I'm going to go against the grain here and say DON'T learn chords first. Play one string at a time; get a feel for the notes. Then learn what a power chord is; and "enhance" each note you're used to being played on one string by playing the same note using a power chord across 2-3 strings.

That ...

If you have to eq a sound to the point you have 9 Eq's is it even worth using that sound?

EQ should be used for mixing, not sound design. I try to use as little EQ as possible, it makes the composition better if everything sits in its own range without EQ.


This is false. Some of my favorite ...

Picture an image or scenario in your head and write what you think the background music for said image/scenario would sound like. Look at film scores and video game music.

Banjo Kazooie is an amazing example of this. It's the same exact song; but the "mood" changes depending on which level you're ...

I used to despise resampling, but it's made things 10 times easier. Bouncing to audio allows for consistency in sounds when you have a lot of modulation be it from LFO'd filters or effects that change over time. The way my bass sounds after being played for 2 seconds isn't the same as it sounds ...

I'm pretty lazy so I try to make my basslines as close as possible to what's in my head without needing to bounce, lol. but if I have to then I will. usually just to save on cpu.

I find that certain things are just 500 times easier when you're dealing with a bounced audio file. You can splice it ...

AKA not Korn's attempt, then check out some of my tracks :) full EP will be uploaded within the next couple of days before it's uploaded to my youtube channel (TheOfficialDeathstep) on May 15th to celebrate the launch of Diablo 3(one of the series that inspired me to get into dark, evil music ...

Just thought I'd mention:

Regularly check the original post.

I'll update it often with new information, and not to mention that I keep getting asked questions that are answered on the first post.

I've decided that this effort will go all the way and we will try to get all 151 Pokemon. Not ...

Killamike49 wrote:I can only imagine the mewtwo track will be full on bro-lazor-rape.

Haha, one would imagine, yes. I'm going to keep things fresh/interesting, though! If I can help it. I'm completely in love with this entire compilation idea.

I'd love to take on Mewtwo! Save your master ball for my track.

-Deathstep

If we start at the mixdown which is where you'll be able to gain a lot of "loudness potential" there are a number of thing that can be done to gradually build up loudness from the word go.

The main things 3 that are going to trigger the compression/limiting at the mastering stage are

Kick ...

mastering and mxing = two seperate notions.
there is no doing it right. mastering yourself is like grading your own math test. it doesnt work that way.
good mastering will cost you around the same price as a single person bag of green. pay for it.


Allow me to rephrase the question for you then ...

Before someone links me to the giant mixing/mastering thread; I'm well aware of its existence. I can't find a detailed answer about what exactly my issue is, so I figured I'd ask with hopes of an honest, helpful response.

Where is the middle ground of the whole "loudness war" situation? What I mean ...

What kind of dubstep are you looking to work with? The oldschool, laidback kind; or the newer aggressive stuff? Throw some artist names out there. I might be interested.

Might be being stupid here, but what have Aphex Twin and The Streets got to do with dubstep anyway?

I know who Skrillex is, but I only know 6 (maybe 7?) of the 9 on the other side. Guess I'm what's wrong with the scene.
You are not at all what's wrong with the scene. Knowing some peoples faces ...

Make a bassline like normal, then duplicate track, put reverb on it, turn the mix to 100% wet or a bit less, mess with some reverb parameters, slowly bring the fader up over the dry track to your liking

Check out the Rusko masterclass on youtube!

Been playing for around eight years now :D. Proud owner of a Jackson SLS-3. Tabs are super easy to understand, if that's what you're asking. I would recommend checking out www.ultimate-guitar.com. They have a massive tab library.

Basically; guitar tabs will have six lines stacked on top of one ...

Not sure what genre to toss this track into, but it's the first "real" track I've ever made with quality that's decent enough for me to be proud of. Made it with a lot of help from this forum, which I appreciate very much. I was going for an electro feel with an "epic" outro, and I played all of the ...

Not sure what genre to toss this track into, but it's the first "real" track I've ever made with quality that's decent enough for me to be proud of. Made it with a lot of help from this forum, which I appreciate very much. I was going for an electro feel with an "epic" outro, and I played all of the ...

Asked this in the December thread and didn't get a response :( .... really hoping to crack this one, so here goes another shot for this month:

All right.. the almost-bad-quality-reese-sounding bass in this interview. It comes in twice in the song; once at EXACTLY 1:54 and again at 2:01. It sounds ...