Yes, I guess also the drum beat could help me to mask some problems with the vocal.

So in your opinion, the adaptation of a vocal to a remix can contain inevitable rhythm imperfections, dictated by the fact that that vocal was constructed for a track that was perhaps "similar" but still different?

For me, the fact that there are some imperfections is not a problem, I think it is precisely in the nature of the remixes. Obviously I wouldn't want there to be a lot of imperfections..

Ok, so you stretch your sample to be sure it fits on the lines of the playlist.

And if there is a word or something like this which doesn't fit with the lines after the stretch, you cut it and drop where you need it to be. Using delay and reverb to mask the thing...

Great, I've to try.
With the SHM track I've the feeling that also the way he says the words is a bit slower that the bass and kick at 126 bpm, so maybe it needs another stretch...

Thanks for the reply artmast!

How can I check if the vocal sample has a bpm assigned?

I changed the bpm of all the stems, including the drums. And the drums are precise on the metronome, so there's no problem there... So it's a little strange to me...

Thanks for the reply, Ziolo.

So you recommend me to stretch the vocal and do some cut and draw to position the beginning of the individual vocal moments on the precise grid, right?

Remixing Moth to a flame by SHM - BPM problem

Hello everyone.

I'm trying to remix Moth To A Flame by SHM ft. The Weekend.
The idea I have is to make it a track close to the melodic house / melodic techno genre, therefore characterized by a higher number of bpm than the original track (120 bpm, bring it to 126 bpm) with slightly more drums and bass characteristics aggressive (for example, the presence of a rolling bass pattern).

Once the various stems have been extracted and inserted into the FL Studio project at 126 bpm, using the Fit to tempo function I raise the vocal by 6 bpm.

In the drop part of the original track, when I place a kick and a rolling bass, I have the audio sensation that there is a speed gap between vocal and kick-bass. This sensation increases if I also place a trance pluck that plays the first and third notes of the chord progression.

I'm trying to understand if it's something that bothers me or that there might be a reason for it.

I ask you:

  • Could it be that the Fit to tempo function of FL Studio has not worked well?

  • Could it be that the original track is "generically" 120 bpm but the vocal has moments where it is slightly slower?

  • To overcome this sensation of different bpm, I thought of introducing a bit of delay on the voice at the pause points. Could this be a valid idea in your opinion?

  • To find a similar reference and understand if it is something that can still be good, are there any tracks known to you that have a vocal part that goes at a speed that seems different from everything else?

Thanks guys!

People love his visuals and I could agree with them..
But guys, Anyma is one of the best in the business for sound design: maybe it's arrived the moment we feel the music as the main experience.

Considering the quality of his productions which has increased year after year and the ability to move from one genre to another without ever seeming banal, one can clearly perceive that he is a person who loves doing what he does and is positively obsessed with it.

So interesting!

I'm a fan of John Summit, I love the way he switches between different genres such as tech house and melodic house/techno. That remix of Sweet Disposition has opened my mind and gave me lots of ispiration.

Are you the person behind his mixing and mastering?

I don't want his stems / accapella, but can I ask you anything about his productions? For example how complex they are, if you have any tips that you could extract from his productions for a person like me who tries to improve every day in music production.

Interesting way to look for a track to remix..

I've tried listening the Top 50 global on Spotify but there is a ton of music that I really don't like at all (such as the ones by Taylor Swift).

Sweet Disposition by John Summit is the perfect remix in my opinion, because it's interesting overall and he has made it without losing the soul of the original track.

I've listened to that track by Hozier and I was thinking that it's very slow to make it as an EDM track..
Did you have any problems with the needed of speed it up?

Struggle in the search for a track to remix

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!

I hope to see Malaga in the next Euroleague: very great team.
They deserve the spot more than Baskonia.

There is plenty of teams which deserve an Euroleague spot more than a Dubai team.

[Tech House]

https://soundcloud.com/united-ants/shared-dreams-ants-next-gen?si=143dc0c85ecb4e599f53ad65d936b93b&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

I've made a 35 minutes tech house set for a contest, and I'm waiting for the result of the judges.
I would like to know your opinion about the music selection and the transitions.

I've made a 35 minutes tech house set for a contest, and I'm waiting for the judges' results.
I would like to know your opinion about the music selection and the transitions.

https://soundcloud.com/united-ants/shared-dreams-ants-next-gen?si=143dc0c85ecb4e599f53ad65d936b93b&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

"If you've only got 2yrs experience in FL Studio behind you, it might not be that big of a deal to move away - Ableton has a way different work flow than FL. It's way less chaotic, feels much more linear. It does a lot of things automatically that you have to do manually in FL Studio too."

Can you say me one of these things? Just to understand. Thanks!

Very interesting point of view, thanks a lot for the advice!

I'm trying to understand why Ableton is much more popular than FL Studio.

I noticed that FL Studio is very popular in Dutch electronics, many of them use FL.

My doubts also arise from this fact: why do those who work in industry use Ableton much more than FL? With perhaps Logic Pro growing little by little, it has a very interesting interface for that matter.

Never heard enough about Reason: after FL and Ableton I've always seen lots of people using Logic Pro. Very interesting, I'll give a look.

And I agree with your way to see this thing, honestly.
I'm trying to understand if a switch could bring me some pros that now I'm not able to see clearly.

From the various courses I have followed, I have also noticed that Ableton has a much more "professional" approach to plugins and mix buses, while FL is a little lacking in this. The management of the plugin chain in the individual channels seems a little outdated compared to Ableton's management interface, which also seems a little tidier to me.

I still have no idea how useful the discussion of patterns is in FL Studio compared to the way in which Ableton is declined... It seems to me that it is very interesting to have different rows for MIDI but to be able to group them in that way there.

What are your thoughts on automation instead? Which of the two views do you like more?

Switch from FL Studio to Ableton or Logic Pro

Hello lads.

I have been producing electronic music for about 2 years, I started on FL Studio and I still use FL Studio. In itself, I have never had any problems and have never thought about changing, despite the fact that 100% of the courses I have taken (paid and otherwise) are developed on Ableton.

But lately I've been thinking about it a bit, because from the courses I've taken and still take I notice that Ableton has opportunities to develop the arrangement and basic plugins (I'm also just thinking of Granulator and Utility) that perhaps FL Studio doesn't break even. And above all, I fear that most other artists use Ableton or Logic Pro and that therefore using FL Studio could be a limit in any collaborations.

Not having mastered Ableton or Logic Pro and having training on FL Studio, I wanted to ask you:

  • Do you think it might make sense to switch?
  • Given that my first thought against the switch is the time I would have to dedicate to studying the DAW and that it is a time that takes away from the production and study of other things (sound design, mixing, mastering), in your opinion how much time is necessary for an actual passage?

Thank you guys