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Yo yo yo some pretty good stuff you dudes posted. Any good tips or online guides to the intricacies of mixing and eventually mastering? As I said in my previous post mixing is def the most ignant part of my production so far. Also digging this a lot
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New track: https://soundcloud.com/formalbad/smoove Been making a lot of darker beats lately so decided to do something lighter. This track has more of an RnB vibe to it, I guess.
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Sep 20, 2013 11:26
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What techniques do you guys use to come up with change ups when you don't have one in your mind already? I feel like I make good beats but they're just sixteen bar loops. When I try expanding them into a song I often struggle to come up with alternate parts and am frustrated at the alternate parts I do come up with, sometimes inspiration just won't flow. One thing I've been doing lately that helps a bit is to start with drums and bass, and then come up with three separate melodies/harmonizations for it. At least then you've got a few patterns to play around with. You can then do things like rip the bassline out and write a new one that goes with the three new parts you just wrote.
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Workin on some stuff for a halloween beat tape: http://tindeck.com/listen/laux
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Can anyone give me feedback on the mixing of the vocals in this drunken freestyle? I think I might have gone too FX heavy http://snd.sc/16RJxSx edit: i saw some of you listened to it, i uploaded a fixed version and isolated all the instrumental tracks so i could mix it better ashgromnies fucked around with this message at 21:05 on Sep 22, 2013 |
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An Enormous Boner posted:http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3505513&userid=52930 is this some new kind of tiktok t1000
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Sep 23, 2013 00:55
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a polish rapper named lil pierogi just followed me on soundcloud
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my boy XP dropped a new video yesterday he is going on world tour with macklemore in like 2 weeks for those of you that have met me you might spot me in here a couple of times  http://djbooth.net/index/tracks/review/xperience-new-religion
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THNDRTHF posted:my boy XP dropped a new video yesterday bro where's my ticket to the macklemore fame train?  seriously though that's awesome, congrats dude. great video
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Sep 26, 2013 00:18
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we the new rockstars https://soundcloud.com/goobermusic/deller
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I've just gotten to a point I feel comfortable sharing with others , so here I go https://soundcloud.com/verrore/f-it Verror fucked around with this message at 05:24 on Apr 8, 2016 |
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Its my first time posting in this thread. I've been doing music in other forms for ten years but recently started doing beats, I'm only a month into doing this but would like feedback on my instrumentals. https://soundcloud.com/666xdimension/dastreetz
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jerk mcgerkin posted:Its my first time posting in this thread. I've been doing music in other forms for ten years but recently started doing beats, I'm only a month into doing this but would like feedback on my instrumentals. there's no swing
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Thoogsby posted:there's no swing Thank you, are you referring to the swing In the parts I wrote, or the swing of the all the hits in general? or both? Edit: Actually I totally hear it now. jerk mcgerkin fucked around with this message at 22:57 on Sep 29, 2013 |
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Sep 29, 2013 21:45
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step your game up cause these Tokyo motherfuckers are playing for keeps https://soundcloud.com/09le1246/mellow-mind
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tokyo beatmakers are too good sometimes i wonder what i'm even doing but then i stop thinking about it so much and just make stuff instead http://snd.sc/1fJOIdy
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Verror posted:I've just gotten to a point I feel comfortable sharing with others , so here I go this is sick, mix it better, or send it to me and i will mix it
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reminds me of leaned out mirwais e: flylo too THNDRTHF fucked around with this message at 01:57 on Oct 3, 2013 |
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hey i could just message you this but to ashgromnies im sorry for taking my sweet rear end time after bein so interested in your beats but im still working on it! just a couple other things on my plate right now and this time im not promisin any thursday dates, but ima stay in sight in this thread. I just bought an ableton Push controller. here's something i made before i had the controller https://soundcloud.com/tyleromusic/star-joggin-prod-tylero/s-R0s2N (warning really lovely rapping, i wasnt feeling the beat when i made it but thought it would be a nice challenge for practice) also im gettin a buncha beats from this local homie in the next while https://soundcloud.com/classicroots/living-in-the-sky-hold and his beats are really cool i thought u guys might wanna hear them
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Whatever man do whatever you want, I owe Ladle Lady/wormwood a remix that I have been sitting on for like six months. Last night I was like "MAN I really want to do the stones throw forum beat battle" because jonwayne posted about doing it himself on Twitter. I had the dates wrong, the new samples come out on Saturday and you have to submit your entry by Wednesday... woops, well I made one anyway out of their samples just for fun: https://soundcloud.com/seesub-1/stonesthrow-343 conventionalcat posted:hey i could just message you this but to ashgromnies im sorry for taking my sweet rear end time after bein so interested in your beats but im still working on it! just a couple other things on my plate right now and this time im not promisin any thursday dates, but ima stay in sight in this thread. I just bought an ableton Push controller. here's something i made before i had the controller https://soundcloud.com/tyleromusic/star-joggin-prod-tylero/s-R0s2N (warning really lovely rapping, i wasnt feeling the beat when i made it but thought it would be a nice challenge for practice) edit just listened to that song, the beat is cool but it sounds like you have like 4 vocal tracks that are all off time playing at once
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3 or 4 tracks at once is exactly what's happening. i apologize i rushed it out to say that i did it.. im not sure anything good has ever been produced like that. i can hear myself fine but its cuz i can keep track of all the different takes since its me in there messin up. it's actually a new problem ive been having because i enjoy using multiple tracks to do harmonies and poo poo in my adlibs when im using melodies and stuff (which i only started doing with these 50 songs). i'll be working on it (in general tho, wont be updating that track) and thanks for the feedback! it's helpful to know that that is what stands out from the track. i was never sure what kinda advice i could get from you guys in this here thread but i want to get as much decent constructive criticism as i can, as obviously itd help me learn how to get better which i feel i need to do.
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conventionalcat posted:3 or 4 tracks at once is exactly what's happening. i apologize i rushed it out to say that i did it.. im not sure anything good has ever been produced like that. i can hear myself fine but its cuz i can keep track of all the different takes since its me in there messin up. it's actually a new problem ive been having because i enjoy using multiple tracks to do harmonies and poo poo in my adlibs when im using melodies and stuff (which i only started doing with these 50 songs). i'll be working on it (in general tho, wont be updating that track) and thanks for the feedback! it's helpful to know that that is what stands out from the track. i was never sure what kinda advice i could get from you guys in this here thread but i want to get as much decent constructive criticism as i can, as obviously itd help me learn how to get better which i feel i need to do. If your timing isn't dead on it will sound weird. There are tricks you can do when mixing to blend them together too -- compression, reverb and panning can make them into one more cohesive sound. The goal with multi tracking usually isn't to sound like there are a bunch of you rapping at the same time but to thicken it up... you can do other things too like take a low-pass filtered vocal take and mix it in to fatten the bottom. When I've been recording my friend lately we have been using two mics, one dynamic and one compressor. That gives us two vocal tracks that are perfectly timed and it often sounds thick enough after mixing that we don't need to thicken it up any more and can just record an ad-lib/accent track and call it a day.
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ashgromnies posted:If your timing isn't dead on it will sound weird. There are tricks you can do when mixing to blend them together too -- compression, reverb and panning can make them into one more cohesive sound. The goal with multi tracking usually isn't to sound like there are a bunch of you rapping at the same time but to thicken it up... you can do other things too like take a low-pass filtered vocal take and mix it in to fatten the bottom. Ah yeah, this is one of those rare weird tracks that's not bad enough for me to delete it instantly but not good enough for me to practice the timing and make a decent recording. laziness cuz i like just moving on when i know id never personally listen to the finished product. i like to think my timing can be a lot better but when i mess it up it always creates that bunch-of-me-rapping effect, ive messed with compression and panning (in other songs) but not reverb yet. that one happens to be completely raw or whatever tho. sounds sweet, the setup you've got going on with your friend! i enjoy doing multiple takes and stacking them and listening to the synchronization. it helps me figure out what to do better for my next take / song when i can hear multiple delivery styles overlapping each other for comparison. and rapping in-sync-with-myself is always good practice / learning experience (i.e. https://soundcloud.com/tyleromusic/50-songs-song-1/s-0dl3R https://soundcloud.com/tyleromusic/still-beat-by-superdeejaybee/s-nOXv4 2 tracks where i didn't do anything terribly off-sync) btw the Ableton Push controller is really fuckin sweet and fun to play with, in case anyone didn't know. i'm still amateur as poo poo but i really like the layouts of the notes on the controller and the control over the software. can't wait to dive further into this e: id just like to add that i think it's mostly when i write more phonetically-awkward lyrics to spit or more complicated flows that i mess up more often, unable to achieve that 'perfect take' that i have in my head when i write them -- e2: new thing https://soundcloud.com/tyleromusic/first-fuckin-awesome-thing goal is to learn sidechain compression / ducking and how to produce a complete sounding beat by finishing it. any good beginner info that i may be overlooking would be appreciated. also if anyone wants to mess around with my sloppy thing (that i think sounds awesome) and make a beat with it they can! or any suggestions as i finish it e3: vv awesome vv conventionalcat fucked around with this message at 12:42 on Oct 5, 2013 |
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little bit minimal but i like it gently caress you https://soundcloud.com/goobermusic/straughburry
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is my mixing getting better https://copy.com/X2hGdmCEXSOc this is the first mix, no effects on it. just compression/some EQ
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Thoogsby posted:i need to get a fuggin mpc which one are you looking at? beat battles are fun https://soundcloud.com/seesub-1/stbb-344 can be hard though! good creative exercise.
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Dk, If I was gonna pull the trigger I'd probably get a 2000XL. I might just go with an MPD though. Way cheaper and I can travel with it easily and I'm pretty comfortable warping/sampling in Ableton. e: I'm currently using the 8 pads on my axiom midi keyboard so anything is an upgrade. Thoogsby fucked around with this message at 03:07 on Oct 8, 2013 |
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Danny Brown - The Return feat. Freddie Gibbs https://soundcloud.com/foolsgoldrecs/danny-brown-the-return-feat
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Danny Brown is one rapper who i listen to and instantly feel disqualified from rapping (doesnt stop me from trying to measure up once im done listening tho). bonkers is an understatement (yet totally accurate) e- gangsta gibbs totally kills danny on that track tho conventionalcat fucked around with this message at 00:43 on Oct 10, 2013 |
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THNDRTHF posted:Danny Brown - The Return feat. Freddie Gibbs poo poo, I should just quit making beats. Here's 2 new tracks anyway. https://soundcloud.com/formalbad/tuli https://soundcloud.com/formalbad/dusty
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Does anyone knows where i could download drum samples in bulk? I'm slowly building up my library picking up snares and stuff here and there but i just wish I had a bunch drums to gently caress around with right now.
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smoke sumthin bitch posted:Does anyone knows where i could download drum samples in bulk? I'm slowly building up my library picking up snares and stuff here and there but i just wish I had a bunch drums to gently caress around with right now. Wave Alchemy has some of theirs up for free that are pretty nice http://www.wavealchemy.co.uk/free-samples
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Did this over the last few days. I can't mix at all, but funk it: https://soundcloud.com/odnet/always-and-forever
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that changeup drop should only happen the first time then go back, it's not strong as a standalone part but its so ill as an infrequent variation that denotes the sequence will restart cool beat
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