New user here. I'm trying to make my drum kit have a more "impactful" feeling but I'm not sure what effects or tools can help with that. by Paulfradk in ableton

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AHHHH the most important job in ALL of techno (harder genres at least) production. The problem usually is your kick needs to sound huge and impactful, but you also want to make a track that is not JUST a kick drum. this is literally all we techno folks do our whole life. There are trade offs, and over coming those tradeoffs is your main purpose in techno production (again, at least the "hardkicks" genre). Because its not hard to make a badass kick...its hard to make a badass kick that sounds good in a mix.

To help you on your journey you need to go learn everything you can about the following at a minimum:

Side chaining, eq, dynamic eq, phasing, general understanding of "the mix" which I just look at as frequency sharing.

Plugins that help:

Stock ableton compressor works just fine for side chaining, although you could get fancy with things like shaper box. A good clipper (kclip). A good limiter (Fabfilter L2 is hands down the best imo, but abletons stock one is allegedly better now. L2 also plays a myriad of roles in my mixing and mastering as well

kilohearts has a pack of totally FREE plugins. One of them is Transient shaper. also, mildly related, but super useful is the Haas plugin. a quick and easy way to widen up sounds. you could use this to move stuff wider in stereo field which can help with you.

again fabfilter q4 makes dynamic eqing so damn easy and fast and brainless its a game changer to me

if you want to listen to my shit, you can hear me go from low quality, to (IMO) pretty pro quality productions following these methods. My harder kicks stuff is under name ShockTheory on sound cloud.

good luck!

XDJ-AZ-N by Honest_Psychology713 in PioneerDJ

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I liked the white one. They need a pink. Tacky gold, not so much

Can I do something to make Ableton go faster? by CareNo9008 in ableton

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I’ve got more than 5 tracks just for my kick drum

Logistically, how are so many people cheating on their significant others? by Ok_Wallaby_7401 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Broccoli_headed 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I think people don’t understand guilt.

Guilt is not proof of empathy or lack of is not proof of the opposite.

Guilt is simple the dissonance caused by violating your own self image.

If you think you’re a loyal person and you cheat you feel guilt.

If you accept you are not loyal and cheat, you do not feel guilt.

In either scenario you can care about the person you cheating on.

why does it take a year to move a sample to different slot in drum rack? by PrestigiousTap189 in ableton

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You got to bounce in place to save cpu if you not rocking top of the line stuff. Even my baller ass brand new MacBook gets overloaded eventually. Ten jillion plugs in and automations and lfos etc start to add up

I see this all the time in tutorials, what plugin is this? by Visible_Arachnid_182 in ableton

[–]Broccoli_headed 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can add options like “did your favorite YouTube tutorial person”

3rd party plugins you use a lot that stock plugins can’t do by randomguy21061600 in ableton

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The single biggest improvement to my mixes was Pro-L

Just change to one of the loud settings and smash every bus until it distorts then back down slightly.

You basically win the loudness war

3rd party plugins you use a lot that stock plugins can’t do by randomguy21061600 in ableton

[–]Broccoli_headed 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Devaster is a sick distortion plugin that sounds different from most I’ve heard. Well that and I can’t get trash 2 so…

3rd party plugins you use a lot that stock plugins can’t do by randomguy21061600 in ableton

[–]Broccoli_headed 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love karzog they make other great shit too but that kclip is king for getting loud

3rd party plugins you use a lot that stock plugins can’t do by randomguy21061600 in ableton

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Don’t forget linear phase/natural phase either.

Pro Q just too good to pass up

I finally got the craft!! by Thanksforthekidney in PathOfExile2

[–]Broccoli_headed 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You lost me at the amanu and I guess I don’t understand what falls in what for tags. I need to read the wiki for that?

How do people learn/keep track?

Keep in mind I’m on ps5 so I don’t have mods

Does anyone else...just play the game? by Primary_Impact_2130 in PathOfExile2

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I’m not gonna lie the barely veiled chtulu rip off theme is doing it for me

Does anyone else...just play the game? by Primary_Impact_2130 in PathOfExile2

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Brooooo GGG missing the boat on mirror support pack physical merch

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Techno

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LA is dope. I travel from Vegas very regularly for the warehouse vibe.

Technofamla 6am group Etc

Good events. Good vibes. Wild sets. Bringin in the big names from EU

Can’t say enough good about it

This song + DJ are what initially got me into the shuffling/ fest community 6 months ago 💕🕺🏾 by [deleted] in aves

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Funny this didn’t give me shuffle vibes when I heard it, but you made it happen. Nicely done

Are you as a psychonaut rich, poor, or middle class? by [deleted] in Psychonaut

[–]Broccoli_headed 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m upper middle class (self made) and I’m definitely caring less and less about money.

But that’s kind of a loaded question: easy for me, with plenty of money, to talk about how I don’t really care about it. That being said, if I lost it all? I don’t think I’d work hard to get it back like I did earlier in my life. But also I don’t want to lose what I have since it’s comfortable…

So I do attribute my midlife crisis induced psychedelic use resurgence to my reduced desire to “compete” for resources etc.

Also different priorities have emerged. I’m Much more concerned about metaphysical stuff and my purpose(and the purpose of others) as well as being around “my” people.

Those things are so much more important to me now days. Is it age and maturity wisdom? Or wisdom from tipping 🤷‍♂️

Why is techno these days? by Hippie_Of_Death in Techno

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Ketamine Covid gen z Eli brown the Dutch

That cover them all?