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That synth, I always thought lunga was late 70s early 80s t b h.
Julian Peterson
what is the cheapest interface for guitar i can buy? i bought a new pc and for some reason my guitar rig now only feedbacks and ive been told an interface is going to fix this problem
Colton Parker
I know clyp is quiet but export it louder
Zachary Adams
I have to DJ at my sisters prom in 4 days. I have never really DJed at a party before. Downloaded a ton of music, mostly charts, some trap, dance, house and stuff like that. I haven't heard most of the songs, i have no cue points and im shit at doing transitions between different genres/bpm without syncing, as im not even really a DJ. How fucked am i?
Nolan Torres
Get Ableton Live, drag the songs into it, it'll automatically sync them for you. Change the tempo a bit to make it sound just right. Use crossfades for transitions (lookup how to do it in Ableton)
Jaxon Morgan
I actually have an Ableton Push, that i currently use with Traktor with a premade mapping. Might not be a bad idea, but wouldn't it just sound bad if a 100bpm song is like synced to 120bpm?
Brandon Cook
>but wouldn't it just sound bad if a 100bpm song is like synced to 120bpm? That depends entirely on the song. Anyway, as I said, just change the tempo over time. Ableton Live is really flexible so it'll keep the song in sync with the new tempo.
Well the general idea is to choose songs that are roughly the same tempo. Then it doesn't sound too bad to timestretch them, and you can gradually migrate the tempo around if you want.
For instance, say your first song is 120 bpm. You might find a song that is 110 bpm to mix with it. Maybe you timestretch the 110 bpm song up to 120. once you've mixed into the 110 bpm song, you gradually lower it back down to it's original speed. Then you have a 100 bpm song that you've timestretched to 110 bpm, and you do the same thing.
Also you can kind of split the difference, so you can timestretch a 120 bpm song down to 115 and stretch a 110 bpm song up to 115.
Typically if you have two songs being mixed together, you only want to have the bass from one song playing at a time, so use some sharp eq to cut the bass on one.
Jackson Watson
filter resonance
Aaron Young
>my guitar rig now only feedbacks and ive been told an interface is going to fix this problem you what? what's your setup now/why can't you just turn down the gain?
fm synthesis buddy
Brandon Gomez
electronic / ambient / etc. live shows
have any of you done them?
how? explain in as much detail as you'd like - I'd really love to read your experiences if you have any
I'm looking for ideas for a Curacy live. unfortunately I have to go to bed so I can't stay here and discuss with you but I'll check the thread or archive in the morning.
fits quiet well since 90% of the links lead to pirated software/sounds/books
that snare is fucked up mang
Tyler Gonzalez
Virus TI or Novation Supernova?
for pads/ambient stuff
Logan Rodriguez
you what
virus every time bro
Ian Scott
I think if you made the volume of the sample louder, to match the volume of the beat, it'd be good.
Justin Morgan
in ableton session view if you name the scene the bpm of the track it will automatically switch to that bpm when you launch the scene
Logan Cox
how do I get my vocals to sit higher in the mix? when I listen to any kind of popular music the vocals always sit very high in the mix something like this youtu.be/uxpDa-c-4Mc?t=60 the vocals sound so crisp and nice
clyp.it/2z540j0l the vocal cut comes in at 0:54 I've cut out everything that could be interfering with the vocals I've EQ'd it and multiband compressed it to get the high end up I put a stereo imager on it trying to widen it but it still just sounds flat and lifeless is it overcompressed? does it just come down to the quality of the mic you're using? would autotune help?
Owen Johnson
Can you post an accapella with and without processing? It might be the source quality but I can't tell in the recording. That drake track has reverb and echo on the vocal btw, but it's heavily cut.
Isaiah Gray
thanks for the quick response here's the acapella unprocessed first then processed clyp.it/yo342ngu
Lincoln Cox
Sounds good to me, I get it, it's not ''perfect'', but here are some tips on vocal mixing:
>cut down everything below 90hz >use panned background delay fx on your vocals >use two tracks in your daw (one panned to the left another to the right) >since you can't edit out bad sound a good mic/recording enviroment is key to a great recording
also pic related might help you
Hudson Moore
Imo it's partially the recording/partially the processing. Try running a high pass over the reverb.
I can't find the video but there is this video where the dude is mixing vocals and he creates a second track of the vocal then adds a bunch of harmonic exciters to it and slightly mixes it in with the original.
Joseph Foster
holy shit that sheet is pure gold thanks a bunch and i'll try a few of those tips too
this is the acapella i used processed and unprocessed
could you give me your opinion on what I did with it? am I on the right track? I'm really new to mixing vocals
alright the reverb is highpassed at 1.05 khz and i'll give a shot to the harmonic exciter idea is there anything besides just the reverb that i should change about the processing? like less compression or something?
Ethan Ramirez
only use as much compression as you need, like if you really got some short, loud spots in your track.
also I heard about producers using deessers on vocals but I don't know anything about this. Might wanna check this out.
yo this exciter trick is amazing i gotta get to class but i'll have something to post by probably like 7 o'clock ast if you're still around
Elijah Flores
and i'll check this out when i get home too
Henry Powell
I know you guys probably get this question a lot, but what kind of money should I expect to drop if I wanna get into producing music as a hobby? I want a full box set up, so can you maybe rec some affordable samplers and stuff?
I've looked into what equipment does so I do have some semblance of an idea, but I'm not entirely sure how to make what I want to make. I've fucked around in Audacity before but I have no clue how to actually compose a beat in a real DAW.
I guess what I want to make is sample-heavy chillwave-esque stuff.
Levi Nguyen
>what kind of money should I expect to drop if I wanna get into producing music as a hobby? $0
Torrent a DAW and get to work. You dont need anything more.
Blake Nguyen
Nigga... you want proper monitoring, and maybe a midi keyboard.
Studio Headphone + midi keyboard = $120 to $350 Monitors + midi keyboard + amp = from $600 (maybe cheaper if you find great deals or what)
I guess you got a computer or a laptop, it should have got proper specs if you really want to make cool music and want producing to be fun. so keep that in mind.
software/sound-wise, this nigga is right Just get everything from the internet as long as you dont make plenty of money, i think its okay. (not legal tho, not sure if they v& anyone for it)
music production is a really unique hobby mang, so you will need to learn a lot, and I mean A LOT if you want to blow out quality stufff.... anyways good luck.
Jackson Cook
I need a midi controller lads
>budget: around 2 hunna >dgaf about weighted or semi or w/e keys >pads would be nice, knobs too >49 keys max >PLANNING ON GIGGING W/ IT SO GOOD BUILT/QUALITY IS A MUST
hit me
Jeremiah Butler
do prom dj's even do any of those things? dont schools usually just go for the "play a bunch of songs and do literally nothing else" kind of dj?
Christian Watson
clyp.it/ibtyyhrb mantronix meets gregorian chanting meets john carpenter, i suppose.
Sebastian Cruz
I made a thread about this, but I'll ask it here. I'm looking for a mixer for practicing with my band, that we can all plug into, but has multiple outputs so we can each come out of our own separate amp
Jonathan Bailey
clyp.it/qveimxm0 clyp.it/lrhwgfaq some of the piano and vocal bits on fi110 came out a bit fucky, but don't let me bias your judgement, just tell me what you hear.
Liam Diaz
Parallel compression is your friend, Google it. A slight chorus effect on the aux you're using for it can help as well, depending on the vocal.
Adam Hughes
If its just for practice just use your amps and find something cheap your vocalist can plug into.
William Hall
Guitar-adapter-pc-guitar rig Ive tried to change everything, as soon as guitar rig starts it only feedbacks the guitar doesnt make a sound even if i play
Nathaniel Russell
does anyone have any easy on the eyes ableton skins?
does this sound okay? There's a second part to it that I'm not sure if I should keep in?
Brody Ortiz
what do you mean? in the second part the drums are a bit too loud in my opinion, they don't really fit with the other stuff. Try balancing the volumes out.
also the whole thing (master) could use some reverb just too fill the spectrum a little bit. and try to compress the whole thing by -2 db or so
Logan Morgan
thanks man, great advice.
I use Mixcraft 7 Pro Studio and its built in fx/piano and journeys (which is included in MC7) for the dulcimer kind of sound + sylenth 1 for the square bass
the drum kit i used is microdose vol 1 by medasin I actually bought it, it's like 20$ and worth every penny, got great sounds
Any feedback is greatly appreciated, things i've already noted: Bass sits rather low at 100-250khz, final product is rather quiet ( i kept the tracks as close to -6db as i could and let them get slightly higher at times before bouncing them into a stereo file, not sure if my mastering process could improve this. Drums are 1 take 1 track from a paltry yamaha dd-20c (didnt think id ever release this), 1 take synth on dx7, casio sk1 piano fills are made up of my own samples. Sorry for the abundance of detail. Thanks again
Sebastian Scott
first time singing in a track, how does everything sound? I think the bass might be thin, and the little electric piano at the bottom of the mix might need more umph
>clyp.it/en0ekhou What? I don't understand your workflow. what do you want to know? My honest opinion this sounds like some 1990 elevator music. The drums lack energy... I get the Idea, and it's cool, if that was your intention then its totally fine, bro.
again the drums lack energy. you should use a little bit of auto tune on your vocal tho. panning sounds good to me.
Jacob Reyes
technical advice
Brandon Torres
a tad old school, used to just using tape/digital multitrackers, i played the bass and synths in takes overdubbing on top just like all recording practices, yeah i suppose it was semi going for a retro/ambient sound but hopefully it would make for a pleasant elevator ride, was really only looking for idea on how to equalize it all better or possibly master it better, but you're definitely right on the drums, if i had the option to have separate snare hats etc on it i could probably alleviate it as opposed to just a single drum machine take. Thanks for the input
thanks man
Parker Bell
Do you guys put a compressor on your mix-buss? Not for peak reduction, more for "glueing" the track together.
Tyler Miller
i'm no expert, but i imagine monitoring your mix with a compressor on the output would be detrimental to your ability to accurately mix, I'd wait for the actual mastering portion for that
Bentley Nelson
How to get dat dank sidechaining like knxwledge? I use logic btw
Angel Diaz
Unless you
>have an expensive compressor >know what the fuck you're doing >the track has immaculate mixing
applying your lolrhinger compressor on the entire mix is a retarded idea in 90% of cases
leave the "mastering" to the old audio engineer gearslutz farts / nerds. your average bedroom studio is absolutely ill suited to do such things
Kevin Cook
Not while I'm mixing. I do a touch of amateur mastering before putting anything on SoundCloud etc but that's mostly just for leveling and a tiny bit of bus eq. I will occasionally use a glue compressor but that's highly genre/song dependent.
Dominic Phillips
youtube vids you fuck
Camden Williams
New to prod. Most, if not all pastebin links are broken, wat do?