Producing Techno - what would you do next?
Producing Techno - what would you do next? Posted on: 23.04.2013 by Sandie Kristufek Every time I come to make a track I get so far and then get stuck!This is a prime example... https://soundcloud.com/en-coder/wip Obviously this is only a snippet of what I'm working on at the moment but there's not a whole lot more to it at the moment. I get to this stage fairly quickly but then spend days fannying around trying to work out where to go next. I want to produce techno but my tracks all seem very bland, like there's something missing. If this was one of your tracks, what would you do next with it? | |
| Sandie Kristufek 24.04.2013 |
Originally Posted by Tarekith
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| Sandie Kristufek 24.04.2013 |
Originally Posted by Unique Freak
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| Sandie Kristufek 23.04.2013 | Every time I come to make a track I get so far and then get stuck! This is a prime example... https://soundcloud.com/en-coder/wip Obviously this is only a snippet of what I'm working on at the moment but there's not a whole lot more to it at the moment. I get to this stage fairly quickly but then spend days fannying around trying to work out where to go next. I want to produce techno but my tracks all seem very bland, like there's something missing. If this was one of your tracks, what would you do next with it? |
| Zulma Ramji 24.04.2013 | I agree - i feel the best way to go about making a track is coming up with ALL sounds that will be in the peak of the song and then subtracting them when building up. you are definitely onto something - this track start sounding good you just need to work on the following things from my opinion: 1: automate various parameters of the DAW to make sound evolve over the corse of the song. It doesn't have to be drastic but even some slight velocity change in the drums can add some solid groove. 2 2. unless my headphones are shitty - i didn't hear any prominent bassline. Even something as simple as 1bar bass can make wonders in terms how the track evolves/creates tension/releases tension when you add/remove the lower frequencies of the track. 3. reverb the shit out of some sounds - i personally love to get drawn in the track when some sounds are drawn out into deep layers of the track. But honestly a track can be what you have already - its all about tension and release. remove/add some sounds throught the song - keep people guessing but have some idea of what is going to happen. i dont know if this makles any sense but hope it helps. |
| Monserrate Rupnow 24.04.2013 | Let me know if you have any questions. |
| Sandie Kristufek 24.04.2013 |
Originally Posted by Tarekith
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| Sandie Kristufek 24.04.2013 |
Originally Posted by Unique Freak
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| Luciano Hyppolite 24.04.2013 | yeah read tarekith's guide they are awesome! |
| Monserrate Rupnow 24.04.2013 | Arranging guide: http://tarekith.com/assets/pdfs/ArrangingSongs.pdf Transitions: http://tarekith.com/assets/pdfs/Transitions.pdf |
| Laurinda Benya 23.04.2013 | Techno usually has a reverberated kick. You could experiment with that as well as introduce more ride symbols to fill out the higher frequencies, along with white noise. |
| Luciano Hyppolite 23.04.2013 | dont start from the beggining of the track. first build your awesome peak energy loop of the track, then substract from that, that will make arrengement easier |
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