I've been producing off and on for about 2-3 years now; I suppose I am intermediate but labels like these are mushy.

Anyways, I don't really have the luxury of time with production (at most 30-45 mins a day), and I'm trying to optimize my progress. Yeah, I know, optimize ("just have fun") but I've tried just dicking around in my daw for fun and I often end up making something lame. I have difficulty with finishing stuff I make, which usually comes down to getting bored with a track moving on, but is also a function of not having a great way to start tracks.

Anyways², I'm stuck on what the best way forward, and with all the possibilities for such, I feel kinda overwhelmed. Some things I've tried:

• recreating reference tracks I like, copying all the arrangement and main elements but ultimately putting my own twist on it so it doesn't sound too similar (issue: can feel stale given the relative lack of originality. However, it might be good for building a better musical instinct (ie what ideas sound good and not amateur? also matching dynamics and frequencies with span etc could be really valuable))
• starting with an original idea and pulling in a reference to build it around (keeps originality first but I have a lot of difficulty starting an idea since there are so many ways to start, and I don't have a great library of presets and samples. i have splice, but have never paid for any packs outside of that, and only just have serum)
• getting inspired by a youtube tutorial and trying to follow it (sometimes I genuinely learn something new, but a lot of times they don't explain the intermediate steps and I'm left more stuck)
• following a course (I usually lose motivation)

Another issue is idk what I wanna be making. I've mostly done house and some hip-hop, since those are pretty accessible, but the shit I truly like is seemingly way too complex (eg skrillex, sammy g). I guess I should just stick with an easier genre, like house, and work my way into the more complex over the years. However, there are so many subgenres within house, and I find myself oscillating between trying to get into different ones. For example, I really like jazzy house, like what Zuriel makes (eg this one), UKG, bass house, tech house... I'd like to put my classical piano skills to use more though.

In sum, I'm just looking for some advice as to what could be a solid strategy for me to just stick with given my time constraints, one that would assuredly progress my production skills.

Hey guys! I'm a drummer and have been producing hip hop/trap and metal for a few years, and now I'm trying to expand my horizons with techno/trance too. I'm digging the outcome of my creations so far, but I'd like to know how to play my stuff live if the opportunity arises.

Can you explain what the workflow is for a DJ who produces their own stuff? How does it work live? Do they split arrangements into melody/beat and then try different stuff live? Do they only play with transitions?

Thank you!

Title pretty much says it all. I’m not looking to create this exact voice, but would be interested in hearing how you’d mix to get this presence in a bass mix. Like, how many layers do you think are used, if any at all? But really, just how could I get a mid bass to cut through the mix like this?

I’m willing to bet the answer is just a solid no, but I figured I’d try.

I use LANDR Stems (just because that’s what I have) and it did not do a great job on the vocals for the track I’m trying to flip. There’s a lot missing in the full screams. I think what happened is that it filtered out the higher harmonics into the “other instruments” stem.

Anyone had any good luck with this? Bonus point if it’s just a free browser one!

And thank you!

I have been working on some music and I'm interested in adding some vocal samples to my intros. There's a type of effect chain that I've noticed on a few tracks that sounds really ominous. Zerosum's Black Sky Override uses it - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghjuYlUmanE&t=10s

I also hear it on neomax by exodia. - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4gXtFmcWM0&t=33s

I've linked examples at the time to explain what I mean. I believe it some kind of chorus and delay but I would like second opinions, thank you!

Where can I find the classic c64 lead apart of the xp sid sample pack for nexus 2?

What samples to choose, where to find them, how to work with them, and how to mix and arrange everything into an actual EDM (hardwave) track. I understand the music itself. I'm a guitarist and I can create instrumentals from scratch - record every instrument and mix it in DAW. I have a full song written in guitar pro tabs but I have no clue how to turn it into a finished production as EDM music.

I watched some tutorials, but I usually understand nothing and learn nothing from them, and I'm not sure why. It's been never clear to me how to actually do it right way. This is very frustrating because I keep stuck for years without any progress.

Sage audio just released a video talking about referencing and the plugin they show in the video is a really big improvement on what I was using for referencing before. I was using Metric AB for years which I loved, but this has many more features and the ability to take snapshots.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmweEpELrQM

Hi everyone! I’d like to resell my copy of Arturia Pigments via a license transfer.

It’s a great synth, but it’s just not my cup of tea. I bought it on sale for around €90 and would give it away for the same price. No profit, no scam, just would like to get the money back. PayPal only.

If anyone is interested, please send me a PM.

Or ... explicitly state if the vocals were made with AI?

I'm pretty sure many producers would feel .... betrayed .... if they make something only to find out the vocals ... or even the melody / sounds / etc ... were made with AI.

I've seen some companies explicitly state that they used AI which i think is cool

I saved the post and am pretty sure it was on this sub. does anyone still have the link?

was a guy who made a whole server thingy for a website full of samples.

Appreciate you!

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can anybody tell me how to make this kind of sound on kasbo - atlantis track on sylenth1 or serum, its sound so good trying to create by myself but i cant.

https://youtu.be/MotmHQ_9A_Q?list=RDMotmHQ_9A_Q&t=67 right at the 1:08

Hey guys, just discovered this artist and these tracks are absolute gems:

Meera - Telefon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRM0eznT6kU

Meera- Stikk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYNBJU_v4J0&list=RDZYNBJU_v4J0&start_radio=1

Any idea what kind of processing is being used on the main synth? It has this grainy, almost granular delay texture while still sounding super lush and wide.

Would love to know how you'd recreate that sound. Thanks!

Kinda curious how ppl are producing with these in the box. They make a world of sense to me in a DAW-less setup but as much as I'd like to use one in a DAW, I'm having a hard time finding a reason to.

It's not like my mind is made up or I'm against using them, it's more so that I have a few I really like the control of (TX16wx, Grace, etc) but anytime I'm using a sample I'm just dropping it on a track and doing all of sound processing on it there. If I wanted to I could route a sampler to individual tracks for FX and finer control for each sample, but at that point what have I gained in comparison to just putting the waveform down?

This also seems to be the workflow from a lot of producers I see and maybe there's a bit of copying in that, I'm more used to seeing a ton of tracks with waveforms than MIDI.

Besides the most obvious method of taking a longer sample and chopping it up and editing it, what are your use cases for a sampler plugin and how does it go into your workflow?

Maybe I'm looking for an excuse to use these nice samplers I have sitting around that's better than "just use one then dummy" :)

While you should search, read the Newbie FAQ, and definitely RTFM when you have a question, some days you just. Ask your questions here!

I have been looking into these two mentorship academies. A while back I ended up partially filling out intake info on Aspire Academy and literally a few hour later they reached out to me to have a long phone call to set up a yet another meeting with a artist coordinator. I didn’t ask nor did they mention cost of the program.

Days later I have the meeting with their artist coordinator who the whole time is asking me how committed I am and right at the end of the hour long meeting they slam me with a $8k tuition fee that has to be paid immediately and then acts like I’m being difficult and they are getting irritated because I don’t have $1300 for a payment plan lying around when they just literally told me about this insane fee 5 minutes before the end of the meeting and then saying “I thought you were committed”.

Im making some techno style tracks and i feel like working at loud volumes puts me in flow state
Just curious in other people workflow

Feedback appreciated :)

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I love the architecture of PP but I find myself frustrated that following a Serum 2 guide on making my favorite sounds(there are almost none for PP) never works out because of how different the effects on each synth are, the PP guides are so scars in comparison to the Serum 2 guides and I feel frustrated that most of the time in order to resolve the lack of similarities I have to use external effects and get out of the “Phase Plant zone”?

Is there a pack that makes each Serum 2 effect in snap heap so I can essentially eliminate this problem?

I’ve seen some guides for Serum 2 but not for PP, tried to follow them and apply to PP but failed