[VIDEO] Ikonika on Producing "I Make Lists"
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2012 8:10 am
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maybe shes just not overthinking stufflegskeattch wrote:Great track... her technical knowledge is zero, but her track is still great.
I meant that she says I have zero knowledge of "Hz and dB and stuff"hasezwei wrote:maybe shes just not overthinking stufflegskeattch wrote:Great track... her technical knowledge is zero, but her track is still great.
I think we are making the same point hahawub wrote:Not using the jargon =/= a lack of knowledge
Semantics don't get in the way of writing a good tune.
she isnt making complex stuff though, like her stuff is more about the basic synth sounds and like melody and groove and shit. but if you trying to make a hype dubstep track with that kind of thinking it would most probably be shit. if you just want like simple waved synth sounds then frequency splitting is just too much, but for some nasty, growly bass well, its just gonna sound weak if you use just one instance of a sound.Eat Bass wrote:i need to start producing more like this. while watching it i was like wow she keeps it stupid simple. i tend to overwhelm myself in the complexity of it all. here i am making every patch from scratch. rewiring from reason, layering everything, frequency splitting, resampling. i get lost in the technical aspect of it and lose sight of the arrangement. its a bad mistake on my part. i think im going to start trying to crank out some tunes using more of a simple mindset.
yeah this is true, hadn't really thought of it like that. but i can think of a bunch of tunes that are more simple. i mean theres a little bit more sound design going on than ikonika but still overall simple. these tunes come to mind.skimpi wrote:she isnt making complex stuff though, like her stuff is more about the basic synth sounds and like melody and groove and shit. but if you trying to make a hype dubstep track with that kind of thinking it would most probably be shit. if you just want like simple waved synth sounds then frequency splitting is just too much, but for some nasty, growly bass well, its just gonna sound weak if you use just one instance of a sound.Eat Bass wrote:i need to start producing more like this. while watching it i was like wow she keeps it stupid simple. i tend to overwhelm myself in the complexity of it all. here i am making every patch from scratch. rewiring from reason, layering everything, frequency splitting, resampling. i get lost in the technical aspect of it and lose sight of the arrangement. its a bad mistake on my part. i think im going to start trying to crank out some tunes using more of a simple mindset.
it's definitely the road to go down, it's becoming a ridiculously cliche thing to say but it's what you do with what you have (no blawan). I feel "limiting" yourself can actually help, strip everything down, try making a track with just drums from one drum machine(or a kit you made), one bass, one lead and see what you can do.Eat Bass wrote:i need to start producing more like this. while watching it i was like wow she keeps it stupid simple. i tend to overwhelm myself in the complexity of it all. here i am making every patch from scratch. rewiring from reason, layering everything, frequency splitting, resampling. i get lost in the technical aspect of it and lose sight of the arrangement. its a bad mistake on my part. i think im going to start trying to crank out some tunes using more of a simple mindset.
Put your synths away and make some tunes from just samples (blank ESX for your sub), and make sure your drums are on point and interesting. I've been doing this recently and even my half finished projects I just tossed samples in sound 10x better than what I was making before. It's also a lot more fun to jam out and get a vibe going when you aren't drawing automation curves, splitting frequencies, and whatever other technical stuff bogs you down.Eat Bass wrote:i need to start producing more like this. while watching it i was like wow she keeps it stupid simple. i tend to overwhelm myself in the complexity of it all. here i am making every patch from scratch. rewiring from reason, layering everything, frequency splitting, resampling. i get lost in the technical aspect of it and lose sight of the arrangement. its a bad mistake on my part. i think im going to start trying to crank out some tunes using more of a simple mindset.