>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 self-promotion allowed (eg. sharing your soundcloud links).

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

Previous: >>126836599

hello? anyone??

whatever i'll just dump an old track here
https://vocaroo.com/1gWaFrVemmG5

https://vocaroo.com/1kVZ2FlLnUnU

just a little idea for a track that I came up with. In the early stage still. It's like a speed garage version of Hot In Here by Nelly, I guess, idk. So far, someone said they love it, and then someone else said they hate it.

>>126882962
hallo. someone.

>>126883057
i hate it

>>126884078
You are why this general is dead

>>126884078
>>126882987
I never heard one of your songs before.
You have a lot of nerve acting the way you do while making shit like this.

>>126884119
I rarely go on /prod/ lmao.
also see the image in >>>/g/105761943
there's an unexplained dropoff in creative threads on 4chan

>>126884136
Look the anon said one person loved it and one person hated it, I'm placing an honest vote. It's better than saying nothing at all.
Also i'm glad you told me my track was shit, vocaroos deserve any response. No idea what you two are asshurt about
>inb4 feeding the trolls
yeah bad habit i should stop

>>126884078
>>126884143
>>126884167
I can't tell if you're actually a troll, or just fucking stupid (and possibly underage)

>>126884172
Both

>>126884172
>>126884182
samefag

>>126884187
sorry but no

re-do a lot of the b section and design effects in the future etc probz

https://vocaroo.com/12Alb0A0aD73

https://voca.ro/1orhRr8Dt5Xv

what genre am i making rn idk? any thoughts or feedback?

someone said it sounds like dean blunt once if anyone knows him

>>126883057
I don't know what that is but it's not speed garage

How do you stop spending so much time on every song? This is a serious problem for me, I keep spending dozens of hours on a single song that doesn’t even make it to the mixing stage

>>126885843
>~30 minutes devising the concept
>~60 minutes prompt engineering the lyrics with ChatGPT
>~30 minutes getting Suno to output what I want
>~30 minutes post production stuff in Pro Tools
>~60 minutes prompt engineering the cover art on Midjourney
>~30 minutes downloading someone else's edit from TikTok and replacing the song with mine in CapCut
>~30 minutes uploading to all my socials

>>126885937
Fuck u

>>126885937
yeah, but you're only one person. if you race to the bottom you'll be up against thirdie slop farms that can bury you at that work rate

>>126887184
The time I spend prompt engineering ensures that my handcrafted AI output beats farmed AI slop every time.

>>126884842
the only thing that sounds remotely dean blunt is the vocal. and who gives a fuck about genre anyway? I would not listen to this but I think it's a good track. Would suggest that you think more about suspense, the sounds are cool, although abrasive. nice job!

any idea how to bulk auto trim silence on mp3 files on MacOS? I have a huge music library of over 12.000 songs and need the silence at the beginning removed

>>126888475
FFMPEG or SoX will do the trick. I’m not sure how but have a look on stackoverflow

>>126887416
what's even more likely to happen is social media platforms will make their own AI slop and boost it over yours, you'll have sanjay on one side and google's internal team on the other giving to you dutch door style

>>126888884
You're not listening.
Music and video platforms are already flooded with AI slop but mine cuts through because it's as good as real music thanks to all the prompt engineering I do.
Quality over quantity.

>>126889216
algos don't work like that, you think the systems run on meritocracy

do you ever listen to music so good that it makes you want to give up?

https://vocaroo.com/1mUDHcK6VUGT

something i'm working on. uk garage i guess? i don't fuckin know

>>126889413
It runs on what people click on, consume, and share with others

>>126889820
that hasn't been how feeds work for at least a decade

>>126889847
Not true

>>126889880
post the question on /g/ in one of the dev threads

>>126889759
Pretty good anon, I would mute the piano at the drop at 0:40 and make the bass super fat and distorted but that’s just me

What I am doing wrong? I've set up everything to record guitars on FL studio. But I can't hear anything, the weird thing is that FL studio is clearly picking up audio when I strum my guitar. How do I solve this?

>>126889978
good ideas. will try and implement. thanks for listening anon

>>126889890
Why don't you tell us yourself, since you seem to already know?

>>126890088
Sorry I can’t help but I would recommend against using FL studio for guitar music. Ableton is so underrated for making guitar music. The warp modes let you do some really cool stuff as well

>>126890109
Because it's an off topic effort post. Why are you afraid of asking a technical question on an actual technical forum?

>>126890192
>off topic
How to get your music hears isn't off topic

>effort post.
You can summarize it (like I did) in less words than you've already typed out to me but you're not even hinting at a rebuttal, you're just avoiding to discuss the core point while arguing about the argument itself because you know you have no ground to stand on
Everyone knows it's a mix of engagement metrics (sharing, commenting, etc), watch time and retention, percentage of people who clicked on it, how many of the first users who got it recommended watched it, and how well it matches the profile of the viewer. All things that favor quality videos over quickly churned out slop.

>afraid
You're the one who's talking about asking /g/
You want them to prove you right do it yourself. Why do you expect me to do your bidding?
Genuinely kill yourself.

>>126890335
Based. This /dmp/ fag is ruining the general

>>126877244
Really good anon, i'm saving this. Did you write the song or just do the mixing for it?

>>126890335
>Genuinely kill yourself.
You're the one bragging about prompt engineering on a creative thread so maybe you should consider the rope.

>>126890510
>>126890533
Go away you annoying faggot

>>126890335
Go ahead, proceed ahead with your strat, when spotify and youtube start to choke you out, don't say it didn't warn you that the algo always favors the house.

>>126890533
>You're the one bragging about prompt engineering on a creative thread
How the fuck isn't it immediately obvious that it's a joke?
You think I'm really spending four hours and a half on making AI music (of which 30 minutes are spent generating the song and 60 generating the cover art) and taking credit for the "prompt engineering" and calling it "handcrafted"?
I know you're just a kid but I don't think I was that stupid at your age.
Next time I'll put /s at the end just for you.

>>126890614
You still haven't explained how my idea of how the algorithm works is wrong.

Tr0llchan and a.i. fag both need to gtfo

>>126890667
I'll give you a hint, we're living a repeat of the SEO arms race

>>126890695
So in this prediction of yours, YouTube and TikTok will almost stop promoting people's music because it will all just be their own churned out slop, and this is somehow affected by the new SEO arms race of the past 10+ years?
I'm sorry, I'm trying to make sense of the cryptic contradictory bullshit you've been saying for the past 3 hours instead of actually saying what you're thinking like anyone who has an actual point would.

>>126889759
I find the vocal ducking (around 30 seconds in) rather distracting

guys i need hecking tips for working faster i'll never make my masterpiece at this rate

>>126892372
i wish i was a musician in the 90s so i wouldnt get distracted by my phone and youtube every 10 minutes..... but then again i probably wouldnt have discovered my influences or probably couldnt even afford hardware if i was around then

>be autist who obsesses over music theory
>make kinda decent music
>think my autism is the problem
>try to just feel it
>try to not follow any music theory
>everything i make sound shit and boring

i'll just keep being the spreadsheet autist. i don't buy into the myth that you just magically know how to make good music with your feelings.

>>126892388
>a record will automatically equal more than the sum of its parts. However coldly we calculate the making of each part, our personality will be there on the record for the world to feel
from the manual by the KLF

Is everyone in these european

Why do I feel like I learn almost nothing about composition when I listen to music I like

>>126894225
probably cause you’re listening to free jazz and field recordings

>>126894238
No not usually

>>126894225
>youre not transcribing
>you don’t know what you’re listening for

When I listen it’s only the familiar diatonic stuff that in my head I know immediately what’s being played- what I’m listening for, and what I’ll need to go back to examine, is what deviates from that.

E.g when there’s a dissonance in the final moment of the melody that leaves you hanging, or a chord that really sticks out: the best I can do until sitting and transcribing and knowing exact context is “they probably augmented/diminished, changed this scale degreee to…” so with passive listening I’m not “learning” so much as I am picking up things to roughly guess.
… and that’s not even touching all the imperceptible or hard to hear stuff like timing, quieter elements…

Really, really, really people need to just heed the “remake it” “transcribe it” advice.
Like people are always asking for golden bullets when it comes to learning music and THAT’S IT but when you tell people they go “no, not like that.”

>>126894335
sorry I just woke up from nine sleeping and haven’t talked to anybody in like 30 some hours

>>126894335
Yeah my attention is too much on individual things that evoke emotions and not the "storytelling" part of the song

I wish I never read that stockhausen interview where he talks about repetition making music like a drug. I love stockhausen but I also love repetitive music. Now every time I loop a phrase in my music I imagine stockhausen laughing at me

>>126894571
He might be right though. The past 70 years of music are the past 70 years of music. I should be making stuff that sounds like the future 70 years of music

Watch this
https://youtu.be/KfU-E0ya6QM

>>126890088
I also went through this. You're using the scarlett as your output, so you should be listening through headphones plugge dinbto the scarlett. If you are already using headphones, mess with the input/output on your windows sound settings. Hope you get it sorted, this shit is frustrating when all you wanna do is record ideas. Pic unrelated.

https://voca.ro/1jbkXzf8sG6v

track name: nintendo dswave r4 version

I posted this song the other day and took some advice from a guy from here, here's the final version i have, I won't work on it anymore after this and try to move on to something else.

it's inspired by a game i played recently called Contact on the Nintendo DS

https://vocaroo.com/1fzne23KxQiS

i started my villain arc

>>126896668
That lead felt coherant for about 20 seconds and I think you get across that video game menu music vibe quite well initially, then it just goes off the rails badly, along with the rest of it. Your bass is off and the tone is terrible. The track is ultimately very empty feeling - you haven't got enough going on, even with that batshit busy lead. Props for posting this shit and trying to improve at least.

>my kicks are either loud and boomy
>or clicky and quiet

REEEEEE

amue or distrokid for releasing ?

>>126896701
Bassline is funny, Melody is unintimidating, and you need to learn to mix yo vocals like Drake.

>>126896668
I fucking miss my mid-late 2000s Nokia games so mmuch bros.

>>126896789
Literally just pick a different kick and change the volume lmao

the basses i make today are going to be so fucking colourful it's OVER for you hoes just you fucking wait

>>126896789
best recipe for good kicks is to use two layers, one for the oomph and one for character.
basically one click kick and one boom kick.
really works, i learned a lot by hardstyle kick tutorials (oldschool hardstyle vs newschool) because oldschool hardstyle kicks are very difficult got get right.
i dont even like hardstyle.

>>126897661
link? i'm not a hardstyler either but making those kicks actually pisses me off so bad

i saw a plebbit post about how apparently everybody uses a certain plugin that basically does it for you now? (not kick 2 i'm pretty sure)

>>126897730
Headhunterz computer music masterclass shows how he makes his kicks

>>126897755
thank you

>>126897730
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwJCMPpttVM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUybhqf3WgQ

dusted off the old acoustic
https://voca.ro/1fc4IHhg5zaG

you should be able to snapshot THE WHOLE CHANNEL in ableton i can't map literally 100 things with 10 fx racks and 30-50 different macros into one single rack for that channel what the frick HELP ME ABLETON ;~;

>>126898661
Yeah that would be pretty nice.
Or at least give us a shitton of tiny macros so that we can put everything inside an instrument rack and control everything from it. 16 is too often too few desu
If you're willing to change your workflow a bit, it shouldn't be too difficult to make a device you put somewhere in the project, and with a large number of mappers, controls as many things as you want with a floating panel that has a ton of knobs and can save snapshots.
I can't make it right now, but would you be interested in that?

>>126898868
Thanks but please don't make anything like that on my account; honestly it sounds cool but I probably wouldn't use it.

I used to do larger "master" racks but found that it made re-visiting sounds too difficult to go back to.
I've since adapted my workflow so that every channel only has like 2-3 racks that actually effect the sound and splitting off variations into a new channel and then colour coding or whatever so it's obvious what tracks are variations and not etc.

>>126898983
I see...
Well, ot would be interesting to test out the new "non-destructive" mappers to make something that's not as intrusive as a regular multimapper (which forces you to use its macros when you want to change the parameters) and could potentially just exist in the background for snapshots while you can use your racks as usual.

Potentially we could also make a master/slave system where you have small devices that you place next to racks to pair them, and a global snapshot "controller" device that tells all the small ones when to save and recall the values of their paired rack, with all the settings about excluded macros and whatnot.

>>126899037
would be sick

i feel like you need to make a paid modular system like this for max or something with all these ideas lmao

>>126899049
In my "technical ideas" folder, at least 200 entries are about modular shit like this for when I win the lottery and can pay real engineers to make them for me.
The smaller scope feasible ones I'm already working on but I'll probably be weak and hoard everything lol

>>126899136
>lottery
dw bro ai will save you and do all the work :]

>>126899164
You might actually be right.
My programmer friend has been vibe-coding iOS apps for the past year with Claude and he churns them out super fast (they're mostly utilities so nothing massive, but still).
I don't know how much he makes but he drives an Audi so I'm guessing it's going well for him.

The other option is to use AI to guess the lottery numbers for me. I just need to cash out at the right time between the moment it's able to do it and the moment it shoves us back to the stone age.

i need contact mic'd impulse responses from string instrument bodies and multiple pianos !!

>>126899256
>vibe-coding iOS apps for the past year with Claude
literal hacks. that's going to be a whole ass category of youtube videos in the near future

>The other option is to use AI to guess the lottery numbers for me
you know i never even thought about it outside of already documented cases of people being pushed over the edge into extremism and how to make (illegal) things, but i feel like there's a whole wave of AI aided cyber crime coming lmao

>>126899273
Not sure how they're recorded but PastToFutureReverbs have a ton of instrument IR libraries, most of them available on AudioZ.

>>126899341
This is why i shitpost ty

>>126899305
Oh yeah, any deception-based crime is infinitely more effective now.
Criminals are already faking people's voices to scam people on the phone, and soon it will be real-time video calls.
What scares me is the proliferation of quantum computers, which are currently pretty useless and expensive, but if they get good enough, a lot of our current encryption will become trivial to break overnight (and there are reports of government organizations all over the world hoarding colossal amounts of encrypted Internet communications, waiting for that day).
By the time that happens we'll all be using exclusively post-quantum encryption, but anything going through the Internet before then is at risk.

>>126899444
back to paper records it is

>>126899464
the schizophrenic shall inherit the earth

would you actually listen to this song or should i just give up?
https://voca.ro/1bWeHrTu9pVO

>>126900070
take a funny zoomed in cut out of a video game meme clip or so and merge it with your song and upload it to youtube as a short

>>126900070
i cant listen right now but anon, there are 8 billion people in the world. take a few days break from your song, and judge it yourself. if you like it then someone else probably will also

https://vocaroo.com/1ohyschsoX9u

>>126900070
anon you're trolling bfr

>>126901109
dont be mean :c
take out the resonant synth and this would be some crazy ground zero esque sound collage piece

>>126898223
needs to be longer

>>126890088
Not sure if you figured this out yet, but are you using monitors out the back of the scarlett? You need to have some kind of way to monitor the sound when you are using the scarlett. Usually this means you just set the focusrite as the output for your entire computer, just because it's easier. That's what I do at least. If you are using your computer's output to hear for your PC, this is not gonna work. Because Focusrite USB ASIO is not routing the sound back to your system.

For me, I use the Focusrite and it's hooked up to my studio monitors. My whole PC uses the scarlett as an output, so everything on my computer comes out of my studio monitors. If you are trying to make it so your PC audio is the output but use the Focusrite inputs, I don't know what to tell you. I'm not sure it works.

Also, don't listen to the other guy, there's nothing specific at all about Ableton that makes it better for guitars. DAW is just a DAW, and you don't even have a workflow yet to consider.

>>126900070
posts like this are honestly a waste of space, you have ears too, why don't you tell us if someone would actually listen to this

>>126900908
turn guitars way down so i can hear the vocals

>>126898223
sounds kinda cool, the drums sound pretty great but they completely bury the guitar once it comes back. Maybe you're looking for that though since sometimes the style is that the drums just beat the shit out of everything

>>126893265
Of course we are

Fun chord progression for you guys: Am Em F C
(easily played in C major)

>>126901158
I'll make it longer but it needs another melody line so it doesn't get too boring, maybe. thank you

>>126901342
the drums are bit heavy yeah thank you

listened to those weird instrumental nine inch nails albums once

https://files.catbox.moe/8lyohe.mp4

even my m1 pads do it

https://vocaroo.com/1ajMVttD4sSC

>>126901342
>there's nothing specific at all about Ableton that makes it better for guitars
THE HECKING WARP MODES

bro how am i back to hitting 70-90% on single patches in current year it's a fucking pad what the fuck

>>>/an/5002482
Looks like the entire site is experiencing the same reduction in activity we've been talking about.

>>126902426
I blame the lack of competent moderation

>>126902426


I think a big part of the lack of posts in threads like these specifically is that people just dump vocaroos and say nothing, they don't want to contribute to it in any way. Then everyone feels like nobody talks about the music or even offers critique and then no one feels like posting. Half the posts in /prod/ is usually bullshit between 2 autists, and interspersed is random vocaroo links of people desparately looking for that (You) of validation.

>>126902453
/prod/ has always been exactly like that

>>126902426
Why would anyone even come to this board? Blatant low effort duplicate threads stay up for days, constant polfags trying to agitate people, and obvious shills and schizos are tolerated and prolific. The jannies don’t even look at the catalog, I’ve seen porn threads stay up until they are archived. If you want people to participate on the board you need new mods and jannies that actually want to do their easy job and not just lord over their kpop/metal schizo playpens

>born too late to be classically trained
>born too early to be properly trained in a DAW and not go to a scam modern music school

>>126902469
I think you're right and I'm mostly saying that the degree in which it happens has grown significantly and now it's unbearable for most people. I feel like in the past, every now and then, you could get a few good threads out of it, when the right people were around.

>>126902453
>>126902523
Be that as it may, the decrease in activity across the site that's currently being observed is happening completely independently from what you're talking about.

>>126902483
>>126902523
Yeah that's undoubtedly true. The past 10 years or so have been a continuous declne and in some cases you can even feel the difference between any given moment and the year before.

>>126902548
Right, just two separate nails in the same coffin. I guess the only takeaway from this is to stop coming here habitually.

>>126902548
What if the people who left were simply unsatisfied about the current state of the website but couldn't leave, until they were given a few weeks of detox and realized that they were better off without coming here and just stayed off?

>>126902568
That's been a common theory being thrown around that probably everybody just logically knows to be true at this point lol

>>126902568
Yup. The hack in April did this for a lot of people still hanging on. And we all saw who the mods and jannies really are, rich and influential people that are clearly more interested in curating the boards to fit their goals instead of what we all think it should be, an image board where we can discuss music.

>>126902587
>>126902680
I bet that it's the case for at least a significant portion of those who left, but I don't know that it would be the main reason desu. It just seems strange that so many would leave like that to be this noticeable everywhere.
Could it also be that after the break those who came back had a different attitude towards the site and their tendencies shifted more towards lurking than posting?
Could it be people not knowing that 4chan came back, like someone said in the /an/ thread?
Could it be fewer bots?

>>126902512
>>born too late to be classically trained
huh?
My piano teacher was taught by someone who was taught by someone who was taught by someone who was taught by Beethoven.
You'll never be too late.

>anons will bitch and moan about the state of /prod/ while proceeding to give zero feedback to anybody
Be the change you want for /prod/

>>126902700
It’s not that complicated. The boards are barely moderated and the moderation we do get is biased and lazy. They can’t even sell ads regularly because it’s easier and cheaper to just make a thread and samefag shill

>>126902766
But it's been like that for a long time, while the site has been on a pretty noticeable decline in the past few months.

>>126902774
It gets worse as the moderation gets worse. They don’t even read what gets reported, it’s just a bot looking for n words. The board is dead and it won’t improve unless and until the mods and jannies are replaced or decide to start doing their easy job

>>126902761
I was the one that gave the feedback earlier, or at least acknowledged some of the clips. The problem is coming in here and being the change doesn't convince anybody else to do the same.

>>126902761
Jfc stop whining that’s *one* issue that’s been persistent longer than you’ve been posting in this general.
If every vocaroo ITT got a couple >(You)s it wouldn’t suddenly feel active or thriving as a general again.

>>126902829
I used to post on /prod/ in 2015, anons were a lot better at giving feedback back then, but it sometimes got derailed by that one namefag I can't remember

>>126902854
dubbi, jb, the other one

>>126902885
>dubbi
that's who I was thinking of, dj dubbi

I’ll never make good music if I keep saying the n word under my breath and picking my boogers. This is my lowest point

test [test]

https://vocaroo.com/16vGTYAwKVAq

>>126904550
icle [osterone]

>>126904899
can I get a translation

>>126904918
+ [+]

>>126905065
ah okay ty

i took a break from production for a while and im trying to find a specific video on youtube that i found before i took a break now i cant find it and it's pissing me off

>>126906087
What was it about?

>>126906123
just an example of how someone set up their signal chain when working with a lot of instruments and how they had set up various mix busses. i think the daw was studio one

I thought I was special
I want to be special
I want to be held by someone like you
And loved and embraced
In your loving arms
In your lovely heart
I want to special
I thought I could be special
I thought this would work
But I’ve made my mistakes
And I’m strong enough to admit
That I can cruel
I can be hurtful
I can be hateful
But I can still love
And I want to be loved
I want to be held
In your arms
I want to have something
I want to mean something
I want to have
My own place
In your loving heart
And Think of the way
That I was so special
That I was you special
I could be special
I am special
To someone like you
And I can admit
I can cruel
I can be hurtful
I can be hateful
But never to you
I love you so much
I covet your presence
I hold you in me
I hope you love me
Because I want to be special
I thought I was special
I want to be special
To someone like you

BUMP

the beat on this kneecap song sucks so hard, aside from la politics HOW did this get 6 million views
https://youtu.be/h1J_DVutL-w?si=AueWNbewqS6OCKJR

>>126908976
nobody cares what popular songs you hate fuck off

Hey prod I'm almost done with my country song. I've been a musician for years and years and finally got a home setup going and so I'll post it here as my first song to get acquainted with recording. I've tracked in big studios before but never took the leap into engineering on my own. I'm having a lot of fun and it's weirdly easy to learn because I know so much about everything *around* it. Thanks for reading my blog.
The site is slower because of the hack. It's pretty simple. I've never seen it go down even half that long, I was pretty convinced it was gone for good. Anons faced that reality and dealt with it. Just turns out that it came back. They will be back, the site will get busy again. We all know there isn't anything else like it.

>>126909026
nigga I’m talking about the state of the industry which you clearly are not a part of

>>126909282
Bitch WHERE? No the fuck you weren’t
also >what is payola
Pull your head out of your ass

>Tried to create a beat for a rap to pay someone to rap lyrics over it
>ended up making a rap song for a completely different genre
I don't have much experience with rap.

Do you guys use FL Studio (DAW) or OpenMPT (Tracker)?

https://voca.ro/17yUXymaXxJh

Does the bridge sound wrong melodically? I have demo-idis now and I can't be objective anymore.

Every bpm that sounds good to me is too fast for other peoples' sets idk what to compromise to :|

>want a physical synth because I bloat up my PC by running too much shit at once
>they all suck shit or are missing basic features like USB host
I'm pretty close to just buying a cheap mini-PC and running my DAW exclusively on it.

>>126910161
No idea how people can use trackers they're so confusing

has ultimate vocal remover stopped working for anyone else?

>always had zero issues doing breaks and buildups and intros, was always the first part I did and the easiest for me
>got a banger new track but I just have the drop and its buildup
>everything else I try to come up with, be it bridge after the drop, intro to the song before the buildup, etc etc sounds absolute ass
>I've been stuck at this song for a solid two months now
>don't want to drop the project because the drop is too kino
What do? How do I escape this hell?

>>126912207
just don't release it as a "full" track?
throw it in mixes and other shit and if it comes to you eventually then continue

>>126912379
>bro just stop working on it
I can't, my adhd/ocd whatever it is doesn't let me
I literally CANT not finish a track

>>126912401
nah i'm saying treat it as an abbreviated thing for now

trust me i understand it drives me fucking insane when a track isn't fully written within like 5 days

old style quick day i can haz sleep nao plix ? :c

https://vocaroo.com/1h1MJv6si8DD

this is not where i mean to go currently but..,,,, zz...

>>126912401
>I literally CANT not finish a track
wut, I have dozens or even hundreds of unfinished tracks that will probably never be finished nor released

>>126912573
Everybody here has heard your trash cuckchan.
Opinion irrelevant.

>>126912488
pretty good for a le sad animeroo, it's got a groove to it
>>126912600
shut up troll lmao

>>126912488
Love the section at 22s

>>126910258
>>126912488

comment on each other's vocaroos and i'll comment on it too. that is our pact.

>>126912658
Thank you

>>126912682
I attention whore on my own terms and provide feedback separately sorry

>>126912682
I used to do big comments and give feedback to every vocaroo in the thread except mine in hopes of getting at least some feedback, but nope.
gave up since it's wasted effort on the egotistical retards ITT

>>126912697
I lost a lot of respect for you anime man

>>126912735
I get it, just like anime man has become

Also, regarding your track, I think the snare is a bit too loud. Your bridge thing is short and isn't much of a departure from the rest of the song so it sounds fine. Also a bridge is a great time to not sound "right" as the whole point is to provide some contrast

>>126912963
>your track
I haven't posted a track her in like 3 weeks. At least link the shit you're commenting on

>>126913004
sorry, i assumed you were >>126910258

No matter how many hours you spend on FL studio, you will never have soul like this
https://youtu.be/ffwVKDP8nzQ?feature=shared

wtf armin got ripped
is this what you need to look like to be a successful music producer now?
fuck i am ngmi

Is there a good AI service for re singing vocals? I have a good verse sample it's just a shitty singer

>>126913465
What are those spots?
Why is his skin tone/color so disgusting?

>>126913647
I just assume it's because he dutch

feed my ego give me (You)s
https://vocaroo.com/1evjFmxegUdJ

I have an FP30X digital piano, what retard friendly software could I use to have it play other sound fonts?

how do i decide on what genre i want to work on? should i record multiple versions of the same project and see which one i like best? and what if i like them all equally? just release them as some sort of experimental thing?

I’m recording an electribe 2 through $14.88 onn speaker with an iPad microphone in GarageBand and recording vocals the same way monitored with some 10 earbuds. Hot or not?

https://voca.ro/1hwEu0GI9lDB

>>126915164
https://voca.ro/1okvFMbzYQvp
Different vocal take

>>126914170
frankly quite boring, takes too long to get going, also your drums are a tiny bit loud too. I can hear your strings pumping to the kick

>>126915164
I can't even tell what your saying and it sounds like there's no real coherent rhythm to this, that and you're lagging behind and going out of breath at parts it seems


>>126915130
??????? I dunno man, choose whatever vibes with you currently, also you won't like them all equally, there's no way

>>126914397
https://sfzformat.com/software/players/

just starting trying them or just load up FL soundfont player which is quite easy

>>126915412
>choose whatever vibes with you currently
i vibe with all of them currently
>also you won't like them all equally, there's no way
yes i will

>>126915412
>I can hear your strings pumping to the kick
You mean it sounds like the strings get quieter when the kick hits?

>>126915482
ok them make them all, but you already know that based on yoru response so i dunno why you asked

>>126915506
yes, everything ducks to the kick

>>126915520
thank you

>>126914170
noob garbage sorry

>>126915204
>>126915164
have you ever listened to hip-hop before? i can hear what you're trying to do but i'm so confused as to how you thought you got anywhere close or how it would make sense on this beat.

>>126900908
if you completely remixed this (turned the guitar way the fuck down) this would be completely passable

>>126915532
now give your fellow anons a listen and say something

>>126900908
either turn vocals up or guitars down but it sounds cool

>>126915822
i dont feel comfortable doing that right now

>>126915822
stop trying to police everybody like a faggot jfc

>>126915855
>asking people to contribute is policing them

the state of /prod/

>>126915870
you know exactly what i mean you pedantic little bitch

>>126910258
The bridge works perfectly with the song. I'm not sure if this is a style i'm not aware of but it's a pretty unique track from my perspective. The only thing I'd ask for is a bit more variation in the main sections, it's not quite repetitive but close to it. I was wishing for something to be different when the main section comes back on at 2:20 compared to say 1:20.

>>126915882
The only thing I can imagine is that you are somebody deprived of (You)s for your music so you're being overtly hostile, lashing out. These threads are close to being completely dead if we don't have people actually interacting (outside of shit like we're doing)

>>126915988
>These threads are close to being completely dead
/prod/ has 60 replies a day while /dmp/ is on 40. There's still wiggle room but it becomes higher maintenance when most threads can't reach the bump limit anymore.

>>126915946
Thank you basedchan for this feedback. Yeah I agree with you. I always struggle with that fine line of too simple and too complected. I actually did try making a variation of that main "riff" before I posted the song, but I couldn't find any other notes that worked. I've been saying I will take piano lessons for 20 years, but I'm a fuck up. I'll look into the chord's notes and see if there's any clues tot more variation(s).

>>126912963
thanks anon. I'm experimenting with the idea of loud snares. I like a lot of stuff with loud snares like Def Leppard and Ratt. Also a lot of 80's R&B and New Wave that has claps, snaps, and/or tambourine on every snare hit. I feel like loud snares help white people feel the beat better somehow. Now too much bass/kick on the other hand......
Opinions, opinions. ¯\_(シ)_/¯
Also I dont know if you meant me or another anon, but I did give feedback to at least one other person ITT.

goes on and on and on and on and onand

https://vocaroo.com/1cl6B861QZXB

>>126916603
Cute girl
Not a cute song
Although i do love the pads that come in halfway through the song, and whatever is happening at 0:55 is cool. I like the second half much more than the first

newer track. made on Reaper while the other two are FL studios. I think i made the sub bass too loud, what do you think?
https://vocaroo.com/1da8GGWcGlYN

>>126881312 (OP)

What would you call that super modern sounding breakbeat where the BOOM KAH BOOM KAH is really emphasis and super compressed and clean sounding and the ghost notes and hats are really minimal are in the background?

I'm trying to put a section like that in a song and I haven't got a clue what you would call that, where to find samples like that, or even how to search for a youtube tutorial? any free loops around?

>>126917162
https://vocaroo.com/1gwRmAvteu02

*quarter note hi hats*

>>126917162
>>126917206
Just look up any tutorial for “jump up”
All the same rules for dnb apply but the sound selection is cleaner and the beats are comparatively minimal.

>>126912488
Actually goated. Love the rhythms

>>126917224

Thats exactly what I was looking for Thank you.

Alot of the tutorials start talking about hi hat tricks and basslines and skip actually synthesizing/making/compressing the kicks and snares. Some of them tell me to buy their sample pack lol. Are most people just finding great samples?

https://youtu.be/dpPtwsvYUUQ
Can Cubase not do quarter tones (or microtuning in general)?

>>126918240
https://archive.steinberg.help/cubase_nuendo_plugin_reference/v8/en/_shared/topics/plug_ref/micro_tuner_r.html

>>126918301
Cool, thanks

>>126917816
> Are most people just finding great samples?
Yes

Final bump

>>126916840
synth pad too quiet
sub too loud
drums too loud
but nevermind the mix, the sound selection honestly just sucks. Get some better sounds, whether you pirate some VSTs, or source some sample packs, or get some real instruments. The downtempo feel of this musically is at complete odds with the sound selection (the drums are especially out of place), and the synths sound quite thin/weak. It started to get a little better towards the end, musically there's good ideas here, but it's a poor production.

TL;DR - invest in better sounds.

airwindows for dubstep ? :0

>>126916840
I agree with the other anon for the most part. Bass definitely way too loud, drowning stuff out. The drums are a tad too loud but I think if you tame the transients a little you wouldn't have to adjust the actual volume much. I think what I'm feeling about this track is that it's a bit too dry for what the style is. Usually these synthwave-y songs are drenched in reverb. It's really obvious around 1:20~ and beyond when the pad doesn't fill up the space. Maybe you can try to wetten it up and show us again. Also maybe that pad could have a little modulation, a little movement. I get the struggle with making lead saw kind of sounds good though, I have the same issue with what I'm working on. Composition isn't bad though.

>>126916603
I like the second half because it stays somewhat consistent and I like the little pad behind it, gives it a nice contrast.
Here is what I'm revisiting and my lead sound is kind of boring, but how's the rest? WIP https://vocaroo.com/14WT5mFVz5qW

>>126921635
>lead
i can easily hear that being spiced up by making it a semi call and response thing:
the staccato part would be left as is and then the runs would have a phaser, a slight sync, the same patch but with a saw, a different wetter reverb.... you get the idea.
obviously it's already solid composition wise

>>126921712
That's a good idea too. I think I could try to thicken it up anyway. It sounds kind of thin. I do think it sits above the mix well, but it's kind of boring. Not a lot of movement, and I think it only works during the chorus because it's just a mass of harmony to help thicken it out. But on it's own, as a lead, it sucks. Anyway, thanks.

>write melody
>sounds like ass
>loop the same melody
>sounds good
God i am such a terrible judge of my own music

any advice on vocal production?
https://voca.ro/18jx1PeXsb7f

https://voca.ro/1lsHcimJWqqw

i don't know what i should be doing for either of these styles. also don't care if you don't like my voice.

>>126922329
jfc the throwback

you're supposed to be switching everything up per section.
change the amount of doubles, any effects processing, the delays, the width of your panning. ll of that shit.

first of the day IDK IDeeKayyy imma try another one tho if i don't fall asleep first zzz

https://vocaroo.com/1lPrMTeka9yG

>>126921137
>>126921635
thanks anons
>Maybe you can try to wetten it up and show us again
I would but the project file is several thousand miles away lol. I saved the feedback for later tho.

>>126923000
me on the right

I'm back
https://voca.ro/1noaBITUgWfk
rate the outro

>>126916840
i want at least one synth to be close to as loud as the drums to tell me what the "lead" instrument is. Right now, it' just drums with background "stuf"
I would look into layering your synths to get bigger sounds. You're on the right track with arranging though. You already have a C section which makes this light years ahead of most current pop music. Just need to up your (i hate this word) production.

i made a stab and it's good and i'm finally gonna make a techno that's good and it'll be minimal and good and i will feel good

chris johnson lend me your energy

eh whatevs i'm too EEPY now :c

https://vocaroo.com/1dAkyb6qXEix

>>126923000
I just downloaded P5x a couple hours ago, played for maybe 45 minutes and had to stop because I was exhausted. Old men can't game, I guess.
>>126926836
I especially dig this one :3 Is that klank the stab sound you were talking about?

>>126927007
kek i downloaded 3 specifically because of you(?) finished it yesterday. good depression game.

> you were talking about?
idk what or who you're talking about but yes

i was scrubbing through some of the audio i bounced yesterday for wub-wub-wub and some bits of it just happened to work.
layer with m1 piano for the attack. compress. derez. boom

>>126927059
>because of you(?)
Lol, yes; I have mentioned that some of your clips reminded me of new-Persona in the past.
I have yet to play through 3; some day. Unfortunately I read about the ending and can't forget what I read. It's about the journey, I suppose.

>m1
I knew it! It gave me vibes of that time you were trying to replicate that G Jones stab.

>>126896668
This is fine. Idk what other anon is talking about. It's not great but not bad, the minimalism makes sense for the style. Because it's so minimal though you do need strong melodic ideas. I would study some references, especially their melody.

You put an envelope on the fine pitch, right anon?

>>126927990
Based vital enjoyer

>>126894571
He also made a piece with four helicopters so his opinion sucks

pop demo
what does it need? what doesnt it need?
does it have any potential?

https://vocaroo.com/1hAcR6VY5Jai

>>126930063
Work on your sense of rhythm first lmfao

>>126930242
don’t just be a hater dude, the rhythm is not that bad. so what if it’s not perfectly quantized? it’s not like im way off with my timing.

>>126930279
>the rhythm is not that bad
It is
>it’s not like im way off with my timing
You are

>>126930341
well, i’m sure you’re probably a busy person, but if you find the time, record a version of my demo yourself and show me what it would sound like with “proper” and “correct” timing.

i would really like to hear how drastic the difference would be.

you see, i was raised on dilla and madlib, so naturally my drumming style leans a little on the loose side.

>>126930390
> so naturally my drumming style leans a little on the loose side
Dude can you fucking not
There’s a difference between intentional swing and “loose” playing that’s supposed to be on time.
Your timing is beyond loose. It’s just bad.

>>126930406
ok motherfucker it’s just a demo that i made in 30 minutes it’s not meant to be a fully polished and fleshed out song yet, it’s literally just a musical sketch. focus on and discuss the arrangement, motifs, sounds, mixing, anything else. the timing issue can be fixed easily in a new recording.

>>126930390
If it's a matter of style and not ability you should be able to record a tight performance if you decided to.

>>126930444
If you’re going to act like this and come flip through hoops coming up with copes when people point out flaws in your songs just don’t fucking post dude jfc.
The song isn’t good either way and nobody is going to want to give you constructive feedback now that they know what a faggot you’re going to be about it

>>126930063
How long have you been producing?

>>126930453
yes i absolutely could if im recording a finalized version of the song.

i could be wrong here, but im pretty sure the idea of demos for any artist has never been about nailing the metronomically precise timing and executing the most flawlessly articulated notes, but yknow, forming a general idea of a song and its structure, it’s progressions and patterns.

>>126930469
coming up on 2 years

>>126930500
>>126930502
How in the fuck did you develop a fragile little ego after two years lmao.
Get the fuck over yourself dude

>>126930465
that’s fine if you think that’s how it’s gonna go, and look at you getting so mad. i think it’s you with the anger issues. I ask for feedback and all you can say is “timing bad lol”. it’s like, thanks, could you be more descriptive? use more precise language? that’s kinda the point of this thread? how off is my timing? a half bar? is my snare more out of time than my kick? ok so you don’t think it’s good, can you describe why in theoretical music terms? for example, you find the main melody too simplistic, the timbre of the high register synth annoys you, the root notes of the bassline could provide more counterpoint, etc.

otherwise, it just seems like you’re being an annoying unhelpful faggot. put up or shut up as they say.

>>126930512
had it since birth, it follows me into all my interests and any aspect of my life.

but the way you’re malding seems to indicate you’re not much better of a person, maybe worse actually

I am 99% sure the dude is baiting

>>126930500
Between "not flawless demo" and "embarrassingly bad" there's a whole spectrum and you're way closer to the latter than the former.
2 years isn't much so there's nothing wrong with not being good as a beginner, but you need to accept that this is really bad timing and not just "playing loose", or you're going to have a much steeper climb with an attitude like that.
I'm 100% not trying to be mean. I can't play on time either.

>>126930572
>>126930576
> i think it’s you with the anger issues.
lol okay anon

>>126930596
Hopefully. Acting like that is just embrrasssing

>>126930572
Descriptive feedback like that takes exponentially more time and effort, which they might not be willing to spend on you.
Quick feedback isn't as helpful but it's still a valuable extra perspective that you can take into account and perhaps notice something you haven't before.
You can't expect strangers online to do anything for you, and listening to your clip and giving you any reply at all is already more than you're owed, so you have to learn to make do with what you get.
Especially considering that most of your listeners are probably not going to be producers or musicians, so they won't think about the exact reasons why something in your song is bad; they'll just think it's bad and that's it, and it's your job to avoid that.

>>126930633
Don't feed the trolls anon

>>126930597
ok, im willing to accept you might be right, and i appreciate that you’re saying you’re not trying to be mean. i could’ve focused harder, enabled timing correction or even used the built in metronome, but, i was high and thought i was cooking up a vibe, so i wanted to see how it would go over with the 4chan gang. not well i see. you’ve always been my harshest critics. and that’s a good thing.

but before i can take your opinion 100% seriously

who are your top 5 favorite, edm/rap/pop producers? and how long have you been producing? what daw and equipment do you have? everyone criticizing me please answer this.

I am now 100% sure the guy is baiting.
Do not feed the troll.

>>126930666
god forbid someone be sincere on a dead self help 4chan thread at 4am. you guys suck.

How many compositional ideas do you guys get, say, in a week and how many of them do you dislike and discard?

>>126930659
>but before i can take your opinion 100% seriously
Why would that matter to us? We gave you our opinion and if you want to ignore it that's on you.
Why would we start a game of street cred where we start arguing about how good our favorite producers are ad if that's a proxy for how correct we are in giving you feedback?
I'm starting to agree with the other Anons, this is really bait-like.

>>126930720
idk why you’re speaking as if you’re the mouthpiece for some /prod/ monolith, it’s not “we” or “us” right now it’s still just “you” giving me your opinion. i promise im not baiting, im not coming to this thread to start shit and get people riled up for the fun of it. i enjoy making music, wanna get better and discuss it with like minded people. i also love 4chan so whats better than this? though, to be fair i think you guys and /prod/ historically has been kinda shitty for advice or discussion, that’s why people often go to /g/ for their prod thread where people give actual constructive or detailed descriptive feedback.

this whole nonsense about “strangers on the internet don’t owe you blah blah you’re lucky to get someone to listen and reply even” like no obviously that’s the wrong attitude and mentality to have in a thread that is literally supposed to be all about discussing music production. everyone even the shittiest people that are earnestly trying should be getting feedback regularly.

no it’s not a game about street cred in proxy for feedback, it’s more like, these guys claim to be an authority on this, i atleast wanna know what their background is and where they’re coming from.

honest to god man, i didn’t care about the timing of that song, I just wanted to know if others felt it possible to make a decent 1 to 2 minute pop song with the general drum patterns, hook, and structure /melody / bassline i displayed in the demo.

Do NOT reply to the bait.

>>126930716
so many ideas
discard all of them, finish 3 songs a year
i'm scared i will die with all my based musical ideas, gotta finish more tracks

>>126930829
ah yes, sorry master, we shouldn’t be using the thread for it’s intended purpose of discussing music production and helping each other out, keeping it active and engaging, we should just ignore like half of the people who post music, give shitty, vague less than a sentence long replies to some, and have a little constructive dialogue with like 2 people, every. single. thread.

>>126930807
We're at least 3 people talking to you, and yes, this is just our opinion. Feel free to disagree.

>like no obviously that’s the wrong attitude and mentality to have in a thread that is literally supposed to be all about discussing music production
People have their own shit to deal with. You can't expect people to spend 30 minutes to help you get better as a favor. If it happens, great. If it doesn't, then complaining about it as if you were entitled to it is asshole behavior.

>these guys claim to be an authority on this
No one claimed to be an authority. We're telling you what we think and if you disagree that's fine.

>honest to god man, i didn’t care about the timing of that song
You're going to think I'm just saying this to be mean, but the timing isn't the only bad thing about the song. It's just what jumps out the most.
Literally everything else is bad too, which really makes me think this is just bait.
I'm going to stop responding to you now.

>1 anon's shitpost has been the only discussion topic for the last 2 hours
I admire his commitment to the bit, tbqh
he should probably get a job tho

>>126930716
Just Ideas? A lot. Ones that I actually start and spend more than like 20 minutes expanding on? Probably 20~
At least half of those are immediately deleted after initial writing and the rest probably don’t make it to even being complete drafts.
It’s ultimately only 1-3 songs a week that usually get real attention.

fuck me what a mess
but I'm finally approaching the end
just finetuning left

>>126930914
>we are 3 people
lmao and you’re doing it again, you sure you’re not the baiter?
yes and you’re only one of these people, speak for yourself, you can stop speaking for other people.

>people have their own shit to deal with
bro are you retarded? this isn’t like a guitar center where you are paid employees and your time is so valuable you can only afford to talk to durr strangers on the internet for 30 min or less, this is hobbyist forum.

if you have shit to do, go do it. there’s no hurry? these threads stay up days. no one is obligated to any particular amount of time, great constructive criticism can be said in 45 seconds or less. or sure, someone could go above and beyond and spend an hour breaking down my track.

no one is complaining or feeling entitled to feedback. my only point is, we are all here to discuss and advise each others music, so for one stop acting like it’s a chore you queer, that’s what this thread exists for, and secondly if you are going to post some advice, or feedback, make it actually worthwhile instead of the dumbest shit possible.

criticizing the timing is valid, but it would be more helpful to explain if you think it’s off by alot or by a little, maybe point out what are the parts of the song where it’s the worst.

but regardless, i could hear someone with shitty timing attempt a song and still enjoy the particular chord progression, song structuring they used or melody they wrote and offer some feedback to the song outside the aspect of timing.

>you’re gonna think im saying it to be mean
no
again, you say its bad, which is fine, but we all understand the subjectivity of music taste. if you think it’s bad, you can still try and articulate why it’s bad. maybe the ostinato bass riff is too repetitive for your taste, not enough diatonic movement, maybe you don’t even like electronic dance music, that’s where knowing your background would give me a better idea where you’re coming from.

>>126930938
off till Monday

>>126931088
You twist words and make shit up in a very similar way to Chuzo

>>126930991
is this ableton?

>>126931109
yup

>>126931097
>Chuzo
I was thinking it when he specified “pop” and immediately flipped out.
The similar delusion about his abilities, lack of an ear and timeline is also… suspicious.

That’s chuzo’s music in my head cannon until proven otherwise.

>>126930914
oh and lastly
nice attempt at a cop out with
>no one claimed to be an authority durr
hey bud, if you’re giving someone advice on a given subject, that usually implicitly implies you have some authority on the thing you’re trying to advise the other person on.

>>126931170
tfw you’re so chronically online you’re a prod regular and make head canons about random users being some other chronically online retard

and this is why I have a sneaking suspicion that IDK if you guys are actually worth listening to, you seem like bigger retards than me. i come to prod to post stuff I’m working on a handful of times a year. I’ve posted some hip hop stuff here before that was well received.

>>126931170
Lmao let's hope it's just him switching up the baits and not a second Chuzo blessing our thread with even more schizophrenia and retardation for the foreseeable future.

>>126931283
>head canons about random users
this thread is much more entertaining.
that way

the only way to look at these threads is as casual fun, or a joke.
if you take them seriously you’re hurting yourself

>>126931427
Just got done recording and mixing and mastering a pop-punk song. Wrote it for a girl I've been seeing.

Gypsy Tricks - Untamed
https://vocaroo.com/1htC10cLmbt6
(I think Vocaroo may have compressed it or downsampled)

Spent a lot of time refining this but I'd like some feedback on ANYTHING that needs improvement. I want it to blow her socks off when I show her. She's a phenomenal singer and I'd like her to take this as an example of the quality of work I do, because I'd love to help her record and put out some original songs.

>>126932381
are you seriously trying to trick me to prove a point right now? lol

i hear parts lifted directly from mayday parade

>>126932381
Can't listen to the song but the cover art is terrible

>>126932460
no i'm not. i honestly don't listen to mayday parade. can you post the song you're referring to?

>>126932593
it's a placeholder, this isn't for an album or anything. i might make more like it and then revisit an actual album cover

>>126932381
>https://vocaroo.com/1htC10cLmbt6
bv's/doubles in chorus are too low, not really audible as doubles or bv's but you can hear them as a hum.
the choppy guitar rhythm has no groove
when the choppy guitar and the high riff play they sound out of time
there is no space in the song. until 2:15 it seems like you are singing constantly. like a blast of vocals, all sort of the same dynamic.
i listened a few times. at high volume i don't like the snare transient and at lowish volume (normal background headphone volume) the snare sounds low as in the direction low.
there is something i don't like about the mix, like is isn't glued or cohesive sounding. it doesn't sound like a band playing it sounds like a guy singing and separately a drum is playing and separately the loud guitar is playing but we are hearing them together.

>>126932717
>the snare sounds low as in the direction low.
NTA but what the hell does that mean

>>126932717
>isn't glued or cohesive sounding
Any suggestions to provide more cohesive mix? I have the drums on a bus, guitar on a bus and the vocals on a bus. I've never done a full Mix Bus. Would you recommend doing so, and if so what should the chain look like?

>low snare
I'll see what I can do about the snare - I think I understand what you mean. It's getting swallowed by other parts of the mix?

>there is no space in the song
I'll accept the criticism of there being no space in the song in terms of dynamics, but I'll keep that in mind for future tracks. I personally like the overall arrangement of this one.

>the choppy guitar rhythm has no groove
it's syncopated based off of the snare but i guess i can kind of see what you mean. i like the groove it has.

Thanks for the feedback anon, pretty good stuff.

i still use paul stretch in current year

>>126933093
based

Probably the cringest thing I have read in my life. Taken from the In The Mix discord. There is a remix competition and this from a guy submission. Holy fuck this is painful to read.

>>126933163
wow thanks for sharing this with us

>>126933163
>cat profile picture
checks out

>>126933163
He's a real human being

>>126933402
a real cringe one. a real redditor. a real autist.

>>126933411
Idk i think you are a cynical person, and that is why it is painful for you to read. Like a vampire to sunlight

>>126933430
no this person is delusional and autistic. sharing your fantasies of touring with an artist you made a remix for in such redditor fashion is....autistic.

>>126933448
as opposed to you, the well adjusted neurotypical who spreads joy everywhere he goes?

>>126933448
>4chan poster calling others autistic

>>126933473
calm down alexandru. people enjoy my presence, and yes i'm fun at parties.

alexandrew. is that a name you give to your kid when they come out as siamese twins?

>FUS FUS FUS FUS FUS
good morning me ! did you- NO

https://vocaroo.com/1aNJFtHWu7Ij

>all my synth presets sound shit
>rarely make anything longer than a minute in length
>i just run out of ideas and/or i start hating it
>it's been like this since i started making music a year ago

No idea if any of this is getting me anywhere. Is this how you get better?

>>126934277
Practice finishing ideas even if they’re bad or you’ll never learn to finish

>>126934277
experiment more and come up with unique stuff you are inspired to finish. i dont see the purpose in finishing boring material you arent passionate about anyways

>>126934376
That's what I think. It's a chore enough as it is why should I torture myself with finishing shit I hate

>>126933880
おはよう~
Love the warm bitcrush crackle; reminds me of my ES-1 (rip main dial encoder).
Madwreck posted a new track this morning too -- should be up on the modarchive soon!

>>126933880
as the other anon said, cool bitcrush, really gives it a nice vibe. I feel like the snare doesn't fit quite right, maybe try with a shorter, more cut-off sound

https://voca.ro/1aZ2CDdyalEg
how do you feel about the L/R pan for the mecha startup sounds?
should I just center it? I feel like it sounds more kino this way. Or maybe even MORE pan?

https://youtu.be/lPgG_QobPHY?si=OcQemFtV1DX0YdFO

https://voca.ro/1fHPLl83kTr7

>>126933880
bootiful

>>126935232
based, i like the acid-y synths

https://voca.ro/1ol3DPB7OYKG

https://vocaroo.com/14MrwcpsqudZ

>>126934277
If it makes you feel any better, here's Daft Punk's first song, from 1994.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpTlXmzmeBk

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