Tips For A New Producer?

[Dustwyrm]

I am really driven, and passionate about making music.

youtube

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[titchbit]

Youtube isn't all that awesome unless you're brand new or trying to make growls, reeses, and skrillex leads. Seriously lack of decent tutorials for people trying to make deeper stuff. Not sure what the OP is trying to make though.

[re6ter]

Id say its better to read up on articles from guys like Ilpo Karkkainen. Check out http://www.resoundsound.com/ for solid producing advice (compared to youtube that is).

[Dustwyrm]

Youtube isn't all that awesome unless you're brand new or trying to make growls, reeses, and skrillex leads. Seriously lack of decent tutorials for people trying to make deeper stuff. Not sure what the OP is trying to make though.

Idk man there are tutorials on pretty much every single thing. If it's not there then Google, but you'd be surprised with some of the very niche and specific tutorials on there. I'm still constantly being surprised when I look things up.

[re6ter]

Youtube isn't all that awesome....

...you'd be surprised with some of the very niche and specific tutorials on there...

True, I wouldn't dismiss youtube in total. Take it with a grain of salt I guess. Sometimes it comes handy, but its almost impossible to find out what a dude is talking about unless u watch the whole video (which can be a waste of time).

[titchbit]

I'm not dismissing youtube completely, but show me a decent tutorial on how to make like a coki bass (THAT ISN'T IN REASON) or a loefah bass or a vivek bass.

[Musick]

I also just would like to say thank you to everyone who has posted advice in this thread because I'm still new to making music and I have learned a lot already from you guys in this thread.

To the OP: coming from another person trying to make music, there are two solid tips I can provide for you:

1. Consistent efforts to learn and grow. Even if I can't dedicate 5 hours at a time to sitting at my comp, I always make time for an hour or two every day to develop my abilities. I guess with this - make music, just go for it. I read a while back from a poster that he made 4 albums worth of shitty music before he got good. I've always kept that in mind. Repetition builds abilities.
2. There are TONS of awesome videos on there (YouTube included), but there are a million ways to make a sound. And there's always another way that no one has thought of yet. I must have watched all of Dodge and Fuski's tutorials like 4 times, and how to make a reese ten times more, and then I foun a guy named DJ Vespers, and he taught me how to make a reese in my favorite style, way different methods, same styled sound. You are what you mimic, if you dont learn several different ways to make a sound, you won't have a large database, and definitely not a unique one.

[Samuel_L_Damnson]

Also get on some books or pdfs, and read the manuals for you daw and synths ect.
get "how to make a noise"!
http://noisesculpture.com/how-to-make-a ... rogramming

[alphacat]

Get to know the classics: even if you're not using mics and a dedicated hardware mixer or tape or whatnot, everything that exists today was built on the back of things that've come before. The "Behind The Glass" book series is great. Get a subscription to Tape Op magazine.

And read "Silence" by John Cage.

[Dustwyrm]

I'm not dismissing youtube completely, but show me a decent tutorial on how to make like a coki bass (THAT ISN'T IN REASON) or a loefah bass or a vivek bass.

True, I'm not talking about arbitrary tutorials on how to make a specific artist's bass. The only true tutorial would be one made by Coki himself.

But from a more structural foundation, there are tons of tutorials on how to use Massive, what certain knobs do... How to use Edison, how to use Slicex. Those are the tutorials OP should be watching IMO

[ehbes]

the problem with learning through youtube over learning through something like "how to make a noise" is a tutorial will only tell you how to specifically make one specific sound at a time.

[fiveone]

are fat basslines really that hard to make though? i've come to realise that after about 3 years of producing and learning every time i open up my daw to work/create a track, the mix down is the one thing that instantly fattens it up without hardly any effort and compression

[Capture pt]

the problem with learning through youtube over learning through something like "how to make a noise" is a tutorial will only tell you how to specifically make one specific sound at a time.

a tutorial is what you take from it - if you're just after the end result and skip through to copy the patch at the end then sure,

personally I audition the sound after every change when watching a tutorial to understand what difference my changes are making. Often you'll find to get to one sound you pass through or near other recognizable sounds in the process which gives you an "ahhhh" moment.

Personally I rate YouTube, however you have to be quite specific with what you're after. A lot of really good blogs / sites put up stuff under less known accounts which get pushed pages behind "make a tearout skrillex pantydropper baseline" type vids so good research and google skills go hand in hand.

[Tropp]

Thanks for the advice everyone. I'm starting to learn my DAW before I jump into learning synths and other shit.

[Tropp]

I am really driven, and passionate about making music.

Keep this shit up.

swag on deck, call me jack sparrow

Cut this shit out.

Swag on my shoes, Im Cinderella

[nowaysj]

Hey Dubstepforum
I'm a fairly new EDM/House producer. I have been using Fl Studio as my DAW before I recently switched to Ableton Live 8.

I am really driven, and passionate about making music. I know I have a really good musical ear, I'm just not familiar enough with my DAW, or other tools needed to produce music.

If anybody can give any essential tips to help a producer start up (What I should get, Various tips, Etc.), I would appreciate it greatly.


swag on deck, call me jack sparrow

1. You should go to EDMforum.com

2. Ableton and flstudio are both great daws, flstudio is quicker, more versatile, easier to learn, sounds better, and is louder.

3. It is okay if it takes you a really long time to learn your tools, and to learn music. Like years long.

4. Reduce your dependence on other people's opinions. They are valuable, but must be weighted accordingly and in the proper context. This one can take 60+ years to learn.

5. Don't think that some new tool is going to make you better. It isn't, it is going to make you worse.

6. Have fun.

[SunkLo]

2. Ableton and flstudio are both great daws, flstudio is quicker, more versatile, easier to learn, and sounds better.

And louder. Don't forget that.

[titchbit]

reaper is quietest in case anyone was wondering.

heard it straight from the pros therefore it must be true.

also subwoofer in untreated room is better than headphones for sub bass imo. sunklo will confirm this one.

using shitty source sounds for your drums and boosting/compressing gives phattest drums than anything else

am i forgetting anything importnat?

[nowaysj]

The truth

[Capture pt]

Also the smaller the room you work in the bigger the KRK Rokits you need.

For example the average size single bed bedroom needs AT LEAST 8"'s.


Placed flat on a hard wooden table.