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by e-motion
Tue Apr 24, 2012 12:24 pm
Forum: Production, Hardware & Technical
Topic: Good dubstep bass synths?
Replies: 37
Views: 3132

Re: Good dubstep bass synths?

Trust me, you won't learn anything from youtube tutorials. Just open Massive and try new waveforms you never tried before, new knobs you never used before, add modulators to what you haven't added before, etc! It's the only way to learn. Massive is very complete if you don't follow the typical path ...
by e-motion
Mon Apr 23, 2012 9:08 pm
Forum: Production, Hardware & Technical
Topic: Hardware vs Software Compressors...Opinions?
Replies: 7
Views: 1136

Re: Hardware vs Software Compressors...Opinions?

I like to be 100% software, so i can produce on my laptop and headphones when i travel. Don't really see a need for hardware in my life. Plus you'd need to use it as an external effect and then compensate for the delay, very inconvenient. As for any differences, i'd imagine that a software modelled...
by e-motion
Mon Apr 23, 2012 3:57 am
Forum: Production, Hardware & Technical
Topic: fullness and movement -not a complete noob, example provided
Replies: 19
Views: 1651

Re: fullness and movement -not a complete noob, example prov

Finding the right sounds is also important. You may have some sounds with shit tons of modulation that sound pretty cool but they'll probably be hard to control and to make full because they vary so much. As Chad said above you can layer but if you're after the "full sound" you must choose...
by e-motion
Fri Apr 20, 2012 3:55 pm
Forum: Production, Hardware & Technical
Topic: Getting into DJing
Replies: 44
Views: 4950

Re: Getting into DJing

No, bringing CDJ's + Mixer would be a pain for a DJ right? :) but yeah, it's also a pain to use CDJ's or Mixers you never used (for example, the CDJ jogwheel is completly different between models). With the computer, you just bring yours and connect it to the mixer. Make sure you have your own cable...
by e-motion
Fri Apr 20, 2012 3:07 am
Forum: Production, Hardware & Technical
Topic: Making synths wider with panning.
Replies: 38
Views: 6204

Re: Making synths wider with panning.

therapist wrote:If the tracks are identical, duplicating and panning doesn't actually do anything does it?
Not always. If you duplicate a synth that doesn't have OSC retrigger, both synths will have different phases, so they'll be different and it will sound wide ;) .
by e-motion
Fri Apr 20, 2012 3:00 am
Forum: Production, Hardware & Technical
Topic: What synth to start with...
Replies: 43
Views: 3949

Re: What synth to start with...

I would say Massive, not because it's overused, but mostly because it's a tool that has a lot of power with a lot of simplicity. Perfect to start. You can even get away as a producer using only Massive (yes, there are more synths like this, but Massive is the easiest of them). FM8 for starters is co...
by e-motion
Fri Apr 20, 2012 2:03 am
Forum: Production, Hardware & Technical
Topic: Quick DAW opinion question
Replies: 52
Views: 6344

Re: Quick DAW opinion question

I can confirm that Ableton is more CPU intensive than Cubase, but the workflow beats this problem.

Have you tried to freeze tracks?
by e-motion
Fri Apr 20, 2012 1:41 am
Forum: Production, Hardware & Technical
Topic: does any tune touch this composition wise?
Replies: 60
Views: 5722

Re: does any tune touch this composition wise?

Do I have to mention Beethoven, Mozart, Tchaikovsky and the likes?

As for dubstep (if you can call this dubstep) I think the top of the top notch composition is this:
by e-motion
Fri Apr 20, 2012 12:43 am
Forum: Production, Hardware & Technical
Topic: The Ableton Q&A Thread
Replies: 2152
Views: 273434

Re: The Ableton Q&A Thread

Thank you both :) my workflow increased wonders!
by e-motion
Thu Apr 19, 2012 1:55 am
Forum: Production, Hardware & Technical
Topic: Getting into DJing
Replies: 44
Views: 4950

Re: Getting into DJing

*double post*
by e-motion
Thu Apr 19, 2012 1:54 am
Forum: Production, Hardware & Technical
Topic: Getting into DJing
Replies: 44
Views: 4950

Re: Getting into DJing

Nowadays? Traktor or Ableton Live. Don't get me wrong, I used to CDJ because it was the top notch when I started. People used Vynil because it was top notch when they started (before you had K7's without pitch control). I'm actually someone who defends that people nowadays don't DJ, but... if you st...
by e-motion
Thu Apr 19, 2012 1:19 am
Forum: Production, Hardware & Technical
Topic: RMS vs Peak and Track Referencing
Replies: 7
Views: 1742

Re: RMS vs Peak and Track Referencing

Yeah for mixing, RMS all the way. Using peak levels, your track will sound like shit because it ain't mastered, so it will be much lower in loudness than the other (and louder = better psychoaccoustically).
by e-motion
Thu Apr 19, 2012 1:16 am
Forum: Production, Hardware & Technical
Topic: Stupid but i'll ask.
Replies: 6
Views: 983

Re: Stupid but i'll ask.

Actually, imho, I think headphones are better than monitors for more subtle stuff, unless your monitors are very good AND you have a room treated very well (which is impossible outside a real studio). For example, people that mix with headphones only tend to apply less reverb than people with monito...
by e-motion
Thu Apr 19, 2012 12:05 am
Forum: Production, Hardware & Technical
Topic: Quick DAW opinion question
Replies: 52
Views: 6344

Re: Quick DAW opinion question

Electric_Head wrote:Midi capabilities in Reaper are better than FL, Cubase, etc.
Not sure why you wish they were better?
Care to explain why?
by e-motion
Wed Apr 18, 2012 9:19 pm
Forum: Production, Hardware & Technical
Topic: Experiment: Mastering and Mixing AT THE SAME TIME
Replies: 17
Views: 2360

Re: Experiment: Mastering and Mixing AT THE SAME TIME

Surely you can;t Master, before you mix, isn't Mastering supposed to put the final finished tune, by giving all the tunes parts there own space within the mix, the icing on the cake, you can't eat the cake without first mixing the ingredients (Sound production), then baking it(arrangement and Mixin...
by e-motion
Wed Apr 18, 2012 6:48 pm
Forum: Production, Hardware & Technical
Topic: Experiment: Mastering and Mixing AT THE SAME TIME
Replies: 17
Views: 2360

Re: Experiment: Mastering and Mixing AT THE SAME TIME

Yeah I agree with the going back part, it can, but the opposite also happens. When I home master I ALWAYS go back to the mix and bounce again, usually more than once. This idea has it's origin when I produced psy trance. In psy, you have to balance the kick and the bass perfectly. What happened was,...
by e-motion
Wed Apr 18, 2012 6:33 pm
Forum: Production, Hardware & Technical
Topic: Experiment: Mastering and Mixing AT THE SAME TIME
Replies: 17
Views: 2360

Re: Experiment: Mastering and Mixing AT THE SAME TIME

http://www.paulohsms.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/okay-meme.jpg I forgot to add on the post that I mix last. I'm still going to do this experiment though :lol: in a very minimalistic tune I'm working (well, not that minimalistic, but it has fewer elements than the usual so it will be easier to mi...
by e-motion
Wed Apr 18, 2012 5:52 pm
Forum: Production, Hardware & Technical
Topic: Experiment: Mastering and Mixing AT THE SAME TIME
Replies: 17
Views: 2360

Experiment: Mastering and Mixing AT THE SAME TIME

I know this may look like a very noob question but I ask you to believe (or at least pretend) that I'm not a noob. For most of us who do the mastering ourselves , instead of paying someone, what do you think about mixing and mastering at the same time? In other words: Mixing with a limiter and a com...
by e-motion
Wed Apr 18, 2012 4:24 pm
Forum: Production, Hardware & Technical
Topic: The Ableton Q&A Thread
Replies: 2152
Views: 273434

Re: The Ableton Q&A Thread

Is it possible to use ctrl+c/ctrl+v or ctrl+click to duplicate notes or clips without duplicating the automation? What about the opposite? Hope I was clear.
by e-motion
Wed Apr 18, 2012 1:23 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Brostep / Skrillex and the Forum.
Replies: 4066
Views: 277170

Re: Brostep / Skrillex and the Forum.

So the guy has 186 pages talking about him in a dubstepforum, has thousands of internet memes, millions of youtube comments hating him and people still ask themselves why he's so popular?

Who needs fans when you have haters? :lol: