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Can I get some feedback on this? It's for a compilation album using their field recording samples. First time mixing it lofi, does it sound lofi enough?
>Made with MS20, Virus Access, in Renoise.
Elijah Edwards
bumping this thread because the other one is garbage
Yes it's essentially a a big software sampler that uses your computer as the processor and your hard drive for storing samples...so it's basically a midi controller that is set up really well for the software it uses. (All the knobs are already mapped to the software/sampler/vst instruments and effects). The software (DAW) it's self is a cut down version of a daw that is based on scenes and patterns. So it's not so different from something like ableton I guess. I don't really use beats in my music at all and never found it to be a problem. What exactly do you mean by morphing one sound into another? If you want to know more I'll try and explain how I use it a bit better?
Ethan Wright
Anyone know where I can pirate izotope ozone 7?
Dominic Wilson
could someone help me with feedback on mixing and stuff please¿
Levi Thompson
Is Presonus Studio One 3 Artist any good as a DAW? Is there anything better that I can program drums in?I only ever used Ultrabeat in Logic when I was in college but I don't own a Mac so that's out of the question
Grayson Perez
reaper is a freebie
let the drums have some space man...... that beat gets so tiring, you don't need to constantly fill everything in
3 much verb dude. cut a lot with eq, gate some of the quicker parts (like that clave) side chain some of it (ghost)
obviously set up different sends
Christian Kelly
Anyone else associate sounds with colors when composing? Like, I have sort of a notion of what makes a sound red, blue or yellow, and an idea of what makes a sound a lighter or darker tone, but in my mind it's perfectly clear. I'd have trouble explaining it, tho. If, for example, I wanted to ask how to make my guitar less "blue" and more "red", I'd have trouble explaining to someone else what sound I'm trying to get but I know exactly what I mean.
yeah i know exactly what you're talking about. although, in analyzing my previous color associations i realize i've built them up with albums songs textures ec that somehow got mixed up with that color... so eh.
it's not that cool, it can just occasionally help to understand and see your song i guess
Evan Evans
I don't see it as a tool or anything, it's more of a way of thinking. I've always thought synesthesia is something more sensorial. I don't really imagine the color, it's more like "this is too blue and I want it to sound red". I guess it has to do with the energy associated to a certain color versus a sound. I've always thought like this but I never thought about it before.
Camden Campbell
thanks for listening. Seems like some sound advice definitely should do something with the beat. pretty lazy with the drums and way too into reverb. what part are you saying i should sidechain?
The bass is subtle in a lot of my tracks. I mix/master with some 1$ earphones.
Alexander Murphy
I feel like Reaper is underrated, and I say this as a newbie graduating to it from NanoStudio recently. It's quite straight forward and simple but with an insane amount of depth and potential, and has a ton of great documentation (manual/videos/books/forums all available through their website), and all this for "free". It's fully customization so you can set up your workflow however you want once you wrap your mind around how it works, and it looks pretty sleek too.
Even if you buy a license it's super cheap, $60 for a discounted license, $225 for a commercial license (which basically means you'd have to be making OVER $20k USD a year). I just use all free VST's and samples that I find or create myself, tons of great free shit out there. Torrent shit if you really need to.
I'm trying to make a point of learning and making better and more professional sounding stuff for free or as cheap as possible.
Jordan Thomas
Anyone found this yet?
Leo Barnes
1. get software and instruments you need for what you want to do
2. get books (make sure they're recommended, educational materials that don't segue properly or dont teach stuff in the right order are cancer) on music theory, sound design, mixing, turn off your internet and read them including all the manuals for your software
3. listen to lots of music, learn how to play songs and recreate them in your DAW and try and get the same sounds in order to build up a sound palette/vocab
4. try to create stuff that you enjoy listening to
remember the learning process is painful at times and you have to push through boredom and drudgery to git gud but that feeling isn't as bad as regretting not doing it earlier a few years down the line
Ethan Hughes
Its capable for sure, but most of the love is for it being so cheap lol
Nobody would go for it if it costed as much as ableton for example
I think it has potential to go somewhere and I'd like some critiques.
Levi Peterson
The reason why shit like Ableton costs so much is because it comes packaged with a ton of instruments and tools and sounds and shit. Reaper doesn't which is mainly why it's so cheap, it still has all of the functionality. Better, even, since Ableton restricts you to it's workflow but Reaper is completely customizable and can be changed to fit whatever your needs are. Takes more time and effort to learn, not as easy to just start up and start making music, but you're rewarded heavily for it.
Nolan Cooper
>...
I feel like you don't know what you're talking about
Josiah Richardson
played one in a shop once, the keys feel like those mousepad wrist rest things. i didnt like it
Use these two sites when looking for /prod/ stuff to pirate. Just keep in mind that sometimes they get removed, so you might need to use Google, but other than that they're the most legit I know.
Ian Powell
I have exactly the same thing. Is it actually synesthesia or it's just association of the color and textures of things/instruments with the sounds they emit? Because in my cae they always match.
Daniel Smith
I feel like you're a faggot and suck dick on the daily.
See user, you're not the only one who can just throw random baseless statements out there.
Carson Reed
Thanks, mate!
Elijah Wright
It's okay that you don't understand ableton lol no need to get all defensive
Luis Ross
Feel free to make an actual argument any time. See, I made a statement and explained my reasoning, hey you know what I'll even help you start your next post!
>I believe Ableton doesn't cost so much because of the instruments and features it comes with compared to Reaper which is basically a blank slate. Ableton costs so much in my opinion because...
See this is how we have what's called a "discussion" instead just you being a faggot. You've brought nothing to the table thus far except the equivalent of NUH-UH!
Isaac Rodriguez
You're welcome
Michael Reyes
Why are you splerging out
Jason Williams
Forget I said anything, man. But you're the reason why this board is dying.
Andrew Miller
Bitch plix I'm one of like five guys who actually gives meaningful advice on these shitty clyps
I literally run /prod/
Levi Foster
>it sounds great on headphones and shit on monitors
Juan Jones
>everything that can be done with this keyboard can be done in your DAW. The point is that you can play it, though. I don't see how someone could be this fucking dense.
V chill, sounds polished. I like your mixing. I like the general idea. Maybe pull down the dissonant metallic drone in the background a bit, I feel like it clashes with the arpeggios too much. Love it, it's a minimalistic composition but it works well. Be careful extending it into a full track so it doesn't get too repetitive.
clyp.it/uxxdhspw Still working on composition, no mixing (808s ear rape warning). Keep it or trash it?
Zachary Walker
I'm just starting out and I want to start watching tutorials about the basics, but for the next few months I'll mostly have time when I'm away from the computer, so does anyone have some good beginner tutorials that don't need a big screen to see what the guy's doing, so I can watch them on my phone?
I'm using Ableton, so preferably stuff that's not exclusive to other DAWs.
Thank you in advance.
Daniel Nguyen
gib feedback pls
Charles Cruz
25 keys seems like it would be extremely hard to do film scores with. I was considering buying one of these as a modular controller, but I have no clue how well it would work with my midi/cv converter.
Dominic Perry
>25 keys seems like it would be extremely hard to do film scores with That's why I have another controller with 88. I would just use this for certain melodies and shit.
Kayden Harris
boring sounds cheesy in the middle.... too many random samples that sound like you're just trying to fill in space with no purpose
Chase Hall
sorry :(
Carson Phillips
clyp.it/up2psqjr posted this on a previous production thread and got some good feedback. I've been working on it more and this is what I have now, is it good? Need to mix more but how is it compositionally?
Layering is when you layer multiple samples to compensate for weaknesses in the original sample. IE you have a weak kick with good top end so you high pass it then play something simple like an 808 kick under it, or if you have a kick with no clear transient so you play an impulse/click with it.
Nathaniel Bell
what about the samples that aren't kicks and snares, like vocals and shit?
Asher Morales
Then the problem becomes something you cant answer or solve with a simple quick fix.
Work on the humanization. It sounds very robotic. Hats too loud for my taste. It's a bit monotone. If you're not gonna add a lead or a voice, I'd suggest variation.
Isaac Brooks
i just figured out how to make a full length track, a big leap for me. variation is something i usually do a better job of. thank you for your input
Justin Ward
Nah, you're right. The samples were distributed blindly so that's why they sound so random, but it really is too boring to salvage.
Joseph Thompson
Well well well up with you
Luke Nguyen
>What exactly do you mean by morphing one sound into another?
Thanks for replying. I'll be doing a lot of drone so layering and side-chaining long samples would be what I'd be wanting to do. I thought there maybe limitations for that with Maschine. I'll probably end up getting the Studio one. Sweet set up you have. I have a Privia keyboard, Reveal monitors and Scarlett 2i4 running ableton. I'd imagine I wouldn't use the scenes. I don't with ableton, just the arrangement view. Do you do finished mixes on Maschine, or take it to a DAW after you've played around?
Daniel Harris
I've already watched all those that don't require a big screen.
Easton Rodriguez
Is there any way to remove noise from a recording completely? I'm trying to record an electric guitar with pic related and it gives exactly the low quality sound I want, but also a really strong interference noise that ruins the whole thing.
Dominic Gomez
oy m8, its gone
Nathan Cox
Describe to me the process of producing a mellow rock album, like Grace by Jeff Buckley
How many steps does it take? Also do note that too much compression will completely ruin this because the album uses alot of volume dynamics
Gavin Ramirez
thats so overproduced, I cant believe dads are into this sound. got that "the x remastered" sound with heavy as fuck panning and every track way over-isolated and clean
Hunter Miller
my bad attempt at making dark synthwave. Beyond the technical problem (sucking at making good sounding synths, sound mastering, no clue how to making distortion sound good), I really struggle with writing, always end up making something really repetitive, any attempt at bringing variation ends up clashing really hard with the rest. If you know of any good resource that is useful for learning proper composition, I'm all ears. clyp.it/vfserdgi
Lucas Sullivan
It's not overproduced imo.
Jason Long
hey, my bad m8. I was really pissy, I have had a cup of coffee.
Nicholas Ward
>I'm autistic >pls like me
Hunter Smith
could be the wires
speaking from personal experience, the best resource to learn composition and a lot of other skills is try to remake your favorite songs, you'll pick up tons of shit during the process that you never did while just listening to music
Adam Martin
when I trigger a track in ableton with the launchpad it also makes a piano sound; this thing is driving me fucking crazy, does anyone knows how to prevent this?
Carter Cooper
do you have other midi controllers in use? in ableton preferences, what do you have turned on for the inputs/output of the launchpad?
Jaxon Perry
I have only one controller in use; this is the situation: when I trigger the first track (the one on the right with the midi control assigned), it also trigger another sound. I unplugged and replugged the controller, opened a new track and did it again. Now it triggers a drum hit instead of the piano note but the problem persist
Adrian Lee
holy shit I'm a fucking dumb moron, I didn't noticed that thing in the middle, I deactivated it and now everything works fine; thanks anyway
Connor Harris
how to make it so 808 doesn't bury the rest of my beat?
i added eq and soundgoodizer so i could hear go boom in my headphones but now it just drowns everything out. do i need to turn them off?
how to mix 808s? i am confuse
Luke Gonzalez
>soundgoodizer There's your problem.
Adam Russell
I tried to order ableton intro yesterday and the payment did not go through is this because my bank did not recognise this as a legitamite purchase since it ableton is based out of berlin germany.
what am I missing when I didn't pay up?
Joshua Brooks
Dude. www.thepiratebay.com
Gavin Hall
Bullshit. The soundgoodizer is made to make my sounds sound good, so it can't be it that makes them sound bad.
I'm mostly concerned about the tempo. I first recorded this song at 100bpm a few months ago but I feel like it's too fast now.
Landon Taylor
Question, I record on analog and get a very full sound through the headphones and on the mixdown deck aswell. but once I dump it into the DAW I lose alot of that same volume and punch. how do I preserve it inside the DAW? its being recorded at 24bit/96khz
