Random Production Tips Thread™

hurlingdervish · Post by **hurlingdervish** » Sun Jul 19, 2009 12:41 am

if it sounds better at a different tempo let it be a different tempo instead of forcing it to be 140 or 120 or 90 etc

deadly_habit · Post by **deadly_habit** » Sun Jul 19, 2009 12:56 am

trust your ears over a gauge

dj instigate · Post by **dj instigate** » Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:26 am

GET A GOOD CHAIR !!!
NOT BOUT SITTING ON SOME SHIT SEAT FOR HOURS LOL

morro_e · Post by **morro_e** » Mon Jul 20, 2009 6:31 am

^ for sure this

i always got some stinky uncomfy benches

best advice from me:

close down the fucking dsf!

tavravlavish · Post by **tavravlavish** » Mon Jul 20, 2009 7:10 am

Magma wrote:Keep it simple and get levels right clean before you start trying to "fix" them with effects.

haaa, thats a good one for me.

sook · Post by **sook** » Mon Jul 20, 2009 7:55 am

trust your ears...

r · Post by r » Mon Jul 20, 2009 7:59 am

Work for quantity instead of quality. Quality grows with your quantity. You cant make a perfect tune at once.

To make a long story shot : practice your butt off

drift · Post by **drift** » Mon Jul 20, 2009 8:45 am

finish the tune

even if its not a great tune or your sick to death of it, the final 5% of producing the tune can be the hardest, so you need to get used to doing it.

drift · Post by **drift** » Mon Jul 20, 2009 8:46 am

back your shit up !

drift · Post by **drift** » Mon Jul 20, 2009 8:48 am

trust your own opinion but be open to good critism, have confidence but dont get cute

drift · Post by **drift** » Mon Jul 20, 2009 8:48 am

enjoy yourself

apologies for the post count frenzy PC+

Project_B · Post by **Project_B** » Mon Jul 20, 2009 9:37 am

you dont have a backup unless you have a backup of a backup!

thatdoorsajar · Post by **thatdoorsajar** » Tue Aug 04, 2009 7:45 am

Only been producing for a while now, and someone has already said this but........... LISTEN DONT LOOK. I swear staring at the sequencer

means your not listening properly. I get to a point. Stop. Have a cup of tea/smoke. Go back and just sit and listen.

whineo · Post by **whineo** » Tue Aug 04, 2009 10:12 am

- a large and original sample bank is essential

- to save cpu - disable any eq points that are not boosting or cutting.

- xxxx vst looks lovely and you must be very excited about it, but the best plugin is your brain.

- you say hi pass everything, I say gentle roll offs and shelving. don't eq for the sake of eqing

- you're only as good as your last tune, so before you send your new beat to dj xxxx make sure it's a sound that you're happy to represent

- if an element is not working, despite working earlier on, file it in your sample bank and move on swiftly. Tunes have a habit of making themselves when all the elements work together.

- see how your tunes mix with others. If your making dancefloor beats then a dj is likely to rinse your tune if has 'double drop/key mixing/intro~outro' possibilities

- see how your tunes mix with themselves. If you have 2 basic ideas not really going anywhere but they mix really well together - combine them together into 1 tune and progress - helps clear up the HD full of loops you have.

jameshk · Post by **jameshk** » Tue Aug 04, 2009 1:18 pm

Practise makes perfect, This applies to all parts of life.

Secondly, Keep you're samples together. Have a folder, then folders, then more folders, name them all correctly. Trust me, its so much easier when your vibesing and you think 'I know what kind of sample will fit here', if you can just go grab it then carry on with the track. Keep you in the flow and more productive.

~HK

jsilver · Post by **jsilver** » Tue Aug 04, 2009 2:44 pm

if someone tells you to stop producing, fuck em

serox · Post by **serox** » Tue Aug 04, 2009 2:47 pm

jsilver wrote:if someone tells you to stop producing, fuck em

My missus says that all the time and I do lol.

jsilver · Post by **jsilver** » Tue Aug 04, 2009 3:01 pm

Serox wrote:
jsilver wrote:if someone tells you to stop producing, fuck em
My missus says that all the time and I do lol.

there you go

real advice: worry more about clipping than peaking despite what you read in these threads about 0dB remember that its all relative

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