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q and a or something like that

Post by deadly_habit » Sun Nov 20, 2011 6:11 am

since some of the other old memebers are popping up showing mixing windows and such. does anyone have questions for me i can honestly answer to help people?
the whole getting releases and in mags etc was random even for me.
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Re: q and a or something like that

Post by deadly_habit » Sun Nov 20, 2011 6:22 am

i'm just looking for a reason to stay in this part of the forum now




recentish tunes

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Re: q and a or something like that

Post by VirtualMark » Sun Nov 20, 2011 12:18 pm

i got a question for you - kirk or picard?

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Re: q and a or something like that

Post by cloak and dagger » Sun Nov 20, 2011 12:22 pm

how do I skrillex?

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Re: q and a or something like that

Post by deadly_habit » Sun Nov 20, 2011 1:29 pm

VirtualMark wrote:i got a question for you - kirk or picard?
picard
kirk was pimp, but picard was 10x the man

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Re: q and a or something like that

Post by deadly_habit » Sun Nov 20, 2011 1:31 pm

cloak and dagger wrote:how do I skrillex?
first be in a successful emo band
then feign an interest in electronic music and sign with the most mainstream label in a brilliant marketing ploy
also prance about acting like you can dj with ableton

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Re: q and a or something like that

Post by Jas0n » Sun Nov 20, 2011 1:38 pm

I like my workflow for the most part, but the way I produce allows me to be kind of lazy with the percussion section, doodling in breaks only as an afterthought. What can I do to keep from cheating myself out of more interesting percussion until it is too late?
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Re: q and a or something like that

Post by deadly_habit » Sun Nov 20, 2011 1:42 pm

Jas0n wrote:I like my workflow for the most part, but the way I produce allows me to be kind of lazy with the percussion section, doodling in breaks only as an afterthought. What can I do to keep from cheating myself out of more interesting percussion until it is too late?
start with drums
that tends to be the first thing in my tunes
maybe its coming from a dnb and breakcore background, but drums should never be an afterthought

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Re: q and a or something like that

Post by Jas0n » Sun Nov 20, 2011 1:50 pm

How much drum do you write out, at the beginning? Usually for me its a two or four bar pattern that basically gets looped throughout the track.

I mean, do you make some change ups and then just apply them as you see fit, or do you actually write a song around the flow and structure of your percussion?
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Re: q and a or something like that

Post by deadly_habit » Sun Nov 20, 2011 1:54 pm

drums and bass are gen the main part of my focus and the rest comes later
change ups etc come natural

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Re: q and a or something like that

Post by Mannyyyyy » Sun Nov 20, 2011 4:47 pm

did you ever go through a time that you felt like you were getting better overall but in your opinion your tunes were shit to you? I feel like all my tunes are pretty shitty sounding while everyone loves them. I don't know if that's normal or not and if you experienced it before?

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Re: q and a or something like that

Post by Basic A » Sun Nov 20, 2011 5:19 pm

Whens the next decent event in ROC? Ive got a sick new job, can afford to come smoke blunts with you n upstate now when an event merits it.
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Re: q and a or something like that

Post by RandomEyez » Sun Nov 20, 2011 5:48 pm

I rarely post on the production forum, but always lurking as it's by far the best source of knowledge i've came across on the internet (if there's a better one please show me where!)

Remember hearing some of your stuff from a year ago or so and it was decent but it seems you've really taken your production/composition to another level now. So big ups on that :Q:

On the 3rd track you posted you seem to use some interesting gating/compression techniques. Can you divulge what you're doing there? Can't quite suss it out so would like to know how you have things routed etc...

Also, as someone who's got a shitload of production hours under his belt, is there anything you've learnt recently which has helped you up your game?

Cheers

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Re: q and a or something like that

Post by CE9958 » Sun Nov 20, 2011 6:25 pm

I'm working on a song, its the one in my signature and I'm really putting a lot of time and effort into getting the mix to sound good even on lame macbook speakers and I just want it to really sound professional because I'm trying to take things more seriously now since I really want to do this even professionally if I'm lucky.

Could I get some honest feedback on things so far? You could PM if you don't want to write it here.

Would be awesome man cheers
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Re: q and a or something like that

Post by Jaan » Sun Nov 20, 2011 6:27 pm

What exactly is a re-fix, and what is the point of this?

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Re: q and a or something like that

Post by mylon » Sun Nov 20, 2011 9:57 pm

What did you use for your drums on Backwater Blues :o

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Re: q and a or something like that

Post by hxczach » Sun Nov 20, 2011 10:24 pm

Wanna meet up and teach me shit in person? I live on East Ave. ;-)

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Re: q and a or something like that

Post by Dystinkt » Sun Nov 20, 2011 11:20 pm

What genre of IDM do you think will be the next big thing, and blow up like dubstep has in this next decade. Or will there even be one?

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Re: q and a or something like that

Post by .onelove. » Sun Nov 20, 2011 11:37 pm

Is it normal to fall completely out of love with a track I was feeling after routinely mixing it for ages? Or is this a sign the track wasn't all that in the first place?

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Re: q and a or something like that

Post by Alistairr » Sun Nov 20, 2011 11:43 pm

yes, of course if u spend hours doing anything ur bound to become bored of its predictability but that doesnt mean its not any good, stick it on soundcloud, and let the people decide! :h:

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