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Hey guys, I'm pretty much an amateur still, and I've lately been trying to imitate the sounds of other artists I like to see what I'm able to do and what I like to do.
I've been working on this Boards of Canada style track for the past few days, it's not yet finished, but I'd like someone to check it out and tell me what they think:
I did my best to maximize the levels on this and keep the dynamics. I did a little bit of compression on the master bus as well. Any thoughts? I really think I'm getting better song-wise regardless of how well the mix/master sounds.
Posted a vastly shittier version of this in the last thread but got no feedback. I'm like a fag with a guitar btw since some user said they'd refuse to listen to anything without being told the genre. Any advice on the composition or the mix would be greatly appreciated
John Perry
Definitely got some cool sampled melodies going here.
The third melody just doesn't conform to the rhythm as well as first two I think. Also I feel like the snare could use more high end
Xavier Turner
I respect the vocal performance, also the bells or whatever they are sound cool.
I would add in some higher guitar melodies at some point, the main melody seems to go on for the whole song without changing, which I think can work if you added some higher melodies to steal the focus away from the main guitar at some point.
Isaac Brooks
Thanks, I was worried the guitar got a bit monotonous. It actually does change to a four chord melody when the vocals come in during the second half, but it's less noticeable than I had hoped. The bells are pic related mixed in with some trash Logic vibes
Is the mpc studio worth the money? I'd use it as a vst in ableton to lay down drum patterns and chop up samples? Is it overkill for that? I cant stand the swing/quantization in ableton for drums
James Gray
yea... somethin like that. From like halfway to the end I like the one panned to the right. I don't have a great ear but it sounds to me like you're playing in a different key for each part, the one panned to the left, centered and to the right. they sync up at some points but for the most part it sounds off.
Ugh I've been fucking with it and it doesn't sit well in the song, makes it feel way too cluttered, distracts from the lead melody I may just sack it and try record some elec. guitar tomorrow. Thanks for the advice user
Samuel Ross
buttcore desu, which you said in another thread was what you were going for. Good job, it makes me want to throw up
Colton Howard
bu-ump embarrassing that the last thread died after like 60 posts
You realize that they have MPC swing in abelton that's exactly the same as an actual MPC?
Oliver Miller
anyone know where to get max for live 6?
Nolan James
no
Jonathan Howard
>tfw vocal cut-let i cant make fucking vocal cuts. they always sound so fucking cheesy, i wish i was less retarded.
Hunter Nelson
for the genre it sounds fine to me. same as above same as above
the problem with all three tracks above is that there isn't much going on musically, that may be why you're all thinking the mix sucks, there just isn't much going musically. mix wise it all sounds fine, now just pair up those mixing skills with better songwriting.
Alexander Wood
bump
Jeremiah Moore
Sounds like lobby music XD Spice the melody a bit This is POTENTIAL OR MEH ? clyp.it/g2a5euk5
Elijah Gray
Suggestions? I'm making a meme rap group with a few friends of mine and we're trying to get some hard bangers to do live. so far I came up with this and it bangs pretty hard on the subs clyp.it/mubacvka
what's the secret to making the es2 sound good...i feel like i can't make beautiful sounds on it
Ryan Gomez
Please answer
Why is it that my audio on Ableton becomes bandpassed or something when I start putting effects .
It didn't happen a couple years ago, but I think it has to do with some plug-ins
Even the audio on my music players starts getting bandpassed
Noah Peterson
What do you mean bandpassed
Liam Young
Like it all starts sounding in shitty sound quality
Liam Sanchez
What do you think it could be?
Leo Ortiz
Seems like a bug but it affects the audio of the whole computer, clearly my sound card is not up to par
Do you know a fix for this?
Andrew Martinez
I spend so much time just trying to make listenable sounds, that I don't produce anything anymore. Fuck me if I won't just use stock Omnisphere sounds and Kontakt libraries.
David Ramirez
You need an audio interface like one of the scarletts.
Evan Rivera
Can you upload on clyp?
Jack Jenkins
>Fuck me if I won't just use stock Omnisphere sounds and Kontakt libraries.
Do this, you can still get into heaven if you repent for using presets
Jaxson Moore
>one of the scarletts. Please explain, I don't understand
Scarlett is popular but there are other interfaces that'll do the job fine, your computer soundcard can't handle as much as you're asking it too. Also is your computer good as in specs
Xavier Harris
Anyone has experience with Spire synth?
I mean, honestly, I have actually downloaded so many synths that I'm often surprised when I realize what I have in my library. It doesn't make much sense since I can't really use them, so I usually go with Diva or Serum.
But this one looks nice and easy to use too.
Nolan Miller
This is my computer, it's a thinkpad
What else can you advice me without having to buy anything (I'm dead broke right now)
Owen Adams
Suck some dicks for an interface and new computer and learn to use google
How would I go about getting that kind of vocal effect?
Leo Hall
It's like a more advanced version of Sylenth
Is this a mini-mix?
Logan Reed
When should you use Addictive Drums or similar thing, instead of picking different drums from sample packs? And how to make that shit sound good? I thought Addictive Drums and Modern Drummer were supposed to sound good on default, but it kinda sucks.
Josiah Adams
Hello can some1 rap on my beat please? I'll put in the vocals if u want
The random and velocity based multi sampling in combination with the spill fromm the mic positions make for a much more natural sound, that these single file drum samples could never do. Both are used for completely different things and a virtual instrument like addictive drums only sounds as natural as you program it, of course it sounds like ass if you just slap in notes one the grid with no sense of what a drummer would actually do in terms of velocity and playability
Samuel Price
Is there any reason you shouldn't use pirated plugins with a brought DAW?
I'm thinking about buying FL studio because I want dem lifetime free updates. I want to start buying plugins too but I don't have a lot of money right now
James Bell
No, there is no reason.
Dominic Carter
If you can afford them it's better to buy - less hassle, updates, support
Kayden Rogers
Pro tip: just use the tail end of syllables
Andrew Jenkins
multiband compressor is great, my bass guitar is solid now
Owen Cox
I can not wait to get a DSI rev2, but there is still new good poly synth incoming. What to do?
William Parker
13 days till mine ships just wait it out man, it's coming
Liam Edwards
what did you just say
James Howard
can't read?
Justin Sanchez
Anyone have Nexus 2.3.2?
Jaxson Bell
yes i can what you said doenst make sense >if you dont have money to buy, then buy it cause its better to buy
Nathaniel Watson
>if you dont have money to buy >If you can afford them go finish your ged homework
Lincoln Stewart
ah you said can afford, not cant afford sorry dude. i stand wrong
Lucas Adams
What are some good drum packs/drum sample VSTs for House/EDM stuff?
I've been trying to find a good one for a long time
Jeremiah Sanders
Xfer sample pack
William Murphy
Anyone know of any good chinese sampled instruments that aren't stupid expensive/have any good cracks? Was looking at Wavesfactory's Guzheng but not sure I want to fork out 59 eurobucks for it.
Nathan Powell
bump
Jeremiah Gomez
where you got it from? sweetwater said I have to wait till summer
Easton Bell
>How would I go about getting that kind of vocal effect? vocoder + autotune
Carson Moore
you can find samples for Erhu online. Guzheng is pretty hard to sample desu, and it wont sound good in vst.
Juan Cooper
sup buckos, this is essentially a doodle track thats kinda trappy I guess.Opinions/ recommendations pls? clyp.it/fw3rhhnw
Lucas Ward
what are some good maxforlive devices?
Joshua Young
use it for specific things. not every synth can do everything you want. I found ES2 sounded good for keys and plink plonk type stuff, and maybe some pads.
Xavier Foster
the effects you put on the sound matter as much as the sound itself I've found.
to be honest, the main thing for VST really is bass. I need a great synth for bass, and I find that sampling analog bass is usually better, or something. or just using a real hardware synth is far prefered for bass only
but if I had to use a VST for bass, I really dont know what one would be the best
its pretty good sounding, I'll say that, in terms of fidelity and quality. kind of boring in terms of options IMO
need to try it again
Isaiah Cox
still don't actually understand how to use this thing fluidly, but whenever I put it on something and mess with presets it always sounds fucking great at some point.
wish i understood how to actually use it though
Colton Stewart
i like dave parkinson house essentials
Elijah Richardson
just like a regular compressor but only for a specific frequency range (like EQ frequencies) you put it on the bass with a high ration, then all the bass notes will sound thumping like tum tum tum tum very heavy
Leo Ward
Anyone here producing in Ableton Live?
I used to only record live instruments, and that process was fairly easy. This whole midi thing just feels really, really limiting to me, and by that i don't mean that midi is bad, but since midi is data about which note is pressed, how long a note is pressed and how firmly it is pressed that means that the BPM you set in your DAW is an essential resource for this information to be processed.
Because of this i always feel limited to work within a certain BPM, but when i want to do certain more classical parts, without percussion, in which the tempo is more free form and contantly changes, or parts in which rhythm is not of importance to then go back to introducing rhythm i feel like this fucks me over.
Is there some way of working more free form, without BPM as a "grid" other than to buy hardware synths and record audio? I guess freezing everything i record immediately would be another way.
Does anyone else have this problem in their head? I mean, i guess i could potentially just completely ignore the BPM and record everything at 120
How do you guys do it?
Brandon Perry
haven't used it, but i found out about this the other day when i was looking at max for live devices youtube.com/watch?v=PH18KBNnARk
Nolan Phillips
That looks like its something more for live sessions than producing hard frozen tracks
Eli Scott
I don't have much experience with Ableton (used it back in 2031ish), but I've used midi to make the exact music you're thinking of. Honestly, I usually set the bpm to 110ish, then work with sixteenth note precision.
Noah Butler
turn off the metronome and layout some reference tracks you play your takes on top just ignore the grid and turn off all quantization if you don't want it
Mason Martinez
Hi im new (i guess) to producing, been doing it for almost a year i guess. I dont make electronic or party music, just chill soundtrack-instrumentals.