ITT: MISC producers gather

[shoobey]

sounds like a saw and white noise with pitch bend automated and filtered up at the same time

Cool man. I noticed when I play around with pitch bending automation in ableton, it isn't smooth at all. You can hear it basically "clunking" into octaves instead of slowly progressing, any ideas with that bro?

[excess34]

try rendering the synth to audio with no automation, then automating the pitch up with the audio clip. that should work, though it might just be a setting to change or a dif envelope to automate. i forget

[shoobey]

try rendering the synth to audio with no automation, then automating the pitch up with the audio clip. that should work, though it might just be a setting to change or a dif envelope to automate. i forget

awesome, sounds like it will work, thanks brah!

[nodnarb481]

Pitch bend? I'm messing with Sylenth and white noise now, and pitch bend/pitch automation has no effect?

If you are just using white noise, pitch bend won't do anything. What I do to make a sweep is automate my eqs. Hold up, ill look for a video

edit* like this video uses a filter

and this uses the eq automation



if you don't have any sound waves then the pitch bends won't do anything because (at least not with my experience). Mixing a sound wave with a white noise I have automated both the pitch bend (or just made a string of notes that trends upward) as well has the eq's on the white noise simultaneously and that has created some cool effects but theres probably a better way to do that.
edit* I just saw that excess pretty much said what I'm talking about right here

[SpiderSense]

Pitch bend? I'm messing with Sylenth and white noise now, and pitch bend/pitch automation has no effect?

Yeah my bad it was actually your filter you should be automating.

I did a track a while back with white noise, rain and thunder sounds and a wind chime for the intro.

What I did was set up the pitch bend wheel on my keyboard to control the filter, then have at it.

[uhandypaige]

just read this entire thread, i learned alot.. ill post my first production here thanks a lot!

[excess34]

just read this entire thread, i learned alot.. ill post my first production here thanks a lot!

lol nice! this thread is simply the tip of the iceberg and we're all learning as we go post away!

[nodnarb481]

just read this entire thread, i learned alot.. ill post my first production here thanks a lot!

welcome. as Excess said, this thread will continue to expand until we are all famous and touring together. Misc tour 2013.

[diplodocus]

http://soundcloud.com/kai-el/stimpack

still not finished but it's coming along nicely! (thanks to some critiques from excess )


I'm aware the master filter cutoff sort of destroys my build ups, that'll be fixed

[shoobey]

welcome. as Excess said, this thread will continue to expand until we are all famous and touring together. Misc tour 2013.

I feel like I started this stuff too late . I am an attorney now and working a ****load, and barely have time to keep up w/ the gym even. I spend like an hour or two each day just messing with Ableton, but I haven't had time to watch tutorials or anything in a long time, and I'm sure that shows with my "songs" lol

This whole thing just started as a personal challenge just to see if I could make something that sounded like the music I love (electro), and I finally got to the point where I can imitate the melodies and even come up with my own melodies that sound decent to my ears, but I can't seem to get past the create a catchy drum beat and melody stage? All my projects are basically just looping basslines/leads that go on for about a minute or two lol

[excess34]

I feel like I started this stuff too late . I am an attorney now and working a ****load, and barely have time to keep up w/ the gym even. I spend like an hour or two each day just messing with Ableton, but I haven't had time to watch tutorials or anything in a long time, and I'm sure that shows with my "songs" lol

This whole thing just started as a personal challenge just to see if I could make something that sounded like the music I love (electro), and I finally got to the point where I can imitate the melodies and even come up with my own melodies that sound decent to my ears, but I can't seem to get past the create a catchy drum beat and melody stage? All my projects are basically just looping basslines/leads that go on for about a minute or two lol

never too late brah. an hour or two a day consistently spent producing will over time pay off, i promise you it's more than enough to learn. one thing you have to keep in mind is that not every project you start will lead to something, and that's not something that you should be discouraged over. for every 1 track i produce that actually makes its way to soundcloud, i have about 20 projects floating about that didn't even amount to that. for every 10-15 tracks i end up uploading to soundcloud, maybe 2 of them will see completion. of those two tracks, maybe one is even worth sending to labels.

once i have a good idea, i can usually run with it and finish it in a few days. but, good ideas are hard to come by and great ideas are even more rare.

i firmly believe that anyone can do this, so long as they're persistent

[I MaFiA I]

ayeee
http://hnhh.co/mcyuy
thats my tape lemme know if u **** wit it
tweet it and follow me @Poet_oFF95th
thanks

[nodnarb481]

sort of! already had a track, sent it to a vocalist, she recorded vocals for it. just kind of figuring out how to get a professional sound out of it. warping on ableton for vocals is kind of wishywashy. been time and pitch correcting with melodyne editor today, pretty win haha

where did you find a vocalist at? I've been trying to work with a girl on a song of mine and at this point, my song has just been sitting on my computer for almost two months so I'm trying to find a vocalist or maybe an acappella that I can make work over it.

[excess34]

where did you find a vocalist at? I've been trying to work with a girl on a song of mine and at this point, my song has just been sitting on my computer for almost two months so I'm trying to find a vocalist or maybe an acappella that I can make work over it.

shes a local who's sung on tracks with some other producers, we just happened to get into making music around the same time she was looking for collaborators. kept in touch and eventually started working on stuff with her. actually had a vocal project lined up a few months ago but that project **** the bed, and when i made the song i've been talking about i just shot it her way immediately and she threw down real quick :P

TL;DR: make personal connections wherever you can and hope the timing is right? lol. or try and find youtube singers with relatively low views and see if you can get them to record on a dece mic or get them into the studio with you

[MrMagic123]

What do you guys use to make your tracks ?
Wanting to give it a little shot myself!

[shoobey]

never too late brah. an hour or two a day consistently spent producing will over time pay off, i promise you it's more than enough to learn. one thing you have to keep in mind is that not every project you start will lead to something, and that's not something that you should be discouraged over. for every 1 track i produce that actually makes its way to soundcloud, i have about 20 projects floating about that didn't even amount to that. for every 10-15 tracks i end up uploading to soundcloud, maybe 2 of them will see completion. of those two tracks, maybe one is even worth sending to labels.

once i have a good idea, i can usually run with it and finish it in a few days. but, good ideas are hard to come by and great ideas are even more rare.

i firmly believe that anyone can do this, so long as they're persistent

I feel like I always hit a certain point in making these beats, where it seems worth it to just scrap it and start over, rather than finish the beat and make it into an actual song? I probably have like 30-40 beats but they never get finished lol.

This for example, I made right now. I think it's decent, but I don't know if I'm better off trying to finish these things, instead of just scrapping them and trying to come up with better beats before spending a lot of time on one project?


New Electro I made just now to prove a point!
http://soundcloud.com/robodrop/new-electro

[OG123]

I like it. It just sounds.. empty. Maybe a pad? I do like the concept though.

[FrostyMarine]

can anyone recommend a good tutorial torrent to download for ableton live 8? (for beginners), will rep handsomely.

[cdnz]

can anyone recommend a good tutorial torrent to download for ableton live 8? (for beginners), will rep handsomely.

the sonic academy tutes are pretty good imo, most of its for ableton and it has pretty much every genre + tutes on how to make synths, mastering, effects + pretty much anything else you need to learn as a beginner

also look up tom cosm on youtube

[diplodocus]

http://soundcloud.com/kai-el/stimpack

still not finished but it's coming along nicely! (thanks to some critiques from excess )


I'm aware the master filter cutoff sort of destroys my build ups, that'll be fixed

looking for critique btw! anything you guys think I should change will be taken into consideration.

[excess34]

ended up gettin real busy with schoolwork tonight, will take a listen to the new version before i sleep, i promise :P

[diplodocus]

ended up gettin real busy with schoolwork tonight, will take a listen to the new version before i sleep, i promise :P

s'all good homie, i still need to fix up the build ups like you said add some pitching white noise gonna make a new riser tomorrow too, also need to add some other stuff like more sweeps and crashes to add effect to certain portions. GAAH I love music production, so much detail!!!

[shoobey]

looking for critique btw! anything you guys think I should change will be taken into consideration.

sounds pretty awesome, I really like it near the end

[cdnz]

monitors coming tomorrow...so amped. producing marathon inc this weekend

[excess34]

structure is WAY better now diplo. may i suggest changing the snare/clap to something more beefy instead of thin like the one you have? might make a lot of difference in the feel of the groove actually. still, way more solid. nicely done!

what monitors, cdnz?

[nodnarb481]

What do you guys use to make your tracks ?
Wanting to give it a little shot myself!

I use FL studio. Other brahs on here use Logic and Ableton. Theres also cubase and reason and a large number of other programs but those are the more popular ones.

and diplo, I'mma check out that track once I get off work. No speakers here

[diplodocus]

structure is WAY better now diplo. may i suggest changing the snare/clap to something more beefy instead of thin like the one you have? might make a lot of difference in the feel of the groove actually. still, way more solid. nicely done!

what monitors, cdnz?

arranged that can be, i actually felt like my clap was a bit weak!

thanks for the input brah!

[excess34]

just so you brahs know, i'm selling off the following equipment on amazons marketplace:

m-audio bx8as
2x cdj800mk2
djm400
beat up xone 62

all probably the cheapest when you search them on amazon, incase anyone wants to pick something up. im selling the monitors for $320, and they're like new.

need monies

[diplodocus]

I use FL studio. Other brahs on here use Logic and Ableton. Theres also cubase and reason and a large number of other programs but those are the more popular ones.

and diplo, I'mma check out that track once I get off work. No speakers here

sounds good!

[cdnz]

just so you brahs know, i'm selling off the following equipment on amazons marketplace:

m-audio bx8as
2x cdj800mk2
djm400
beat up xone 62

all probably the cheapest when you search them on amazon, incase anyone wants to pick something up. im selling the monitors for $320, and they're like new.

need monies

fuarkkk, would definitely have picked up your bx8's if I had the $$.

Just bought some m-audio av40s as temporary monitors until I can afford something better, heard these aren't great for mixing with but was a pretty big upgrade over my in ears so just stoked to have some speakers