audio-chat

[undone jasper]

Believe it or not, it's a stock plugin from flm

[storm magnet]

https://tenor.com/view/black-guy-shcoked-gif-27654754

[undone jasper]

Banger

[undone jasper]

This is another version from that song

It's my old song too (also with flm)

[storm magnet]

another banger, as usual

[undone jasper]

Thanks

[desert hornet]

horikumiya thanked buggzen

[undone jasper]

For now I have to start getting used to Ableton, my songs are weird after using Ableton

[storm magnet]

they are very different, yes

why did you switch to ableton?

[undone jasper]

Because Ableton workflow almost same like flm 😹

And i got new laptop recently

That's why i moved to Ableton

[undone jasper]

This song was one of my first attempts at Ableton. (I can't make another song like this again for now 😭)

[storm magnet]

dayum. so many familiar sounds in one song

[undone jasper]

Yeah, i use random sample from internet for ear candy lol

[storm magnet]

Completely fine. We love some ear candy here and there

[undone jasper]

True

Send it again because why not lol

Alright time to sleep

[storm magnet]

very cozy

[carmine sage]

Ah fair enough dude, sounds great so far

[undone jasper]

Can't sleep, sooo..here a generic epic orchestra

And some sound design

[cunning drift]

ok heres the finished version of the title screen song for my horror game and some in game ambience

[mellow wadi]

good evenning

I made this song today, and I'd like to know something about it, especially regarding its texture and how it would fit into a game

Can someone help me?

[serene pendant]

Just my attempt at trying to recreate the battle soundtrack from the Genshin Impact Enkanomiya region "Combat under the waves" 😄

[storm magnet]

Very nice song. I imagine it as a title screen song for a chill, 2d game or maybe loading screen music.

a kinda goofy and silly game

[tall ivy]

What do you think about this music? My goal was to create a divine, trailer music with fantasy middle age theme

[storm magnet]

It kinda reminds me of Pokémon music. Its good but i think its a tad bit too fast

trailer music usually starts off pretty tame and calm, building up the instruments and the tension

[undone jasper]

This is cool, what library?

[undone jasper]

How to make midi guitar sound real?

[shell smelt]

Just find a good sounding guitar preset.

Or you can make it sounds like a real guitar by slightly making it less on time and more off grid

[undone jasper]

I know, it's the basic. I mean the advance stuf like palm mute, strumming up and down, etc

I have odin 3 and I can't really use it because too much articulation 😭

[storm magnet]

play around with velocity. Real guitars are never fully in sync or exactly the same velocity. You alreeady seem to have a very good guitar sound

[mellow pelican]

Best way is learn how to play a real guitar. Otherwise I guess trial and error, there aren't many options left

Some plugins like ample allow you to emulate which string gets plucked as opposed to allowing you to compose what you want even if it would be impossible to play on an actual guitar

[serene pendant]

Metropolis ark and LA strings

Solo violin is dry with no audio fx

[undone jasper]

Yeah, i use shreddage free lol

[undone jasper]

Ahh ample, yeah ample is good. I like their sample because it's easy to use

[undone jasper]

Which metropolis ark?

[serene pendant]

I used Ark 1

Ark 2 is beautiful for softer expressions

[undone jasper]

Ahh okay. Thank you

[serene pendant]

Of Course 🫶🏼
If you ever needed live performers let me know

[storm magnet]

Its a very good plugin 👍👍

[empty gate]

Is there software that lets you convert midi to tabs?

[mellow pelican]

Idk

Guitar pro maybe?

[undone jasper]

Maybe musecore?

[empty gate]

I mean the other option is to play it by ear, which, while possible, seems like a real pain unless you have absolute hearing

[mellow pelican]

Relative pitch also works, don't get fooled. Also perfect pitch people get their notes wrong once they hit their 40s or so said Adam neely, it's not as much of a super power as people want to make you believe it is.

I mean if you find no tool that does it for you you can always translate by hand

Playing by ear ain't the only option

[empty gate]

I do know about the absolute hearing thing, though it can help for this while it still works. Also, I know relative pitch also works, but it's still a tedious process which is why I said it's a real pain

[storm magnet]

How do i get retro sounds? Like sounds from an SNES or Genesis?

[mellow pelican]

It's true it was tedious for me but it's really worth it for composing. Point is moot anyways since there are tools that let you do it

[mellow pelican]

Get their soundfonts and a soundfont player

[storm magnet]

…like from which website?

Eh whatever

Ill figure it out

[mellow pelican]

https://musical-artifacts.com/artifacts/2216

This was on the first Google page

Gotta up that Google Fu

[empty gate]

Methinks they're just looking up websites, be patient

[storm magnet]

Thank you (:

[storm magnet]

Btw, wonderful username

[empty gate]

Thanks, you too

[desert hornet]

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[humble anchor]

oh, that's my old sonic exe beat from 2024

https://tenor.com/view/spongebob-meme-oh-thats-real-nice-oh-thats-gif-5657001176707031635

[storm magnet]

Crazy how 2024 was 2 years ago

[mellow pelican]

And 2015 was 11 years ago oof

[undone jasper]

Banger as usual

Where is your toby fox music?

Send it here

[humble anchor]

already did weeks ago

[undone jasper]

Full version?

[humble anchor]

ah wait, yeah no

[undone jasper]

Artcore without the dnb

Lmao

[undone jasper]

Love the melody

Absolut Banger 🔥

[undone jasper]

https://github.com/ChaseDurand/DirectWave-to-Sampler

Directwave to Ableton sampler 😋

[rich shard]

that first one is crazy 🔥

had to listen twice

[icy rapids]

I produce all types of music 😭

[rich shard]

same lol, i do whatever my brain tells me to really

[icy rapids]

@rich shard i also have this one

its really really heavy though

[rich shard]

EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW 🔥 🔥 🔥

the snare heard around the world 🔥

[icy rapids]

I layered so many snare over one another 😭

Just started working on this one not even 30 minutes ago

lotta reverb

[rich shard]

drums go nutty

[icy rapids]

yer

its from an AMEN break

[rich shard]

ill show you a little bit of one ive been working on since last night

lmk

[icy rapids]

terraria.

is what it reminds me of

Bro, that is a compliment if anything.

[rich shard]

i cant beat the video game music allegations

been doing music stull for about a year now

[icy rapids]

Ive been producing for 4 years

Was a Riddim producer for 3.5 years

[rich shard]

cant wait to get to where you're at bro

[icy rapids]

You're getting there

[icy rapids]

Fixed it sort of

[undone jasper]

Crunchy

[icy rapids]

crunchy indeed

[undone jasper]

Old song because why not

I think the bass too loud lmao

[undone jasper]

Riddim is hard 😭

[icy rapids]

Ive been played out at lostlands and other places by major artists

im pretty good at it people say

then i fell off.

[undone jasper]

My riddim sucks

[icy rapids]

and wanted to be involved in music production for games.

[undone jasper]

Ehh, this is tearout

[icy rapids]

Only thing you need to work on is mixing

and variation

[undone jasper]

Actually, that's old version. The new version is on my laptop lol

[icy rapids]

dubberstep

[undone jasper]

How to make the watery sound

[icy rapids]

Vocoder or chroma and a literal water sample 😭

[undone jasper]

Lmaooo

[undone jasper]

Banger

[icy rapids]

I got really popular then fell off really fucking fast.

that blow up didn't last long at all 😭

[undone jasper]

Botanica

[icy rapids]

Holy glitches

[undone jasper]

Yeah, lot of samples lol

[undone jasper]

Well, I don't really post anything on my social media

[undone jasper]

Banger 🔥

Also, where the breakdown after the drop lmao

[icy rapids]

These arent finished

THIS IS NOT A SPASS HI TEK REMIX

i repeat

[undone jasper]

I don't even know that artist ._.

[icy rapids]

https://soundcloud.com/spassfun

listen to them

very good artist

[undone jasper]

Failed hi-tech fullon or maybe failed techcore??

[icy rapids]

Osumania song for sure

[undone jasper]

Yeah lmao

I like making rythm songs

[icy rapids]

https://soundcloud.com/spassfun/spass-bitch-ass-preview?si=b6f3af9bf6d64abbbf844a4c750bacc1&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

sweaky chune

[icy rapids]

yus

[undone jasper]

Tbh, i don't really often hearing this genres because it's not really my taste

[icy rapids]

I love genres like tis

[undone jasper]

https://open.spotify.com/track/2Pp7uqCvnJ41HHbbLcOfpW?si=iBXfD8XAQM61l68HVlUTEA

Sometimes i hear to this type of music lol

And also completely the opposite of that type of music

Aka Classical and orchestra lmao

[undone jasper]

I even make a 4 hour playlist just for this genre

[mellow pelican]

I like how it's exactly 1 Megabyte

[undone jasper]

Lmao

[storm magnet]

https://tenor.com/view/spongebob-ascend-ascension-music-spongebob-music-gif-12623289653326522061

[undone jasper]

Kawai

[trim karma]

you guys like auto wah pedals?

playing around with layered guitars

(im working on a tekken-like funky soundtrack)

[trim karma]

hacking the CIA type shit

added a faint bass

[icy rapids]

https://tenor.com/view/gato-joia-gif-27503164

That shit had me levitating when I was composing it.

[wide vessel]

Hey guys it's been a while! Check out this cool song. (Volume Warning)

[wide vessel]

Real

[undone jasper]

Cool but too repeatitive?

[sharp venture]

https://youtu.be/Kmave6z_rmM?si=BiGDF-QmFN6Ieolu

[main spindle]

Hii! I've always loved videogame music and just recently decided to learn how to make some! Havent really started the learning process but im planning to this week :)))

To start my journey I went ahead and made my first song, im open for feedbacks!(Tbh idk what I was doing hahha)

[tawny tulip]

Any other discord servers that are good for finding paid work please let me know

[tulip sapphire]

https://fixupx.com/Desertanu/status/2026656750422663484

[still vine]

ew twitter i deleted mine

bluesky for the win

writing goes hard tho

[undone jasper]

i think this is dark

idk

also, mixing orchestra is really hard

[undone jasper]

Love the woodwind

[rich shard]

lil snip of my recent one

[tulip sapphire]

Thanks.

[desert hornet]

desertanu thanked horikumiya

[sharp bramble]

I LOVEEE wandering music

[sweet meteor]

beauriful

[sweet meteor]

can i get one gummy please

[tulip sapphire]

Thank you.

[desert hornet]

desertanu thanked skidnney

[calm hornet]

dipped my toes into game music, what do you think

[sand crypt]

maybe yes

need the low and wet bass on background

create some metal in the first time

[gray oracle]

Currently making a soundtrack for a game that doesnt exist😭 This is like a main menu theme, not my best work but its smth

[quartz sand]

How hard is it to start making music for games?

Or I guess more specifically,

To get your first gig

[tulip cradle]

i got a few gigs making indie game music by just going to a local group's virtual meetup. I found em from meetup.com . It was a game dev group. Good luck though 👍

[lean hawk]

It depends on your portfolio I’d say, even if you haven’t worked on a game before you could still make music to show when applying. If you’re including volunteer work I got my first one shockingly easily, but overall it is somewhat hard to find games to work on since there’s so many composers out there

[mellow pelican]

It's not hard to find a spot to work for free but if you mean paid gig we're talking about an entirely different thing

[lean hawk]

Yeah definitely

Especially paid on commission projects, revshare is much easier to find than those

[tulip cradle]

Unfortunately very true

I have found far more projects for no pay than for pay 🙁

or maybe revshare

[lean hawk]

I’m thankfully on a few revshare projects right now🙏

I’ve only ever had one commission game though

[tulip cradle]

that is really cool though. Having any work out there is an awesome accomplishment 🙂

[lean hawk]

Thanks, I’m sure you’ll find some too in time

[desert hornet]

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[mellow pelican]

Yeah and they expect you to do everything too for the smallest pay. Learn Fmod and of course do the mastering too, I hope you have the right speakers and headphone for that you know.
Laughably hard to get into realistically speaking especially if you've never done anything musical before like learning an instrument. And unfortunately even working Rev share doesn't seem that promising unless the game has real success which is kinda gambling

[tulip cradle]

oh i got a couple commissions for stuff. Nothing really major. But one dude worked for activision. That was cool. It wasn't for a major activision project but rather his personal game

[lean hawk]

Oh Congrats

[tulip cradle]

I definitely seek to get something more major in time though ofc. But nothing at the moment

and thanks 🙂

[lean hawk]

It’s also a gamble on if the game is even MADE, sadly most projects tend to get canceled😔

[quartz sand]

My portfolio is like completely songs on youtube, theres so much ive made that isnt released at all though

[lean hawk]

Well it’s good that you have music to show still

[tulip cradle]

yeah, you can get alot of mileage out of youtube/soundcloud for portfolios

[quartz sand]

maybe slight issue is that all of my music is drastically different than whats released before it idk lmao

maybe thats a plus showing that i can make different genres?

[lean hawk]

Honestly my portfolio is very outdated, but I’ve been too focused on the games I’m working on to update it for now

[quartz sand]

But I don't really have a style

[mellow pelican]

Hard to tell without taking a listen

[quartz sand]

I can send my youtube

its not all music on there though

but its p obvious what is

https://www.youtube.com/@chatti06/videos

oh also thats outdated

my newgrounds actually has all of my music updated

https://chatteyy.newgrounds.com/

[lean hawk]

Yeah it’s good to be able to do a variety of things. I try a lot to be good at any music style I try too. But don’t feel bad or disappointed if you’re not able to do everything

Sometimes things just don’t work out and that’s fine

[tulip cradle]

i have heard a couple tracks. I think it is cool. I would just put your favorite stuff on a dedicated organized soundcloud and try showing your portfoilio to people who are looking for sound designers/composers for video games. Learning fmod or wwise can help too.

the youtube just seems to have stuff unrelated to music. And many people may not want to look through all the videos to find the music. So yeah, otherwise. I think you could find work 👍

[quartz sand]

Planning on rebranding eventually

[lean hawk]

Yeah I agree, it’s probably best to have something dedicated specifically to this

[quartz sand]

yeah fs

[lean hawk]

There is a playlist of the music at least though

[quartz sand]

I just havent gotten there quite yet

I do have it all on spotify

https://open.spotify.com/artist/1p8L9jzh0tv7by5vlYd81d?si=_byenOGST6mu3Zrf-UwqPw

[tulip cradle]

oh just send that then.

[quartz sand]

xd yeah

[tulip cradle]

that is great you got some listeners though! 👍

[quartz sand]

my musics been used in a few geometry dash levels people have made

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RDp2KSfRWw

[still vine]

if i could give you one though the screen

[sweet meteor]

that's reason? (daw)

[mellow pelican]

No

Vcv rack

[sweet meteor]

that looks cool af

o love wires and buttons that goes blip blop blip blop

[humble anchor]

on what occasion do you all imagine this sound plays

[still vine]

opening sceene

[still vine]

its litarally the pinicle of nerd

[gray oracle]

i’ve been struggling ngl but i also don’t have a portfolio/website set up yet so it kinda depends

[gray oracle]

Starting up the game lowk

[lucid briar]

https://soundcloud.com/deathmatchmusic/armageddon

[still vine]

today's patch

tbh i just pressed random on the melody sequencer

[sweet meteor]

morning composition

[sweet meteor]

that's groovy

[jolly girder]

WIP combat theme I am tryna make

[celest cape]

I'm not used to making music, but here's something I made for fun. I don't know why there is so much noise...

[remote flint]

This sounds incredible how do I replicate this.

This is in Dm, Em, F, G.

[empty sluice]

sounds like two osc FM with an envelope on the modulator amplitude, something weird with a little bit of reverb like it's ducked by the dry signal or brought up by tape sat or something, and put through tape saturation with flutter&wow and some kind of mp3ifier effect like goodhertz lossy/specops

like all of it put through the tape saturation and mp3ifier, not just the reverb/delay/whatever that is

[empty sluice]

it's just too loud, that's why. turn it down before rendering until your render doesn't peak above 0dB (ideally like -1dB or a little below that even)

24bit audio has a gain limit, and 0dB represents the absolute highest possible amplitude of the signal, so anything louder than that just gets clipped off during render resulting in a lot of distortion like you're hearing. You might have a limiter in place beforehand but it can still clip if it's loud enough, so just turn down the master/track that the instrument is on, and turn your speaker volume up to compensate if you want to hear it better.

for some reason I'm just assuming that's fl studio, if so it uses 32bit float (much more available volume) until you render, so that's why it only sounds like that when you render. And also if you have that limiter on your master track, you can open it while playing through some of the louder parts and you'll see a ton of purple where the limiter engages because the input is too loud

I'm just guessing but I'll feel pretty cool if I guessed right

[flat kettle]

gomger music 👹

[cloud swan]

which one of these sound the best or most convincing

[undone jasper]

Free or no?

[mellow pelican]

There are both paid and free options

And there is also Cardinal which is a VCV rack fork

So you don't need to pay for VCV pro in order to use it as plugin in your DAW, Cardinal does that for free but has less modules, tho they're still like 1.5k

And free VCV has like 4k modules all for free it's insane

I route VCV with voicemeter software into my DAW so I don't have to pay money 😹

[undone jasper]

Ahhh, sounds pretty complex for me but thanks lmao 😹

[mellow pelican]

It's as simple as installing a plugin in the case of Cardinal

Imo modular is the ultimate synthesizer because you can make it sound however you like. It's hard to beat in terms of flexibility, I don't even think that Phase Plant allows you to do as much which means a lot

But I can see why people don't use it either, many don't need to go that deep

[celest cape]

Thanks for the feedback! I actually used lmms, but I'll make sure to turn the volume down.

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[undone jasper]

First time trying sound design lol

I don't know what i make lmao

[wild lark]

Sounds interesting
Sci-fi + Horror vibes

[remote flint]

I cracked the code if you want to change the notes in quick succession like that sample it.

[flat kettle]

I decided to make a full song out of this

[fringe isle]

don't know why but soon as the beat dropped I instantly felt like i was about to select my Hero in OVERWATCH lmao.

[fringe isle]

Street Fighter II Character Select first impression. then Sonic Twist. while still sounding like Street Fighter II. thats what i got.

[fringe isle]

I need a Violin vst that Sounds like this

[undone jasper]

It's kontakt library, Joshua bell violin

[fringe isle]

FLEX Computermusik 🙂 I used it too few years ago in a tune called "where it went Wrong" on my Substance Abuse Album.
https://open.spotify.com/track/1G172ccQDDh53zquB3X8ty?si=d22f396454084b16

[fringe isle]

Very Nintendo. like MiiTopia or Tomodatchi Life type. I like it.

As a HUGE Streets of Rage fan. I Love beating up Thugs to Groovy Tunes. So I said to myself. Streets of Rage but UK Garage inspired. and Cooked this up.

[unborn totem]

i think thats a good grade? xD

overwatch has some bangers

[fringe isle]

It do. I like Overwatch a lot.

[unborn totem]

it would have to be a 1800s style character i feel like, like steampunk

[unborn totem]

something like this if u know what i mean (random wallpaper image)

[unborn totem]

like Torbjörn

it just dropped on spotify too now btw
https://open.spotify.com/track/4I41bQMzwuu4xkEkoEuB9n?si=15deb692ee0941cf

[gaunt gulch]

https://soundcloud.com/corvus-studios/drown

[humble anchor]

it's all sonic soundfont

maybe im just that uncultured that i never hear a street fighter 2 ost in sega intruments

(update : i heard it, and yea i hear the resemblence)

[stray bronze]

made something

[strong flare]

i know is not very common this kind of songs in the game dev, but i want to share it: https://youtu.be/fiVb5VQ0PKA?si=R19fWSEWRlOxNNRu&t=291 hope you like it.

[fringe isle]

It's still a cool track. It just reminded me of both games. 😁

[silver comet]

tried a mick gordon style approach, and i think i succeded :3
(this track will be used in a mod i'm currently developing :D)

[lucid briar]

https://soundcloud.com/deathmatchmusic/depths-4

[undone jasper]

How to sound design the bass?

Also, What drum do you use?

[cerulean linden]

Got inspired and decided to make a piece of art and a song together

(This is also my first time doing like...intense Club EDM, and Breakcore)

[silver comet]

I used Keepforest Watchkeeper for the drums, and the bass is basically just an instance of serum 2, a saw wave with 3 voices, and minimal unison (2 or 3%), in that instance multibrand compressor, and a phaser with minimal feedback, then to the effect chain that is not in serum 2, I used a serum 2 FX instance with another multibrand compressor, and Overdrive distortion, then, a ableton stock FX plugging called Pedal, that gain too 100%, set the mode to distortion. in the corner, the sub on, and then OTT. to say it as shortly as I can. xD

[hallow crow]

Hi Guys ! I just released two awesome plugins ! One is free and is called Crush FX : https://crushaudio.com/fr/products/crush-fx

And the other one is a premium percussion library called Crush Percussion that contains +100 percussions and allows you to tune your percussion to a specific key (very usefull to blend with the sound design elements and feel more cohesive with the music) , you also have e sequencer, the ability to change microphone position from a single slider and much more : https://crushaudio.com/products/crush-percussion

[undone jasper]

Okayy

[late void]

Hey, guys! Is there a sound designer. I would really like to have some advice please, because I am makign a game in Unity.

I am makinga Horror game and I have an old creaking door that is opening on trigger event and I want to make this sound to be realistic like the door slowly opens, I have a clip and I am trying to edit it in Audacity with Pitch, Speed and Tempo but I really want some advice on how to make it realistic

[tawny tulip]

Honestly mate you should just hire a sound designer, as annoying as it sounds

Sound is one of the most important aspects of any game film or creative piece and often gets over looked

You’ll notice all the best games have the best sounds, for example Minecraft sounds are so good they strike a deep sense of nostalgia and happiness into people’s hearts as a mix of good memories but also amazing sound selection

[late void]

I know bro I really know

Audio is the most important aspect yes and especially in Horror genres

[tight mortar]

If you want it "realistic" you don't do any processing at all. What you're really looking for is "hyperrealism"

More real than reality

[lucid briar]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROZ2DxCMbjM

[topaz spear]

Something from yesterday I guess

[jolly girder]

Was messing around with stuff

Might work on it some more

[lucid briar]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8u1ZR0QeLJM

[drowsy surge]

I didn't know what to do with this song, so I just finished it quickly.

[cunning drift]

This is a song I made by myself for my game, any opinions ? (first song I have ever made, took four days to make :D. )

[humble anchor]

holy glowup(????)

[humble anchor]

if you do not wish to break your eardrums, don not proceed to hear the version on the top

[wind wyvern]

a very rough track inspired by marathon (the game)

[vague rivet]

i love the bass at the end

[fervent oriole]

first time trying symphonic metal, stuck with midi guitars as I suck at guitar irl so it lacks a little expression

[still vine]

A band pass cuts everything except a notch in the middle

Like this

[frail fractal]

Yeah I figured it out yesterday. Thanks tho

[lucid briar]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4xXLGoRFkw

[still vine]

so i made this on accident

i was high

[lucid briar]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKP91WkSm_I

[slow karma]

Battle theme for a friends game

[slow karma]

Maybe a synth lead?

[cunning drift]

random

@undone jasper I have seen you make somethings like this before I believe?

[jaunty mica]

smol song for portfolio purposes :p (inspired on a dungeons and dragons character of mine)

[undone jasper]

Yeah, but i am still a beginner lmao

[undone jasper]

I don't have my headset right now, I'll hear it later

[young mural]

I'm going to add vocals to it so I'm adding a synth arp instead.

[slow karma]

Nice

[west sphinx]

Just two stingers and a track I'm adding to my portfolio. Gotta showcase my new skills fr

[sharp relic]

Switched DAWs and added a solo

[cunning drift]

random thing 2

[undone jasper]

This is pretty good

Maybe need double bass?

[cunning drift]

yeah maybe

[drowsy surge]

Made these two today

[fervent oriole]

current wip, getting into vocalsynth music (learning Synthesizer V)

note: piano part at the end is just placeholder for vocals as I havent made the lyrics for that part yet

[lucid briar]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RPwa5eTkz4

[low cosmos]

Opinion?

[low cosmos]

I have a lot of examples

[dark barn]

pretty flames reminds me of LISA battle music a little

[low cosmos]

Yo Gs... Here are some samples for you from me https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1s_BM7oTPsdTU1sa5y_sC2PFnvyPAFmYK

[cunning drift]

banger

[west sphinx]

I actually made something cooler today

[cunning drift]

https://tenor.com/view/fire-writing-gif-24533171

you rn 👆

[west sphinx]

Listen, gotta give only the best to the people who pay me fr

[west sphinx]

but still, thank you

[desert hornet]

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[cunning drift]

i am paying you?

oh thats why im losing 1 million a hour

[west sphinx]

lmao yeah I'm actually siphoning your bank account at this very second

[cunning drift]

eh well its worth the bangers

I made this

[west sphinx]

these are both really nice tracks!

how long have you been doing music for?

[cunning drift]

2 weeks

im a perfectionist

https://tenor.com/view/a1esports-perfection-perfect-gaming-esports-gif-23065013

took 5 days to make

hbu

[west sphinx]

About five years, took me roughly 2-3 hours to make this

[west sphinx]

I let the music guide me and it showed me where it wanted to go

[cunning drift]

lowk same

[west sphinx]

that's truly how it should go

[cunning drift]

https://tenor.com/view/morgan-freeman-true-morgan-freeman-true-nodding-gif-13973817878387504960

[lucid briar]

https://soundcloud.com/dmmusic1999/shadow-moses

[remote flint]

It is taking me months to make one.

[west sphinx]

Months to make a song? Damn, are you Hans Zimmer

[remote flint]

No. I don't feel like I am as good. But I keep making errors.

I want to remove all of them.

[cunning drift]

perfectionism is a bitch for me, took 5 damn days to make a 1 minute 13 second song, slowed it down to 2:59 and it barely sounds good

[sharp thistle]

https://tenor.com/view/tron-gif-7607808

[acoustic drift]

anyone here uses reaper on linux? For some reason, reaper keeps stuttering and lagging. My computer is more than enough to handle it... so not sure why.

[sacred belfry]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZufTZUd_DIo

[quartz vault]

https://youtu.be/Y9X7xyP2YmM?si=pnGIYZ-2EEFbeMwF
so I was experimenting on Unity + Wwise for Game Audio, used Unity Learn Project from the Asset Store

[sharp relic]

This has a nice lead, but it doesn't feel like it's going anywhere. The background guitar isn't doing much, you could make the background guitars also do power chords, I feel they add a nice crunch. I also think the drums are a bit too loud.

[west sphinx]

The track is meant to loop pretty much endlessly, so the person paying me asked the lead to not go anywhere definitively 🙏
Also, the background guitar is two guitars playing a backing rhythm, identical but different sounds in each ears, because the commissioner doesn't like metal music, but admitted the guitars would work for the track in his opinion if kept simple

The drums, I can see where you're coming from, but he asked the drums to be a bit louder to keep the pace of the track going as sound effects played all around you in-game

[sharp relic]

I see, I just listened and thought it would be cooler with some more on top of it. Like an octave chord following the rhythm with a harmony.

Or a Phrygian chord progression with 5th's and 10th's. However, the tuning might be too low to get clean, 10th's

[proud swallow]

https://tenor.com/view/tron-uprising-tron-lives-gif-21035586

[proud swallow]

Reminds me a soundtrack I made years ago ahah sounds similar to it

[west sphinx]

Lol thanks for the compliment :)

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[proud swallow]

haha srry I didnt wanna spam the chat

no worries

[vivid pollen]

Hello everyone. I'm new here, and as I understand it, you can submit your demo recordings for execution by those who have already gained experience in composing. A man walks by with a banana in his ear. A girl approaches him and says, "You have a banana in your ear, sir," and he responds, "Speak louder, I have a banana in my ear."

[proud swallow]

https://tenor.com/view/nick-young-question-marks-what-excuse-me-huh-gif-13077908

[mellow pelican]

Are u a bot?

[thin yarrow]

Drums are kinda flat 😬

[vivid pollen]

No

[dapper crown]

Those fadeouts/in feel unnatural. I'd suggest tweaking the tension on the automation.

[thin yarrow]

Yeah true
It’s just a slow fade up from 0 to 100

[dapper crown]

Also, would you happen to have a hard limiter set at around -3dB on the master channel?

[thin yarrow]

-6 db

I’m pretty sure most of my audio files look like that

I’m not really familiar with mixing and mastering, I just like my music like this

I used the same hard limiter on this

I added vocals thinking it sounded cool just for it to sound shit😭
I will remove it later on since I’ve been working on this song for a while not knowing what to do with it

[swift breach]

Oh wow I did NOT expect that drop haha, this is super cool! I think if you want that crunch that hard limiting gives, try bussing your synths into a limiter as opposed to the whole track! Easier to control the dynamics while not completely crushing everything else with it. That allows your synths to be crunchy, and your drums will better punch through the mix; it also allow smaller details to shine a bit more. Also for the fades, instead of using volume, try automating a low pass filter! Really really cool track though keep it up!

Just threw this idea together today, the game is set in a vast post apocalyptic desert, rustic futurism aesthetics and a mysterious storyline- im relatively new to composing specifically for games, so any feedback on this idea snippet would be great! This is meant to be either a main game theme or an exploration theme as the player travels the desert, tried to catch that vibe! And yes it is very quiet right now no master yet haha

[lucid briar]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKFdyD161-8

[dapper crown]

You're basically compressing the entire song heavily. Which can be alright if you're intentionally doing it for a certain sound, but pushing the limiter hard adds distortion and can cause noticeably inconsistent volume on individual tracks. It's generally not as noticeable in that "Interlude" song because you're sidechaining the kicks/snares. But when the percussion and synth overlap I can hear everything getting squished.

[thin yarrow]

I keep it compressed because it brings in a full sound
I also never really notice distortion besides the end of the song when there’s multiple drums playing

Same for this

[dapper crown]

Man is it really necessary for modern FL Studio to update seemingly every other week?

[winged axle]

Just convert to ProTools! You'll never get updates, and when you do they'll break your entire workflow! For only the measly annual price of only $300/annually. /s

[cedar umbra]

its not like youre required to download it

[tight mortar]

My lobster is too buttery, my steak is too juicy.
Not an FL user myself but they are the only daw I know of that provides constant updates with a perpetual licence

[dapper crown]

I'm just wondering what the point of it is, as all. Is it buggier than it used to be?

They don't even link to patch notes anymore when I click the notification nagging me about it.

But I guess at least they aren't like a lot of other modern software that constantly and randomly moves around UI elements evidently just for the sake of changing shit.

Yet.

[cedar umbra]

from what ive seen its just new features, new inhouse vsts and minor changes

the only reason why i updated recently was because they made it so you can now add mixer tracks on a base of 16, instead of preloading like 300 mixer tracks

[halcyon peak]

WIP the mixing is pretty bad right now

also weird giant silence at the end there, my bad

[late torrent]

To anybody who knows about mixing and mastering metal, I feel like the guitars sound so bad in the second half. They have this harsh crackly vibe to it that I just hate and I don't know why or what's wrong 😭

[lucid briar]

https://youtu.be/ZKFdyD161-8?si=prh6zpjFM3Wt5J1Y

[winged axle]

Is all of this programmed via Midi?
I hear a clicky "hip" before the power chords at the beginning, if that's what you're talking about.

[late torrent]

Nope the guitar is all me playing an actual one

[sand crypt]

yeah, bad guitars

maybe you need precision drive pedal and more prescense in the amp

and...? i hear... too much hi cut?

yes, fix them

[sand crypt]

bad metal demo)

[humble anchor]

i just could feel the shreddage hydra inside me

(or is it live guitar?)

also is that tmkd drum samples

[humble anchor]

i think u just need a better guitar tone

or maybe you cranked up the presence knob too much on your amp?

[junior junco]

a demo I wrote awhile back to pitch to a developer. They liked it but weren't interested lol

[lucid briar]

https://on.soundcloud.com/qkvuzNPcMNMuZ1ngZ7

[pearl grove]

Really strong arrangement! Mix needs a little work to humanise dry components but tbh in this scene when is that NOT the case lol. I really like it. Id recommend a couple of soupy reverb channels to glue things together and automate it by hand to make sure it maintains a human character

its always 4/4 right

[thin yarrow]

something ethereal

drums are a bit harsh sorry

[tawny plume]

awesome

[sand crypt]

thats hydra, your right

[sand crypt]

Solem Tones - Mjolnir Drums

vst

[thin yarrow]

uncompressed with better drums

[sharp relic]

I mean, it sounds pretty normal to me. It could be the lack of bass making the tone unbalanced

[sharp relic]

I'm not sure I hear what you're talking about, does my recording of it also have the issue?

[elder cargo]

Hi guys im Ronaldo Aryanto, a composer and musician passionate about music. Especially games such as Stardew Valley, Souls-Like, and Undertale. Haere i made a music inspired by Stardew Valley. Hope you can give me some feedback! Thank you!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ph_1KV7ADRs&t=77s

[kind whale]

Made a Boss Battle theme out of an area theme I made

(0-0:12) Long intro
(0:12-0:37) Build up to Main chorus/Song Ignition

[late torrent]

No yours doesn’t 😭

i’ll see if i can export just the guitars so y oh can have a better listen

[sharp relic]

Alright

[sharp relic]

I'd like to have the clean guitar tracks too if possible

[late torrent]

Yeah sure no problem

I did use a transposer on my amp though I went from Drop D to Drop A#

Here's the amped up guitars

Also because I initially thought the problem might've been sloppy playing I tracked the guitars again today to get cleaner takes

[sharp relic]

I tuned straight down to Drop A#

It could be the transposer

[late torrent]

yeahhhh maybe

Here's the DI tracks

[sweet meteor]

https://youtu.be/0RDgCu7BkYQ?si=bW4gdqZMebgqfhgF

rescore and audio redesign of this lil game i found on steam called itzo

[sharp relic]

So I have your dry tracks though my distortion and I think I hear it still

My recordings are played first, then yours

I transposed the dry tracks to match mine

[sharp relic]

Same project but your dry tracks aren't transposed

I can still hear it a bit, so I think it's something with your recording process somewhere

[late torrent]

Yeah that’s gotta be it cuz now i know it’s not my amp’s fault lol

[sharp relic]

I think you're recording too loud

And your distortion is clipping

Record your dry tracks quieter and turn up your tracks after distortion

[late torrent]

I’m using a focusrite scarlett solo and i have the input gain set that if i pick my ABSOLUTE hardest it just barely turns from green to amber

is that too much?

[sharp relic]

Yeah probably

Your drys are noticably louder than mine

[late torrent]

right i’ll turn it down and re record them

thanks so much for taking the time out to help like this i didn’t expect someone to go this in depth 😭🙏🏽

[sharp relic]

You're welcome, I usually try to comment on music here that I can

I'm not too into djent, but I thought I could help

[ornate wedge]

elevator music

[tawny plume]

i love these guitars. don't hear much of a problem. i'd love to work with you if you ever wanted some people to help get more tracks done.

[humble anchor]

i got new guitar

[lucid briar]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roaPQcdrokE

[wraith oracle]

some recent things I did with a new keyboard

one was for a game jam(the bottom one), and the other is me pushing the limits of it

neither are multitracked, they're all using the multitimbral mode of it

[rare plume]

Short jazzy track I put together over the past few days. : )

[polar viper]

❤️ A little something 🦾

[lyric sky]

ur the next doom composer

[polar viper]

Hahaha man I’d be so honored if my music got into a crazy fps like doom.

Some recent Cyberpunk inspired EDM im working on.

[latent thistle]

this is my first attempt at something horror

horror-inspired i should say

[lucid briar]

https://youtu.be/zXNS9_xkisM?si=KH6CqdmyfqC8QFkK

[craggy knot]

sus

This channel is oriented towards original productions mind you, not ai. Unless you have a decent counter argument for your social media accounts that appear to be filled to the brim with ai.

[surreal lantern]

I am a professional collaborating with Suno Studios, and my IPI accounts are managed by AllTrack. I also hold a Dev Creator degree and operate under a legitimate EIN LLC.

[craggy knot]

Prior point still stands.

[sonic robin]

Hello all!
I'm Helder, sound designer and composer specialized in horror. I have a few indie titles under my belt and recently I've started a vlog channel in youtube so I can share my process and expertise with all of you.

Here's my presentation video:
https://youtu.be/A-7try8F2o8

[mellow pelican]

Professional prompter, not musician/composer 😉

[humble anchor]

If u can't make a band or play guitar, you can use virtual instruments to make metal you know?

[sand crypt]

sheeeesh, sick intro, my god

but. its ai?

yeah, hearing artefacts

[tight mortar]

No one needs a middleman, if people care so little that they'll use AI music they'll prompt it themselves

That's supposed to be the whole selling point of the tech in the first place

[fresh junco]

first try

[loud prism]

GenAI ≠ Creative tools

[polar viper]

I thought so yesterday, but I was not unsure of the view points on generative AI music. I know some places accept it, I know some places are against it. I didnt want to call it out and nail myself to a cross lol.

[warped thunder]

Hey! Are there people with experience in dnb production here? 🙂 I started with it yesterday and made my first loop. I think for a first loop I did a decent job, but I have no clue how to tackle the mids / high instruments or FX. I tried piano, pads, synths. but pads are too floaty, piano feels disconnected and synths sound too "digital?" I was aiming for slightly heavier liquid / dance d&b (I am not worried about the mix and sidechaining kicks for now, its shit, but its fine my main focus is learning the basics of sound design)

version with the synths, it just feels awkward

[polar viper]

It would depend mostly on what sound youre going for in your head - from the standpoint of never having written Liquid dnb, I write more neurofunk dnb which is disgusting and heavy by comparison - your drums are nice and punchy - your synths I think would work but they feel alittle too forefront - in the examples im listening to on youtube, it seems that the synths tend to sit more atmosphereic and further back in the mix, possibly by simple slider moves, and lowered the synth in the mix, as well as adding maybe a touch of reverb to them to soften them up and give them that atmosphereic feel. As far as your bass goes - I would try perhaps creating a reese bass patch for use of flow, and ease for now as you are getting into the genre - also don't forget once you put a master on, and properly gainstage your elements, its all going to feel even more meshed together. As always if you feel lost, reference track, reference track reference track! you got this.

This what it sounds like. A little Neurofunk

There is another version with my wifes vocals on it ❤️

[warped thunder]

Oh yea this is nice. It also has some metal elements in it no?

And thanks for the tips! They're really helpful! 🙂

And yeah I'm not being too harsh on myself now because it's the first project and it's more of a learning experience to learn the ropes and layers and all instead of aiming for production :p

[polar viper]

Yes it does! ❤️

[tawny tulip]

Ohhhhh so your talentless

[tawny tulip]

Tryna indoctrinate real musicians into using your soulless, derivative pointless AI software

Music will never fall to the likes of you who are actively trying to destroy art that comes from the heart and soul

[surreal lantern]

Oh yeah so talentless I mean, I'm obviously doing something right. I'm making money, I get streams, and I've got all my royalties lined up. On most AI authenticators, it's under a 50% chance of AI, but you're right, I write every single one of these—all lyrics and everything.

[tawny tulip]

Royalty’s on 2000 streams is literal pennies

Meanwhile us musicians are making money out of thin air, literally

“Professional prompter” is another word for loser

[surreal lantern]

I am also a drummer, Mr. All-Knowing.oh yeah and hoe is that boss

How

[tawny tulip]

I made £30,000 last month so pretty good

[tawny tulip]

That’s pounds not rupees little boy

[surreal lantern]

Im British mate but go one look me up

[tawny tulip]

Companies like the BBC are never gonna use music that’s AI generated

[tawny tulip]

Then you should know better

[surreal lantern]

No its called getting ahead of the curve or with the times

[tawny tulip]

AI music is everything us brits stand against, we’re pioneers, creatives inventors the list goes on, but you’d rather type in a prompt and act like you’ve made it big instead of putting in the work

[craggy knot]

We up here ai generating ai market flow graphs now via piano keys that don't make sense

As mentioned prior, my initial statement still stands.

Please don't post work unless it's your own productions.

It's annoying, and disingenuous

[polar viper]

So you admit that you enjoy trying to trick the system and pull wool over the eyes of people who don’t know better? Classy. Also, I could hear from the start of the tracks it was AI. But you do you. Streams and numbers really don’t mean much anymore as they can be botted or purchased. I find that information irrelevant. Also, I don’t know what associations you’re registered with - but BMI and ASCAP won’t pay royalties to AI generated music, and are recognized internationally - unless there is significant human input. From what I hear in the tracks - they sound entirely AI. Even it looks like your images and flow chats of information appear to be generated.

Your flow chart through an AI image checker. Just stop please.

[polar viper]

You were quicker on this than I.

[tight mortar]

Odds are that every other person in this conversation has had their work stolen without consent or compensation in order to create the database compression and interpolation software you use to pretend to create. Everything you've ever pretended to be is entirely derivative of the work of others. You would not exist without theft

[warped thunder]

Okay I listened to your advise @polar viper 🙂 Its still far from perfect but everything feels like it serves purpose now 😄 Still, pretty pleased but also frustrated because I can't create the sound design I have in my head 😛

[polar viper]

Dope! let me have a listen

Yes! much better! do you hear how it all glues together and feels more cohesive!?

Lets go man!

[warped thunder]

its mainly the FX that are cheap now imo, but can't have everything in a first beat

and thanks a lot 🙂 EDM is a lot different compared to orchestral work haha

[polar viper]

Hey youre welcome man! I love to teach and provide feedback where I can

[warped thunder]

I am still open to feedback though! The mix is a seperate issue that I will tackle later, but are there any other things that are bugging in this track that is missing / wrongly implemented?

[polar viper]

So something that could help give your current iteration more body, is to add a sub layer underneath the Reese. Just follow the same pattern as the reese, and itll thicken it up. Be sure the sub-layer is more "felt" then heard LIke let me give you a quick example so you can hear as well. honestly I feel the stingers and little small ear candy elements you have are great. The track is an easy listen so far, smooth, and feel quite uplifting. Really anything you want to add is up to you. And yeah - get the structure and arragenemtn down pat, with proper gain staging, then you can dial in the mix, and finally add that master polish.

[polar viper]

And I dont think anything youve implimented is wrong either - I forgot to address that.

[warped thunder]

Yeah I already have a sub layer that is following the root, but not the reese pattern. Is it better to follow the reese? And I think my subs are too quite then if they're not noticable 😄

Oh yeah but im just winging it haha I wouldnt be surprised if I did some things completely wrong. I have quite a few bad habbits because I always try to avoid tutorials because I feel like they lock me into a pattern and what I make loses Identity? Idk if im just rambling or if it makes sense

[polar viper]

Yeah, have your sub follow the reese, give it a shot if it works it works, if not then you can reverb back to your following of the root - it will add a more glued body to it. And thats tricky thing about subs is dont want them to be heard heard, just kind help rattle the brain a little.

I typically make my subs follow my reese or my basslines in general for added thickness, but as always there are no hard fast rules ❤️

[polar viper]

No no this is true, I like to look at turorials as "guidlines" to avoid the cornering myself as well.

[warped thunder]

Hmnmmm i think following the root gets kinda messy, but boosting the volume seems to do the trick

[craggy knot]

I think your issue is lack of aggressive sidechain

[polar viper]

Wonderful!

[polar viper]

facts this too - can help with cohesion - we love our side chain lol

[craggy knot]

Aggressive sidechain with longer release (important) gives the bouncy feel to electronic tracks

[warped thunder]

I know but im not at that stage yet 🙂 I'm trying to get a base composition first but thanks for the tip 🙂 I've also never done any real side chaining so it will also be quite the experience. All I've ever done is some percussion hits in a dense orchestral mix but thats veeeryy subtle

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[craggy knot]

It's pretty much essential for electronic

[polar viper]

^

[craggy knot]

It's useful for all genres but especially electronic

Where it's used less for mix space, and more so that it just sounds good.

The mix space is just a bonus

[polar viper]

I love that you are taking on a new avenue btw.

Its how you grow as an engineer/artist/producer.

[warped thunder]

Oh yeah for sure. But in what stage do you start with that? In what I normally do in orchestral work is a very clear flow of:

composition -> volumes & mic positions -> ER and hall reverb -> slight eq to clean up room noise -> slight surgical EQ -> slight compression

but I've noticed that EDM is a more iterative process

[mellow pelican]

I mean your DnB production doesn't take those steps so

You can do sidechaining while producing

[warped thunder]

Yeah I know like I said. its a more iterative process rather than linear

[mellow pelican]

The thing is, mixing is a back and forth process anyways so you tweak parameters and have to go back to previous plugins or channels and re adjust

So it's not like a linear flow anyways

[polar viper]

^

I was about to add you will be adjusting things as you go

[shy pond]

yo fellow artist, hows it hanging! im looking to contribute to a project, whether it be sound / music coaching or producing / sound design myself, love to help anyone one out

[warped thunder]

but wouldnt it be a waste to setup side chains and adjust EQ and volumes if you end up nuking the sample anyways because you're not happy with the composition?

[polar viper]

you may add a guitar or somthing that may require some sort of slight EQ dip in another instrument you have, or a slight side chain etc. As I say, as engineers we dont make 5 or 6 big descisions - we make a thousand tiny decisions.

[polar viper]

Welcome in Des ❤️

Im new here too - haha.

Right now, Im just providing assistance where I can, and dropping in a few demos haha

[shy pond]

your bio... its greek? and we talking dnb, because i happen to have a knack for it

[shy pond]

we talking this? has big potiential for a game for sure

[polar viper]

Haha yes its greek it translates too "Let My Light Shine."

[shy pond]

cool man my grandfather was born in athens.

got to visit once, was frikkin awesome

[polar viper]

Hell yeah. Ive always had a love and facination with the greek pantheon - so when came time to choose my artist name, and online presence I was talking about band names with my wife, and she was like "well your government name translate to "Light" why not something with light?" So Helios came about - then Rage part name because alot of my compositions are very aggresive and hard edged, so Rage of Helios was born haha.

[warped thunder]

Oh you think so? Well if anyone wants to they're free to nick it and use it as they please 😄 and thanks!

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[shy pond]

yea its got a cheerful warmth to it, its nice

[polar viper]

doesnt it! its very uplifting.

[warped thunder]

Can you share some of your music? 🙂 im curious about your work

[warped thunder]

It's inspired by all the Liquicity related artists. One of my favourite festivals. Everyone high as a kite bouncing to happy dnb :p

[shy pond]

i think i got i like 1 dnb original lying around, hold up

[warped thunder]

But where I'm from there is basically a big edm event every other weekend :p

[polar viper]

Since you mentioned orchestral pieces Grasshopper.

This one will eventually have lyrics on it, but here you are.

[warped thunder]

Oh this is brutal! Nice!!

How far in the production process is this piece?

[polar viper]

Instrumental is basically finished, I just need to record my vocals haha. I may revisit the mix and master - this one is a few years old.

[warped thunder]

If you're open for feedback I'd like to share it :))

[shy pond]

i dont have my files, on my laptop, can i share a youtube video here or what

[polar viper]

of course.

Lets go DES ❤️

[shy pond]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4N3KgpUxDuQ

[shy pond]

i feel like im about to watch pirates blow each others ships apart and im here for it

yo that switch up the funk

god im under deck and theres wood flying everyehere

only the lord can save us now

[polar viper]

Youre seeing a whole movie

[shy pond]

right

jesus this is pure cinema

[remote flint]

Ai users are funny.

[warped thunder]

The spiccatto strings in the beginning sound a bit choppy, which is a very common thing for VSTs so nothing you can really do about it except throw more money at it :p . But the instrumentation behind it sounds a lot more polished and could mask the imperfections of those strings. Adding another layer with s different instrument, maybe short winds or subtle brass in another octave can also clean it up I think if you wanna keep it on the foreground

[polar viper]

I like this. Thank you!

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[warped thunder]

I run into the same issue quite often. This was my attempt at layering the shorts to hide the VST artifacts :p

[polar viper]

This is pleasant btw. I love the movement on this, that reese is speaking to my soul.

Nice tight shuffly hats

[shy pond]

you must love pirates or am i tripping

[polar viper]

lets goooo

[warped thunder]

Well yes of course

[shy pond]

OH WAIT THIS WAS GRASSHOPPER

[jade onyx]

this isn't music or anything but I've been practicing voice acting (voiced Sukuna)

[polar viper]

Oooooh this is nice. I love the spacing onthis.

[shy pond]

yall could produce together lmfao, very similiar style

[warped thunder]

Pirate orchestrals with dnb? :p

[shy pond]

why not, drum'n'bones

[polar viper]

lmao

Drum n Bonessss

new genre unlocked

[warped thunder]

Oh fuck yea

This is an actual banger term to coin

I see the vision

[shy pond]

https://tenor.com/view/bow-like-honor-respect-gif-14588358108868813407

k im gonna go smoke then try my hand at a drumnbones banger

[warped thunder]

Ill have my go at it tomorrow hopefully:p

[polar viper]

Letsss gooo ❤️ Ill pop in later too - gotta mix a track forthe wifey. haha

awesome chatting with you guys! Keep on killin it.

[warped thunder]

While I'm at it I'll also jump on the band wagon. Ai art isn't at, or stolen art at best. There is no creativity involved. Any tweaker can prompt this garbage while overdosing on fentanyl

And sure you make money with it so you claim, but that isn't any kind of metric for validity. You're just here to pull people into you're weasel-like sceme without making any positive contribution to these communities

[warped thunder]

@shy pond @polar viper I was visualizing what Drum n Bones would sound like and the term Rum n Bass also came to mind in the process 🤔

[shy pond]

oh hell yea

[lucid briar]

game music

[polar viper]

Another fun one for you guys ❤️

Older mix, but it slaps 😄

Head headroom in the "verses" because there was once suppose to be a vocalist on this but he poofed.

[dusty tapir]

holy that sounds fire, what choir vst did you use?

[drowsy surge]

Rhodope 2 Ethnic Bulgarian Choir

[jade onyx]

some practice i did. i recorded gameplay and voiced over it, i would really love to voice in a fighting game

[polar viper]

How are all my audio people doing today?

[warped thunder]

OI

[warped thunder]

still working on the same loop 😛 trying the side chaining stuff now

not sure if im fucking things up or improving, but I have backups so its alright

It sounds a lot wider, but the bass sounds thinner? But I dont think I mind that all that much?

[lucid briar]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9xLSFZkBt8 a track inspired by the train level in soldier of fortune

[drowsy drift]

This is my Atlantis style theme I was working on!

Would love to meet other composers and sound creators. I’m primarily a voice actor but crossing over into composition and SFX design 🔊🎶

[polar viper]

This is beautiful.

[drowsy drift]

thank you so much!

[desert hornet]

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[shy pond]

good morning music and sound lovers ☕

[polar viper]

What’s gooof Des

[humble anchor]

Good night from the southeast asia💤

[young mural]

Just a random demo.

[sonic robin]

Hi there!
Here's my latest video, where I transform a simple voice into a terrifying sound. Also, part of my sound collection - Darkest Whispers - was made using these techniques. Enjoy and let me know your feedback.

https://youtu.be/ktR15mziIZY

[sleek yew]

I accidentally made this more fire of a night theme than it should be considering the theme of the game idea its for but... i like it too much-

[warped thunder]

Hi 🙂

@shy pond I tried to work on pirate D&B but it turned out nothing like pirates at all. and to be honest also nothing like D&B 😛

it sounds funny though. It might work as a D&B hook? But also not at all

[fiery vault]

first version of an ambient game soundtrack I'm working on, taking feedback
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Zd57mH4c6w

[tranquil nymph]

demo track i made for a fantasy turn-based RPG
inspired from octopath traveler and SINoAlice

[signal roost]

Cool With Me - FNF Vs. aircon concept

[lucid briar]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iN1Vq0x2oYE

[shy pond]

space acid pirates

[shy pond]

i like this alot, the delay on the hats in kinda crazy though, needs a bit of taming or some variation imo

[mellow pelican]

Assassins!

[shy pond]

@warped thunder idk, i havent been producing much lately because of crazy life situations, but im happy to be getting my feet in the water again , i wrote something, good.. idk, theme? idk, direction? idk , mixed? definitely not - but im writing so that makes me happy

[signal roost]

hats seem delayed? UGH I HATE WORKING ON DRUMS but thanks for feedback!

[desert hornet]

wentech_ thanked des.aster

[shy pond]

even some movement, like a long LFO of something attuning a filter or something,

[thick yarrow]

Hello everyone!

[unborn totem]

so i saw Hans Zimmer live in gothenburg awhile back, it was amazing

[lucid briar]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFvXWbpEdUI

[warped thunder]

Oh damn this is nice man. What will be the use case of this track? Is it for a game or just a personal project?

[warped thunder]

My schizo ass likes putting LFO's as an input for another LFO

[warped thunder]

WIP

[humble anchor]

Is there anyone here that enjoys eardrum breaking music other than me

[worldly imp]

Untitled 8

Lil previews of some of my songs
Any suggestion?

[shy pond]

nah thats dope, adds a human feel

[shy pond]

idk , just brushing up my skills, i have no ongoing projects right now

[warped thunder]

Ay thats fair though. What do you wish to accomplish eventually with music? 😄

[shy pond]

to make more then 4 dollars a year would be nice, but honestly I just want to make people feel good with music, i dont care how. I am an actual musician IRL, i have years of experience playing guitar keyboard, cello, a few others, honestly i just want to make music, make sound, I really dont even care that much about the money, i have a 9-5 for that

[shy pond]

heres another one i started last night, again just for funsies, i have passion, no projects lol

[warped thunder]

Swimming with fish

[shy pond]

😌 , ja, ik leuk nederlands

[warped thunder]

heuujjj gekoloniseerd

[shy pond]

holy shit i havent heard that in like half a decade XD

made me lol

[warped thunder]

My trick whenever I'm stuck with music is to throw a lot of money at it for better tools and plugins so I can lie to myself that I'm inproving

[shy pond]

yea i did that, my DAWs probably worth at least 8k at this point

now im a broke ass, i kinda like it though, quality of life is better somehow

[warped thunder]

Oh well. seems like a good investment no?

[mellow pelican]

Sunken cost fallacy be like

[warped thunder]

Yeah can't quit now. gotta spend 10 more years and 20k to finally make it out of the hood

[shy pond]

I got all the nonsense, kontakt and like 100 libraries , serum 2, UVI and like 100 libraries, uhh FL studio pro lmfao so much shit ill probably never have the time to even touch , most I got on black Friday deals or whatever so it felt justified, I also have a stage piano, like 8 guitars and enough hardware to fill a 10x10 storage unit, probably helps im well into my 30s and there was a time before things became super digital pretty recently imo - hell I still have old school vinyl turntables and a crap ton of bheringer and korg synths and modulators for days

I wanna say I made the full switch to working in a professional DAW over hardware maybe 8 years ago, hell ive had recording studios - kinda let it get away from me having a little too much fun but eh - I dont regret any of it

[warped thunder]

Btw.; the mix is still very shit so don't worry about that 😛 but arrangement wise, do you think there is something sticking out like a sore thumb or other feedback that can improve this track 🙂

[mellow pelican]

I'm so grateful for itb production

I can't afford recording an orchestra 😹

[warped thunder]

have you at some point done it professionaly?

[shy pond]

yea but the people i worked with, some studio we rented with a couple highschool buddies, everything got real messy - hard to explain to someone i dont know haha but yea it just didnt work out, i could do it full time from home in my room studio now but, idk i never made enough money to pay my bills, im very bad at negotiation, i often work for free, because my passion outweighs my greed, but idk i guess if the offer was right, or the clients were dependable then i could be re convinced, but now, just a hobby

[shy pond]

how about you Mr. interview, whats your goals

[warped thunder]

To not overdose on the weekends

or are we still talking music?

[shy pond]

yea, you already remind me of a 20 year old me

maybe 24 ish i dont know, time flies

[warped thunder]

Music wise I really dont know yet 😛 I started out making metal 10 ish years ago, moved to orchestral / fantasy shit and now recenty I am making a shift to D&B 😛

[shy pond]

whats your daw

[warped thunder]

But EDM is still very new to me so now everything is still fun because I havent hit my plateau. as soon as I do I guess ill move on to jazz or something or Y2K rock

[warped thunder]

FL 🙂

[shy pond]

besides your hats probably hitting the top of the high end spectrum, nothing obvious - however alot of people like these sharp hats, kinda a preference thing

[shy pond]

nah go jazz after edm because edm jazz fusion is fuckin killer

touch on electro swing, you wont regret it

electro sswing is the godchild of edm and jazz

[warped thunder]

wont touch electro swing. I still associate it with early 2010's troll videos

[shy pond]

nahhhhhhhhh its so fun , dont put up walls for yourself, theres alot ot be learned from a technical standpoint

and you can do the electro shuffle on the beat, cmon

why did we practice fortnite dances if not for electro swing

[hoary bone]

can you check it?

[rare oracle]

I enjoyed it

[warped thunder]

How can I improve on the build up? Its just so lame I was thinking arpeggiator? But the tempo is too high and the chords change too fast so I am a but stuck..

[shy pond]

yea, if you have your lead in a vst still: render it, chop it up, stutter it a bit

[cunning grove]

Yo

Check this out

[ancient kindle]

I like it, sounds quite nice

[cunning grove]

Thanks

[desert hornet]

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[cunning grove]

Yet another one

And more

[ancient kindle]

These are decent I like the more melodic parts the most

I think a bit more variation would make it better though

[lucid briar]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9j7EYH_6ATs

[fervent oriole]

favorite part of a teto song i released a week ago.. newish to writing lyrics but I wanted to at least show off my skills with the instrumental :V

not 100% on what genre it is but I guessed probably something like symphonic power metal, or ig just power metal but I just added the symphonic part to it

edit: song is Evil, Inc by Zeracli (the name Im releasing under)

[warped thunder]

I was experimenting a bit, but acid and dnb go together quite decent 😄 dont know how to continue though, feel like I should drop off the energy, but that feels so lame

[warped thunder]

SICK! It gives me Ghost vibes?? I also used to do a lot of symphonic metal a few years ago! my work was not great but I had fun doing it 😄

[sleek idol]

https://youtu.be/YtLTg2TgyUc?is=K-nRTNq34PVf1wZI

recreated how to train your dragon soundtrack, all in the box! Any thoughts or advice?

[pale herald]

https://youtu.be/xApeoEp8Sao?si=qhlF1p1slGOUwiOb

[lucid briar]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCmXr_L1vt4 ps2 menu music

[cyan finch]

Ive been working on some game style music with a twist

Music is such a grind that few want to discuss it because everyone is forced to promote 24 7 lol

[mellow pelican]

We talk about the craft here all the time tho

[cyan finch]

i just found this server

music discords are usually spam haha

[mellow pelican]

Scroll up a little. Last discussion was on 30th March 😁

[cyan finch]

might as well start a new one

lol

what daw?

[mellow pelican]

Wdym? What I use?

[cyan finch]

ye

[mellow pelican]

Reaper and Ableton

[cyan finch]

nice

ableton here

genres?

[mellow pelican]

Is video game music a genre? Not really right? Lol

Idk I try to do media composing

[cyan finch]

there are genres within video game music

[mellow pelican]

Yeah it can be any genre

[cyan finch]

like cinematic, sci fi etc

do u have a preference ?

[lucid briar]

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoP7BSKSiGB70UNvDvdxlAV1Si80IBriT game music

[tulip sapphire]

https://x.com/Desertanu/status/2039403367529640380

[thorn bay]

why does this sound empty

[fair magnet]

lil winter themed action

you can use this in your games no credit to me required

[cyan finch]

Worked on this. Tried to make something kinda driving and catchy. Has a run on bassline lol. Listen to Pulse by demos on #SoundCloud
https://on.soundcloud.com/1g9QbVyU1WTAl2q7B8

No samples or loops. I need to do some leveling and clean it up to avoid clashes. Gotta put it on monitors.

[green crater]

new song for both an album and a rhythm game
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5YT4fvY0Mc

[thorn bay]

what should i change about this (tw loud)

[cyan finch]

https://soundcloud.com/demos-693946574/rain

[raven widget]

Composed a goblin basher theme ha ha

https://youtu.be/5ppXDp0cxww?is=NA07hE_qNqd9btOQ

[winged sail]

Hey everyone, I made a 20-track soundtrack for a video game that doesn’t exist. Each piece transitions into the next, with a true ending at the end. It was a lot of fun to build this world, and I hope you'll enjoy exploring it. I'd love to hear thoughts about it!

https://open.spotify.com/intl-fr/album/2S6hiXRFr8faZ1tlE83iBE?si=pKLk_49lTFG0pUB-D6Ou6w

[mossy jay]

Made in fl studio

Any improvements i should make?

[drowsy surge]

https://x.com/TtimuT7/status/2040095461789278596?s=20

[ashen harness]

https://youtu.be/ofNQO0exlzM

[fervent oriole]

concept for my next teto song.. been working on getting more creative with synths to help it sound more metal without using heavier guitars

[cunning grove]

I think it's because none of the instruments highlight themselves. Try increasing volume or adding reverb

[sharp olive]

made this this morning just for fun

[unborn totem]

https://soundcloud.com/lowecleja/ast-min

[sharp olive]

cool !!!

[unborn totem]

lyrics are actually old norse^^

[sonic robin]

Horror game Main Menu music.
https://youtu.be/kFLSIRj_13g

[humble anchor]

SSD5 DRUMS DETECTED🔥🔥

[fervent oriole]

no worries, i know ball

[drowsy surge]

https://fixvx.com/TtimuT7/status/2040989233175826569?s=20

[gentle stone]

Hey all,

Hope it’s okay to post this here but please let me know if I need to park it elsewhere! I wanted to get your feedback on something real quick.

In a nutshell, I’m planning to be a speaker for the first time at the 2026 game sound con and I wanna make sure that what I have to offer is valuable to everyone who attends.

I’m currently going over a bunch of ideas and want to throw this out there for you to consider.

In light of all the recent layoffs in the game industry, I thought that sharing lessons I’ve learned along the way in my 15 + years as a freelancer might be valuable to those who are new to freelancing and are looking for an alternative to just getting hired by a company considering how competitive it is.

In other words , would a talk on how to freelance in 2026 be something that’s interesting to you? What else would you wanna hear if you were to attend GSC?

Curious to hear your thoughts.

Thanks!

-Aaron-

[unborn totem]

More specifically how to work as a freelancer and be able to earn enough to make a living. I think alot of people going into this industry would value that. Because that is a stepping stone that would actually allow people to advance.

[gentle stone]

Thanks so much for the feedback. Would you mind elaborating a bit more on what you mean by specifically how to work as a freelancer? Things like time management and negotiation come to mind when I think of the “how” so is that what you were thinking of? If there’s anything else, I would love to hear your thoughts.

Thanks again!

[vale violet]

Im not the guy you responded to originally, but I definitely am interested in what you have to say. I agree with what he's saying about working as a freelancer and being able to make it sufficient enough. Things like you mentioned, time management and big on the topic of negotiation. Maybe also some insight on managing workload? What sorts of projects to seek out, what to potentially avoid, how to avoid overcommitting yourself. Networking, which im sure gets said a lot but maybe what you did that you felt worked well for you when it comes to networking?

[unborn totem]

this is exactly what i meant, to have freelancing as a main source of income, and strategies to achieve that

[cyan finch]

any guitarists wanna collab on some hobby music for fun? lemme knooooow.

[humble anchor]

do you all think orchestra can still be good if made with low realistic samples?

I'm testing an orchestra soundfont. It's not a bad one but IMO it's not that mind blowing one

(also no reverb because lazy)

[orchid creek]

any gamedevs need music for their games? im a music producer with over 2 years of experience dm if intersted

[static elbow]

yes, i made a looot of thing with just soundfont and a lot of reverb, with layering you can do a lot

that is pratically with only sfz and reverb
-# the melody is "Song Of Storms" from Zelda: Ocarina of Time, this is not mine, i only made the synths for experimentation purposes.

also, doing a lot of research, you can find cool free sfz packs

[tulip sapphire]

https://fixupx.com/Desertanu/status/2041903809740366218

[dapper crown]

Wow Twitter sounds like shit.

[gentle stone]

Thanks so much Brian for the feedback! This helps out a lot. I appreciate it.

[desert hornet]

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[thin yarrow]

Ambient kind of music

[craggy knot]

The original FF7 soundtrack is your answer to this!

[dense nebula]

kinda looking for an arranger for my hobby game

or in general some people to make game music with

[thorny wasp]

Cool

[shadow talon]

colorful stuff !

[shadow talon]

this is cool

[final jay]

I've heard this so much that I forgot it's originally KSI's thick of it

I'm not really that good at music but I thought why not share some of my stuff

if anyone had any advices then please tell me

[void oar]

woah this sounds crazy

[winged gazelle]

I tried learning FL Studio and ended up with this after an hour or so. Shame you cant save projects with the trial version!

[remote cove]

try to do some rescore stuff on this insane game lmao
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ew-b6lZFrpY

[dense nebula]

another level theme i made

[wooden stump]

rompler theme

Generative remix (Suno), Dec'2025

Exodus - Lord British's Ultima III: Sosaria Overture (2025)

Faxanadu (Famicom/NES 1987), 'Mantra' entry screen BGM remix (2026).

How do you feel about generative systems as a cutural medium?

does the answer vary for text and image systems? Have you spent much time working with musical systems or integrating the three?

[normal scroll]

I think in general the people in the Creative Arts channels get annoyed when you post AI Gen in their channel

#ai-dev is a more welcoming place for this sort of thing (I assume, I haven't checked)

[desert hedge]

Here’s something just for fun

[wooden stump]

combining Windows XP era software with Linux desktop open source-- (Linux Mint 21, pulseaudio, ALSA) it's actually possible to toss audio back and forth between native, emulated, and Flatpack'd apps.

DIY modular VSTi (VCV Rack) being driven by pre-VSTi native Windows sequencer.

[little quartz]

Hey! I wanted to get into Audio making for my game assests, I was wondering what a good free app could be? I've got barely any money so I need to stick to free stuff, but I still want to make personalised tunes, is there anything anyone could suggest? Thanks!!

[mellow pelican]

I've managed to do something similar with VMware and blackhole under MacOS. Showed me how powerful software can be for sure

[mellow pelican]

Try Reaper. It's not free but you can use the trial forever like winrar

[little quartz]

Ahh thank you tons!

[mellow pelican]

You need virtual instrument plugins too because they don't come with reaper

[little quartz]

Ohh, any idea where I could find those? Would I just need to seatch the instruments + reaper or something 😭

[mellow pelican]

Yeah well it depends on what you want to make. There are many good free synthesizers like surge xt, hopefully you know what a synthesizer is
But if you want to make convincing sounding orchestral music for free you're likely screwed

Or let's say realistic sounding orchestra like in modern scores

[wooden stump]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcoZTC_FPfo

[cunning grove]

I can confirm, getting realistic is the hardest thing I have to do

[wraith oracle]

been a while since I used a tracker, so this was fun
this is targetting the GBA for a solo homebrew project, it's only using 7 voices, and everything here is sampled from my roland SC-8850 aside from the cello which is some random kawai k5000 sample I had lying on my disk

[thin yarrow]

Untitled.mp3

[cunning grove]

Idk why I did this song since it's for a moment way later in my fangame, but check it out

[jade onyx]

voice acting and sound design practice

[cunning grove]

Sounds very good

[wraith oracle]

thanks!

[wooden stump]

progressive metal remix cover of "I'll Be Back (Round 3)" from Sega's Altered Beast (Genesis/MegaDrive 1988).

[wooden stump]

may i remix this and share any results? :3

[soft venture]

made this mostly for fun but I'd like feedback on it so that I can improve in the future

[cunning grove]

Oh yeah sure

I would like to see that

[wooden stump]

Any associations I should have? I have a slight C418/minecraft vibe as i listen to the piece

[cunning grove]

Nyxtheshield and Tony Fox

[wooden stump]

ok

[cunning grove]

Ok that's really cool

I would even use it as a menu or credits song if it didn't have so much weight in the story

[wooden stump]

nod i'm glad you like!

is this something i could share with others?

[cunning grove]

Yeah sure

[wooden stump]

woo

[cunning grove]

Possibly the first song in-game, but could change. Check it out

[viscid scarab]

Unfinished tracks by our dedicated commposer

[latent thistle]

evironment V1 hella HELLA reminds me of a mix between mice on venus and waterfall from undertale, VERY melancholy, reflective, and a little emotional