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Sound Design / Re: completely cutting out certain frequencies
« on: May 17, 2016, 05:29:53 pm »
found something interesting :)
It's called engineers filter (http://www.vst4free.com/free_vst.php?id=951). It's free :)
It's meant for steep (and i mean like 90° steep) eq cuts for mastering, it has different "methodes", eg Inverse Chebychev or Elliptic. I mostly use one of them because its the steepest cut and if you look at tracks from big labels(let's say spinnin or monstercat) you can see the spectrum on the top end looks like they were made with these methods.


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Mixing/Mastering / Masterbus Frequency Cuts
« on: May 17, 2016, 05:21:40 pm »
Hi,

I just wondered at which frequenzys a professional masterbus is eqed. Or just kill eq everything outside of 20Hz-16,4kHz?

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wow!
thanks for so much replies, really appreciate that!

for everyone who doesnt want to read everything, heres fantastic post from lydian explaining the impact of instruments on the creative process and the production itself!
 

Do instruments help you become a better producer?

Yes. Only to a certain extent however. Learning an instrument will make you a better composer due to the nature of dealing with pure notes. Especially when it comes to the piano and guitar as a result of the polyphonic nature of these instruments. Learning guitar gives you a solid foundation on different types of phrasings such as staccato, legato, bends, slides and etc... This comes in handy when you're programming any type of lead sound. If you can get the notes to sound good on a piano or guitar then chances are they will sound good when you transfer the arrangement to EDM or whatever genre you're making.

What learning an instrument will NOT help you do is become a better audio engineer. It will not help you become a better electronic music arranger (with the exception of learning to DJ) since the sounds used in electronic music are generally synthesizers and not acoustic instruments. It will not help you when it comes to learning how to make the PHAT n DIRTY bass sound in your favorite track. It will especially not help you when it comes to making music that is more focused on sound design like dubstep.

Bottom line... if you wanna improve the MUSIC side of your composing then learning an instrument is a great idea. If you're looking to improve the technicalities of your productions (sound design, mixing, mastering, arrangement) you should look elsewhere.

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R&A Graveyard / Notifications
« on: January 08, 2016, 10:50:47 am »
id like to have notifications, so u see if someone quotes u or when someone replies to a thread u created.

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Finished Tracks / Re: Beautiful Now (Harwood Remix) - Zedd [Future Bass]
« on: January 07, 2016, 10:58:06 am »
sound good so far.
incredible drum section u got there, i mean the beat. just wow ::).
drop lacks sub and drums are a bit too loud tho.

still great work.

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Mixing/Mastering / Re: Side-chain
« on: January 07, 2016, 10:54:43 am »
ive always used a channel volume automation since day 1.
it always worked out for me (punch come thru, bass is not fighting with kick, etc...).
and u can adust the curve super easy and make it suitable for your kick since it isnt always the same.

its basically like nicky romeros kickstart, just easier, u dont have to mess around with presets, u can link leads, bass, pad, everything to it, aaand its free :)

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Composition/Arrangement/Theory / Re: Remixes
« on: January 07, 2016, 10:42:31 am »
for me personally i need vocals, breakdown stems and/or midi files.
remixing for me, is like one of the easiest thing on earth if u have real vocals to work with

and again, it really depends on the track.

i tried to remix a firebeatz original from 2012 which is like instrumenal only,  exept the 1 bar vocal before the drop. i ended up making 2 new track and inserted the vocal. lol.

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i wondered if u got into producing before playing an instrument, like me.
 i got me a midi keyboard now (cant play anything else than porter robinsons flicker and divinity atm :/) im thinking about learning guitar aswell...

did the instrument help u a lot?
im always loading a piano into fls then i play around for sometimes an hour pressing random keys till im like "wait that sounded good, play that again" and then build the melody around that.

what about u?



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Sound Design / Re: What's your opinion on Presets ?
« on: January 07, 2016, 10:25:40 am »
im using them the same way like u, especially when messing around with sylenth, but i think ive never used one in the 1 hour of tracks i made, exept for a piano and a sax.
also i often split the presets in nexus and add a sylenth for the things im missing in that sound, like bass or something.

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wow.

nice track really, only thing to mention is that the drop lacks a bit of depth, which im used to have in a melodic dubstep track.
maybe try to use some fadeouts, reverse them, pan them, or add delays and reverbs and pan them out.

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Hi my name is Flux.

ive been around quite a while now producing music, actually since im 12 (18 now btw).
so latley, im trying to focus more on music and therefore i paticipated in some remixcontests :)

i would like to recieve some feedback on my tracks since im not getting much thru soundcloud alone.

im really in that piano-chords sound lately and thats why i used it in this remix of don diablos chemicals.

thanks for listening, hoping for some opinions on mixing, arrangement, the sounds, ...

have a nice day :)


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