I think I'm retarded.
Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2012 9:45 am
No offense to anyone who may actually be offended from me using the word "retarded."
I feel like everything I do is wrong... The synths I make sound wrong, and my production style could be tons better. I get told a lot that I need to stop worrying about numbers, values, and shit. But really those numbers and values make the sound much better in my opinion. But the point is, I lack the knowledge of making my tracks better.
I tried experimenting with side-chaining, and peak controlling a lot of times. But almost every time I think I do it completely wrong and it messes up or I just don't know what the hell I'm doing at all. It's confusing me terribly to where I think I need it to be told to me as if I'm 5. I think I may even actually have a learning disability that messes with the way I process information in my brain.
My problems:
1. I put a high-shelf on the EQ to only boost everything about 18khz on all drums.
2. I low-shelf the mids and highs on kick-drums and basses, by 2 db or even 4 db.
3. I was once told that I shouldn't boost things in the EQ, only cut everything down around it.
4. I don't use certain/most wave-forms. I almost ALWAYS use squares as accustomed to my old Chiptune production habits.
5. I have an extreme obsession with my kick drums being super short, minimal, almost like a small click, and hit loudly around -6db.
6. I can never use reverb or delay effects properly or even understand how to use them without them sounding so shitty. So I never use them - resulting in a dry track with no pads or any ambiance.
7. I don't know how to side-chain or compress things. So I almost NEVER do that. Resulting in mucky/muddy sounding tracks that could sound so much cleaner and better on the drums.
8. I don't have Abletone.
9. I don't have a job now. (I can't afford fancy fucking plugins and shit everyone uses. Like those fancy equalizers and blah blah shit. )
10. FL Studio doesn't have much of a community.
11. I think DF is a pretty Ableton and Reason based community full of people who could be nicer. I think I prefer the Trance and Gearslutz forums over this one. IMHO.
Can someone just help me? I'll have the time to listen if you actually supply me with shit I can learn that doesn't require plugins I don't have, and REALLY SIMPLE tutorials. Just... Please help me. I've been stuck on this shit for a year now and I don't feel like I'm even progressing AT ALL. I think I could do better than I actually am right now, but quite frankly I'm just stuck in my bedroom experimenting and not actually progressing at all with these experiments.
Link to my crappy tracks if you'd like to hear what I sound like:
http://soundcloud.com/byte-me-music
QUICK NOTE: I don't use vengeance sample packs or any other packs. I do only have Vengeance House samples pack that I bought, but other than that I use free 808 samples which have been modified over hours of EQing, some small amount of bit-crush sometimes, and shortening of the samples. (As I said I prefer them very short. )
I feel like everything I do is wrong... The synths I make sound wrong, and my production style could be tons better. I get told a lot that I need to stop worrying about numbers, values, and shit. But really those numbers and values make the sound much better in my opinion. But the point is, I lack the knowledge of making my tracks better.
I tried experimenting with side-chaining, and peak controlling a lot of times. But almost every time I think I do it completely wrong and it messes up or I just don't know what the hell I'm doing at all. It's confusing me terribly to where I think I need it to be told to me as if I'm 5. I think I may even actually have a learning disability that messes with the way I process information in my brain.
My problems:
1. I put a high-shelf on the EQ to only boost everything about 18khz on all drums.
2. I low-shelf the mids and highs on kick-drums and basses, by 2 db or even 4 db.
3. I was once told that I shouldn't boost things in the EQ, only cut everything down around it.
4. I don't use certain/most wave-forms. I almost ALWAYS use squares as accustomed to my old Chiptune production habits.
5. I have an extreme obsession with my kick drums being super short, minimal, almost like a small click, and hit loudly around -6db.
6. I can never use reverb or delay effects properly or even understand how to use them without them sounding so shitty. So I never use them - resulting in a dry track with no pads or any ambiance.
7. I don't know how to side-chain or compress things. So I almost NEVER do that. Resulting in mucky/muddy sounding tracks that could sound so much cleaner and better on the drums.
8. I don't have Abletone.
9. I don't have a job now. (I can't afford fancy fucking plugins and shit everyone uses. Like those fancy equalizers and blah blah shit. )
10. FL Studio doesn't have much of a community.
11. I think DF is a pretty Ableton and Reason based community full of people who could be nicer. I think I prefer the Trance and Gearslutz forums over this one. IMHO.
Can someone just help me? I'll have the time to listen if you actually supply me with shit I can learn that doesn't require plugins I don't have, and REALLY SIMPLE tutorials. Just... Please help me. I've been stuck on this shit for a year now and I don't feel like I'm even progressing AT ALL. I think I could do better than I actually am right now, but quite frankly I'm just stuck in my bedroom experimenting and not actually progressing at all with these experiments.
Link to my crappy tracks if you'd like to hear what I sound like:
http://soundcloud.com/byte-me-music
QUICK NOTE: I don't use vengeance sample packs or any other packs. I do only have Vengeance House samples pack that I bought, but other than that I use free 808 samples which have been modified over hours of EQing, some small amount of bit-crush sometimes, and shortening of the samples. (As I said I prefer them very short. )
I wish