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The real thread
Galactic Space Stoner Edition:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ddUD8cltzo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njisv9sjQdU

>production resources:
dmpdoc.neocities.org
pastebin.com/pYGCLu6q
noodlemagazine.com/music
pastebin.com/p2QUqMzj

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

>synth emulators:
cdm.link/a-free-emulator-of-roland-jp8080-and-the-love-of-supersaws-and-trance/
dsp56300.com/builds/downloads.html?version=2.1.0&product=JE8086&format=All&os=All

>my DAW can't do X
Use Bitwig

Use Vocaroo to post WIPs (it has an upload option)
vocaroo.com

Sister thread: >>>/g/dmp
Previous thread: >>129688887
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https://vocaroo.com/1fnCD6mRIAVY
i suck
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>>129755542
its ok man we all start like that just learn a bit more music theory, less drumming, drums have to be more simple. learn some scale you like and just explore around it. learn sum chords u like and use them, simple but beautiful 3 note or 4 note arpeggio loops that can be used to make background rhythm, etc.
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>>129755433
That pic is pure schizo nonsense.
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>>129755558
its real:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVBGPGGO_v8
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>>129755433
>>129755558
DO RE MI FA SOL LA CI DO
CI CI CI ... SI.
>pure schizo nonsense.
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>>129755542
start with a simple chord loop, minor chords etc, 2–4 chord loops, lots of repetition, lots of delay, reverb, bitcrushing, distortion, phaser / flanger, add a weird synth lead melodic line a "theme" that repeats in other sections, lo-fi drum loop, minimalistic
and there you go spacey music

A common vibe:
i VI III VII (very “spacey” feeling)
or: i v (minimal and eerie)
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where's my millions?
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>>129756737
what do you mean?
You made a song in bandcamp and didn't sell?

You need to advertise somewhat like Inbred I guess. He advertises in Reddit as well though, thats cringe Reddit is the boring anti-chan place.
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Check this out, a cheap way to mix 4 channels with send fx function. I was thinking to get a volca mix for my small synth setup but this is cheaper and has 4 stereo channels instead of volcas 2 mono and a pathetic single stereo channel.
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>>129757100
and it doesnt burn the cables out?
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>>129757145
the 4 channel mixers are passive only the 2 channel one is powered to act as pre-amp since there is db loss with passive mixers.
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>>129757100
>>129757160
also got the mixer picture wrong it should be 4 in and 1 out
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>>129755542
I like it
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This fucking retard?

It's me and I love it.

Deal with it...or not, who care.
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>>129758654
Keep up man.
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>https://vocaroo.com/1iMPMepaHcTC
How's this?
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>>129755542
It could actually be pretty good fren, if you fixed some obvious rhythmic flaws to make the synths flow better.
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>>129758868
no melody just rhythm.
boring af.
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>>129755542
Dont be so harsh. Maybe some sounds need more work, but overall its creative! Interesting to listen too. Guitar at the end is nice also, needs bit better practice.

>>129758868
>>https://vocaroo.com/1iMPMepaHcTC
Anaother interesting one, but in desperate need of vocals / chops. Piano at the end is pretty. The fx stuff at 7:20 onwards is dope too!


New song i dropped with video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqYgteoih20
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>>129758868
Feel free to gtfo if you gonna be making "beats": https://www.reddit.com/r/beats/
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>>129759053
>>129759131
>didn't actually listen to it

>>129759080
thanks fren, I'm not sure what kind of vocals / chops you had in mind but I'll give it a try!
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>>129758685
>pic related
Just pen&paper.
....maybe a magnet to manually flip bits on a floppy disk and build the imagined *.wav


I'm too old to give a shit anymore, hehe.

Anyways, it's nice to a have pads, controllers and keys.
(if you don't want any, that's fine too!)
When a buddy with a guitar comes over, I have some of those, and I feel like it, I can easily build a song around him playing, in real time.
Kick, bass line, other percussion, as basics...and off you go.

It's one of those things that I don't know why, but it's fun and I'm apparently not terrible at it.

Some people liking using gear, some not. Really not that much my problem.

A friend gifted me the large Yamaha synth.
It is actually fucking nice to have a good keybed, now wish I got one earlier.

I used ~1k$ ones, around that league, for a long time, which, hey, was fine!

...but I won't be able to go back now.
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>>129755433
>Previous thread: >>129688887
>>129738149 is still up, you shitnut.
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>>129759459
That thread sucks
not even the other anons on it liked it, felt off
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>>129755542
It has good ideas it aint as bad as you think brother. Just rethink some sections. Give it time.
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Best stem separator that I can warez? I think a lot of them use the cloud.
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>>129760261
Demucs (htdemucs / htdemucs_ft) its free and gud try it why not
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>>129760261
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANemLWoDhNU
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>>129760326
>>129760361
gonna check it out, thankls
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Whats a good vst/audio plugin I can use for piano/pipe organ/ harpsichord?
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>>129761106
imo synth emulators, they are listed there on the OP text

but if u want a freakin like good ass answer:
Spectrasonics Keyscape
its fucking 70 Gigabytes though... Thats like a huge ass modern game file size. Or a heavily modded Fallout 4.

alternatives:
Modartt Pianoteq, SONiVOX Harpsichord, Native Instruments Noire, Arturia B-3 V
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Do you care about how your stuff sounds in mono? I've noticed that when I mono my songs they tend to lose high frequencies, they sound duller. The professionally mixed tracks I listen to for reference sound good in mono too, I've also noticed that most pro tracks are not very ''wide'', the difference between mono and stereo isn't big usually when it comes to stereo width
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Any thoughts on this? A little loop I came up with today.
https://voca.ro/12vYV2f1fAEN
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>>129761362
If you're not listening to my creations on the finest hardware and settings available....
It'll probably sound worse!
I don't really care about mono, because, reasons.
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>>129761362
you should care if you actually care about sounding good.
just lower your stereo width per track as needed.
you develop an ear for it eventually but if you keep voxengo correlometer on your master it will literally just show you where you’re too out of phase in the spectrum.
that is the “not fucking it up” level.
next level is moving on to mid-side eq to be more specific and craft your stereo field
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>>129755542
>https://vocaroo.com/1fnCD6mRIAVY
It's like two songs playing at the same time but I actually like the songs.
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>>129761843
>It's like two songs playing at the same time
its called harmony, i know you are bl4ck&slow but thats literally called harmony.
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>>129761370
not getting anything from it ngl, sorry masta and im not jaded or anything its just that I find it too simplistic and non-aesthetic
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>>129762228
Not him, but there is a difference between harmony and cacophony.
In this case, the composition is cool. I think it's just poor mixing that makes it seem like two songs playing at the same time.
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>>129762247
Thanks, yeah its only 3 tracks, just something i'm throwing together quick for the stupid /dmp/ album, i'll see what I can do
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>>129762564
try messing around with the roland emulators posted in the OP my main issue with it is the sound.
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I just installed je8086 a few days ago, and got it from a wordpress site for the usual suspects. I checked the link in the OP, and its a totally different looking site now. am i tripping? did I visit a non-legit site originally? or did they just change their site in the past few days ?
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https://vocaroo.com/173DnSJL3GaI
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https://voca.ro/1g4KTPUR5iyj
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I made this in like an hour with GarageBand IOS and an acoustic guitar.

https://voca.ro/1exxKuU2zyip
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>>129762790
whatever happened there
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>>129762842
probably audio interface glitch
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>>129762657
>dsp56300.com/builds/downloads.html?version=2.1.0&product=JE8086&format=All&os=All
That is the correct website. I heard they issued an update just a day or two ago.
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Speaking of The Usual Suspects, I was just recommended this neat video of one of the guys talking about how they reverse engineered the DSP chip in the JP-8000
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XM_q5T7wTpQ
This shit blows my mind.
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>>129755433
>>129755433
New genre incoming. I call it Dream Rave
https://vocaroo.com/1csBJwLK27Hd

>>129757100
Just get a Boss BX mixer for $70. They also sound great when overdriven.
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>>129763297
This is exactly how I feel today.

>>129763395
Based im gonna check it sounds interesting

>>129763471
You probably didnt invent something new but points for trying and you had fun and were pro active
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how they break you

https://vocaroo.com/1d8uLZAlcHzx
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>>129764390
<3
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>>129763395
The supersaw, or how to build an iconic sound from the limitation of aliasing. Nice.
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how do you approach serial compression?
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>>129764390
has some good ideas

>>129765021
Instead of:
1 compressor doing 10 dB reduction (sounds squashed, obvious)

You do:
2–3 compressors doing 2–4 dB each (sounds a bit smoother)
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>>129762801
pleasant

>>129762754
>>129762790
this is just sound effects not music
in fact the 2nd one sounds like Halo's energy shield recharge. Boooooooooowwwwhmmmm
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>>129764390
the vocals from the first shippuden OP would fit nicely over that beat.
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kimi nowo osaredo kimi nowo owae motani kikukakinoteruuu
that one right?
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nora has a good butt for a dj/producer
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>>129766747
literal who?
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>>129766770
nora en pure, she does like... melodic/deep/progressive house or whatever they're calling that subgenre these days
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>>129765021
if ever i’m doing serial it’s usually a character compressor that i don’t entrust to not be randomly jumpy into glue etc that i know will clamp down onto it more- moderate-heavy into moderate.

doubled up of the same for “smoothness” is really just an option i try out of multiple settings rather than a go to.
i did it for sustained bass guitar yesterday
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>>129766782
>plays keys
yeah checks out, she is a good musician i recon
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>>129766917
she likes to put out videos where she does dj sets "in nature", over the weekend she published one where she was hiking up a mountain. A while back, she did one on a boat and she was snorkeling, they usually have good angles of her butt
Overall I kind of like her sound, tempo is a little low for me, but it's pretty chill
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>>129766939
i checked some of her stuff she is good and melodical
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What should I add to this?
>windchimes?

https://voca.ro/1iBMMqgTiixW
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>>129769148
sounds like something Robert Plant would sing to. And I mean the modern Robert Plant not with Jimmy Page and in Led Zeppelin. I mean in his own band he got going on right now. And yes a wind ambiance of some kind would be great to take me mentally to you know where.
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>>129765213
strider FX from hl2
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>>129769169
Thanks fren
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it's time for some acid
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>>129755433
What is the meaning o this image?
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>>129769589
>he doesnt know
>>>/x/
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Wow I just discovered that fucking with comb filter makes an individual track louder, didn't try on drums but don't really need to
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>>129770918
ur fucking it up anon
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>>129771019
I checked in mono, it's just a high bell track anyway
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I'm sort of liking this track. My head is bobbing. That's good I guess.
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>>129771051
that means nothing
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>>129771279
Yeah it does you faggot retard.
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>>129755542
I kida like it anon
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>>129755542
its missing a bridge or a chromatic break down melodic solo at 1:05
sounds very ambient, its missing the sauce
basically you got rhythm but you dont have melody, it wants to become melody in some parts but you aint letting it flow, into some sick section that builds up into a crescendo and explodes in our faces with some sick badass and beautiful sounds.
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bump
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How about that ToTape9?
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https://vocaroo.com/1gj0wcP2hRi8

how does the mix sound bois feedback welcome. god these captchas fucking suck
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https://vocaroo.com/124nDu90vOhG heres a version with the highs turned up, less listenable for the average joe but i like it more. lmk which one >>129775796
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>>129755433

https://vocaroo.com/18MJM6MKe66X

just got backing vocals done for this done, sounds fkn heckers

kinda entering this panic state though cos i feel like it's so good so far that i odn't wanna fuck up the final acoustic take -- so i'm applying for a credit card tomorrow so i can get a 76 martin 000 and a matched pair of SDCs so i can XY mic the acoustic

idk i just been tracking mono guitars like a lazy bastard recently and that necessitates double tracking a lot and it sounds lame

idk i'm gonna max out a credit card tomorrow, i believe that this song is worth $9000, i hope it can be recouped immediately with sync in an indie movie, cos i am wasting too much money on this fucking album

BUT ONCE THE RECORD'S DONE I CAN MOVE OUT OF MY MOM'S HOUSE which is also heckers but first the 1976 martin. first the 1976 martin. first the 1976 martin
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>>129775796
>>129775840
Sounds muddy to me and also like it's lacking something, as if it's the backing track for something else, like a prominent melody or vocals. Sub bass is fucked as well, sounds like shit. Way too much of it and it sounds too overdriven/distorted, intentional or not, it doesn't sound good.
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>>129775927
tell us have been born into money because i don’t want to believe anybody is this fucking dumb
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>>129776188
i mean i was born into what an american would call the projects (hapa baby) and was neet until 26 and now i make a looooooot of money as a writer in another industry. i have no degree or anything but i’m considered the fastest rising writer in my country iirc

just sending my ma on a trip to thailand w her friends (she deserves it), finishing recording this album i started writing 10 years ago, and THEEEN will move out and be a regular normie like errybody else

learned russian for my ex from 3 years ago, she doesn’t know i’m rich now but i’m gonna try to message her once i got everything done — the album, the nice apartment, might try and rush a self paced degree, get a B2 certificate in russian, and like a 100kg bench and then will try my luck. been studying russian 2 years, if i ever have a kid it’ll be with her and ig to me it was important to learn. i’ll learn my ma’s native language next

album’s about her ofc, but overall just hoping that it brings us from 5k listeners to stable 100k, but i mean it’s such basic playlistable freak folk i’m hoping it can be closer to 500k. fingers crossed yknow

if it doesn’t work out w her i figure i’ll probably just do that digital nomad thing and live somewhere out in the snow with a dog and some nice recording gear. lomo mics, shit like that

idk it’s a good song right? i mean after production and mix i could see it reaching 100k monthlies. or maybe not but i noticed at my other writing job that self-belief is kinda infectious and gets things to where they need to be

and yeah sure i’ll start investing in shares next year. for now i’m young and rich and this music is kind of a speculative investment but i already have a track record for doing well in another creative industry so i’m just using what i learned from there
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>>129776402
What you write about
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>>129776402
well that’s all awesome bro

i can’t say if the songs any good as it’s not really a style ive been keeping track of, but regardless i find the kind of spending you’re talking about as an “investment” extremely reckless, particularly if gear rental or just going to a studio is an option in your area.
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i want a sampler to make lofi vaporwave. should i get a SP404 or the new MPC sample?

I already have a korg wavestation. DX7 and D50
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>>129775927
Lmao you can't be serious
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>>129776471
uhhhhh can’t say but i did a class for it and out of ~140 ppl i’m one of the ~3 ppl that turned it into a job and i’m the richest of the 3 of them so, i wouldn’t recommend what i did to other ppl because it’s not replicable and i wouldn’t want my children taking that risk. idk it’s kinda like banking on genius, and i wouldn’t recommend it because i dn’t even feel like a genius unless i’m manic, but then super rich ppl watch me when i’m manic and they go “i like the cut of his jib. promote that man”

>>129776477
i getcha but i think i realised after jumping from like $500 budget per song to $5k budget per song that we had gradually reached a point where people could listen to a song like this and not be surprised if i was an artist at 150k monthlies and so i’d like to reach that number and then profit off it financially and socially and also it benefits my other career. big talk i know but also the current demo hasn’t been sent to our producer yet so i can understand how the unfinished track can kinda feel a bit ass, BUT I’M HAPPY W HOW IT’S TURNING OUT but yeah it’s stressing me out

it’s all because someone posted alysa liu’s boyfriend in the other thread and i just thought to myself that that guy wouldn’t think twice about maximg out 3 credit cards to finish his album and now he’s at 1.3m monthlies. WE NEED SOME TIGER BLOOD ENERGY in /prod/
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>>129776511
insert the sampler that came with your daw comment here

404 for the flutter thing and the compressor

do your research dude wtf are you doing
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>>129776637
>tigers blood.
good flavor i miss the araspas man
best i can do is mentally ill gay posting sorry

idk gl
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>>129775581
It's based.
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>>129775796
It was going ok until 1:02
ooooooooooooobooooooooooooooo booooooooom boooooooooom boooom
I fucking hate people like you, you have no idea. I would knock you the fuck out just for playing that shit at full volume. I hate loud bass so fucking much it makes me rage, it ruins conversations, its annoying, buzzing and sounds like shit all distorted kills the melody. Fuck you, commit sudoku fucking faggot. I hate you. I hope you fucking get in an accident today and something goes wrong, break a bone.
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today i will rage like a filthy little trend hopper
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>>129755558
>>129769589
>>129771051

Absolutley. Its called music theory.

>>129759080
Creat stuff
What a vocal chain

Some OP stuff

https://vocaroo.com/16xeeFrJfwLk
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>>129755433
Hoping to make THE banger of the AI BM.

"Where Are My Tendies"
https://vocaroo.com/1fU1lIfW682Y
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ykwii bb owo

https://vocaroo.com/1bwGvglcQgie
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vocaroo really accentuated the highs on my track....

but can I just get a general critique on this track? desu I havent been on here in years but only recently did I decide to just grind this music stuff.

anyways im going for like a
>floaty breakbeat
>bicep-ish but with the breaks more prominent. I dunno im drunk

if anyone replies I will give feedback. I do listen to all kinds of music not just limited to electronic.

https://voca.ro/1kWiwT5RP4pO
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>>129776402
So like u live around Mexicans and such?
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Would some anons familiar with microphone setup/tuning please lend some guidance? I'm struggling with multiple mic scenarios, and what I understand just isn't enough for clean recordings. I've studied a lot, but it just isn't turning out right. To clarify, I'm using a large diaphragm condenser mic (Lewitt 441 FLEX), and I have the following use cases:
>Recording instruments such as acoustic guitar, kalimba, and harmonica
>Recording vocals
>Regular high-fidelity speech (ie, when playing a game).
I understand the importance of using as much gain as I can without clipping for whatever source I'm using for optimal SNR. I keep ambient noise to a minimum, but I can't quite achieve a balance of clarity between boomy and faint recordings (so struggling with mic distance and source volume?). I'm aware of the potential effects of the proximity effect. I don't know if I should be using filters or not on my mic beyond during regular speech use, or if that's even undesirable. Just a high-pass filter? Any advice would be very much appreciated.
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>>129779294
I don't know what it is ono
If you were to take away the trap hats, it would remind me of A Bird, A Plane! circa 2008. :3
>>129779351
This is sick. I really like the breakbeat, chords, and cryingbabysynth -- the 'uhuhuh' is uh...
Why is the bass so quiet?
Maybe it's just my setup... I'm currently listening through those Creative Pebble computer speakers.
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>>129779351
The bass (the one from the intro on) feels very plain and non-fluid; maybe try sliding between some of the notes. I think the synth sound from around ~30s in sounds neat in isolation, but needs a smoother introduction. I'd like to hear more minor chords or just something to counterplay off of it (for example, the voice thing from 1:55 and on kind of does that). Also, the baby voice thing could sound cool if you added a hit of vibrato here and there, just to break up the synth.
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>>129758654
>>129759366
I now fell in love with the XS7.
Awesome sound and a joy to use.
Well, not the editing, but playing it just feels great.
Never thought a hardware synth would win my heart, but here we are!
Have fun!
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>>129780444
The fucker alone is 17kg, 37lbs and huge, so this may complicate things in the future a bit.
Worth it though.

Pic related was also a gift, lost of dust...
But with bag, tons of cables...always more cables!
Will check it out soon.
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Yuh mayne, I dun checked the Guitah Sen websyte afta werk and yo, it wuz in stock, but wen I got dere, it wuz all sold out.
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The pedalmonster. Might be fun.
I think I'll run one out of the xs7 over it to play around for a bit.
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In all honesty, what’s the easiest program to use for making music?
Also- as someone who say can come up with a basic catchy tune on a guitar, but I can’t sing; should I even try or should I just leave making music in my fantasy?
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>>129781524
they’re all hard to learn at first and anybody saying one is “beginner friendly” because of its sequencer or whatever is a noob bullshitting you.
just pick one and stop being a bitch
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>>129781528
Its more of him not caring about a lot of the stuff that came after Baroque
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>>129779351
Nice sound design/selection overall and it all comes into place nicely when everything is layered without sounding cluttered, but as anon mentioned it's got two major flaws
>UH Uh uh uh uh...
and
>bass is not prominent enough
fix those and this would be much better. Gif related is my reaction every time one of those UH's comes in.
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everything is alright man
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>>129781524
>easiest program
There isn't a bet or easiest. Just do some basic reading about the major players in the DAW world and make a decision.
>should I even try or should I just leave making music in my fantasy?
This is highly dependant on what you want to get out of it. I still can't even finish a full song, but I'm still trying. I don't have all the time in the world to dedicate to music prod, but I am learning slowly and enjoying the process (most of the time). I also play guitar primarily, but I got FL studio about 3 years back so I could dip into other genres and play around with synths etc. and I don't regret it. I find it fine to use for recording guitar parts as well. If your 'fantasy' is to become successful or famous by making music, don't bother. If it's more about just being able to capture your ideas and take them further than you could with just noodling on your guitar, then yes, you should try.
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>>129775927
>https://vocaroo.com/18MJM6MKe66X
Completely uninteresting shite.
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>>129783158
this is the lead single, is it doing any more for you? https://vocaroo.com/1ktxh9qvEMrN
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>>129781524
With tutorials, youtube, and all that, getting into the basics isn't hard.
There's a ton of more stuff if you go deeper into the rabbit hole, but nothing is magic. For someone good with technology, it's not particularly hard, it just takes time.
Experience.
I used reason, FL, Cubase, Live, over 27 years or so.
Been using Live for a long time now, as I like the Session view to build stuff and....doing live things.
As you may want use the guitar, I run a bunch of external stuff through it, pic related, could go lower too probably.
That's the time for the sound to go through Live, getting effects on it, and back to you to hear what the fuck you're doing.

You can basically build the same songs in all the major DAWs, differences are more down to the workflow.

Should you decide to buy Live, ask the support for a discount and give them the email of your Ableton account, they'll put one with a reduced price, about 15% in your cart.
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>>129783756
wrong pic
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>>129783756
>nothing is magic.
People not initiated in it still probably will look at you like your crazy, which in my case certainly is true, when you tell them how much time you spent on nearly perfecting the automation of that one track.

It's always nearly, never fully too.

Which is fine, the perfect is the enemy of the good.
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Trying my hand at some medieval-ish music with fluffy audio's 'Rinascimento'

https://vocaroo.com/11vxnaSnNdyO
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>>129784215
must be a lot harder than it seems, cause this sounds like shit (the composition, not the kontakt library, which is actually very nice).
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>>129782286
>>129779715
>>129779788
thanks guys that was all very helpful.
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I want to learn piano so I'm considering a synth. I like the Arturia 88 key synth but fuck it's expensive, I do like how it can produce sound on it's own but would I really be missing out if I chose the Keylab over the Astrolab? The keylab being a MIDI controller at a fraction of the price
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>>129786091
if you can, try them out.
like with most things, money will make a difference, and it's your interface to the the music. Your connection.
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this is a very serious track
https://vocaroo.com/1739nZhbsANm
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>>129787659
has some cool effects at: 20 secs then it goes to crappy again. Also
>sampling
Look man I just wanna hear some floaty wuuuuuuwuuuuuruuuuu keys you know what i mean they sound very trippy i like them.
I hate those drums and i hate the beat you used and whatever that kaazoo thing is sounding there in the background its so annyoing.
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Bedroom retard here with no experience mixing vocals and a pair of genuinely bad ears.
I've always loved this spoken chorus thing aesy keeps doing on his tracks, that airy sound it has. Is it just eq? a specific effects chain? compression? reverb? what changes between his normal vocals and the chorus? https://youtu.be/swfCCxd-BMU?si=rt5t0TJ3iKl7w1rI&t=161
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>>129758868
>>129769148
cool sounds bro

https://vocaroo.com/1gRIdKOy3AY5
any psybient niggas want to tear into this idea i made last night, feels like its going somewhere but im losing direction
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTGo7xjWFJ0
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>>129783756
Thanks for that information, friend. Maybe someday if I’m I get motivated enough, I can do that. I have used ableton before.
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sauce on this rave stab ??

https://vocaroo.com/1bt9X01FcRUY
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>>129782334
STATUS: ALL RIGHT
>>129788703
MORTAL KOMBAT!
Nah, just kidding. I don't know...
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>>129787716
bump, cmon
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https://vocaroo.com/1nc3QSSBph32

actually a complete accident writers block day pog
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i think im beginning to understand the power of saturation. more specifically, tape saturation
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>>129789897
in a last ditch effort to make their day worthwhile, our “hero” decided to transcribe and remake the lead from a sick tune.
shortly after taking a wrong turn… a shocking discovery:
SKRILLEX IS DEAD?
nope. Barbie Girl

https://vocaroo.com/11FvaeG1jbbh
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>>129787679
I wanted to make hyperpop when I first heard the vocal but ended up making meme trap
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pov: you've been on hold to centrelink for 45 minutes because sarina russo declare you didnt meet your mutual obligations, you're about to scrape the caked up resin out of your iced coffee bong since your weed dealer didnt get back to you. you're almost out of cigarettes and desperately need more spin. you haven't done laundry for two weeks, its summer in queensland and its 35 degrees outside with a possible severe storm in the afternoon. life is good
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>>129790021
cuhringe
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>>129790737
why
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my pluck basses always feel unsatisfying despite being the simplest sound ever

too present? not present enough? not meshing with the kick? resonance? not squashed enough?
my only sin was always wanting more brilliant sounds from a synth
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https://vocaroo.com/1mdbSOopAD7x

I was able to attune my chakras among my third eye or some shit and write this little track. I didn't realize it was so short until I exported it, but oh well, I think it accomplished what it needed. I used the picotracker Advance. I like it. It's definitely a more budget friendly m8.
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>>129791110
Fuck, off by one.
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which one is hardware and which vst

https://vocaroo.com/1nJfngmuV0tw
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>>129792381
one is hardware and one is a plugin
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>>129763395
I saw that theres another group or something that reverse engineered (?) the Ensonic SD-1, same thing load in the original firmware, haven't tried it yet so I don't know if it's a 1:1 like the usual suspects emulations

https://www.sojusrecords.com/news/ensoniq-sd-1-32-vst-emulation-free
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do you do the reference track thing?
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>>129793855
yes wtf
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>>129794017
Why? Seems gay.
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havent produced in weeks now

just listening to my latest projects

that shit got me pumping
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for example this deep house project
i like the stereo separation for the clap
https://voca.ro/1gFtDWFFfyUh
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>>129755433
https://voca.ro/11hWBkzeAnQ1
Anyone feedback would be appreciated
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>>129794479
>male voice
Always hate that in deephouse lol.
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>splice flickering and lagging again
God fucking damit is this because VRR or what
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>€2000
That's fucking crazy, kind of want it though.
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>>129794584
Fucking mess. I like the chords/pad sounds at the start, literally everything else sucks shit.
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>>129794811
yeah... i know what you mean lol
might switch em out for female vocals
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Any UKG/Speed Garage bros itt?

Wdyt about this:

https://voca.ro/18vLCzeduV4f
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I'm working on that. Is a cover of All I Wanna Do, by The Beach Boys Looking for opnions. Is it a good timbre?

https://vocaroo.com/1ZJAGfC76HHB
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>>129793855
It is definitely useful, but I try to do it sparingly, rather than every single time I want to make something. I just get a feeling that I'll end up just sounding like a complete uninteresting derivitive of whatever I'm copying if I do it all the time.
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>>129793855
yes
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bro who are these clowns that don’t reference lmao
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>>129796734
which1?
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>>129796734
Shut up, you fucking idiot.
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>>129792532
That thing is basically a vibe coded VST wrapper for the Ensonic SD-1 emulation that was made for MAME. There was some drama on Audiosex about it due to the use of AI.
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>>129796734
Clowns that make laughable "music" of course
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>>129795331
your use of effects is poor and the lack of attempt to create any tension without them sticks out.
i like the idea of the bass. drums feel whatever imo and i think if you did the shuffle half as often or tried to slightly switch it up it would help a lot. vocal feels like a crutch honestly and it doesn’t necessarily clash but the core idea against the bass feels rather haphazard imo
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With Ableton Live's updated similar sound search feature, do you think something like XLN Audio XO is still worth having for sample exploration/sorting/etc?
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>>129798323
no and honestly i found the concept rather gimick-y unhelpful already
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>>129798355
...the concept?
The concept of similar sounds (as determined by some algorithms)?
>already
I'm confused.
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>>129793855
obviously yes
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Can I get a qrd on process of using a reference track?
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quick, I've been coerced to perform a song for a handful of people tomorrow.

thinking of doing this, is it complete shit?

https://voca.ro/18rVG3bRHYvV
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>>129799335
I love it. It's the perfect mix of 90s emo and folk -- getting Laura Viers vibes among others.
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https://vocaroo.com/1f9rgZT0i7p1

I reworked this a bit. Are the melodies catchy and are the countermelodies pleasant? I have been trying to get better at that, specifically. I can't do traditional chords on my tracker, so I wanted to make the harmony that way.
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hurt me again 8(

https://vocaroo.com/1erPli4AX81i

new season of THE FINALS today you should play probably
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>>129799927
what good ideas are present are all marred by being overplayed, resolving too predictably, being cluttered by the countermelodies, and being repeated across synths with no variation in intervals.

play less.
i was in a courthouse as a child and had the good fortune to run into michael jackson, who took a liking to me (i was very mature for my age) and when i asked him how to write catchy songs like him he said “hello little um… hee… make sure you can sing every part. you’ll see that you run out of breath and that’s means it’s not good… um don’t smoke”

idk whatever just think about retaining h the melodic structure like 90% while moving around (lazy mode) and rethink your phrasing.
‘every word must be boom boom boom’
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https://vocaroo.com/1b3m4wBoeMfb
i think this sounds cool but i need to work on the arrangement somewhat.
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>>129800051
>somewhat
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>>129800067
yeah that's what i typed
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>>129800043
That's one of the few pieces of real advice I have ever received on this wretched site. Thank you, Anon, and I am glad you didn't get your butthole molestered.
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>>129799927
>I can't do traditional chords on my tracker
?
>>129799942
That new Virtual Riot collab VST made me think of you.
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>>129800143
Sorry, I should have clarified. I'm using a picotracker, which is based on little piggy tracker, and if I wanted to have actual triads, I have to dedicate a voice to each note as each track is monophonic. Best I can do is an arpeggio.
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>>129800162
Oh. Does picotracker not have tables like little piggy? I guess tables would technically be arpeggios...
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>>129800143
> Virtual Riot collab VST
huh… that looks pretty crazy

dang i really need to update phase plant…. and serum… oh,,,..
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>>129796734
they remind of the cringe wannabe artfags that are against references as well
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i’m getting bored of copying skrillex over and over i think its been about a year i need a new person to spend 90% of my study time on
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What genre would this even fall into? I'm trying something different, idk if its any good, and I'm not fully finished with this yet
https://files.catbox.moe/hi4eok.mp3
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>>129801067
Study Yaga Yassist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aF7ufFE33I
...and then combine that melodic and harmonic sense with your killer sound design.
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>>129801107
that would be like, really ambitious lmao
interesting…
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told my bandmate i would have an idea prepared for the studio tomorrow and i forgot to come up with anything
is this passable?
https://vocaroo.com/14rQJ9vaFfuk
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>>129801713
>is this passable?
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>>129801713
>i forgot to come up with anything
you're just lazy. try taking responsibility for your actions
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Who the fuck is Synthet and where did he come from?
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>>129801772
>>129801887
I CANT WRITE SHIT IN DAEAC#E BUT THATS WHAT IM BEING TOLD TO MAKE FUCK THIS
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https://vocaroo.com/1eaATeo2tMAK
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https://youtu.be/p5kI8urq374

Thoughts?
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>>129803804
Are you using digitalis or lossy on the vocals to make them sound degraded / stretched / warped? Sounds cool.
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okay so we’ll make a list of the best tunes from my gay little zoomer musics from the past 1-2 years and just work through to rip all the sounds/hooks and then appropriate those into something else.

the story about rivers cuomo (weezer) running on a treadmill in the dark just listening to top 40s reflecting on what makes them good so he can keep a binder with notes or whatever autistic shit lmao he’s so real
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>take literally any sound that exists
>slap a delay and reverb on it
>it sounds interesting and cool
Explain
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>made a bomb ass track so good I even bobbed my head to it
Rare, but happens. No, I won't post clips because you guys just make everyone feeld bad
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>>129806732
shit taste
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tanH
hypB
sinC

can a nerd explain or put a name to these in the context of distortion?

i can hear/see that the first has *slight to moderate* early saturation onset akin to ableton soft-sine, where as the second has very early onset/lower volume (“bad”/old/cheap) whereas the last is like… what i would guess is straight soft clipping?

the name/order is just peculiar to me.
it’s fairly obvious that these aren’t the og massive tubes, which were ordered by increasing intensity-ish.
… idk i’ve not been using them since i don’t like shooting in the dark especially with distortion.
actually it really sucks that they went with these and didn’t include the tubes, though actually including a rectify was super awesome
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Might finally pull the trigger on a DAW (ableton) this weekend
Don't have a mic or anything to record my guitar yet though
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After a year spent more on writing music I've really dedicated towards recording and mixing my album recently and it's been so much fun. Some stuff I've been doing:

>Recording multiple layers of synths through guitar amps with overdrive and changing the settings slightly for each layer creating a wide bed of sound
>Adding much more saturation and distortion to everything and creating a really gritty punchy sound
>Mastering fx while I mix. This one feels really like a game changer and really feels like a shortcut to making a good mix.
>Layers and layers of everything, make the track really feel alive with a lot of spontaneous stuff
>Ignoring being "tasteful" and just doing what I think sounds good
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>>129808030
Nice. Live is good.
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reaperbros how is 7? im still on 5 and it just works (only thing i dislike is the virtual midi keyboard), but is the new meme take system worth upgrading? any significant improvements?
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i’ve had writers block for like two days i think i have to get blackout drunk to fix it..?
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You neglected to tell me about Rave Generator 2
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>>129810316
sry

i was gonna download and just cop all the samples actually

i tried downloading some of those sonic foundry packs to make rave stabs out of the orchestral stuff but it all turned out garbo. random ass youtube college concerts and unrelated zero g synths for life. idk the attack they add is just… something. every time they actually turn out good it’s because of that shit pisses me off honestly
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>>129810376
>random ass youtube college concerts
based
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OK so nobody wants AI generated songs, but what is the consensus on using generated vocals? I don't have a sexy female voice and can't pay for one either.
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>>129810417
the fucking uhhh

whatever was sampled i that one tune that charli sampled for the 365 remix that literally everybody knows.

in high school orchestra i got banned literally just because i got a ZSRO when literally everybody else got a hundred because the teacher didn’t like me because she accused me of being a school shooter i’m not even fucking joking i dreamed we made up last night

holy fuck i hate being sober alcohol is so awesome fuck people who can’t type drunk git gud bitch
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>>129810443
you are fundamentally supporting an industry that billionaires are inferring in and propping up to replace you. that is the beginning and end of it.
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>>129795064
Where do you pull them from?
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>>129810485
And I'm not doing that when using commercial samples?
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>>129810495
no you’re literally not what the fuck kind of brain damage ass question is that
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>>129810443
Go find yourself Little Alterboy on piratebay and make yourself sound like a sexy female.
...or sample random girls doing acapellas on YouTube.
>>129810476
>i dreamed we made up last night
Dreams are astral; they are real somewhere.
A couple nights ago my [deceased] grandmother and I were walking out in some marble plaza and she told me she would see me soon... It was vivid-as-fuck and I got spooked.
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>>129810512
>my [deceased] grandmother...told me she would see me soon...
She's not wrong. See you soon.
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>lie on bed about to sleep
>hear 100000 cool motifs and ideas
>sit at my desk working
>can't come up with anything
fuck this shit
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>>129811237
many such cases. sad!
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here's something smooth i made today
https://vocaroo.com/1a5qD0EbqiNP
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>>129811833
damn why are you posting here and not touring your city banging all the whores?
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>>129811849
thank you
these are all demos. i have posted here for the last few months. currently i have 14 written songs and recorded demos like this. now i have to rerecord it all which is the biggest bullshit but the plan is to release an album soon. i post here because most people in my life aren't really interested to hear it and just say it's great
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do i need one of these?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOTTRy5JLfQ
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>>129811878
>i post here because most people in my life aren't really interested to hear it and just say it's great
same
you have talent lad, and i wish you the best in your project. im also working on an ep, recording multiple demos but not making much headway. i took on the ambition of learning mixing and writing this project at the same time. its been a trial.
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>>129811916
thank you, likewise. i work best when i do everything by myself. me and my brother rented a garage so i come in in the morning with a coffee and record everything always starting with the drums. i smoke like 20 cigarettes but there's nothing more fun than this. what's troubling you with your project?
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>>129811907
it would be cool to have one
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>>129801067
Masashi Hamauzu
you wont be able to because he is hard af
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>>129811907
You really think he's playing them?
Anyway, I'd rather have this setup
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaLHTsAH9Dc&t=210s
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>>129812064
I think he is. At least some of the music. I'm sure the whole thing is heavily choreographed ahead of time. He's been producting/DJing for like 30 years now, and in interviews and stuff he seems enthusiastic and sincere about it all.
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>>129810376
>i was gonna download and just cop all the samples actually
Looks like someone did https://www.sotasounds.com/rave-generator-sample-pack
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why is it that the kicks on the 2nd and 4th beat always sound slightly brighter than the 1st and 3rd even when there isn't a snare lol
do people subtly manipulate their filter/velocity or did my ears just make up a phantom snare to accompany them
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how the fuck am I going to get some vocal licks for my house track if I'm not to use AI?
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>>129814698
I already told you
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTMeCgvDTJk
SynthV could be another option.
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>>129801067
>skrillex
pleb
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fuck i had a melody in my head the other day and now it's fucking gone, forever probably
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>>129817470
Everything is recorded and saved; you must ask your Higher-Self to venture to the Akashic records and retrieve the melody that you seek.
>>129817571
Wat dat?
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>>129817650
>Wat dat?
V collection pro 'personal offer'.
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>>129817470
you should tara tataratara them in vocaroo before forgetting them, or at least whistle them
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>>129817654
Thanks.
I remember watching some production videos of a Japanese producer that I like and he seemed to use a lot of Arturia VSTs.
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Thoughts on this? It's only 22 seconds.
https://vocaroo.com/1nKNmSN3NAj8
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>>129817846
Impressive. Let's hear it without the sidechain pump.
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>>129817949
Is it really impressive?
Or are you just fucking with me
It sounds muddy and not good without the sidechaining
https://vocaroo.com/1c94eAccxZt3
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still not happy with the intro
https://vocaroo.com/1idNskjSgPUL
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>>129803804
dope, would like to hear this after some mastering
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>>129818937
Love it; feel like I've heard this before.
The G#, A, B, G#~ guitar lick around 1:05 and what follows that comes after the two A#, B, C#, A#~ phrases is a bit 2weird4me, and I usually love weird shit.
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>>129819115
i posted it maybe 2 months ago and then forgot about it for a while
thnx for the feedback
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>>129817975
No, it doesn't. You're just using it to mask the tediousness of your droning pads, when there are plenty of other ways to add bounce and rhythm to a song.
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>>129819324
Just curious, what do you have against side chaining? I actually like that thumping effect
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>>129817846
you copied this from some The Cure song I just know. I have heard it before.

>>129818937
I love when peoplo do keys + guitar harmony liek that, echoing or playing the same notes at the same time. It's good man. you could add another musical layer with keys but w/ another distortion.

This sounds fuckken amazing lol... reminds me of Casiopea intros... needs more instrumental layers even if they are just playing the same thing just to give the sound more punch.
But yea man ur good. Keep up.
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>>129795331
agree with that other poster - it lacks any build up and release. i also think that synth/lead youre using for the higher layer of the bass isn't crisp like it should be, its a bit muddy.
drums are fine but they feel like a loop, which they probably are (which is fine) but you need to introduce some variation into them. cut the snare and kick out of them and create some fills.
>>129796734
i dont use reference tracks, just been doing it long enough that I know what tracks should sound like. probably would've sped up my development if i did though
>>129799335
probably get some pussy with this, but thats not me saying its a great song
>>129799942
drums sound great - synths sound shit. no real emotion in this track, and it shows. gets better at 1:02, but yeah
>>129800051
yeah sonically its not too bad. my main gripe is with the pad youre using, just a bit boring. also i dont think this track supports having such fastpaced drums
>>129801102
bit of potential here, keep working
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>>129818937
The idea is pretty nice. Very 00's racing game. When you go for some cheeky off-notes on the guitar around the minute mark, though, I don't think they work. It sounds like mistakes rather than purposeful or tasteful meandering. Same with the sax at the end, but less so.
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https://vocaroo.com/14M2YQztWcg7
shitty first attempt at whatever this genre is
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I just tried my Push 2 with actual Ableton (rather than Bitwig) and I almost want to switch to Ableton now. It's fucking sex.
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>>129821048
Sounds clean, lots of subtle flourishes make it less boring than I thought it was going to be.
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Hello neetness my old friend
You can expect me posting again in these threads
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https://vocaroo.com/1i9zJ0Fkorsa
as always, trying something new

>>129821048
>https://vocaroo.com/14M2YQztWcg7
i like the saw bass. i like it
>>129811833
>https://vocaroo.com/1a5qD0EbqiNP
i like the guitar tone. i like the reverb on snare and drums overall. could work on vocal melodies, as it is the vocal lines are too drawn out over different bars, but i like the voice timbre. also, malo nas je al nas ima
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How in the fuck do I learn to make electronic music? I don't really just learn from trying and doing things, I need some kind of structured study path, perhaps consisting of books or courses or something. Yet every advice I find seems to suggest that I need to watch a few YouTube videos on how to make music in your genre or something and then I'll be able to make it I guess.
I know nothing about music, music theory or music production.
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>>129822896
The way i started was just recreating some EDM songs( i dont make edm anymore) from scratch with yt tutorials. Then i continued to make my own tracks with help of reference tracks. Then i continued to make what i feel like making, what interests me and wherever the inspiration takes me. So basically i learned by doing, not by studying. Which is what i advise you to do
Just open up a daw and make a track
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>>129822950
>recreating some EDM songs
I can't really even do that because I'm unable to separate layers in a song in my brain, in the sense that I can hear maybe some kicks and claps and the melody, and I can logically tell that if the song only had these two it would sound far more basic, but nonetheless my brain doesn't really "register" anything else, I can't hear the chords and I can't even tell if they are there, same with bass I think
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>>129820051
>you copied this from some The Cure song I just know. I have heard it before.
Eh, I haven't listened to The Cure since I was a kid and my dad forced me to in the car. Do you know which song? I mean.. it's all simple shit, I can change whatever element
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>>129823002
You get better by practicing and training your ear for it, that's literally all there is to it. You sound like yet another wishy-washy lazy fuck that likes the idea of being able to do something without all the actual hard work that goes into to achieving it. Either you put in the work like everyone else, or you don't do it. The magic shortcut that all lazy ass beginners and dabblers want doesn't exist, otherwise everyone would be making music.
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>>129823196
How is wanting a structured study path lazy? That's the only way I learn anything.
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>>129823002
A lot of harmony in electronic music is pretty minimal. But if you don't know music theory or have an intuition for pitch and note spacing, a chord progression might not mean anything useful or actionable. Like any genre, certain rhythms and production techniques get reused in electronic music. So if you're not familiar with the basics of rhythm, counting and noticing effects like delay or other aspects of production, it's going to be hard to learn from the songs you listen to. Maybe it's worth trying courses that show you how to build a song from scratch, stopping at parts you don't understand, and learning those parts separately.
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I tried to remix the new Skrillex song into a 90's trance track.
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>>129827639
i can’t believe you’ve done this
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>>129827639
based. this mogs that hairy stylez track that they've been playing on the radio.
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I've noticed a strange issue in Reaper when using the virtual midi keyboard, mostly with Vital. If I press a key too long, the next time I press it, it loses volume like I'm hardly pressing it at all, making the noise almost inaudible. Sometimes it recovers if I reboot the DAW, sometimes it recovers if I wait a minute. Is this some kind of Vital bug or Reaper option I'm missing?
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>>129828063
>mostly with
if you’re experiencing it on other synths that’s a pretty big sign that it’s your DAW.

idk dude shit is so weird i had a version of ableton where i was never able to play an F and G at the same time but only from my laptop keyboard like wtf lol
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>>129823002
Not sure how applicable this is, but what I did to get better at dissecting songs like that (specifically the drums, in my case), is I picked a song I liked, imported it into the DAW and set it to the spectrogram view, then used it as a guide to do a cover of the sections I was interested in.
You can flip back between muting the original and your cover to compare them and it's usually clear when something's off. Over time you learn to recognize what different sounds look like on the spectrogram and it becomes an easier and more useful tool.
Depending on if the track was recorded with a click or not, you might get BPM variations that make things drift out of time, but you can do BPM change markers or stretch markers (in Reaper, idk other daws) to correct for that.
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>>129828063
Clicking on it with the mouse towards the top of the key plays it with a low velocity, while towards the bottom is with full velocity. I think it then uses that velocity for all the notes you play on the keyboard afterwards. Might be your issue so just reset that by clicking at the bottom of a key once.
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>>129811237
My brain builds complex songs in real time when I'm not near anything musical...because it's a fucking dick like that.

But I'm glad for every femto-...or whatever planck time has to say about this, second.

Alright, pic rel, googled it.

And I wouldn't change it for anything.

Fucking brains, right?
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>>129828507
autism
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>>129828558
To what degree?
Note that we only use planck units here.

In all seriousness, I've been suspecting autism.
Never diagnosed, but I'm also highly functioning with an IQ so high, most people...actually, a ton of people don't have an inernal monologue?
What?
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I, weird perhaps, sure, by 21 also realised that I already made more of a difference than most people ever will get to.
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>>129828339
holy shit this was it thank you
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wtf armin is doing trance remix of 80s pop hits now
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>>129829047
what is it 2014 again already lol
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>>129828650
indeed. depends on a lot of factors, finding the right people to tag with and you being genetically gifted in some way like being very good looking so its "marketable".
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>>129829174
>>129828650
kys
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>>129829174
Just place of birth will make a massive difference of course.
The kid born in a little village in bangladesh will have almost none of my opportunities.
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Anina is your free Trackspacer btw.
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>>129811237
If you can't record yourself singing/whistling these ideas, you were just imagining yourself having some 'good' ideas.
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>>129829860
nta but what about when I dream them
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>>129829860
>If you can't record yourself singing/whistling these ideas, you were just imagining yourself having some 'good' ideas.
That's what my 303 hardware clone would tell me If it could think.
"You don't need multiple voices!"

I beg to differ.
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your ideas don’t matter

your ability to translate ideas in a way where other people understand and appreciate them is what matter.

that is what makes an artist “good” and only a fraction of that has anything to do with technical ability.

yes i am very smart and deep
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Also, a human voice simply can't do a lot of the stuff my brain comes up with, there's more than just simple melodies in that thing.
>>129829999
>that is what makes an artist “good” and only a fraction of that has anything to do with technical ability
The degree of that fraction greatly depends on the genre, I would say.
Some are much more technical.

A lot of well known bands also put a lot of work into the technical side, developing their own, recognizable sound.
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>>129830112
> The degree of that fraction greatly depends on the genre, I would say.
completely agree

> A lot of well known bands also put a lot of work into the technical side, developing their own, recognizable sound.
technical ability only raises the ceiling of possibility and speed at which a desired sound can be arrived at.
also ability to dissect and understand others’ works, as well as some other stat bonuses are applied in your skill tree but that’s a different conversation.

… this has been the stated reason of delays behind releases from extremely technical and sonically innovative bands such as limp bizkit, before eventually releasing some of their worst work.
SUFFICE IT TO SAY: if you are of at least semi-competent ability and not specifically making a technical genre, that is 1000% not your bottle neck
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>>129829860
*ok, allow me to rephrase: if you can't translate your ideas IRL, what proves you you had any idea at all and not the idea of some abstract goodness living in your head only? How to be sure it's strictly a lack of skills?
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I'm so wishywashy; I hate it.
Will I learn things from making jungle/breakbeat/techno that I could apply to jazz/classical/screamo?
I feel like the answer is yes, but I only have so much time and energy after work.
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>>129830223
knowing jazz seems pretty directly applicable to *composing* jungle/screamo but not so much the other way around.

imo you should treat them as separate, compartmentalized pursuits.
that’s the mental concession i’ve made at least.
some genres are serious business and others are just for fun.
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>>129830261
The way I see it, is that experimenting with breakbeats will potentially inspire actual (screamo/post-hardcore/etc.) beats that I would play on my kit.
Experimenting with sampled chords pushing me into new sonic territory that I wouldn't get into naturally due to unnatural finger positions/etc.
Picking up random samples/foley as ear candy/etc.
I agree that they should be compartmentalized at the beginning when learning them, but my ultimate goal is to make something that is an amalgamation of them all.
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>>129830163
>also ability to dissect and understand others’ works, as well as some other stat bonuses are applied in your skill tree but that’s a different conversation.
Haha, yeah, that can be fascinating.
>>129830163
>… this has been the stated reason of delays behind releases from extremely technical and sonically innovative bands such as limp bizkit, before eventually releasing some of their worst work.
>SUFFICE IT TO SAY: if you are of at least semi-competent ability and not specifically making a technical genre, that is 1000% not your bottle neck
The classic "new album is more technical and, well, over-produced, but that complexity is now missing elsewhere, melodies and such.".
I don't listen to anything mainstream, but I'm sure it happens there too.
Some get lost in it, a few manage to come back...maybe then do both.

Anyways, I'm just interested in the conversation myself, it's an interesting topic...for some.
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whats the use case for buying a DAW?
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>>129830388
Peace of mind that one day your bank account/crypto wallet won't be emptied because of some dirty crack backdoor.
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>>129830222
it's just lack of the will to get up and record because i'm literally trying to sleep lmao
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kek techno really is the easiest of them all
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>>129832579
>kek techno really is the easiest of them all
Like techno techno, or holy fucking shit EDM stuff like, say, the better infected mushroom things?
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>>129832647
Sounds nice.
But.
Have you ever been to a party where stuff like that is played?

In other questions, it's that voice vst, what's it called?
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>>129833141
>Have you ever been to a party where stuff like that is played?
I guess, maybe. It is just the intro / build up.

>it's that voice vst, what's it called?
Lol no, it is an old Russian song I found:
https://youtu.be/w2LMBcMGqUM?t=52
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>>129833314
>I guess, maybe. It is just the intro / build up.
You don't know if you've ever been to such an event?

Akschually, I haven't either, but I can extrapolate from other stuff.

Not going to stop you if you like it ofc.

>Lol no, it is an old Russian song I found:
Haha, I see. Yours sounds more fun.
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>>129822083
Hvala, ma da nisam bas inace radio s mjerama na 3, pa vokal ima dosta zraka. Al cak mi je i fora, slicno kao sade. A tekst je niski kljuc sranje al dobro
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>>129834472
Koji ti je sc da ti bacim follow
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At least some good sets from Ultra Miami are on YT
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https://vocaroo.com/1dr7mB2N4oRm

is this ass
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>>129836674
with drums

https://vocaroo.com/1g9M6NoxSF2E
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>>129836704
https://vocaroo.com/19Idgul80inP
actually listen to this one



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