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One of my first beats!
« on: August 21, 2016, 07:27:32 pm »
Hello! I am new to this forum and I thought I would post one of very first beats.

I just started producing about 2 month ago. I really like making trap with happy melodies.

If you want to give it a listen and maybe some feedback, I would greatly appreciate it!


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Re: One of my first beats!
« Reply #1 on: August 25, 2016, 04:08:31 pm »
i think this is a great first beat! It does very much sound like a beat someone made after only making music for 2 months, but that's not a bad thing! It just means you're new, and you have a lot to learn - but you have amazing instincts and I can tell you have the potential to become an amazing producer.

You have a much better understanding of melody and harmony than most new producers, and your sense of arrangement shows that you know how a song should be constructed. Your sounds are actually fine for where you're at in your production, so keep doing what you're doing on that end!

On the critique side - pretty much all your sounds are completely centered, so when you have multiple things playing at the same time it can get hard to clearly make out what is going on (like when you have your producer tag come in over the beat). The flute has something on it that makes it sound much wider, which helps, but you could try using the panning controls inside your workstation to move things around and give them some more space.

In addition, the song feels like what I would call a "memory of a song" - as if you weren't taking in any outside influences when writing this song, and were going based off what every beat you can remember sounds like. Unfortunately, since you don't have the experience as a producer to really absorb what those beats were doing, you're going off what you felt they were doing, and so you're missing certain aspects that should be there. The best remedy for this would be to practice your analytical listening skills.

See if you can find 5-10 songs that sound similar to the kind of music you wanna make (like some Fetty Wap, if I had to guess), and bring one of them into your DAW. Spend some time listening to the song and see if you can deconstruct it. What sounds are being used, and when are they used? When does the song change sections, and what is the arrangement of those sections? Where are sounds placed between the left and right speakers? Does the melody change instruments at any point? Do the chords?

If you can, try to recreate the song! First use empty MIDI clips that are labeled things like "Kick" "Snare" "Lead Synth" "Vocals", then try to replace them with sounds that are similar to the one in the original song. If you do this whole process with all 5-10 songs you've chosen, the next time you try to make your own beat you should have a lot of ideas on where to go - and if you ever get stuck, you can just reference back to one of the songs you've already analyzed (or start the process over again with a new song).

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Re: One of my first beats!
« Reply #2 on: August 25, 2016, 08:14:53 pm »
First of all, great job for only 2 months. I'm pretty new to producing as well, so don't necessarily trust my advice, but I think I'm hearing some clipping/artifacts on your 808 sub kicks. Maybe too much compression?

Also, I think adding some hi-hats would sound nice.

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Re: One of my first beats!
« Reply #3 on: August 28, 2016, 07:01:36 pm »
Thanks for reply to both of you!

To Mussar:

Thanks for the long answer! It was really great advise and i will try to do as you said and deconstruct some beats!
Very nice with some feedback!

To MMIC

Thanks for the advice and the feedback on the beat!



Sorry for my bad english
it's not my first language!

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Re: One of my first beats!
« Reply #4 on: August 28, 2016, 07:34:28 pm »
sure thing, and no worries! looking forward to seeing what you have in store. :)