Hi guys, I am not too sure if i will be able to explain myself clearly but here goes. I have been wondering about this for quite some time, now. A lot of hip hop uses sample loops from old songs, well is it possible if i could make a song or loop but make it have that sampled effect (so it sounds li...

Thanks everyone for your replies! Really much appreciated! I had some luck with the compressor and limiter

my only problem now is how to make my bass more louder without messing up the quality. As soon as i put on a bass preset, the sound is always really really low. Not bass low at all. I have tried adding a saturator and tried raising and lowering the pitch but i have had no luck. This is something th...

my only problem now is how to make my bass more louder without messing up the quality. As soon as i put on a bass preset, the sound is always really really low. Not bass low at all. I have tried adding a saturator and tried raising and lowering the pitch but i have had no luck. This is something tha...

Learn how to use your analyzer. Where you're at... everytime you hit something that you don't understand. STOP. and do some research. A 7 minute video on YT will answer all your questions and 4 more that you didn't know you had yet. Learn it, and get back to work. If you do that for six months, you...

You know music doesn't have any rules, but what are the rules, eh? If you want to know the rules, discover the rules in the songs you like. Really listen to them. Use an analyzer to find where each element is in the mix. And all the rest. You have the songs, the rules are right there, if you are in...

After reading the link above, i don't think i wanna just rely on using sub basses all the time. There's all sorts of basses out there. My only problem i that my sub basses always sound really blurred and not clear and smooth when i play with them for a bit. Actually that has always been my problem. ...

Hi guys, Thanks for the replies. Well, usually when i try to make a track, i usually try to imitate stuff i hear off other tracks. Recently, i have been listening to a lot of deep house and garage and well, to me it seems that they probably only use one bassline (forgive me for my lack of knowledge ...

Hi guys, Before i start, let me just state the fact that i am a complete newbie and still finding my way around. When i first started looking to make house/garage and hip hop , i was told that a song needs only one bass and which is preferably a sub bass. I have always used just one bass in my track...

anyone?

wow, dude for someone who was drunk, you type perfectly and still manage to talk sense. I am absolutely crap at typing when drunk. However, i do make quite good cw pieces when drunk haha. I just tried out what you mentioned earlier and it worked. I think with me, it's just that usually i start with ...

Hi guys, As most of you guys, probably know, i am trying to recreate a garage kinda vibe. I have been listening to a lot of garage and their baselines all seem so clear and sharp (if you wanna say). I was told by a friend that i could recreate that sorta garage bass line by making a sub bass in able...

DUDE !! you are a GOD send! Thank you sooo much! Just followed the guy's tip about making loads of hi hat patterns etc and going from there and i finally did something that sounded alright! Thank you everyone for your help, as well!

wow, dude! thanks for that. pretty helpful. How did you manage to work out the hi hat pattern of the original? Right now, i am considering trying to emulate hi hat patterns from songs but i don't know how to do so in ableton. I have checked out a bit of that warp thing but i don't get where i can ma...

CYRHEN wrote:One tip I have for you is learning how to implement grooves into your hi hats..It makes them waaaay less stagnant.

Sorry, how do i do that? Ok, took a break from ableton. I am now determined to get them right lol

hey guys, I have tried all your advice but i just can't seem to get mine to flow or just sound decent. Mine just sound so choppy or just distant from each other (i have tried moving them close). I have played around with velocity levels and taken them off the grid as well. Argh, i think i should jus...

listen to loads of good 2step and see how they do their hi hats and grab some tunes with hat patterns you like, take them into your daw, slow them down enough so you can distinguish whats going on with the hi hats, where there's ghost notes, offbeat hats, random sneaky shakers getting chucked in th...

It's weird, how i am ok with every other percussion instrument apart from the hi hats. So annoying arggh

Sorry,. did you mean that i should try and have an imaginary hi hat beat right after the end of my kick?

Hey,

Tanks for the reply. I am aware of the shuffle effect in garage however my problem lies in just programming hi hats in general. I can just never seem to sound alright. They always just sound so off.