sub·tle (stl)
adj. sub·tler, sub·tlest
1.
a. So slight as to be difficult to detect or describe;
subtly - in a subtle manner;
Hello forum,
I may not be the best producer or a good one at that. However one thing that I have learned is this:
DO NOT. Over complicate production. Dont always think "oh well this is a snare it needs to be compressed with a hard knee at this ratio with a limiter on the ding dong and some reverb on the doobly doo and lots of equing on the pooper scooper and a shit ton of distortion on the cock smacker"
NO.
It doesnt matter if your making dubstep, fuckstep, brostep, bengastep, robostep and whatever other step or genre of EDM my fat mother has shit out of her ass.
Make sounds. Subtly make them sound crisp and clean. Subtly make them the sound you want. Mix them slowly with other sounds. Get a workflow going. Make some dope drum loops, SUBTLY mold a bassline around it, create some keys for the background, and put a song together.
DONT jump in and start EQuing, compressing, distorting and whatever the SHIT else your planning on doing.
By over complicating things you are making production hard, when it should be fun and to be quite honest your most likely going to end up with a pile of unused channels, pointless CPU eating inserts and overall you wont be able to get anything done.
If you need compression or you feel it will help create the sound you want USE IT.
If you need distortion or you feel it will help create the sound you want USE IT.
If you need to EQ or you feel it will help create the sound you want USE IT.
Most of you know this, but some of us, like me for a long time wonder why we cant get a tune done or WHY we always end up confused and deleting projects.
SUBTLE TOUCHES ON EVERYTHING. EVEN IF YOU NEED LOTS OF FX, IF YOU DO IT SUBTLY YOU WILL UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU HAVE DONE AND GET THE SOUND YOU WANT.
That is all.
