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Re: Production Confessions Confidential
Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2013 6:25 pm
by vault
I like to turn knobs in massive and fm8 without knowing what the hell I'm doing.

Re: Production Confessions Confidential
Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2013 6:30 pm
by shakas
I download demo's of synths ...create patches i like...record audio samples of them...and save them so i can use them to some degree later in a sampler.
Re: Production Confessions Confidential
Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2013 10:28 pm
by lavalamp360
shakas wrote:I download demo's of synths ...create patches i like...record audio samples of them...and save them so i can use them to some degree later in a sampler.
This.
Re: Production Confessions Confidential
Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2013 11:52 pm
by daeMTHAFKNkim
i don't know how to use sampler.
i don't know how/why you use the macro control in massive
i don't have my own "sound"..it changes constantly.
Re: Production Confessions Confidential
Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2013 1:11 am
by Artie_Fufkin
^You would use the macros for stuff you want to control without using envelopes, lfo's, the stepper or performer.
shakas wrote:I download demo's of synths ...create patches i like...record audio samples of them...and save them so i can use them to some degree later in a sampler.
I missed the stability of the demo so I got rid of my cracked massive haha I think creating a new patch every time due to the 30 min limit is good practice too. And if it's a keeper, I just take a screenshot of the essentials.
I like happy hardcore.
Re: Production Confessions Confidential
Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2013 1:38 am
by deadly_habit
In spite of being anti piracy, I have no qualms using cracked versions of software I bought if it removes intrusive or physical DRM that wastes a USB slot.
Re: Production Confessions Confidential
Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2013 4:11 am
by dotcurrency
I find bouncing to audio too tedious and often leave everything (I MEAN EVERYTHING) as midi.

Re: Production Confessions Confidential
Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2013 4:16 am
by Crimsonghost
daeMTHAFKNkim wrote:i don't know how to use sampler.
i don't know how/why you use the macro control in massive
i don't have my own "sound"..it changes constantly.
The macro control thing took me a while also. Once I figured it out it was awesome.
Think of it as a bunch of shit you can link to one knob. You've got lfos,envelopes, volume,fader, and other shit hooked up to one knob. The more you turn that macro knob, the more shit happens to your shit.
Just assign some things to one of the macro knobs and start turning it. You'll hear it.
*edit* you don't actually assign things to the macro knob. You assign the macro knob to the usuall parameters in massive.
Re: Production Confessions Confidential
Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2013 5:57 am
by Efrafa11
Sometimes I listen to a loop I made for hours...
Not even listening critically just in a trance like loop state.
Re: Production Confessions Confidential
Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2013 9:31 am
by HaddaUK
1) I'm too stinge to buy any add-on VSTs etc.
2) I always hate my own productions and hardly ever export any of my tracks.
3) I never usually keep a tune on Soundcloud for more than a week because I'm embarrassed.
4) I spend hours on end looking for decent samples... and fail. (Again, I'm too stinge to buy good packs)
5) My tracks somehow sound better when I stick a limiter on the master rather than mixing them decently.
That's all I can think of from the top of my head

Re: Production Confessions Confidential
Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2013 7:28 pm
by Misanthr0py
All I ever make is loops and get so up my own arse that they are amazing, listen to it repeatedly, and never can expand from it
Re: Production Confessions Confidential
Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2013 7:43 pm
by chekov
Misanthr0py wrote:All I ever make is loops and get so up my own arse that they are amazing, listen to it repeatedly, and never can expand from it
this is my only problem with ableton
i love the loop-building window but it's difficult to build tunes up from it
Re: Production Confessions Confidential
Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2013 7:53 pm
by Misanthr0py
chekov wrote:
this is my only problem with ableton
i love the loop-building window but it's difficult to build tunes up from it
I rarely ever use the session view "the loop window" (only for mixing etc) I just end up making an 8 bar ... thing... in the arrangement view, then loop it and listen to it for a bit and then think; "fuck, what can I do with this?".
Once that happens I usually just rage quit

Re: Production Confessions Confidential
Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2013 8:18 pm
by BassQemistry
IC0N wrote:I have no idea how a flanger works. I know how it sounds but as far as what it's technically doing to the sound, nothing.
It basically mixes a signal identical to the original signal but a slightly delayed version of it and I mean SLIGHTLY as in (<20 milliseconds) The delayed track is then slowed down slightly and sped back up to catch up with the original original signal and that's why you hear that sweeping sound.
Re: Production Confessions Confidential
Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2013 9:02 pm
by RhodeRachel
BassQemistry wrote:IC0N wrote:I have no idea how a flanger works. I know how it sounds but as far as what it's technically doing to the sound, nothing.
It basically mixes a signal identical to the original signal but a slightly delayed version of it and I mean SLIGHTLY as in (<20 milliseconds) The delayed track is then slowed down slightly and sped back up to catch up with the original original signal and that's why you hear that sweeping sound.
Props for that explanation dude

Re: Production Confessions Confidential
Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2013 9:48 pm
by Genevieve
Here's a good one;
my lack of confidence in my production has made me underperform for a long time. I'm a much better producer than I give myself credit for
Re: Production Confessions Confidential
Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2013 10:50 pm
by skimpi
RhodeRachel wrote:BassQemistry wrote:IC0N wrote:I have no idea how a flanger works. I know how it sounds but as far as what it's technically doing to the sound, nothing.
It basically mixes a signal identical to the original signal but a slightly delayed version of it and I mean SLIGHTLY as in (<20 milliseconds) The delayed track is then slowed down slightly and sped back up to catch up with the original original signal and that's why you hear that sweeping sound.
Props for that explanation dude

so now are you a better producer for knowing how it actually works?
Re: Production Confessions Confidential
Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2013 11:05 pm
by BassQemistry
vault wrote:I like to turn knobs in massive and fm8 without knowing what the hell I'm doing.

Turn the knobs in a way you think sounds cool and then have an evelope, LFO, or performer turn them for you!
Re: Production Confessions Confidential
Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2013 5:53 am
by legend4ry
I chain smoke cigarettes when I produce, so much that when I leave the room to make a pot of coffee or something I get a rush of smoke hit me when I open the door.
Producing is killing me.
Re: Production Confessions Confidential
Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2013 1:44 pm
by RandoRando
all my shits from demonoid