yep. this would be cool

tried to figure it out on my own and in youtube videos. But the answer was always infront of me. The manual

It is poor engineering skills coupled with the loudness war and YouTube videos that show this to be the way. Most of YouTube tutorials are made by self taught individuals who don't quite know the rules. Just a classic case of the blind leading the blind. Hence reducing musical integrity

This forum needs the ability to save various posts and comments for future reference or to read later when you dont have time to go through it at the moment. Also a shortcode for embedding youtube videos would be great

Mine has got to be Ferry Corsten, he has always had good technique whichever style he has done through the years

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwpVsuiyB8E

One of the best compositions i have ever heard. Exciting track

PS: how does one embed youtube videos? tried [youtube][/youtube] and it didn't work

I have been producing for 8 months now so here's how I first began -

I watched a lot of tutorials. I had no idea what I was doing and spent a majority of my time watching ADSR Courses and YouTube tutorials to learn Sylenth and Massive masterclasses, sound design, EQing, mixing, mastering, parallel-sidechain compression, so forth.

(Good YouTube accounts to follow: SeamlessR, ZenWorld, DigitialVideoFX, Sound Design Tutorials)

What I realized was i had all this "knowledge" but no way to apply it. I ended up watching EQ tutorials, mixing, mastering, compression, and all this other stuff that was "way above my pay grade." Let's be real. I was just beginning to produce, I had no use for any of that.

Some suggestions:

1. Masterclasses (LEARN YOUR SYNTH) - Sylenth, Massive, Serum, whatever it is, KNOW IT. Know every single damn function of your synth so you can control every parameter to the ultimate precision.

2. "Music Theory" - Learn to write melodies and chords. No, you do not need to know music theory, but it helps. If you're going to write music one day at a professional level, you WILL need to write in key. There is a reason music theory exists. It is harmonics, mathematical breakdowns of frequencies, which chords sound good together.. it works and it sounds better. You may disagree here, but any professional musician will tell you music theory is there for a reason.

3. "How to make X genre" - Watch a full hour long video production of a song. It may sound like a long time but ask yourself this... how many movies have you watched in your lifetime? A lot.

4. KNOW YOUR DAW - How can you manipulate your sound through a multitude of parameters? How can you use a filter cutoff to transition from your introduction lead to a full, fat, supersaw? How can you use everything your workstation offers to make a more complete track? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zH3RJBUZ_f0)

If you want to be successful at producing music, you need to make this your life.
What do I mean by that? You watch four hours of TV a day. You play three hours of video games a day. You go hangout with your friends every single day of the week.

No. I learned the hard way. You will have to make sacrifices. Success does not come easy, and one of the hardest parts if telling your friends that you don't have time to hangout because you want to be successful

Sounds crazy. Easier said than done. But it's the truth.

Gonna follow this advice. I also get overwhelmed by all this music jargon and waste time vst hunting