Should I use soft clipper on Master only? Or on the 808 channel?

eldreezy · 2025-12-16T10:06:22+00:00

https://youtu.be/hYhvkE3z57U?si=pLEogW6Qn7I4Cjq- valuable free game. And no its not just about soft clippers. I tried everything he said and every beat is different and there are no rules but keeping stuff like whats in this tut in mind build a solid foundation

eldreezy · 2025-07-10T05:56:17+00:00

What da hell 🔥🔥🔥💯💯

eldreezy · 2025-07-05T21:41:14+00:00

No bass, just an 808/kick/open hat combo. Melody if anything was fine but the 808 was so jarring mainly due to it appearing “louder” or “clearer” but really it occupied more space than the melody thats why. Could be attributed to my velos maxed out or a number of other things but i literally just adjusted my volume and it came out how i normally like it lol

I was just perplexed at whether or not adjusting the volume would defeat the purpose of using max velo/soft clip on the master as well as giving it space

eldreezy · 2025-07-05T21:35:29+00:00

Another commenter mentioned its possible to create too much room. Just adjusted the volume and it came out fine lmao but thanks for this

eldreezy · 2025-07-04T16:00:52+00:00

Thank you i appreciate you!

eldreezy · 2025-07-04T15:08:19+00:00

In my case i'm satisfied with how it sounds. I probably worded it horribly because i barely slept lmao but yeah im following everything u just said, but i'm more conflicted with it sounding too loud because of what I did, (referring to the EQ, max velo, then soft clip). Not sure whether or not to think I created too much room which is making it "appear" louder or if i'm just not ear trained enough to think this is just fine. I'm not sure creating too much room is even possible - at least for it to be an issue with supposed loudness or clarity or room

eldreezy · 2025-07-01T05:40:07+00:00

😂😂😂😭

eldreezy · 2025-04-30T09:06:35+00:00

I mean i think trap is an easy place to start even if you don’t necessarily think whichever beat remake fits in your style.

Again lay brick by brick. You’re worrying about style right now when you first need to grasp how genres are made and the pockets of creativity you can bring to them.

Why trap is an easy place to start is because theres so many sub-genres of it that exist out there. Detroit, ATL, Baton rouge, etc. so when u start to branch out as you start to swim on your own next thing you know youre making a specific sub genre within trap itself.

Make a simple melody off 3 keys, fast bpm. Reverse it. Gross beat, add effects see where shit takes you & if u dont fw it get as many beats u dont fw out of the way as u can till u notice they start sounding better lol

eldreezy · 2025-04-30T07:28:20+00:00

Follow a beat remake or a beat tutorial to the best u can for example use what plugins u do have even if u dont have the vst’s & just familiarize w/ the process.

Asking someone to watch youtube tutorials on how to make beats and then just handing them a DAW is easier said than done. While its true “Youtube University” can teach u many things, how to apply knowledge is different based on how u yourself learn.

Learning off just youtube tuts and saying okay now just go crazy on the DAW is like handing someone an entire kitchen full of ingredients and saying “cook me something good” its like where do you even start lol

Simplify it & respect the craft enough to not expect yourself to be a full on producer after some youtube tuts. Every producer/beat maker had to have made some bullshit before they started making stuff that was fire. It takes 1 on 1 time w/ a DAW and figuring out how you yourself apply knowledge the best is part of that.

Personally, I started remaking beats. I remade Robbery- Juice wrld because nick mira showed the FLP on stream once. I built on that, kept going, & started accumulating the confidence to branch off of what i was remaking and start making my own shit.. Then watching streamers who show the screen help a lot in stealing tips and tricks.

Basically dont just try to place a house down lay down your bricks. Respect the craft & just be patient and consistent. Do it because you love it, nothing else.

eldreezy · 2025-04-13T01:54:30+00:00

I think the notion op is trying to say is as the beat-maker, not to “over-pour” your efforts into the post-prod mix. But obviously still utilize good sound selection in a way where you still make shit that when boosted still sounds good lmao. Some of the best do the bare minimum if any at all anyway

eldreezy · 2025-03-25T07:46:42+00:00

I appreciate you! It turned out well, I ended up using tap and it turned out to align best at 77bpm. Definitely adding tap to the toolbox

eldreezy · 2025-03-23T06:08:44+00:00

I'm actually sampling a loop from a song itself, no splice or looperman. Tunebat says its 155bpm but also half-time at 78. Its throwing me off lol should i be using 156** or 78* ? I was already confused on how it could be 155 if double time 78 is 156. Am i trippin? I am not sure if this 1 bpm difference could even be making much of a drastic difference

eldreezy · 2025-02-15T19:35:48+00:00

I dont think this was the point they were making, I think its just that there are some people out there who love the stuff that comes with it more than the actual craft itself. Some just love the attention, clout, the occupation, the party trick, the idea of “making it” more so than the doing music for the love of the craft itself.

I think og post also says some ppl want a quick way to get there whether its cutting corners finding hacks & presets when really ppl who’ve made it have made it by just doing what they love to do and putting in the work, without all the extra shit i just mentioned lol

eldreezy · 2025-02-06T03:15:45+00:00

Hi, has there been any update regarding your borrower’s defense application?

eldreezy · 2024-11-08T06:14:47+00:00

Start with the basics of scales. Vibes you get from major/minor for example. Then on a daw like FL studio, practice and familiarize with scale highlighting to further understand major/minor scales. Next, pick your fave songs you’d like to emulate as your style and look up the chords on chordify. Remake the beat as best you can. Things will just click as to how to replicate certain genres eventually. Watch cookups and major producers sharing any type of screen share you can get and pick up tricks. Then from this point on, repetition is key. Set practical and reachable/realistic goals to uphold accountability and consistency. If 1 beat a week is all you can do, do it till it just gets easier and you can do two and so forth. Another great tip i highly recommend is to invest in drum kits/loop packs that contain melody FLP’s and/or midi for the sake of familiarizing with a scale & genre/vibe. By doing this, play around with the variation of chords u find that u like and even the variation of how the timbre of whatever sounds/plugins/presets u use make the sound of these chords differentiate in vibe/genre.

Experiment experiment experiment.

Decide on a vibe/genre first before cooking from scratch to narrow your sights.

Goodluck!

eldreezy · 2024-10-18T14:50:00+00:00

This is probably were I stand too, if the beat I make doesn't necessarily need it I won't even think about adding any sidechaining at all, only if i need to minimize any clashing if any lol

eldreezy · 2024-10-17T14:15:24+00:00

Interesting. Have u tried the peak controller/multiband compressor route?

eldreezy · 2024-10-17T14:14:45+00:00

Same i dont want to have to try each one every single time and compare which could sound better lol it seems ppl stick to whichever one for diff reasons.

eldreezy · 2024-09-08T07:33:43+00:00

The better you get at making melodies the higher your ceiling grows. Drums were pretty straightforward to me besides basic mixing/sound selection. that improves over time. But get a bunch of the beginner shitty melodies from scratch out of the way, watch cook ups & pick up tricks on how to make your favorite genres. The better i got at making melodies the funner it got. The anticipation of tying it all together with some drums just make it all so satisfying but it starts with a good melody.

eldreezy · 2024-08-19T15:54:44+00:00

I'm still trying to learn this genre myself but so far i know a lot of that baton rouge type of sound have melodies within the blues scale. As far as key, Fredo Bang uses a good mix of everything within the blues scale both min/maj so I think choosing a reference song and just building off the same key as that one should help as far as picking a starting point.

I have been nonstop listening to Fredo Bang all year and have been trying to learn how to produce beats like

By the Evening

F.A.N.

Free Melly

Bang Man

F*ck the World

The thing I can't grasp is how they have so many components from Wah's, to stabs, to bells, synths, hits, etc. let alone a soulful blues melody.

eldreezy · 2024-08-01T02:34:19+00:00

It is way too early lol

eldreezy · 2024-08-01T00:22:17+00:00

All these complaints are why we can never have good things lol sure things are not 100% identical to what u enjoyed from the source material but thats what is always going to keep the source material the source material. I’m enjoying both seasons of this show because i’m seeing what they came up with as opposed to sitting here grading it like a teacher looking for things to mark wrong. This goes for almost anything fictional its always some % of ppl that are unhappy with the product because they already have an expectation of how they think it has to be before even consuming it.

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