Official DJ / Music Production Thread v2.0

inkjt510 · 12-30-2011, 11:41 AM

Ugh I have so much trouble finishing tracks....start a track and it sounds good then i try and final arrange it and it doesn't flow at all. frustrating

gmanuelp · 12-30-2011, 12:59 PM

Same here. I'm getting together with a cousin of mine in a couple of days. Hopefully we can dish out a song or two before we both leave. He's into minimal techno ... I'm into electro house... We'll see what happens.

KamakaziWatermelon · 12-30-2011, 01:02 PM

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Originally Posted by heh.

sounds good but im not getting any sort of originality from your tunes. they all seem like copys/heavily heavily influenced by certain songs. the quality is getting good, just lacking freshness/originality.

make some different synths or something

i feel ya, i feel like i'll get a drum track down, get the bass and then cant make a fitting synth for the life of me

lovetocheat69 · 12-30-2011, 05:36 PM

Just got a nanokey2. My midi key needs some fixing so I just picked this up for now and am going to give to to my brother. Its pretty cool though, super small, super convenient. Theres not a lot of feel to it but if you just looking for something to put ideas down with and jam you can't beat it for 50 bux.

SuMaC · 12-30-2011, 08:16 PM

the first post of this thread was really helpful. ive messed around on a few programs and have been wanting to get more serious and thats got pretty much everything i need to go in the right direction.

heh. (Banned) · 12-31-2011, 12:26 AM

http://soundcloud.com/cookperiod/cook-iekooow-wip

need some input on how my arrangement is coming along. next i gotta add some random stuff going on in the background

gmanuelp · 12-31-2011, 12:40 AM

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Originally Posted by heh.

http://soundcloud.com/cookperiod/cook-iekooow-wip

need some input on how my arrangement is coming along. next i gotta add some random stuff going on in the background

The bass lines and a few of the sounds in there gave the song a liquid or fluid feel to it (which I liked). The mean sub was also a plus.
That lead seemed a little out of place for me, though. It sounded more "raw" compared to the other sounds. That may very well just be me, though.
Good stuff.

heh. (Banned) · 12-31-2011, 12:44 AM

thanks

KamakaziWatermelon · 12-31-2011, 02:14 AM

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Originally Posted by heh.

http://soundcloud.com/cookperiod/cook-iekooow-wip

need some input on how my arrangement is coming along. next i gotta add some random stuff going on in the background

you make such a fat lead and then have 16 bars of random *** sounds
WHY VIK WHY
you have this anthemic *** jump up lead, use it, quit wasting time with the random squelching, sounds bad and just takes up space where more interesting lead variations could take its place

MaTtBoy-II · 12-31-2011, 03:42 AM

Less sounds more splice n dice.

lovetocheat69 · 12-31-2011, 12:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KamakaziWatermelon

you make such a fat lead and then have 16 bars of random *** sounds
WHY VIK WHY
you have this anthemic *** jump up lead, use it, quit wasting time with the random squelching, sounds bad and just takes up space where more interesting lead variations could take its place

Yeah diarrhea sounds are definitely a no go.

Behinds that, I like the arrangement and design, just needs sounds that have a vibe besides taking a **** while bashing your head against a wall.

gmanuelp · 12-31-2011, 10:01 PM

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Originally Posted by KamakaziWatermelon

you make such a fat lead and then have 16 bars of random *** sounds
WHY VIK WHY
you have this anthemic *** jump up lead, use it, quit wasting time with the random squelching, sounds bad and just takes up space where more interesting lead variations could take its place

Granted, if Vik's trying to make something more "danceable," then maybe so many random sounds isn't the best choice and I'll agree, especially with the part about using the space that those "random sounds" take up for better "variations."
But if not, then he's the only one that could really say if those sounds are random or not. There's a lot of electronic artists/producers that incorporate many non-traditional sounds and samples into their music, but then again their stuff isn't really dance friendly in my opinion. It all depends on what you're aiming for, Vik!

KamakaziWatermelon · 01-01-2012, 02:32 PM

safe to say oc dgaf about "listening" music

heh. (Banned) · 01-01-2012, 02:53 PM

working on a dubstep version of the song, will post later tonight.

Quittman · 01-01-2012, 04:44 PM

So my buddy got 3 of his new tracks signed to a record label yesterday. He just singed the contract and will have his EP up on an exclusive beatport release for 1 month then it goes to itunes, juno, etc.

http://soundcloud.com/stusauce

real proud of my boy.

heh. (Banned) · 01-01-2012, 05:01 PM

hes good. you tell him to stop being generic though? lol. if he does he will actually have success instead of just being another random

scvrush03 · 01-01-2012, 08:38 PM

Record head called last night jsut before midnight and told me our new tune just broke TOP50 on the beatport indie dance charts. Holy ****.

heh. (Banned) · 01-01-2012, 10:18 PM

i dont see it?

http://www.beatport.com/genre/indie-...sco/37/top-100

scvrush03 · 01-01-2012, 10:54 PM

http://www.beatport.com/genre/indie-...p-100-releases

heh. (Banned) · 01-01-2012, 11:04 PM

whats the difference? or is it just top recent releases vs top 100 of the genre? either way grats, but you gotta get on the big list!(and not get carried through a production lulz)

dubstep version of that dnb tune i started
http://soundcloud.com/cookperiod/test

gmanuelp · 01-01-2012, 11:22 PM

I feel like there's still more you could do to it.... I can't put my finger on it, though........ I'll have to wait until you finish it.

When making electro house, would you guys say it'd be a bad idea to just use the sub bass frequencies from the main bass line synth do the work? Or should I make a sub bass line anyway and get ride of those low end frequencies on everything else?