Electronic Dance Music Production

I thought people were mostly streaming now but maybe I'm wrong...

I'm wondering is anyone knows of tutorials for Serum or Vengence that shows you how to make Gritty Psychill Growls like in Kalya Scintilla, Desert Dwellers, Phuture Primitive, or Shpongle

Hey all - trying to recreate these basses (and more importantly, the processing chain) that the man OkayJake uses on his tracks.

He gets this colorful harmonic yet huge and saturated basses that I have yet to be able to really come close to, and he makes these swooping effects with the basses which I imagine are some sort of combination of pitch bend and comb filter, but I have yet to be able to figure that out either.

Most of the basses on his tracks are unique but what Im really after is a method to be able to get somewhat close with a processing chain, and I wanted to see if anyone had any ideas concrete ideas besides creating an FM sq bass low passed with a shitton of staturation/distortion/OTT in that order (which has been what I have tried so far).

Reference: 1:30 in this : https://soundcloud.com/okayjake/crystal-falls

Being someone who makes heavy bass music, I've dealt with ear fatigue after sessions for a long time. Being very cautious about hearing loss, I always mix at as low of a volume as possible. Even listening at relatively low volumes, (definitely under 75db) I can notice some distortions in my hearing after mixing for as little as 1 hour. This will go away in time of course.

I've had a sense that this might be from the extreme amount of distortion and high frequencies that are in a lot of bass music, and so I finally decided to try just turning down the highs above 1.6k down by 5db using a system wide EQ, and lo and behold, I can actually listen and not have the same kind of ear fatigue, even at louder volumes.

My question is first of all, has anyone else tried this? Secondly, if you did, do you mix with the quieter highs as well since that's how you're used to listening to music, or do you turn them back on to mix? I feel like if I'm used to the quieter highs, turning them back on to mix will probably just sound terrible.

I also feel like this just goes against the general wisdom of trying to listen to the most flat way possible, but I literally can't deal with these high frequencies anymore from all the distortion/clipping, maybe I'm just getting old but that's the way it is.

I used to be able to create a song just by opening a VST and creating 4 chords, it would be enough to inspire me. Now I need something to get me started, like a chord loop or vocal, and it seems to be getting worse. All help is appreciated. I’d love to hear if anyone else has the same experience

I’m looking for suggestions on the best affordable headphones for producing bass music. I’m hoping to get some open back headphones that represent the lows well for $500 or under. Any advice or suggestions will be greatly appreciated 😊

I've been trying to figure out how to recreate the shaker sound that starts at the very start of this track: https://ossx.bandcamp.com/album/air-control

OSSX are amazing club/breaks producers and DJs and they always use this sound. Can't figure out what it is.

I've never used vocal samples before but want to have a play as I've recently started working on more.house style tracks.

I guess the splice ones are used a lot as it's a popular site, is it any good? Or any suggestions for other royalty free vocal samples?

Should I look on Fiver, or Upwork? Do you have any you could personally recommend who do good work? How much should I expect to pay for a 3-4 minute track?

Genre is bass house and/or funky house. TYIA!

I produce music within the harderstyles (uptempo) and i am trying to make kicks with Serum.
Now the problem is that every beat/ kick, the tail or bass of the kick slightly differs.
Only this also messes up the bass of the kick. Ive provided a screenshot of what i mean.

https://imgur.com/a/6DMZBsJ

I am slowly losing my mind because of this. Ive searched everywhere but I cant find any similar problems.
The randomization in Serum is set to 0/ off.
Does anyone know of this issue and how to fix it?
Thank you in advance!

EDIT:
more clear picture of the problem:
https://imgur.com/a/g5WGlaU

Song is Snakes by Sikdope

Sound comes in 1:16

Getting humbled by trying to make this simple sound exactly and it's annoying the fuck out of me. Sound design is difficult without the tools.

Here's a YouTube video that comes the closest to it with serum:

https://youtu.be/rX6AuV2-O9A?feature=shared

I've heard this high pitched pluck screech sound in a bunch of songs and thought it'd be easy to recreate in Vital, but I'm struggling to get it with dubstep bass presets and just doing stuff from scratch. I think I might be focusing too much on the speeding up and slowing down and trying to recreate that in Vital. In might just be an arrangement, I'm not sure.

I've watched a bunch of tutorials with serum usually starting with a wave table used to create fm bass wubs, and that hasn't been too helpful starting from scratch in Vital.

So far I've tried basic shapes square wave and pulse wave and a mixture of them, plus 1 voice, legato, and mod wheel tied to the pulse frequency.

Osc 1: square/pulse wave, pitch -12, fm< Osc 2 Osc 2: pulse wave, pitch 7, -16 detuned Env1: long decay and sustain, bit of release, low attack Lfo1 to osc 1 level, fm, filter 1 and 2: rises and falls on the 3 of a 16 grid Macro 1 to LFO1: to mod the changing pulse time you hear in the song Lfo 3 to voice tune: bipolar, 0.4 Lfo 2: tied to distortion drive and high pass envelope

Any helpful tutorials that can make this exact sound with that movement in Vital?

Please post any and all [Feedback] or [Listen] type threads in this thread until the next one is created. Any threads made that should be a comment here will be removed.

1. Make an effort to comment on other people's tracks. By doing so, you will find that others will be more likely to help you with your tracks.

2. Be specific when asking for help. Examples of specific questions: "What do you think about this kick sample?" "How's this mix?" "I need some help on this melody, the last measure comes off a little cheesy, any ideas?" etc.

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Here's my track. I'm looking for ___

80/20 rule

Hi there EDM creators, you are all inspiring making this music and it’s truly appreciated any tips you give me. Have you heard of the 80/20 rule?

I ask sincerely what 20% matters the most when making EDM? If I could focus 80% of my limited time to learn how to make EDM (my most desired hobby) …what is the top 20% that would be beneficial that I focus on?

I appreciate this very much no matter how late you read this even months later. Keep doing what you do!

Hey everyone.

Im just getting into this. I’ve messed around w a couple instruments but I’m definieitly not a musician. I’m an artist and i like to experiment with diff types of mediums.

Lately ive been playing around w logic loops. I have no problem building/layering the intros but as soon as I have to take the next step i freeze. I have no idea how to do it.

I need help w this. Is this called song structure? I have no idea. Im looking for a structure template i can work off of, or a video series that can teach me how to produce a song.

My knowledge in logic is minimal as well. I have a keyboard and logic but thats all i need rt now. I really just want to learn how to make songs with loops- if i need to create some raw sounds so be it.

Any advice? I enjoy learning and i enjoy learning as i go, as in learning while im trying to make a song. Thanks for your help in advance.

Also, im not opposed to paying for lessons. Any ideas? It would be cool to do that in person though. Im in NY.

Hi redditors! I'm seeking a Foley sound like clock sound, bird chirping or sound that is useful with drums and I want to borrow your wisdom. Do you have any recommendations for a sample pack or a person who made? I am ready to take out my wallet.

Primarily for the house producers, do you guys place a note on the downbeat or do you guys skip and place it after? I know each track is different, but i always find myself at a fork. Unless I go for a really short-tight kick, not sure if it’s just a waste of space or not.

From their website:

"You can use NCS music in most video types like reviews/unboxing, pranks/comedy/fails, beauty, fashion, fitness, lifestyle, gaming, sports, pop culture, DIY, design, compilations, and more. We currently do not allow content which is a music upload (music visualiser, music player, lyric video) and does not fall into the above catagories. Meaning, you should only use our music in the above types of content, not simple reuploads of music."

Now, obviously what I want does not fit into the stated categories, BUT it's not a video upload. It's also not a simple reupload, visualiser etc. So can anyone here help me with this, maybe has some past experiences? Thanks a lot.

I’m still on the previous version of Mac OS and hesitant to upgrade because I don’t want Trash 2 to stop working Anybody here able to use it on the latest OS?

Please post any and all [Feedback] or [Listen] type threads in this thread until the next one is created. Any threads made that should be a comment here will be removed.

1. Make an effort to comment on other people's tracks. By doing so, you will find that others will be more likely to help you with your tracks.

2. Be specific when asking for help. Examples of specific questions: "What do you think about this kick sample?" "How's this mix?" "I need some help on this melody, the last measure comes off a little cheesy, any ideas?" etc.

3. Be descriptive when giving feedback. Use timecodes to highlight certain parts.

4. Please link to the feedback comments you've left in your top-level comment. This will show others the feedback you've left, and you're more likely to get feedback yourself! Also, please notice those who are leaving a lot of feedback and give them some, too. This is a cooperative effort! Update: Any comments that do not follow this format will be automatically removed.

   For example:

feedback for Esther: "link to feedback"

feedback for Fay: "link to feedback"

feedback for Minerva: "link to feedback"

Here's my track. I'm looking for ___

Hi Ableton-minded friends!
I'm an Ableton Certified Trainer from Finland, and I also do beta and alpha testing for Ableton.

My Ableton Live Basics video course (three parts) is finally FREE and available to ya'll on YouTube: https://youtu.be/_-l5KMC0V2s?si=hVpKT1KlcOniKjCJ

This not an ad, and there's no catch, at all.

Someone once said, you should give something back to your community when you're doing well, and I agree. I think the time has come to release these to the general public.

This program, originally only available from my shop, has taught hundreds of people around the world how to enjoy Ableton Live.

The Basics course has three videos and is 4.5 hours in total, so there's a lot to watch and learn!
Video uses Ableton Live 10, but the same principles apply to all versions of Ableton Live.
Find relevant timecodes in all video descriptions.
I know my teaching style isn't that fast-paced hyper-edited one, but I guarantee you will learn.

I'd absolutely LOVE it if you could share this video on your socials or with your friends who'd like to learn Ableton Live...it's literally all free, no catch, and i want nothing for this!
(well, if you want more stuff, my Patreon has a lot of it from the past 4 years: music production, mixing, DAW stuff etc)

ADVANCED video (two parts) will be coming soon...will post here once they're done, too. Just gotta hone the timecodes (it's waiting to get published on YT).

❓ PS: Someone already asked on another forum why the heck am I giving it out for free. Fair question in today's market.

I guess to some it's "dated" as I haven't updated it with Live 11+12 features (main functionality is largely the same, and what you can learn is still very useful), and with many products when you are a small operator, you need to keep posting about it so people will buy it.
But I have so many other things to post about all the time (mainly my regular Patreon updates and my own music releases).
Been thinking of updating that video with 11+12 features, but TBH I always have so much other work on my desk, can never be arsed to even start. So heck it!
Sales for that video now nearly having come to a halt, I thought I'll give something back to the community....the goodwill always comes back, I've found.

Also, every now and then I get asked to do tuition but get offered fairly low rates and can't always accept those offers. So I thought, heck, maybe everyone I have turned down can now learn what I would've taught them.
I make an ok living with my main daily business: I mix and master music professionally and work with some pretty dope artists such as John Summit (I've been his engineer for 7+ years), so I quite legitimately feel good about putting some good karma and good vibes out there and don't consider this a loss at all.
(btw I do a little bit of tuition every now and then when rates are OK, so not trying to say I never do it)

Music has given me so much and continues to do so (I started making music in 1992) and just want to let people learn and hope they'll get to experience joy similar to mine with music!

Has anyone purchased or have any opinions on the Rokit Gen5 monitors? In the market for something in that price range. I'll certainly go to my local shop and check them out, but am just curious what initial impressions are.

I have an analog synth on order, and I need to hook it up to my windows machine. I know I'll need an audio interface but I'm not sure if this doubles as a sound card and input device or what.

Do I need a sound card + an audio interface to connect external devices? If so what should I get? Assuming budget is ~$600 per item.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEulNv02Zco&ab_channel=PULCIO

Are you looking to make your sounds into fat disgusting slobs? I'd like to introduce you to my new plugin, Nasty Channel. http://imperialdust.com

Side effects include unrefined disturbing bliss.

Hello lads.

After remixing a fairly well-known track of the moment (Lovin On Me by Jack Harlow), I'm looking for something new to remix. It's a period in which I delved a lot into the melodic techno / melodic house genre and I really liked the remix done by John Summit of Sweet Disposition. The search for a new track to remix goes a bit in that direction.

I'm listening to a lot of recent and old pop music, but for the moment I haven't found anything that particularly interests me. I thought about trying to make a purely EDM track like Dreamer by Axwell & Ingrosso of that genre, but I fear that the vocal is too "happy" to be able to bring out slightly darker sounds like those of melodic house.

So I wanted to ask you if you have any advice on how to look for a track to remix. Do you follow any "patterns" when it happens to you?

A thousand thanks!