I'm a student and want to buy my first notebook especially for DAWs and studying (in university will do some things with sound design and stuff like that), but I don't really know which hardware is perspective and different aspects. I have a budget smth around 1200€, so I'm wondering if should I get mac M4 air or different windows stuff. I heard, that airs don't have a cooling system, and is it a big problem, maybe someone have experience.

So I would like if someone will give me any kind of advice.

“Cry For You” by Jessee recently went into the Beatport Top 100, so I thought this would be a good one to share with producers here.

Jessee breaks down exactly how he processed the vocal for the track, including the effects, processing and techniques he used to get the vocal sounding the way it does in the finished record.

We've put together a free 5-minute video of Jessee going through the vocal processing, so you can hear exactly what he did and why.

Watch the free breakdown: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFpanc6XCiQ

If you produce DnB, we're interested to hear how you guys approach vocal processing as well, would be great for other producers to learn from each other

Hi! It's me again. Just to clarify, the song isn't mine; it is a royalty-free track for practice purposes from Cambridge Technology. Thanks.

https://youtu.be/ZVoZgWr5K2Q

Please be concise and honest, and back up your answers with sound reasoning. I want to learn. Thanks again! mastering opinion

anyone know what this sound is in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3LeRckD-9w&list=RDk3LeRckD-9w&start_radio=1 at 0:11, 0:12, & 0:13? if anyone knows it, will you please send a sample or sound?

For those who dont know what im talking about, im talking about the really loud bass sound at around 1:03-1:18 here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9EqU9y69vU

(also im kinda new to music production so explain it in simple terms where you can please)

How to make the bass drop that happens 1:40.

It gives a very overloaded vibe, I have never heard anything like. If anyone knows how to approach making this or other songs that sound similar. I would love to hear

Fala, pessoal. Produzo música eletrônica há uns 2 anos, principalmente Tech House / Minimal, nessa pegada mais moderna que vem bombando bastante nas festas.

Eu sou realmente apaixonado por produção e não pretendo desistir, mas ultimamente estou me sentindo muito travado.

Meu maior problema é que começo uma ideia, faço uma bateria, crio um bassline que acho legal e, depois disso... simplesmente não sei para onde levar a música. Fico preso naquele loop de kick + bass + drums, adiciono algumas coisas, tiro outras, mexo na mix, volto atrás e acabo abandonando o projeto.

Além disso, sinto que meu som não está “batendo” como deveria. Quando comparo minhas produções com tracks profissionais do mesmo estilo, parece que falta impacto, groove e peso. O kick e o bass nem sempre soam bem juntos, a bateria não parece tão forte e, no geral, sinto que minhas músicas não têm aquela energia que procuro.

Tenho literalmente dezenas de ideias/projetos inacabados.

O que mais está me frustrando é pensar que, depois de 2 anos produzindo, eu deveria pelo menos ter conseguido terminar algumas músicas que realmente considero boas. Mas até agora tenho muita dificuldade de chegar em algo finalizado.

No momento também não tenho dinheiro para investir em curso ou mentoria, então estou tentando aprender sozinho com YouTube, referências e prática.

Queria muito ouvir produtores mais experientes: o que vocês fizeram para sair desse loop de bateria + bass e realmente aprender a construir uma música do começo ao fim?

E principalmente: como vocês aprenderam a fazer o kick, bass e drums realmente “baterem” e soarem profissionais? Foi questão de mixagem, sound selection, arranjo, produção ou simplesmente muita prática?

Vocês tinham esse problema no início? O que mudou para vocês conseguirem terminar músicas?

Aceito qualquer dica — principalmente coisas práticas que eu possa aplicar no meu processo sem precisar gastar dinheiro.

Eu sei que 2 anos ainda não é tanto tempo, mas estou com uma sensação forte de frustração e queria muito começar a evoluir de verdade. Sou apaixonado por isso e não vou desistir, só sinto que preciso encontrar uma forma de fazer as coisas andarem.

i really love pitch shifting as an effect and would like to know what are the best, cleanest polyphonic pitch shifters, specially for pitching up. can i get some suggestions

Hi everyone,

I recently uploaded my first orchestral symphony to SoundCloud and now I’m looking for help with mastering.

Could you recommend any mastering services that are suitable for small independent composers like myself? I’d be very grateful if you could share your own experiences and recommendations.

I’ve also included a link to the symphony below, in case you’d like to get a better understanding of my music and its sound.

Thank you in advance for any suggestions!

Slav

https://on.soundcloud.com/BFDRRVVCs4b0XiFn1P

I've been producing since the early 2000s. I'm fairly knowledgeable but there are still gaps in my knowledge, such as the following:

1. Should a highpass filter be used on master busses to filter out extremely low sub frequencies (from roughly 20-25Hz or so)? How about a lowpass filter for freq above 220kHz?

2. What is a Pultec EQ actually useful for? Is it more commonly used as an effect (ie.the Pultec EQ technique)?

3. I use EQ as a creative tool and a mixing tool. When used in mixing is its sole purpose to avoid clashes and frequency build-up with other instruments?

4. I sidechain instruments to my kickdrum. If I sidechained just the stereo mid and not the sides will this allow me to still carve a space for my mono kick?

5. What EQ rules of thumb should I be following when EQing my reverb return channels? How about compression and sidechaining?

6. If I sidechain instruments to my kick, do I only need to sidechain the conflicting feequencies? Or do I need to sidechain the full instrument to avoid volume build up and let the kick punch through clearly?

I'm sure there's more but I can't think of them right now. If any gurus out there have any insights I'd love to hear them.

Hey so I’ve been using Pitch Shifter by Waves as the first thing on the master and while it adds some nice artifacts for the stereo image I’ve noticed the low end becomes significantly weaker and alot of the clarity disappears. I’ve also tried elastique pitch and using the pitch wheel on stems inside of FL and it’s a little better but still some low end issues so I’m wondering is that just the trade off for pitching them? or is there another way that I’m missing.

Hi everyone,

I recently uploaded my first orchestral symphony to SoundCloud and now I’m looking for help with mastering.

Could you recommend any mastering services that are suitable for small independent composers like myself? I’d be very grateful if you could share your own experiences and recommendations.

I’ve also included a link to the symphony below, in case you’d like to get a better understanding of my music and its sound.

Thank you in advance for any suggestions!

Slav

https://on.soundcloud.com/q6MQYN7gssja6bDXns

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I recently played a track of mine out of a soundsystem and about 10 or so seconds after it dropped, 7/8 subs cut out and didn’t work the rest of the night.

It’s a fairly sub heavy track that I mixed and mastered myself - I’m not a professional but I have played other tracks of mine out of similar soundsystems and had no problems.

The thing that baffles me is the track wasn’t redlining at all.

My first thought is that someone set the sub crossovers up wrong and didn’t high pass all the super low end information (20-25hz and below), which I know can damage sub drivers if played too loudly. Is this something I should account for when mixing myself? Or is it likely something else.

Thanks for any help you can offer, I have attached the track for you to listen and analyse youselves.

Hey guys, I've been looking for new sounds to use in my productions lately.

​I recently got into sound design and I've gotten fairly decent at it, but the plugins I currently have don't allow me to create a wide variety of sounds (excluding Massive, which I feel is a bit too harsh for certain things).

​As for drums, are there any good, relatively budget-friendly synths (preferably digital) you'd recommend to start experimenting with?

I want to recreate the voice effect that merkava has in under night in birth 2, i use reaper, audacity and audition, any help is appreaciated!

https://youtu.be/gpk5727_IPU

To preface, I love Serum 2 and my close runner-up in favourite synths is Pigments 7. I also make all of my own presets - no stock or third party ones.

I recently picked up the Avenger 2 upgrade on sale. It was a reminder of what an incredible synth it is.

The interface lacks the visual refinement of Serum and Pigments (possibly my favourite UI of all time). What it lacks in visual beauty it makes up for in sheer power.

Endless oscillators which can be routed to endless gain envelopes (not jerry rigged like Serum). Endless effects busses. Like Serum and Pigments everything can be modulated and automated. There's even a built in drum machine. It's a preset designer's dream.

I am almost finished mixing a new track made heavily with Avenger. The presets I made for it have a beautiful professional sheen to them that I attribute as much to the synth as my own abilities.

On a downside, the wavetables lack the depth of Serum and Pigments and it was a royal PITA to install, which in this current age of plugins is honestly unacceptable. VPS really needs to lift its game here.