Hi, I recently bought a new audio interface (an Scarlett 2i2 4th gen) and I’m having doubts about the right way to set my input to connect my Pedalboard on it.

My Pedalboard has the following signal chain (Tuner, modulations and Drives) -> TONEX pedal (Amp and Cabsim) -> Boss DD-7 -> tc eletronic hall of fame

So my question is, should I use my p10 input on line level or in instrument level when I connect my Pedalboard in it ?

Right out the box, my M50x's are stuck in mono. I plug them into my computer, and there's no stereo signal, and when I plug them into my interface (Behringer Um2) they're still stuck in mono, and it sounds really thin. The issue persists with both cables in the box. I've fiddled with every sound setting and driver for the past 2 hours to no success. Is this a hardware issue?

JFDR - Think Too Fast

hi,

i'd really like to try and make a track inspired by this song.
i'm hoping i can understand the techniques to further my own ideas.

i really like the main string melody, not sure if it's a harp? guessing i'd have to use a kontakt library etc if so.
not sure what kind of synth sound is underneath, it sounds vintage in style?

also enjoy a lot of the reverb fx, never know how to use reverb properly though, so any pointers would be cool!

thanks :))))

Hi!

So I am a new producer and having my first 3 EPs mastered right now. I would like to release on vinyl. I worked in record shops in the 90s and was used to reps visiting or calling and hawking their products. Is it still like that?

And there were distributors for genres, in my case it was a company called Southern (SRD) that handled jungle and drum and bass music. Do those sort of companies exist these days? (Not specifically D&B as I don't make it)

Only asking as BITD we would listen to the records and stock them if they were good even if it was a brand new label and unknown artist. As someone who doesn't use social media I won't be able to spread the word that way but would be happy to press them on wax if things are similar to back then.

Thanks in advance to anybody who reads this

Need to start advertising my business and figure id do a tiktok video with a jingle. I know there's like an art creator on reddit, but is there one for music or jingles? Or should i broaden my search to online?

thanks for the help.

I'm a passionate oscilloscope musician and oscilloscope music enjoyer, and I realized a few moments ago that the outro to my song is similar enough in progression to Oscillofun by Atom Delta that I can slip the countermelody from 0:25 to 0:43 in and it sounds really nice.

Oscillofun was one of the songs that introduced me to oscilloscope music in the first place, and it's widely known in the community as one of the earliest examples of oscilloscope music as we know it today, so I want to include its countermelody in the ending of my song as an homage. I plan to put a note in the description that points this out and links to the original composition, but I'm worried that it'll still come off as stealing the idea, even though the majority of the song is completely different and unique.

I might be entering the song into a demoparty, and if it wins in the category there would be some prize money, so I want to be careful not to cross into the realm of stealing someone else's art. What are your thoughts on this? Does this sound like a bad idea to do?

I understand how all three of them work, but I feel like I'm not using compression as much I should be. I use a clipper on my master rather than a limiter and whenever I want to make a sound "louder" I use clipper (or compression and a clipper after that)

So if my signal chain were to look like this:
mic -> Focusrite -> delay+reverb guitar pedal -> mixing table -> PA

Would that work well? Or should I use something else than the Focusrite in order to get the proper impedance for the pedal to work properly with the mic? Any tips welcome.

Thanks!

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I hear a lot that in order to be a studio musician, you have to be good at sight reading, but I hear some people defining that as reading charts and others as defining it as reading sheet music. I can sight read charts really well, but I can’t sight read lead sheets at all. I can read them but it takes a minute to figure it out. Is this sufficient to try out for some session gigs? Does it depend on the genre?

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We rough mix our own music, what I call the "creative mix". Guitar should be bluesy, bass should sound thumpy, whatever. Then the 'technical' side of mixing/mastering we've delegated to a contracting engineer. It's pricey though, even though we're only releasing once a month atm. Do any of you guys play rock/alt/guitar-themed music and do your own final mix-downs and masters?

Hello! I have been working on a song with a friend and we wanted to record a piano part. Her school conveniently has a room you can use with a Steinway grand, and we have been trying to record this piano for HOURS. The room has acoustic paneling about 6 feet up the 25-30 foot walls, so there is a pretty high amount of resonance. Every time we record the piano (we have researched many ways to mic it) it just sounds like its coming through a wormhole. Any tips are welcome!!!

Hi, I'm a newbie here trying to recreate this guitar tone. The closest I've got is using a virtual strat guitar going through neural dsp tone king amp. But still, it's nowhere near even acceptable close (50% at most). I'm planning on buying an electric guitar to strum it out (suspect that it needs a real strumming pattern), but I'm afraid it's just a waste of money. Any help would be very appreciated!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Rvi_bwEGHl4Idi8VKzShq8LMlvwVJ7dH/view?usp=sharing

My attempt:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KFWgYQPKKZgVcwlGylbsgxnz2QKUgRij/view?usp=sharing

It has this not-very-nice buzz and also sounds not as big and spacious.

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I have written and recorded around 20 songs with my band already. What i found out is i tend to do mainly a 4 chord songs. Now we are about to record our next EP, and all of those songs are really repetetive.

I got a chord sequence for Verses and for Choruses, two songs from four share the same chord progression in both.

I feel like i would like to spice these songs up, but i dont know how. How do you approach this? When do you decide its ok to leave it simple, or when something more should be added?

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I’m trying to recreate the tone and effects of the main chords strummed and rung out throughout Thirty Three (on helix native if anyone is curious). Obviously some reverb and chorus but I just can’t quite nail it as there is definitely something else going on… any ideas?

Link to isolated guitar stem:

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I composed an orchestral track to be played at my friend's wedding (full orchestra, mostly East West samples but also a few live instruments) and I'm not sure if I should look into getting it mastered or not. My concern is that I won't get to hear how it sounds on the venue's speakers until the big day and it will probably sound very different to my headphones/laptop speakers.

Considering that it's probably going to be played at a fairly loud volume in a big echoey hall full of people, is mastering something that would give the piece a better chance of sounding good? Or is it more just for releasing songs being on streaming services?

I’ve learned quite a bit about mixing over the last year and have my first song almost done.

My question is, I’d like to pay a pro to also mix the song. To understand how far apart our mixing skills are. And where I can still grow and learn.

One thought was to pay for the mix by a pro, but also pay extra for them to record or spreadsheet, whichever is easier time wise for them to show me their steps for my song

Is that offensive if I’m willing to pay for it to learn?

Thanks

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Thought you might find this video I just posted interesting! Hope it’s okay to post here. We did a shootout with four 1176s: Vintage UREI RevD, AudioScape 76D Deluxe, WesAudio ng76, and the new Warm Audio WA-76D.

We’re going to shoot out a blue stripe next!

Vintage 1176 vs Three Clones

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Hey,
I've been working on this song for about a week straight now and I was quite excited about it, but I've started to run into some problems that are making it a bit difficult and I had some questions.

I originally wrote the song in C (kind of) but I found it suited my voice better in Db. The first guitar take that I recorded most of the vocals to is Capo 1 and I used a tuner to tune it up to F Bb Eb Ab C F. There is also a take that I did in F standard that I comped it with.
The vocals are really in tune with these guitar takes and its a pretty solid take playing wise.

Now, because of the setup of my guitar probably, I have a feeling that

1. It may not be in a440
2. I think the bass notes on the A and E strings are out of tune with the rest of the guitar

I realised this when I went to play bass on it, initially tuned everything to a440 and it sounded fucked. Then I tried to just tune the bass to the song, but I could never quite get it right.

It could be "nice" to have a slightly out of tune song just for an effect, but I feel like its worth recording it "properly" so that I have more options instrumentation wise down the track.

I also realised today that instead of 100 bpm I think it sits better at 93bpm.
Just to see what would happen, I recorded another guitar take at 93bpm but in C, no capo. The intonation of the guitar sat a lot better. Its a great take, but when I try to pitch it up a semitone, I feel like some of the quality is lost. So I figure I'm better off recording it with the Capo. The thing is, it felt like no matter what I would do I could never get it to sit in tune. I know guitars are equal temperament so its always gonna be a bit flawed but it sounded pretty fine in C.

I also experimented with changing the tempo of my old vocals but again the quality loss was pretty disappointing, and because I feel its not truly a440 in the original take everything sounds a bit off.

Is there anything I should try? I use FL studio by the way.

I have a feeling that the answer is just start from scratch, I try to avoid fixing things in post as much as possible but its just a bit of a bummer cause I spent a lot of time on what I do have. Also could be a case of having heard it too much and overthinking everything.

I am trying to come up with an synth arp for a counter melody on my track. I tried double-time but 260 sounds a bit too fast.

Are there any other math equations that work instead of double time i.e. 2/3 4/6 time? Im not sure exactly what im asking but are there any other kind of "math equations" to find a cool time that works with the original BPM of 130?

I need some advice I'd like to share with my band.

We are currently in the studio to record 3 songs for an EP. Therefore we hired a mixing engineer and producer

In my opinion we should tell them in an abstract way of our sound vision but should avoid discussing the details like how loud a guitar should be etc. because that's their part of the job and they can only do it properly if they stay in control of the details.

This led to a lot of trouble today. The guitarist want's his guitar louder, punchier, more present, more modern. The singer says that the performance is too accurate (because the producer fixed some minor timing and vocal pitch issues) etc.

Edit: Solved! I got an amp simulator which seemed to fixed everything.

I recently got a Scarlett Solo 3rd Gen and I went to record a cover of Holiday by Greenday. When I play through my amp (Fender Mustang LT50), it sounds almost identical to the song with my pedal, but when I record it, it sounds extra distorted or almost like an 80s fuzz kind of thing. I'm using Ableton Live LITE because it came with my interface. Are there any solutions, or is it just how my guitar sounds?

Trying to render stem tracks. In my project everything start at measure 3. But when I render then drag them into a new project they start 6.3 measures late at measure 9.3. I got the bounds set up to entire project origonally, then tried custom time selection also but didn't work.

Even when including markers and regions, they were 5 measures early out of synce with the rendered tracks, but only 1 measure late from the original project.