Production skills, tips, tricks and techniques

[Mick]

I know that its a great tip to sample kicks, snares etc but do i have to put these in mono or only when i make my own kicks?

Maybe your sampled kick is already in mono, but better safe than sorry; so always put your kick in mono.

i was thinking the other day actually that when a track is fully mixed and rendered ready for mastering obviously the kick will be in mono...but then for your master what if you use some kind f stereo widening tool....for instance the one in izotope then wont the kick become slightly stereo too??

Don't be slave to all those rules in music, if it sounds good than leave it like that..

The kick actually does have to be put in mono if sampled, snares don't though

[Falkenberg]

Does somebody know how to make this bass?

It comes in at 1:00
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... UPJE#t=58s

Which waveform do i need?

I tried to recreate it with a triangle and a sine with some distortion but i dont think this is right.
http://www62.zippyshare.com/v/38984538/file.html
I cant make it that present without sounding like a square.

Sounds like slapbass in Sylenth1

[focatoca]

hey guys i remember someone posted this huge afrojack/major lazer kick (the one they used in pon de floor) a while ago, but cant find it. anyone has it??
would appreciate it alot. thx

(its not he famous ltwb kick....)
im looking for the kick in this clip:

[Robomb]

Hey Everyone!

I have a question about mixing, more specifically panning. I know the kick/bass should be panned dead center and in mono, but I was wondering about higher freq stuff. For example, I hear the claps and snares panned to the side, but Im not exactly sure about high hats, white noise, and lead sounds. I read somewhere that you should pan the lead out to the sides to make room for the bass and kick, but Im wondering how to do that without muddying the claps and everything else panned to the side. Does it have to do with eqing everything?

Thanks!

[tjmidge]

Hey Everyone!

I have a question about mixing, more specifically panning. I know the kick/bass should be panned dead center and in mono, but I was wondering about higher freq stuff. For example, I hear the claps and snares panned to the side, but Im not exactly sure about high hats, white noise, and lead sounds. I read somewhere that you should pan the lead out to the sides to make room for the bass and kick, but Im wondering how to do that without muddying the claps and everything else panned to the side. Does it have to do with eqing everything?

Thanks!

im quite careful with panning, i mean sometimes i have heavy panning with background sounds like maybe automating the panning but as far as percs and hats etc go im quite conservative. sometimes i do use stereo spreaders and stuff but i usually leave the actual panning on the mixer right till the end when doing the final mixdown. remember aswell not all bass should be mono...just sub bass. some bass can reach into higher frequencys where u wont want them to be centred. with claps for example i might use 3 sounds...and treat them slightly differently....one slightly left one slightly right and one centre, usually compress them together but i might use different EQs or reeverbs on each individual sound. obviously panning and EQ is making your space but remember the actual levels are important aswell, some sounds you might have right in the background which are panned, and these really make a difference even if they are sitting in the background. making everything sound wide is sweet but remember you can go too wide!

[Dannyrez123]

thanks, yer all i wanted to do was get a delay which goes louder and louder for like a drop, i read something that you need it to go over 100% feedback, ill give it ago that plugin! i asked luke on twitter he said you couldnt get one

[Appeltaart]

Does somebody know how to make this bass?

It comes in at 1:00
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... UPJE#t=58s

Which waveform do i need?

I tried to recreate it with a triangle and a sine with some distortion but i dont think this is right.
http://www62.zippyshare.com/v/38984538/file.html
I cant make it that present without sounding like a square.

Sounds like slapbass in Sylenth1

Which presetbank do you mean? I can't find it in the default bank.

[Appeltaart]

thanks, yer all i wanted to do was get a delay which goes louder and louder for like a drop, i read something that you need it to go over 100% feedback, ill give it ago that plugin! i asked luke on twitter he said you couldnt get one

You should use a send channel for that.

Then you can add delay to the original signal, in stead of mixing it.

[arxpit]

Can anyone help me with the sound and the structure of how to get the sound that is there after the break. I think its some type of a bassy sound with one beat that has no sounds and only effects but I wnat to see if I was missing something also if anyone can identify that patch that would be awesome.

Thanks again

here is the link: http://soundcloud.com/edmtunestv/free-d ... la-fart-14

[Exley]

how do i create shepard's tone in fl studio ?

[tjmidge]

how do i create shepard's tone in fl studio ?

oli larkins endless series!!!! also in fl u can use say...3xosc and set it to whatever u want...for example whitenoise mixed with a square wave then put the sustain on full..draw a really long note on , for example c4 and one on c5 the exact same size...and then use the 'slide' function on one of the notes and it gives the illusion of shepards tone, that constant rising sound. thats a simple way but i recommend buying the endless series. u canb also get similar effects as the one i explained by using a vst with good glide funtions....like minimooog and just buils a diagnal type sequence in your piano roll, overlapping the notes so they constantly slide upwards. gives a similar effect.

[tjmidge]

alright people, my question is more computer related rather than production, but my laptop sucks ass...so i was wondering if i clear out alot of stuff from my C drive , so if i delete loads of old songs i dont want anymore and clear out alot of memory from my C drive will it improve the performance of my laptop at all? im not really clued up on computer technicalitys.

[Exley]

how do i create shepard's tone in fl studio ?

oli larkins endless series!!!! also in fl u can use say...3xosc and set it to whatever u want...for example whitenoise mixed with a square wave then put the sustain on full..draw a really long note on , for example c4 and one on c5 the exact same size...and then use the 'slide' function on one of the notes and it gives the illusion of shepards tone, that constant rising sound. thats a simple way but i recommend buying the endless series. u canb also get similar effects as the one i explained by using a vst with good glide funtions....like minimooog and just buils a diagnal type sequence in your piano roll, overlapping the notes so they constantly slide upwards. gives a similar effect.

Thanks, will try

[ajoe]

alright people, my question is more computer related rather than production, but my laptop sucks ass...so i was wondering if i clear out alot of stuff from my C drive , so if i delete loads of old songs i dont want anymore and clear out alot of memory from my C drive will it improve the performance of my laptop at all? im not really clued up on computer technicalitys.

Hey man, having the same problem:-/
Answer is no, additional free space is needed when you are really low on free space. You can try to defragment hard disk but it rarely helps. So reinstalling of Windows from scratch is the only software solution. Hardware would be to insert additional RAM memory, and of course buying new lap top. Sucks, I know

[tjmidge]

alright people, my question is more computer related rather than production, but my laptop sucks ass...so i was wondering if i clear out alot of stuff from my C drive , so if i delete loads of old songs i dont want anymore and clear out alot of memory from my C drive will it improve the performance of my laptop at all? im not really clued up on computer technicalitys.

Hey man, having the same problem:-/
Answer is no, additional free space is needed when you are really low on free space. You can try to defragment hard disk but it rarely helps. So reinstalling of Windows from scratch is the only software solution. Hardware would be to insert additional RAM memory, and of course buying new lap top. Sucks, I know

daymmm my C drive is almost full aswell lol!! well save for a new lappy i reckon!!!