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tepid light Aug 22, 2025, 2:06 AM

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Hii! I'm in a bit of a time crunch to write, record and polish up an original piece so that it actually sounds like a song. I'm pretty confident about writing lyrics myself and a melody, but since I have pretty much no background in production or sound engineering I was wondering if anyone had some tips about where to begin in terms of actually starting a project in digital software. Any tips or guidance would be much appreciated if anyone is willing to help a bit :)

(pls respond to the forum or dm me tyy)

rose cave Aug 22, 2025, 2:21 AM

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ooh, good luck!! will you be recording any instruments with a mic, or will you be using virtual instruments?

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mic positioning is very important, so i'd search up stuff about that

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free/budget software is more capable than ever, plenty of good free virtual instruments and effects out there

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try to "level out" the volume, this can be done through a combination of good mic positioning and editing

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and don't overdo effects imo, it's very tempting to add a lot of reverb, eq, compression, etc, but it can end up sounding too extreme

tepid light Aug 22, 2025, 2:27 AM

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rose cave ooh, good luck!! will you be recording any instruments with a mic, or will you b...

hii ty for helping out! im probably gonna do a mixture of both since im pretty sure im going for a more ambient pop type sound. do u think it might be easier if i stuck to one? or will it not matter much outside the pain of recording an instrument?

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i do have a mic but im not sure if instruments need a specialized one? 🤔🤔

rose cave Aug 22, 2025, 2:28 AM

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do you know what type of mic you have?

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to be honest, most decent mics can be used for both, but there is a baseline of quality required (it should have a frequency response from 50 or lower, up to 12000 or higher hz)

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plenty of stuff mixes both virtual and real instruments, I think that how it turns out depends on your choice of instruments tho

tepid light Aug 22, 2025, 2:31 AM

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rose cave do you know what type of mic you have?

ive got a pretty basic usb mic (not sure if its dynamic or condenser??) but its worked pretty good so far i just dont think i should record multiple sounds from different inputs at once

rose cave Aug 22, 2025, 2:32 AM

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why not? plenty of studios do that

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it might get messy for a first project, tho

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(actually, drummers will often put a mic for almost each drum)

tepid light Aug 22, 2025, 2:33 AM

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i mean ive tried recording vocals + guitar once bc i was lazy and it didnt work out too well 😭😭

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maybe it was positioning?? but im not too sure bc i havent tried that again

rose cave Aug 22, 2025, 2:34 AM

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ohh yeah, if you do that then it's better to have 1 mic for your voice and 1 for your guitar

tepid light Aug 22, 2025, 2:34 AM

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yeahh

rose cave Aug 22, 2025, 2:34 AM

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yes, absolutely, positioning is very important

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each instrument has specific positioning technique

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for example, for guitar, you don't want to point it directly at the soundhole, or the sound will be too bassy and boomy

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it's best to look up how to mic each instrument you want to record

tepid light Aug 22, 2025, 2:35 AM

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if i play electric instead dyk if ill have to do smt different with the wiring?? bc i usually just connect it to my amp but idk how i could record the sound

tepid light Aug 22, 2025, 2:35 AM

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rose cave it's best to look up how to mic each instrument you want to record

yeahh ill do that

rose cave Aug 22, 2025, 2:36 AM

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there's several options w electric!

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you can put a mic in front of the amp (but you need to be careful not to blow out your mic if you do this)

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you can plug in the electric directly into your computer (if you have the cable and/or interface for it)

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and once you plug it into your computer, the easiest option is to use a virtual amp (like guitar rig). but you can do some fancier stuff if you have the equipment

tepid light Aug 22, 2025, 2:38 AM

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ooh icic

rose cave Aug 22, 2025, 2:39 AM

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generally a dynamic microphone is a better choice for micing an amp, since those are much harder to blow out

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i guess you could also just turn your amp down really low and use a condenser, if you have to

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again, positioning is important

tepid light Aug 22, 2025, 2:40 AM

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also dyk anything about arranging an ambient type beat for a slower pop song?

rose cave Aug 22, 2025, 2:40 AM

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hm

tepid light Aug 22, 2025, 2:40 AM

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i feel like ive got chords and melody down for the most part but it feels so off without a proper beat

rose cave Aug 22, 2025, 2:40 AM

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show an example?

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i do like to look up drumming sessions or backing tracks for inspiration

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tho for me at least, that runs the risk of getting too lost in looking up random stuff LOL

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i managed to spend 3 hours looking up random marching band drum battles once

tepid light Aug 22, 2025, 2:43 AM

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rose cave i managed to spend 3 hours looking up random marching band drum battles once

that sounds both fun and slightly concerning

rose cave Aug 22, 2025, 2:43 AM

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im fine i promise 😭

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theres one drum pattern i heard that got stuck in my head but i can't find the source of

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but its fine. its been 2 years. its fine. im fine.

tepid light Aug 22, 2025, 2:44 AM

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rose cave show an example?

maybe something like "did i tell you that i miss you" by adore, "past lives" and like a yung kai sorta feel?? idk how to describe it mostly 😭😭

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im sorry im pretty bad at this lmao

rose cave Aug 22, 2025, 2:44 AM

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no, song names are great! that's a good place to start

tepid light Aug 22, 2025, 2:44 AM

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ive mostly only written based on my own like feels

rose cave Aug 22, 2025, 2:44 AM

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looking up lo-fi drum samples is probably a good start?

tepid light Aug 22, 2025, 2:45 AM

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WAIT THATS GENIUS

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youre a genius thank you

rose cave Aug 22, 2025, 2:45 AM

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i try my best www

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also, a tip, sometimes, if you have the chords and the melody, it might help to like, beatbox along and see what sticks

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if you know how to do that

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at least, you know the boots and cats rhythm right?

tepid light Aug 22, 2025, 2:47 AM

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💀💀

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yes i can try that

rose cave Aug 22, 2025, 2:47 AM

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I MEANNN LIKE okay i used a dumb example but i hope it makes sense?? 😭

tepid light Aug 22, 2025, 2:48 AM

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yeahh it does nws

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thanks for the advice!!

rose cave Aug 22, 2025, 2:48 AM

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ya ofc!! gl with your song

tepid light Aug 22, 2025, 2:50 AM

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tysmm!! 🤍 🤍

rose cave Aug 23, 2025, 2:00 AM

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ya ofc!!!

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also completely unrelated but is your pfp shi qingxuan???

tepid light Aug 23, 2025, 2:24 AM

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yess!

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ilhsm prettiest mxtx character

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also i saw ur username are u perchance a mdzs fan 🤔

rose cave Aug 23, 2025, 2:42 AM

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Tenor

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what makes you say that,,,,,

tepid light Aug 23, 2025, 2:44 AM

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nie huaisang fan hmm

rose cave Aug 23, 2025, 2:45 AM

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i don't know i don't know i really don't know

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Tenor

tepid light Aug 23, 2025, 2:45 AM

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一问三不知 but his ultimate plot cooked

rose cave Aug 23, 2025, 2:46 AM

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YAAAAA

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等一下

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你會説中文嗎

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？？？

tepid light Aug 23, 2025, 2:47 AM

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会的 but simplified 😔😔

rose cave Aug 23, 2025, 2:47 AM

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oooo

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very cool tho o:

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kinda crazy to see tgcf in the wild

tepid light Aug 23, 2025, 2:48 AM

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help this is so off topic

rose cave Aug 23, 2025, 2:48 AM

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reminds me of the time i saw someone in vc here then immediately saw them in an mdzs server

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and my brain stopped for a sec

rose cave Aug 23, 2025, 2:49 AM

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tepid light help this is so off topic

OKAY I WAS WONDERING ABOUT IT FOR A WHILE but like i kept on forgetting to ask 😭

tepid light Aug 23, 2025, 2:49 AM

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rose cave kinda crazy to see tgcf in the wild

culture at its finest

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HELP ITS OKAY

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i ws just wondering if u wanted to talk more abt it we could go to dms instead 😭😭

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