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My (Progressive House?) Song - Second track
« on: February 04, 2016, 09:26:50 pm »
I've been producing since January, and you can find my first track on my profile.

Here is the link to this song..I think it is progressive house. I just sort of went with it: https://soundcloud.com/peterlambe8/demo-2

I am going to add another 4 bars before the breakdown and add cool elements to make it interesting among other things. What do you think so far?
« Last Edit: February 05, 2016, 04:41:29 pm by Laugh »

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Re: My (Progressive House?) Song - Second track
« Reply #1 on: February 05, 2016, 09:04:31 am »
Hey man,

Congrats on starting out with production! It's a really daunting task and I remember when I first started out... anyways I think the best way to start out is to try and avoid making original productions like that and rather go for remixes, edits, mashups, and even remakes of other artists songs you like! That way, you learn how the type of music you like is "generally" layered, progressed, structured, and it will help you develop the basics of arrangement!

Also, I strongly encourage you to focus your sound design and attention on only ONE vst. I recommend Sylenth1, Massive, Serum, or Harmour (if you are using FL Studio). Otherwise, if the above VSTs are out of your budget, it's perfectly ok to start out with what your DAW has included! But seriously focus on one and really LEARN it. Read the manual, watch tutorials online, maybe invest in some presets. It will help so much if you do this. Also, purchasing a sample pack of drum sounds will be very very very useful starting out because finding nice drums or god forbid creating them yourself is very difficult and I do not recommend it.

Good luck producing! Any and all of your questions going forward can be answered in this lovely forum :) Cheers :)

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Re: My (Progressive House?) Song - Second track
« Reply #2 on: February 05, 2016, 04:15:10 pm »
Hey man,

Congrats on starting out with production! It's a really daunting task and I remember when I first started out... anyways I think the best way to start out is to try and avoid making original productions like that and rather go for remixes, edits, mashups, and even remakes of other artists songs you like! That way, you learn how the type of music you like is "generally" layered, progressed, structured, and it will help you develop the basics of arrangement!

Also, I strongly encourage you to focus your sound design and attention on only ONE vst. I recommend Sylenth1, Massive, Serum, or Harmour (if you are using FL Studio). Otherwise, if the above VSTs are out of your budget, it's perfectly ok to start out with what your DAW has included! But seriously focus on one and really LEARN it. Read the manual, watch tutorials online, maybe invest in some presets. It will help so much if you do this. Also, purchasing a sample pack of drum sounds will be very very very useful starting out because finding nice drums or god forbid creating them yourself is very difficult and I do not recommend it.

Good luck producing! Any and all of your questions going forward can be answered in this lovely forum :) Cheers :)

Thanks for your reply. The next track I work on will definitely follow a guide/reference track for sound and arrangement.

Here's the updated version: https://soundcloud.com/peterlambe8/demo-2
« Last Edit: February 05, 2016, 04:41:08 pm by Laugh »

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Re: My (Progressive House?) Song - Second track
« Reply #3 on: February 06, 2016, 07:40:08 pm »
Anyone have any opinions on the song itself? I am going to finish it probably tonight.

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Re: My (Progressive House?) Song - Second track
« Reply #4 on: February 07, 2016, 06:21:02 pm »
High pass some of those sounds, it sounds very muddy like theres too much going on.

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Re: My (Progressive House?) Song - Second track
« Reply #5 on: February 07, 2016, 06:34:59 pm »
sounds pretty cool man! Some mixing tips: Eq all of your sounds and get rid of frequencies you cant hear (example: on a sub bass you're gonna wanna roll off all the high end above usually 100hz). Another good step would be to pan some of the highs and mids to give them some more room in your mix. This video is pretty good, i highly recommend checking it out:

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