>Production Resources:
https://pastebin.com/pYGCLu6q
https://pastebin.com/p2QUqMzj

>/prod/ wiki - still looking for contributors
http://mu-sic-production.wikia.com

Use Vocaroo to post WIPs.
https://vocaroo.com/

No Youtube, Soundcloud and other shilling websites allowed.

Sister thread: https://boards.4chan.org/g/dmp

previous: >>126675308

I lost my mojo and now everything I compose sounds profoundly annoying and stupid.

https://voca.ro/1bkP1LuPhV0t
Thoughts??? r8 8/8

>>126748588
You'll get it back soon enough.
Try and enjoy life in the meantime and before you realize it you'll be inspired again.
Ups and downs happen, don't worry about it too much.

https://vocaroo.com/17SdkAHjcRQR

https://voca.ro/1otyGh3wsfcX

rap man still looking for more feedback on this demo. I've been working on rewriting the first verse but haven't been able to rerecord anything because my neighbors wont stop mowing their lawns.

https://vocaroo.com/1jOG3Pgqdyqh

https://vocaroo.com/1lDAKJ2mDTCW

which version for this gay ass song, halftime or not?

>>126748652
Feels like tiktok bait with no direction, what is the song trying to express? Competently made though, i like the offbeat kicks
>>126749571
Nerd emoji
>>126749683
Mix sounds too muddy on the second one with the reverb, but both work other than the mix issues. Sounds like the perfect dark sound track where there is a calm version and fast version of each song, and the fast version is triggered during combat

>>126749683
Terraria trap beat

bmp

Vital is so much fun to play with, fucking kek
https://vocaroo.com/1lY23TkiMdpb

What's the dumbest shit you've made?

>>126751965
recently this
https://vocaroo.com/1j5rd9Sau7DO

>>126749683
https://vocaroo.com/191xRgk0iLMB

is this version with vocals better also?

>>126751965
I'm really bad at using vital
https://voca.ro/1buou9SwMD41

>>126753560
>sometimes i just like to rock out with the music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7IiWkX6zSc

>>126754256
That guy is fucked in the head. What a psycho.

small wip i made today, what do you guys think
https://voca.ro/1b9OvsxByLxS

>>126748465 (OP)
https://voca.ro/14JRFFxU2FmL

I just wanted to learn the main riff, but I did a whole 4 piece setup. It took a few hours of practice to play it even as sloppily as this is, and I couldn't do more than two bars without screwing it up. But I learned it, so moving I'll just put it in the bag and move on to something else.

https://vocaroo.com/1npXUdqbaeR7

im gonna keep posting this one till it's done, it's almost there i think but i'd love any thoughts and critiques y'all might have. it's been kicking my ass for months now.

anyhow:
>>126749571 i think my main gripe here is your delivery, especially in the first half or so. you're sitting in a weird spot between laid back and focused, which isn't working. lean into one side more and you'll be looking good

>>126752813 i like this version, i do agree that something needs to be brought forward, overall we're a lil too washed out. love the track tho

>>126755062 the chops are v nice. but it's a lil scarce. i'd love to hear some sort of main idea punch thru

>>126755157 guitar tone is super nice

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7InTkBxPtK4
How are the bass and the drums mixed so well in this?
Can a bedroom producer achieve this level of production without hiring professionals at an expensive studio?
I don't think I could desu.

>>126751965
fucked around and made this in Vital just now, which sounds like what the 60's thought a futuristic science lab would sound like: https://vocaroo.com/1hvdf2dhsYqQ

just held down middle C then fiddled with the LFO frequency and smooth dial to see what happened.

>>126755157
Sounding decent, anon, good to hear more guitar/instrument focused prods in here. I'm looking to do similar things with my guitar for practice and record riff ideas etc. Got any recs for drums/bass VSTs to accompany the guitar parts?

>>126757951
Sound selection and arrangement that leaves a lot of room for those two elements to pop.
Yes it is very possible.

wanting to finally get into it (regularly)
I still have cracked FL Studio 20 lying around, is that good enough or should I find a way to upgrade

I want to record music (classical guitar) and speech. I was thinking to use my phone for video, and a separate mic to record.
The wiki and 4chan online guides usually recommend Zoom H1. But the product has since been replaced with Zoom H1 and Zoom H1essential. I read their manual, and it looks like the USB mic mode has some limitations.

What’s a better recommendation for the money in 2025? Like around $100. Buying an audio interface + a Shure mic seems a bit overkill. I’m on linux if it matters, I know some audio interface don’t play well with linux.

bmp

Up all night geekin
https://voca.ro/18xEcgSvXfYr

>>126759064
I made music with much cleaner pure synth sounds and minimal arrangements, and it doesn't even sound close to this.
Sound selection and arrangement isn't enough for a mix this loud, clear, and punchy, with a ton of drums and a lot of sub-bass.

>>126761364
it's possible. there is no magic sauce that the pros have that you don't, except maybe a well treated room. but here is the kicker, they may do the work in these rooms but all they care about is how it sounds on airpods.

you have airpods or something of similar sound quality? then you can make something that sounds this good.

>>126759064
this guy is 100% right, the sound selection here is absolute flawless.
the bass is a relatively simple sound, really just a sine wave with some filter action for punch. the one in the chorus is just a standard saw bass that really doesn't have much sub to it at all.

the magic is in the percussion. the high end is left wide open here for the transients of the percussion, and the mid high has the pocket for her voice to sit in. every percussion piece in here was carefully chose to fill out the spectrum without much clashing. the kick is also really great, it punches right thru but is nice and tight to prevent clashing with the bass. it has quite a bit more punch to it than a normal kick would have.

another fl chad confirmed.
didnt watch it yet but obviously you can only achieve this sound with the succinct fl studio clipping algorithms.

>>126761565
>there is no magic sauce that the pros have that you don't, except maybe a well treated room
Or the knowledge and experience (which includes a top tier ear).
This song in particular was mixed by Serban Ghenea, who's one of the best mixers in the world. I don't think I could do a job half as good as this even if I sat on his chair and used the exact same gear, and clearly most professional mixers can't either.
He (as well as other mixing engineers at that tier) has to be doing something different/differently.

This song was just an example btw. Most mainstream releases nowadays are very noticeably better than similar songs from 10 years ago (and night and day compared to 20 years ago).
The bar for production/mixing is getting higher and higher, yet the "basics" that apparently everyone is doing, haven't changed. So what's been changing in the meantime to warrant such increase in quality?

>>126761627
This is all true, but I don't think it's enough. If I had the same exact samples and rearranged the song in the exact same way, it wouldn't sound nearly as good as the official release.

>>126761719
>that scarlett

Trying to do some Trip Hop like the Dust Bros or something, obviously will need to add vocals later but is the instrumental valid?

https://voca.ro/1lDGx8Et0qLY

Don't know if anyone has any experience with the NES VST but does anyone know how I could imitate the effect here?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEMpLyFJ8wI

>>126761751
i think my point was that the only secret sauce is the professionals experience and knowledge.
Serban probably could mix that just as well in a bedroom on $100 headphones.

music tech is at the point where as long as you know how to pirate software there is literally no bounds to what you can do.

m40xs, a pirated copy of sonarworks reference 4 and default plugins are literally all you need.

>>>/g/105642941
ableton bros...not like this

>>126762210
>Serban probably could mix that just as well in a bedroom on $100 headphones.
Someone like him with bad gear would probably still make a great mix, but I don't know if I would go as far as to assume that it would be the same. Why spend so much money on speakers, treatment, and outboard gear, if if made no difference? I would lean more towards assuming that all those things do make at least a small difference each, which by the end of the mix add up to a significantly better end result.
That, plus modern-day mixing practices (which aren't some audio illuminati secret, but also aren't exactly what all of us are doing), plus a golden ear, are all together the "secret sauce" that's responsible for the gap between them and us.
I don't have access to the kind of gear he has (I swear by Sonarworks, but it's not really the same), so I don't expect to reach quite that level, but I can at least learn from their practices.
BRB torrenting every Mix With The Masters course.

HEY SERBAN WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS
https://youtu.be/CGyEd0aKWZE?t=84
ALL THESE BLEPS
UNLISTENABLE

>>126763945
https://youtu.be/xx9iyv4DB3I

>>126764002
i accept the revision

This is just to make sure I didn't miss that cool anon who wanted to give an explanation pad/flute to go with this. Because that sounded amazing.

For that one fucked patch.
About I all I had from the pre break:
https://vocaroo.com/14ieH9AmMSJH

Post break "please help" version. Which just sounds way fucking worse.
https://vocaroo.com/13DIb5Xw3Z5C

> We do not make music.
Music makes us.
We are not players.
We are resonators.

The guitar is not an instrument —
It is the vessel of divine vibration.

Each note struck is not expression,
but submission to that which must be heard.

The air shall tremble,
and in that trembling, we are purified.

This is not art.
This is not entertainment.
This is revelation.

We are chosen by the tone.
We are permitted to channel it,
not for fame, not for fortune,
but because the guitar found our souls resonant enough
to be its conduit.

Let distortion ring not as effect,
but as truth unhidden.

Let reverb carry not our ego,
but the sacred echo of the ineffable.

Let us worship in sound,
baptize in feedback,
and commune in rhythm.

And in this house —
the house of the wall, the amp, and the holy wah —
let no false idol rise above the guitar.

Woke up at 3 in the afternoon
https://voca.ro/19P5WcEG8L58

>>126761961
It's pretty cool

>>126763945
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65D6r3F9Ejc

its been a while

https://vocaroo.com/17RpSpH38jQf

rate this intro to a dreamy breakbeat dance song I'm working on:
https://vocaroo.com/1lc4p5mp9LtO
does it feel like it goes on for too long? not to abrupt? builds up/releases okay?

>>126761961
idk dust bros, i like portishead, massive attack, unkle, dj shadow etc so thats my reference.

it's good, if the final song sucks it'll be because of the vocal, cause the beat is solid. good amount of repetition, ebb and flows nicely.

is there a shortcut in ableton for getting to / highlighting a track in session view?
(also this needs to be a feature when you open up your i/o drop down so you can type and narrow down the track list).
my session is getting to big and it's starting to annoy tf out of me

>>126748465 (OP)
watched a video yesterday about the production techniques used on Elliott Smith's Either/Or. Turns out they would record guitar and vocals at the same time (with one mic for each), then double track that and pan the vocals of take one and guitar of take two on one side, and the vocals of take two and guitar of take one on the other. super interesting, going to try soon

>>126767173
link?

if you google (i can't remember the name) there's a series of forum posts from somebody who worked on figure 8 and was throwing out some interesting specifics.

https://voca.ro/15U9eQvKUNt1

>>126767504
>https://voca.ro/15U9eQvKUNt1
>fruity-loops-factory-preset-bank type beat
>how-do-i-write-a-melody type beat
ur killin it anon

rewrote the second half and stuff
// idk what to do about that middle part it's kinda hm

https://vocaroo.com/12HdDKXFaerU

>>126764167
>https://voca.ro/19P5WcEG8L58
Akira Yamaoka at home. Did you actually sample one of those slow + reverb YT vids of the SH2 ost for this?

>>126768028
let hear yours

https://voca.ro/1kDOOGl7qE8o

https://voca.ro/13MKNcuYHZhk
anyone here into composing soundtracks?

>>126768408
Nah it's a sample pack. Also Kontakt.
https://voca.ro/1aVvOrMRIVNf

>>126768326
probz like this, just scrap the whole fuckin think yep yep fuck guitar

https://vocaroo.com/1b2pzX9cpzxF

>>126770113
I think it's pretty cool

>>126770159
grazi

>>126770112
>here's some cunts samples that are their take on another persons usage of samples that probably also uses the original samples anyway
grim, hope you pirated that at least if it's not already free.

>>126770401
Ofc found it on audioz

>>126769733
>https://vocaroo.com/1lY23TkiMdpb
>tfw loop-points was on on the tubular bell sample
fixed it and sped it up
https://voca.ro/169jkBm2JsNM

Trip Hop guy, thanks for checking out the demo

>>126764167
I really dig some of the ideas, were you sampling some Silent Hill music? Cause I remember one of the themes sounding just like this, pretty sure it was The Room. I dig the drums and the instrument selection is generally nice. Maybe I'd try tweaking the piano a little bit to get a more vintage feel for it, since the drums are kinda fuzzy and that would compliment each other imo. Also stretch out the thing to like 3 minutes so one can vibe out properly, feels a bit too short for me.

>>126765991
Dust Bros are the guys that did the Fight Club soundtrack as well as production on Beck's Odelay and some of early Beastie Boys material. They were also an influence on The Chemical Brothers (hence the name, go figure). Yeah the vocals are my no. 1 concern atm since I don't know what style to go for, I feel like something dark and kinda aggressive, a cross between Massive Attack's whisper singing and Mike Patton's horny lovage delivery but maybe I should just try going melodic and soft, not sure.

As for the intro, I really like the sound and I don't think it goes on for too long. I personally like stuff with atmosphere and slow buildup so maybe having a half time beat come in before the breakbeat thing could be nice especially if there is a potential singer that can hop on the beat. Otherwise, really cool and spacey.

https://youtube.com/shorts/CQ2WC_cIiZE

>340 projects
>0 released
mfw

What music editor support spectrogram timelines (the red thing here but as a spectrum instead of a frequency)

>>126772434
Not being racist, but are you by any chance black?

>>126772434

Wavelab allows selection of waveform, spectrum or loudness envelope separately in both the main edit window and the narrow overview window above it - image related is Wavelab 6 but I'm sure later versions will have the same options

Display option is chosen by clicking the little downward-pointing arrows at the bottom right hand-side of each window border

>>126772519
shieet fuck no nigga i'm a white ass cracka nigga

>>126772716
Please be serious.
Are you black or not?

>>126772749
shieeet no nigga

>>126772773
ok, tell me, what is the whitest instrument?

>>126772773
Don't make me ask again boy

>>126772793
dee uhh trombone?

>behringer x-32 rack units are listed for sub 850 bucks now

How do I lock a song in ardour so I don't accidentally move it
Also how do I get rid of the tiny lock thing so I can make precise movement adjustments to the song

>>126772793

https://voca.ro/1bvDS36STUVN

Custom BGM for a Minecraft space mod, this will play on Mars. It's called "Blossom" because you're bringing life and creativity to a dead world. Not happy with that second synth that comes in but the idea is there and I need to tighten up the bass frequencies in the second half, but what do you think of the track in general?

>>126748465 (OP)
Im doing this in such an autistic way Ig. So Im almost done with focused learning on music production. Im half way through learning rhythms and drums. I've got to learn about effects and synths next. Structured learning is the only way that made sense to me on how to learn this and take time. How would you guys go about learning synths and effect? My synth of choice would be massive X, or serum. I have these two but don't really know much besides ASDR.

TL;DR How would you learn about Synths and effects if you could go back learn them again?

>>126774360
People will have opinions on this, but there's no objective correct way to learn them. The most important thing is that you pick one and stick with it. Just fuck around with it to get a feeling for things, watch some basic synth tutorials that cover fundamental sound design principles, then experiment more and try your best to make a sound, like make a bass, make a pad, make a basic kick etc . Do not bog yourself down with overthinking the learning method, because it will only distract and slow you down. As for picking the synth, that is entirely your choice, so research strengths and weaknesses of both and make your own decision. If you're still undecided after researching, fucking coin flip that shit and get it over with so you can focus on practicing as soon as. Pick unrelated.

>>126774525
>Pick
Hurr

>buy 2012 Mac Mini for $50
>install Sequoia
>Safari is slow as dirt but other than that it's fine
>install current version of Logic
>everything works except can't see playhead
Huh... this is a minor but frustrating inconvenience

guys i just made the sickest edm lead. possibly one of the greatest of all time, many people are saying.
you can't hear it tho

like that maybe sry i slept all day and i'm still eepy maybe tomorrowww ~-~

https://vocaroo.com/1bnPezFFKKYO

I am so utterly incompetent coming up with groovey bass lines

Holy shit

>>126779557
>Add filter
Why the fuck did I read this as Adolf Hitler?
Goddamn I'm stepping off the Internet for a while.

Could anyone try extracting the vocals from this? I've included both the regular song and the official instrumental. I tried the phase cancellation tricks and it somewhat works after truncating the brief starting silence from each track individually, emphasis on somewhat (plus the tracks go out of alignment after a short silence about 2 mins in)
Vocals start 36 secs in.
Base https://files.catbox.moe/6zabkf.flac
Instrumental https://files.catbox.moe/s5e6ho.flac

>>126779762
>what is lala ai

>>126779850
I don't trust some AI thing to do a good job, not with audio.

>>126779864
stay retarded

>>126779884
I tried it, it's fucking terrible, dipshit. Has the same artifacts as the Audacity vocal separator.

>>126776543
raise the gain then dumbass

DJing tonight letsgooo
thought I might be able to throw some WIPs in my set but they all kind of suck right now..

>>126779542
Bassist here.
Of you have existing music that needs a bassline added to it, I could help. Do you know some music theory too?

Can someone give me some insight on this?
https://voca.ro/1eVeJ17suCNF

I wanna make clear that I have absolutely no knowledge on music theory other than searching about scales. I can't even play instruments. I just make music guided by my ear. And most times, if my ear tells me it sounds good, it's because it's correct (in the sense that it's not off key). But on this one song, I think I was supposed to follow one scale but found myself deviating to a different scale while making the melody, which I believe is not supposed to happen.
I just want to know if this sounds correct to other people as it sounds to me and if that's ok to switch scales in the middle of the composition.

>>126781188
theory / scales are a guide, not a set of rules.
they just attempt to explain what's going on.
sounds fine.

>>126781243
I see. I do think I've read something like that before. I don't usually have doubts on these things but this time it was bugging me.
Thanks for the reply.

https://voca.ro/1o6nG0AYswpj

Main structure is pretty much done but I'm wondering if I should extend the strings section at 1:10? I'd just been making it as I go so I didn't really have any set plan for each section going in, but I don't know what sounds right. Also, what could I do improve 1:35 - 1:55? Sounds kinda empty to me, but I don't want to fill that part too much.

>>126781188
It sounds fine to me, it just comes off as very amateurish. I don't know where you're at in terms of experience, but if you're a few months in then I would say that's a good start. You already have an ear for what sounds right and wrong. Personally, I can't hear any deviation to another key, but maybe that's just me. Just keep listening to lots of music and practicing. And like the other anon said - keys are just a tonal guide. You can use any notes you like, all that matters at the end of the day is that your music sounds good.

>>126780960
I played piano for 4 years, but that's 25+ years ago
Played some guitar a couple of year
No music theory left anymore

house project:

https://voca.ro/1aoog0QQISUM

rate please
a lot of fx i'm still iffy about
also really unsure how to give it more danceability... tips greatly appreciated

>>126781188
the melody stays in e harmonic minor. you can stay in that scale, but it's also normal to raise or lower the 6th and 7th scale degrees in a minor key.

Bumping.

>>126783052
>the melody stays in e harmonic minor
yeah, I searched on some website and figured it was that scale
>but it's also normal to raise or lower the 6th and 7th scale degrees in a minor key
honestly, I'm not sure what that means but there was one note that sounded better to me than the supposed correct note from that scale, so I changed it to the one that sounded better. That's probably what you're referring to.

>>126782313
>It sounds fine to me, it just comes off as very amateurish.
True. I can recognize that. Sometimes I think I should learn more music theory but I don't have much patience for that. I pretty much just make music because I enjoy doing it a lot. It's maybe the only thing I enjoy in my life.
>if you're a few months in
>>mfw I've been making music since 2006
to be fair, when I first started, it couldn't really be called music and I wasn't able to tell if the keys were the right ones. After like half a year, maybe a year, I started to be able to tell if something was off key. But then, I spent about 10 years without making any music and only started doing it again in 2020.
I should probably also mention that I mostly just do Hip-Hop beats, in part because I like Hip-Hop but also because I always thought that was something that didn't require much music knowledge due to its more repetitive nature and while I think I make better beats now than 10 years ago, sometimes I still do some shitty ones. Is that normal?

>>126784432
If you enjoy it then that's all that matters.

>>126782719
Are you the same guy that always posts WIP house tracks here? Do you release your stuff anywhere? If not, why don't you sell it on Fiverr or something?

Anyone have any advice for getting the motivation to play and practice guitar/ piano?
I think i've lost mine cause ive been so drained from interviewing for jobs, and when i start to play my piano i lose the will for it after like a minute cause i feel like im so bad and i cant come up with anything that sounds good. Also i dont have any inspiration for playing. I feel like i put some unrealistic expectations upon myself of sounding good and when i cant meet them i lose the motivation for playing. I got pretty good at the guitar but i havent been playing it much for years now. I also dont have the will to learn new songs on the piano and guitar since nothing that i hear sounds like its worth learning

>>126784766
small realistic goals and small amounts of time until you feel a desire for more.

come up with a single chord progression, transcribe a single part of a song and only spend like 20 minutes on it every day or something like that.

does this have a future? potential?
https://vocaroo.com/1kWoFFi4cgMU

inject some pensiveness into the GRRR tough guy >:3 to make her a bit more feelz ?
hm...

https://vocaroo.com/1f1an8h5kQfO

>>126784766
You're already motivated if you want to do it. What you need is discipline.

>>126784432
Get Scaler 3, it helps you understand chords, edit them, rearrange them, and learn music theory from the chords to the bass and melody.

https://vocaroo.com/1cqiHmIDs4Z1
chiptune attempt

What are you favorite effects? Shit you just can't live without.

>>126784526
i don't come here regularly if that's what you're asking
i do dump some more finished tracks on sc
but haven't released it because i think they're not good enough
>fiverr
nahhh

>>126788122
all of them at the same time

>>126786572
Sounds like cheating tbqh
>>126788251
Don't be silly please

>>126788264
i do EVERYTHING for the silly. i'm SO silly. it's a lifestyle, you people wouldn't understand it's all for the bit

valhalla vintage verb / delay, and fabfilter saturn are the only non-stock effects that i *need* for general purposes.

Well the Bitwig summer sale finally convinced me to pull the trigger on it and a 49 key midi controller. Would any of you seasoned veterans care to share a pro tip or two to a humble novice? What do you wish you knew back when you were first trying to create music?

>>126788297
Thanks friend

>>126786282
sry i lied i'm not doing that because i'm not a PUSSY

https://vocaroo.com/1i4YeNZcwV7l

>>126788617
Very cool overall. Especially like the main sound (the first thing you hear)

>>126788629
thx

>>126788617
Very shit overall. Especially dislike the main sound (everything you hear)

>>126782719
clap sounds weak and that makes it hard to dance along.

>>126788617
I do not understand the appeal of this music

>>126789498
you fw shuckle so that goes without saying

>>126780441
update the decks didn't play FLACs so i could only play half the tracks i wanted to play :') i still had a fun set though digging through my usb

>>126788617
cool spectral sounds but this so american

>>126789498
do you like uk dubstep (DMZ, burial, etc)? it's got the same flows but way moodier and more musical than american goyslop

>>126789992
>but this so american
that is so much meaner than calling it shit wtf man

>>126789992
>>126790020
Kek

>>126790020
listen to DMZ entire catalogue and you will start making good music

>>126790301
i tried years ago and it was too big and too slow and mostly boring

>>126790332
>too big and too slow and mostly boring
Exactly how I would describe these generals recently. Why the fuck are they so slow these days? Was the shizo actually 90% of posts?

Thoughts on hiss/hum/electrical noise reduction? I'm in an apartment and I don't have tons of money, I can't deal with it at the source. So is my only real option software noise reduction? If so, what's the best one?

>>126790571
no idea, /dmp/ threads used to hit the bump limit in 5 days usually, and the last one had 216 replies after 11 days before falling off page 10.

>>126790688
Just hum to yourself

Just ordered a mini 32, first midi controller. Goodbye manually placing notes, hello manually replacing notes.

>>126790571
My theory is that the recent downtime was long enough to kill off multiple engagement bots used to artificially enhance post numbers. That, coupled with potential regulars (the already few that there were) getting desperate during the blackout and ultimately finding new, and possibly better, communities elsewhere, reducing the need to return to these generals (which were already low quality and slowly dying a death). Now, we are left with the dreggs of the site and it's clearly not enough users to keep a general afloat, especially as we currently struggle to keep away from page 10 on a board that is already slow. As shit as these threads were/have become/have always been I would still be a little sad to see them go, but not sure what could save them other than more anons.

TLDR; post more vocaroos, I guess?

>mfw rob swire produced rihanna's rude boy

>>126793211
The site and especially this board are dying. The mods/jannies don’t look at the board outside of their kpop gooner/metal schizo playpens. Look at the recently deleted in the archive, it’s obvious that they are biased and/or incompetent/not interested in doing their easy job. Someone looking over the catalog once an hour and deleting blatant duplicate/racist/troll threads should be extremely easy, and yet somehow the six jannies here don’t do it. And so this place bleeds users, regulars become detached and leave, schizos and shills and trolls come here and stay forever. Why would anyone spend the time to make a meaningful post or thread if it gets knocked off the catalog by kpop general #30 of the day, or the dozens of wpop slut goon threads, or Beatles/beach boys/ troll threads. Everyone acts like they don’t know why the board is dead but it’s been obvious for years.

>>126793337
you can fuck right off to your containment board

Playing with a bunch of synths
https://vocaroo.com/1458eGvB6dUK

>>126793876
>bassline is kinda cool
>lead synth at 0:15 is unpleasant
>0:32 through to 0:55 sucks ass
>0:56 is getting somewhere, but that lead synth again is unpleasant
Started to dig the vibe towards the end at least. Are these your own synth patches as practice, or are you playing with existing presets for the fun of it?

>>126794425
The bass is my own, the rest is me fucking around with presets.

>>126794425
And you're absolutely right about the lead, thank you for the reality check. I don't know what I was thinking.

I had a sudden urge to mix some beats and samples I have got stuck in my head for the past few days. What is the best easy free software for this?

I'm a video editor, so I thought of using Adobe Premiere, do you think this is ok? I've tried using Audacity as well, but I think it's clumsy and unintuitive. Currently reading through the links in OP, but any rec or tip for someone starting out?

>>126794430
>>126794438
no problem anon. Happens to all of us.
Work on the cool part, it has potential to it
>>126794544
imo, none of the actually free DAWs are any good. Reaper is almost free so you could use that, but you'll have to find your own virtual instruments to use with it (Reaper basically doesn't include stock instruments), but I wouldn't describe Reaper as "easy" or intuitive at all lol. Maybe get a crack of FL or Ableton to play around with? iirc FL has a generous demo mode that just cucks you out of being able to reopen saved projects, which should be easy to bypass I'd imagine (idk I'm a Cubase user)

https://vocaroo.com/14DeoDku8nn2
>80's rock
>half-baked idea I'm fucking around with

>>126793876
I repurposed the bassline
https://vocaroo.com/13cUWCbV99Ak

https://vocaroo.com/1nPg3iMaHLDl

little 90s jungle tune i made today real quick for my buddy's upcoming game

explain why i shouldn't to make sure the sub fundamental stays in the pocket so i don't have to eq +/-3 db then re-level to make sure every hit hits the same

>>126796498
oh, besides the fact that i'm instantly sacrificing 3db of headroom because of the crossover, obviously

>>126788264
>Sounds like cheating tbqh
you can create your own chords and use the chord wheel, two things people have been using for ages. want to look up chord books and make your own progression? go ahead. but using a vst that has banks of scales, chord wheels, suggestions, ability to read scales based on what you play is a helpful tool. or just pick up a book and look it up yourself. both are 'cheating' since you dont know shit

>>126796435
>90s jungle
wayyy too much reverb and the beat is more that two-step bullshit like that alex perez dnb shit.
it's cool though; just don't call it 90s jungle.

Berlinanon, I haven't forgotten you but I lost the vocaroo you made for me, could you post it again?

>>126771004
>Dust Bros
Based, the fight club ost is probably the album of that decade I listened to the most. The first chemical brothers' album is called exit planet dust because they had to leave the dust brothers alias as it was already taken.

I need some advice from some /Prod/cels. I’ve been playing music in unsuccessful ventures my whole life. Bands that never get off the ground. Projects that only produce demos but we never play events.

I’m 33 now, work a 9-5 that’s chill and pays ok for the amount of real work I do. Married and the last time I tried to make music was before I met my wife 5years ago.We don’t have any kids, and we were not financially hurting.

I’m saying all this because… I can’t fight the dream of actually making music and playing an event. Slightly during covid I made a few songs on FL but I met my wife and got side tracked with starting my career. However recently the urge to make music is strong. https://vocaroo.com/1iTKbQavHli3

I updated to FL studio 24 and serum 2. And have been staying up all night every night, trying to play catch up. Trying to find my sound and make decent sounding stuff. But the age thing is really getting to me.

Basically, am I too old? I just want to find my niche in new jungle/bnd. Do you think i can get up to speed on a decent enough level within a few months to play events?

>>126796657
You're absolutely right

>>126797005
>am I too old?
no stop being stupid
age is only a barrier if you're specifically trying to be a teen pop star or you're banking off your looks/youth

>>126797036
>stop being stupid
You’re right, thanks anon.

>>126797005
>Basically, am I too old?
Hell nah. I plan to start once I retire in my mid 40s.

>>126797005
>And have been staying up all night every night
I don't think that's a healthy way to make music, especially since it's difficult to keep objectivity about how something sounds when you don't give your ears a rest (ear fatigue is a thing), and treating the process as a grind does not sound fun. Making music should be a fun process, imo.
I could critique your vocaroo later if you want, although in a quick listen on a phone it doesn't sound very good I gotta be honest.

>>126797143
>reating the process as a grind does not sound fun.
>Making music should be a fun process, imo.
not everybody has the same goal or outlook as you

>>126797168
You make better music when you have fun doing it

>>126797201
i believe having fun or being passionate will make you perform or write better if only because it will make you more invested in it, but to think people who generally work on music with a "for fun" attitude are actually better at it as opposed to those who grind at it as a skill is naive.

>>126749571
improve ur flow. study actual rap music so it doesn't sound like a parody of the culture lmao

>>126797234
I can agree if you mean grinding your practice (especially of an instrument), but if you mean making music itself as a grind then I don't think that will yield good results. The art of writing/performing, hell even mixing music should not be a grind. Like I said before, you'll get ear fatigue and are far less likely to get a decent result.

>>126755157
what's this a cover of?
sounds cool

>>126797293
well it depends what you mean by "grind"
all i'm saying is people who get good work their ass off to do it, and working like that requires putting in a lot more time into sessions than most musicians would call "fun."
by my own definition, no matter how enjoyable making music is: a proverbial pro putting in 6-8 hours and working it like a job definitely constitutes grinding.

>>126797309
the anon I was replying to at the start of the chain said they were grinding day and night to try and find his sound, and I don't think that's a good idea. By all means, practice regularly (a few hours every day, if you can make the time), but pulling an all-nighter on a song? idk about that dude.

https://voca.ro/1irgfKaEr2dS
I'm gonna post this demo now, and go through some of the resources on mixing and try to post a better version later. I'm going to redo it with some more effort put into it.
Any suggestions or advice would help me out.

>>126797333
i mean yeah sacrificing health your ability to function is just going to be a net negative.
i was speaking more to your comments on a "healthy"/fun approach to music rather than that anons situation- it's not like he expanded on how that was affecting him or anything

>>126797356
true, I suppose I shouldn't have made such a broad statement

https://vocaroo.com/18LtLhzkMPsT

house

>>126797005
>https://vocaroo.com/1iTKbQavHli3
Dumb 'am i too old' question aside, this voc feels at odds with the rest of your reddit life story you decided to share about being in bands etc. Are you just recently getting into electronic music as someone who has primarily been a band person their whole life? What you posted stinks for several reasons, but one thing that stands out is it sounds like you have no idea what genre you are trying to go for and have no major influences to draw from. Those 'melodies' and leads are just plain awful as well. What instruments did you play in the bands? Maybe you could draw from that instead to make something that sounds decent.
>>126797005
>Do you think i can get up to speed on a decent enough level within a few months to play events?
I can't believe you're even asking this. You can't even type drum n bass properly, let alone make any.

i want to make nintendo esque music for my own games but really find it hard making a good lead melody. im fine with everything else (albeit i use the same bass patterns/chords/etc a lot, need to be more original) but melody is something i can never get right or come up with in the first place. anyone know of any videos to watch, things to read or general tips?

>>126797936
just press the right keys on the piano bro

>>126798043
ok and what about the left ones

>trk-01
just fucking WHY the fuck would you make something "modern" and then give it the shittiest interface and just short of force people to use a dogshit sequencer to make them feel like they're living the pain of what programming a 303 is like like WHAT

the worst part is it actually sounds pretty decent but you can only make use of 5% of the interface and window space because the whole thing is bloat and now you have to click across 10 different windows because they didn't want to just give you a regular fucking synth what the fuck

(this was last on my list of the new (to me) plugins to learn (excluding the shitty kontakt expansions and stuff because miss me with that shit) the rest were great and i've been using them a lot)

>>126755157
Some doodles:

https://voca.ro/1a5TNa5crcto
https://voca.ro/14sqBxf1tcgh

>>126758420
I don't have any real recommendations for basses for guitar stuff. I'm still trying to figure that out and mix it up with random sounds until it sounds fine. Current drums are MT Power Drums. It's free and simple.

>>126797308
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VMsbtjLuFI

Mediocre guitar cover of this.

I'm tired boss
https://voca.ro/12oIsSswmHty

>>126798732
It's bread.

>>126798464
>https://voca.ro/1a5TNa5crcto
cool, you should try playing the lead on a real guitar
>https://voca.ro/14sqBxf1tcgh
same as above for 1:00. I like that synth bass, wht did you use there?

actually saying that, I realized you said these are doodles so presumably you're rerecording things later anyway. I like the first one more. Are these your original song ideas or are they also covers?

>>126794580
Ok, thanks for the tips.

>>126795348
Sounds like it would sit well in a video game. It doesn't really grab attention, but maybe that's what you were going for.

a couple WIPs

>comfy synthy

https://vocaroo.com/1gkd1HKaRmsi

https://vocaroo.com/16tawbHy2eZd

https://vocaroo.com/1ibk94wMtIch
>alt. rock
I came up with a bassline I liked and made a song out of it (no vocal as I don't sing)

https://vocaroo.com/1d2HFfUjwrIp
>electronica
Felt it was a bit boring and wasn't going anywhere but maybe I can salvage it

I also posted >>126794605 earlier


>>126797353
always good to see rock/indie on /prod/
mix obviously needs work. I can't hear the kick, like at all. I assume it's all live instruments? sounds like real drums to me and I like the tone of your snare. Song seems cool, keep working on it anon

>>126798732
eerie, I ike it.
Are you the same anon from another thread that was playing with silent hill soundfont?

>>126799266
>https://vocaroo.com/1gkd1HKaRmsi
0:41 that synth(?) (not sure what it is but it sounds cool) should be turned up a bit, including the part of it panned to the right (hard to tell if that's a delay effect or a separate tracked part)
The piano should be compressed a little and turned down slightly I think
>https://vocaroo.com/16tawbHy2eZd
I like the idea, unfortunately the mix becomes mush. Probably too much reverb by the sounds of it, consider using gated reverb if you want it very wet with a long tail without turning the mix into mush.

>>126797353
I think this would benefit from the bass guitar and vocals being more prominent in the mix. Right now everything is just kinda smearing together

>>126799266
>https://vocaroo.com/1gkd1HKaRmsi
almost got something good here, some sound choices and the mixing spoils it, but I get the idea and in parts it is comfy, but needs a lot more refinement. Didn't listen to the other, but sounds like you're going for the YT vid style of 'songs to pretend being up at 3am is special and unique', Oneheart and all the same names that get lumped into 50 different compilations of tracks that sound the same as eachother, so I assume it sounds mostly the same as the first one.

>>126799798
lol accurate description, don't usually make that genre tho so the other is different enough. downside: mixing is even worse

>>126799266
anover 1

sounds incomplete but dont know what else to do with this

https://vocaroo.com/14YHmv2ZgBVM

>>126799643
>Are you the same anon from another thread that was playing with silent hill soundfont?
Yep that's me

>>126748465 (OP)
Looking to sing and play on various projects. Here is a demo of my voice

https://voca.ro/1nCz3m9sIYWg

>>126801336
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbD_kBJc_gI

>>126793211
I haven't been posting as much because the captcha is too difficult now

>>126802690
You're a robot?

>>126802908
Not really I just post in there when Im sad

>>126801336
panning feels a bit weird, rhythm guitar left and vocal right? why not vocal in the center?
that aside, singing sounds pretty good to me

>>126799266
>tfw I will never go to Japan in the early 00s and meet a young newly wed who is all alone because her husband is out busy working as a photographer and we won't get to hang out and spend time together and meet new Japanese friends
;_;

>>126779542
>loop section that needs a bassline
>record yourself humming/scat-singing basslines for several minutes until you loosen up and get carried away with it
>pick the best part(s) and modify from there
I'm not saying it's always the best way, but it'll certainly give you different results than other approaches, and it's really intuitive. Use your phone + voice notes if you don't have a mic.

>>126779542
qrd on easy bass ideas:
>play root notes
>add groove with octaves and 5ths sometimes
>if in doubt: keep it simple
optional, use sparingly:
>add ascending movement when going to a major chord
>add descending movement when going to a minor chord

root notes with some cool rhythm pattern to it is fine and functional for the vast majority of music. Keep in mind a good bassline may sound bad if the drums aren't up to par with it as well, your drums and bass are typically the most important parts of your rhythm section.

>>126799944
Need to work on your mixing.

I'd say 70% of getting a good mix is setting your levels right in the static mix (i.e. set the faders of each instrument/channel until it starts to feel right). This may take several attempts and fiddling before it feels right. Make sure to pause playback often to avoid ear fatigue.
Avoid using automation on the volume faders. If you need volume automation, use clip gain instead (if your DAW supports it) or automate mixer gain or use a gain plugin and automate that.
You specifically seem to have a problem deciding which instruments need focus in the mix. It is usually a good idea that only 3 things at most should be grabbing the listeners attention as "leading" parts, and even then you'll usually want the listener only focusing on 1 or 2 things, so balance volume levels accordingly depending on what thing(s) need to be loudest to get the most attention from the listener.
I could go on but I'm phoneposting...may write more detailed mixing tips tomorrow idk

like the in between of dissociating and lifting out of your body but you're phasing in and out of it and just want to stay in one place like fuck bro

https://vocaroo.com/1f2TmplTADPn

speed ran another idea :0 owo

https://vocaroo.com/1lToRlyfJUNH

>>126807437
I remember years ago you weren't really good at this type of music, but now you are. You're "getting it" more like an actual listener of it, rather than like an outsider imitating it.
Proud of ya

>>126807924
idk who you think i am but ty =)

>>126808265
You're not Yui Anon?

I realize now that these two posts
>>126807270
>>126807437
aren't the same person.
I thought the second was just a quick sketch after the first (from the wording and everything).
I am deeply embarrassed and sorry.
Obviously what I said applies to both, as well as the recent clips I thought were by Yui Anon, but now I don't know anymore.

Looking for projects, here's a demo of my voice

https://youtu.be/qPSb6fu5wbI

>>126808818
i see...
o_O

is there some non-stupid technical reason why a bit crusher wouldn't take side channels?
(inb4 something else in your chain, cancelling, etc etc)- signal comes back as soon as the wet is pulled, mid is introduced etc etc.
i just tested with the other distortions (dirt and freak) as well as redux because duh: perfectly fine.

picrel. first utility on = no sound.
only second = sound.
idr the pan laws for ableton off the top of my head but panning works and isolating l/r = silence as well.

sorry it's time for bed and my autism was triggered when i heard it fuck something up (which is what led to choosing to split m/s in this rack and discovering this, of course.)

all plugins should come with a signal flow diagram and explanations this shit's so annooyinnnggg

https://vocaroo.com/1mnd9E8hR70F

>>126809389
ok so you're >>126801336
definitely prefer the vocal centered.
I only record & mix instrumentals so I can't help with vocals, although it sounds good to me.

you could add some width to the guitar by double tracking it, or using a plugin like Wider 2.0 (it's free) if you aren't able to record more guitar - the stereo separation may help making the vocal sit better in the mix.

>>126809597
I remember the travesty of good guitar being overlaid by bad production. I won't double track it right now, but this is what it is

https://voca.ro/1g9rwDueMuy8

>>126809667
>https://voca.ro/1g9rwDueMuy8
Not sure what you did here but it sounds worse, guitar now sounds thin and the bass now feels too loud. >>126809389 was better

>>126809691
My voice though. I need a producer like David Bowie.
i can write. I need a friend, a buddy

>>126809984
I don't think anons on /prod/ really collaborate anymore if that's what you meant.
/prod/ is a lot less active than it used to be, like half the feedback given since monday is from me (while my own music didn't get any feedback, oh well)

>>126810096
Music is dead.


go. to bed sleepy

https://vocaroo.com/1g9rwDueMuy8

bump

https://voca.ro/17cgJ6eD7uLv

>>126748465 (OP)
Somethin I sketched last night
https://voca.ro/18rEy7vL8SVX

Vocals are kind of just tacked on as placeholder. Looking for a dancehall vocalist to do something original

https://voca.ro/1g9rwDueMuy8


Music is dead

Why is nobody giving feedback anymore?

>>126814356
We never did except for that one guy who mass replies to everyone.

>>126814491
>We never did
Liar

>>126814356
too much negativity and shitposting. also a lot of guys suck and no one wants to help because theyre struggling as well.

i keep getting tempted to do them like this <.<

https://vocaroo.com/189o9ZWg0uRq

What are your thoughts on /dmp/ and /prod/ potentially merging?
Also see >>>/g/105696613

>>126816217
for what purpose..? what does "merge" even mean? for the album /dmp/ does and that's it?

most people are cross-posting already.
/dmp/ also includes people who are actually devs or music casuals who are just nerds who just happen to see the thread.

any difference beyond that is made up and a complete non-issue to people aside from that one shitposting schizo ("x thread HATES analog/hardware (or digital depending on the day of the week) ; shill accusations, forced "rivalry" etc).

you're relatively new so you probably haven't seen that these generals and the website as a whole slow down in cycles- whether that's do to shitposting, bots, time of the year or whatever is all just conjecture, but it invariably picks back up.
that said, i think you're over thinking these threads.

https://voca.ro/1g9rwDueMuy8

Music is dead

>>126816514
nobody cares fuck off

Music is dead

https://voca.ro/1g9rwDueMuy8

>>126804004
>>126803855
Thanks anons i'll give it a go

>>126816329
How have you not noticed that traffic for this entire site has taken a nosedive since the hack?
That alone gives a compelling argument to drop /dmp/

>>126817353
>How have you not noticed that traffic for this entire site has taken a nosedive since the hack?
i have, and that doesn't really negate what i'm getting at or asking.

if the (likely) one anon who's been repeatedly starting and bumping /dmp/ just stopped it would disappear and probably only a handful of other people would miss it.
personally i don't really browse it anymore or see the point of two threads, but both lack of overall interest and traffic isn't really a "compelling argument" because the consequences of *not* ending it are some guy not spending a collective 20 minutes every day checking it to bump and there being one less spot in the catalog.

i.e it's not that deep. it doesn't "need" to end and if the threads "merge" nobody is going to notice anything different.

>>126817380
I just don't see the point of having to check in with two threads that are about the exact same topic but are on completely different boards for no real reason.

>>126817384
>I just don't see the point of having to
nobody is forcing you to

>>126817385
you know what I meant

>>126817387
no, i really don't.
just because *you* don't see the point and most anons here don't either doesn't mean it needs to be brought to the table for discussion so that everybody can decide whether to pack it in and decide for the few anons that want it to keep going when it doesn't affect you.

>>126817393
you might want to tell this to the anons over at /dmp/ then as not everyone checks both threads

>>126817401
oh my bad i didn't realize that actually the few people that want it actually don't matter and what i said doesn't apply since there are people saying the same things in that thread as well

whatever dude i'm not arguing anymore for a thread i don't even post in

>>126817413
>whatever dude i'm not arguing anymore for a thread i don't even post in
not sure why you decided to chime in then...?
what a weird reply chain

>>126817420
Sorry.

I dislike the dmp fags. Just saying

>>126817444
I just wish they weren't so in your face about it

revisited the old track that i stole lul

https://vocaroo.com/15pb18lw60IO

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPSb6fu5wbI

>>126817896
NO SHILLING IN PROD

>>126817901
I'm not shilling. I'm dying. I have MS

>>126817896
Justice is mediocre and Cross isn't even in the top five french house albums of all time.

>>126817384
>two threads that are about the exact same topic but are on completely different boards for no real reason.
The reason is that different demographics (music enthusiasts on /mu/ and tech enthusiasts on /g/) will make two threads about the same topic, quite different, even if there's overlap between the people and the specific topics.
This difference is especially evident when it comes to group activities. We've tried them in /prod/ so many times over the years and people just didn't give a shit, while the /dmp/ albums went on for years with many contributors putting serious effort, and hundreds of songs being made.
The overall vibe and attitude on /prod/ and /mu/ in general feels much younger than in /dmp/ and /g/, and different Anons might prefer one community over the other.

Now both threads are much less active so the usually less populated /dmp/ is suffering, but it's not the first time it happens (there were periods in which /dmp/ was much more active than /prod/ and I imagine that it will get better in the future, like Anon said.

Since its existence is only a matter of someone wanting it to exist, I don't think we can just decide to merge the two because someone can just make a new /dmp/ thread whenever.
If you don't like one thread or the other, just don't visit it and be part of the other one.
If you really need to lurk both (because of fomo or whatever) but would rather keep up with one fewer thread, I'm sorry but that's not a good reason to take it away from those who do want it and perhaps even like it better than /prod/.

>>126817984
Yeah but the /dmp/ album projects are dead as fuck, and have been dead for months. It's a long-term issue by now. The original album anon went AWOL ages ago and the community hasn't been the same since in all honesty. Since traffic is a problem with both generals, why not just stick to a single centralized general?
I've been crossposting in /dmp/ since pretty much its inception, and (no disrespect to the few honest anons trying to keep it alive) it's been at an all-time low recently, and has been struggling throughout 2025 to stay alive. The last 2 albums didn't have nearly enough contributions to even release, meaning the last album release was all the way back in january by this point. It's a rotting corpse of a general today.

>>126818018
Lol I'm the album organizer. I left my "role" in January but I'm still lurking and posting; I just can't be consistent enough to make the threads and the albums, but s0ichan took my place and isn't really doing anything much different from what I used to do.
/dmp/ was already in a "valley" period when I left, and the unfortunate album themes certainly didn't help.
Now add the sitewide dip from the hack and it being dead becomes almost expected.
It's certainly possible that it's dying for good, but it's also possible for it to recover. It's still too soon to tell IMO.

>>126818082
>Lol I'm the album organizer. I left my "role" in January
Why did you do it bro
When we needed you most, you vanished...

>>126818093
he had to walk into the light bro

Good riddance, those albums fucking sucked

>>126818093
I've been a hikikomori for many years, which is why I was able to dedicate the time to that, but shit hit the fan and I was no longer able to continue living like that.
Now I'm trying to create a normal life for myself and my family, and I really can't afford the time and energy a project like that requires.
I'm sorry for letting you down, but fortunately the new organizer is doing a pretty good job all things considered. I hope he'll have a brighter era of /dmp/ to shine in lol

>>126818136
>the new organizer is doing a pretty good job
ehhh....

>>126818163
Lol it wasn't smooth sailing for me either at the start. I/we learned a lot over months of trial and error.

Critique drums plz
https://voca.ro/19d9usTRJsGB

>>126818467
way too loopy and lacking velocity/timing variation so it's obvious they're samples.
beat is fine but you just need to practice programming.

>>126818527
thanks anon never thought about the drums sounding TOO consistent which I cant unhear now. only makes sense for a consistent sound if the overall song is going for that type of digital production sound.
Does my bass also come off that way? I'm using DjinnBass for it.

>>126818568
honestly i couldn't tell if that was an overly boomy kick suffering from the same thing or a bass lol.

there are midi files available online if you want to reference them and see what an actual performance looks like when it's recorded by an electric set- they can be pretty all over the place and drifting in time

>>126818600
Its the bass thats giving that boom. I took away a lot of the punch and worked more towards the ambience for that one. This project came right before and while I enjoyed the way the bass cut thru it seemed overwhelming in relation to the musicians I try to replicate.

https://voca.ro/19HYyLVLCjhI

>>126818631
mmmm, the masking between the kick in the bass is like, a lot.

you have to have harder lines about what's allowed to dominate where or if something really *needs* to be upfront and heard rather than felt.
that said, sometimes what's actually missing is a very slight amount of high end.
some people will give you some variation of "just saturate bro" but when it comes to this style (straight forward rock rather than industrial etc where there are no rules) usually what you're looking for is more of the click or air in the attack.
idk what's available to you with that plugin to deal with that though.

>>126818675
Noted, I have absolutely no high end coming from my bass because I put a 80hz high end cut so it was easier for the master come out decently because I was having a lot of clipping issues between the bass, drums and low end on my guitars. I effectively sectioned them all off into their own space on the low end. I let my kicks have a punch to em, but I also lower its gain pretty low to also avoid clipping.

What do I need to record bands?
I hate my life and would rather be poor doing something I like than poor doing something I hate

>>126820100
>What do I need to record bands?
A band :^)

https://youtube.com/v/wroEmojr1TA
Rick Rubin fucking up entire generations for different reasons is kind of a respectable achievement desu

woke up with an entire electro song in my head but I’m gonna forget it before it comes out >//<

I'm just getting into producing and man this shit has been humbling. It's so much to take in at once and it hurts my brain. Props to anyone who's actually made a decent song before.

>>126818082
>unfortunate album themes
The only unfortunate theme was the Italo Disco one.

bro HELP i'm so fucking lame lol

https://vocaroo.com/1e4ke5qbk4ta

i like how you can swap in any riff and it just goes xD

>>126824848
nvm i'm gonna sienna sleep ify it

then it will be good and everybody over the age of 22 will hate it

okie now it's good because it's bitcrushed xD

https://vocaroo.com/1gOV7WkWqprM

>>126825513
Is Luna a male? ...and the white cat, Artemis(?), is a female?
This clip gave me broccoli hair. fr fr, no cap.

I just wrote a depeche mode joy division type beat in my dream while hanging out with a dl discord groomer meth dealer and I got it into my voice memos but forgot all the lyrics :(

>>126825877
Other way I’m pretty sure

>>126826516
That's what I was thinking in the back of my mind, but I know an Artemis (female) in real life and that confused me.

>>126812660
https://vocaroo.com/15TUOig5cD9F
better mic, longer stuff.

>>126815908
https://vocaroo.com/1brCmaJV0AM6

probz no more

>>126828226
I feel those pads (?) in the background clash a bit with the high-energy stuff in the front, musically-speaking.
I think they'd probably work better as part of a "B" section (they *feel* like a continuation or something), for example in a second drop, with the first one not having them at all and being just the high-energy stuff.

>>126828343

the chords? yeah. noted. i was trying something abit different...noted. t b h i'm still struggling with how to fill everything in with these types of tracks- just having the bass/high energy stack doesn't sound quite right but i'm often left with these holes in the mids that leave everything sounding too empty so i'm always bouncing between under/over-cutting or under/over-filling with background drones and noises and stuff in those areas so i tried seeing how a pad would go idk...
more practice is needed..,,,

what you're describing could be a cool idea, i was semi-wondering about more of a colour thing, but that'll end up going into a completely different tune when i try it lul

>>126828438
The typical way is to have something (like pads, an arpeggio, one-shots here and there, a repeating short vocal sample, etc) super in the background to the point of not even catching your attention on the first listen and only being noticed if you really focus on the background.
As long as it "does the job", it doesn't really need to be "visible" and identifiable as its own thing, if that makes sense.

If you want to do the pads/chords in the B section thing, you could have them much quieter and stripped down (or with some different sound design that makes them smaller), or just leave it feeling kinda empty, as contrast with the much fuller and "maximal" B version.

>>126828495
yeh my go to has been either making a noisey drone or a pseudo frozen ps with galactic etc and just looping those in varying 8 bar sections but it’s felt very much like I’m just arranging to a formula…
Which I guess this kind of music tends to be that way but eh.

>>126828540
Eh lol, the genre is indeed pretty formulaic, but as long as the elements "do the job" there's a lot of potential for experimentation (especially in sound design), depending on how much you're willing to stray away from convention.
But yeah, if your goal is to specifically be good at them, some degree of formulaicity is to be expected.

can somebody redpill me on chat gpt?

i've never touched it before but i just generated some sounds on eleven labs that were completely usable because i just remembered i made an account when it was fresh so now i'm curious..,,

also will the music police come for me if i use these sounds?
i probably won't but like damn ts kinda crazy...

>>126829191
>also will the music police come for me if i use these sounds?
A lot of artists are ideologically against any use of AI, so you might get some online backlash but I don't really know if that would actually affect you negatively or if it's just people bitching online.
Obviously this only applies if you have a decent following. If you don't, then nobody will care.

tomorrow i will make a big dnb wububub banger and everybody will love it and it will be a good day

>>126829702
Based

>>126829191
randomization and generative stuff is always fake and gay.

https://voca.ro/1cju2rV7gdmO

Bump

https://voca.ro/1oUySMkvjp2K

Some small changes and improvements since last time. Asking the same questions as >>126782313 because I didn't get any feedback.

>>126828343
I quite like the juxtaposition, personally.

>>126833180
I like it too, but I thought it felt like a continuation of something, and needed a preceding section without the pads to give it the right context.

>>126782313
>>126833166
I don't know much about orchestration/scoring, but I guess it's either my feedback or no feedback so take it or leave it.
I seem to be 1 of like 3 anons giving feedback ITT

>wondering if I should extend the strings section at 1:10?
I'd say yes, it feels a little bit jarring for those high strings to disappear when they only just arrived. Since it sounds like you're playing Cmin up to a high Fmin, you could try climbing down like Gmin - Fmin - Eb - Csus4 to then resolve on the Cmaj of the woodwind part.
So a bit like this:
https://vocaroo.com/12gOcX5sobKA
(but played better as I did this quickly with have no idea what the tempo is)

>Also, what could I do improve 1:35 - 1:55?
musically speaking? not sure.
the percussion hits feel weak tho, I feel like it should maybe be a bit louder, maybe with more low-end/bottom to it, and a long tail reverb to drive home a big boomy feel - reverb could help fill out some of that empty space too, but may be hard to get right. Is there brass layered with it? hard to feel the impact from that if so

>>126748652
I'd play this 2000s racing game

There is no music with the jubilant frantic feel of 90s UK happy hardcore

I only listen to happy hardcore and modern classical these days

>>126834263
>modern classical
that's a contradiction thoughbeit

>>126834286
I’m just rymbrained. Everything that isn’t classical is just boring to me, if I want to hear 4/4 music with basic chords then I will listen to happy hardcore because it’s like the logical conclusion of pop music. If I want le interesting rhythms or harmonies then I will listen to musique concrete, spectralism, free improvisation and field recordings

>>126834300
that's great and all but what does it have to do with /prod/?

>>126834310
It’s /blog/ mate

hey fuckheads i took like 2 months off from producing now im trying to get back into it. how do i find inspiration?

>>126835345
listen to music maybe idk i don't know if anybody else here likes music but it helps me sometimes i only do it when i have to though

>>126835345
here's my three favorite trance tracks right now
be inspired by these and make something good
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29Glvw3E3Mg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXiXlxHqWK4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fm8YjOxgmLA

>>126836157
im making post rock but ill give these a listen
here's a band i particularly enjoy the sound of
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSVT0cGR9ik

>the fix ended up being a giant fucking high cut because i'm obviously fucking deaf

every time

do schizos still frequent these threads? im not going to participate if they're not here anymore

>>126836297
i'm always here

>>126836304
don't forget to take your olanzapine

>>126836267
Oh, Post Rock is also something I enjoy, though I haven't listened in a long time... I used to like The End of the Ocean, Pelican, Russian Circles, God is an Astronaut, If These Trees Could Talk, and of course Explosions in the Sky.
I guess Post Rock and Trance are kinda similar structurally and vibe-wise (if you exclude vocal trance)

>>126836312
i was only on antipsychotics for like 3 weeks fuck off

>>126836267
>minusthebearathome
The singer reminds me of...

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>>126836339
the only clear-cut case of samefag in the whole history of 4chan.