Less than amateur producers...assemble!

[jaydot]

Oh hai. Cliche, but practice makes perfect. And ALLOW the production forum it's a gold mine for hints and tips.

[phrex]

tbh i started like this:

first time i began producing more seriously about 3 years ago, together with a good friend we set up a little studio in the basement of his flat... we downloaded a cracked FL studio version and imho you learn a shitload concerning synthesis, on FL! so we just were jamming for over a year without reading a manual or anything - buti learned most in thiss one year.
the concept of learning by doing.

then we both bought ableton live 8 and a proper copy of FL. and I started taking it more seriously (and that was about the time i came here, to dsf). i started reading the (great) ableton manual, started asking other producers for tips and tricks, started producing rather than 'experimenting'....

now i think i can say, i know what i am doing, everything i do isn't just an aimeless knob-turning...

yeah - i think that is one way to roll.
it helped me most - just give enough time for experimenting, playing around and getting the feel for it - then advance to the proper techniques and theory of music production.

[rbnc]

LOGIC

[hasezwei]

a question for the veterans:

how many drum samples do you regularly use? do you have some sort of favourites-folder with a couple hits you always use?

i'm asking because i just had a great idea for a groove, needed some really low congas (or whatever you call them, like in pinch's qawwali for example) and after 10 minutes of clicking through folders i completely lost my vibe.
i mean do i really *need* so many samples? i don't know whats worse, not having a drumsound on your hdd or never finding it in between all the rubbish

[phrex]

a question for the veterans:

how many drum samples do you regularly use? do you have some sort of favourites-folder with a couple hits you always use?

i'm asking because i just had a great idea for a groove, needed some really low congas (or whatever you call them, like in pinch's qawwali for example) and after 10 minutes of clicking through folders i completely lost my vibe.
i mean do i really *need* so many samples? i don't know whats worse, not having a drumsound on your hdd or never finding it in between all the rubbish

A) sort out your rubbish but be generous. sometimes you can use the shittiest of all samples
B) and i can't stress this point enough: keep things tidy! i have ALL my 808 samples in one folder, ALL my Dark Energy Samples in one folder (+subfolders) and so on...
C) know your folders/samples

[collige]

a question for the veterans:

how many drum samples do you regularly use? do you have some sort of favourites-folder with a couple hits you always use?

i'm asking because i just had a great idea for a groove, needed some really low congas (or whatever you call them, like in pinch's qawwali for example) and after 10 minutes of clicking through folders i completely lost my vibe.
i mean do i really *need* so many samples? i don't know whats worse, not having a drumsound on your hdd or never finding it in between all the rubbish

I have thousands. Obviously I haven't used all of them, but I find it reassuring that if I need it, it's most likely there somewhere. I can usually find something I like within a few minutes of searching. Never underestimate the power of layering!

The congas on Qawwali sound like an 808 tom to me btw.

[wub]

a question for the veterans:

how many drum samples do you regularly use? do you have some sort of favourites-folder with a couple hits you always use?

i'm asking because i just had a great idea for a groove, needed some really low congas (or whatever you call them, like in pinch's qawwali for example) and after 10 minutes of clicking through folders i completely lost my vibe.
i mean do i really *need* so many samples? i don't know whats worse, not having a drumsound on your hdd or never finding it in between all the rubbish

A) sort out your rubbish but be generous. sometimes you can use the shittiest of all samples
B) and i can't stress this point enough: keep things tidy! i have ALL my 808 samples in one folder, ALL my Dark Energy Samples in one folder (+subfolders) and so on...
C) know your folders/samples

^^ All this ^^


Also, if you're scanning through a folder and find a drum sample you like, open it up in a sample editor (for example, Edison in FL), then resave it into 'Favourite Drums' folder. You'll build up a folder of go-to sounds that you can access from the beginning to get a project moving without finding the perfect kick snare combo (that bit can come later)

[_boring]

LOL

how to be a douche 101

[Sheff]

bump

[borrowed]

Anyone else like me have dunno, a few dozen to a hundred unfinished 30 second beats? I'm considering throwing them together in a little mix or something.

[clifford_-]

ive got a few

[Pedro Sánchez]

Where do you guys download your dubstep drum loops from?

[knell]

Anyone else like me have dunno, a few dozen to a hundred unfinished 30 second beats? I'm considering throwing them together in a little mix or something.

just looked at the file count in my music folder- 576 unfinished tunes in varying stages of completion

[clifford_-]

Where do you guys download your dubstep drum loops from?

skrillexisfilfywickedomg.org

[wormcode]

Anyone else like me have dunno, a few dozen to a hundred unfinished 30 second beats? I'm considering throwing them together in a little mix or something.

just looked at the file count in my music folder- 576 unfinished tunes in varying stages of completion

Haha yes, thread about this: http://www.dubstepforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=207346

On DOA a few years ago people got together and did a big mix like that, a bunch of ~1 minute loops. It was pretty cool.

[Pedro Sánchez]

Where do you guys download your dubstep drum loops from?

skrillexisfilfywickedomg.org

It better be just Kick and Snares, none of that percussion and conga crap like them dmz lot use. Also what are the best tracks to sample yoi yoi basses from?

[wormcode]

Also what are the best tracks to sample yoi yoi basses from?

Timbaland

[borrowed]

Anyone else like me have dunno, a few dozen to a hundred unfinished 30 second beats? I'm considering throwing them together in a little mix or something.

just looked at the file count in my music folder- 576 unfinished tunes in varying stages of completion

Haha yes, thread about this: http://www.dubstepforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=207346

On DOA a few years ago people got together and did a big mix like that, a bunch of ~1 minute loops. It was pretty cool.

Ha! knew I wasnt the only one. my old partition has around 500 of which.... maybe 5 I would actually throw on soundcloud

[therapist]

LOL

I properly fucking hate this guy.

I don't care if you're trying to help people, you're a tnuc.

[wormcode]

^ "I'll be going through the process of making a subwoofer-tastic tune"

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