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Finished Tracks / Re: New song from new producer: Feedback greatly welcomed
« on: September 06, 2016, 08:45:33 pm »
I did not, mostly MIDI and sampling....and spectral filters, lots and lots of spectral filters
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Finished Tracks / New song from new producer: Feedback greatly welcomed
« on: September 06, 2016, 02:49:42 pm »
Hi I'm a new producer, having been using DAWs (LPX) seriously for a few months now. I finally got a track I'm somewhat satisfied (despite thinking the intro and mixing is a bit weak) and would love some feedback as I'm new and have much to learn. Thanks (I tried uploading file but that didn't work so here's a link). https://soundcloud.com/user-128542891-950107671/preseasonbeat
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Finished Tracks / Samplings dos and don'ts from blockhead: No drum samples?
« on: September 06, 2016, 02:47:31 pm »
Blockhead talks about not using samples with drums in them however I've been using them a lot in my songs to make the beat sound fatter and more interesting. Any thoughts on this? Is it because I'm new and havn't really mastered making my own dank beats from scratch why I use drum samples and is it a bad habit I should avoid?
https://phatfriend.com/2011/06/02/some-sampling-dos-and-dont-for-beat-makers/
https://phatfriend.com/2011/06/02/some-sampling-dos-and-dont-for-beat-makers/
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You Might Like... / Re: Must hear Albums?
« on: June 08, 2016, 05:30:31 pm »
For the hip hop lovers.
Tame One and Deltron the Funky Homosapien - Parallel Uni-verses
Tame One Acid Tab Vocab
Aesops Rock Bazooka tooth
Andre Nickatina and Equiptos Gunmouth for hire: Horns and Halos #2
For the techno lovers
Crystal Castles (I) and (II)
Trip hop
Wax Tailor Dusty Rainbow
Blockhead Music For Cavelight
Other (Folky hybrid music)
Lynx and Janover Between Wolrds (MUST LISTEN) and Lynxes solo album Grain of Sand
Grateful dead Working Mans Dead and American Beauty
Thats it for now.
PS all of these albums could be classified as psychedelic
Tame One and Deltron the Funky Homosapien - Parallel Uni-verses
Tame One Acid Tab Vocab
Aesops Rock Bazooka tooth
Andre Nickatina and Equiptos Gunmouth for hire: Horns and Halos #2
For the techno lovers
Crystal Castles (I) and (II)
Trip hop
Wax Tailor Dusty Rainbow
Blockhead Music For Cavelight
Other (Folky hybrid music)
Lynx and Janover Between Wolrds (MUST LISTEN) and Lynxes solo album Grain of Sand
Grateful dead Working Mans Dead and American Beauty
Thats it for now.
PS all of these albums could be classified as psychedelic
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Inspiration/Creativity/Motivation / Re: [Q]Unlocking your creativity
« on: June 08, 2016, 04:15:32 pm »
I suggest walking for at least 20 minutes when this happens, maybe put on some tunes and listen carefully/train your ears/analyze whats going in the song. Simply walking will clear your mind and let you focus better coming up with new ideas more naturally.
The other thing I would suggest is practicing chord progressions (and scales), appegios, and inversions in different keys. Choose a key, start with the I root, go through all the inversions, then go on change the order so you know practice them to heart/muscle memory, then move to the minor root, then just go up the diatonic key. Do chromatic if you have time. Then work with different progressions and inversions and see if you can go from simple progressions in different inversions without having to think about it. This is a great exercise to not only train your skills but also to exercise/boost your creativity by playing different possible combinations.
If you are still having trouble maybe take a step back. Build some instruments or Fx chains, or maybe just throw on a drummer track/copied beat and improvise. Remember you can always improve your skills by going back to practicing scales, chords, and appegios, which will help you make better songs when you finally do go over the road block.
Best of luck.
The other thing I would suggest is practicing chord progressions (and scales), appegios, and inversions in different keys. Choose a key, start with the I root, go through all the inversions, then go on change the order so you know practice them to heart/muscle memory, then move to the minor root, then just go up the diatonic key. Do chromatic if you have time. Then work with different progressions and inversions and see if you can go from simple progressions in different inversions without having to think about it. This is a great exercise to not only train your skills but also to exercise/boost your creativity by playing different possible combinations.
If you are still having trouble maybe take a step back. Build some instruments or Fx chains, or maybe just throw on a drummer track/copied beat and improvise. Remember you can always improve your skills by going back to practicing scales, chords, and appegios, which will help you make better songs when you finally do go over the road block.
Best of luck.
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Composition/Arrangement/Theory / Re: Switching to a PC, advice for a good DAW from a LPX user/Hip-Hop focused Prod.?
« on: May 25, 2016, 10:02:21 pm »Even though you addressed it, I'm still going to go ahead and suggest that you get the trial versions. Daws are very subjective in my opinion, meaning people like different daws and their functionalities for different reasons. Therefore, I believe it would be unwise to choose a daw based on what other people may think, as they may have different preferences than you do. I think maybe you should try the trials, and if you are having trouble choosing after that, then post here discussing what you like/dislike about whatever daw(s) you narrow it down to, to get opinions from people who use that/those daw(s) primarily. Just my opinion on the "daw wars"
Yeah I will definitely be doing trials, no interest in wars, just wanted a good place to start. Or maybe an opinion on which is closest to LPX workflow.
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Composition/Arrangement/Theory / Re: which key do you like to write your songs in?
« on: May 25, 2016, 12:10:56 am »
I love C minor but probably cause I'm most familiar comfortable in it. I played a lot of cello growing so really like dark moody music so I also lean on D minor.
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Composition/Arrangement/Theory / Switching to a PC, advice for a good DAW from a LPX user/Hip-Hop focused Prod.?
« on: May 25, 2016, 12:07:19 am »
Hi I'm upgrading my computer (studio really) from a laptop to enthusiast self bit overclocking monster now that I'm close to hitting a threshold in what I can do with my music due to CPU. I'm also building a home studio where I can put my desktop along with my full range fully weighted MIDI keyboard. Getting a practical desktop with the specs I wanted in my budget in a MAC was simply not possible. MACs are expensive while building a super high quality PC was pretty damn cheap for the specs I got, not to mention not I have a versatility of using other programs.
So first off I love and and familiar with LPX (only DAW I've used actually consistently) but I need a different DAW that I could use when on a PC. I mainly use LPX to produce Hip Hop beats and Trip Hop songs, I also was initially trained as a pianist for about 10 years. I understand the best way is to get trials and see what you like but I would love some advice on where to start for my needs. Having grown up on a piano MIDI is important to me since I use it a lot in composing (I'm really excited that I finally have room to make use of my full MIDI keyboard that is the closest MIDI keyboard to a grand piano I've ever played), as well as a lot of sampling (since I use that probably more than anything in hip hop).
The 3 DAWS I'm looking at are Pro tools, Studio One 3 Pro, and Cubase (and I guess Ableton live is an option since I hear good things about it but I honestly know absolutely nothing about it). I already have Pro Tools (I'm still going to school in producing so I got a free copy) but I want to use something that is best for my needs (so something that is an easy transition from LPX would be really nice). I'll probably using PT for mixing regardless after making my songs. Unfortunately most of the comparison threads are pissing contest in which is better. From my understanding Cubase has really good workflow which is important to me cause I mostly compose/produce beats, but Studio One 3 Pro has some really nice new MIDI features which seem nice. PT seems like the best mixer out of all of them which might make it the best for samples after adding plug-ins to it?
Any advice thoughts are appreciated thank you. Also something somewhat comparable with LPX would be nice cause I"ll still probably be using my mac and midi keyboard/turntable setup a lot.
So first off I love and and familiar with LPX (only DAW I've used actually consistently) but I need a different DAW that I could use when on a PC. I mainly use LPX to produce Hip Hop beats and Trip Hop songs, I also was initially trained as a pianist for about 10 years. I understand the best way is to get trials and see what you like but I would love some advice on where to start for my needs. Having grown up on a piano MIDI is important to me since I use it a lot in composing (I'm really excited that I finally have room to make use of my full MIDI keyboard that is the closest MIDI keyboard to a grand piano I've ever played), as well as a lot of sampling (since I use that probably more than anything in hip hop).
The 3 DAWS I'm looking at are Pro tools, Studio One 3 Pro, and Cubase (and I guess Ableton live is an option since I hear good things about it but I honestly know absolutely nothing about it). I already have Pro Tools (I'm still going to school in producing so I got a free copy) but I want to use something that is best for my needs (so something that is an easy transition from LPX would be really nice). I'll probably using PT for mixing regardless after making my songs. Unfortunately most of the comparison threads are pissing contest in which is better. From my understanding Cubase has really good workflow which is important to me cause I mostly compose/produce beats, but Studio One 3 Pro has some really nice new MIDI features which seem nice. PT seems like the best mixer out of all of them which might make it the best for samples after adding plug-ins to it?
Any advice thoughts are appreciated thank you. Also something somewhat comparable with LPX would be nice cause I"ll still probably be using my mac and midi keyboard/turntable setup a lot.
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