This is an interesting track, got really cool around 1:10 and the keys around 1:30 are dope. I'd say keep developing it, the only thing I can critique is that the listener might abandon ship too early and miss out on some of the best parts, so perhaps try to make the beginning a little more interesting so that the listener doesn't mistakenly think they have the track all figured out early on.
Logan Reed
Why is this thread so fucking dead? Post yr goddamn tracks buckos. Here's an old ass beat I made in like 2012 from a sample I took from a VHS tape which I'm thinking of revamping, let me know what y'all think: clyp.it/mnfvxttx
Hudson Edwards
Funk style but jazzy reverb, gotta dry it out. Dirty it up too. Feels like there should be a soft kick on the last eighth note of the drum loop to help drive it forward, there's this start and stop feel to it that I'm not into and it isn't reflected in the constant driving shakers.
Jace Perry
i was just about to close his music but then i read your post. So, this.
Hudson Russell
Like if Bohren did a guy ritchie film
Eli Nelson
thanks for the feedback. will do.
Camden Long
Don't got nothing near finished at the moment, got this I made while trying out Cobalt. I like it, it's pretty neat. Paired it with some Fairlight drums to further the 80s sound, despite going a super eurobeat direction.
I think you've got way too many kicks happening in your rhythm. You've already got a solid 1234 1234 [softly] 1234 1234 in the harp sample, let that provide your rhythm. It's very percussive sounding. I'd consider going on the 1 and 4 in the loop like K--kS--- and whatever you want after that snare since the 1 and 4 sound most accentuated in the harp.
stop changing the fucking sticky if you're not going to make it better -__________________________________-
Gavin Edwards
Why can't we post soundclouds? I only have stuff uploaded there.
Nathaniel Baker
Sometimes people just post their personal accounts for attention and don't offer anything in return. Having a solid negative reaction to all Soundclouds helps to prevent that.
just upload it to clyp, you're supposed to be asking for advice
i just had a look at a wdywt thread on /fa/ and it's amazing how pissy people get if you post your fit and you didn't reply to anybody. /prod/ should be the same posting clyps, or at least ask for specific advice
Zachary Moore
Opinion: It's a little busy. I think between the syncopation, blistering tempo, and smorgasbord of instruments, it's a bit hard for me to get much out of it.
Angel Walker
I don't have the source mp3s anymore, they were on a computer that went belly-up. Maybe I can just get a critique for Stormpilot?
I'm imagining this as a noise crescendo/interlude into a fully formed track, otherwise it's just too many competing voices. Is that kind of what you're going for?
Isaiah Rodriguez
>-__________________________________- Chill hoe, I had saved all of the resources but not the entire sticky, I was pretty sure the no sc allowed thing was all I was missing.
Why don't you make the fucking thread next time instead of leave a void for me to fill. /prod/ should be 100% upkeep nigga, I want a /prod/ thread every time I visit Sup Forums
Brody Peterson
so download them from your soundcloud........................................
Jose Morgan
Hopefully this thread won't be derailed by the guy who supposedly goes to gollege but can't install a program or use Google.
Kayden Turner
>the no sc allowed
was at the end. whoever changed it. what you posted is not it
Samuel White
>I want a /prod/ thread every time I visit Sup Forums
same but the threads tend to die once they get bigger. i used to try keeping them going but people are kind of shitty. i'll give fuck loads of responses to clyps and 9/10 times nobody comes back to follow up
Jayden Fisher
that guy was a faggot
Landon Brown
Working with some new sounds, not quite sure how to polish this, feedback and comments are much appreciated, thanks y'all.
there's nothing happening. I have nothing to listen to. Give me better structure and melody then we can talk sound design
Michael Bailey
sample... your ass!
imogen heap done that, slapped her ass put it on that record. the butt one.
Lincoln Martinez
hey guys, i wanna start producing in my room, i have the instruments but can anybody recommend me some cheap/good preamp and a program to mix in my pc?
Aaron Thomas
>cheap/good preamp >doesn't exist
ur22>the 2i2 people will recommend you because they don't know what they're talking about
as for a daw, reaper if you want a free one (don't worry it's fine)
ableton if you want to do electronic music.... it honestly doesn't matter. jus pick one and learn it really well. protools supposedly has better comping tools though. i wouldn't know.
Jacob Lopez
You have recording interface or are looking for one with builtin preamps?
Jaxon Taylor
Appreciate the honesty, gives me some sense of direction, ill be back with a more focused track.
Luke Brooks
i would prefer to have an explanation on the difference of those two
Charles Rivera
i have a ur22 and no problems with it
Tyler Bennett
Recording interface is an interface between analog inputs (instruments) and a computer(digital). It may or may not have built-in preamps and you may or may not want better ones (tubes)
Adrian Cook
hmm, in that case can you tell me of a preamp with a built in please?
Nathan Gray
What you're looking for is a recording interface. It's not in and of itself a preamp, but it may have preamps. Try googling for some recording interfaces and decide what you need (number/type of inputs etc.) Important thing to keep in mind especially with desktop versus rack-mounted interfaces is that their total number of advertised inputs is based on their expandability through daisy-chaining etc, so be sure the interface in fact has as many physical analog inputs as you need
Elijah Johnson
ok thanks for answering, i will be searching a recording interface thanks for the daw, just downloaded and will start searching tutorials when i finish searching for the other thing
Ayden Evans
clyp.it/dvqiivfv sup bwas. Made this intro today. Where do you see this going?
Alexander Powell
makes me remember of the intro of earthbound, i like it, care to share more?
Jaxon Price
>care to share more of what nigguh its a wip
Joshua Bailey
>i just had a look at a wdywt thread on /fa/ and it's amazing how pissy people get if you post your fit and you didn't reply to anybody. /prod/ should be the same posting clyps, or at least ask for specific advice
I guess the issue is that the people who need the most advice are the last people you want giving others advice. Agreed that being more specific would definitely be a good thing though, I never bother listening to the >clyp.it/sdkljfasdf;asdany thoughts? posts.
Connor Peterson
i mean more of your work brah
Jacob Gray
>the last people you want giving others advice.
it's the being specific that bothers me the most. a lot of the time the track just sucks so i don't really know what to tell them besides "keep practicing and try to start mixing"
thanks brah, didnt notice cause i got here like 10 min ago
Sebastian Thompson
Something I do is I think about what I would do if I opened an old project to work on and their track was it, just to get in the right mindset. What here do I want to keep, what's the real essence here, what's working together, what's not, etc.
Matthew Kelly
tfw people say shit like just sidechain
Anthony Brooks
As a newish (6 months) producer that style of advice is by far the most helpful, without extensive technical knowledge it can be difficult to get the sounds you hear to the sounds being played.
Joshua Lopez
hmmm... i'll keep that in mind
sometimes it's easier to say that than telling them they need to rewrite half the song because two synth parts are clashing the entire time
Oliver Howard
clyp.it/b0rrw2uu im writing a song using vocaloid cause i cant sing- any thoughts on the mix? im not a very good prod person so im trying to work on it and any thoughts would be nice ty
Michael New's channel, lots of song writing info delivered in easy to understand phrasing with a delivery that isn't monotone.
Wyatt James
There's something off with the right guitar (is it on beat?) anyway you should let it fade out from the first part and record that same part differently, mic'd farther back with some verb maybe, and then bring it back the same when it picks up.
Also the stereo field is fucky, mostly the drums. Go easy with the panning on everything. You've probably heard "mix in mono" before, and I think that would help you tame everything before you spread it out. Good song though man, please post more stuff we need more rock and guitar based music in /prod/ :3
Jose Hill
>we need more rock and guitar based music in /prod/ :3 No we don't
Gavin Sullivan
oh sorry you're right, I don't get tired of bland trap and electro with the same obscure and poor sampling anyway :^)
Andrew Rivera
Worked a lot more on that track. Is something completely different now, I think a lot better. What do you think?
Rhythmically unapproachable imo. The bass and drums don't seem to be working with the electric piano or shakers, like they're different songs that happen to be playing at the same time. Nothing seems to be shared rhythmically or harmonically from what I can pick up.
Try writing a new bassline and see how sparse you can make it. Use as few notes as possible each 4 or so bars, just enough to keep the rhythm going forward. Not necessarily sustained notes, the current staccato is fine.
With the drums I can't tell where the emphasis is, I think it'd be easier for me to latch onto if you put some variation in the velocity, maybe even control a soft lowpass with the velocity so quieter hits are a little less bright. Currently it's like every single note in the rhythm is accented and I can't stand it, not in my current late night state at least.
Brayden Brooks
This is me Sounds a LOT better, user. I dig what you have going on now. Disagree with this guy about it being "rhythmically unapproachable", but I would advise you go for slightly less generic-sounding drum samples because it feels out of place given all of the incredible jazz vibes surrounding it. Not sure why you change it up so early, but it's an interesting switch. Keep working on it, it has serious potential I think.
Robert Lopez
fair enough. I'll work on it, thanks dude, good advice.
Jacob Long
thanks, i will. Maybe more acoustic sounding drums?
Chase Moore
That, or go looking for (slightly) more out-there synthetic samples, your choice. Given the aesthetic of the track, I don't want to be able to identify the drum samples you use, which I can currently
Ian Russell
Guys. I just got Logic Pro today and it's fucking changed everything. In 12 hours I've written three songs that are all keepers, which never ever happens. Everything is just flowing now
I expected it to be complete shit and now it might be my preferred DAW
I modulated some shit here and there on some samples and came up with these sounds for snares. What do you think? Kept the original in there alternating. Think it kind of fits alternating. Maybe not.
Jeremiah Cruz
instaud.io/YAh rendered a fragment with different snares
Also eased up a bit in the beginning on the bass like said.
I modulated some shit here and there on some samples and came up with these sounds for snares. What do you think? Kept the original in there alternating. Think it kind of fits alternating. Maybe not.
Does it sound in tune? Is anything clashing? I need some confidence here. Thank you.
Evan Sullivan
I like it alternating sounds dope. The only bit I don't like there is the sorta brushed cymbal sound that comes in about 1 minute
Nothing out of tune as far as I can tell but those drums do not go with the piano at all. The piano is all nice folky plink plonk while the drums are straight out of synth hip hop genres like trap, doesn't work imo.
Dylan Martinez
Thanks, I was worried about the piano. And yeah I guess the instruments and drums are weird together but it's kind of a stylistic choice
Benjamin Barnes
Anyone have experience paying mixing engineers using platforms such as UpWork or Fiver?
We are an experimental rock band who has recorded and have a rough mix done of our stuff, wan't to pass it on to someone who works in Ableton Live 9 and carry out mixing requests.
Having mixed feelings about what we have achieved so far (either they aren't good at instructions or can't do it on Ableton).
Oliver King
> ur22>2i2 Why that? Been thinking about getting either one, but haven't decided yet.
Jose Hill
Logic is way underrated if you ask me. It used to be the industry standard' but I guess a lot of the smaller Daws have caught up now and are marketed a bit better.
Wyatt Bell
still in the making / mixing stage so please excuse the fact that it ain't loud.
Made this 3 days ago. Not really knowing all that much about production and am a FLStudiofag, but maybe you could still tell me what you think: clyp.it/mkzfdgp1
James Gray
if your goal was to absolutely rape my ears then you succeeded
Luis Phillips
thx much m80. much appreciated
Jonathan Allen
Well, I was trying to make hard hitting industrial track. I guess a lot of compression and distortion is important. Whith that goal in mind, what should I change?
Bunch of Simmons SDSV, SDS400, Pearl Syncussion, Pearl DRX, and Claptrap samples for italo disco and synthwave and such.
Gabriel Bell
On top of that vst4free.com/free_vst.php?id=1028 here's a Simmons SDS-V style drum synthesizer. It's not quite as good as the samples but you can adjust the synthesis and just pop on some effects to make it sound better.
now that im back from college i have all of my real equipment so i set up my rack and synths yesterday and recorded this at 4 in the morning -- i could really use some feedback on this because i'm thinking about adding vocals to it but i'm not sure if the middle section works. i like it but i'd like to get someone elses opinion on it
sounds like a digital subtractive synth if youre using a plugin you might want to do a two oscillator sawtooth slightly out of tune but not so out of tune -- maybe a couple of cents or so. set the plugin to mono and then in midi write out the entire chord you want it to sweep with and then set whatever your midi arpeggiator plugin is to 64th notes and for it to sweep up and down. then add a stereo tremolo or chorus or reverb or whatever you want i like it without a beat -- i think it's good standalone thanks! i cant use the vst because mac but the samples are extremely useful american football? i think the intro is really boring but it picks up after the intro. the verse vocals are kind of annoying. the entire thing feels a little directionless: i think i like each part individually but they dont work as a whole (especially that wobbly lead synth)
Brody Morgan
>clyp.it/j2w0tbo5 that snare really gets lost in the mix, bass could be a little louder, everything sounds a little like it's sitting on each other frequency wise
