Available for Mac, Linux & Windows on GitHub!

Splicerr is an alternative client for the popular Splice sample library. It does not require any authentication and contains all of the most important features of the regular desktop app (including drag-and-drop).

It's basically a full rewrite of ascpixi's Splicedd ❤️, just with a couple more features and different foundation.

Note that you need the corresponding license for samples you use commercially.

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=xTinWvP2mdk&si=d2vQ-wyD1wLxXwGM I found this song yesterday and i fucking love it but i wanna know how to recreate that bass. I never really tried recreating sounds before so that's why i need help on it because im not sure how to start and what the steps for it are. Ik it got some bounce and grit or distortion from it but not sure what the processing is. Im using serum for it but vital is also welcome

i don't exactly have a big problem with it, but it also makes me wonder if i'm just not as creative as i think I am and i'm just lucky.

ie. i copy and paste a region which causes the automation to somehow change and it sounds great.
ie. my hardware has been acting up for months (maybe because i haven't cleaned the dust inside it) and it automatically toggles the touchstrip while i'm recording automation and writes something really good in for me.

I'm such a hack, but i love it.

Setting up a new computer with more space.

I was just using wider serum and a few other plugins.

Does anyone have a handful of free ones that they'd recommend hands down?

Hello,

I have seen a few posts recently about how you shouldn't really concern yourself with getting tracks signed, honestly I'm fine with that because I'm spending so much time in the studio it seems stupid finishing tracks, actually liking them, then just not putting them out, however I have no idea how to market myself and gain organic fans.

Just for a bit of background, I have been on-and-off producing for about 5 years, I have only really dived back in and started taking it semi-seriously for about 12 months. I have a record signed (pending release), I have 3 tracks released on Spotify (via distrokid) and 3 tracks scheduled for release in 2 week intervals, starting kinda mid-feb. I have about 10 monthly listeners and my tracks get barely any plays. I have a couple of tracks finished which are good enough for me to release, so I want to learn about what I can do to actually market them better and reach a broader audience, or any audience for that matter lmao.

I have about 500 instagram followers, about 5 of which are people I know and others are randoms who followed me after posting funny comments on other peoples posts, I genuinely think I have less than 30 followers interested in my music, and I'm basing that on the fact that my posts/stories get barely any love at all.

I got rid of Facebook about 6 years ago because frankly its a cesspool, and I have never used instagram up until about 6 months ago so I am sorry if I'm asking rudimentary questions about this but I have no idea what I'm supposed to be doing with socials to get my music more attention.

My main goal getting signed to labels that I like was that I would hopefully gain fans who are into the same type of chill melodic house music I listen to and produce, but it seems like most of the attention I get on label radar seems to be from scam labels like mustache crew and plasmapool, who want the artist to pay to get put on their (likely botted) playlists. I'm of the mind that I would probably be better just putting my own stuff out, building a real following and getting more credit when I submit my demos to my favorite labels. Please let me know if you think this approach is wrong.

I'd appreciate any advice, cheers for reading this far, I know it's an essay so thank you.

I often see people's tracks all having a myriad of effects on them that are considered more or less standard in certain situations. I literally just use reverbs and delays and if I drank my coffee that day I might remember to EQ. Are there any good tutorials on rule-of-thumb effects racks?

I am a beginner hoping to get a little better by trying to recreate songs tht I like from scratch . About to try to tackle Restless Bones by Disco Lines. Any tips for trying to recreate that almost whistle-like sound tht plays every few seconds. Also, any tips for the vocals?

I made a post yesterday about what db you guys START your tracks with. That was my main question, but i do have a follow up, and didnt know if i should include it in my original post or not.

Im starting new projects, and begin with my drums. I start adding elements and building up this drum loop, and now I got completely soul-less hats , claps are quiet, other elements are quiet. All because im consciously trying to avoid clipping. All of this, and my master is borderline hitting 0 and my drums are SO QUIET.

When i asked my question yesterday, alot of people just said they dont pay attention and just avoid the clipping. I'm not having a difficult time avoiding the clipping, that is easy. Turn things down if needed. But I got every element around my kick, and it just sounds horrible. No groove or rhythm in the drums because its so quiet...

Its a hard thing for me to ask because I always have a follow up question. Ok, i turn down my kick and process everything around my kick. Ok great. Now i add some bass, and everything i just turned down on my drum group, im turning down more because i just added a new element. Causing my already quiet drums, to be even quieter because i added a new element.

I have been watching people create tracks from scratch, purely just to see what they're doing while adding new elements. I am not seeing people put their hat group -17db, and then elements INSIDE the group down even more (like me) to avoid clipping, but theyre not adding any limiters or clippers to avoid the clipping.

There's so many things i can include that im aware of. Pick good samples, learn about saturation, compression, clipping and limiting. I understand the tools i can use. But I shouldn't have to have my hats down so much just to avoid clipping without adding processing , right?

Thanks for anyone who has taken the time to read and comment. I understand these questions get asked every day, but having a hard time finding an answer online that has seemed to help with my situation.

Hi,

I’m came across a track on Spotify today called ‘Modularity’, by Cignol.

There’s a melodic line that comes in at about 1:20, which I feel like I’ve heard a zillion times.

Is that a specific piece of gear making that sound? Or more just a type of synthesis?

P.s. maybe the clue is in the song name: i.e. that it’s some modular unit. (I have no experience with modular).

Here’s a link to the track on yowtyowb:

https://youtu.be/DE4lae15QlY?si=UUHAjO8Yhw8_nJbJ

Cheers.

Does anyone know where I can find the siren sfx used in the song NUEVAYoL right at the drop???

https://open.spotify.com/track/5TFD2bmFKGhoCRbX61nXY5?si=50f39b2b16ea4e5d

I have a I learned that I should sidechain the bass from the kick, and eq or sidechain pretty much everything else that would occupy the same low frequencies as the kick at the same time. This is kinda fundamental in electronic music according to a lot of tutorials, courses, etc.

I was fine with this, until today,
because I've started working on a song where I need to mix Surdo bass drum ( eg: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L75L16iliYY ) with a kick, because sometimes they hit at the exact same time. I can't solve the problem with arrangement, neither with EQ, because that would take exactly that part of the surdo away, that I want to hear in the song. I also can't sidechain it, because I need the Surdo to hit according to a drum pattern, which happens to be at the same time as some of the kick drums.

So I did the following:
I've created a group for the kick and the surdo, without any EQ, any sidechain, and simply clipped them. Now it's time to mention that I only have about one year experience in music production, and my ears are not the best, neither trained, but... to me it doesn't sound bad at all (listen to the 8 bar loop of kick+surdo on the link. 8mb wav: https://digistorage.es/links/395da3e5-0fde-400e-b290-d783c22f778c )

My questions are:
- Does it sound trash?
- If it sounds bad, is there a better way to do this?
- Would this cause any problem on any sound system/mixing/mastering/etc later?

Thanks for the responses!

As you all know its easy to extract the vocal from a track, it doesnt always go well tho. I Wonder if there is any way to clean a DIY acapella or whats your best tips?

Edit: Its for my own personal use to play my own bootlegs in my shows.

I love putting together all sequences and coming up with melodies and pads etc but there came a point when I want to show my stuff and after looking into the EQ, Ducking, Sidechaining, Compressing … I’m losing all desire to make music.

It’s a big deal for me because I’m going through a bit of a rough spot career- (or lack of it-) wise and I was amazed how making music has drawn me in so that when I open my DAW nothing in the world bothers me.

I was looking into Ozone plugin which as I understand does some algorithmic mastering assistance but there’d still be mixing to take care of - like cutting unnecessary EQ from instruments and I never know if I can do it without losing quality.

Do you have any advice for me? I know I could hire an engineer but I can’t afford it or even justify it at this stage of my making music.

Hi everyone

I made a free tool that allows you to generate any sample you can think off and download it immediately. I'd love for you guys to try it out and have some fun making samples with it. All I ask is please try to break it by coming up with the craziest and most ridiculous samples you can think off.

Also if you have any feedback please dont hesitate to DM :)

Its currently hosted on discord try it out: https://discord.gg/r6MpGYqUGM

And here is the main site: Noysr.com

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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.
2. Spam will not be tolerated. Repeated postings for the same product/service in the same thread will not be allowed, but you are welcome to post again in newer threads.
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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:

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feedback for Fay: "link to feedback"

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

Sound starts at 0:13 https://youtu.be/cu9tkYaPpa8?si=hR_kUhNm8g9l1ayI&t=12

It might not even be considered a "super saw" but still interested in some insight on this type of synth.

Any suggestions? I’m looking for some discourse on Phaseplant. — a Discord server solely dedicated to Phaseplant.

If there are other topics/synths included that is ok too. Thanks!

Hello! I'll try and keep it simple so here's some bullet points:

1. I sent two House songs out to a local, indie record label back in late November of 2024
2. They said they wanted the songs, want to make it a two track EP, with a January 31st release date, great!
3. They are signing many other legit artists in the scene right now, so it seemed legit overall
4. Move all the way to January 29th, I am playing my 2nd official booking of a rave, that the record label does.
5. They still hadn't given me a contract at that point (still haven't got paid for either bookings yet as well, and haven't been given any photos either for use in my EPK and socials)
6. I bring up the lack of contract on the 29th to the two owners of the label, and they thought I already signed the contracts, and when I said I hadn't, they went and looked in their system, and legal hadn't even written up any contracts yet, this is again the 29th.
7. They assure me they will get the contracts out to me ASAP, and also make it clear they still want to release my music on the 31st.
8. 31st rolls around, and both my songs are now on their Youtube, Soundcloud, and Spotify.
9. I only just now got the contracts today, on the 2nd of Feburary, via an email to a website called Signaturely. Haven't signed yet.
10. The Spotify tracks also incorrectly link to someone else who has the same name as me, so essentially crediting the wrong person on Spotify

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Faults I will admit:

1. I should have contacted them sooner than the 29th, I'm really new to this and gave them too much trust, and just kept waiting for the contracts
2. I shouldn't have taken a second booking from them when I hadn't been payed for the first one yet. I figured the exposure would be worth it. It doesn't feel like it was.

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I do plan on contacting them, and I'm having doubts about signing now. I am completely new to all of this and it's my first experience with a label. Again they seemed legit, being they're involved in the local scene and many local popular DJ's come out to their shows, or also know of the two owners. But idk how I feel about it anymore. I just could really use some feedback or advice on how to approach this, before I do contact 'em. Thank you!

Hi does anyone get in the zone spend 1 week on a tune think about it night and day play it in your car on your phone, you think to yourself this is the next big hit, ladies and gentlemen of record labels get the tour dates ready cause we hitting the town, bright lights, beautiful women throwing themselves on you.......

Label no1 - 1 play.... crickets Lavel no2 - seen 0 plays Label no3 - this is not right for us Label no4 - no response Label no.5 - your song is under the radar

Rinse and repeat the vicious cycle of music production baby i thrive off rejection

Vocal sounds fine to me I had gotten most of it out w EQ already. My bass is a tad(extremely) muddy and could hear the vocals being vocal in my lows.

I’ve never heard or seen someone do this in tutorials and I feel like there must be a reason bc it was 10x easier for a beginner like me. Is there any reason I should not mute like that?

https://open.spotify.com/track/5DgJV2X4iN1P5QTszhE4Ok?si=NOaN__U5TXmf1230gnhGWQ&context=spotify%3Aalbum%3A6ShGL2Y3wen4Eloh9nts4q

Here’s an example

I am having a difficult time finding my musical voice. I feel kind of bogged down by loops and repetitive structures, and want to explore different song structures and writing styles. I am inspired by old soul music and radiohead mostly, but I struggle to translate those influences into instrumental electronic music. And the only example I can think of of someone who has been successful in this area is flying lotus. I'm looking for some more artists to reference and defer to when I am stuck.

Like I want to understand how to make music that is constantly shifting and changing and that's really hard to do when I learned by making loop based music. and the fact that I am endeavoring to do it in the electronic realm, instead of playing an actual instrument, adds another layer of confusion and complexity.

By default my Serum keeps redlining a certain preset and peaks true at +5.04 db even with soft clip distortion set to -0.1db, I loaded/ tweaked a splice preset for a gritty saw lead perfect for Dnb/bass house/uk garage/ etc. and it's staying at 5+ db even when the level shows 0.0db, Is this a bug or am I trippin?

Hi, I've been making music for 1 year and in this time I've watched a lot of tutorials on how to make EDM mixes and mastering (mainly progressive house). in all the tutorials I've never seen anyone talk about monocompatibility, so I'm confused if it's useful or if it's something that can be avoided, just monocompatibility of drums and bass or the whole song must be monocompatible 😩

Hello, long time lurker, first time poster. Does anyone know how to make the bass from Salvatore Ganacci’s - Fight Dirty. Also found in a much more clean version in Sunday Scaries’ - Dance No More? Cheers

Specifically- where do you get drum sounds/1 shots (kicks, snare, HH) and swoops/riser sounds?

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 ___

Ok, straightforward question. I have all my session stems saved as WAVs for obvious reasons, but this puts my folder of all of my work at over 200GB, which is fine for storing locally but too much for my online backup. My thought is, if I convert all my sessions into FLAC, this will bring down the total storage size enough that I'll be able to dync the whole folder to my GoogleDrive account.

Before I do it though, is there any reason why I shouldn't? I know FLAC is supposedly lossless, so I should be able to convert them back to WAV without any negatives effects if I ever want to go back and work on them again, right?

Just wanted to get some opinions from other producers before I go ahead and delete all of my original WAVs.

TIA