>/prod/ wiki - still looking for contributors (wink, wink, WINK) mu-sic-production.wikia.com There's a severe lack of DAW descriptions in the wiki. If you're good with your tool of choice, consider writing a paragraph about it.
Remember to use clyp.it to post your tracks/WIP : posting a clyp.it is just providing sound for a question, posting a soundcloud link is making self-advertisement and the thread doesn't need that.
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What kinda hardware should I get to go with it, /prod/? I'm having a blast just with the software and I know this is definitely something I really want to do in my free time.
I'm thinking a MIDI keyboard but pic related looks neato to me, too.
what kind of equipment or vsts or fucking whatever would I use to create this kind of sound? sorry for retarded question but i'm a complete fucking beginner.
Elijah James
Thanks mate
Jace Hill
just practice with the plugins that came with your daw
Thoughts on this? Been in writers block for months and this is one of the only things i've been able to churn out for a while.
Nathaniel Torres
clyp.it/j5rm3hdn (embed) give her a listen. Well /prod/ I decided to call it quits on the first track(its finished enough) and started working on song 2. I used qtractor for this one instead of lmms because so many people told me lmms is shit(I politely disagree but decided to mix it up). Will be sticking with lmms. I don't think theres much to comment on in terms of song yet but i've been messing with synths. Do they sound like they could make something fun? Thank you for reading my music blog.
plz no self advertising
Like it, i'm not really a person to be giving critiques of anything but it feels like it has too many voice samples.
Leo Jackson
i wish that was me lol
Mason Barnes
>plz no self advertising he was asking how to get a sound like that if you read his post i almost did the same thing though because usually soundcloud is self shilling
Jonathan Price
It is the closest thing most of us see to paradise.
got told by Sup Forums to ask here. I want to learn the piano and figured I could get one that would connect to my computer for programs, any suggestions?
Ryan Butler
anybody have gotten work from Craigslist
Jeremiah Hughes
You can probably find a cheap midi keyboard on craigslist. It really depends on your budget and what you want.
Ryan Murphy
tfw you have a really good unreleased track, but the guy you used to duo with claims you stole clips of his for the song, and now I can't release it. :c
Looking for my Brissy m808. You know who you are. Hope you see this, and hope you came last week.
Jeremiah Stewart
get some midi piano and download Kontakt VST. Look for the aftertouch and reviews on how the keys feel, possibly get a pedal too.
Aaron Anderson
As user said, an interface and decent monitor speakers are your best option. As you're using a tracker, having a full keyboard isn't essential. If you do want one, just get a small 25 keyboard as it'll be enough to work out basic ideas on.
John Edwards
nah m8, I would have loved to go but unfortunately I'm poor.
Your EP was very original. You managed to blend synthetic and organic sounds and textures so well, an idea that I don't think was fully realized in skin. Congrats on the ARIA's btw
I finally heeded your advice, and switched to ableton over the weekend. It's reverb and delay plugins are a lot better, as well as the sampler. Even the time and pitch stretching algorithms produce a better sound.
I made this one in FL, the kick is way way too distorted though clyp.it/x000rz4j
Gavin Parker
Some handy tips for warping with Ableton
Beats mode helps preserve individual nears when you slow a sample down. It fills on the blank spaces by sampling the tail of the beat and looping it to fill in the silent parts. The arrows indicate whether it fills in with the same loop over and over, or whether it plays the loop forwards then backwards repeatedly.
Repitch is just vinyl style warping.
Tone mode slices the sample up and uses the slices to fill in gaps. It's good for things like pianos, basslines and other melodic parts. You can adjust the size of the grains (slices) to compensate for blank spaces.
Texture is similar but for pads and strings.
Complex and complex pro are for full tracks and more involved samples, it's only really needed for things like DJing
Camden Robinson
Aw, sweet dude. :) I'll have a way better listen to both when I have a chance. I liked the sound of Spirit though. Just probably didn't like that first transition. But it was really chill for the rest. The one with the psytrance I kind of just skipped through. And m8, since when has super distorted kick bothered me. Haha, I FINALLY released it yeah. Unfortunately one song I couldn't, thanks to a certain other person. I personally want to say that, I sometimes feel that I over did a lot, but...I'm just looking forward to EPs for a while. :) Hx
Joseph Robinson
Also, thank you for finally listening to me! You will find Ableton a far easier DAW to manage. If you have any questions please.
Luis Johnson
guys, I'm mixing an EP on pro tools on my pc at home, right,
I'm getting an AWFUL noise floor ...
If I was doing exactly the same thing in ableton, I wouldn't have any noise floor.
it sounds like I have a white noise generator for some reason
anyone had this issue?
Jack Perez
>ableton enjoy your shitty "warp" full of artefacts
Chase Morgan
If you're getting artifacts then you're using the wrong mode. I don't get any artifacts at all, just takes using the right mode with a few adjustments to the settings. Try learning instead of being a pleb
Hudson Kelly
THIS
Bentley James
Thanks dude, the psytrance track is really worth a listen. And I'm guessing the song you cut was the one with the water sound effects? Was it Chris or Jess?
Ian Phillips
Spectrum analyzer isn't lying, maybe upgrade your shitty setup and learn how to /prod/, baby.
Justin Campbell
>FL users make memes >While ableton users are living out their dreams
Jaxson Powell
At this point in time, I just think it's Jess looking for attention...but what do I know? It's not like I didn't produce half her EP for her or anything. Let's just say "That Look" WILL NOT BE SEEING THE LIGHT OF DAY.
Logan Garcia
as a renoise user of about 6 years I've never once used any external peripherals that are not the computer keyboard to input notes or performances, that's not what renoise is for, I use other DAWS for that..
Charles Wright
What we're you trying to warp and with which warp mode? If you do something stupid like warp vocals using beat mode or warp a beat using tone mode then of course you'll get artifacts. I don't get artifacts on any of my samples, it's not hard to do
Wyatt Russell
you just ablezoned him senpai dont forget to buy push 2.1 we may also introduce a mono function and a new piano roll that isn't from 90s if you buy our Studio Pro version today
Ryan Watson
That sucks, I think she owes you a lot more, Talk Talk was a masterpiece. All she has to do is sing a bunch of adlibs..
Kevin Ward
Use the utility plugin, and set the width to 0%. That's mono.
Charles Diaz
Well, see, "That Look" was the one that accidentally got leaked with her singing in it. The cut one is what's being claimed to be "Goh". You tell me if you can even hear anything similar. There was at one point that Emoh did live that was like it...but now it's kinda like fighting over nothing.
Yeah I see what you mean. Don't really hear any similarities.
So you know how you used to produce more house style music, how did you change your musical style so drastically between HEDS and Flume?
Jason Edwards
It wasn't so much that it was a change, it was more the fact that producing something that had a nice neat new sound. It was really just all these influences coming together, and making something that was listenable and cool. Then the sound stuck and has evolved.
Errrr...that sampling. I don't know whether to laugh, cry or otherwise.
Jason Davis
Sue him for fun.
Got any ideas on what you want to do in the future? Ever thought of starting your own label?
Christian Garcia
Lol, was it you I jokingly sued for the vox thing?
Lie low, and just ease my way into some more music is the plan.Think some pressure is relieved now. Own label, no, but I would love to do a thing where I help people learn shit.
Anyways, m8 - hope to catch you again, but I gotta go. :) H
Cameron Diaz
Flume here AMA
Brayden Nelson
Haha yeah, it was.
Thanks for the chat, cya m8
Leo Robinson
>Pretty lights edition does anyone here do lighting programming? i know it's dumb af, but I'd love to get into this, Ive seen videos of different festivals and I want to be a part of it, no joke
Blake Morales
Running a label is a lot of hard work. You'll have to learn all the legal side for setting up contracts, setting up copyrights, collecting all the royalties and distributing them (although PRS, PPL, etc can look after that), listening to hundreds of demos a week, PR, promotion of artists, and loads of other stuff. I've known artists that started running labels and had to stop making their own music.
It would be nice running a label and developing a particular sound for it but I'd rather set up a studio and run that. I have more fun producing my own tracks and would love to be producing for others
Jason Turner
Are there any videos that show off Push in a deeper way than a guy playing boom bap, adding hi hats and some chords? Anyone ever registered an ISRC?
Christian Taylor
I didn't realize there was that much, but I assume you could hire people to do all that stuff.
John Walker
You can, but if it's a fledgling label then you want to keep costs down. You can't guarantee making enough money to cover everything and salaries on top
Michael Gutierrez
With Christmas coming up, you've got an opportunity.
Daniel Myers
How's the CPU load on the final release? I get 30% idling on the beta release, which is ridiculous.
Other than that I fucking loved. I think I might keep using it regularly.
Charles Bailey
how do I get my songs louder without destroying the dynamic range?
Cameron Morales
mix them better
Owen Gutierrez
Anyone else think the kick on The Weeknd - Starboy sounds really overcompressed in the chorus? I was just listening to it and it threw me off how crappy the kick sounds when everything else is so crisp.
Asher Hughes
>he cant into engineering 101
Joshua Butler
you just need a midi>dxm converter, then use midi tracks/clips specifically for controlling lights
Jonathan Butler
I thought mono only applied to MIDI
Jaxon Gonzalez
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Connor Adams
Oi any of yous guys interested in buying my Tascam DR-40? I'm gonna throw it up on eBay but thought I'd ask my /prod/ bros first.
Comes with Pelican case, windmuff, USB cable, 4GB SD card. Perfect condition!
Cooper King
wew i like it. sound great.
Jaxson Green
This has become my test track for synth things. Do the high hats sound right?
How the fuck do I ping pong loop a sample in Ableton Simpler?
Matthew Adams
/prod/ you're my only hope
I'm trying to find a cheap but decent condenser mic for a a bare bones laptop recording set up I'm making. I can spend about $100-$130 on it, I'm looking at condensers because I want to record my piano, kalimba, acoustic guitar, didge, etc. as well as vocals. I've heard some decent things about the AT 2020 but idk. What mic is most ideal/versatile in that price range??
Justin Wilson
JUST
Cooper Kelly
Do you have an audio interface to plug the mic into aready?
Generally cheap condensers don't sound great. I'd say save up and get more, and find a used one on ebay. I got a 1600$ Neuman TLM 193 for 600$ on ebay a few months ago.
If you get a really condenser, chances are it'll leave you wanting and you'll just upgrade eventually anyway.
Joshua Price
lmao just synthesize whatever sound you want to record newbie
Henry Garcia
save up and get a more expensive one*
if you get a really cheap condenser*
Also not everything is about the money and sometimes cheap gear can surprise you, but cheap condensers are generally not very good.
Josiah Ortiz
I'm using a scarlett focusrite 2i2. I'm completely new. Trying to keep costs low and test the waters a bit. If I end up making something satisfying then I'll save up for a while and get real hardware.
Connor White
Alright but whatever you were planning on spending on the mic, go to ebay and see what you can get for the same price. If you play it right you might be able to find an AT4033 or a Rode NT1A on there in your price range.
Sebastian Perez
>real hardware Isn't Scarlett pretty good unless you want to record drums or something?
Eli Cooper
He was talking about the mic I think
But it's still a budget interface and you wouldn't see it in a professional studio
Anyone here with a laptop that has a i5 6300 hq ? Does it run your daw well?
Caleb Hill
I'll definitely check around ebay first hand. Thanks for the feedback /prod/
Austin Gomez
I am below i3 and computer easily handles big projects.
Julian Myers
For budget workhorse condensers I'd say the AT2020 is great, the MXL 990 is great, the Nady SCM-960 is great. Also the MXL 870 (comes with shockmount unlike the Nady btw) is on sale right now for $70.
But there are other brands worth looking at that makes highly rated mics in the low price category, Behringer, ART, etc.
It sounds like you probably want a large diaphragm and probably want a shockmount, so I would say the MXL 870 or the AT 2020. MXL has a bunch of large diaphragm mics though so it's worth browsing a bit, see what's on sale. The Nady SCM-960 doesn't come with a shockmount but it's switchable for cardioid and omni, which I find wicked useful personally. There's a lot to think about, but right now the best deal in terms of money I see right now is the MXL 870.
Adrian Nelson
i have amd fx 6300 and i handle fine comparisons show your cpu is stronger
Isaiah Ward
exactly what I'm looking for. "workhorse" condensers. I'll check all of these out too. this info's been eye opening t b h . I've been so in the dark as to what i should purchases, up until now
Jacob Ross
Happy to help bro. You should also make room in the budget for a decent cable if you don't have one and a pop filter, decent stand, etc.
There are a ton of budget options out there, idunno how anyone makes any decisions these days about what their "first mic" should be. ':|
Alexander Ward
cubase 9 came out today and people who bought on day one are butthurt :^)
Carter Myers
happy merchant
Colton Allen
i think its not even that great of an update im going to wait for 9.5 if i even do
David Williams
I don't get it, why are they butthurt?
Nolan Perry
they had too high expectations of steinberg implementing feature requests they wanted and as usual there are problems with the new version
thats what happens when you blindly give your shekels away
Dominic Moore
I was told about Superlux, a now US based company that does a pair of small diaphragm condensors for $169 or so. He has $30k+ mics, convertors, pres etc that he works with and he says they're crazy good for the price. Looking at getting a pair myself.
As always check reviews, frequency response and polarity charts and weigh it against what you'll use it for.
Second hand is a good way to go too.
David Cooper
New dingle announced, you need to pay 1€ dingle fee, 4€ holohoax I mean holocaust tax and do an DNA, fingerprint scan with blood sample to check for any illegal drugs before you can open Cubase. I'm sold desu.
