Quinnskimo 41,309 Posted August 17, 2008 What did you use? Those apps (more expensive ones) are extremely good imo....can't see what they are missing, I don't have a clue. I played cello in high school, and we'd have to go into the labs and do tests on certain scales/time signatures/whatnot, but there was some midi-based program on those computer where you could just drag notes in different places, assign an instrument to them, and create your own music. Those programs suggested looked way more intensive (a good thing). I'll definitely take a look at some to play around with, moreso for fun and experimenting with sound than anything. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ROYALEFATALE 577,051 Posted August 17, 2008 downloading Circle as we speak, i have Absynth 4 but don't really care for it, most likely because i don't know how to create the sounds i'm looking for with it 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Quinnskimo 41,309 Posted August 23, 2008 Okay, since nobody cared to answer, howabout this drum sound? You don't have to wait a minute to hear it either. It's called "Paris, Texas" by Gotan Project. You can get ahold of it here: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=155718430 and listen to a 30 second sample of it through their "Buy Tracks" module. I'm looking for a drum sound explanation. If anyone has any insight, it would be much appreciated. Thanks 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EKLiPZ 97 Posted December 10, 2008 hey whats up i make beats! i just started getting into that flying lotus/electronic sounding hiphop thats starting to get big down here in socal.. www.myspace.com/only1eklips check it out and lemme know hwat you think 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thorough 13,837 Posted January 8, 2009 does anyone have any producer/artist interviews that talk about production for the most part? dogsonacid.com does Q&A sessions with alot of very successful d&b producers and although im not into drum and bass anymore i still find lots of usefull info thier.it would be nice to find house/electro/techno artist interviews as well. ive compiled and edited a couple of them in text format. heres one with fracture and neptune. rename file to whatever.txt http://www.dogsonacid.com/attachment.php?postid=9025670 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
keagan 39,918 Posted January 10, 2009 here http://www.mnml.nl/phpBB2/viewforum.php?f=16&sid=2eb28c7dc13d5d1d40606b600a74ac38 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
larry3 1,900 Posted January 10, 2009 There are lots of futuremusic producer interviews floating around. Try google video. Take what they say with a pinch of salt though as everyone always contradicts everyone else ( analog vs digital etc yawn ) Best way is to find your own sound through experimenting and messing around. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ROYALEFATALE 577,051 Posted January 10, 2009 i just make shit on the computerz 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
naturaljax 10,351 Posted January 10, 2009 man the great stuff about forums is you can look back in time when you didn't know shit and see how ignorant you were haha 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hocus Pocus 262,360 Posted May 1, 2009 Bringing this thread back. For some reason this week I decided I wanted to start playing around with hip hop production after noticing how simple it can be. After a bit of research, all I can see is that I should try playing around with a few programs, such as ableton, logic, reason, etc. I'm not serious enough about it to invest money in hardware really at this point. I'm pretty much going to just be pirating the software, which I'll use to sequence samples from pirated songs. Anyone have any advice for me? 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jcotteri 24,761 Posted May 2, 2009 does anyone have any producer/artist interviews that talk about production for the most part?dogsonacid.com does Q&A sessions with alot of very successful d&b producers and although im not into drum and bass anymore i still find lots of usefull info thier.it would be nice to find house/electro/techno artist interviews as well. ive compiled and edited a couple of them in text format. heres one with fracture and neptune. rename file to whatever.txt http://www.dogsonacid.com/attachment.php?postid=9025670 i would suggest http://vimeo.com/808485 great vid 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
slanguage 23,260 Posted May 2, 2009 >Cubase for Multitrack >Reason4.0 vs. fruityloops vs. Acid for sound >M-Audio Axiom49 vs. Korg Kontrol49 for controller >Some Yamaha mini-mixer i got off a friend for inputs need to get a mic tho. Beatmaking is coo but i want to record and produce, yes 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
haploid 606,306 Posted November 24, 2009 Let us talk about our productions and studios, maybe even get up on some superfuture collaborations. Feel free to ask any questions you may have about the world of production, be it techniques or gear. To begin: I use Ableton Live 7 w/ a bunch of plugins MPD24/PadKONTROL/NanoKONTROL KRK RP5 studio monitors Edirol UA-25A interface (Will post a picture soon) 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Double D 49,436 Posted November 24, 2009 What the hell happened to the old music production thread? It's all very well you telling us what you're using, but it means jack all if you don't demonstrate what you're doing with it, especially if you're trying to get a thread off the ground. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
destructodisk 692,372 Posted November 24, 2009 kool thread bro I use: computa Ableton Live 8 Korg padKONTROL daz it! I've been teaching myself what to do for a little over a year. Here is a beat I made last month, excuse the rough export! http://www.throwthisaway.org/10-7.wav 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Macwich 21,917 Posted November 25, 2009 I use: Acoustica Mixcraft 4 thats it. all i do is make silly mash-ups with it lol heres MyMusicStream 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
haploid 606,306 Posted November 25, 2009 destructodisk: that's sick. Did you use operator for the pad sound or what? 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ROYALEFATALE 577,051 Posted November 25, 2009 using: Logic Pro 9 w/ too many plugins to list Mackie MR5's Moog Little Phatty Akai MPD M-Audio M-Box Pro here's a few samples that haven't really turned into anything yet, just playing w/ beats http://www.fileden.com/files/2008/3/28/1840564/Output%201-23.mp3 http://www.fileden.com/files/2008/3/28/1840564/Output%201-24.mp3 (FF a bit) a remix i actually finished, not too sure about the mix listening back on it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-jRsaSG68M 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
destructodisk 692,372 Posted November 25, 2009 destructodisk: that's sick. Did you use operator for the pad sound or what? That pad is one that I created using the Albino 3 VST plugin + filters in Ableton Here is a new beat that I made yesterday. Been fucking with sounds in Ableton quite a bit just trying to fill up the mix. http://www.throwthisaway.org/11-20.wav I'd love some feedback if any of you have it. I'm finally trying to show my stuff to more and more people! 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ROYALEFATALE 577,051 Posted November 26, 2009 love the sound of that, very sort of dirty or retro, is that all done w/ various filters? 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
haploid 606,306 Posted November 26, 2009 I like it a lot, but it gets a bit repetitive. A bit of structure (chorus/verse etc) would make it lot more interesting. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
destructodisk 692,372 Posted November 26, 2009 Thanks guys. Yeah ROYALE I had pretty much every track running through a series of filters I made macros for and controlled in realtime with the padKONTROL, I'm really happy with the way the sounds all blended together. and haploid, I agree, although I tend to spend very little time on arranging once I get my musical concepts recorded. all the tracks i have uploaded are recorded in one take launching clips manually through ableton. i prefer making lots and lots of shit in order to get better rather than investing a bunch of time on the finer details.. i want to hear people's reactions to the basic versions before i do. here is another track i made back in august: http://www.throwthisaway.org/8-30.wav 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
haploid 606,306 Posted November 27, 2009 The hardest part of any track is completing it, I know, but your tracks will have a much more "polished" sound to them if you do arrange them. There is only so much you can do live, and tweaking parameters only adds so much interest to the track before it too gets dull. This is the problem I have with most IDM: the tweaking rather than the introduction of new musical concepts or rhythms. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thorough 13,837 Posted November 27, 2009 tread 10char 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
destructodisk 692,372 Posted November 27, 2009 The hardest part of any track is completing it, I know, but your tracks will have a much more "polished" sound to them if you do arrange them. There is only so much you can do live, and tweaking parameters only adds so much interest to the track before it too gets dull. This is the problem I have with most IDM: the tweaking rather than the introduction of new musical concepts or rhythms. no doubts mane i couldn't agree more. thanks for the input. now you've got me wanting to go through some old stuff and polish it up so it sounds good and finished. i will post some new shit soon! 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ROYALEFATALE 577,051 Posted November 28, 2009 Komplete 6 is up on TPB among other trackers, i guess it depends on if you'd rather wait to DL 46GB or spend that money 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
haploid 606,306 Posted November 28, 2009 Well, I'd rather buy it because I've heard rumors of cracked versions of it crashing. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mrjuby 207,302 Posted November 29, 2009 really good shit ROYALE and destructo. haploid, i'll listen to your stuff when i get on my comp. what i'm using 13" macbook with external monitor (20+ inches) protools 7.3 krk rp6's roland fantom x6 akg mic (perception 100 i think) cracked version of reason 4 some instruments fender strat kawai k3 upright only thing i've made that others have heard LdshQUY0CyM made a year ago, dont like the mix. do you guys read any magazines about recording/production? scratch was really good before they got bought out by xxl and started got lil wayne and dj khaled to review cd players. i used to read sound on sound a lot but stopped when i quit my job. i wanna see pics of your setups. i'll take some soon. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LiberationFrequency 70,745 Posted November 29, 2009 Enjoyed that beat destruco, was nice. If i wanted to start producing where would you people recommend i start? I have Ableton Live 8 and thats it. Do i need a midi keyboard to really get started? Im real new to this so whatever knowledge you can drop would be appreciated. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites