Don't knock free VSTs... I've seen plenty of masterclasses from respected producers who swear by some of them.

I've been obsessing with trance for some strange reason over the past couple of weeks or so, so this has caught me at a good time. Liking it.

aeox wrote:I just sell music on edmghostproducer.com. I've found that that is the quickest way to actually make money selling music. Especially since the music I sell, I don't like at all. I actually can't believe people even buy it.

That is both very funny and very depressing at the same time.

chimp_spanner wrote:Also what's your buffer size and sample rate?

This.

Plus effects. Any particularly large effect chains? Things like reverb especially can be CPU hogs.

Looks like a glitch in the Matrix. Should o' taken the blue pill, whoever it was.

Bandcamp This little baby is growing up quickly. A LOT of artists I follow seem to be using it more and more these days. The choice of different audio formats is really nice, plus the "name your price" format is cool. A lot of people will obviously grab your tunes for free, but I noticed the other ...

Wow, this thread has like 50,000 views. What's the betting that at least 90% of them are expecting fully functional software for free

mreese80 wrote:

Koncide wrote:I've found over time that I nearly ALWAYS had too much 100-500hz mud in my tracks, and not enough 1k-5k mids. I'm quite liberal with the old HP filters and low shelfs these days in order to compensate. My tunes are sounding much better as a result.

nice track man.

Appreciated mate

I'm always sceptical about things like this. Personality can shift rapidly, especially when dealing with others. If someone has just cut you up in traffic you are more likely to have a negative view on people, whereas if your crush has just said yes to a date you're more likely to have a positive vi...

Good sounding samples are key, no matter what genre you're making.

Though I am a self-confessed sample junkie. A very good friend of mine recently gave me some of his paid for samples (naughty) from various dnb/dubstep orientated packs, and I nearly kissed him. The joy.

I've found over time that I nearly ALWAYS had too much 100-500hz mud in my tracks, and not enough 1k-5k mids. I'm quite liberal with the old HP filters and low shelfs these days in order to compensate. My tunes are sounding much better as a result.

normen wrote: You're aware that birds already started using the cigarette butts? They build them into their nests because the nicotine keeps away mites

The moral of the story: if you like birds, smoke 60 a day.

Yeah why wasn't ganged faders added in Reason 7 along with grouping? it's a pretty basic feature really. Most daw's have had this for probably about 8 years and we're still waiting. Before anyone says bussing, this is an entirely different process and not the same thing, and I don't want to create ...

You're like all the kiddies over at the indian gaming casino. A bunch of people that "don't smoke" but do there. Gotta admit, even if you were kidding, it's pretty lame. Now all the vapers have switched over to cigs (we already have a couple of shops that went under, but not the hooka ones :lol: ) ...

Next: Ting Tings will perform LIVE with Drake. Ting Tings at Glastonbury. Ting Tings quit stage half way thru. Ting Tings LIVE with Snoop Dogg. Snoop smokes a joint in front of everybody. Snoop says "F*ck the law". Ting Tings charity gig for kidnapped schoolgirls. Ting Tings charity gig for homeles...

rcbuse wrote:AirRaid also makes this, https://shop.propellerheads.se/product/ ... -splitter/, like pandemic without all the modulation

This looks good. It's also free, nice.

I've noticed recently that the amount of annoying-as-fuck ads on Soundcloud has gone through the roof. Someone is paying for these ads so I can imagine Soundcloud's revenue has jumped through the roof recently. That being said, online services are notorious for being short lived and unstable. If Sou...

Prioritise. Sometimes things have to get thrown out the window.

I'm in the same boat really. I want to get so many things done, makes having only 24 hours in a day a sick joke.

EDIT: repeating myself.

Smoke sometimes, vape sometimes. Can go days without either except if I drink. I absolutely fiend for the stuff when I'm drunk.

I, too, strongly recommend using reference mixes. Thirded. My tunes were dreadful until I figured this out. It's amazing how poor your own ears can be when trying to be objective. Using a reference track to quickly A/B is probably the most effective way to combat this. No problems with subjectivity...

Yeah colour coding helps. I have a scheme I tend to stick to; Red = rhythm Blue = bass Green = guitars Yellow = s(y)nths Pink = pianos & other keys Orange = orchestral Purple = FX Grey = automation, sometimes I also use TMA commentator sequencer tracks as dividers in the arrange window so I can at ...

A lot of the producers I know, as well as from what I've gathered from the big guys in videos/interviews, is that a track on any DAW can take between a few hours to a few months to complete, depending on the producer's preferences, genre, and complexity. Another thing I've gathered is that you are m...

Some of these replies got me rofl. Thanks for making the thread OP. And yeah, Facebook is strange. I remember when constantly being on the Internet and having a huge online presence made you a nerd and a social outcast. Now it's almost like the opposite is true. A lot of people honestly judge their ...

Useful info here guys, thanks'a'many.

I was sorely tempted by the black friday deal that they had with R9 + a ton of rack extensions. Problem is, most of the rack extensions I wasn't really interested in, and it was still pricey (something like €300?) so I left it. Propellerhead please feel free to do a nice discount just for plain old ...