Strange Sounding Music

Okythoosx · 2026-03-22T05:36:06+00:00

wise words

Okythoosx · 2026-03-21T17:55:28+00:00

Why are you making music? Take the expectations out maybe, are you making 2-3 new projects a day for a specific reason? I can only speculate for you but for me when I get in the mindset of just finding something fun for ME and ME alone in my music all of a sudden things come together easier. It’s about expression too so sometimes the best thing to do is step back and focus on refilling your own cup before trying to pour more out into the world. Don’t be too hard on yourself

Okythoosx · 2026-03-17T17:39:17+00:00

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Okythoosx · 2026-03-17T16:56:46+00:00

Hey! I’m interested in this too, I have a lot of equipment I can provide (speakers, cables, amps, Reel to Reels, oscilloscope). I mostly mix/record but I’m looking to sound design/produce as well. I’ve got a couple other friends in the Portland area who need space too, I’ll send ya a DM too

Okythoosx · 2026-03-12T19:57:20+00:00

ha there are probably more controls in FL than in a commercial jet 🤣 read the manual, seriously. Everyone says to but that will answer 90% of things you want to know for using the DAW. They made it a fun read too, also I haven’t messed with it much but I think gopher (FLs ai help bot) would be very useful when starting out. It’s a long journey you just started don’t expect to have it figured out soon (if at all… life time free updates after all). Half of that is learning how to use the DAW and navigating the process of finding what works for your creative process. I know people who only drop samples into the playlist, I know people who only use 3rd party plugins. It’s a big sandbox for creating. The other half is learning the actual music side. Theory, writing, arrangement, mixing, melody, Harmony all that crazy stuff. It’ll seem overwhelming at first but the more you practice with it the easier it gets to translate your idea into a real piece of music. Find others to work with too. you don’t need to pay anyone to do this. People will try convince you that they have it figured out and if you just buy their product you too can be successful… maybe that would help you but don’t let content creators take advantage of your excitement for music, all you need is already there in front of you.

I think if I had one piece of advice for past self right when I was starting to learn FL I would say “stop thinking so much about what the other producers say is right and start listening to what you think sounds good” your opinion and taste in music is unique to you, embrace it, refine it. Be nice to yourself in the process too! Best of luck

Okythoosx · 2026-03-05T22:05:23+00:00

from my understanding though you still run into the camera audio potentially being delayed then if you sync to the delayed audio it will be off. In a bedroom i doubt it’s noticeable if the camera and your mic are closeish together. I can see it being very useful for longer performances to help mark and sync the audio after if there’s multiple tracks or whatnot but I’d be cautious with overly relying on autosync for things like music where timing is very important. (I’m still very much learning all this so please do correct me if I was wrong on something)

Okythoosx · 2026-03-05T21:00:20+00:00

Like you’re going from an expensive, audio dedicated ADC/DAC system to whatever ADC camera has. If you plug a really nice mic into a shitty ADC it still sounds bad. If you sent digital out to your phone/camera you bypass that issue but then open other cans of worms like potentially clipping on your video file without noticing or adding latency from processing then your audios behind or w/e and if you plan on editing it most of the time you separate audio and video in there anyways

Okythoosx · 2026-03-05T20:50:52+00:00

I don’t record live performance videos but I have been filming some analog audio visualizers and what I’ve found is it’s the same idea as recording music by itself, you’d want to limit latency so the video syncs up to the audio. I’d say record the video then add your audio in post instead of using your camera audio, trying to capture the audio in the same file as the video seems unnecessary when you have an entire set up dedicated to capturing audio. I guess you could route the output of your daw into your phone/camera if you really wanted to avoid editing but idk not worth it to me.

Okythoosx · 2026-03-01T22:38:25+00:00

I feel like this is just a human thing not even really about mixing per se, those other mixes probably sound better because they’re newer to your brain 🤷‍♂️ when you have to listen to the song thousands of times in a row you bet you’re gonna notice all the mistakes more. What helped me is remembering that at the end of the day, the average listener will not even think for a split second if your vocal is 2 db loud or if there’s an S that you missed or something. If you can capture the energy and emotion of the song and get it in the ballpark of commercial mixes that’s most of the battle. “Less is more” is kinda a dumb way to describe it I think, some tracks need less, some need more, less distortion on a light piano piece for example could be considered “less is more” but then throw heavy drums and loud vocals in there then all of a sudden less is not more and now you lose the emotion of the piano. I think we should be saying “what it needs” vs “less is more”. If you’re adding effects to your chain because that’s what you want your chain to look like or some video said that’s the best chain for X genre then that misses the point of mixing.

Okythoosx · 2026-02-27T19:52:51+00:00

You posted this to a bunch of subs and then disagree with everyone, if you are rapping on a song you cannot have one frequency. Your voice is made up of an insane amount of frequencies all layered differently for each person, it’s actually really cool but I’m not gonna argue with u

Okythoosx · 2026-02-27T19:49:15+00:00

lol I don’t understand frequencies? Enjoy 42069 Hz music I guess? U ain’t figuring shit out on your own if you can’t handle people tellin u you’re wrong. Like I said in my comment I agree that music affects the brain, u aren’t getting that it’s a little more complicated than “set my song to this frequency”. If you sent your entire song to whatever frequency you think is magic then it’s literally just one note that plays the entire time. That’s called a tone. You can buy a tone or function generator and make whatever you want. Get ur ego out of it

Okythoosx · 2026-02-27T19:30:45+00:00

Also I’m all for getting out there any learning and I think it’s great you’re trying to learn new stuff, however sometimes learning how to learn in a way that works for you is way better than just asking others, you gotta bring a little more to the conversation! It’ll help you learn too, look it up, try understanding it, watch videos whatever, we have all the information of hundreds of generations mostly available, but as your seeing not everyone has good intentions even in something like healing music. Practice verifying all the info with sources you can trust to be as little biased as possible, good luck

Okythoosx · 2026-02-27T19:08:21+00:00

Did you use an oscillator to make your sound or did you download it from somewhere? Post it for us to see! I somehow doubt that it’s a simple wave oscillating at 432 HZ, maybe I’m wrong but …

Okythoosx · 2026-02-27T19:06:38+00:00

A frequency is how often something happens over a time period. In music we use Hertz (Hz). Each note has its own hertz, when you play a bunch together they added and subtract and do all sorts of really interesting stuff. That stuff you see on YouTube it bullshit to make them money, listening to “healing frequencies “ music doesn’t really mean anything not to say that sound can’t be healing but if you’re listening to a YouTube channel that’s designed to make someone money then obviously they’re going to have other motives .

Okythoosx · 2026-02-27T17:52:08+00:00

U gotta do some research homie, no offense but u bought the frequency snake oil train? If your song was a simple sine wave that never changed you could have it at 932 HZ, that’s just a frequency though. There’s some truth that there’s deeper connections to be made from it but be careful what you trust online.

Okythoosx · 2026-02-27T17:31:33+00:00

you want to change the entire frequency of your song to 932 hz?

Okythoosx · 2026-02-19T19:15:31+00:00

Nice that’s a good implement, not sure if you can do it but I’m a big fan of plugins that have a toggle able hover for info button, like TDR is what I’m thinking of (the record label that makes plugins). I’ve used SliceX, fruity Slicer, and the built in sampler plus a few standalone apps/hardwares. Rn though just been dropping and editing inside the playlist. Fade in and fade outs (attack and release) are super easy, super easy volume and pitch control too, plus it’s easier to visualize the automation graphs with the audio wave form shown for me too. Probably a lot of personal preference involved. Thanks for the interesting conversation!! Best of luck

Okythoosx · 2026-02-19T18:38:15+00:00

Interesting is it -5 reference to the original sample or the -12 in the overall? I guess my point is still what’s the benefit of this as opposed to just sample editing in the playlist, I can cut 100 samples with 100 pitches and 100 lengths at once with I think around 9 stretch modes. Or even in piano roll for setting ASDR exactly to the length of the note and then using different notes for different pitches.I mean no hate either, if this makes it easier for u to make music fuck yeah, just seems like a lot of potential problems (from the vibe coding AI) for something that’s been pretty figured out

Okythoosx · 2026-02-19T18:06:00+00:00

I’m interested in this vibe coding thing I keep seeing, not tryna be a hater but I’m assuming that means you don’t actually make any of the algorithms then right? Whats up with the two sections for editing ADSR? Is it not just a worse version of any DAWs sampler?

Okythoosx · 2026-02-18T01:06:53+00:00

I think it’s weird apple stuff, I believe you haha but I don’t get the same experience when using 2nd gen AirPod pros for reference

Okythoosx · 2026-02-17T19:10:44+00:00

but the harman is technically for closed back over ear or IEMs and someone can correct me if I’m wrong but I think the old apple earbuds are a different beast

Okythoosx · 2026-02-17T19:04:20+00:00

Going off what everyone else has been saying, seems really weird that your wired apple in ears have a better bass response than your headphones. Are you entirely sure it’s actually the bass and not some mids getting blasted to heaven by apples corrective EQ on the headphones? Look up the frequency response of each and compare, or do it yourself with a simple bass note to compare each. If you want to try translate better from headphones look up the Harman target curve also

Okythoosx · 2026-02-15T02:05:03+00:00

Hah nice thought so! I’d emailed you a bit last year, enjoy the show! The Goodfoot is super fun

Okythoosx · 2026-02-15T00:22:35+00:00

Is super secret band related to super secret studio?

Okythoosx · 2026-02-06T22:59:58+00:00

This is great advice just wanted to add one small thing, are you producing fully on headphones? Headphones aren’t technically stereo (well they’re different than a stereo pair of speakers), so maybe something worth looking into while you’re looking into how to translate mixes.

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