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Hey guys,

I'm having issues with making a song out of my sounds.
I get the sounds right they sound real thick and not really a problem there.
But then after a day or so I'm looking at 30 tracks with different sounds.
And i find it real hard to make a good riff out of them. And then eventually make a song out of the riff.

Is it a wrong way to go, having 30 tracks to start with.
Sometimes when I listen to Skrillex or so it seems like he has like 1 to 3 sounds and work from them.

Do you guys know any tut's for once you have a sound how to make a song out of them ? To make a song like "First of the Year - Skrillex".
I've watched some on youtube but they are more like into a dancy song witch I can make but, I really want to make this dirty Skrillex riff.

Thanks beforehand !

theres so many thread on dsf regarding skrillex bass. please search before you post.

ps, composition can't really be taught. if there was a tutorial to follow on how to put sounds together everyone would be making the same tunes.. it'd be more of a problem than it already is. learn some theory, do what sounds good

Thanks for the reply's
I've already read allot of posts regarding composition, but really haven't found one that made a cool Skrillex kinda riff. It was more dancy sounds.
And I can compose a pretty good dance song. But dubstep is a different cookie and it's hard to crumble.
I'll just be trying then.

But do you guys use allot of automation and one particular base sound ? Or do you set up multiple each with another tonality and then compose a song with it ?

lots of people will take a patch and make several duplicates with small or big changes that the song will bounce between

look up grouping and bussing and it should help combining your sounds

start simple. try making a song with a simple softer sound or just use one bass
these aren't going to be great and probably not that interesting but you can't run before you walk