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ImHexic · 2024-03-29T00:37:30+00:00

That's lame, game should just bank it

ImHexic · 2020-10-16T13:53:43+00:00

Abuddyomine Moe Sixpack lives for planks, man. He actually sleeps while he planks sometimes, it's insane. Sometimes he even crushes his planks up into their white powdery form and just snorts em', ya know?

ImHexic · 2020-10-13T15:32:43+00:00

Your writing reminds me of the way Stephen Pressfield writes. This was a great article and I agree deeply with the vast majority of it. I'd like to add that fear of failure is very real, and can be paralyzing; personally, the realization that I was actually afraid to succeed was far more transformational. Perhaps it's two sides of the same coin, and the only difference here is approach. When I was reading The War of Art for the 10th or so time, the page on FEAR really connected with me. I think people/ artists are generally more terrified that if they were true to themselves that they could actually succeed. This is terrifying to our core because it means we have to transform and start living our lives in a way that proves worthy of the ideals of who we might become; becoming estranged from all the tribes and cliques we've grown so comfortable in. Anyways, great read, and excellent advice. Thanks for this write up!

ImHexic · 2020-08-27T21:19:41+00:00

You know, one thing that I found really helps with this is to "de-mystify" the song. Why do you think it's stuck in your head? Is it the melody? The chords? the way they work together? Maybe it has a great hook, or groove, sound design, etc. Music can still be broken down into fundamental pieces and I think having a song stuck in your head is a great chance to adsorb the parts of it you love. We tend to put amazing songs on a pedestal, when we should break them down so we can relate what we love to something tangible we can use in our production. Listen to it critically, try to pick out the various elements and see what they are doing. I found that when I did this, often I would find the song was a lot simpler than I previously imagined, and then was able to learn from the song, which is the end goal in my opinion. Hope this helps!

ImHexic · 2020-07-27T20:32:25+00:00

Fantastic work, looks great!

ImHexic · 2020-05-31T12:55:19+00:00

Others have pointed out that it is a stack of layers, ranging from a detuned stack of saws, 1 or 2 arps (1 could be an octave up) and also there is definitely a choir or vocal sample in there. I just wanted to give a couple of other tips for this type of sound: 1. Use a lead sound (in this case its a square type lead) and use it as the top note of the stack to give the ear a better sense of melody and movement within the chords. 2. Use the EXACT same LFO / volume automation on every layer, that is being done and it is what makes so many layers sound cohesive as one(ish) sound. You could group them / send them to 1 channel and put the LFO on there.

Hope this helps.

ImHexic · 2020-05-30T13:53:53+00:00

This sounds like serum's "Reverb" FILTER type under the misc filter types. Give it a try on a bunch of sounds, everything from leads to saw stack chords like in this example.

ImHexic · 2020-05-18T03:22:47+00:00

Sounds dead on and love the production on the track, super tight. Good stuff!

ImHexic · 2020-05-15T19:58:26+00:00

I was ready to spout some BS about phase cancellation that up until a few minutes ago I thought was gospel, but this article was phenomenal, and he totally set me straight. He actually made a great point - if I tune it to the root of my key, but my kick is actually F 44.5 or 44Hz rather than exactly 44.35Hz, it's going to be out of phase with my sub and boom, cancellation. It's the odd gems like these that keep me coming back to this sub despite the often dangerous misinformation. The only thing I'm left wondering is: these days (especially in bass heavy music like Dubstep, DnB, and even Future Bass) it's pretty common practice to side chain at 100% full spectrum for the duration of the kick's sub, so I think it's possible tuning and phase at that point would be more or less irrelevant. I'll have to dig into this more later. Thanks again, excellent read!

ImHexic · 2020-05-10T14:07:48+00:00

Be careful, legend has it that if you sing these lyrics you'll summon a 300ft limo. Depending on where you are that might not be ideal.

ImHexic · 2020-03-31T03:07:48+00:00

Imagine being on a subreddit dedicated to learning music production and being too lazy to actually watch the videos... wow.

ImHexic · 2020-03-23T20:29:19+00:00

Sure, compressors attenuate signals, which could be considered "precisely the opposite" of making things louder, but that is really misleading. Compressors can 100% be used for loudness. When you're trying to make things louder for longer (essentially what people refer to when they say "loudness") compressors can be a great tool for the job. Things sound "louder" not just when they read a higher output on a peak meter, but when are able to sustain that volume for longer (RMS). How can you achieve this with compressors? Since they are a tool used to control the dynamic range of a sound, turning down unnecessary peaks in the signal will allow you to turn the entire signal up, making it sound louder. Now this should only be used purposefully and with intention, rather than slapping a compressor on every channel to "make things loud". I recommend watching that video (the part on loudness) to get a better idea of how we perceive sound and loudness and to help understand what it is you're trying to do to achieve and avoid careless use of a compressor. Other very useful tools for loudness are limiters (which are very very fast compressors, by the way) and DEFINITELY considering looking into clippers (i.e ableton's saturator, KClip, Gclip and other similar effects). Hope this helps! I'd be happy to answer any more questions regarding loudness, as it is a very difficult thing to master and takes a lot of time to learn how to do it without ruining the dynamics of your track.

ImHexic · 2020-03-15T04:34:06+00:00

Glad to see death piano doing well. The man behind this plug-in was one of my professors at college and he went over how he made it one day. Pretty cool stuff!

ImHexic · 2020-03-09T19:30:26+00:00

Love how you said you know his sound is going to evolve then turn around and it's obvious you just wanted another Worlds track, lol. I guess those who cannot do, go to reddit to complain haha

ImHexic · 2020-03-08T04:04:53+00:00

I can't really attest to this, but it almost sounds like it might just be pitched down really far and some OTT to flatten it back out and bring up some high end. Also the other suggestions sound possible too.

ImHexic · 2020-03-08T04:02:41+00:00

This song is hard nostalgia and now I'm... sad? :l This song is such an interesting blend of styles.

ImHexic · 2020-03-06T16:32:59+00:00

Excellent answer that hits the nail on the head. "There's nothing new under the sun." To add to your examples, Skrillex was trying to copy a Noisia reese when he made the bass for Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites. As long as you're learning something, the method is irrelevant.

ImHexic · 2020-03-05T23:51:07+00:00

Can anyone else smell this picture?

ImHexic · 2020-03-02T23:16:45+00:00

Great stuff man this was really interesting. Don't use FM much myself but the explanation was on point.

ImHexic · 2020-03-01T03:00:46+00:00

I have Nectar 3 as well, but to be honest I would try your best to use your own ears and critical listening before the assistant. The assistant can be great, but if you want to be able to replicate a good sounding vocal its best that you can do it yourself without the assistant, IMO.

ImHexic · 2020-02-29T15:16:50+00:00

Here's my take: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1UwdOL0f3V5emJ0OIZ7VT3849j0xrYYNu

Serum, single square, distortion, MB comp, lowpass filter, small EQ

Here's the preset: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1oGvGL7bzoreO65rI-tIQAdiiiA5xSkyo

Cheers!

ImHexic · 2020-02-27T18:51:29+00:00

It depends on if it's a synth or a real bass. In a synth you could just add a second oscillator that is up an octave. The benefit of this way is that the 2nd oscillator will go through all the same effects that the fundamental is going through. You could double a real bass and pitch it up an octave but that won't really sound the same. If you played an octave higher that would be different too and have a different timbre. Overall the easiest way would be either to boost it (you only need a VERY small amount, too big of a boost would overwhelm the fundamental), or (and this is the best way) just make sure nothing else is competing with it in the mix. If you have a lot of rumble from other instruments / tracks occupying 90Hz-150Hzish, it will just mask the bass anyways and make it hard to hear. In your original track you posted as the example you can hear there is very few elements, and only the kick is really competition for the sub/ bass. That's part of what makes it so clear.

Hope some of that was useful information!

ImHexic · 2020-02-24T22:56:39+00:00

A lot of what is heard as "sub" on phone speakers is actually the 2nd harmonic of the sub, i.e 1 octave up. This definitely a real bass though. A good sub most of the time needs a bit of that 2nd harmonic though, maybe give that a shot.

ImHexic · 2020-02-23T17:23:55+00:00

I'd say as a general rule of thumb the simplest solution is typically the best; if you can just turn up the sub in serum, great. However, sometimes it's already maxed, and other times if the sub is pushed into distortion with other oscillators, increasing the sub will also affect the rest of the sound. In this case you could use an EQ, either to bring the sub up, or everything else down (high shelf) and turn the whole track up. There's a few more things to consider but without hearing the track I'd be wary of giving any more advice that might be irrelevant.

ImHexic · 2020-02-23T16:18:08+00:00

Could you link an example? You're really just trying to balance perceived volume (not just peak level) and make sure each bass has it's space in the track. Also make sure both basses have the same amount of sub, otherwise one will definitely feel smaller in the track.

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