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MADDECENT

MADDECENT

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I thought it would be cool if there was a thread to see the music you guys are making out there. Post up.

I'll start it off with a "cover" of Celestica by Crystal Castles ive been working on for a while that I just finished

 
goofy little half-complete songs:

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I'm just getting into producing stuff and this is my first attempt at making a house song. Definitely a draft and needs a lot of improvement. Feedback would be appreciated though.

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Probably my favourite piece I've ever put together:

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Took me like.... a solid week or two in january, particularly proud of the drums in this one.

Everyone I show this to likes it, but it took me like 3 hours grand total and its a turd from a production standpoint:

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Did this just for the fun of it, got sick of synthesizers and decided to write something for "real" instruments:

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Quick question: what DAW does everyone use? I like Reason for making electronic music, just because it feels so "hands-on." I'd like to get more familiar with rewiring into Logic to make it sound less like ass. I also started recently using Protools at school for more audio based work.
 
Reason is actually really sick, you can get some amazing sounds out of it.My recommendation if you're looking for something to take care of more of the mixing side of things would be to get Reaper (the trial is free and has no restrictions), and some of the Variety of Sound plugins. Bounce your stems out of Reason and mix in Reaper. Problem solved : )

Nothing wrong with rewiring, but if you're not having any problems with the actual MIDI sequencing in Reason I can't really see a reason to do it.

I use logic and love it, great software plus the included instruments and effects are worth the $200 you'll pay for it on their own.
 
I love arranging MIDI in Reason. It's definitely my favorite for that as well as making patches in Subtractor and Malstrom. I haven't really wrapped my head around Thor and I'm too impatient to watch tutorials, though I really should. I generally have rewired into Logic for using NI plugins and for recording audio from my keyboard. I'm curious to see how well the audio side of Reason 7 functions, never used it before.
 
I love reason. Its real rad. You have to check out thor. So powerful! I do all my stuff in reason. I dont see the need to bounce to other programs.
 
I've got Reason, which I'm learning right now, and Ableton originally for stuff, I also started out with Audiotool, which is a really cool, simpler program for producing stuff and it had lots of samples and was a good intro for me.

For mixing stuff I'm starting to use Virtual DJ which is surprisingly good.

Sort of answers your question?
 


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My first attempt at FL Studio, made it as a joke haha.. Sampled a little bit of Austin Powers
 
^ Sounding good man, stoked to hear the finished product when you get those recordings done!

Finished up a few different things the past couple weeks.

This is a little project I did just using a microkorg and some drum samples. I wanted to avoid using fancy soft synths and MIDI sequencing, really enjoyed working with the limitations of the microkorg and exclusively using audio, definitely learned a ton working on this little project.

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Also been messing around with some wu-tang acapellas, just for the fun of it.

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Thoughts, anyone?
 
^ really like the first one man, reminds me of explosions in the sky at the end there a little. Love it when people have the sound of rain, vinyl crackle, or whatever in their stuff. Makes for a really nice music background, so to speak.
 
Thanks guys. I made that song to test out my new condenser mic and it ended up being one of the few that I actually finished.
 
Recently released these songs on my debut EP. I would describe it as a mixture of Psychedelic influences, Hip Hop, EDM, and Dubstep. If you want to support the work and download tracks, there is a link beneath the songs to iTunes.

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^Good stuff man! Well written and stylistically consistent.

Your mixes are all pretty mid-heavy though, and in Nomad especially you've got a lot of different elements masking each other. Not sure what your mixing practices are but personally I'd cut a lot of the mid-content out of the synths and mix at a slightly lower volume, give the percussion more room to breathe. Right now you almost lose the drums amidst everything else, and its dance music so you want those massive punchy drums to come through well!

Do you ever use a compressor on your master bus?
 
Thanks man. I am a bit disappointed with nomad, because the non-compressed version sounded so good. There is a story surrounding the final mix. My hard drive actually crashed two weeks ago and as my computer was dying I had to bounce all my tracks without creating the final mix before they were gone forever, which is why they are not dialed perfectly. I was too stupid to have anything backed up so I had to deal with what I had. I am thankful of my panic reaction to bounce everything when my computer started acting weird because if I waited a few more minutes I would have lost everything.

I really appreciate the advice because I come from more of a rock/ blues background and I am fairly new to electronic production and still have a ton to learn. I am in the process of creating my next songs and will definitely take your advice!
 
Ahhh that sucks man, at least you got them off your computer before they were gone forever. I should really be backing my own stuff up on that note...

Stoked to hear your new stuff whenever it ends up online though!
 
How do you guys feel on Logic vs. Reason? I am trying to get started in making some of my own electronic music, and I want to know which program is best. Pros and cons of each?
 
They both do more or less exactly the same things, it doesn't really matter which one you get to be perfectly honest. The cool part about reason though is that its a completely self-contained, integrated system and for that reason it is extremely CPU friendly. The synths that are packaged with it are top notch too. The biggest difference between the two is that Logic will support 3rd party plugins whereas Reason will not. However, they both have everything you need to make great music included with them.
 
havent been in to update this in a while,

Great tunes everybody.

lots of new stuff for yall up on my soundcloud, heres one im pretty proud of

 
Damn, you've got loads of stuff up on your soundcloud. Really like that one and celestica, keep em coming man!

I've been sitting on this one for about a month, finally got around to uploading it:

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Inspired by one of my favorite video games of all time, the original fable. Karmaz for anyone that knows what the title refers to : )
 
hardest rap mix you'll hear till i post the next one

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I really like the percussion in the second half. For some reason though your track is way quieter for me than all the other ones in this thread haha. Like, I don't even change the volume and yours isn't nearly as loud as the other stuff.
 
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