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Is the launchkey 25 a good choice for a novice who just wants to gently caress around in FL studio? It'll be my first midi controller and it looks like a good mix of features and price.
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metachronos posted:Is the launchkey 25 a good choice for a novice who just wants to gently caress around in FL studio? It'll be my first midi controller and it looks like a good mix of features and price. I've read that 25 keys are lame you shouldn't buy one because you need more keys for a keyboard to actually be useful. I use FL and I would probably only ever use a keyboard to play out melodies or chords and knobs to control automations over time. But I am a noob at producing so  edit; also heres an update of my new techno/house/2step/whatever song, reworked some drums and added some transitional elements. *snip* https://soundcloud.com/swanconnley/skewer/s-AKebQ new link! little work on the mix and changed a hat Blowdryer fucked around with this message at 16:04 on Nov 20, 2013 |
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Nov 19, 2013 20:57
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Blowdryer posted:edit; also heres an update of my new techno/house/2step/whatever song, reworked some drums and added some transitional elements. Now this sounds like it would be right at home on Artwork's Rinse.FM show. I think I'm calling this one done: https://soundcloud.com/sutehx/corrode-v2/s-RxpPn Can anyone help me figure out what the gently caress type of music I've made? I've been listening to a poo poo ton of Tempa and Uprise Audio dubstep lately but that's only inspired me and I don't think I've made anything remotely close to deep/minimal dubstep.
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Nov 20, 2013 05:03
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New deep track (what a surprise): https://soundcloud.com/swanconnley/stan-1/s-buxOx I've only just started working on it, cut up my acapella into 64 samples (more than ever before!). I don't know if I'm going to stick with that synth but I'm going for an organ/deep house chord at least. I'm really liking how it sounds so far though! Blowdryer fucked around with this message at 14:25 on Nov 23, 2013 |
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Nov 22, 2013 17:38
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Here's a new thing we wrote, tried to go a bit housier this time: https://soundcloud.com/glyphrojas/big-times (tech/prog house)
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Nov 22, 2013 23:19
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still doing the sample tinng https://soundcloud.com/goobermusic/grizzly-knoll
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Nov 23, 2013 03:20
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FadedReality posted:Now this sounds like it would be right at home on Artwork's Rinse.FM show. It's dubstep of some sort. Cool sounds, but needs more progression for 5 minutes. xpander posted:Here's a new thing we wrote, tried to go a bit housier this time: This is awesome, I love this sort of tech house. Great production! Is the bass fm or just distorted? I was working on a 2-step release for a while but I'm ditching it all, finished my degree so some more time to work on some deep traxxx.
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Nov 23, 2013 03:38
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field balm posted:It's dubstep of some sort. Cool sounds, but needs more progression for 5 minutes. I'm bad at judging that sort of thing. I always feel like I err on the side of too much variation on a theme and lose any sort of familiarity to the melody.
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Nov 23, 2013 09:03
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FadedReality posted:I'm bad at judging that sort of thing. I always feel like I err on the side of too much variation on a theme and lose any sort of familiarity to the melody. Don't worry about it, I do the same thing, reduce 8 minutes to 2 and a half and realise the parts are completely disparate. It's hard to be objective about structure after several hours work. I know it sounds lame but a reference track can really help, even just as a queue for when to introduce a new element or whatever.
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Nov 23, 2013 09:18
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field balm posted:Don't worry about it, I do the same thing, reduce 8 minutes to 2 and a half and realise the parts are completely disparate. It's hard to be objective about structure after several hours work. I did that, but it was a super minimal dubstep track that I forgot about beyond major phrasing and then chopped a full minute from. I've seen so few articles or discussions about composition around considering how vital a part of making music it is.
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Nov 23, 2013 13:33
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Moar stuff. https://soundcloud.com/goobermusic/slang-wrk_drft Thanks to whoever left feedback on the track I posted earlier, appreciate it.
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Nov 23, 2013 18:47
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Thoogsby posted:Moar stuff. That's me! https://soundcloud.com/swanconnley/stan2/s-0Rx76 https://soundcloud.com/swanconnley/stan/s-buxOx The difference is at 4:35 but comes in fully at 5:05. In the first link I keep the first note of the melody of the chords coming in as G# because thats the key of the song. In the 2nd, it's D# but I like how it sounds more. If do that one is that like musically incorrect like switching keys in the middle of the song or something? (did this: https://soundcloud.com/swanconnley/stan3/s-FQlji ) I also might just remake the stabs going over the 4:35-5:05 section so they fit with the D# chords, I don't know! The main thing is if I start doing that then would that mean I'm switching the key? https://soundcloud.com/swanconnley/stan decided! Blowdryer fucked around with this message at 01:52 on Nov 24, 2013 |
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Nov 23, 2013 19:16
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I haven't had a chance to listen to any of it but there is nothing "musically incorrect" about changing keys or using notes from outside of the key in the middle of a song. All manner of borrowing from and modulating to other keys happens in music as a whole. Outright modulation isn't common in dance tracks, but in any case, you aren't strictly limited to the notes from X key for a whole track.
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Nov 23, 2013 21:40
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G# -> D is a tritone substitution actually which is a common modulation in jazz music, interestingly.
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Nov 23, 2013 21:56
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Went back to trying my hand at just straight techno. It's interesting trying to the simple dancey techno thing while also trying to stay fresh or interesting. Composing alone in a room makes for a weird experience trying to project yourself into a club or whatever https://soundcloud.com/gkchestertron/skeleton-gas
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Nov 26, 2013 09:29
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Anal Surgery posted:Went back to trying my hand at just straight techno. It's interesting trying to the simple dancey techno thing while also trying to stay fresh or interesting. Composing alone in a room makes for a weird experience trying to project yourself into a club or whatever https://soundcloud.com/gkchestertron/skeleton-gas I like this, it's sci-fi cyberpunk as gently caress. I started on this https://soundcloud.com/seesub-1/clickety-wip/s-7y1wZ some sort of techno/house thing. Haven't bothered sequencing the automation yet. I think the kicks might be too loud?
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Nov 26, 2013 20:27
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I started this some time ago and only just finished it off. bit of an experiment in giving my sounds more space to breathe and play off each other without getting over-layered. https://soundcloud.com/downpour/untitled-1 e: I also started an experiment in stealing all melody/midi from from classical music, but it's still early days. Surprisingly slow going, but when it works it works GREAT. It's bare and underdeveloped because I uploaded it for a friend, but this is effectively a remix of stravinsky's 'spring rounds'. not that you'd be able to tell if I hadn't said anything. https://soundcloud.com/downpour/stravinsky cubicle gangster fucked around with this message at 17:23 on Nov 27, 2013 |
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Nov 27, 2013 17:14
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field balm posted:This is awesome, I love this sort of tech house. Great production! Is the bass fm or just distorted? Thanks! We distort pretty much everything, and I think all the bass layers were made in Diva. We've used FM8 in the past, but Diva is currently blowing our minds.
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Nov 29, 2013 06:34
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Goons I need help! So the label that contacted me finally let me know they'd like to sign this track, however I have to put some work onto it so it's good enough for them (currently it isn't). https://soundcloud.com/swanconnley/on-and-on/s-qMYYU This is the feedback I got on it: "tops arent flat on the track and if you can add a little more dynamics Also the kicks and bass frequencies are a bit off maybe deepen the vocals a bit, transpose it" I'm assuming by tops aren't flat that means the song isn't the same volume throughout the whole track, like it isn't normalized? I don't know how to make the whole track the same volume can someone give me some tips? I also don't know what she means by the kick and bass frequencies are off. I'd like to get this track released, if any of you pro producers could give me some help that would be great!
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Nov 29, 2013 13:55
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Is the Dance Music Manual still a recommended read for someone who wants to explore this stuff?
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Nov 30, 2013 04:19
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friendly gentleman posted:Is the Dance Music Manual still a recommended read for someone who wants to explore this stuff? From what I've read the Third Edition is even better. The more daunting synthesis stuff has been moved further back in the book, which made the person writing the review pretty happy and seems like a good idea.
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Nov 30, 2013 15:55
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Blowdryer posted:Goons I need help! None of that makes much sense... I suspect this person isnt actually a producer or have much of a clue how to actually communicate in a way that makes sense technically. If you're dead set on this label; ask the person to be a little more specific. There's a very specific lingo for this and you cant just make poo poo up! That said, if you hit me up I can probably get this sent around abit for ya. Send it through the proton label pool and such. (40-50 labels, dunno exactly.) I always get 4-5 offers from that run around.
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Nov 30, 2013 20:35
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https://soundcloud.com/neonshudder/anxiety-attack First track I've worked on in a while. For my third EP I'm working on under the "neon shudder" moniker (http://neonshudder.bandcamp.com) It's a little more aggressive than the other stuff I've done. I'm just not sure if the kick really fits and the little synth line that pops up at around 15 seconds in. I like the synth line I'm just not sure that's the right synth for it. Working with reason 5.0 here. I'll figure it out. Any input is great though.
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Dec 1, 2013 02:10
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Blowdryer posted:Goons I need help! This song feels kind of off key to me. Sometimes that's a good thing but the whole song feels like it's not jiving with its constituent parts.
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Blowdryer posted:I also don't know what she means by the kick and bass frequencies are off. Make sure your kick and bass are in the same key. Ideally don't have the kick on the root note of the key the bass is in.
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Dec 1, 2013 07:33
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ashgromnies posted:I started on this https://soundcloud.com/seesub-1/clickety-wip/s-7y1wZ some sort of techno/house thing. Haven't bothered sequencing the automation yet. I think the kicks might be too loud? This was groovy. I added a comment on your soundcloud. My latest struggle in electronic music composition is wrestling with BPM. I know all the preferred ranges you're supposed to maintain for various genres, but I keep doing that thing where I decide I want the track faster and faster until I hit 200 bpm and realize I probably need to move my drum hits down into the sixteenth notes and stop trying to compose at hardstyle tempos.
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Dec 1, 2013 07:59
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Dessert Rose posted:Make sure your kick and bass are in the same key. Ideally don't have the kick on the root note of the key the bass is in. I'm still learning how to do this in FL Studio, is the reasoning behind this so that the bass and kicks don't feel muddy together?
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Dec 1, 2013 09:03
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTnD9-GZ_d8 how do you make singing computer voices like this?
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Dec 1, 2013 09:13
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Number Two Stunna posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTnD9-GZ_d8 Heavily autotuned text to speech. Not sure exactly which ones. It might also be a program specifically designed for this, but if it is, I don't know what the name of the program/plugin is.
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Number Two Stunna posted:how do you make singing computer voices like this? Here's a demo snippet from the site. It's like $300; I think a licence to Melodyne would be a lot more useful and interesting at that price. You could gently caress around with some free autotuning plugins, like GSnap, they'll give you nothing but syntheticness anyway, if that's what you're looking for. Also, not the same thing, but vocoders are a way to get voices to sound more synthetic. EDIT: I guess if you just want to do a few lines (instead of making a career out of it), there are online demo's of text-to-speech synthesizers. You could record their results, cut them up and autotune them. Flipperwaldt fucked around with this message at 11:55 on Dec 1, 2013 |
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Dec 1, 2013 11:46
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Flipperwaldt posted:EDIT: I guess if you just want to do a few lines (instead of making a career out of it), there are online demo's of text-to-speech synthesizers. You could record their results, cut them up and autotune them. Every single mac has the "say" command you can use in Terminal. It has options to select one of half a dozen voices or so, and you can feed it text files to say anything you want.
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bad posts ahead!!! posted:I'm still learning how to do this in FL Studio, is the reasoning behind this so that the bass and kicks don't feel muddy together? Pretty much, yes. You can tell what pitch a kick is, even if it's not as obvious as melody, and it stands out more if it's not in the same key as your bass. You don't have to have the melody in the same key as the kick, necessarily, but the bass should definitely not deviate from it.
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Blowdryer posted:Goons I need help! Agreed with Quincy. That feedback doesn't really make that much sense. Or maybe it does but it just reads weird. Not sure what tops are and why you would want them flat - that seems to conflict with the comment about dynamics.
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Lump Shaker posted:Agreed with Quincy. That feedback doesn't really make that much sense. Or maybe it does but it just reads weird. Not sure what tops are and why you would want them flat - that seems to conflict with the comment about dynamics. Tops are usually any drums or percussion that isn't the kick, snare and clap (and maybe toms). They're called tops because they're more often than not occupying the upper frequency range, like hi-hats or crashes. Anyway, heres something i churned out today in a fit of productivity. I'm pretty pleased overall but i'd really like some second opinions, any and all criticism welcome: https://soundcloud.com/addec/beenalongtime-1 I think the bassline may be problematic but I really can't tell after listening to the same 4 bars for 5 hours. e: Also, copying the structure of other tracks is absolutely amazing if you're stuck and dont know where to take a song!
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New music! http://soundcloud.com/wayfu/wayfinder-color-filter/s-ILTIV
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aeverous posted:Tops are usually any drums or percussion that isn't the kick, snare and clap (and maybe toms). They're called tops because they're more often than not occupying the upper frequency range, like hi-hats or crashes. This is pretty cool, but I feel like it could be nudged up a couple of bpm. I like the second half but I feel like the bass sound isn't strong enough to support the first half. Not my favourite style dude but outstanding production and sound design as usual. Here's a WIP of a little techy-house number I've been working on, needs better mixing and transitions: https://soundcloud.com/fieldbalm/bwip. I'd love to hear your opinions on it. E: VVVVVVV it was set to private, thanks for letting me know, fixed! That song is awesome. What do you use on your master bus, if I can ask, or would you attribute most of your sound just to high quality mixing? field balm fucked around with this message at 05:42 on Dec 2, 2013 |
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field balm posted:Not my favourite style dude but outstanding production and sound design as usual. Thanks! Maybe this new tech house track is more for you: http://soundcloud.com/wayfu/wayfinder-the-bishop-effect Yours doesn't seem to work though...
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^wayfinder you're too good at everything. I'm reaaaaaallly trying to get in the 90s deep house sound, I wish I was better at this stuff but here we go, my latest attempt! It's not like fully mixed but this is the first run through for arrangement. https://soundcloud.com/swanconnley/all-night/s-ZSuAc Blowdryer fucked around with this message at 18:21 on Dec 3, 2013 |
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field balm posted:Here's a WIP of a little techy-house number I've been working on, needs better mixing and transitions: https://soundcloud.com/fieldbalm/bwip. I'd love to hear your opinions on it. Thanks  I don't have much on the master bus, usually just analysis plugins to see if what I'm mixing works, and then a bit of loudness boost/peak limiting to get it to release level loudness (but I do that after I'm done with everything else and they're not there when I actually make the track).I've recently started looking into Limiter No. 6 (http://vladgsound.wordpress.com/plugins/limiter6/) and BoostX (http://www.directap.com/boostx.htm, yes that is seriously the web site), two free plugins that could help me streamline that a bit more.
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wayfinder posted:BoostX (http://www.directap.com/boostx.htm, yes that is seriously the web site)
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