could probably make the piano in this better. dunno bout splice vocals i cant work with vocal prob rather do instrumental only but vocal fun to get new ideas
feel like fm8 is greatest synth of all time... fm synthesis sounds too good cant make ting like this with subtractive. why isnt there fm9... fm8 came out 20 yrs ago now still best synth of all time. probably gonna try make a billion sounds with fm8
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nice to be writing slightly longer ideas lately. this one 2 and half minutes
rubbish but 3 minute
splice vocal. splice has 23k results atm if u search 'vocal hook'. sort by popularity works pretty well
favorite thing i wrote so far shout out nicky
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DUBLE UPLOAD i like the melody in 2nd upload
hate ppl posting art on internet and saying 'this is trash' but this is trash. enjoyed making it... but became trash maybe halfway thru process of making it. maybe start with better chord progression next time. writing 2 minute track about 1000 time harder than writing 1 minute track. having made 1 minute trax helps. lol i feel like i enjoyed making a 2minute track tho so im happy wit it
starting with piano and bass and laying out a 2 minutes of audio worked pretty well to start it off. want to improve the drums and vibes of next one esp in non-drop parts. maybe have some kind of different section or different bass notes in a section or 2. might lay out bass and piano for similar thing but with chord progression i like more
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tried a couple new thing. automated volume of bass down at end of intro... automated some high end out of bass on a higher note... dont use tremolo strings that often... lead from a future rave preset pack for serum
20 minutes mixing a 5 second drop loop... realize saturator on master somehow... export
tried faster melody... theres a music theory term for the melody in this. returns to one note in the melody frequently. might be ostinato probably soemthing else. making these heavy trap drops might be a good way to learn mixing. really hard to get everything sounding loud at once ... might be good mixing practice
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4 bar loop is same as 3 minute loop
am getting more bored of 1 minute ideas now tho probably gonna do more 3 minute ideas
i sometimes wonder if starting with weakest element is good idea. say im good at piano or chords should i start with fx or drums or melodies instead. dont rlly know if i actively do this
more wanna get used to different sounds
i know some basic arrangement now i think
too ahrd to analyze workflow for that reason... cant remember what i was doing before i made load of 1 minute ideas so idk if 1 minute thing is good workflow
i getting bored atm of workflow of trying to define 'this bit is drop' 'this bit is buildup' but ahh pointless talking about workflow it basically based on past workflows always iit
maybe theres no difference between 4 bar loop and 3 minute loop is workflow i wan try more
might try write more 3 minute
main problem with 1 minute 2 minute or 3 minute 4 5 8 is it earworms and then u open up the next day and is shit so idk daily music dump is kind of weird idea prob i think can still learn a lot even when in earworm mode and open it up next day is shit
i like 1 minute things caus u can change something then listen from start most of the time btu 2 3 minute things u can have it playing and yea hold mental model of hwole trak in mind and make some edits even if intro isnt fully done yet etc ... this probably basic to anyone who make longer ideas all the time but i used to fleshing out everything first so its different workflow but can be alright couple time i tried it
thing that worked for me the couple times i tmade longer 2 3 minute things was have it loop over 2 3 minutes then change things while it plays thru its kind of weird process to me caus u have to constantly kind of hold mental image of hole trak in ur mind but i guess thats mnore songwriting workflow init
and its an old idea so its pretty different to whatever u done recently so helps diversify but then also u wrote it so its not same as remixing something by someone else
nice thing about opening up old idea even if its just a shitty loop is you get one solid idea out of it maybe a melody or chords or combination of elements then just delete everything except that bit and remix it worth the 5 minute fixing broken links instruments dont work or samples not in same folder locations
i feel like making 1 minute traxks help a lot with trying make somethign longer so i prob just keep making longer ideas 3 minute 4 minute wuld be goal
remix old ideas is something i tried lately it works pretty well but gotta spend 5 minute convert project into new workflow since links break etc with old ableton sets
i feel like laying out bass and kick snare could be a way to make FULL TRAC but idk rlly im more just trying to get used to different edm sounds atm
process i like lately is make a drop with kick snare bass and then a buildup. then add whatever other shit or whatever convert the drop into a buildup, then do another drop after that. i havent found a process works 100% one process always get boring esp for music but idk rlly ask real producer. making a drop then converting that drop into buildup is good process i think easy to do anyway. it might be weird process idk. easiest way to convert a drop into buildup is just lowpass highpass automation at same time over 4/8 bars then put even heavier drop after it. ill probably get bored of this way of working soon and do other way of working so just take whatever process work for u in past i guess rlly. i like to swap between making different styles of music caus otherwise i get bored or make same thing over and over which inevitable so swapping between different process always something i do. i should probably start with melody caus my melodies always pretty bad i find but idk usually find it boring starting with melody idk start with drum or bass lately work for me but maybe melody start would be good for a while