Production skills, tips, tricks and techniques

[thrillion]

Hi! Im looking to buy new studio headphones just for producing music. Heard only good stuff about the beyerdynamic. My question would be:

Which one is best suitable for my needs?(flat frequency line, isolated)? Also, would I need to buy any external device to get the best out of them?

I've read the previous post but asking again since they are old.

Thank u

IMO, the Beyerdynamic DT990 is the perfect headphones. They play low, high, loud, detailed, and they are comfy to wear so you can sit with them for hours and hours and hours (and hours). Im sure there are some better out there, but the DT990 are REALLY GOOD! Im often amazed how clear my mixes sound after sitting with only the 990s.

[Exley]

does anyone here use dada life sausage fattener ? is it any good ?

[djavallo]

does anyone here use dada life sausage fattener ? is it any good ?

its great to distort your bass but i often use fruity fast dist

[focatoca]

Hi! Im looking to buy new studio headphones just for producing music. Heard only good stuff about the beyerdynamic. My question would be:

Which one is best suitable for my needs?(flat frequency line, isolated)? Also, would I need to buy any external device to get the best out of them?

I've read the previous post but asking again since they are old.

Thank u

IMO, the Beyerdynamic DT990 is the perfect headphones. They play low, high, loud, detailed, and they are comfy to wear so you can sit with them for hours and hours and hours (and hours). Im sure there are some better out there, but the DT990 are REALLY GOOD! Im often amazed how clear my mixes sound after sitting with only the 990s.

thx for reply man, yeah im def. getting them, heard so much good about them

[noob]

Does anyone know of a good (hopefully free) standalone piano program for mac? I want to be able to play my midi keyboard even tho my daw isn't open. Obviously it would have to be a light program using little cpu and memory.

[Chris1292]

Hi can anyone help me in where I can find this type of bass that Tommy Trash uses in one last ride. Im not talking about the zedd-type bass on top. You can hear the underlying bass very cleary at 5:42. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HLtOZpTwM8

[SCSC]

hey guys I am really curious about this rise sound, No_Id has been using it alot

for example in this

NO_ID - How R U Feeling Right Now

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Gukgu1m ... ature=plcp


any tips?,

I saw Nicky Romero's "woosh" and it can be created in ableton like this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ih0N202vka8

[djraffis]

Hi Laidback Luke,

I have the db-d dynamics processor and I am just curious why on your master chain you have 2 of them used there is 1 compression and the other a limiter or what? Can you explain this? Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you,
DJ Raffi S

[KodeAM]

Hey, posted something related already but still with doubts...
Its basicly compression 101: " How do I know I'm doing it right?"

I've been trying to figure out reading articles... I saw a technique that could be used to make your sounds "punchier" (on drums and bass). You put the treshold all the way down and ratio to max, then attack and release all the way down too... start rising attack you'll hear clicks, where the click his louder thats the sweetspot of attack, a quick release will do it too. That done bring the treshold up, find the sweetspot (where there is no distortion or gain loss, basicly when it sounds louder). Don't know if this is really helpfull, like I said is compression101, if you have some techs pls share?

But my main doubt is the ratio value I should put. I'm using by default 2:1. The main dificulty is because I dont notice the difference by ear. . Ok, you use 1:1 nothing happens. When I use 2:1 does that mean that the level should be 2dB above the treshold signal to increase the output by 1dB? And how is that helpfull for the final mix? Is it all about bringing the quiter noises up?

Sorry for long post, I'm cracking my head in this (I use the kjaerhus classic compressor)

[alvarogc]

Hi Laidback Luke,

I have the db-d dynamics processor and I am just curious why on your master chain you have 2 of them used there is 1 compression and the other a limiter or what? Can you explain this? Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you,
DJ Raffi S

If you're talking about the Garraud interview on Luke's studio, the Limiter he is using is the "Kjaerhus Classic Master Limiter", so I don't think the second compresor is a limiter...

[djraffis]

Ya, I was talking about that Garraud interview and I am also using the same "Kjaerhus Classic Master Limiter" that LBL uses. I just cant figure out why he would then use 2 of the compressors in the master chain. Anyone have any thoughts let me know.

[Bryanmtl]

Hey guys

Came across another great resource the other day: http://www.errepici.it/web/download/KLBD.asp

A PDF containing nearly every post from Kim Lajoie's blog (~230 pages of material), if you haven't come across the blog, its a great resource for production tips/techniques.
( and a link to the actual blog: http://blog.kimlajoie.com/)

Cheers

[MikeAngelli]

Sylenth1
Nexus
Izotope Ozone 5 Advanced

[KodeAM]

Hi can anyone help me in where I can find this type of bass that Tommy Trash uses in one last ride. Im not talking about the zedd-type bass on top. You can hear the underlying bass very cleary at 5:42. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HLtOZpTwM8

I'm no expert, seems like a basic sine with a low-pass 4 filter of NI Massive (probably is the plug-in used) it got some distortion at the begining of the note and its sideshained. Its really a very suby sound, you can probably use ones of nexus library but had fx later, or 3osc plug-in will do it too, I mean, you can find a similar sound in many ways.

[KodeAM]

hey guys I am really curious about this rise sound, No_Id has been using it alot

for example in this

NO_ID - How R U Feeling Right Now

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Gukgu1m ... ature=plcp


any tips?,

I saw Nicky Romero's "woosh" and it can be created in ableton like this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ih0N202vka8

Really works well done by them, never tryed to replicate it but if you listen to Alesso remix of "Save The World" you notice some sounds have those efects. Basicly lots of gates "flying" lol. The gate and vynil efect could be done by glitch or groosbeat and I saw Nicky Romero with Effectrix (I think I spelled correct) probably has other fx too, this are the ones that comes right away to my ears. I believe its more complex than this anyways, got to try it... I'm talking about the technique, if you want the actual sound I cant help. They using it on this last songs, they kinda look alike (a lot!) because of that but they are really great producers, and I love this bass, super pump!