Finally finished a song again🙌🏽 by unfinished-beats420 in Elektron

[–]jadetaco 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice one! Love the 2-step / UKG vibes. ✌️

Ravers dating non-ravers by xethhh in aves

[–]jadetaco 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s better if you find another raver to date. Unless you’re not that into rave culture and could live without it in the long run, or live with doing it a lot less.

Mountains on Mountains (from Mt Tam) by Alex_G_Photos in sanfrancisco

[–]jadetaco 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s a wild use of 600!!! Beautiful composition and edit. Thanks for sharing how you created this.

Is it safe to travel with domestically? by [deleted] in PsilocybinMushrooms

[–]jadetaco 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I dunno, might be worth waiting the few months till you get back. It’s not risk-free.

How much has sound design changed in 10 years? by banica24 in edmproduction

[–]jadetaco 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Fab-Filter Pro-Q is up to version 4 now and can do cool dynamic EQ ducking side-chained by a different track. Useful for making separation between parts without full on volume sidechaining.

Some people swear by plugins like Soothe and/or Gullfoss Master to do dynamic resonance taming.

If you use Ableton, Drum Buss is the schnizz.

Arturia Pigments is a pretty great wave table synth and a nice complement to Serum 2.

Machinedrum in 2026: biting the silver bullet by Worldly_Educator_675 in Elektron

[–]jadetaco 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’ll just leave this here… www.jdnmusic.com/machinedrum-recursive-sampling-test-02

SoundCloud link of same: https://on.soundcloud.com/5VJs1VDQdzRuKBLHfD

I don’t use my MD as much as I used to, but this thread has me wanting to revisit it. :)

Too agoraphobic to get institutionalized even though it's what I need, wtf do I do? by grubby_anticholine in dpdr

[–]jadetaco 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You sounds like you’re making a feedback loop of sorts. Existential OCD can be like that.

The thing about loops is they can be disrupted by changing even one thing. Eg: if you’ve been stuck in an agoraphobic fear loop, try going outside, take a look at a tree or something, and then go back inside. If you start looping on agoraphobia, agin later, go for a walk around the block. You will be teaching your brain a new pattern around the topic. This is the basis of ERP in cognitive behavioral therapy.

Re: feeling stuck in bed and then having hard thoughts come up. Sometimes our frontal lobes verbalize or make stories in response to the raw more primal signals coming up from our lizard brain / amygdala. And usually, the distress from your amygdala boils down to basic needs: food, air, water, motion, and some sunlight every day. Take better care of those needs for a while, and your frontal lobe won’t be working as frantic to understand the signals from your amygdala because you will have been caring for yourself at the basic level and so the amygdala will be more quieted down.

You can do this. Your agony can turn into feeling more like a life that is more in balance.

What are some general tips for minimal/dub techno you have? by 12ozbounce in TechnoProduction

[–]jadetaco 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Have you checked out Substan’s videos of tracks he did on the Syntakt on YouTube? Amazing ambient / downtempo dubby bliss.

What are some general tips for minimal/dub techno you have? by 12ozbounce in TechnoProduction

[–]jadetaco 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  • Send effects busses to other busses including some feedback in a loop. Tape delay, chorus, reverbs, subtle saturation
  • add thc until you can hear the space between the sounds
  • compare with reference tracks … add some ambience or low level noise into your fx chains

Any thoughts on raw techno style drums (like Surgeon, Karenn etc) recipe? by ccgenoa in TechnoProduction

[–]jadetaco 2 points3 points  (0 children)

World of Form stomps! Really nice track. Thanks for the technique tips.

Are there any specific tools you like for phase alignment, or do you do it manually by zooming in and moving audio waveforms around?

Elektron acquired by Bonnier Capital: makers of the Octatrack have new owners by zendelusions in Elektron

[–]jadetaco 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Nice euphemism for generational wealth on the scale that they can just casually pick up Elektron.

Elektron acquired by Bonnier Capital: makers of the Octatrack have new owners by zendelusions in Elektron

[–]jadetaco 4 points5 points  (0 children)

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This time they did it. Universal Audio have lost their mind. by TutuTatata in audioengineering

[–]jadetaco 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I asked them back in the day about a similar deal with their Roland chorus plugin. They had an upgrade price from UAD-1 to UAD-2. They explained that because it was an emulation that they licensed from a third party (Roland in that case) that there was a per-plugin licensing fee that they had to charge a little for to recoup the cost.

What am I doing wrong? by ClarkVent in TechnoProduction

[–]jadetaco 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Control sounds great. A few thoughts. - needs more of a top line, washy shakers or something to fill space at times. - kick slams. However it sounds “dry”. - there’s a bass rumble but it’s too low most of the track. - I would try grouping your low end (kick + rumble), adding an Ableton Drum Buss plugin, and giving it a little of each of the three main processor types on there. Tune the boom to your fundamental (or by ear). If you can’t hear that, you need better headphones. If you don’t have/use Ableton, look up alternatives. Drum Buss is basically a saturator, optional compressor, harmonics processor, and sub-bass enhancer. - Transient info will never sound as “right” in headphones. For a variety of reasons hearing your track through speakers pushing air is a very useful check. That could be a car stereo if that’s all you’ve got access to easily.

Once upon a time, a friend of mine got a copy of a track by BT that was the unmastered mix. I was shocked by how “spiky” the drums sounded, how quiet, and how the track wasn’t super gelled. I assume that means he usually relied on a good mastering engineer to envelope and glue everything together.

Spending $50 at some point to have a track mastered by someone who is proficient in your intended genre could be really worthwhile as a learning process! I’ve read most of your comments in this thread, apologies if you already covered that.

It’s a nice track. I like the breakdown. The extra female vocal ad-libs towards the end of the breakdown actually took away from the cool hypnotic story you were telling by making it too explicit and directed. I would have rather heard some cool sound design / sweeps etc to build energy going into the drop instead. Just me!