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if it sounds better at a different tempo let it be a different tempo instead of forcing it to be 140 or 120 or 90 etc

trust your ears over a gauge

GET A GOOD CHAIR !!!
NOT BOUT SITTING ON SOME SHIT SEAT FOR HOURS LOL

^ for sure this

i always got some stinky uncomfy benches

best advice from me:

close down the fucking dsf!

Magma wrote:Keep it simple and get levels right clean before you start trying to "fix" them with effects.

haaa, thats a good one for me.

trust your ears...

Work for quantity instead of quality. Quality grows with your quantity. You cant make a perfect tune at once.

To make a long story shot : practice your butt off

finish the tune




even if its not a great tune or your sick to death of it, the final 5% of producing the tune can be the hardest, so you need to get used to doing it.

back your shit up !

trust your own opinion but be open to good critism, have confidence but dont get cute

enjoy yourself


















apologies for the post count frenzy PC+

you dont have a backup unless you have a backup of a backup!

Only been producing for a while now, and someone has already said this but........... LISTEN DONT LOOK. I swear staring at the sequencer means your not listening properly. I get to a point. Stop. Have a cup of tea/smoke. Go back and just sit and listen.

- a large and original sample bank is essential

- to save cpu - disable any eq points that are not boosting or cutting.

- xxxx vst looks lovely and you must be very excited about it, but the best plugin is your brain.

- you say hi pass everything, I say gentle roll offs and shelving. don't eq for the sake of eqing

- you're only as good as your last tune, so before you send your new beat to dj xxxx make sure it's a sound that you're happy to represent

- if an element is not working, despite working earlier on, file it in your sample bank and move on swiftly. Tunes have a habit of making themselves when all the elements work together.

- see how your tunes mix with others. If your making dancefloor beats then a dj is likely to rinse your tune if has 'double drop/key mixing/intro~outro' possibilities

- see how your tunes mix with themselves. If you have 2 basic ideas not really going anywhere but they mix really well together - combine them together into 1 tune and progress - helps clear up the HD full of loops you have.

Practise makes perfect, This applies to all parts of life.

Secondly, Keep you're samples together. Have a folder, then folders, then more folders, name them all correctly. Trust me, its so much easier when your vibesing and you think 'I know what kind of sample will fit here', if you can just go grab it then carry on with the track. Keep you in the flow and more productive.

~HK

if someone tells you to stop producing, fuck em

jsilver wrote:if someone tells you to stop producing, fuck em

My missus says that all the time and I do lol.

Serox wrote:

jsilver wrote:if someone tells you to stop producing, fuck em

My missus says that all the time and I do lol.

there you go

real advice: worry more about clipping than peaking despite what you read in these threads about 0dB remember that its all relative