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Samples/Plugins/Software/Gear / Re: New computer
« on: January 25, 2016, 05:48:23 pm »
Quote from: Midge on January 25, 2016, 05:24:36 pm
I hear really good things about the new Razor 'Razorblade' 
its a gaming computer but they have been marketing it for producers also and I know a few people have been raving about it.

I asked moar levi if it is worth the hype and he backed it 100 percent!


not sure about price though!!  I assume its expensive as with most things in the gaming world.

Could you link me? Never heard and a google search returned all razorblades.

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Samples/Plugins/Software/Gear / Re: New computer
« on: January 25, 2016, 05:47:34 pm »
Quote from: Wontolla on January 25, 2016, 05:41:22 pm
You'll probably get the best results if you build it yourself, so you only get what you need. This guide might help. You'll want lots of storage and RAM, plus a sound card to reduce latency.

Too lazy to build myself. So that's a non-option. Although I will want space for customization and additions.

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Samples/Plugins/Software/Gear / New computer
« on: January 25, 2016, 04:55:19 pm »
Best places to buy for a computer that's purely for making music.

I have a $1500 max limit.

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Sound Design / Re: Toms processing
« on: January 24, 2016, 11:53:09 pm »
Quote from: Bertie South on January 24, 2016, 08:18:40 pm
Out of curiosity, what kind of music are you making?

Closest equivalent: melodic dubstep.

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Sound Design / Re: Madeon Arp
« on: January 24, 2016, 03:06:22 pm »
Quote from: Ninth Parallel on January 23, 2016, 10:15:12 pm
Quote from: Xan on January 23, 2016, 01:52:11 pm
I'm trying to use this technique but I feel like I'm failing because it's not giving me that organic, starry sound.

It just sounds like I'm doing a really fast arp with delay/reverb. What am I doing wrong here?
Are your filter settings correct? You should be automating the cutoff of the bandpass filter. can you upload an example of your sound as it sounds right now?


Here you go. I'm having trouble giving it that organic feel. It just feels so...in a grid.

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Sound Design / Re: Ninth Parallel - Infinitum Bitcrushed Pluck
« on: January 24, 2016, 01:27:49 am »
Quote from: Northmark on January 24, 2016, 12:02:36 am
Sure, I'll have a go.

Here's my result.

I used Sylenth1 for this one. Surprise, surprise. :)

Part A consists of two saw oscillators with 8 voices each, one slightly more detuned than the other. For more subtle harmonics I mixed in two square oscillators from Part B going into the same filter used in Part A. The filter used in A is a 12dB lowpass with some slight drive to it. This filter is being modulated by LFO 1 where I've chosen the saw envelope and set the rate to 1/16th - the transient shape of this envelope is where your 'pluck' sound comes from.

The "sparklyness" in those Infinitum chords sounds like the "Decimate" distortion module from Sylenth1. The sweet spot for this particular sound is a setting between 3.00-4.00 with around 20% wetness.

After this I brightened things up a little with some EQ and compression. The EQ really brought out the "sparklyness" caused by the distortion:



So yeah, that's about it, here's my preset. Hope you found it informative.  ;D

Seems pretty close to me.

32 notes? or arp setting used?

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Sound Design / Re: Madeon Arp
« on: January 23, 2016, 01:52:11 pm »
I'm trying to use this technique but I feel like I'm failing because it's not giving me that organic, starry sound.

It just sounds like I'm doing a really fast arp with delay/reverb. What am I doing wrong here?

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Sound Design / Re: Ninth Parallel - Infinitum Bitcrushed Pluck
« on: January 22, 2016, 08:26:58 pm »
It is a cool sound. Sounds like he really upped one of the high frequencies and reduxed it.
I'll let him speak.

I'm actually interested in the pluck rhythm. Those 32 notes with some ping pong delay thrown on?

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Finished Tracks / Re: Feedback for My track Antidote
« on: January 22, 2016, 07:56:42 pm »
Quote from: ShawOfficial on January 22, 2016, 07:45:35 pm
Yeah,I'm aware of that.
Well to be honest,it's just one of my styles.
And well specifically for this track,I actually automated stuff from the compressors during the intro and outro and the drops(not exactly a drop)

Your style is to trick the listener? Okay. That's fine, as long as that's what you were going for.

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Finished Tracks / Re: The Cute Death
« on: January 22, 2016, 07:39:11 pm »
I enjoy it man. Lots of interesting elements.

I'm always of the mindset with my songs: do what sounds cool.
Don't try and play it safe. I say this because it's clear you just went with what you felt you wanted rather than trying to make a certain sound. You got a follower.

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Finished Tracks / Re: [Melodic Dubstep] Galantis - Runaway (Bizo Remix)
« on: January 22, 2016, 07:03:50 pm »
Sounds good.

I make melodic dubstep a lot too, so I know how hard it can be at times to mix those growls with the supersaws. It can become cluttered quick.

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Sound Design / Re: Madeon Arp
« on: January 22, 2016, 05:40:25 am »
Quote from: spark9872 on January 21, 2016, 09:02:58 pm
Quote from: Ninth Parallel on January 21, 2016, 05:42:30 pm
    Quote from: spark9872 on January 21, 2016, 06:03:38 am
    Quote from: Ninth Parallel on January 20, 2016, 05:39:55 am
    Quote from: spark9872 on January 20, 2016, 04:38:08 am
    Yes!! That's exactly what I was looking for!
    I would be so glad if you can do that for me.
    Thanks!
    Perfect! So right off the bat, a lot of this sound's power is in the processing. The initial source signal isn't as important! You need something with some natural width and lots of harmonics.

    ...

    Damn! Thanks man! Didn't expect this quality!

    So I tried it on massive and I put multiple voices with a tiny bit of detune instead of chorus and It sounds not really bad either![/list]
    Awesome, I'd love to hear it if you could upload a clip.

    Quote from: dslyecix on January 21, 2016, 04:22:32 pm
    Quote from: Ninth Parallel on January 20, 2016, 05:39:55 am
    Quote from: spark9872 on January 20, 2016, 04:38:08 am
    Yes!! That's exactly what I was looking for!
    I would be so glad if you can do that for me.
    Thanks!
    Perfect! So right off the bat, a lot of this sound's power is in the processing. The initial source signal isn't as important! You need something with some natural width and lots of harmonics.

    ...

    Wow, I'd love to read anything and everything you have to say about sound design.  Feel free to provide tutorial articles or whatever because that is just top notch!  The "why" behind everything is so valuable and not enough people explain that aspect of their sound design.
    Thanks a ton, that's something I feel sound design tutorials need. They should explain some about the magic of each knob and parameter, so that the person learning can leave the tutorial knowing more than he/she did before. When I was starting out, tutorials would oftentimes leave me feeling more confused than before I had watched!

    Sure! It sounds not really perfect though

    Better luck than me. Haven't gotten that very glittery/starry effect yet. Clearly doing something wrong.

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    Composition/Arrangement/Theory / Xilent, if you see this, how did you do this part?
    « on: January 22, 2016, 02:36:28 am »
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRfXNl9eefg

    Great song, love your work.

    I wanted to go with a similar concept in one of my tracks around starting at 2:11. That break.
    Whenever I try and create some sort of tension, it always falls so flat.

    It seems so simple in my head:

    1 pad
    1 maybe sub bass
    1 main melody with a lot of delay
    1 main arp
    1 misc instrument creating a bell like sound

    But I'm failing so hard. A little embarrassed to be asking, tbh. Any help is appreciated.

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    WIPs / Re: WIP heaven bassy thingy
    « on: January 21, 2016, 06:22:55 pm »
    Quote from: Peteryunsie on January 21, 2016, 05:55:50 pm
    Quote from: Xan on January 21, 2016, 05:13:53 pm
    Not bad.

    Everything sounds like it has it's own space.
    My own personal taste: after the saws hit, you have a reverb trail that sounds weird. I'd cut that.

    Thanks, I'll keep that in mind. When you say everything has its own space means it's good right? Lol

    Yup, that's typically a good thing.

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    WIPs / Re: Trance 2.0 Track
    « on: January 21, 2016, 05:18:07 pm »
    Link still dead.

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