Music looking for CC and inspo.

Platinum · 03-12-2016

https://soundcloud.com/platinummusic/wip-1/s-Mq3Ws
This is my favourite of the 2(0 lol) I've done so far. I'm not 100% happy with the first instrument that you hear, and I've encountered a 'composer's' block on it.

https://soundcloud.com/platinummusic/wip-2/s-5K0dM
I've wanted to make something similar to this, I listen to this type of EDM a lot. This was a fairly random song, it's a combination of two I made (the bass line and drums are from another song). And yes, I mean to turn the horn sound down I just forgot to tweak it before I uploaded it. This one's also had me meeting the dreaded 'composer's' block.

Any CC and/or guidance would be much appreciated, I believe there are a number of musicians and many music-lovers on this site and I would love to hear from you all!

Also, I'm on the lookout for that perfect bass on garageband but have yet to find it

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GenoIndeed · 03-14-2016

Oh cool, i didnt know you made music. But i highly recommend a pc program, they provide far better quaility and variety of instruments and sounds.

So about the track, i like it. Needs work on mixing and mastering though. When mixing, start panning your sounds out to separate them, everythings coming from the center channel, which jumbles them up. What you wanna do is pan your higher pitch sounds, Hi hats, cymbals, and snares to the right, and all your lower pitch sounds, kicks, and sub bass to the left. Also, you always will have a primary sound/rhythm that the songs built around, you need to adjust the secondary sounds to work with it but not overpower it.

For example, on a range from -100% to 100%, put your low secondary sounds at about -18 to -30 depending on pitch, put your kick and sub bass at -16, snares at 14, hi hats 16-18, any really high pitched secondary stuff 20-30. For primary sounds (main focus of the instrumental) like pianos, what i do is keep it around -8 to -10 or 8 to 10 depending on where it sounds best and the songs overall feel.

Mastering, what you wanna do is after youre done mixing, make it so it sounds like the sounds coming from all around you, like if i were to listen to a song with my eyes closed, it needs to feel like im actually there live. And also, mastering is to make final touch ups like raise/lower frequency ranges, etc. theres a lot to it.

What headphones do you use btw?

iMask · 03-17-2016

Posted by GenoIndeed

What you wanna do is pan your higher pitch sounds, Hi hats, cymbals, and snares to the right, and all your lower pitch sounds, kicks, and sub bass to the left.

I would have to disagree. I do agree with panning though. To get a more or less a 'real' sounding drumkit, then try to emulate what a real drumset looks like. Taking a regular drumset, hi hats should be panned to the left, one cymbol to the right, one cymbol to the left, the kick and sub should be centered, toms range from left to right, rides should be to the right, etc.

GenoIndeed · 03-17-2016

I learned the way i do it from someone, but i see what you mean, im gonna give that a try and see how it sounds

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Platinum Back from the dead? Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Australia Posts: 2,533	Music looking for CC and inspo. https://soundcloud.com/platinummusic/wip-1/s-Mq3Ws This is my favourite of the 2(0 lol) I've done so far. I'm not 100% happy with the first instrument that you hear, and I've encountered a 'composer's' block on it. https://soundcloud.com/platinummusic/wip-2/s-5K0dM I've wanted to make something similar to this, I listen to this type of EDM a lot. This was a fairly random song, it's a combination of two I made (the bass line and drums are from another song). And yes, I mean to turn the horn sound down I just forgot to tweak it before I uploaded it. This one's also had me meeting the dreaded 'composer's' block. Any CC and/or guidance would be much appreciated, I believe there are a number of musicians and many music-lovers on this site and I would love to hear from you all! Also, I'm on the lookout for that perfect bass on garageband but have yet to find it .

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GenoIndeed Dream Machine Join Date: Feb 2014 Posts: 761	Oh cool, i didnt know you made music. But i highly recommend a pc program, they provide far better quaility and variety of instruments and sounds. So about the track, i like it. Needs work on mixing and mastering though. When mixing, start panning your sounds out to separate them, everythings coming from the center channel, which jumbles them up. What you wanna do is pan your higher pitch sounds, Hi hats, cymbals, and snares to the right, and all your lower pitch sounds, kicks, and sub bass to the left. Also, you always will have a primary sound/rhythm that the songs built around, you need to adjust the secondary sounds to work with it but not overpower it. For example, on a range from -100% to 100%, put your low secondary sounds at about -18 to -30 depending on pitch, put your kick and sub bass at -16, snares at 14, hi hats 16-18, any really high pitched secondary stuff 20-30. For primary sounds (main focus of the instrumental) like pianos, what i do is keep it around -8 to -10 or 8 to 10 depending on where it sounds best and the songs overall feel. Mastering, what you wanna do is after youre done mixing, make it so it sounds like the sounds coming from all around you, like if i were to listen to a song with my eyes closed, it needs to feel like im actually there live. And also, mastering is to make final touch ups like raise/lower frequency ranges, etc. theres a lot to it. What headphones do you use btw? Last edited by GenoIndeed; 03-14-2016 at 06:32 PM.

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GenoIndeed Dream Machine Join Date: Feb 2014 Posts: 761	I learned the way i do it from someone, but i see what you mean, im gonna give that a try and see how it sounds