Reso Producer Q&A

spectrum1 · Post by **spectrum1** » Mon May 10, 2010 9:34 pm

No questions but I would just like to say, you are a god for doing this.. so many producers that have made it big aren't even willing to post on any message boards, they ignore any questions about producing and such, let alone post screenshots of their own made secrets and hard work.. Of course many people have said this in the thread but I for one truly appreciate this, thank you for taking time out of your life to enlighten complete strangers with your knowledge!

reso · Post by **reso** » Mon May 10, 2010 9:39 pm

spectrum1 wrote:No questions but I would just like to say, you are a god for doing this.. so many producers that have made it big aren't even willing to post on any message boards, they ignore any questions about producing and such, let alone post screenshots of their own made secrets and hard work.. Of course many people have said this in the thread but I for one truly appreciate this, thank you for taking time out of your life to enlighten complete strangers with your knowledge!

I was (and still do) didn't really know what i was doing so if people are willing to spend the time to read the cobblers i write then i'm more than willing to share a few pointers with you all.
I'm not doing anything that a lot of people on this forum aren't already doing (if not a hell of a lot better than me)
Being really secretive with the way i do things is not how i operate, it's music for fucks sake not ministry of defense intelligence secrets.
plus by sharing some of my tricks forces me to come up with all new tricks right?
Group hug

deadly_habit · Post by **deadly_habit** » Mon May 10, 2010 9:45 pm

reso wrote:
spectrum1 wrote:No questions but I would just like to say, you are a god for doing this.. so many producers that have made it big aren't even willing to post on any message boards, they ignore any questions about producing and such, let alone post screenshots of their own made secrets and hard work.. Of course many people have said this in the thread but I for one truly appreciate this, thank you for taking time out of your life to enlighten complete strangers with your knowledge!
I was (and still do) didn't really know what i was doing so if people are willing to spend the time to read the cobblers i write then i'm more than willing to share a few pointers with you all.
I'm not doing anything that a lot of people on this forum aren't already doing (if not a hell of a lot better than me)
Being really secretive with the way i do things is not how i operate, it's music for fucks sake not ministry of defense intelligence secrets.
plus by sharing some of my tricks forces me to come up with all new tricks right?
Group hug

reso · Post by **reso** » Mon May 10, 2010 10:05 pm

AnalGangstaHo wrote:Great read!

Q. What food n drink you rockin' in the studio?

Coffee, bacon n eggs in the morning, tea and haggis/fish/pizza in the evening, plus a pack of silver bensons. The lifestyle of a champion I think you'll agree.

Korea · Post by **Korea** » Mon May 10, 2010 10:11 pm

reso wrote:
AnalGangstaHo wrote:Great read!

Q. What food n drink you rockin' in the studio?
Coffee, bacon n eggs in the morning, tea and haggis/fish/pizza in the evening, plus a pack of silver bensons. The lifestyle of a champion I think you'll agree.

lacks nutella imo

AnalGangstaHo · Post by **AnalGangstaHo** » Mon May 10, 2010 10:14 pm

reso wrote:
AnalGangstaHo wrote:Great read!

Q. What food n drink you rockin' in the studio?
Coffee, bacon n eggs in the morning, tea and haggis/fish/pizza in the evening, plus a pack of silver bensons. The lifestyle of a champion I think you'll agree.

Indubitably!

yamaz · Post by **yamaz** » Mon May 10, 2010 11:19 pm

But if say you don't like a kick or snare, do you preview different ones in context or while song is playing to find one that fits better?

Also do you load up large kits in a sampler or drum machine to preview using a midi controller while song is playing?

deadly_habit · Post by **deadly_habit** » Mon May 10, 2010 11:22 pm

reso wrote:
AnalGangstaHo wrote:Great read!

Q. What food n drink you rockin' in the studio?
Coffee, bacon n eggs in the morning, tea and haggis/fish/pizza in the evening, plus a pack of silver bensons. The lifestyle of a champion I think you'll agree.

lacking the beer

gonna have to try haggis sometime

theedman · Post by **theedman** » Tue May 11, 2010 12:05 am

Best Q&A ever! learnt so much from this, specially the drum processing, gonna get on some transient shapers tomorrow with my kicks, just large up yourself and keep doing what your doin!

back2onett · Post by **back2onett** » Tue May 11, 2010 12:12 am

best thread I've read in a while, cheers for doing this mate

one question, how long do you spend on sound design? seems like all I do now is sound design and I never get down to actually making music, do you have the same problem or is it pretty straightforward getting your sounds sorted?

Brutal · Post by **Brutal** » Tue May 11, 2010 12:14 am

reso wrote:
Do you mean the arp-ish lead thingy (technical term there)?

naw its like a background synth its not arpy at all

Hellomadame · Post by **Hellomadame** » Tue May 11, 2010 1:11 am

Well first of all I must say that your tunes are really unique, very refreshing !

I think you've answered a bit of questions about bass making but I was wondering ... I know you start everything with a chord sequence you like (and mess with a melody) but do you think approaching a bass-line a bit like a drum part helps for heavier sounding tunes and do you also do it ? (like in a purely rythmic kind of fashion and still having the chord progression). (Big ups from Quebec and the Montreal dubstep scene (which is quite huge)).

cloak and dagger · Post by **cloak and dagger** » Tue May 11, 2010 2:16 am

I'm curious if you could shed some light on the synths and effects you used for the pads and leads in Hyperglide...some kind of unison plug or what?

This Q&A is great by the way, thanks for the knowledge.

ajfa · Post by **ajfa** » Tue May 11, 2010 2:43 am

cloak and dagger wrote:I'm curious if you could shed some light on the synths and effects you used for the pads and leads in Hyperglide...some kind of unison plug or what?

This Q&A is great by the way, thanks for the knowledge.

Yeah that lead synth is doing my head in. Seems like a basic square wave synth type thing with some band or lo pass filter movement but mine never sounds as good....

idlemode · Post by **idlemode** » Tue May 11, 2010 2:45 am

Hey Reso, sick tunes mate. Thanks for taking the time.

I'm just having a listen once again to "Hemisphere". You mentioned before a little about how you approach pads, and hemisphere has some great pad sounds. Could you explain a bit more about what you used in that track? I used to use FM8 a lot, but have been really trying to invent my own lately. But i am finding this the hardest area to find tutorials on inventing from scratch, probably as most people bang on some presets. Any further tips there?

dubz · Post by **dubz** » Tue May 11, 2010 3:16 am

yo yo rez, big up on the production skillz - lotsa hard work paying off!!
I've been producing genres other than dubstep for awhile and your sound inspired me to start producing dubstep - if you can't beat em

what I've yet to figure out is how to do the resampling bit - can you explain your approach? perhaps a step by step on how you would generate some of those killer mid range sounds?

cheers mate keep up the good work

Hellomadame · Post by **Hellomadame** » Tue May 11, 2010 4:14 am

dubz wrote:yo yo rez, big up on the production skillz - lotsa hard work paying off!!
I've been producing genres other than dubstep for awhile and your sound inspired me to start producing dubstep - if you can't beat em
what I've yet to figure out is how to do the resampling bit - can you explain your approach? perhaps a step by step on how you would generate some of those killer mid range sounds?

cheers mate keep up the good work

Here's what your looking for, a complete guide towards resampling.

(P.S. : might want next time to consider the search button).

http://www.dubstepforum.com/for-those-w ... 10916.html

Basic A · Post by **Basic A** » Tue May 11, 2010 5:34 am

Before you were Reso, don of aggrostep, and we were all here kissin up and asking questions...

How ghetto was your setup?

Question two...

Best promotional outlet youve found to date?

Oh and EDIT::: Big up for doin this man, Id have nagged mods to set it up with you anyway, gotta love taking it into your own hands though dude, you just revived the QnA thing...

jaydot · Post by **jaydot** » Tue May 11, 2010 5:49 am

Hi Reso, thanks for doing this, I dig your tracks, Climbing the Walls is a beast.... and I have reviewed your new dnb release with the Qemists on a website I blog for so when the guy in charge sticks it up I'll link it here, not dubstep but still a great track.

lowpass · Post by **lowpass** » Tue May 11, 2010 7:57 am

Do you use a lot of distortion (bass, drums etc)?

And if so, what is your favourite distortion plugin/s to use?

You also mentioned breaks earlier so the obligatory top 5 breaks question must be asked

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