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How can you faggots let this thread die, without this thread the whole board is a fucking shill circlejerk that should be deleted
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In Ableton Session, how does one repeat MIDI tracks the same ways loops are automatically repeated?
Austin Reyes
You get to the stage where you can't have everything set up ergonomically. If you know what sound you're looking for on an ms20 you won't be leaning for long anyway.
William Walker
clyp.it/ggmhfgw4 Reworked the intro synth and sketched a new drop, i didn't make anything worse, r-right? Also gonna fix the kick since this time around it seems too short.
Leo Evans
Click on the clip and make sure the loop button is highlighted. Make sure the brackets are the right length. It should be automatic tho no?
Brayden Wilson
i dunno if i get what you ask, there's a button that says loop
Ian Clark
i dont think they automatically repeat, you just have to duplicate (ctrl+d)
>clyp.it/pkstusar Really like the percussion in this but not so sure on the other sounds, but i don't really listen to much of this type of music.
>clyp.it/ggmhfgw4 Pretty good, reminds me a little of rockit with that synth and that drop is pretty good. Don't really like the gaps of silence though
clyp.it/5jkbzcyr My first project that i've felt like sharing. Just got started at production so any tips for this song or in general would be appreciated.
Andrew Jenkins
shared this in the last thread but would still like some more thoughts on it
sounds a lot better than i was expecting from a first project.
Chase Cook
it took me 6 years of using ableton to finally know how to curve automation lines
its alt, you hold alt key
Blake James
>clyp.it/5jkbzcyr very nice the beat that comes in at 0:54 doesnt fit, especially that offbeat
not really a fan of the resonance at 2:00+, but if thats what you're going for then thats cool
Jacob Moore
>don't really like the gaps of silence though Oh yeah, i thought it would help making it sound like amon tobin but i ditched the idea. Pretty happy to see appreciation though, thanks
Nicholas Lopez
noice
Samuel Scott
>clyp.it/2e15bxhe vocals need to come down slightly is this sampled or your own recordings?
very nice. one of the percussion bits sounds like a phone notification, i'd get rid of that or tone it down
Caleb Scott
Stupid beginner question here:
What's a good mic to get some clean accoustic instruments sound?
James Johnson
got together with a friend, it's her vocals!
haha you're right about "phone notification part"
Jaxson Hill
>clyp.it/2e15bxhe If i click anywhere in this song it sounds good, but i feel the suspense made at like 2:30 is killed by the drop between 3:28 and 3:34.
thanks man been messing around on FL for a little bit and watching tutes and such but making something longer is a lot more work
Thomas Harris
sound wise is very good, but i think it kind of builds too slow
Lincoln Wilson
What would you do if you were messing around one day and accidentally wrote the best song in the world
Easton Campbell
thats p cool man, sounds awesome, it gets better and better as it goes on as well. how long have you been producing?
the laughter part is slightly jarring, maybe just record her while shes off her tits and get something that fits better
William Hernandez
Upload to youtube i guess, then shill to give it some views and the people who hear it will start sharing. That's assuming everyone who hears it likes it and not everyone is greedy of music.
Anthony Bell
write a song about writing the best song in the world
Jacob Collins
well if its the best song in the world it will be far too deep for the masses and only the greatest of patricians will appreciate it, encasing the notes in leather and burying it in the richest mahogany to preserve it from the dirty plebeian ears
Julian Gonzalez
and scaruffi will give it a 9/10
Luis Scott
What are some essential Ableton keyboard shortcuts you guys use on a daily basis?
Evan Perez
i mapped my metronome on/off and my session record button to / and * on the numpad
Jaxon James
>spent almost 10 years producing hip-hop >don't almost even like hip hop anymore fuck my life
Gavin Lewis
I just bought a Launchpad Mini at a car boot sale for 20$ and it came with no codes or serial number. What do I need and where can I find the shit I need to make this work on my windows PC?
Luke Russell
there should be some kind of code on it check again then find the user manual online these kind of things usually install themselves then you update the drivers
Luis Collins
you shouldn't need either of those things to make it work on your computer, they're just for registering it on the website and downloading bundled software if there is any
Jonathan Reed
These things uusally come with 2 serial numbers, one for the device itself and another for the software.
Both are required to download drivers and programs.
Levi King
i just want to be as loud as s3rl withtout putting my frequencies to shit. did i do it right?
Not sure if this is the right thread or not but what do you think of this so far? When it's finished it'll be the audio for this final writing project I had in uni. I'm writing it in Milkytracker. clyp.it/dfum22rh
Brayden Moore
nigger this is kek music, good fucking job
Brandon Davis
>nigger this is kek music underage pls go
Michael Allen
fuck you mang im old enough to bang ur mom
James Collins
>i'll tell him i could fuck his mom, THEN he'll stop thinking i'm an edgy 16 year old!
Noah Cook
I like how he opens up the gear to trick people into thinking he's doing something clever.
Nolan Jackson
this is good reduce the cling sample volume
Joshua Green
What's cling sample volume? Sorry if it's a dumb question, pretty new to production shit in general
Oliver Myers
Anyone got any tips for a clean-sounding mix? Been producing for ~3 years and finally getting there lel
Here's what I generally do depending on what the track is: >EQ everything as best as I can >high pass everything below its range >use a multiband compressor to compress the highs (above 4k) heavily then boost them a bit >use a stereo imager to make lows (below 200) mono, and everything above 2k a bit wider
Eli James
Get a rough start by playing pink noise and soloing each track and adjusting the volume until it's just barely audible. EQ to make things stand out by removing frequencies from opposing tracks. Don't just EQ solo tracks, listen to them in the full mix. Really sharp high passes can sound unnatural, don't go for some sort of 48dB highpass and do this before some sort of compression or limiting on the channel.
Ryan Foster
Fucking DED E D
Colton James
>they're just for registering it on the website and downloading bundled software if there is any
So a lot of the links in the OP are for FL studio, any particularly good beginning tuts for Ableton?
I can probably figure out a good part of the interface itself on my own. I'm an electrical engineer grad and mostly wondering how I can learn the workings of (the waveforms of) the sound itself. Maybe then I'll try my hand at putting together some actual songs but I want the basics first.
I'm currently halfway through the New York School of Synthesis video, but a lot of this stuff I feel like I know the theory of already and would like to know how to play with it in ableton.
Hudson Gutierrez
Would anyone be able to hook a poorfag up with Ableton or whatever their program of choice is? I want to get writing but I don't have half a grand or more sitting around to buy a good program with
Parker Morris
i dunno what comes with launchpads these days, but i'm guessing it's something along the lines of ableton lite, maybe wavelab le, or some vst instruments. all stuff you should easily be able to torrent the full versions of i still don't even really know what i'm doing with synthesis despite producing for like 6 years now and knowing what all the individual functions of a synth are for. i found sampling and effects to be a much more intuitive way to do sound design
Ayden Russell
Tom Cosm's guides are pretty useful and cover most aspects - part 1 below:
Fuck around with instrumentation, especially the piano you're using. I think at least part of any "hollowness" you're feeling is stemming from cheesy/cheap-sounding voices. With a different/better piano sound I think the whole thing would be a lot less nasal and I'd vibe with it more.
t.never seriously produced anything, so take that with a grain of salt if it sounds bullshit
Tyler Brooks
To add to this user, try adding some natural sounding imperfections to the piano to make it sound more like someone has played it
yea i agree, i switched pianos on this one did more sound design
yea but everything looks so nice and tidy with it quantized haha, there's a humanize function in logic that randomly changes the velocities and takes it off the grid i put it on this one, it think it sounds a little more lively
Jordan Richardson
>clyp.it/n0bpee5b i much prefer this version, sounds super tight.
Thanks dude, appreciate it. Idk the snare, hats and bass are sampled, the rest are just vsts. I do but most of my recent stuff hasnt been released yet cause im mulling them over; here it is anyway: soundcloud.com/inter_vals. I've got some clyps of my recent stuff, thats probs a better place to listen if you're interested.
Josiah Scott
mxl990
Lincoln Morris
Any thoughts on this? I want to add actual guitar and vocals still but I'm drunk at the moment so I'd just like feedback on how it stands so far
also since you're drunk i'd recommend writing now, its easier haha
"write drunk edit sober"
Connor Howard
its definitely the drums that sound off, i'd redo them if i were you
Blake Reed
I think the introduction of the strings might be jarring but I don't know how to fix it exactly
Also I'm unsure about my xylophone samples
John Torres
Thanks man, I'll give that a try
Nathaniel Harris
how do i stop fl studio from changing my microkorg patch program when playing midis with it? (midi out) i only want it to play my fucking notes, i don't want program changes
Like the other user, I like the percussion. Actually I like all the sounds in/of themselves, it sounds reminiscent of something from the movie Push or Lola Rennt
I can't really give any constructive production tips, but from the way the first couple minutes builds up it seems like all you really need, structurally, is a bridge/breakdown or something before fading out or going back to the intro beat. Seems well suited to a simple song structure, basically.
You *could* throw in some discordance, but it would seem weird to include in its current state
Kayden Reyes
are there actually? who is she
i like seeing pretty smiley all the time girls cry sometimes, not to be mean.... i can't understand it
Aaron Collins
Brittany Venti, the cutest hammerhead shark in the sea. She's a ""redpilled"" attentionwhore but she's still a cute
