFUS
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>>124199897
Oh I'm a doofus because I haven't used compressors for tone control? wow.
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>>124199889
I could use a compressor instead of a clipper though.
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>>124199922
to what purpose?
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>>124199939
To tame peaks, what a compressor does
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>>124199918
No you’re a silly goose for asking a SILLY [derogatory] question
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>>124200060
Piss off mate
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>>124200177
You ask a question so I bless you with my sage knowledge and you tell me to piss off?
Apologize.
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slept 30 hours. the fog follows me.

https://vocaroo.com/1g7q4xA8K9HD
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>>124199964
a clipper doesn't tame peaks though it literally clips them off and a compressor is just going to compress the clip like if you compress anything in real life. imagine you have a really big dick (can just imagine, right) and you can't fit your partner. using a compressor would be just shrinking your dick until you can fit, and clipping would be actually chopping the tip off. both lets you fit in but very different procedures
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>>124200530
That's not a good analogy at all. When cut a peak off it shortens but the top is unnecessary and it doesn't affect the sound except make things smoother. When you cut your dick off it will not be like that, so don't do it, just live out who you are, be gay
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>>124200622
>I'm just gonna take the tip off! You won't even notice it completely unnecessary don't need it at all!
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>>124200641
Yeah that's true
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>>124197593

not the same anon but ive been doing jungle since the 90's with a lot of hardware. What you have done sounds pretty good, you need some filtered pads or something in the upper mid frequency range. its missing some kind of melodic element coming in & out, you could spread out the arrangement more to make it more sparse without it becoming boring, it would improve the structure. The drums & edits are in the right place but you need to download akaizer to do proper sounding phase/timestretch effects and you should redo your breaks into amigo sampler for proper 12bit jungle style (buy it, the devs deserve it & its only $10). Amigo/akaizer would make a world of difference if you want it to sound like proper jungle.
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hows the mix https://voca.ro/1bEszqhCTNjx
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>>124200932
I only listened to ten seconds and I skipped around but I will say that you used the main riff too often and the vocals sound amateur at best
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>>124201100
ok simon but besides that. i'm just mixing it
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>>124199556
just run 10 loops/textures in parallel
put your 10 fingers on the 10 faders
press record
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>>124200690
hey thanks for the feedback ! this really means a lot coming from someone who actually made it in 90s , i do know akaizer and ur right i have to buy amiga sampler , i've seen vids on it and it's amazing , they also recently released an update which is amazing ! do u have any of ur own work ? id love to hear
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>>124196290
>Soundtrack of a Seth Rogan film about fucking underage girls

Jesus Christ lol
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A signal is just a f****** signal bro
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How the fuck do you guys write, sing and mix?!?
I can't for the love of God get some compelling lyrics, even when I think I made a good track.
And I fucking hate my voice because I can't sing. It doesn't matter how I mix it, I'm never happy with it ;_;.
https://vocaroo.com/16KaCofUmGiq
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>>124203843
it's actually easy , you come up with a vocal harmony over the song u made , after that u punch in vocals over and over until u have a finished song , u punch in a phrase until it sounds good and u just keep going and mixing is easy if u have good equipment and if u do a good performance , which i covered how to do previously , as far as actual vocal production goes what u make sure is that it sounds good in mono and that u can hear everything clear and loud , everything else is like icing on the cake
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>>124204035
lol

>>124203843
your voice is average and the mix is meh, but imo you should really be prioritizing songwriting for the time being
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>>124204136
>your voice is average and the mix is meh, but imo you should really be prioritizing songwriting for the time being
Ion want to sound like an idiot, but you just remarked what I already stated ;_;
>>124204035
I'm weird, because I can't make a lyrical melody without a full base, but when I have it I get blocked and can't think of anything.
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>>124204324
I mean like, the actual instrumental, focusing on the melodies and what not.
Unless you're specifically trying to be meme-able or anthemic (and even then it's debatable), lyrics are genuinely one of the least important things for writing a good song.
It's not even icing on the cake, they're like sprinkles that help point at an aesthetic direction
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okay i'm gonna continue being ambient today until it's actually good and it's gonna end up being like a 3 part/movement song yeah
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i literally smell like cat piss
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>>124204455
>>124204695
Hope you make some friends soon so you don't have to treat 4chan generals like discord chat.
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>>124204762
two seperate posters, but I appreciate the well wishes.
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>>124204324
find a melody u like be it in some music u like or just take some vocal harmony u like and do something like that , tweak it a bit and call it ur own , there is no excuse anon making music is easy
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>>124204963
yeah this. Just steal stuff and slightly adjust it so no one notices man
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>>124204980
thats what all music is pretty much , thats how it evolves , nothing is original
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>>124205005
cope
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>>124205036
sounds like ur the one coping here , all music is a copy of something , nothing is original , it evolved from something , sooner u realize that better ur music is gonna sound like
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if somebody ever says cope seethe dilate or whatever you're about to enter into a time wasting match with some troll who in the best case scenario is merely pretending to be stupid

resist
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https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=S31SXGCQEnc
this doesn't really go anywhere, 9 minutes of filler, but it's regarded as a masterpiece by his fans. he has other tracks that are completely unlistenable. it's not the same as the cave story ost, but that doesn't make it bad, the cave story dev might have made a lot of money off of his game but not off of his music like deadmau5.
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15 years ago was a different time, even millinnials are old enough to remember a lot about how the world has changed. it was cool to smoke weed and do nothing but listen to these slow EDM tracks.
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>>124205127
fucking 'woo boost' by rusko is considered a masterpiece by his fans. Most popular techno sucks and is only enjoyed by people currently on, or suffering the aftermath of amphetamines
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>>124205127
not even a deadmau5 fan but how is the entire song filler? he could have trimmed off 2/3rds and rearranged it into the standard 3 min pop format but that's a different critique
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdZxVuuZuwY
do you remember...
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>>124205479
>unironically engaging with the schizo
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guitarz waaaoooow RE:

https://vocaroo.com/1ozCFJd2aUwL

i lied tho idk what to write for the rest of the day
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>>124204370
>lyrics are genuinely one of the least important things for writing a good song.
Opera composers often work with a librettist for a reason. Vocal melody and lyrics work best when they are made for each other, but the creation of each is a separate skill and process.
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>>124204370
>lyrics are genuinely one of the least important things for writing a good song.
>It's not even icing on the cake, they're like sprinkles that help point at an aesthetic direction

this is who is giving you creative feedback in these threads. yikes!
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>>124203447
where did you get underage girls from nigga?
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i did it for FUN

https://vocaroo.com/18lRQVfgtLlV
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>>124209473
I feel like it's been awhile.
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>click on link with anime picture
>it's trannyslop
every time
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>>124209704
u r confusing me it's been like 80 minutes bro i just had to eat
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>>124209716
wanna say that again within dicksucking range so i can make you gay FAGGOT?
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>>124209473
>i did it for FUN
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WHY AM I THE ONLY ONE POPPING MY FUCKING PUSSY RIGHT NOOWWW

https://vocaroo.com/1aJ0W2r3t1of
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>>124192171
can someone helpme to get this sound?
the pad-like keys or something, its sounds like a farfisa with a lot of reverb

https://youtu.be/MUvCA3s_HmU?t=28
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>>124211694
something like that
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>>124205479
As >>124206527 said, you're arguing with a schizo.
>How do I know?
If the post seems to be a direct reply or a retort to someones elses post (as opposed to a open ended question), but it isnt replying to anyone in the thread or any other thread, and it contains information and details seemingly out of left field like you've stumbled into the middle of a conversation between two people, then you're probably replying to the schizo that's been haunting these generals for the last year. He's just looking for attention and engagement to the imaginary arguments he's having in his head, by replying to him, you're enabling him.
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>>124211694
>>124211900
it's an organ, how the hell you cant you hear that?
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>>124211928
Ya but that’s how it works u goof not everybody has an oregano
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>>124211902
>>124206527
Sorry xirs, it won't happen again (it might because he's anon and I don't do a linguistic analysis of every post before replying)
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>>124212107
nobody blames you for not knowing, but once he get riled up and reads something he doesnt like, he nukes the generals for the next 3 weeks with his retardation on that excact subject.
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>>124211900
https://voca.ro/15emHXcWn7LT
wow its pretty damn close
thanks

>>124211928
i know, but i just couldn't get that particular sound
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>>124212107
>I don't do a linguistic analysis
I don't either, but to me his posts are so blatantly obvious that it amazes me people still get confused at them and come up with techniques to find his posts like seeing if it's lowercase
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>>124212396
>lowercase
wtffff I didn’t even notice 0.0
that is strike 3 lmao
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>>124211902
Anyway, how do I create beats like Jpegmafia? I already know everything there is to know about making music.
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Am I going to get sued if I start calling myself Rave Mustaine and formed an EDM group called Megadance?
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>>124213775
probably not
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anyone know where i can get software instrument things for logic preferably of drum and bass?
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im getting back into trackers. but how do i produce a schizo drum track like aphex twin?
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>>124213836
Oh...
:(
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>>124214314
why do you want to get sued by dave mustaine?
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>>124214459
For exposure obviously
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>come up with a cool chord progression
>can't turn it into anything

just been messing around with vst synths and bashing my head against the wall like a fucking retard and I still haven't done a single thing with it
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>>124215362
keep going, anon, it will produce results eventually for when you get that spark. I have a project file that i just tend to fill with random chord progressions, melodies, bass ideas, drum ideas, sampling practice, sound design practices, whatever, just loads of disparate ideas that I might come back to later. As frustrating as it is to not have the skill/energy/inspiration/time to get the most out of an idea straight away, just have some patience and keep the ideas flowing.
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>>124215362
copy another song's arrangement. reference tracks aren't just for comparing with a spectrum analyzer. any decision is better than no decision. if it's bad you can always change it later on. if you make nothing there can't be anything to improve. goodnight
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i cant anons i just cant
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>>124215362
You're blessed i can't play chords at all
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4 snare sounds that are actually a girl slapping her own ass in between dildoing herself
https://vocaroo.com/19u7JBrddLkS
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>>124216682
>>>/vr/
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>>124216682
she looks bri'ish
maybe can use those for a dnb track
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>>124216682
Okay but those fucking suck so that ruins the already shitty joke
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>>124216874
I could use 2 and 3, 1 as a ghost note but I had to cut 4 short because there was laughter over it
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>>124216886
You could but they would still sound bad

Go try again you need to master the fundamentals of drum ass sounds or else you’re ngmi
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>>124216886
Are they also that lo-fi in the source?
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>>124216976
They are severely clipped and lots of bad room noise but that's their charm, better than a drum machine
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>>124216997
They're unusable
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>>124216997
post the raw ones so we can have a sound design challenge to make them better
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>>124217098
Motherful
ATM Solo
12:51
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>>124217036
>>124217098
I tried, turns out they sound better halved in size and probably layered with other things which I didn't do
https://vocaroo.com/1o91Q2qzmdgy
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Now this will take a while since everyone has to finish jerking off and then make their beats
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>>124217350
I try to cum once before starting /prod/ every day so i don't get distracted.
It takes more time but I find prostate stimulation has the longest lasting results, particularly when you get really gay with it.
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>>124217416
>particularly when you get really gay with it
yeah but you need the help of another man to get really gay with it, it's impossible to do it alone
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>squeeky metallic tenor voice
>hate that powermetal and heavy metal corny shit
Its Joever before it even began

>inb4 look at this famous baritone singing high notes so I misclassify him as tenor
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>>124217651
You guys should start /prod/ after hours // daw boyz
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I'm trying to sidechain a MIDI kick track onto another MIDI bass track but can't seem to figure it out. Anyone know how? I am using Reaper
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>>124216682
holy 5head... cute though. Surely these samples are just ready to go for the next viral hit? All percussion other than the kick is using those samples. Sounds no different from a professional recording using high quality samples:

https://vocaroo.com/16gECMVXZ1DG
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>>124217872
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qL7qRzFGrkI
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>>124217889
Nice, its funny when the slap sticks out
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>>124217889
I want to hammer fist her in the back to get a good 808 bass tone
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https://vocaroo.com/12DOYggip8c1
snare from 3xosc plus fruity fx
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https://vocaroo.com/1169B5Y37ne5
first time posting in some time, bit of a whacky beat
sampled a song from dumbo since it has such a sinister tone to it and i wanted to work with it -- still a w.i.p

>>124193200
agreed, bit repetitive
>>124194955
feels like the intro is way too long, and disjointed almost but as soon as the breaks come in i love it
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https://vocaroo.com/1nN1Z3JIeh0F
fuckery
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>>124217889
this brain rot type of humor rarely goes viral these days. the slap sound reminds me of when a literal who music production youtuber shat on other youtube tutorials for using sample packs but then proceeded to make laughably bad sounds with his mouth and EQ that he insisted sounded as good as anything else
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>>124218944
It's not even brain rot it's a 50 year olds interpretation of what "brain rot" is after reading a news blurb from a facebook repost about what that even means.
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this is what ive been working on the past few days. aready posted a earlier version and someone said they liked it, but its definitely better now. its hard to make this groove feel natural using MIDI drums, but I tried to brute force it.

Let me know what yo think!

https://vocaroo.com/1l4UmP7HTCV8
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>>124219922
sounds great

i would thin the hell out of the hihat/drums way more to sound like an 80s mix, further back in the mix which could probably be solved without eq and just lowering the volume since they're too in front of everything else. gated reverb on them couldn't hurt either.
also a judgement call but maybe a bit more gain/crunch on the rhythm guitar in the verse section (but still sounding "clean" but more blues dirty then clean back up for the chorused chorus)
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>>124220039
glad to know theres only minor adjustments that jump out in the mix at this stage since im still on arrangement. good idea about the guitar tone, ill make it crunchier to give variety. also need to make that section a little tighter.
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I'm new to FL studio and music production in general and every time I listen to something I make a few hours later it sounds like dogshit, any tips?

https://vocaroo.com/12qbzoRp2fnA
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>>124220346
keep making songs and you might have something decent in 5 years
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>>124220393
Thanks. Also idk any music theory. I'm a guitar player who uses guitar pro to make tabs with drums, export as MIDI and then upload it into FL studio to mess with. Not sure if that's completely retarded way to go
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>>124220591
that's totally valid, i have friends that program in gp then bring it to a daw via midi (easier to work in gp than musescore). good experience is grabbing song tabs and covering them yourself playing the guitar parts in the daw and arranging/mixing those tracks
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>>124215362
I've said it before in a shitposty tone but I honestly don't think that chord progressions are a helpful idea.
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>>124220346
I like it
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"chords this melody that"

start with a CONCEPT dude get a HOOK
ur chords aint shit without a rhythm
make a cool sound start with a REFERENCE
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did these drums today, it's pretty different from what I normally make, I can't tell if these are cool or just boring, what do you think this is worth continuing?
https://vocaroo.com/1c12fvYCuMjG
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Spirfire's legato sounds so good but I prefer the controls and sound of CineSamples.
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Like, Spitfire just sounds a lot more emotional compared to CineSamples which sounds colder.
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13 days of practice in a row. Learned 2 songs from kingdom hearts but all American rejects it ends tonight is so fucking hard. I learned the KH songs in about an hour each. With how good practice is going I'm not sure when I'll get back to producing. I'm also not really sure how I'm going to translate this practice into my production. It seems like video game songs are a lot easier to learn than real songs. Maybe it's just because I suck right now I think this way.
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>>124220346
Part of the fun is making something horrific and listening back to it and having the thoughts "what the fuck was i thinking?" You have to make over 100 songs before you really get something good. Even then it won't be exactly what you want but you get closer to not being shit when you just make music
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>>124220346
>>124220591
As another noob who started in the same way, it took me a while to realise that my ideas were always better when I started by noodling around on the guitar, cause that's what I know, then using the chords/melody to make something with synths/vsts etc. as a starting point. I found out the hard way that starting with my synths/vsts in the piano roll playing on my midi controller would always make me play weird shit that sounded good initially to me, but was really hard to take anywhere further, cause it's a completely different skill set. Going back to the guitar to mess around and riff over a loop I'd already got together earlier from transcribed guitar stuff was way more intuitive and produced better results. I don't think it was bad to do what I did exactly, cause I learned enough to make the guitar>DAW process much easier for myself (already collected samples, synths and vsts that would help, learning to use effects and navigating the DAW etc. ), but really the tldr is don't get discouraged and try everything so you can learn what works best for you.
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https://vocaroo.com/1b1dwfRhZ8Nh

>house
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>>124220346
>https://vocaroo.com/12qbzoRp2fnA
I think the arrangement and sound is good, the notes are not harmonizing. Or I have retarded ears.
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>>124220346
>>124220591
>>124221477
Oh shit, forgot to also say kys frog posting cunt!
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>>124220801
>https://vocaroo.com/1c12fvYCuMjG
you might be on to something there
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>>124221477
seems like that would be the best way to go for me also, i know nothing about piano and would really prefer to keep it that way. Been playing guitar for a long time, just by learning tabs on songsterr lol
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>>124218391
This is cool anon is it an improv? it feels on the verge of being avant garde/free and then coalescing back into rhythm which I really like, though there is a fine line to ride between this and sounding sloppy. That's kind of the essence of playing jazz lol. The sounds you used are very cool also.
>>124219922
Those little flairs on the guitar are sweet. I think your lead could use a little more oomph though with some compression or an amp sim perhaps? You're right about the midi drums being tough in this context, I think the answer is either to lean into it more i.e. have more electronic sounding drums, or find a dummer/get a small kit and learn because live drums are irreplaceable. Your drum patterns sound pretty good but that snare does get a bit repetitive, modulation is a big thing that will make computer drums sound more organic.
>>124221486
I dig this, love the asonant chords and jazziness. I will pretty much always take jazz influence in my house music yes please
>>124218371
Dumbo lol. Actually pretty sick seems like a difficult thing to chop up and it comes together nice, it just needs a little fleshing out and some bars to really sell it it.
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>>124221583
Thanks anon I will expand it. I feel like I struggle a lot with drums and getting interesting non-repetitive drum patterns, I cop out and use simpler patterns a lot. I often envy you folks who are so good at programming drums and chopping breaks
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Damn this sounded cool but I just zoned out and added wayy too much shit and now it's a mess
https://vocaroo.com/1295jll0XMcI
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i got an akai mpk mini set it up and now my pc is 50% slower with all the bloatware. why is this product so shilled?
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A beat a day 11
Danse macabre edition (spooky)
https://voca.ro/1oeBZZvrDGsN
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4PMPCmOGys
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>>124218944
Was that michael jackson?
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>>124224097
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8iW-O06iOo
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>>124224349
That's actually sad, dude sounds like he's on the verge of suicide and he unironically brought up how he's mad because his channel isn't doing well. Lots of miserable people out there who have an unhealthy relationship with music and view it as a competition, like they haven't gotten the recognition they felt they deserve so they lash out at their "inferiors" who became more successful. Reminds me of Venus Theory and Benn Jordan.
Imaging titling your video like this, just a terrible attitude. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCCVZCszM7k
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How would you go about producing this "wooooooooo" sound?
If it was me, I would get one of those halloween ornaments and sample it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FztWiswPKJ0
>>124223834
>Danse macabre
Is this a Liszt transcription?
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>>124224760
>Imaging titling your video like this
and on top of that
> "2/3rds of the mix in the export did some wonky stuff. Apologies! "

like bro re-do it wtf are you doing. his music is just boring.
I DO sympathize but like bro git gud
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>>124224782
>"wooooooooo"
sampler with different start point and loop start point
except actually i would just go direct audio because samplers are annoying for that stuff t b h
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>>124224760
I wouldn't feel so bad because he just makes random videos and still makes a living through milking his whale followers. He says he's sick of every tutorial being just an ad or people that don't know shit and point you to splice or some pack, but 95% of his tutorial content is paywalled and he lives off of preset packs
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was just playing around and found this nastiness
>LFO 1 (free sync, ~10hz) controls LFO 2 (whatever) envelope
>LFO 2 controls time(ms) on a short delay (10-40ms)
>plug your rides into this
>????
>:^)
https://vocaroo.com/1fMsOY6h2gl3
with some shit lazy parallel processing https://vocaroo.com/1ke5Bo0Fy0zL
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>tranny kys
<autism
><mentally ill uwu
if it doesn't sound like they literally HATE music stop saying it stop appropriating my culture you fucking SWINE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HELXHTrC0lE

https://vocaroo.com/1kXNyzwfcKcM
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>>124225156
Take your meds
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https://vocaroo.com/16L4FeXZzHd2

I have no idea what I'm doing and I've been listening to this for too long to have an objective opinion on it, please help
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>>124225181
This sounds great anon, those synth melodies are catchy as hell and your vocals are legit
>>124225156
very sick and experimental shit
*pats the yuiposter*
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>>124225156
how are you not bored of making this garbage
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>>124225181
the first 12 seconds weren't terrible
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>>124225228
Thanks, I really appreciate the feedback

>>124225257
Appreciate it from you too, bud. Anything more specific you want to mention? I'm trying to get better
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>>124225294
I've heard enough amen breaks for 50 lifetimes, it's just an instant turnoff. There are so many interesting different things you can do with drums/percussion, I don't understand how everyone isn't sick of copy pasting the same loop by now. b urself
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>>124225327
That's a good point, I do need to get better at drum programming. It's a little bit of a crutch. I just don't know enough about drumming I suppose. I'm gonna watch some videos about that. Thanks for the help, seriously
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>>124225228
I BITE
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>>124225359
....hard?
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Thinking 'bout Rome again...
https://voca.ro/1KwhpwW0zqnr

I may have overdosed on The Bulgarian Voices because yes in fact I do think those harmonies in the final section sound good.
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my ears hurt lol
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Trying a bluegrass arrangement of Danse Macabre

need to get it finished by tomorrow evening, EQ still sounds pretty bad

https://voca.ro/1ihT093XX4o2
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>>124211338
https://vocaroo.com/1iZk0nihhzEg

kk gn
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Always grab any free IR out there. Whether it be Reverb or Cab IRs, get them all. Can't have enough.

Also, 4chan pretty fucking gay for making us wait 15+ minutes to reply and post.
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halloween beep
https://vocaroo.com/158vCvPNsoTq
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>>124226207
>15+ minutes to reply and post
I don't get that on my main computer, but on my DAW computer, I do. Isn't that just supposed to be a one time thing? What's the deal?



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