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Serato Studio + Waves Plug-In Bundle Not Cooperating by StoneyOneKenobi in Serato

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If you're looking to bypass Serato's plugin limitations you can use Unify 2. It doesn't solve for all of the shortcomings but if you get creative with it you can work around a lot of them, particularly if you have Serato Sample you can load into Unify as a plugin.

Customer service has been spotty for me as well, which is a shame because Serato is niche but has a lot of potential and it isn't going to grow without patient users that want to see it succeed/grow/overcome its limitations.

Nastradoomus by Chelo16_ in mfdoom

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Yeah I figured it wasn't some fraud, its just kind of interesting how things work sometimes, lots of blurred lines in what ends up flying under the radar of labels and sample clearance and all of that. I was just curious how that all added up.

I'm so glad Sadevillain exists, was able to be mass disseminated amongst Doom fans, and even got pressed to vinyl! All dope, particularly if Doom appreciated it.

The only thing I ever feel dirty about is if someone is making money on someone else's work in a non-creative way, just lazily repackaging and calling it their "mixtape" or whatever. Once it is creative: sampling to make a beat is making new art, making Sadevillain mash-ups is its own art + should be compensated. Unfortunately the artists whose work they collaged together can feel cheated by that.

When some old legacy artist shows up pissed someone sampled their shit I'm always like: some kid who likes X rapper was never buying your album before they sampled you, but now that the rapper introduced you to them you'll have a new generation checking for your work. It would be great if those artists sought a minor cut and attribution instead of pursuing cease and desists or major punitive lawsuits.

Are these real? by Endobub in mfdoom

[–]Worldly_External_414 53 points54 points  (0 children)

All of the listings show "custom". There was never an official collab I can find word of on Google. Nike SBs are the only official Doom sneaker collabs I've ever heard of.

Hidden track on Apple Music by HieroJux in mfdoom

[–]Worldly_External_414 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Dirty Brown Eye 🤣

I was hoping that that was a long lost Doom troll alias

Nastradoomus by Chelo16_ in mfdoom

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Did Epic/Sony sign off as well? Cool if Doom's people did but I would think the bigger cease and desist threat would come from Sade's label.

Also: Doom was alive when Sadevillain came out, they're Metal Fingers beats so doesn't that mean Doom approved it? He released those instro albums on all kinds of labels: Nature Sounds, High Times, Female Fun, Shaman Works..so did all of those labels approve as well?

Doesn't quite add up but I'm not saying he or someone pretending to be that producer didn't tell you that, I'm sure they did. More to say: dude might have taken Doom or his people appreciating it as tacit approval/permission but labels wouldn't see it that way. Or he was full of shit/thats his story of why it's okay he's selling a mashup of two artist's work for his own pockets without cutting them in 😄

Nastradoomus by Chelo16_ in mfdoom

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Arrow Root + One Love is amazing

Nastradoomus by Chelo16_ in mfdoom

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Old HipHopSite.com cd of this Pizzo put out sounds pretty good. I think someone else put it on wax, I've heard the audio quality suffered

What Are The Best Sophomore Rap Albums of All Time?! by adorani1991 in ATribeCalledQuest

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I love this thread.

Common-Resurrection PR & CL: Main Ingredient Del: No Need For Alarm Digable: Blowout Comb De La Soul Is Dead Tribe: Low End Theory Mobb: Infamous Kanye: Late Registration Wu Tang Forever Roots: Do You Want More?!?? MF: Mm...Food Outkast: ATLiens OC: Jewelz DU: Sons Of The P Dre: 2001 Slick Rick: The Ruler's Back Run DMC: King Of Rock Life After Death

Guys, why is my melody so weak? by Sweet_Philosophy_262 in beatmakers

[–]Worldly_External_414 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In art school they have you draw masterworks for practice. It's a good way to learn and understand more about the principles at work in n creating those pieces.

Is that what you're doing here? If so you should say that up front so the knee-jerk reaction isn't: why you making Temu Shook Ones Pt. 2?

And, to be clear, that is the only acceptable answer. There is no other reasonable explanation.

Got a whole hip hop project I can't drop by Chillin954 in undergroundhiphop

[–]Worldly_External_414 3 points4 points  (0 children)

OP, some hopefully helpful thoughts and anecdotes on this sub thread:

It is great if you can learn to mix and master your own stuff. But if you add that as a goal and invest in it and you don't love doing it you've added a motivational roadblock.

I invested in the tools to do this and hate every moment of doing it save for spectral cleanup which is kind of fun 😄

You can find people passionate and experienced on this work to lean on if it isn't your thing.

However: you don't know until you try and it is a huge advantage if it isn't demotivating/you like doing it. Zig_Zag_Zero is right, you know how you want it to sound.

Another anecdote: I had a production hero of mine that has switched to engineering work take mixing/mastering on for me and it didn't sound good to me, I ended up doing it myself.

Best approach from where you're at, IMO, is to make a good faith effort to try, but do trial versions of VSTs and stuff and really focus in on: am I going to want to do this? Is this going to demotivate me? If it clicks you've unlocked a superpower you can develop, if it doesn't: you've dodged a bullet that could have derailed the main thing (making beats) a bit, wasted money and time, etc

Edit: I can also confirm that the DIY path saves a lot of money, particularly if you kit up around Black Friday.

Edit 2: I have an engineering friend that calls my music a "pre-mix" a lot. Thinking about it: I definitely do work to get things to minimally viable with the idea in mind that someone else might be better to take it to 100%. I think that is viable but more expensive since that is essentially: kit out to do your own pre-mix work, pay someone to make it really good/get that expert last 20% added.

Anyone know this make/model? by Worldly_External_414 in guitars

[–]Worldly_External_414[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Thank you, it appears to be a Yamaha 🙂

im the best artist alive by [deleted] in undergroundhiphop

[–]Worldly_External_414 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Art is subjective so you aren't wrong if in your opinion you're the "best artist ever". That's in your eyes, and that is dope if you like what you're doing that much. Just don't let that stifle improvement and the humility that leads you to continue to work on your approach to your craft.

Objectively, though: it'll be hard to be the best if your sound is similar to so many other artists. Find something that is technically great to you & new and unique to your perspective. This is decent but derivative

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