After finally coming back from my rant and taking a bit of a breather from music I think I’m understanding why I am stressing so much. I feel like I’m comparing myself to artists too much and trying to achieve what they achieved in such a short span of time when music takes YEARS to master. Although I know I’m quick with learning I know that I cannot learn as quickly as I want with music production. I feel like after I stopped pressuring myself to try and achieve what SKRILLEX or SOPHIE did with themselves I can finally express myself while looking at others music and understanding what they did and trying it out. I now understand melody isn’t as complex and melody is now easier especially after learning this and understanding that it all comes with time will definitely help me with my music career. Many people have told me “you won’t get famous off of music” but I think if I put my effort into it and still maintain my current responsibilities I can achieve my dreams. Of course I have my realistic job to achieve but I have 8 years to achieve musical success and I think in this stretch of time I can achieve it and if I don’t still keep at it with my main job until I realize I can maintain it as a fun hobby. Just wanted to share this especially considering my rant last post was a bit rude.

For a while I put my vocals in mono by default. Only recently I stopped doing so and find that I always prefer them in stereo.

What problems if any does this cause in the overall mix?

Hi, as the title suggests I'm looking for a 3 octave midi keyboard with full sized keys in the smallest form factor possible. I don't want any buttons, sliders or knobs, just 37 full sized keys.

The Icon iKeyboard 4x 37 key is the closest thing I've found so far but I would preferably like something without all the extra buttons.

I just sold my MPK261 due to connectivity issues. When I bought a new MacBook, Logic stopped recognizing the controller. I’ve tried many things but in the end, I’m using this as an opportunity to scale down. Since I’m not a keyboardist, I don’t really need five octaves. Thinking of going to three octaves (37 keys) to save desk space. Should I re-up with an Akai? Or go in another direction?

Made an edit of a (very famous) track to put in my DJ sets. Liked it so much I wanted to post to SC. Except the track got taken down for copywrite because I (obviously) don’t own the rights.

I only set it to streaming, no downloads. Titled it “ [song name], [artist name] - [my artist bame]Bootleg Edit”.

Clearly I didn’t expect to be able to post the track anywhere else, but I thought SC was a safe space for bootlegs, edits and remix’s. Any thoughts here? Do I ust forget about posting the edit, or is there a way we’ve all found to post that won’t get it removed and (possibly) me flagged as a thief.

Thanks in advance!

Edit to Add: Appreciate the respones all! I really just wanted an edit with different drums and a faster tempo, so it's very close to the OG. I might change the pitch and and give that a try, but sounds like it's a crap shoot when it's basically the same track. Makes sense!

I heard that if your new release does well you can be pushed on Spotify, anyone have this happen to them?

It like like 200, 2000 or 20,000?

I'm completely lost on how to make vocals sound like the ones in the song using a vocoder. So somebody please help me :)thanks in advance (I use logic btw)

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Please post any and all [Feedback] or [Listen] type threads in this thread until the next one is created. Any threads made that should be a comment here will be removed.

Rules:

1. Make an effort to comment on other people's tracks. By doing so, you will find that others will be more likely to help you with your tracks.

2. Be specific when asking for help. Examples of specific questions: "What do you think about this kick sample?" "How's this mix?" "I need some help on this melody, the last measure comes off a little cheesy, any ideas?" etc.

3. Be descriptive when giving feedback. Use timecodes to highlight certain parts.

4. Please link to the feedback comments you've left in your top-level comment. This will show others the feedback you've left, and you're more likely to get feedback yourself! Also, please notice those who are leaving a lot of feedback and give them some, too. This is a cooperative effort! Update: Any comments that do not follow this format will be automatically removed.

For example:

feedback for Esther: "link to feedback"

feedback for Fay: "link to feedback"

feedback for Minerva: "link to feedback"

Here's my track. I'm looking for ___

So, platforms in which we must upload to get more listeners, audience in your opinion. I only do youtube and soundcloud.

What do you guys do when creating the sub for a song?

When making a bass synth do you use the sub filter on the top left or do you create a completely separate track and new synth for the subs.

I saw he’s running a cyber Monday sale on his Serum packs. Does anyone like his sound design presets? I’ve always just used XLNT Sound packs

https://streamable.com/y4rnxi

I'm really liking this reverb. I almost never buy plugins but this one kept getting recommended by legit people and I was like why do I need another reverb. So I got it really just to see what the hype was about.

What do you guys think?

I have a lot of stuff in my studio.

My Mac Studio has a decent amount of I/O, but its not enough. I have my midi hardware, interfaces, monitors, screens, etc. I also have lots of other usb-c hardware that is hust convenient for me. Are there some great I/O hubs that producers here recommend for their setups? Might as well take advantage of these cyber Monday deals.

I am referring to the vocoder type vocal of Fred singing in the first and second verses.

This recurring thread is where you may share or request services you have to offer to the edmproduction community. Post your programs and plugins, your mastering/teaching/coaching/artwork services, your website/tutorials, your preset/sample packs, your labels- anything but actual music itself.

Rules:

1. No posting music. No posting your soundcloud when you're looking for labels, no ghost production; nothing that constitutes you selling or sharing your own created tracks.
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As with the rest of the subreddit, final decisions over what constitutes an acceptable posting here will be at the sole discretion of the mods.

Please post any and all [Feedback] or [Listen] type threads in this thread until the next one is created. Any threads made that should be a comment here will be removed.

Rules:

1. Make an effort to comment on other people's tracks. By doing so, you will find that others will be more likely to help you with your tracks.

2. Be specific when asking for help. Examples of specific questions: "What do you think about this kick sample?" "How's this mix?" "I need some help on this melody, the last measure comes off a little cheesy, any ideas?" etc.

3. Be descriptive when giving feedback. Use timecodes to highlight certain parts.

4. Please link to the feedback comments you've left in your top-level comment. This will show others the feedback you've left, and you're more likely to get feedback yourself! Also, please notice those who are leaving a lot of feedback and give them some, too. This is a cooperative effort! Update: Any comments that do not follow this format will be automatically removed.

For example:

feedback for Esther: "link to feedback"

feedback for Fay: "link to feedback"

feedback for Minerva: "link to feedback"

Here's my track. I'm looking for ___

https://youtu.be/Dk1iVjHD7PM does anyone know how to recreate this bass sound at 0:28?

I've been looking for a specific type of shaker sample that's used a lot in Bass House music. It sounds a bit like a tambourine, but the sound is slightly different.

One example of is right at the start of this Joyryde song: https://youtu.be/fgTDJNL6PzA?t=8

Can you guys help me find it?

My guess is that most producers face this issue at some point. You know what sounds good, and you want to make it, but you can´t. Maybe you can't even pinpoint exactly why you cant fully recreate it because it might be many aspects and not just say: drums or sound design. So you don't put anything out yet, you procrastinate releasing or you keep starting new projects over and over but still not fully satisfied enough to share it and you also intuitively know it won't be signed either. Apart from time and obviously keep on working, what helped you in this process? its a very painful phase to be in where I assume a lot of people also quit.

So I’ve been doing production for about a month and I have made three tracks so far that are close to completion. When I say close I mean halfway done because I have no melodies on any of them. I struggle with melodies a lot and maybe it’s because I’m holding myself back but I really can’t seem to understand why I can’t do a simple melody. It seems like no matter what it sounds awful and I’ve listened to a bunch of different YouTube videos and soaked up as much information as I can. I don’t know if it’s me or maybe it’s a bit hard to understand but I literally feel like slamming my head on the table and breaking my laptop because I have this nice drum pattern with this nicely set bass and then I fuck it up with my shitty melodies. It’s annoying the hell out of me and I’ve tried as much as I can to understand what I’m doing wrong. I’ve tweaked my attack, decay, sustain, release and the pitch, octave, LFO’s, ENV’s and other settings but still can’t get it to sound right. Maybe it’s because I’m too harsh on myself especially considering I’m JUST STARTING OUT but I’m getting so damn frustrated. Slightly confused and tired of not being able to sleep because I feel like my music sucks. I’m writing this at 2:23 AM because I’m so frustrated with my music and I just wanna quit but at the same time I know I can do it. Maybe it’s because I’m burnt out from school and trying to constantly appease everyone all while trying to do music but I just don’t know what the hell to do. I feel like it’s me but then I feel like it’s just because I wanna create my own sounds but then people are telling me it’s not necessary and it’s so confusing. I feel so lost because I’m trying everyday for hours on end to make a song and the melodies always mess me up because no matter what it sounds like shit. I don’t know how artists do it and it really frustrates me. How do they learn to do it? It takes years of course but how the hell do they learn melodies in order to make a simple track that sounds at least decent. Sorry if it seems like I’m rambling but I genuinely am so frustrated when it comes to my music because I’ve made about 20 billion revisions with the drums and the bass but no matter what the melodies do not fucking stick and I feel like it’s because I don’t even know what the hell I’m doing. Someone help me out over here because I cannot do it anymore.

I was thinking that we could use this thread to help one another find Splice vocals that we recognize from a song but are having trouble finding on the website. Often times it's easy to just search the lyrics on Splice but sometimes the samples aren't named after the lyrics and it can be near impossible to track them down.

Here's two that I'm currently searching for:

"Can you see them in the nature" (vox are kinda mumbly though and hard to understand but they're definitely from Splice) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtmoLrCq9bI

"My eyes are like a lie machine" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CLBoLPdACM & https://soundcloud.com/christopher_villiam/eyes-like-a-lie-machine-villiamz & tons more tracks with this one - searched all the keywords on splice but haven't had any luck, I'm very confident it's on there though

Context:

- I am looking to buy headphones with a budget of around $150.

- My interest lies in creating music in genres like Dubstep, Tearout, Deathstep, and Melodic Dubstep.

- I draw inspiration from artists such as Crankdat and Kai Wachi, and I have been enjoying this type of music for nearly a decade.

- I have some experience with FL Studio, having used it intermittently and become familiar with the software.

History:

- In the past, I have primarily used consumer headphone brands, including:

- Razer Kraken X

- AirPods

- HyperX Cloud II

- HyperX Cloud III (my current headset)

- I haven't yet invested in studio-grade headphones and I'm uncertain about which options would best suit my needs.

My Understanding:

- I’ve heard that the Audio-Technica ATH-M50x is a popular choice among dubstep artists, but I'm also considering the Beyerdynamic DT 770 Pro, particularly the newer Pro X Limited Edition model since people say these are better than the ATH-M50x.

- I've read mixed reviews regarding the DT 770's treble response, which some claim can lead to listener fatigue. However, I believe that tools like SoundID could help adjust the sound profile to suit my preferences.

- I am curious about how soundstage size affects the listening experience for the music I create.

- Many discussions about the DT 770s often do not compare the Pro X Limited Edition model, and older threads frequently do not address my specific queries about the DT 770's Pro X version.

- I understand that while reviewers claim the Pro X may be better than the 80 and sometimes the 250, these comparisons seem to lack context specific to my situation.

- I specifically chose closed-back headphones instead of open-back, as my environment doesn't allow me to fully utilize open-back designs.

I sometimes use LFO to slowly modulate the filter's cutoff (or other parameters) of my synth. This means that it will take a while to play a full LFO "modulation cycle"; for instance, it can take up to 2 full rounds of the chords progression before the synth finishes the LFO modulation cycle and starts over again.

I generally want to arrange the rest of the instruments in a way that they follow the intensity of the synth, so I need to know where the LFO "is" at any moment in the track.
The problem is that if I do not play the synth exactly from the start, then the LFO of the synth will not be in the same phase it would be if it was played from the beginning.

This slows my workflow a lot and I can easily get ear fatigue because I always have to play the synth track from the beginning (or from a part where the LFO cycle "restarts", e.g. after 20 seconds) otherwise I don't have a clear idea of what the synth sounds like in that section.

For reference, the synths I use most are Spire and Serum, and I use FL Studio and Ableton as DAWs. Any tip would be appreciated!

So I got curious and ran a google ads campaign for my new single.

I did a budget of 30 bucks a day, and targeted very specific people who only listen to related artists and the same genre. (Hard trance, modern hard techno, psy trance)

After 1 day of running this:

• Views: 128 to 1500

• retention: went from 24% to 11%

• Subs: plus 300…..

• 150 thumbs up

The sub ratio is insane but the retention is bad, anyone else did this before and anyone else have insight? Are these stats normal ish? I guess it depends on the genre and song

These ads are showing up as search results in YT and also side bar, and also before related videos (which I wish didn’t, I prefer the search results but I can’t choose where they show up)

Genre: hard trance / techno (like funk tribu combined with Sara Landry)

If these subs are returning listeners this is 100% crazy and worth it for 30 damn dollars but it also seems to good to be true? Or maybe I targeted it well? Idk, I’ve never done this before lol

Hey everyone, I’m completely new to music production and DJing, but I really want to start making house music. Some examples of the type of music I’d like to create are

Dance All Night by Toscana Famax by Raffa Guido Rainfall by Tom Santa Running Back by R3liks.

I can buy any essential equipment and software I’ll need to get started.

Most importantly, I’m looking for a good online course to follow. I have no problem paying courses, it can be either free youtube course or paid. I’m happy to invest in courses to save time. I want the course to teach me all the way from basics of music to being able to make some beginner level tracks.

I would be super grateful if you could share your recommendations for courses/resources and anything in general about starting to make house music like software, equipment, etc.

Thank you so much in advance!

So I’ve been struggling with making anything good or coherent. I’ve been trying to learn music production for a couple weeks to about a month now and I think my main struggle has come from trying to get everything to sound good from the beginning.

I think I need to develop a good foundation and a good flow and rhythm before I can truly know what sounds I want for the song. The thing is I don’t know what types of sounds to start with and how good they should sound form the beginning. I don’t really have samples nor do I really want to use them as I feel it takes away from the learning experience because I feel that sound design is like half of music production. If you just skip that step and use other people sounds to me it seems your only gonna end up sounding generic and also not get the sounds you truly want, maybe I’m wrong on this as I do have a lack of understanding with this subject.

How should I approach this, is this a good way to look at it or should I be focusing on something else first? Maybe I need to start with solid sounds then start making something? Idk but I can’t seem to get anything good with the current method I am using.

I’ve written a 4 bar chord progression but the plug in refuses to start playing at the 1. It’s starting the chord progression from the 3rd chrod.

Anyone who has the plug in know why this happens?

Took one day to get approved for student acct (had to send pic of student id), but got the Pro bundle for $344 vs $516, mastering bundle is $234 instead of $351. Intermediate level producer here, and wanted the mastering bundle but took Pro-R and a couple others for $15 bucks more than mastering bundle + pro-r

Specify any genre, other ideas, and when you tend to work on your music. Post your level of experience and what level of experience you're looking to collab with. Post any other details you think are relevant. You don't have to be using the same DAW as the people you collaborate with, unless you specifically want to!

Here is what an example post could look like, but the format here is fairly open-ended:

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Hi, I'm an intermediate-level producer with a background in chill-glitch-hop hardstyle fusion. I'm open to ideas, but I was thinking I'd like to collab on a deep house cover of an 80s soft rock song. I usually have time on Thu-Sun evening to discuss or work on music (my timezone is GMT+7). PM me if you're interested!

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For reference, here are some loose rules of thumb for levels of experience:

• Beginner: Still sorting out compression from reverb.
• Intermediate: Still working on skills in some areas of production. You've got tracks that you're proud of.
• Advanced: Released something on a label, or could see yourself shopping your music around for labels soon.
• Pro: You've been regularly paid to produce for a non-trivial period of time.

Feel free to specify how many people you're looking for, but be careful of having too many cooks in the kitchen. All contact details and file transfers should be set up via PM (that is, don't post email addresses, dropboxes, etc. in this thread!). Please update your thread once you're done searching for collaborators. Let the mods know if this format works, or if you have any suggestions. And finally, have fun!