The Intro Thread

[Artie_Fufkin]

You can sort of "preview" a bandpassed reverby delayed version of your main midrange every now and the in the back of your mix, sometimes that is cool.

I've noticed this in some tunes. Great stuff

[Marzz]

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[grooki]

With more minimal sounding tracks the nice thing about intros is that they don't have to be too elaborate because they can be clearly heard behind the current track. This can lead to really nice "intermediate" tracks which are almost tracks themselves. If the intro is too busy and aggressive then it is harder to subtly bring it in and smoothly transition.

[DIGIPLAST]

I know this must sound ridiculous,
But i can't think of a good enough intro to any of my tracks. I make the drums and everything just fine. I just can't come up with a good enough one to suit my interests. I just want it to be super br00tal but when i sit down at my computer i have no ideas. any tips to help me out? Thanks.

Difficult question, because it all depends on what you wanna achieve. Do you wanna start with Drums or without, with vocals or without etc.

There are some basic structures you should know by listening to other tracks. Use them and add your down ideas i say.

[BonerJams04]

the intro of a tune im working on now is literally just a sample of some guy yelling "REPRESENT YO SHIT"

so yeah, theres tht route

[Marzz]

the intro of a tune im working on now is literally just a sample of some guy yelling "REPRESENT YO SHIT"

so yeah, theres tht route

Your sig track is dope.

[BonerJams04]

the intro of a tune im working on now is literally just a sample of some guy yelling "REPRESENT YO SHIT"

so yeah, theres tht route

Your sig track is dope.

tx mate

[legend4ry]

Heres where I get confused..

If you can't think of an intro - why does your tune need it? If you want to just go straight to the main section do a bar of a kick on the 1 an 3 and then have your main section play.


I build all my tracks from the intro > the outro - from start to finish! I don't 'get' how people can write any other way. It must bring inconsistency and over thought in to the situation.

[Marzz]

the intro of a tune im working on now is literally just a sample of some guy yelling "REPRESENT YO SHIT"

so yeah, theres tht route

Your sig track is dope.

tx mate

[JTMMusicuk]

Heres where I get confused..

If you can't think of an intro - why does your tune need it? If you want to just go straight to the main section do a bar of a kick on the 1 an 3 and then have your main section play.


I build all my tracks from the intro > the outro - from start to finish! I don't 'get' how people can write any other way. It must bring inconsistency and over thought in to the situation.

so you dont write the main part first and go straight from the intro??? do you make all the synths first aswell or do you make them as you go??

[hutyluty]

tbh i dont understand why brostep songs need to have intros

its not like anyone listens to them anyway

[legend4ry]

Heres where I get confused..

If you can't think of an intro - why does your tune need it? If you want to just go straight to the main section do a bar of a kick on the 1 an 3 and then have your main section play.


I build all my tracks from the intro > the outro - from start to finish! I don't 'get' how people can write any other way. It must bring inconsistency and over thought in to the situation.

so you dont write the main part first and go straight from the intro??? do you make all the synths first aswell or do you make them as you go??

I usually just find something worth starting with ad go from there

[MeesterHarry]

I was wondering if anyone could help, but when I'm making a song, or starting to, its hard for me to think of an intro.
Like I've got some nice bass and stuff, bet then I don't know how to start the song.

Any tips or advice or ANYTHING you guys can give me will be great,

Thanks

[Brothulhu]

Strip back the elements of your drop and add a buildup

[YeahItsMe]

Strip back the elements of your drop and add a buildup

^^Boom! Toss on effects and experiment, you'll find something

[outdropt]

"Some very good information here, props.

I would start with learning scales. What i do is get a feel for a certain scale and stick to it for a period of time, using it in multiple productions just to get comfortable. When you have the scale down it gets a lot easier to improvise.

I would have a chord progression playing in the background while you improvise, just so you have some guidelines to follow ( i find it a lot harder to improvise and write a melody without chords and a beat playing)

While improvising find 4/8 bar melody that you are fond of. Then record and quantize (i would make certain sections on beat, but leave some slightly off. Otherwise it wont have a swing to it, and it will get stagnant quick)

From there build off the melody, or simplify. If your playing with melodic intros i am going to assume your making bro/house/complextro... A lot of times you get a 8 bar melody that plays twice.. Then after the first 16 bars it will simplify to 4 bars for 2 times, then 2 bars for 2 times and soo on.

You can do it the opposite way as well.

Make a melody, then place that at 16 bars. Duplicate to bar one and start pulling out some notes until you think there is enough space. Again depends on your style but its good practice regardless."

I wrote this up here: http://www.dubstepforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=259189

"Use elements currently in the track and create effects with them, creates a lot of forward movement and makes the transition a lot smoother.

If your going from a synth lead, at the end of a bar send the signal to a delay.

If your transitioning from one bass line to another try HP filtering towards the end of the bar into the next bar.

If your using vocals, and then going to a section without vocals try using a phrase during that section and add effects.. try using the phrase as a synth, or using a vocoder, delay, reverb, stutter, ect.

Reverse your snares/kicks, add reverb/filtering.

When you use elements in your track as the source audio for a new effect.. It will always work.
This will be the headliner on my new EP coming out soon!!!!"

Here: http://www.dubstepforum.com/viewtopic.p ... 36&start=0

"Usually ill drop it out in suspenseful moments like said above^..

I like to amplify natural sub bass in some samples in an intro/break down where your not using mid range/sub....

Like ill take impacts, split the frequencies, and amplify everything from 20-70hz 130-180hz, using corpus in Ableton does some crazy stuff to sub's if you know how to use it.

It makes a good effect going into a song and coming out of a drop."

Here: http://dubstepforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=253939

[hutyluty]

Lol i love when old threads get bumped and i can crack up over a pithy commebt i left a year ago

[BonerJams04]

grab the first beat and loop it for a bar, then straight into the main beat

[Ledger]

Ever since my inception into music production, I cannot make an intro to save my life. Whenever I try to go for a very minimal, atmospheric, and dark intro, it turns out boring and underdeveloped. When I try to make a very bright and upbeat intro, the synths sound like shit and it just doesn't sound right in general. Everything else in between has the same occurrence. I've spent all day just working with a few stacked square waves in Massive. I came out with a good synth, and made a nice melody for an intro, but it just felt empty, so I tried adding a pad, and that basically ruined it. I could listen to electronic all day just to get inspired to make intros, but by the time I get something down, and played out, it just doesn't sound good. Advice would be great.
inb4 practice (makes perfect)
inb4 experiment

[subfect]

First, learn how to make decent pads - use chords. Master reverb.