I did a quick search and couldn't find any threads specifically related to production, so thought I'd start one.So this is somewhere to post all your latest efforts and works in progress. Hopefully we'll get some CONSTRUCTIVE criticism!All genre's welcome. No remixes please, just original worksI got into production not so long ago, really struggling to find the time to practice, so i've literally only made a few tunes.
It's fucking hard!!Here's my latest effort, made today. It still needs a lot of work.Genre: Progressive/Tech HouseSoftware: Reason 3Link:Please feel free to comment, and make your own contributions below.
Quote:I got into production not so long ago, really struggling to find the time to practice, so i've literally only made a few tunes. It's fucking hard!!Here's my latest effort, made today. It still needs a lot of work.Genre: Progressive/Tech HouseSoftware: Reason 3Link:Please feel free to comment, and make your own contributions below.I really like this track. You say its undone but its something I would play, nice and mellow with a bad a$$ bass like unlike any tech house song I've ever heard.I'm using reason 4, can you tell me how you got to know the software? I haven't gone through this whole thread so I sorry if I'm repeating anything.
You said getting decent samples was a the key to better sounding stuff, where should I start looking for samples? I'm a newb at reason so all of my stuff sounds like an 8 year old playing with $10 toy, thats why I ask. (cuz if my productions sounded like that prog/tech house you made, I would be pretty stoked). Quote:I got into production not so long ago, really struggling to find the time to practice, so i've literally only made a few tunes.
It's fucking hard!!Here's my latest effort, made today. It still needs a lot of work.Genre: Progressive/Tech HouseSoftware: Reason 3Link:Please feel free to comment, and make your own contributions below.I really like this track. You say its undone but its something I would play, nice and mellow with a bad a$$ bass like unlike any tech house song I've ever heard.I'm using reason 4, can you tell me how you got to know the software?
I haven't gone through this whole thread so I sorry if I'm repeating anything. You said getting decent samples was a the key to better sounding stuff, where should I start looking for samples? I'm a newb at reason so all of my stuff sounds like an 8 year old playing with $10 toy, thats why I ask. (cuz if my productions sounded like that prog/tech house you made, I would be pretty stoked)Thanks man, it's a great feeling when someone likes a tune you've made! I learned by watching video's on youtube, and if you search, you'll be able to find full Reason tutorial packs online (you might even find a torrent).
I found one for reason 3, really helped me out, very professional video's. Like here for example:found after a quick google search:For samples, just search online, you can usually tell which ones are decent just by the quality of the website, here's some good ones:I paid for mine, so worth it. It's all about searching and finding some decent sources. Then finding the cheapest way to get your hands on them!And when you're looking for samples, try an get samples with loops.i.e synth loops, tops loop, drum loops.
They're great when you're just learning, makes it easier to put tunes together and have them sound professional. Just be sure to add your own flare and fuck around with it.:). OK time for me to stop with the shyness, here is the 1st track ive produced, again im a real noob when it comes to production. Ive had the programmes sitting there for ages but i never really used them till i started working with my mc. Feel free to tell me if its a complete pile of shit, but be so kind as to tell me why.Hip Hop (certainly not gangsta)Produced On Reason 4, Recycle, & Cool Edit Pro 2The Track Is by Myself DJ Nicky Blunt & The Vocals are done by MC Cristyle PDJ Nicky Blunt & Cristyle P - Turn That Noize DownFeedback appreciated. Quote:OK time for me to stop with the shyness, here is the 1st track ive produced, again im a real noob when it comes to production. Ive had the programmes sitting there for ages but i never really used them till i started working with my mc.
Moby vs Jamie Fisher - Natural Blues 2009 (Original Mix). Holy Spirit (New School Easy Intro Mix)06:10. Style: Techno/Minimal. Feat Jenny Dalt - James Le Freak Feat Jenny Dalton - Circles (DJ Sign Big Room Remix). Naim - Rental Car (4:01).
Feel free to tell me if its a complete pile of shit, but be so kind as to tell me why.Hip Hop (certainly not gangsta)Produced On Reason 4, Recycle, & Cool Edit Pro 2The Track Is by Myself DJ Nicky Blunt & The Vocals are done by MC Cristyle PDJ Nicky Blunt & Cristyle P - Turn That Noize DownFeedback appreciatedHaving troubles downloading it:/. Quote:Mixing down takes time to learn. Mastering is something we will never do. There are a small number of engineers who actually master albums.When I mix, I find where all my sounds are coming in and loop 2 bars. I adjust levels and eq/compress from there.
Prior to mixing down, I make sure all of my levels are below 6dB. Drums below 9 and bass below 11. These are all negative numbers of course. Then after eq, I throw a multiband compressor and then a limiter over that on the master channel.i wish i knew even a quarter of this stuff as far as production is concerned. Quote:Here's one for all you religious folk, and lovers of deep house.Made today:Genre - Deep houseSoftware - Reason 3Link -im digging this track jobe it seems like ur awayls making new shit all the time man lol.i just finished this one.comments and suggestions are appreciatedCheers Steve, yeah I'm banging them out quite quickly these days, the headphones are never off my head!By the way dude, you're soundcloud link didnt work, you've mistakenly copied yor own url, you need to copy the url for the individual track, if that makes sense! Quote:OK time for me to stop with the shyness, here is the 1st track ive produced, again im a real noob when it comes to production. Ive had the programmes sitting there for ages but i never really used them till i started working with my mc.
Feel free to tell me if its a complete pile of shit, but be so kind as to tell me why.Hip Hop (certainly not gangsta)Produced On Reason 4, Recycle, & Cool Edit Pro 2The Track Is by Myself DJ Nicky Blunt & The Vocals are done by MC Cristyle PDJ Nicky Blunt & Cristyle P - Turn That Noize DownFeedback appreciatedD.mn, I like this too! I'm gonna run this at my hiphop show I have next week.It's ALOT of heat up in here. Quote:OK time for me to stop with the shyness, here is the 1st track ive produced, again im a real noob when it comes to production. Ive had the programmes sitting there for ages but i never really used them till i started working with my mc. Feel free to tell me if its a complete pile of shit, but be so kind as to tell me why.Hip Hop (certainly not gangsta)Produced On Reason 4, Recycle, & Cool Edit Pro 2 Track Is by Myself DJ Nicky Blunt & The Vocals are done by MC Cristyle PDJ Nicky Blunt & Cristyle P - Turn That Noize DownFeedback appreciatedD.mn, I like this too! I'm gonna run this at my hiphop show I have next week.It's ALOT of heat up in here.thats awesome news lemme know how it goes over! Ok, so I really have no business putting this up but I had some friends over while I was working in this and somewhere through it we had it on repeat and was doing the Jersey Shore fist pump and running in place.
I'm really not surprised we didn't all punch eachother in the face.The track isn't really anywhere yet and its pretty much just moving shit around right now to see what might work.I kinda wanted to try something different away from a housey sound but it will end up with it anyways because I've tried some different synths and shit over it and it kinda works. But who cares about that. It was just this that I had.It'll be a booty shaker, thats for sure hahahahahaIt's a wav, sorryAll in all, it was just a fun time doing this, even though it was only like 30 mins of work, it was a fun 2 hours moving things around and acting like a clown with my buddies.
For some reason, every time I try to make a lead or something from scratch, I end up creating some cool weird sounds unintentionally. Lol I should just make some minimal or some weird experimental shit a la Holden!
LolI'm just learning, so I'm sure you guys are like WTF? But this is new to me.
LolI just made this right now, there's 3 sounds on the first file. The first sound sounds cool and usuable for trance. The 2nd & 3rd are some trippy bells.In this one, I was trying to create that Afrojack sound, and ended up creating that cheap toy ray gun that little kids use.
The kind you buy at the swapmeet. Lol It also sounds like a car alarm. Lol I can probably make some Dubstep out of this!
Quote:bandoma, please feel free to chime in with your opinions/critique as well.I'm sure any producer likes to get feedback, especially from DJ's as skilled as yourself.I don't.Anyone who is super closed minded to Top40 or 'what hip hop use to be' or what 'house use to be' I don't even want them to hear a song I make. Anyone who is the the mindframe of 'things use to be like this' can sit in the waiting room;)Not saying Bandoma at all. Have mad respect for the dude as a turntablist. But if you're gonna be in this thread critiquing, you better have an open ear because this isn't the place for mainstream idealism;)That being said. Lets continue to post. I have a few stuff that I'm gonna put out here quickly. Some stuff is up with labels so I can't put them out till the label does (contracts and stuff) and other stuff I'm still working on with people in Georgia (the country) and locally so its not done yet.NO MAINSTREAM TOP 40 BOTTLE SERVICE CRITICS please!!!
Thats what I say at least. It's not worth it to appease them. There is no appeasing them to be honest. Quote:So i have been messing around with logic for about 5 months. I have never done any productions at all, maybe some remixes here and there on ssl, i thought Logic Pro would be a nice play to start. This is my first finalized instrumental, i usually start and then erase whatever i have. I need some mixing adjustments before i record some vocals on it (not me, but a local artist here in Houston)Enjoy and commentsThis is REALLY good for only having been doing this for 5 months.
Good work.thanks AMFmy problem now is mastering and mixing, every time i load my track on serato the waveforms look so weak compare to other tracks, any mixing mastering software or hardware?anyone. Quote:So i have been messing around with logic for about 5 months. I have never done any productions at all, maybe some remixes here and there on ssl, i thought Logic Pro would be a nice play to start. This is my first finalized instrumental, i usually start and then erase whatever i have. I need some mixing adjustments before i record some vocals on it (not me, but a local artist here in Houston)Enjoy and commentsThis is REALLY good for only having been doing this for 5 months. Good work.thanks AMFmy problem now is mastering and mixing, every time i load my track on serato the waveforms look so weak compare to other tracks, any mixing mastering software or hardware?anyone.
Quote:So i have been messing around with logic for about 5 months. I have never done any productions at all, maybe some remixes here and there on ssl, i thought Logic Pro would be a nice play to start. This is my first finalized instrumental, i usually start and then erase whatever i have.
I need some mixing adjustments before i record some vocals on it (not me, but a local artist here in Houston)Enjoy and commentsThis is REALLY good for only having been doing this for 5 months. Good work.thanks AMFmy problem now is mastering and mixing, every time i load my track on serato the waveforms look so weak compare to other tracks, any mixing mastering software or hardware?anyoneWhat you're looking for is a limiter. It will make your music louder.
What software are you using? Quote:Hey fellas, not sure where to ask this but thought this might do.Looking at what you guys think is a good, industry standard-like technics, affordable (under 700) for recording. Just some basic brands and/or models and I'll research the rest but at this point, not sure where to start. Thanks ahead of time!Not to put you off but I don't think its as simple an answer as it is for DJing. Djing is pretty much laptop, turntables or cdjs.
Then when you look at each of those you have one industry player who runs things.With production you have ITB (in the box) which is basically everything inside the computer or OTB (outside the box) which is you guessed it everything outside of the box. You then have a multitude of different options depending on what you want to produce, how you work and the sound you are trying to achieve.I hate saying this as it sometimes gets mis-interpereted but I suggest narrowing down a list of some producers you consistently like and read up on what they use then read up on those products and what is similar in your budget range.And just to confuse things more I'm using 'producer' as its more commonly known these days. Eg; one guy making a beat/song for a singer/rapper/band etc. Quote:I just came home to a nice royalty check from rumblefish for YouTube and Google usage. I'm getting thousand of views of songs that were used on a tv show that have been put up on YouTube.
I hope you cats are taking care of your paperwork because it really does pay off. It takes a long time to happen but it does. Don't get me wrong I do this for the love of making music, but it's nice to get paid doing it so you buy more equipment.tight!where the links at?I just found out about another company that does the same thingThere was a write up about them on CNN.com earlier this week. I signed up and sent them two beats.
They say it takes about 3 weeks to hear back from them. We'll see what happens. Quote:Yo yo!! My track is finally released.I'd post the link on iTunes but I don't wanna get the thread locked for advertising.
It feels pretty good to get up and out there on a label.If you wanna take a look I go by 'Post No Thrills'SuweeeeeetWOO HOO!!!!!!!! I'm almost legit!i searched you up on itunes and i got one result, is the track 'play me at pacha'?I'm fairly sure that's the name of the track (about 90% sure!).Yup, thats the one.Its actually on a ton music sites including Amazon. In about 2 weeks it'll be on Juno, and BeatportHere's the link J0be.fingers crossed. Quote:Yo yo!! My track is finally released.I'd post the link on iTunes but I don't wanna get the thread locked for advertising. It feels pretty good to get up and out there on a label.If you wanna take a look I go by 'Post No Thrills'SuweeeeeetWOO HOO!!!!!!!! I'm almost legit!i searched you up on itunes and i got one result, is the track 'play me at pacha'?I'm fairly sure that's the name of the track (about 90% sure!).Yup, thats the one.Its actually on a ton music sites including Amazon.
In about 2 weeks it'll be on Juno, and BeatportHere's the link J0be.fingers crossedNice mate, that tune's got some energy! Quote:I'm from the Dayton/Yellow Springs, OH area.The 'Shutdown' remix isn't going to be most people's cup of tea. It is really hard to get into. At the time, I was trying to keep it a 'rock' song while throwing in some DnB elements.Thanks on the Madonna track. When I first did it, ALOT of people where bummed out about it not being 'dance' enough to play at their nights.haha yeah i could see that, but its def.
Something i have never herd before, like i said very interesting. Is that type of music big in your city? (downtempo stuff).
Now, there are remixes on the page, but they are official remixes, made for the artist and with stems from the originals, so no bootleg stuff. There are also some cover tracks I've done for Rong Music (NYC) along with original stuff.Our next releases are:. Of Norway 'Throned By Icewinds' on - with remixes by Stacey Pullen, Nils Noa and Tobii (NOR). Donkeyboy 'Sometimes' (Of Norway Remix) on Warner Music (WORLD). Datarock 'Amarillion' (Of Norway Remix) on Young Aspiring Proffesionals (NOR). Vegard Wolf Dyvik 'C.O.D.E.S' (cover EP) on Rong Music (US).
Of Norway 'Heathen Burial' on Afro Art Records (UK)Hope you enjoy them.Much loveVegard. Quote:been working in ableton for the past few months watching various tutorials. Gonna take piano lessons at my local community college.my goal is to post something by the end of this summer. Im just having a hard time finding time to put in work.I took college piano lessons.
Its very very very slow. You might be better off with private lessons. Anyways, if you have a big midi controller (at least 49 keys) you might be interested in this.This program coupled with a good music theory book and you might learn a bit quicker than what you would learn at a college, but you'll need the Learning Pack. Here's one track i just started a couple of hours ago.I know some of you are hyper critical so let it be known that midi on the synth is not quantized and some of the notes need to be extendlevels are wherever, and I didn't really mix anything down because I usually do that all at the end.Aaaand the drums are a bit monotonous because they're there for reference at this stage right now. Once I'm done with my arrangements and melodies I'l go through and change up the drum patterns adding things in and taking things out every so often to keep it interesting.Right now I'm just messing around and experimenting until I find something I like.Still got a ways to go. Quote:mpc vs machine, what do you guys think.Maschine.
Their new update is pretty dope and I find it pretty easy to work with.-I used to make techno and tech-house type stuff and kinda stopped back in 2007 with life getting pretty hectic. I've jumped around with a lot of different software and hardware, but my current arsenal includes NI Maschine, Logic Pro & Ableton 8. I've found that Ableton is actually the easiest of everything I've used.Anyways, here's something I just made earlier tonight:Smooth R&B type beat(The vocals over the hook are as a sample.not really meant to be there of course).It's really my first attempt at trying to produce anything that is not considered house or techno. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
Quote:My first attempt at a full track.I know it still needs some work but I'm kind of stuck at this point.Any and all criticism is expected and appreciated.Take a listen to J0bes track, it sounds similar but is further along production-wise.wow the drums do sound somewhat similar. Although Jobe's track is way more laid back and put together well.I hear what you're saying about build up and breakdown. But that's where I got stuck. This was just my first attempt, I'm going to re-arrange some things and try to take the song a little firther. Quote:that's 4 people in a row who have left tracks for feedback and haven't bothered to give anybody else feedback on theirs.It's not a free-for-all guys.
If you want some feedback on your tunes, have the decency to leave feedback for others.Otherwise this thread will turn into a bunch of links, with little or no decent content.Ur totally right, my apologies.I listened toBack at you - Jobe / A really nice laid back vibe to it. Deffo feeling this one!!!This is - Dysfunktion / more for the clubs than anywhere else, (not really my bag) but could deffo sell with a lil more work done on it.Grapevine ray - Kyle Its very hard for me to comment on house & EDM in general as i dont listen to lots of it.
Without meaning to sound like a douchebag, It sounds like a lot of the other EDM I hear which means ur prob along the right traack. Sorry I cant really be of much help.Forgot about dre - d25e really really liked this, wanted to know if i can send this to a few dub step djs from my area???cerebral - o.b.1 nice breaks, and some interesting vox @ the beginning of the track. Quote:it's the only way to really get to the next level and get out the top40/mobile club hell i've found myself in for the last couple years (still beats a real job tho:P).agreed and it pretty much sums up where i'm at. I started messing around with ableton last year, took a break to enter dj battles and now i'm getting back at it. I've made a few tracks and I'll upload one of them to my sound cloud and post it here.i've been following this thread closely and i could see significant improvement in chope's beats. Good job man.in the mean time, check out my homie's track. He goes by myndset and makes everything in ableton.
It's more about getting a good workflow going and having a good set of presets to work with so you're not starting completely from scratch each time you sit down to work on a tune. I've finally created a good, workable template to start from and that's made a world of difference in getting tunes finished faster.For me, once I can get into the 'zone' working on a track it actually goes relatively quickly now (last track I managed to start and finish in 4 days) but it's being productive when you're not feeling creative that's the hard part for me. I sidechain the source. I put my reverb on a buss and throw sidechain compression on it from the thing I'm sending to that buss. There was a dub track I was working on that gave me the idea. I had this sound I made in operator (learn fm synthesis if you haven't.it's filthy) that sounded like a Godzilla growl haha.
Well with the sidechain, the growl punched through really good with the reverb tailing behind as the sound ended. It had a really nice pump to it.Another thing I do is put a crash on the kick (1,2,3,4) and put a very hard sidechain on it from the kick. I put a HPF on it so it's just the higher frquencies (white noise works too but I like the natural decay from a crash).
I like the sound. Usually I double the channels and but a slight timing delay and then hard pan for spatial widening. Quote:Seriously why not just duplicate a track and bring the track delay up to 80-90ms? By then you've passed phasing and with a hard pan you have a thick sound.at 80+ms its no longer 'wider', its hitting at a noticeably different time altogether, so when summed to mono, it'll cause flamming - and as he said he was doing edm, flamming wont sound goodAlso, you must be using something other than Ableton, cos doing it your way would look like this.1. Right click, duplicate track2. Hard pan track 1 left3.
Hard pan track 2 right4. Scroll to 80ms on track delay (if already active)with simple delay it would look like this1. Double click simple delay2. Move on to next thingI know I have mine set up to do that each time, but there's no way to set up the duplication process - you cant pre set a channel to duplicate and do the panning and then do the delay with a double-click using Live. Quote:Christmas Day has been very productive! I made this, however I'm at my parents house, and they don't have speakers, so this was made entirely through tiny earphones.
Dying to know if the levels, bass/kick etc are right before I throw it out there.Can anyone assist!? I dont get back to London until New Year- set to private for the time being.J0be - track sounds dope and the overall mix is very clean. Here are my suggestions.1) I think the kick needs more ummph!2)The acidy bass sounds a wee bit too loud.That's it. Happy New Year mate! I think the first time I posted in here about my interest in learning how to produce was a few years ago.Fast forward to today - after two years in front of ableton and a year of piano lessons, I'm finally ready to share some of my tracks. I partnered up with one of my dj homies and we formed a group called Shoe Scene Symphony.The first track I'm going to post here is a remix to Flo Rida's and Sia's 'Wild Ones'.
We loved Sia's vocals so we decided to build the track around her and left out Flo Rida. I've played it at a few of my gigs and it seems to be working since the radio has been playing this song in my area.Check it out:The second track I'm going to post is an original track we call 'The Innovator.'
We both like progressive house and electro so we attempted to combine the two in this song.To download the tracks, simply like our fb page to and the free downloads tab on our fb will open up.Thanks doods! Quote:I think the first time I posted in here about my interest in learning how to produce was a few years ago.Fast forward to today - after two years in front of ableton and a year of piano lessons, I'm finally ready to share some of my tracks. I partnered up with one of my dj homies and we formed a group called Shoe Scene Symphony.The first track I'm going to post here is a remix to Flo Rida's and Sia's 'Wild Ones'. We loved Sia's vocals so we decided to build the track around her and left out Flo Rida. I've played it at a few of my gigs and it seems to be working since the radio has been playing this song in my area.Check it out:The second track I'm going to post is an original track we call 'The Innovator.' We both like progressive house and electro so we attempted to combine the two in this song.To download the tracks, simply like our fb page to and the free downloads tab on our fb will open up.Thanks doods!I just started workin on a mashup/remix to your remix.prepare to feel unsulted because it sounds horriblr lol.
I use everything from simpler to operator to 3rd party plugins.you can make some great sounding stuff using just Simpler - you just need to learn to use it properly. Start with some of the spectral samples and then you can use an Instrument rack to essentially mimic unlimited oscillators.
Judicious use of macro mapping of certain functions and you can make some great synth sounds without spending money on expensive plugins.Getting the ableton suite is a good start too as the Ableton plugins are pretty versatile synths. Got a couple new tracks for you:Our remix to Mousse T's classic house song 'Horny'And a new progressive electro original we call 'Laser Focused'Free downloads are available if you like our Facebook page:I apologize in advance if you feel that I'm spamming our music. So with that said, I'll give you a tip that's been working well for us.If you're making house, electro, edm etc. It's important to have a really solid kick drum. After countless attempts on trying to make one on our own, I read (via the Laidback Luke forum) that it's best to sample your kicks.Once we started sampling our kicks, we noticed a huge difference in the sound and power of our tracks. Here's our latest bootleg remix of the popular song 'We Are Young' by Fun. Feat Janelle MonaeWe added some fat saws, airy arps, and a tempo change right in the middle just to keep the song fun.
We tried to build on the original vibe of this already HUGE track and make it a bit more dance floor friendly.And here's our latest original track called: 'Thin Line'We couldn’t decide which way we wanted to go when we threw this one together. Started out melodic and ended up adding a bass heavy break in the middle and somehow linked it all together. Let us know what you think. Love ithate itwhatever. All feedback is greatly appreciated. Two works in progress:Work in progress Rolling Stone cover I banged together after hearing the track on the radio the other day and thinking about it. Closer to the Dr.
Dre remix than the original I reckon. First take of vocals I've ever recorded, complete with microphone pops. Planning on putting the whole thing together, lyrics and all, and moving tweaking those synths to get more of a nudisco stomper.Put about an hour's worth of work into this laser robot romp and hit a brick wall with how to treat the piano (or what to replace it with) so it fits the rest of the project better. Any suggestions? Quote:Thank you very much for your advice. I went and produced a new track, and I think it's way less repetitive than my previous ones.Again thank you for the feedback.On first listen I think it needs something else happening at 45 seconds (perc or introduce the clap).
I also dont think it needs the claps that come in at 1.30 - they sound quite intrusive (possibly just too loud in the mix). There needs to be more happening during the payoff as well, and it needs to be longer than 30 seconds if the break before lasts for a minuteThe music is nice though, I like the sounds that you've used. Quote:Just finished an acid track with some electro beats. Back ty my roots in the 90s rave era:) Mixing with headphones and just some checking of levels in my speakers. Let me know what you think!320 Mp3 download:Sounds nice! Good production, nice balance of sounds =)My only comment would be on the bassline that starts at 30 seconds.
It could probably do with being varied a bit more and maybe dropped out at a couple of places (it goes from 30 seconds right until the end)=)Thanks for your comments. You are so right about that bassline, I guess i wass concentrating more on the 303-bassline. 'kill your darlings' is the best tip for any producer.:). Quote:I just meant the bass-ier sounds within the loop.
Try and get those similar frequencies matching up. Kick / sub / lower bass.
Group the frequencies up to make balancing stuff easier / quicker =)Start with dropping all the volumes to 0db and put the kick in first - to just over halfway up the fader to get things started - then bring the other sounds in after thatI usually do this and still end up bringing the kick back down further. Kicks are violent.Keep at it! Gonna mess about with a few things on the track tomorrow so will have a look at what you said then start a new track. Quote:I like the groove overall, good samples, and slamming drums but the hard left panning of the sampled drums drove me nuts by the end of the song.Yeah, Im trying to layer them so they hit along with mine. Im working with some seriously wack speakers in my house so Im gonna go to my friends studio to work on it then move on to the next one.yea, it's a little off - maybe don't go for such a hard pan and lean it more to the left. I'm assuming the sample is one of those old school hard-panned left right samples?
Quote:my newest track, please leave some feedback. Thank youPretty sick track. Diggin the jodeci sample and the main dubby drop at 1:22. The bass line you have there has a nice flow to it.For feedback, I think the track could be mixed a lil bit better. I think the hi hats are a bit overbearing. I'd turn them down a lil bit and do a slight cut around 6-8K.I also believe that the kick and bass needs to hit harder.
The bass line you have is nice, but for a dubstep track, it needs to hit harder. Proper mixing and equing with the kick and bass could solve the problem. A quick question I got guys if you dont mind.What is the process you have from starting a track to the final mix down. I have about 8 tracks made in Reason that I consider rough. I then solo all the pieces that make the track (beat, sample, effects etc) and export each as an audio file. I then use Audition to tweak and eq certain parts if needed. I am thinking of getting Cubase or something similar to then put all the individual parts (along with my emcees vocals) into Cubase and do a final mixdown and make sure the vocals, beat etc go together nicely.Im wondering if you guys have any tips or advice on anything I have missed or is there any reccomendations you have to help me get better.
Mixing down is prolly one of the hardest parts when it comes to producing IMO. I learn new things everyday and I guess it takes time to get good at it just like skratching.First, I recommend mixing everything in mono. If it sounds good in mono, then it will definitely sound good in stereo.Second, I recommend listening to your track with different monitors and headphones.
Try your DJ headphones, your ipod headphones, listen to it in your car.etc.Third, eq everything. Each sound needs its own space so that it could 'fit' within the mix. Take out unnecessary frequencies and boost in other areas. I also recommend panning some tracks to create more space.I had a Jackson 5 track playing on my studio monitors and I was really impressed on how the engineer mixed everything. I heard the the guitars heavily panned to one side, the keys to the other, everything just fit so perfectly.
So I guess another thing you could do is listen to some music on your studio monitors to see how they mixed it. Some Beatles tracks had some nice mixing in their as well.Hope that helps. Quote:Mixing down is prolly one of the hardest parts when it comes to producing IMO. I learn new things everyday and I guess it takes time to get good at it just like skratching.First, I recommend mixing everything in mono. If it sounds good in mono, then it will definitely sound good in stereo.Second, I recommend listening to your track with different monitors and headphones. Try your DJ headphones, your ipod headphones, listen to it in your car.etc.Third, eq everything. Each sound needs its own space so that it could 'fit' within the mix.
Take out unnecessary frequencies and boost in other areas. I also recommend panning some tracks to create more space.I had a Jackson 5 track playing on my studio monitors and I was really impressed on how the engineer mixed everything. I heard the the guitars heavily panned to one side, the keys to the other, everything just fit so perfectly. So I guess another thing you could do is listen to some music on your studio monitors to see how they mixed it. Some Beatles tracks had some nice mixing in their as well.Hope that helps.Thanks Bandoma. Yeah, I hear you about listening to it on different monitors and headphones.
I burned a track that sounded pretty tight on my headphones but it sounded like shit on a friends home system. I guess its all about finding that happy medium.Not sure most of my beats will need much panning, I may be wrong. Its just I am basically making straight up HipHop beats. Sampling off of vinyl etc so not a whole load of seperate instumentation going on. Will definately have to get good at it for future though if I progress to different beats etc.Thanks for the input, any other tips and tricks anyone has I would appreciate it.
Hey guys, just finishes a new transition ive been working on, less of a musical transition more of a word play idea. I think it sounds a lil rough so i was hoping you producer gurus can give me some advice or point me in a directionIm thinking it would have turned out better had i not used the inst and instead sampled the beat and redrummed it at a higher tempo, anyways heres my G6 to HYFR down trans, let me know what you think, all opinions even bad ones are welcome (its prob not even useable lol).
Upcoming Release on my LabelKaren Garret - That B! (Original Mix):A Banging high Energy Electro Track from the young and talented Karen Garret,half American half Indonesian, she's making some serious move in Indonesia Dance Scene-Karen Garret - That B! (Akira As Astronaughty Remix):another young indonesian talent,bringing the hard edge tune into an epic yet banging Complextro remix-coming soon,Guest Remix from Osvaldo Nugroho and Mahesa UtaraSend your Electro,Dubstep,Indie Dance demo to: [email protected]. Quote:I must say I am also extremely happy and excited for J0. Would be nice to have you guys spinning back on Stickam once in a while. =)Sooner or later I will stop jerking around put some of my own tracks up in this thread (deep soulful house). I play some of them in my Friday sets, and have given a few people access to a couple of them.
But I suffer from not knowing when to just say ENOUGH! IT'S FINISHED! I can't stop tinkering with tracks.Would love to have a spin on Stickam again!
Had forgotten all about it. Just been checking out the Global DJ Sessions profile, some good memories man! I used to LOVE spinning live, some great vibes in the early days. I remember when Cary first set it up, had great fun watching you guys, for hours on end!Post your tracks mate, even if you feel like they're not complete. You have got to take that first step! I use an apogee duet for my soundcard and it works well. I also have an apogee one which I use when I leave my home studio.For keys, I use a novation 25SL.
The only good thing about it is that it saves space. After I took piano lessons, I wanted more keys.The 25 should be fine, but if you're working up and down the scales (playing arps).etc, you might want one with more keys.The biggest thing for me is the latency issue. I'm not sure if its my computer or midi keyboard that causes delays when I play stuff.-@J0be - congrats on the success man.
Heard some of your new stuff on soundcloud and it sounds solid!
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