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| 26.07.2011 song structure - Noob - How to make a song "kick in" | 9 | 23.08.2011 |
| Hi everybody - I really am a noob at music production but have been fiddling with ableton for while now. I have followed some tutorials but I still cant get my songs to "kick in" They all end up sounding like "minimal songs" I have a few ideas of what i need to do -… | ||
| 22.08.2011 Chains... Why bother? | 2 | 23.08.2011 |
| Maybe i'm missing the plot... what's the logic behind an instrument chain? Why would i bother creating one when i can use modulation to adjust the sound of say, a synth? Obviously I'm a noob... Can someone please take the time to explain it to me? Perhaps you could share examples of where… | ||
| 22.08.2011 new track featuring busta rhymes and apl.de.ap | 0 | 22.08.2011 |
| dam wrong bloody section | ||
| 21.08.2011 commercial house track | 0 | 21.08.2011 |
| http://soundcloud.com/djseitz/repeat-original-devon-john i was super bored | ||
| 19.08.2011 Making a Drop Powerful | 4 | 21.08.2011 |
| I'm having trouble making a powerful drop in the song I'm working on, I was just wondering if anyone had any tips and tricks for making drops, I have some decent bass patches for the drop, but I feel like I'm missing something here. I'll post the track I'm working on below, … | ||
| 28.07.2011 Maschine VS Live/MPD | 13 | 20.08.2011 |
| For beat juggling and major mashups (believe studio work to be played at club on a cdj or whatever) which is preferred? Maschine 1.6 comes with some other stuff now that makes it more DAW like, so I've heard. Say I'm having choices of getting Maschine OR MPD (that comes with Live 8) and using… | ||
| 16.08.2011 Studio setup ,need some help | 4 | 20.08.2011 |
| Hey guys, My first post and I already need some help ^^ So im building up studio for producing electronic music ,prog House ,tech,trance etc....I already own a keyboard and I believe its time to get some monitors and audio interface I did my research on the internet and I found out that… | ||
| 01.10.2009 vocal separator | 6 | 20.08.2011 |
| im wondering what vsti's or plu-in that i can use in ableton to separate out vocals from music or vice versa? | ||
| 23.06.2011 Industry Standard VSTi's | 12 | 18.08.2011 |
| Hey guys, I have a question, what are the industry standard Vsti's for house music now days ? I realize it must be a bit of a watery area/question because each producer uses his own, but i am sure there are few that every one uses. Thank you for your time ! | ||
| 17.08.2011 French Electro Project "2Complex" (Mord Fustang, Madeon style) | 12 | 18.08.2011 |
| Hey guys, I'd like to introduce you to a new project established by me and my music partner. Our style is a aimed at the similarities of Madeon and Mord Fustang... French Electro with a hint of Complextro and Funky House. Please check out our first production under this project and leave… | ||
| 18.08.2011 retracking a mixtape | 0 | 18.08.2011 |
| so downloaded eminem/lil wayne's collab mixtape a while back and loved it. now mostly i spin electro house, but i'm in college and we all have music ADD here. my problem is that this was a free mixtape off of datpiff, and it's tracked out improperly. I have a demo version of ableton and acid pro,… | ||
| 06.08.2011 Totally blocked! | 13 | 18.08.2011 |
| Hey guys! I'm not what you'd call an "active community user" (though I do come around and read once in a while), but you were who came up to my mind first with this problem. I've been into production for, let's say, 1 year and a half, and I feel I'm getting nice sounds right now (Ableton… | ||
| 11.08.2011 Tempo Acapella | 4 | 17.08.2011 |
| Does anybody know any tools that can find the tempo of vocals or acapella...? I have no problem with drumloops, I've tried vocalsync vst plugin but it didnt work. I also find that using rex2 files doesn't work that great for complex style of samples like vocals, and some guitar loops. | ||
| 06.07.2011 Kick Drum - FATNESS | 20 | 17.08.2011 |
| Hey all, Having a little bit of trouble achieving the Huge Bass Kick that you hear in most dubstep tracks. The kicks I have been producing are all very good, but none are quite where i want them to be. I have a few different methods, depending on the day. My Samples are coming mostly from my… | ||
| 11.08.2011 My studio is featured in Electronic Musician magazine! | 18 | 17.08.2011 |
| My studio is featured in the September, 2011 issue of Electronic Musician magazine and also (pure coincidence) on ComputerMusicGuide.com today: More details and some pics here: http://tarekith.com/my-studio-in-ele...cian-magazine/ Sweet! | ||
| 15.08.2011 Educational version of Production Software. | 4 | 17.08.2011 |
| Hey guys, I was at Guitar Center the other day looking at ProTools 9 and I was talking to the sales guy and he was telling me if you make tracks and sell them from the educational version then you have to pay royalties to the respective companies (i.e. Ableton, or Logic). Is this true? And… | ||
| 14.08.2011 [FL] popping when adding EQ | 3 | 16.08.2011 |
| Hey I'm a bit new to all of this production business but I've dedicated a lot of time recently to learning FL Studio and I reckon I'm going pretty well. I've managed to use some samples and Z3ta to produce a house riff and it sounds awesome. So I noticed the hats weren't loud enough and I… | ||
| 11.08.2011 28-30Hz and below | 14 | 16.08.2011 |
| So is it standard to cut every thing below 30 Hz on the master? Even if you're producing fairly subbass heavy EDM music, like dirty dutch etc..or should u just eq a small cut at those frequencies? I don't want to cut out the low frequencies and have it have a lot less rumble on big speakers in… | ||
| 13.08.2011 Advice for extending songs Intro & Outro. | 4 | 16.08.2011 |
| Hi I've searched the community , maybe I'm using the wrong keywords. Would anyone here have advice on how to extend songs. I have some great songs with a 3 min length and no solid intro nor outro beats. Is there a way I can make a loop or use a loop to extend these songs and use them in… | ||
| 16.08.2011 Production Q&A #3 | 0 | 16.08.2011 |
| New production Q&A posted: http://tarekith.com/production-qa-3/ This time I talk about how to layer pads in ambient music or passages, give some more advice on doing music production for a living, and talk about how I used Live's MIDI devices for the lead in my latest song, Slope… | ||
| 13.08.2011 General Production Questions / Setups | 3 | 14.08.2011 |
| Hey guys! I know it's been a while since i've posted, but i've been secretly stalking the site on and off. Anyway I was chatting with Padi earlier about production in general and interfaces as well, and he suggested acquiring and using an Audio 6 as my interface for now. I will be using mainly… | ||
| 14.08.2011 indie dance nudisco basslines? | 0 | 14.08.2011 |
| does anyone know how to achieve DCUP style basslines? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rins2436L0U http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TG9Q9MA0sc | ||
| 12.08.2011 Poll: is my mash up better, or kanye/Jay-z's track? | 13 | 13.08.2011 |
| so Kanye and Jay-Z released a new album or something, and all ive heard so far was this track: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tokf_4beQV4 ...horrid so in responce to their sampling of Flux Pavilion - I Can't Stop, i made a deep/ dark ish sounding drumstep mash up with the following… | ||
| 12.08.2011 Ableton Noob number 1000 | 0 | 12.08.2011 |
| Hi guys This is probably the 1000 post for a new Ableton user but I'd really appreciate it if I was given some help. I like some help with mapping my mid, a UMX 250, with regards to saving the mapping I make. I'd also like help[ with Live mode, How do I set the play button to also work as a… | ||
| 23.03.2011 Ableton Live 8 - Vocal Works | 4 | 11.08.2011 |
| Hi, Everybody I'm trying to understand how to use warp marks on vocals,, I want to sync a full acapella to my music project without it going out of time. Which is the best way to do this in Ableton Live 8 Thank you for all your help.. | ||
| 07.08.2011 Learning Process for Synths | 11 | 11.08.2011 |
| As a beginner trying to learn my way around a synthesizer, I've been watching a large amount of videos on youtube regarding specific types of sounds and how to make them. My problem with these videos, however, is that they often just tell you what parameters to use and at the end of the video I've… | ||
| 08.08.2011 Noob Here, Help! | 8 | 10.08.2011 |
| Hi all, noob here. Looking to construct a studio, I want a real simple studio setup, less things the better. I currently have an axiom 25, launchpad, x1 and midi-fighter. No main software. I want to produce trance, prog house, edm stuff. Do I need velocity sensitive pads? Am I missing any… | ||
| 08.08.2011 George Clinton-esque wobbl bass tips needed | 3 | 09.08.2011 |
| I'm trying to create wobble basses that have a more funky George Clinton-esque edge rather than the more intense reese type sounds, but am struggling to nail it, so was wondering if anyone could help a brother out. The sort of sound I'm after is that used by the likes of A Skillz, Featurecast,… | ||
| 08.08.2011 Removing Vocals. | 0 | 08.08.2011 |
| How would I take out the vocals from this song? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Orbn9D3v4CM I want to take out all the vocals where the dude is saying "Hypowered Hydraulic" and wanna create a strictly instrumental version. Is there an easier way of achieving an instrumental version aside… | ||
| 07.08.2011 NI Audio 6 DJ & Logic (or some other DAW)? | 5 | 07.08.2011 |
| I'm planning to buy NI Audio 6 DJ interface so I'm interested does anybody here have Audio 6 DJ that use with Logic for production? Since I'm djing with Kontrol X1 controllers 6 I/O is perfect for me 'cause I don't use CDJ or turntables, but I can't find anywhere anything about latency in… | ||
| 26.07.2011 Long release low bassline. | 9 | 07.08.2011 |
| I'm new to this but just working on creating a sound. Happens right around 1:00 in avicii's levels. Also starts alot of songs off. I've been trying in massive which is the only synth I own outside of operator. I'm sure there is a tutorial but if someone could link me or just talk me through… | ||
| 30.07.2011 how to get electro n bigroom sounds | 3 | 05.08.2011 |
| any tips mainly on drums and the synths? i mainly produce swedish-style house and would be down on any advice for vsts n plug-ins that would be helpful for the basslines n synths as well as how to get that 4 to the floor drum kicks n snares thanksss | ||
| 03.08.2011 About Audio/interface and Monitors | 2 | 04.08.2011 |
| Hello everyone! Im a dnb producer and im going deep and deep everyday inside the world of music production. But now i'm facing some problems on hardware/software, and i want to ask here some tips. 1. About Audio card or interface. 1.1 Do i need an external audiocard for my macbook… | ||
| 03.08.2011 How to make sounds morph in Ableton | 5 | 04.08.2011 |
| This is a pretty newbie question but I'm having trouble coming up with a straightforward answer. Basically I want to know how to make sounds morph throughout a track. For instance, making the hi hat subtly change sound so that it doesn't just sounds like a cop paste throughout the whole track. The… | ||
| 03.08.2011 Another recent production..progressive electro | 0 | 03.08.2011 |
| http://soundcloud.com/djnrs/production-2 Comments welcome | ||
| 03.08.2011 how to get that dubby synth sound | 8 | 03.08.2011 |
| Hey DJTT! I was wondering if anyone had any tips on how to get that dubby synth delay sound you hear on pretty much every dub techno release, deepchord etc. I'm using Ableton Live 8. Thanks! | ||
| 02.08.2011 Anybody try David Lucas Burge's Perfect and Relative Pitch Training Audio Lessons? | 0 | 02.08.2011 |
| Figure I'd give these a shot because I'm working on my music theory, but its getting pretty timeconsuming and I just wanna make sure I'm using my time wisely (as opposed to spending more time honing my DAW and VST software skills). | ||
| 02.08.2011 How to make a Minimal/tech house Bass in Sylenth | 0 | 02.08.2011 |
| Just wondering if anyone could help me out on how they would make a bass synth in sylenth that sounded something like any of the basses threesixty uses in their songs. Here's a link to their sound http://soundcloud.com/threesixty | ||
| 31.07.2011 differences between promos vs demos | 3 | 01.08.2011 |
| theres this dj i like and on his page he has 2 emails, promos and demos whats the difference? which one do you send your productions to? | ||
| 31.07.2011 Google+ Music Production Hangout tomorrow. | 0 | 31.07.2011 |
| Hey peeps. Thinkin of doin a Music Production hangout on Google plus tomorrow. If you wana get involved then hit me up on my G+ post and/or below https://plus.google.com/105855364183...ts/dpMHWbVC3NA |
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