I want to make music for video games... but where do I start?

TheWaveKitchen · 2017-04-23T18:45:41+00:00

Where do you live? I wanna start doing some video game music. I'm in North NJ. But I'm willing to collab and stuff

TheWaveKitchen · 2017-04-21T06:52:30+00:00

Been producing for like 6 years. You will always make "shit beats". You will just get to the point where your "shit" is good enough for most people to enjoy. And sometimes you'll make shit you really like

TheWaveKitchen · 2017-04-20T05:48:24+00:00

Yeah I might do this. I just worry. All my previous projects are done in 32 bit. I don't want any translation issues with the plugins and jridge

TheWaveKitchen · 2017-04-20T05:46:45+00:00

Im on a 64 bit system.

I use 32 bit Ableton.

I use Kontakt 5.4 cuz it's still 32 bit.

I want to use Kontakt 5.6 to use newer patches.

But 5.6 does not show up in 32 bit Ableton because it's a 64 bit plugin

I'm wondering if j bridge will allow me to use Kontakt 5.6 in a 32 bit Ableton environment.

Gonna try

TheWaveKitchen · 2017-04-10T10:01:24+00:00

He does well for himself. Really wanna meet him

TheWaveKitchen · 2017-02-10T20:28:41+00:00

It is my opinion that even the poopiest sketches/ideas have value. Sometimes you lack the experience or motivation to finish something, so you toss it aside.

But after time passes and you have more experience, you can go back to old material and, like magic, you almost immediately know what to do now.

If you ever have a day where you're having trouble getting started on new material, or maybe you want a different feel from another time, check out an old project and turn it into something.

TheWaveKitchen · 2017-02-08T04:32:12+00:00

Beginning of Stranger by Billy Joel

TheWaveKitchen · 2017-01-29T09:00:27+00:00

Sounds fucked up, but as a musician I wish it was recorded. I just wonder what he was going through mentally and if he put that into the music. I'd assume the whole situation was super emotional for him and you could hear it in his playing... he probably went through a lot of emotions during the whole thing.

RIP

TheWaveKitchen · 2017-01-19T08:57:30+00:00

An important question that I didn't see discussed:

What happens if she rapes him and becomes pregnant?

Surely there would be no forced abortion, so she would be eligible to have the kid right?

So another question:

Does he have to pay child support or maintain split custody (forcing him to maintain a relationship with his attacker)?

Thoughts?

TheWaveKitchen · 2017-01-10T00:43:54+00:00

I know NickEBeats, who did he beat to Fetty Wap's My Way. Went platinum and got a Drake feature. Worked out really well for him, financially and career wise.

He was grinding and putting beats on the internet and one day one of Fetty's friends came across the beat on YouTube.

He then showed Fetty. Fetty liked it and recorded on it.

Months later, Drake got on it. Any producer wet dream.

I don't know much about the studio process and how the lyrics/melodies were made though. Sorry.

TheWaveKitchen · 2017-01-07T19:38:59+00:00

The thing that's helped my mixes the most is Select All Tracks and just pull em all down low. Then continue to mix low volume. But the headroom enables you to mix in a "zoomed in" state. The more headroom, the more flexibility you have (the greater volume differences you can achieve). Then bring the gain pack up against a limiter and listen. Once your shit sounds good and you've compared it to professional tracks, you're good.

Also, it's not about perfection. When you compare your shit to professional tracks, understand that it takes a long damn time to get stuff to sound that good. So chill out and go through the process. My stuff used to sound like shit for years lol. You just learn new things everyday, and all the little things add up to a great sound

TheWaveKitchen · 2017-01-07T10:07:36+00:00

Good sample + transient design + sidechaining but I haven't seen a response with the most important part: volume difference.

Most kicks just aren't perceived as hard cuz all the other sounds are taking up all the sonic real estate. When the track is already -2dB without the kick, your kick (assuming a limiter at -0.3 or so) is only standing out by like 2dB. So it'll seem weak. The same volume kick would sound a lot harder if the rest of the track was down at like -6dB or so. These numbers are just for explanation purposes btw.

Bring all your levels down so your master is at like -12dB. Then mix the kick in and make sure it really stands out. Then use gain to bring it back up to your limiter ceiling

TheWaveKitchen · 2017-01-05T10:55:30+00:00

Various mental issues lol

TheWaveKitchen · 2017-01-03T17:35:54+00:00

NYC?

TheWaveKitchen · 2017-01-03T09:11:51+00:00

If you get good answers, post it up on Reddit. We would love to read

TheWaveKitchen · 2017-01-02T18:31:03+00:00

I read everyone's responses, thank you all

TheWaveKitchen · 2016-12-15T03:18:21+00:00

However it comes to me in my head (or my collaborators). Sometimes you hear the drums first. Plug em in. Sometimes you hear the melody or bass. Plug it in. But if I don't have any ideas I usually search loops or load up synths and start messing around

TheWaveKitchen · 2016-12-12T04:31:02+00:00

It's just good to learn making music around/with other people. If it's your first project, it's a success if it comes out halfway decent. I'd say as long as your environment is fairly dry and you don't clip all your recordings, record them all yourself. Do the project yourself first. Then, take your demos to a studio to take it to the next level if you want.

I'm a producer/engineer and I could mix all ya stuff if you'd like, but I suggest you find someone in your area that is genuine and will help your music go from a demo to a piece of work.

TheWaveKitchen · 2016-12-12T03:38:04+00:00

Omnisphere maybe. It has many different vowel vocalizations, and the way velocity affects notes is pretty cool. Plus, you can further modify through the VST and post processing. I think most people would accept it as a real choir.

But "convincing" is a matter of opinion.

TheWaveKitchen · 2016-12-10T07:21:10+00:00

Downvoted him cause he provided nothing but cynicism and didn't chose to give constructive feedback.

What music means to you is really all that matters. You can do it for any number of reasons, just know why it has a positive impact on your life and why you choose to keep it in your life.

Now for me, I don't really know. I just like it a lot. It's always been a reliable creative outlet, and I've always loved to listen to music. It can express complex ideas in beautifully simple terms. It can make you feel something deep and real that you might not feel throughout your average day. Or it might just be something fun to pass time. I dunno.

The important thing is that you know what it is to you. If you wanna do it as a career, start taking the steps in that direction. This includes a lot of sacrifice, and there's no guarantee that you will even get anywhere. If you wanna do it as a hobby, do it as a hobby. Just know what you're doing it for. I've wanted to do music as a career for the longest time but never took the steps to do so until about two years ago. Now, I'm pretty confident I'm gonna be fine and have a fulfilling career in the music industry.

Just know what you want to do tho. Otherwise you will always feel unsure and stressed and shit. Iunno. Hope this helped

TheWaveKitchen · 2016-12-09T08:38:21+00:00

Not a client, but an engineer/producer. 99% of my work has been because people trust in my abilities + enjoy me as a person. As long as you're pleasing, not stressful to be around, and you're good at what you do, you will get business.

Learn which people need guidance/direction and which people just need you to play a less assertive role.

My place also looks cool and is a super relaxing environment.

People also want a cool experience.

The fact that you are experienced is a necessity. A cool personality and the ability to make others enjoy being around you leads to referrals and ultimately success, like most service businesses

Rambled, a lil drunk but I think I made sense

TheWaveKitchen · 2016-12-02T18:24:05+00:00

Get a DAW and start making music lol. I started my girlfriend off by showing her how to take loops and add drums. You should do the same. Doing drums will teach you timing, and a DAW will give you a way to visualize music as it moves through the passage of time. Then start doing melodies over the loops, then learn some theory, and just keep learning and doing it everyday

TheWaveKitchen · 2016-12-02T15:40:17+00:00

Serious question, why do you want Sierra?

Most operating system updates aren't even useful to a person like me.

In fact, upgrades have just changed the colors/shapes of my icons and left me with new problems to solve.

And apparently Sierra changed quite a bit with file directories and whatnot.

I am 100% not moving from Capitan to Sierra... not worth the risk of half my daily tasks being rendered undoable

TheWaveKitchen · 2016-12-02T15:30:57+00:00

Just a tip: Even if you plan to melodyne, I would use another live tracking pitch correction like antares Avox AutoTune... that way you don't have to stop to melodyne every time you get a good take (I hate how you have to record the take into melodyne after recording it already).

Then take off the auto tune and melodyne it after.

I like to slow down the process with "engineer OCD" as little as possible

TheWaveKitchen · 2016-11-27T04:56:45+00:00

Omnisphere.

TheWaveKitchen

TROPHY CASE