Oh man kicks are a pain. But that feeling when you get it right, it's orgasmic.
Levi Miller
lol Sup Forums is talking about electronic music
Gabriel Bailey
Fuck off with your multi-board shitposting Straya. People who cares what Sup Forums thinks are in Sup Forums.
Brody Watson
i dont care what they think, it's just funny
Charles Davis
don't bully pol
Lincoln Lee
pol/ is a board of peace
Been trying to make some breaks/random syncopated drums This is pretty much just an intro/background at the minute, the main backbeat hasn't been laid on it, and none of the synths. clyp.it/dkqhmwu3
Any advice?
Julian Anderson
lol Sup Forums is so thin skinned
Joshua Phillips
What can I add to to this to keep up that organic lofi feeling? was thinking a subtle 303 with reverby-reverse delay
I have a hard time getting the kickdrum cut through a dense metal mix. It just doesn't sound right no matter how much I add bass. Any tips people? I already tried compression but with lame results.
Tyler Murphy
lol
Juan Jackson
Posted this in the last thread but it died before anyone gave me any feedback. What do you guys think? I know the lyrics suck. They're just temporary until we actually write something decent. >clyp.it/pxat23ff
Also, I recently found one of my very first tracks from 2007 when I was in like 9th grade. Felt like sharing. >clyp.it/qhqeds40
That would sound dope as fuck if you threw in some humanized acoustic drums for like fills and stuff. I recommend EZdrummer or Superior Drummer for that.
Layer it with a really short 808 kick with a low pass filter on it at like 100hz. And add a hi pass filter to everything that isn't your kick and bass.
Jackson Jackson
I missed it, what happened?
Mason Lee
i was trying to link to a post in the Sup Forums thread
Christopher Barnes
>clyp.it/pxat23ff Sounds eighties as fuck. Only thing I would say is the drums sound too eighties. Those Toms and that clap. Nice enough tune though.
Justin Bailey
You didn't miss anything, he should just learn to crosspost.
Nathan Gonzalez
That post must have been a troll, he posted some of the simplest shit ever. So easy for the opposition to rip on it.
John Anderson
>That would sound dope as fuck if you threw in some humanized acoustic drums for like fills and stuff. I recommend EZdrummer or Superior Drummer for that.
Cheers for feedback. Ah normal sounding drums is a good idea. Won't be using any VST though as it's done in Reason. Sure I've got a decent enough sample pack somewhere, and to make it humanised I've got an LDP-8 to tap it in on.
Jason Moore
I think most of Sup Forums thinks electronic music is cotton eye joe
Zachary Baker
>Sounds eighties as fuck. That was the point. We were intentionally trying to make it as cliche as possible so I guess we succeeded.
>That would sound dope as fuck if you threw in some humanized acoustic drums for like fills and stuff. I recommend EZdrummer or Superior Drummer for that. >Cheers for feedback. Ah normal sounding drums is a good idea. Won't be using any VST though as it's done in Reason. Sure I've got a decent enough sample pack somewhere, and to make it humanised I've got an LDP-8 to tap it in on. Just don't overdo it on the acoustic drums. You still want it to sound mostly electronic. Here's an example of I think you should do (skip to like 0:52). >youtube.com/watch?v=EfyAlIQifaU You hear that really subtle acoustic drum fill in the background? Something like that.
Isaac White
Aren't most metal kicks eq'd to remove low end? A lot of those frequencies would clash with the guitars and bass. Most metal kicks seem more midrange punchy than low-end boomy.
Brandon Morris
>Here's an example of I think you should do (skip to like 0:52). >>youtube.com/watch?v=EfyAlIQifaU >You hear that really subtle acoustic drum fill in the background? Something like that I don't really hear much acoustic drumming in the background, no...and I really don't like that style of music. I am going to go with adding acoustic drums on it though. Probably for the backbeat I think.
>Layer it with a really short 808 kick with a low pass filter on it at like 100hz. And add a hi pass filter to everything that isn't your kick and bass. Actually I asked the wrong way, I mean it sounds good in a mix before mastering, but not after mastering. Any good mastering tips regarding this?
Jayden Garcia
>Any good mastering tips regarding this? Compression is probably clipping the peak on it.
James Allen
The first thing in the mastering chain is a clipper which I wanted to use in order to get even more headroom but I guess into_the_trash_it_goes.jpg
Angel James
>The first thing in the mastering chain is a clipper Yeah, I wouldn't recommend that.
Dylan Cruz
Hey, at least you made progress in dealing with this kinda thing. You're learning.
Mason Jones
Copy that Yeah I'm indeed still learning despite doing this shit for a long time kek, I'm so happy for threads like this
Isaac Rodriguez
Does anyone know like, the rules/laws when it comes to sampling something? Like, if you take a vocal track from a copywritten song but you change it and fuck with it so much that it becomes impossible to what the original sample was, is it free use?
Ryan Sanders
technically no, but functionally yes, as long as it's truly past the point of any recognizability
Justin Watson
>change it and fuck with it so much that it becomes impossible to what the original sample was, is it free use? They can only sue you if they catch you.
But most samples, if you mash them that much, they end up being something different from what you wanted to use, and I personally always ended up junking them.
If you want permission to use some shit ask some local artists. I bet they would love to be credited etv.
>Can you guys tell where the vocal's from? I don't recognise it but my knowledge of modern music isn't great. Nice beat btw.
Brayden Roberts
its reversed, chopped and pitched up
I don't think that they could prove to a judge where it came from
Elijah Jones
I know you know the song. It's Teenage Dream by Katy Perry. You can't NOT know that song.
So I'm in the clear? I'm only worried because that track has been used in a shit load of random people's YouTube videos and I thought maybe it'd come back to bite me in the ass.
Benjamin Howard
>I know you know the song. It's Teenage Dream by Katy Perry. You can't NOT know that song. I haven't listened to the radio or anything not of my choosing for many years. Never heard that song.
Ian Roberts
Don't sample something as famous as that, find some obscure shit no one has heard of, especially if it's just for chopping up vocal samples. That's a big target, their record company will sue you if they even half suspect.
Ayden Martin
i dont think anyone would've been able to tell in that song he posted though
Asher Parker
Well, if you think so and you know the song I guess he's ok.
Eli James
i just bought some plugins and they wont show up in ableton wtf!!!
Jason Taylor
are they vst3? did you install them in the right place?
John Hughes
I still advise you all to sample obscure shit.
Try and find a demo of a musician who never got signed and died of a heroin overdose in your town or something.
William Powell
my man, you got robbed call 911
Mason Parker
ah fuck apparently they are bugged for windows 10 and they're working on a solution
i was looking forward to using this shit
Nathaniel Bailey
windows 10: not even once
Caleb Taylor
That's what you get for not pirating first to try it. I'm gonna be rocking win 7 forever for music production.
Levi Wilson
So far all plugins I've used worked on win 10.
Joshua Turner
>buying software
Mason Cook
it wasn't out on torrents yet
Ayden Baker
nvm got it working in windows 8 compatibility mode phew
i actually did a remix of my buddy's track and he died and now i reap the benefits... of giving it away free anyways lol.
Joseph Diaz
this is fucking hilarious please finish it
Noah Gomez
Anyone get good use out of their volcas? I use them quite a bit, but you have to be really creative with resampling/effects i find.
Henry Cruz
>not supporting the dozens of people who worked hard to give you your shitty wavetable synth so you could make mediocre trap and dubstep remixes
you're actually underage
Thomas Nelson
i made a whole EP just on volcas
Evan Phillips
m8 i actually like this. it's really obnoxious and in your face but in a good way, i could imagine someone like diplo dropping it and a crowd of qts losing their shit
Xavier Wilson
anyone use eurorack here?
Logan Reed
Well that was annoying as fuck.
Alexander Collins
sounds like anything on the radio these days desu
Gavin King
How do I into percussion and mixing?
To me, it seems like the drum part of a song is the least important, but producers seem to fawn over it heavily while the listener barely notices.
Isaac Baker
a bit
Justin Evans
It's just like if you fuck it up the whole track will be trash worthy
Isaiah Garcia
What did he mean by this?
Gavin Cooper
Speaking of mixing snares, how do I make mine sound like those big booming snares in 80s power ballads?
Christopher Myers
Woke up. Wrote some really minimal ballad. Recorded some vocals and messed with layering.
