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| 17.08.2012 Making beats: starting from scratch vs using pre-made loops | 13 | 29.08.2012 |
| This is a question I've had for a while now, and I'm not sure if its actually a good question, or an incredibly obvious stupid question. Before I even thought about getting into DJing, step 1 was to fool around with Garage Band that came with my mac. Well that quickly turned into around 30 or so… | ||
| 27.08.2012 Native Instruments Maschine vs. AKAI APC40 for a beginning producer | 11 | 29.08.2012 |
| Hi there, Since i'm DJing for quite a time now i want to start with producing so i'm looking for a decent controller (including software) I saw two controllers that i like and that are the Native Instruments Maschine, because of the including producer software (But is the software capable… | ||
| 05.08.2012 Kick Samples From Songs - House | 25 | 29.08.2012 |
| Looking to sample some kicks from tunes that are already out. Normally use sample packs, (vengeance), but they all got deleted, and its a pain in the ass to get them back. (I actually bought them the first time, but now I have installed them too many times). Anyone know of any CLEAN ( Kick… | ||
| 29.08.2012 Izotope Iris? | 0 | 29.08.2012 |
| Anyone got their hand on it? I've gotten mine on a whim.. a few weeks ago I saw it's got a really cool concept but still too simple and featureless to cost me usd250. I wish there are more spectral editing feature incorporated. The frequency/time selection could also benefit from… | ||
| 27.08.2012 Jump Around | 2 | 28.08.2012 |
| Some tips for improving your mixdowns when you can't afford good monitors or acoustic treatment. http://tarekith.com/jump-around/ | ||
| 27.08.2012 How does compression gel things together? | 1 | 28.08.2012 |
| Exactly that question. I have used compressors before but I am not sure how you are supposed to use them to gel all the sounds together. | ||
| 24.08.2012 DJ Drop Help | 1 | 27.08.2012 |
| http://soundcloud.com/calgar_c/elements-radio/s-Alt6Q i have been working on a decent DJ drop/intro. I am still tweaking the vocals in the intro but could i please get some feedback on what needs changing... | ||
| 24.08.2012 Mixing and (vs?) Mastering | 11 | 26.08.2012 |
| Alright, so I've got a track pretty much all finished and its time to mix and master this track. That being said I have a few questions/thoughts about this whole process. To start with, I've taken a look at Terekiths articles (if you are watching Terekith, feel free to chime in here ) found here… | ||
| 24.08.2012 Traktor Pro 2.5 - Tag - Tip ! | 4 | 25.08.2012 |
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| 02.08.2012 How To Get Your Music Blogged - advice for new producers | 17 | 24.08.2012 |
| Hello All - I've been running a music blog for a few years and I get loads of emails from people who have no idea how to approach bloggers and record labels effectively. So in an effort to help people get their music heard I've been putting together this little guide on How To Get Blogged. It… | ||
| 23.08.2012 Crunk vocal chants of "what" | 0 | 23.08.2012 |
| its a very simple group chant. im sure you all know what im talking about if anyone knows where i can get the single sample or a sample pack it would be greatly appreciated cheers | ||
| 12.08.2012 Fl Studio - Is there a good alternative for ReFx Nexus? Preferably for free? | 7 | 22.08.2012 |
| I want something like ReFx Nexus for a while until i get the money to buy nexus. | ||
| 22.08.2012 Sample + Flip : Kingdom Hearts Theme Sample [Chill & Smooth but still bangin] | 0 | 22.08.2012 |
| Submitted this for TAGG's producer contest: http://www.soundclick.com/player/sin...&q=hi&newref=1 It's real chopped up and manipulated but it's still fairly smooth -- has a ambient, chilled-out vibe but with energetic drums (It's on that Clams Casino vibe if you know who that dude… | ||
| 15.08.2012 Looking for guides to help understand Operator in Ableton, Massive, etc... | 6 | 21.08.2012 |
| I'm trying to get into producing some of my own stuff, but the biggest issue I'm having is truly understanding all the features and whatnot of synths like Operator in Ableton, and the popular Massive by Native Instruments. There's a lot of tutorials for how to get certain sounds with Massive, but… | ||
| 20.08.2012 How to startup | 4 | 21.08.2012 |
| ...will sound like a total noob, but whatever; I'm competent at dj-ing and want to expand a bit into production. The goal (eventually) is to make some PSY-Tech / Progressive Goa style tracks. I hear a lot about Reason, and I am appealed to the Maschine. What would be the advice to take… | ||
| 18.08.2012 Best Vengeance Sample Pack - House / Electro | 1 | 18.08.2012 |
| Only concerned with drum hits. (Kicks especially). I produce House, and Electro. club tracks. Alesso, Porter Robinson, Nicky Romero type Kicks. Also looking for some clear, punchy snares. Which vengeance pack would best accommodate my needs? Watcha believe? Thanks, J | ||
| 17.08.2012 cutting loops, editing | 2 | 17.08.2012 |
| I have a bunch of tracks that I dont like as a whole track but want to cut some loops out of them. I have just started and have managed to get it happening with audacity, I simply cut a 4 bar loop then cut and paste it a few times. Would this be easier to first do in T2.5.... my question is with… | ||
| 05.08.2012 Synthesizer Routing | 1 | 17.08.2012 |
| Im setting up my synthesizers and right now i have the Juno 106 communicating with ableton fine both ways and I would believe by just running another wire from the midi thru to the kurzweils in i would have everything up and running smoothly but the kurzweil synth isnt reading any midi from the junos… | ||
| 13.06.2012 Sound cards with 16 inputs? | 11 | 17.08.2012 |
| Any recommendations? Its a bit surprising the lack of availability of cards with more than 8 inputs, not seeing too many out there. I've gotten pretty used to using my apc40 as a mixer, believeing I just want 16 inputs and an apc20 and I'll be set | ||
| 16.04.2012 Remaking samples - copyright question | 10 | 17.08.2012 |
| Say there's a 4 bar loop in a song that I want to sample and chop for use in my own track. I know I could run into issues regarding copyright if I were to sample straight from the song. However, would the same issues arise if I were to recreate the sample (using vst's and/or my own recordings) and… | ||
| 15.08.2012 Need fresh inspiration, got writers block? Read on..... | 1 | 15.08.2012 |
| Cures for writers block I hope this is inspiring to you. cheers | ||
| 07.08.2012 Music Production Books | 7 | 15.08.2012 |
| Going on holidays for 2 weeks and will be laying by the pool every day so looking for books on production for beginners/intermediate level producer. Anyone recommend anything out there? | ||
| 13.08.2012 Sub Focus Bassline | 6 | 14.08.2012 |
| Sorry if this has already been posted but I haven't been able to find anything on it. Anyways, I was wondering if anyone knows how to go about making or at least start making the Sub Focus type bass. An example of what I'm talking about is in his Ghosts N Stuff remix, around… | ||
| 10.08.2012 Plug-ins - Logic... | 17 | 13.08.2012 |
| I really need a/some new plug-ins, I don't know wether its just I haven't played around with the logic ones or not, but I need a better reverb, for my claps/hats and overall techno sound. Ive ben using the space designer and it just sounds to crackly, for ome reason i just cant a nice sounding… | ||
| 10.08.2012 Moog updates Animoog app | 0 | 10.08.2012 |
| Looks pretty cool. Preset CategoriesMIDI CC MappingRecording time is doubledMIDI OUT as an in-app purchaseAcoustic and Metallic expansion packs | ||
| 08.08.2012 What's your work flow when producing/songwriting with a live drummer? | 4 | 10.08.2012 |
| A friend and I have similar tastes, a similar vision, but we can't get a songwriting and production workflow to get this project off the ground. Any ideas from the DJ Techtools readership? We've tried a few things, from live "jamming" to having me send little snippets his way to try to… | ||
| 09.08.2012 New Vacapella!! Nico Collu! 37. Love is Good [Vacapella]*[BPM: 128] | 0 | 09.08.2012 |
| Dear Forum Members!! I, Nico Collu have just uploaded a new Vacapella called: "37. Love is Good [Vacapella]" by Nico Collu! - Listen to the Vacapella here: - Download Vacapella for FREE here: http://www.nicocollu.com/project-vacapella (I would also love to know if you… | ||
| 27.07.2012 Great... now I need to go buy some Elektron gear after watching this | 4 | 06.08.2012 |
| Total sickness (especially at the 4 minute mark). What powerful little machines and they look like a ton of fun. I believe I decided on a machinedrum as my next purchase but the octatrack is also tempting, would probably skip the monomachine. | ||
| 04.08.2012 Looking for Fellow Young Producers | 7 | 06.08.2012 |
| Hey Guys!, My name is Steve Philibin, i'm 14, and i started producing with ableton about 2 years ago. I make progressive house, and dance music, similar to that of avicii, alesso, or third party. I live in western PA, in the US, so i'm EXTREMELY detached from EDM, and those who produce it, so… | ||
| 01.08.2012 Studio monitors, soundcard & DAW question | 2 | 01.08.2012 |
| Sup! Right, just a question i need some help with related to my studio gear. I have, a G5 mac, running Logic Pro 8, KRK Rokit 8's. And I'm currently running 1/4 jack from my monitors, to phono into a 'phono to mini jack adapter' into the headphone socket on my G5.. (yes I know, its terrible… | ||
| 01.08.2012 Any Reaktor users here? New Multi Synth, BADASS!!! | 0 | 01.08.2012 |
| I just recently finished a new synth for Reaktor. Its called Aries 2.0, it is hosted here... http://salamanderanagram.wordpress.com/ It was too big for the NI user library so salamander anagram was kind enough to host it at his site. here is the overview. Aries has 4 oscillators with… | ||
| 26.04.2012 The Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition (Acapella) | 20 | 01.08.2012 |
| Thought I'd try here as I'm having no luck on the net. I'm looking for the acapella to The Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition. I have the version that seems to be floating around on the internet but I want the version/edit used by Axwell, Dirty South, AN21 & Max Vangeli and so on. If anyone can… | ||
| 29.07.2012 MPC500 + Audacity? | 1 | 29.07.2012 |
| Is anyone using this combination? I'm trying to build a sample based production workflow using the sequencer of the mpc and the software of audacity to edit and tweak my samples but I'm new to production and can't find any well done or up to date tutorials on how to get started really using this… | ||
| 29.07.2012 Need Studio Acapella's | 0 | 29.07.2012 |
| I thought this would be a good thread to start for the entire DJTT Community. I'll post whatever Studio Acapella's I can find. Happy Remixing. Rihanna - Where Have You Been DOWNLOAD Deadmau5 Feat. Sofi - Sofi Needs A Ladder DOWNLOAD | ||
| 25.07.2012 Producing question?!?! | 10 | 28.07.2012 |
| Hey guys, I have been watching tutorials on how to produce on youtube and have a question about this effect. Fast forward to 2:22 and pause there. This: bangbang.jpg Im guessing it's a rise in volume for certain parts of a track like a kick or something? someone please explain what these… | ||
| 26.07.2012 Any Reason + Midi Fighter users out there? | 0 | 26.07.2012 |
| I believe I'm like the 3rd person on the planet to use a Midi Fighter with Reason.... Anyone else out there? | ||
| 25.07.2012 Anyone like moombahcore? got tons of free samples, so.. here ya go! | 0 | 25.07.2012 |
| whats up? I recently decided to start a music production website for electronic music and hip hop, it's called Bassadelic. Beyond articles, humor, and tutorials, there's lots of sample packs. (Four so far, but I only started adding them a couple weeks ago) I figure, there's gotta some… | ||
| 24.07.2012 Recreating Cedric Gervais "MOLLY" sample | 2 | 24.07.2012 |
| Im working on a remix of Cedric Gervais' MOLLY. I would love to be able to recreate that voice and add new phrases to my remix. Anyone have any ideas on how to recreate the sample? | ||
| 22.07.2012 Anyone ever bought samples from loopmasters.com? | 9 | 24.07.2012 |
| Hi, im using logic pro 9 and just bought some samples off of loopmasters.com. When I open up the downloaded folder there is a text file called "INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS.doc". The .doc helps on where to save the samples for each DAW sampler, for logic its the exs24. Its specifically… | ||
| 16.07.2012 Would like feedback on new track? | 4 | 23.07.2012 |
| http://soundcloud.com/whiteeyes/jehuty Hey guys This is my first post up here - I've been producing EDM for about 18 months (producing metal/djent stuff for 4 years before that). I would just appriciate a bit of feedback on this track - I needed a transition track for my DJ sets for 128bpm… |
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