Music Production

[charred steppe]

Rahhh

[merry hollow]

Sigh

Ofc

Just glad there weren't 10 of them

Bit busy rn so I'll listen to all these in like a few hours

[rugged iris]

Noice

[merry hollow]

@cerulean pike I put a vocoder on my hi hats

Well, 3 of my hi hats

The 4th doesn't have it xd

Wasn't there a free color bass plugin somewhere? I'm gonna download it and put it on my hi hats

[charred steppe]

Eh resonator

Eb

Eb resonator

For plugdata

Vocodex is also good for color bass tho if u

Though

[merry hollow]

Yeah that's what I used

I'm not making color bass

Just turning hi hats tonal xd

[merry hollow]

I was trying to make a perc loop and I accidentally made a chiptune arp

[merry hollow]

Lol

[cerulean pike]

good

[merry hollow]

What do you think about my patcher chain

For my percussions

[cerulean pike]

I have no idea what raum is

but uh it's weird ig

[merry hollow]

Reverb

[cerulean pike]

not the most cursed thing I've ever seen or made myself though

[merry hollow]

Its for a single percussion sound

[blazing obsidian]

Chat, I'm back

Worked on this for a while, what do yall think?

(Pov: ElementD remixed Stereo Love)

[merry hollow]

Oh god Hardstyle-

[blazing obsidian]

yessir

euphoric hardtsyle

[merry hollow]

No offense but I stay far away from that genre xd

[blazing obsidian]

i feel yah, i stood away from it too, when i was an ncs geek

but then

i listened to Heaven by Elektronomia

it was...amazing

wth am i doing, talking like a mc in a slice of life manga?

[merry hollow]

Lmao

[merry hollow]

Fair

I have my own genres that I listen to

[blazing obsidian]

i was a prog house glazer before heaven

[merry hollow]

Nah

I don't listen to much house

Sometimes Bass House and very few Future Bounce tracks

Probably only 1-2 ngl

My main thing is EDM Trap and Hybrid Trap

Though I do love a few older golden era Dubstep tracks

Neurofunk is- quite interesting to say the least

And Nerdcore is just amazing

[charred steppe]

Owh this is like

The typical kind of party hardstyle

Crazy

Anyways pretty nice

Idk this is one of the thingies

:p

[blazing obsidian]

i can see this in a level called universal destruction (also nice colour bass, dnb, hardcore and speedcore in one song)

[rugged iris]

Full song when?

[charred steppe]

Once it’s finished

[merry hollow]

Why is making cinematic music so hard

[cerulean pike]

Are you using the right scale?

or err

mode

yeah

not scale

mode

[rugged iris]

even Bryce couldn't get them right

Damn, that actually rhymes

[merry hollow]

Yeah I am, I was actually having trouble going out of key lol

It worked out well though, I gtg in a bit but I'll post the result when I came back

[merry hollow]

Lol

[merry hollow]

Its compressed so might be lower quality

And this won't be the actual arrangement dw, just making sure stuff isn't sounding too off from each other

Also rip okay nvm, I'll send it soon when I open my laptop back up

[merry hollow]

What do you think @cerulean pike @charred steppe @rugged iris

[merry hollow]

Remember this

[merry hollow]

Happy Birthday :D

[rugged iris]

That bell is too loud.
But this track is...
[suspense in the air]
Pretty good because i wanna tear my ears off.
You know why?
Because this...
[suspense in the air again]
should be heard by a higher life form...
(I forgot the continuation )

[cerulean pike]

ty ty

[merry hollow]

Its a gong, and its temporary until I make one on my own. But the volume is fine honestly, maybe I'll make it a bit more drowned out. Also I get the reference lol

[merry hollow]

Nw ofc! :D

[cerulean pike]

I forgor 😭😭😭

[merry hollow]

What?

[cerulean pike]

to check it out

[merry hollow]

Oh lol

[cerulean pike]

err

[merry hollow]

All good

let me know what you think of it

[cerulean pike]

generic RPG fantasy fighting music

reminds me of Dragon Age

[merry hollow]

Lol

Its supposed to be for a collab

Gonna add more major elements too

Probably gonna start with major, go to minor, then major again and then these sections

[cerulean pike]

I have no idea how you're going to do it but right now it by all measures sounds like a soundtrack

not a standalone piece of music

[merry hollow]

Its supposed to sound like one

Lol

[cerulean pike]

oke

[merry hollow]

This is the 2nd one of the 5 part series

[cerulean pike]

check this out chat

also don't mind the mess

[cerulean pike]

yo @merry hollow I got Raum now

[merry hollow]

Have you tried it out yet?

👀

[cerulean pike]

nah

[merry hollow]

O o h

[cerulean pike]

Didn't even install it yet

[merry hollow]

Midi controller

[cerulean pike]

yea

M-audio oxygen pro mini

[merry hollow]

I really like using it for reverb throws

[cerulean pike]

Got a free kontakt library with 15 plugins with it

[merry hollow]

Wow

Which ones?

[cerulean pike]

the pack is called Komplete 15 Select Electronic

But I got some plugins with my audio interface earlier and there are some free ones on my account so it's 33 total

ooo I got Massive X

also a couple Ozone 11 plugins

[merry hollow]

Wow

Congratulations man!

And Happy Birthday once again!

[cerulean pike]

ty ty

it takes eons to download all of it tho

[merry hollow]

Yeah understandable

I downloaded XDM a while ago for the same reason

Its free on the microsoft store

[cerulean pike]

and I'm not even downloading the big plugins

[merry hollow]

Because my download speeds on browsers are horrendous for whatever reason

[cerulean pike]

like this fat bitch

[merry hollow]

Yeah music is very spacy

[merry hollow]

I think that's free-

I'm pretty sure I had it before

Idk if I still do, let me check

Okay I do not rn xd

[cerulean pike]

and what about these?

[merry hollow]

Yeah those aren't afaiaa

I have Analog Dreams, Hybrid Keys, and Ethereal Earth

All of those are free

[cerulean pike]

Also I got gifted this stupid ahh Miku

[merry hollow]

Lol

[cerulean pike]

ight time to play around in FL studio with all the new software

[merry hollow]

Enjoy

[cerulean pike]

hehehe funni pitch knob

[cerulean pike]

all recorded with the new midi controller

[charred steppe]

i got pinged

[fleet island]

It was this

@charred steppe

[charred steppe]

huh

i dont think it was

[fleet island]

That’s the most recent ping for you I saw

[charred steppe]

mm weird

[rugged iris]

my bad, i sent a gif and it too small to see and i remove it

[charred steppe]

Oowh alright

It’s fine then dw

[rugged iris]

[merry hollow]

Hmm

[blazing obsidian]

Bruh I missed so much lol 😭👍

[rugged iris]

I got beef with that bell being out of key.
Otherwise you're doing good,

Also, where can i get those choirs?

Damn i found my old SoundCloud account.

I found a song i made in 2022 called "no escape"

It sucks

[merry hollow]

Its supposed to be out of key, its place between G and G# because its supposed to be natural

Its also just a base, I'll recreate it and make it more tonal and maybe make it fit

It depends, but its for tension, it'll connect a lot of the more intense parts

Also, its a gong

Not a bell

[cerulean pike]

i think natural bells and err gongs are finely-tuned too

I mean, you should make it around 35 cents off-pitch if you want it to sound natural

or smth like that

[merry hollow]

Its around about there yeah, its the original sound, unedited

Like I said, I plan to remake it so it actually fits more

[charred steppe]

i have no idea what i made but i likei t

[charred steppe]

damn

a]

[charred steppe]

@merry hollow @sudden moth @cerulean pike thoughts

[cerulean pike]

where bass

[merry hollow]

I agree

I feel like that's always the case with Dami's music though

[charred steppe]

Has to be added

[charred steppe]

I mean I guess

[merry hollow]

Idk

I just don't find a lot of low end in your tracks

And my low end is always boosted too xd

[charred steppe]

I noticed the same thing too kind of

[charred steppe]

😭 I’m scared to overdo it

Since hardcore kicks already feel bassy

[merry hollow]

Sidechain.

[sudden moth]

yeah thats noy loading on mgy end

[charred steppe]

Fair

[charred steppe]

Aww

[cerulean pike]

Won't you be able to tell if you overdo it?

[charred steppe]

Probably

Idk though I listen to bass heavy music so too much bass isn’t a thing for me

[cerulean pike]

ig you should look at the frequency spectrum then

I generally aim for all frequencies to have more or less the same presence

[rugged iris]

Oh...

[rugged iris]

I swear that i have put out the link to my soundcloud but the message was remove. (I didn't remove it)

[rugged iris]

Idk it doesn't good to me but it maybe to you soooo Idk

[merry hollow]

Eh, I have context for it so ik how it sounds

Again though I'll be creating my own gong with samples and layers to use instead of this

Its just a placeholder

[rugged iris]

Cool idea.
Needs a weird ass bass.
Drums are little loud.

[rugged iris]

Good, good

[rugged iris]

Good, good.

[merry hollow]

Good, good.

[charred steppe]

yeahh maybe

idk i have this rn

[rugged iris]

[rugged iris]

It's better than before. Good, good.
Sooo tell me, is this a drop or a verse?
I think it's verse

[charred steppe]

idk

[rugged iris]

[charred steppe]

im supposed to make it fit in here 😭

[rugged iris]

Oh...
So there are they’re the same bpm and key right?

[charred steppe]

yep

200 bpm

d#min

[rugged iris]

💀

[charred steppe]

nothing wrong wit hit

it

with it

[rugged iris]

I know it's just i never went beyond 174 hehehe

[charred steppe]

😭

idk i listen to a lot of stuff over 200 bpm

[rugged iris]

Over 200!!!

I feel like a caveman now

[charred steppe]

why 😭

[rugged iris]

Anyway, if you're merging the two trying making the melody close to the drop.

[charred steppe]

ill try yeah

we also want to include a hardstyle drop 😭

[rugged iris]

I never listen to anything over 170

[charred steppe]

might use the melody for that first and then transition it to artcore

[rugged iris]

Is it reeeeeally necessary?

[charred steppe]

yes

why?

idk

[rugged iris]

Ok good idea

[rugged iris]

You do you

ig

[charred steppe]

yeahh

[rugged iris]

here's the first ever song i made.
warning:
it sucks

i'll remake it

[charred steppe]

i mean its your first song so yeahh

ignore this its basically the same thing

[rugged iris]

i was sooo proud of it

[charred steppe]

😭 mine was a looper app thing

[rugged iris]

looper wha...?

[charred steppe]

basically square tiles with loops

[rugged iris]

oh...
well we all gotta start somewhere

[charred steppe]

yeahh

[rugged iris]

sooo, i listen to Control by NEFFEX through QQ Music and its a big step up from 5 AM.
sorry i couldn't help myself .

[cerulean pike]

dunno didn't really like it

[cerulean pike]

[charred steppe]

this will need some heavy tweaking

[rugged iris]

huh?
it's literally "Fight Back" level of good

i made a mashup with Broken by BS and Smooth by Chainsmokers.

I used lyrics from broken and slapped them on Smooth

i chopped some part and added fx to blend the part i chopped.

i thought i could mix vocs from both songs but they don't have the same vibe.

[rugged iris]

that sustain third note on the drop's bass should be an octive lower.
The drop is a little longer than it should be, it becomes repetitive.
otherwise... good job

[cerulean pike]

idk man I didn't feel it

I liked the intro and that's about it

not to mention that the video itself is messy and it's hard to tell what's going on sometimes

[merry hollow]

Eh it was decent, I'll need to hear it again to see what I like and what I don't

[rugged iris]

It's okay

[rugged iris]

At least it's a little creative with the lyrics not generic like 5am

[rugged iris]

True, the first half matched the lyrics a little bit but then the second half was like messy.

[rugged iris]

My eaaaaars

[charred steppe]

a

[cerulean pike]

[rugged iris]

Yay cyberpunk

[rugged iris]

This track is all over the place, it's unfocus?
try minimizing the amount of instrument you're using.
i like the metal guitar part 1:46

Guys i tried shooting my shot at Cyperpunk and i came up with this shit.

it's missing something and idk what is it

[charred steppe]

hmm i feel like it needs a bit more fx and the bass also feel off

[rugged iris]

i only layer 3 basses, put drums and the siren in the 2nd part. What's off about the bass, so i can fix it ?

[charred steppe]

hmm first of all try adding some background atmos- it usually makes it sound better

and for the basses

maybe a slight acid layer could be awesome

[rugged iris]

the track is good, the hardstyle doesn't sound right and transition from Hardstyle to the calm section is off too

[charred steppe]

or maybe try playing around with the pattern

[charred steppe]

i mean the last 2 thingies are just there

[rugged iris]

shiiiiii i forgot i need to put acid basses in it hehhhehe

[charred steppe]

idk i usually make ideas and put them somewhere at the end to just have them there

[charred steppe]

😭

[rugged iris]

yeah that's noice i should try it because i build my tracks from the start to finish, most of the time i don't reach the finish because of boredom and i give up heheh

[rugged iris]

[merry hollow]

Layers, more distortion

[charred steppe]

@merry hollow this person has 3tb of vsts

[rugged iris]

Ok

[rugged iris]

Wtf do you need 3tb of vsts for?

[merry hollow]

Oh hell no lmao

I know I have like 400-500 gb of stuff too but that includes- samples, vsts, presets, and other things too

Having 3 tb of just vsts is insane lmao

[rugged iris]

I have like 4gb worth of vsts and fx. I know i need to increase that number up but I'm too lazy to do that.
Anyway, any recommendations for vsts and sample pack, im feeling dried out and my projects sound the same

[blazing obsidian]

What's up everyone?

[blazing obsidian]

Strobe?

[merry hollow]

Nah that's fine. Samples are nice but they shouldn't be a main priority or something

Keep making music, when you need more sounds, search, and add

[rugged iris]

That a vst or sample pack?

[rugged iris]

[rugged iris]

I like it. Good work
Criticism:
-Claps in the buildup are weak
-The buildups are kinda longer than they should be, but idk i don't listen or produce hardstyle

[charred steppe]

What bpm is that? :p

[charred steppe]

Also yeah I agree with this

And the lead needs some work too but sounds decent for now !!

[cerulean pike]

I feel like the kicks in the drop should be more emphasized
Perhaps add more dynamics?
I'm not a hardstyle enthusiast so I'm comparing it to the intro sequence in Deco*27's ハオ (https://youtu.be/3GzRDW3hZ1k)
Also the lead synth's stuttering at every phrase is mildly irritating
But it's a good piece overall I'd say

[cerulean pike]

sooo I got actually curious about hardstyle kicks and decided to try them for myself (my head hurts)

[charred steppe]

DO NOT PLAY THIS

[rugged iris]

needs better mixing at the beninging, the drop is good, from 0:48 the end doesn't sound good at all with bong thing.

ifeel like im overcritisizing and i'm sorry
im just pointing the flaws in your projects, so you can perfect them

[rugged iris]

i turn the volume down thinking im gonna be ok but my ear got ruptured and i got jumpscare .

f*ck

[charred steppe]

😭 its 180 lufs

[rugged iris]

[cerulean pike]

lufs aren't converted to db 1:1 but if you're standing in front of a jet engine you'll be experiencing around 160 db sound pressure if I remember correctly

[charred steppe]

Could be

[cerulean pike]

180 is experiencing a submarine sonar ping underwater

and above 200 is the loudness of a nuclear explosion

[charred steppe]

I have a mission

[cerulean pike]

😭😭😭 bro's gonna make a speaker killer

[charred steppe]

:p

[cerulean pike]

btw the scale is logarithmic so +10 db increase means tenfold loudness increase

oh yeah I remembered nuke is 230 db

Wait

I found the scale

nuke is up to 282 db

[cerulean pike]

this is literally above the loudness of a flashbang

[blazing obsidian]

It's not a hardstyle kick, it's a gabber kick, there's a difference, gabber kicks are used for hardcore, and rawcore, hardstyle kicks are used for hardstyle and rawstyle, this is a real hardstyle kick

[blazing obsidian]

I think 147-to-150 bpm

[blazing obsidian]

This too

[blazing obsidian]

No offense, the vocals make it feel like it was made by AI (sorry in advance if you made it)

[worldly beacon]

Thank you for the advice. I will try to make it sound more real and add more vocals to it.

[charred steppe]

still have to tweak the build up a bit

[charred steppe]

Owh hmm

Not bad then

[charred steppe]

Rubber band

I can’t remember the exact process for making hardstyle kicks

But Its boosting mids and distortion I think

[charred steppe]

I have a bigger mission

Make something above 500db

[rugged iris]

You made this?
And are those your vocals?

[worldly beacon]

Not my vocals. But yes I made this.

[merry hollow]

I agree- I don't mean to offend either but

It does seem like that

Again, doesn't mean it is, but still-

I tried out some other songs, some low quality ones and then some higher quality ones

None came even close

[worldly beacon]

Yeah, yeah. Maybe I did use Ai to sing it whatever... I made the lyrics and the beat.

Does it really matter.

[merry hollow]

Yeah-

Its not like I can do anything about it so like- idk- :/

[worldly beacon]

Sorr

I was rude

You're right

I already sing good the thing is the audio doesn't work well it doesn't catch it right.

I'm sorry

[merry hollow]

Nah that's fine, Idc about you being rude, but yeah using ai for music does matter imo

[merry hollow]

Wdym?

If you don't have a professional mic or anything then I recommend surrounding whatever you are using with towels

From like every side but where your voice is coming

[worldly beacon]

Alright

The thing is I'm broke

Literally

And a towel I don't even have running water

[merry hollow]

That's understandable

There's a difference between using ai while saying it and using it because you don't have any other options

I remember I made 3 or so song covers using ai before, I stopped doing that a while ago when I tried to get better at just doing it myself

I'm still not good rn but like its enough for me to work with it

[cerulean pike]

I used to record vocals on the mic that's on my phone and it was acceptable

well

to the extent of my ability to sing anyways

[merry hollow]

Again, use towels lol

I remember I was sending a voice message to an irl friend and my earphone's mic sounded SO terrible

[cerulean pike]

not really necessary I don't have any crazy resonance or anything here

[merry hollow]

Like my voice is already a bit slurry as is, and with how terrible the mic sounded- just yeah no lol

[merry hollow]

Yeah fair ig it just depends though

[cerulean pike]

I do use my ahh what do you call it in Enlgish bathing robe I guess??? when I record with my condenser mic

[merry hollow]

Using towels will help in stopping recording the room's audio

Like sure yeah you don't hear it irl but over a recording ambience does get picked up

[worldly beacon]

Forget I even posted here.

Till I get a mic I can't do anything

[merry hollow]

Again- I didn't mean to be rude about the whole ai thing

But it does make some difference at least

[rugged iris]

nice, honestly that's pretty good. like the vocals kinda eh but the track is good. i love the synth in the buildup

[rugged iris]

still feels off when transitioning to the hardstyle part.
i think it's out of key or something

[charred steppe]

I skipped 90%of the song 😭 ofc it won’t sound good

[charred steppe]

And the kick will probs change and get some more layers

Since it’s kind of weak now

[rugged iris]

i was just saying

[cerulean pike]

wait is that the fl dance plugin in bottom right corner?

or whatever it was called

[rugged iris]

I have a question .
What resolution is your monitor?

[charred steppe]

2560x1080

[charred steppe]

Nope it’s a gif in obs itself

[cerulean pike]

ah I see

I just discovered that apparently you can make custom characters and animations in fruity dance

[charred steppe]

You can but I’m lazy

[rugged iris]

Okay

damn that's wide

now i know why my laptop can't render your videos lol, poor laptop

[charred steppe]

a

ill try adding growls in between the color thingies

[rugged iris]

https://tenor.com/view/noice-nice-click-gif-8843762

[merry hollow]

Hmm, I'm getting an idea but I'll shortly need to go sleep xd

If I remember it, I'll make it when I wake up

[rugged iris]

you sleep

[merry hollow]

Yes

[charred steppe]

Since when

[merry hollow]

Since yesterda-night ig

[rugged iris]

my sleep schedule is fcked , i am literally an owl right now, i sleepy in the day and wakey at night

but now it's afternoon and i haven't slept since yesterday

[merry hollow]

Trust me, if your sleep schedule is bad then mine doesn't even exist

[rugged iris]

but you said you slept

[merry hollow]

Yeah, after 2 days

I woke up and instantly drank a monster

First one I've had in like 5 months or so

[rugged iris]

hmmmmmmm

[merry hollow]

Actually wait no- last one I had was in May I think

[rugged iris]

noice the white or black one hihiihih

[merry hollow]

So that's- June, July, August, September

Yeah 4-5 months

[merry hollow]

White

Not one of my personal favorites but its still great

[rugged iris]

emmmmmmmm, never tried it but i may

[merry hollow]

Its decent, I'd say the original or nitro are probably my favorites

Of the ones that I've tried so far at least

[rugged iris]

okay thanks

ive been only drinking soda for a long time, it's time i try something different (im 20yrsold )

[merry hollow]

Nah that's fine

Energy drinks aren't really like a necessity or anything lol

I just like how monster tastes like a LOT

I only have 1 per month max

[rugged iris]

right but in my country they're kinda pricey (no, im just broke )

not just monster

other brands too hhehe

[merry hollow]

Fair lol

And dw I'm broke too

[blazing obsidian]

Inspired by @charred steppe

This is the song in the picture

[charred steppe]

owh damn fl studio mobile even

not bad

[blazing obsidian]

Thanks (the demo or the theme?)

[charred steppe]

demo

[rugged iris]

hehehehehhe

[rugged iris]

That's gooood dap me up

why this part 2:35 is out of key?

[cerulean pike]

Since when does dragging samples over in FL Studio depict FL-chan?

[thorny mulch]

Been a while since i last chat here

What's good everyone

Been a while since i made music aswell

Last uploaded 4 months ago 💀

[cerulean pike]

💀

[thorny mulch]

Sup bruv

[cerulean pike]

yo

[thorny mulch]

What's good

[charred steppe]

idk

[blazing obsidian]

It's not, it's the leads' detune

[blazing obsidian]

Ooh what's up?

[blazing obsidian]

dapped

[rugged iris]

Mmmmm it sounds weird but other than that it's good

[charred steppe]

piano thing from a song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b06pKMxF6h8&list=RDb06pKMxF6h8&start_radio=1 this one

[charred steppe]

okay what

the atmos is crazy

[cerulean pike]

Satisfactory OST be like:

[rugged iris]

🗣🗣🗣

[rugged iris]

[rugged iris]

Nice breakcore

[rugged iris]

hi
so i made something, it's missing a lead melody

it's only buildup and drop

[charred steppe]

Tyty

[blazing obsidian]

The fake-out reminds me of someone but I don't know

But great melodic trap

And chords are really nostalgic

For lead melody, I think a chiptune arp would work well

[merry hollow]

Nice but I'm sorry the snare is just not it imo

[rugged iris]

thanks and the snare is a placeholder for now

[rugged iris]

thank you man i appreciate the help

[rugged iris]

reminds me of something out of NCS

[charred steppe]

a

ignore the length- i have like 10 more days to finish it

[rugged iris]

the vocs in the benninging are aaah... eeh?
the track it self is good, thebuildup section is eeh too, the drop is nice but there is something weird with it, i just can't place my finger on it.
Overall is 7.5/10

[charred steppe]

Yeah I know they’re just well

There

I did all of this in 3 days so the overall quality is shit

[cerulean pike]

bro I'm lucky if I spend 30 minutes a week working on a track

[merry hollow]

My projects either go for hours on end every day or for like 20 minutes every session which is every few days xd

[rugged iris]

i know but that's good, it'll get better as time goes on.

[charred steppe]

@cerulean pike

[charred steppe]

[rugged iris]

not again

[charred steppe]

A sound above 1000dB is able to create a black hole the size of our galaxy

😭

And 600dB is able to shatter the air

[rugged iris]

dayum

[cerulean pike]

Makes sense since the scale is logarithmic

[charred steppe]

Yeahh

Also

😭

[thorny mulch]

yo guys cook up something with dis if u can. Im workin on the full song rn

do not ask me why it stops at 1:00

idk myself

if yall wanna help me finish it, be my guest 🙏

[merry hollow]

Hmm, feels odd

The guitar is nice but I just don't think anything else works too well, at least without any vocals to blend them together

[rugged iris]

noiceee! that drop oooooowee

the panning of your sounds is kinda aggressive or too much

[rugged iris]

what DAW are you using

if Flstudio
select everything then hit Ctrl + R

then select which format you wanna export

[thorny mulch]

I use soundtrap lol

[thorny mulch]

Yeah

[thorny mulch]

Any ideas?

[merry hollow]

Maybe change out the drums

You can keep the style but I seriously think the sounds just don't fit, that might just be me though

Otherwise the quality is great

[thorny mulch]

Alr

[merry hollow]

Hmm

I'm listening to it again

And like- the drop section sounds good

I think it may just be the drums before that

Not sure about the kick

[cerulean pike]

https://tenor.com/view/bocchi-bocchi-the-rock-lonely-lonely-lonely-lonely-i-guess-i'm-lonely-evernight-march-gif-9671121314844042818

[thorny mulch]

alr

[thorny mulch]

did i cook?

[rugged iris]

[rugged iris]

Yeah i think

[thorny mulch]

Heh thx

[merry hollow]

Yes.

The new snare sounds much better imo

I know its not the same song dw

Just saying that the snare matches imo

[cerulean pike]

what using bitcrusher on master does to a mf

[merry hollow]

I like to use it on filtered drums ngl

And on sfx layers

[cerulean pike]

yea bitcrushed drums do sound good

especially the crash

[merry hollow]

I only bit crush the kick and snares-

I've NEVER found a good use for a filtered crash

[charred steppe]

I bitcrush uh

Hard kicks

I mean rainbow kicks

But it’s only at 40% and 10 khz so it isn’t that noticeable

wip

[charred steppe]

ignore

[cerulean pike]

this was 100% bitcrushed to 11 khz

this is the frequency DOS ran sounds on

hold on no way I got this midi

[cerulean pike]

So apparently there were just midi files for all the OSTs for x-com ufo defense in the game folder which I can just import in fl studio

[cerulean pike]

😭😭😭 what is this nightmare fuel bruh

"kik" 😭😭😭

[thorny mulch]

crazy

[cerulean pike]

okay so I discovered the general midi format

[charred steppe]

about 10 months between the realms remix and collab 😭

the top 1 is purely unprocessed samples

the bottom one has layered snares and color basses 😭

and a lot of atmos..

[merry hollow]

The genre changes every few seconds, what am I even supposed to be listening to?

[cerulean pike]

isn't that cool?

[merry hollow]

That depends-

Doesn't work everywhere

[cerulean pike]

I just had an idea

maybe I should make an actual cover of this

and/or mix it with another track from the ost

[charred steppe]

the genres

[cerulean pike]

Progress so far
I only did the drums, bass and one of the leads, the rest is general midi

[cerulean pike]

Updated version

[rugged iris]

Noice

[cerulean pike]

That's it? No other comments..?
You usually give some criticism

[rugged iris]

i actually checked discord quickly, then went to sleep . i'll give another listen and citicize it (after my cheap ahh earbuds recharge)

[rugged iris]

I like the original chords better than the updated, i like the guitar from the updated version, i like the sound effects from the updated version.
I don't like how the guitar is just a sustained note (2:30) throughout the guitar. Try having the bass and guitar go together.
Other than that it's kinda perfect.

If i was making a game with an 8bit style, I'd use this

[cerulean pike]

the guitar is a synth btw

also yeah I updated it a little bit and bitcrushed it

[rugged iris]

[cerulean pike]

I mean it's not a dedicated guitar synth, it's a regular saw

I just applied guitar cabinet impulse responses to it

[rugged iris]

this better but 0:48 the guitar feels repetitive, try changing note to reduce that. (idk, maybe i'm stupid )

[rugged iris]

okay then

everyona, i'm working on a track inspired by Grateful by kneeffex. i found a similar violin sample

[cerulean pike]

too bad I already uploaded it

it's a halloween track sorta

but ai plan on recording live guitar for non-bitcrushed version

[cerulean pike]

I feel like it misses some dynamics and maybe note variety

But overall a good inspiration/idea at least

ngl I lowkey wanna learn the violin

but I don't think I have it in me anymore

[rugged iris]

Where?

[rugged iris]

Okay i may need your help in the future

[rugged iris]

It's a sample can't tweak note and i don't have a 🎻 plugin so i have to work with what i have

[rugged iris]

Good good

[rugged iris]

https://tenor.com/view/i'm-afraid-arthur-morgan-red-dead-redemption-2-arthur-morgan-i'm-afraid-popsdops-gif-850640573973312845

I read it in his voices lmao

[cerulean pike]

you don't have any vocal pitching plugins?

[cerulean pike]

I started a second youtube channel for copyright-risky stuff so it's there
https://youtu.be/wkSkWajAmRo?si=K-pwkxobcbktQ9sW

I plan on making a non-bitcrushed/expanded version and releasing both of them on the main channel without the copyrighted pictures

[rugged iris]

No

[rugged iris]

Nice

I'll check it out and maybe sub as well

[rugged iris]

Go for it

[rugged iris]

so i found this really beautiful guitar melody and even has bryce savage vibes to it. I made a small ahh beat out of it, also give me tips on what to do because i'm stuck

[charred steppe]

Hmm I feel like Bryce would use more of the stomp type of kick

[rugged iris]

my kicks are shit and this one (in the track) i tweaked it for minutes so it can sound acceptable. can you spare a stomp kick?

https://tenor.com/view/beggar-mendiant-emoji-meme-gif-14766354842854086359

[charred steppe]

i dont have those surprisingly 😭😭

[rugged iris]

it's okay i'll manage

I put anotherkick and i think they sound stompy enough

now$

[cerulean pike]

do a piano

I think it would fit well

[rugged iris]

that's a good idea, i'll do it later

maybe put it in the drop?

you what? i'll do it now

[cerulean pike]

I'd use it for the melody

since you can't tweak the guitar sample

[rugged iris]

oh yeah yeah good idea

tnx

[cerulean pike]

yw

[rugged iris]

[cerulean pike]

I actually know how to write music man

I just don't know how to process it most of the time

[rugged iris]

same

[cerulean pike]

actually now I think that arrangement and harmony matter more than sound design

[rugged iris]

yeah true, sound design comes later

[cerulean pike]

One of my favorite artists rolled out a redo of several of his tracks that I like and even though I find the remakes significantly worse than the originals they still rock

even if way weaker

[rugged iris]

yeah sometimes you wanna remaster or remake a song you end up making worse. like My Mind by NEFFEX when he first showed it, it was fire but when he release the remaster... ew it didn't sound as good.

he over cleaned it

[cerulean pike]

I think you only should remaster or remake something when you've improved significantly

sort of "do it the right way"

And I don't think that esteemed artists can grow that much once they reach a certain point and well their music becomes real music

[rugged iris]

i agree

[rugged iris]

yeah true true. (i suck at communication)

[cerulean pike]

😭😭😭

[rugged iris]

[rugged iris]

like irl and online wtf

[cerulean pike]

I don't think I've quite reached that point yet because every release I make I look back and can see all the imperfections that I couldn't perceive at the time

[rugged iris]

yeah that happens when you start doing something new like music or painting or drawing, you'll think it's easy and you'll see your work as perfect but as you learn your awareness increases and you start seeing what wrong in what you do. (battery level/1 percent)

[rugged iris]

yay

hhhhhh

[cerulean pike]

I do not know what a stomp kick is

[charred steppe]

its kind of a more reverby type of kick

[charred steppe]

a

[rugged iris]

it's like if womp was a kick

(like i said earlier, zero communication)

[rugged iris]

Nice Buildup

can someone suggest me some sort of an autotune?

[cerulean pike]

Antares

Though it does cost money, legally speaking

[rugged iris]

no free alternatives or do i have to go the illegal route?

[cerulean pike]

I don't know of any free alternatives but your DAW might have a plugin for that

[rugged iris]

newtone?

[cerulean pike]

Yeah I think

But tbf you'd be better off doing manual tuning

You open a sample, right click and select edit in pitch corrector

Then after you're done you open the scissors dropdown menu in edison and select send to playlist as an audio clip

[rugged iris]

okay i'll check it out tnx

[rugged iris]

i tried it but i'm too lazy and it's also too much work

[cerulean pike]

Yeah but if you're working with actual vocals and you don't want them to sound artificial you'll have to tune them manually

though even manual tuning can't fix my shitty singing

[rugged iris]

I found this unreleased song from bryce savage where sing the chorus terrible. It's called "your smile".
I just cut them out and left the verses and chopped them into 2 part to create a new chorus

It still sound eh but it's okay

[cerulean pike]

[rugged iris]

[cerulean pike]

This is me when I realize that there are no tabs for the song I want to learn so I'll have to pick it by ear

[merry hollow]

I have a LOT of kicks

What kind do you need

[rugged iris]

Can you send all of them?

https://tenor.com/view/fat-fat-monkey-fat-monkey-smile-fat-monkey-smiling-monkey-gif-11539243546786655772

[merry hollow]

I have a lot-

[rugged iris]

Im joking
I Just need a good sounding stomp kick

[merry hollow]

Depends on how much of a stomp you want

[cerulean pike]

wait isn't that just a kick with reverb-

[merry hollow]

Kind of-

Not really

Depends

[cerulean pike]

I just have my two favorite kicks in my FPC preset and I sorta work with them and them only

[merry hollow]

I like never use fpc

I just lay out my drums in the playlist instead

Gives me more freedom

And helps time reverse drums

[cerulean pike]

dunno for me it isn't as handy

though I do that sometimes too but for samples that I don't have in FPC

[merry hollow]

Nah its very useful to me

Especially seeing the waveforms too

Lining up stuff with that

[cerulean pike]

yeah it is useful and powerful but it isn't as convenient is what I meant

[merry hollow]

And cutting it mid sound instead of having to place something at that time with 0 velocity

[merry hollow]

Hmm fair

Preferences

[cerulean pike]

I prefer to not work hard unless I have a vision of what I'm working for

[merry hollow]

Yeah same

I just mess around with stuff a lot

[rugged iris]

Perfect
Thanks

[thorny mulch]

im making a yung kai type beat

can i cook

lemme send the guitar

im recordin

[cerulean pike]

🎹

hmmm

Today I will bitcrush a violin

[rugged iris]

Where is it

[rugged iris]

Noice, what are you planning to do with it?

[rugged iris]

[cerulean pike]

err music

I think

[rugged iris]

Ohh i forgot we make music here hehe my bad

[cerulean pike]

slight development

I haven't gotten to the main part yet and it's already 2 minutes long

[thorny mulch]

good question

im sending it in 15 mins

i gotta take a big fat shit

[thorny mulch]

i just made the whole song

so

!!!!!!!!

[charred steppe]

It’s missing a climax drop

[thorny mulch]

how

[charred steppe]

Or this

[thorny mulch]

ill try

[cerulean pike]

I've certainly heard the first quarter of the guitar riff somewhere

Yea I know it's like 2 notes but still

[thorny mulch]

bruh

[cerulean pike]

yay

[charred steppe]

idk this needs a fuck ton of polishing 😭

[rugged iris]

work on the velocity off the piano to make it even better and realistic.
oooow that violin is awesome.

[rugged iris]

[rugged iris]

i'm definitely stealing that guitar riff hehehheheheheh

[rugged iris]

yeah but it's still fine as a chill song

damn this **gga can cook

sorry got tooo excited hehe

[rugged iris]

try to put heavy impact on that first transition and that buildup needs stronger claps otherwise you cooked too

[thorny mulch]

bruh

[thorny mulch]

so did i cook with the beat

or mahh

[charred steppe]

Meh

[thorny mulch]

bruh

[rugged iris]

It's just the way it is, it's inevitable

[rugged iris]

Bruh he/she definitely cooked

[cerulean pike]

😭😭😭 bro that violin is literally compressed and bitcrushed to smithereens

[rugged iris]

Still awesome

[cerulean pike]

btw I also changed the tempo 2 times in that song

and changed the harmony once

[rugged iris]

yeah it's based on what your ears tell you

[rugged iris]

good good

[cerulean pike]

No I mean like

the song starts within one bpm and ends with another

[rugged iris]

ohhh hihihhihihihihih

that's good good

(communication skills not available yet, sorry)

[thorny mulch]

yay

[charred steppe]

I mean isn’t it just a guitar with a kick snare and hi hat

Doesn’t really impress me

[thorny mulch]

edm lovers be like

fine

ill make edm

[rugged iris]

That is chill music.
Guitar (or piano)+bass+drums.
i get why you don't like it, you like loud shit, breakcore, dnb, cyberpunk, hardstyle but at least you gotta appreciate the work he/she put in because even though it's just guitar+bass and drums it's not as easy as it seems.

I'm just spreading awareness guys don't be mad

[charred steppe]

i mean i know its chill music

which i used to make

surprisingly

and imo its not that hard- you just have to find the right loops 😭

also also im not saying its bad or anything 😭

thats not what i want to mean at all

[cerulean pike]

don't use loops

[rugged iris]

He said they made that guitar thing no loops
@thorny mulch is that true?

[rugged iris]

I know

[thorny mulch]

yessirr

[rugged iris]

[thorny mulch]

just few notes then i remixed it

im a lazy guy

dont expect me to play the whole thing

lok

lol

[rugged iris]

Hehhehe

[thorny mulch]

hehehehehe

goofy ahh

[rugged iris]

Me too

[thorny mulch]

no ur a car

[rugged iris]

Lazy car

[thorny mulch]

yes

[cerulean pike]

😭 bro's guy privileges have been revoked fr

[rugged iris]

[thorny mulch]

[rugged iris]

[thorny mulch]

lol

go get me milk

u lazy ahh car

[rugged iris]

If i go i ain't never coming back

[thorny mulch]

you're not him

[rugged iris]

Trust me you're not that guy

[thorny mulch]

no

i am him

[rugged iris]

Dad?

Is that you?

[thorny mulch]

yes son

yes son

son go get the milk for me

[rugged iris]

One container?

Or two?

[thorny mulch]

ur chocie

[rugged iris]

My chocie? oaky

[thorny mulch]

dont be sarcastic to ur daddy

i will get the belt

[rugged iris]

This urge to say "**gga" is soo much I'm not gonna be able to take it.

[thorny mulch]

HAHAHAHA

[rugged iris]

I said "wh***a" and they gave me a warning

Now if i said it, a straight ban

[thorny mulch]

☠️

don't say it then

[rugged iris]

But i like it here, soo i gonna hold on a little while longer

[rugged iris]

I will if you keep daddying me

🥲

[thorny mulch]

bro

u started it 🙏🙏

[rugged iris]

no?

[thorny mulch]

aight2 chill

[rugged iris]

Ok

[thorny mulch]

sybau lazy car

go get me milk

[rugged iris]

Admin ban this guy

Hehheehehhehehehehehehhe

[thorny mulch]

YO

CHILL

u lazy car

grrr

[rugged iris]

I am not a girl or gay

https://tenor.com/view/forrest-gump-running-me-when-im-late-tom-hanks-gif-5144739

[thorny mulch]

aigma

sigma balls

[rugged iris]

I don't wanna turn this into the other music discussion heheh

Penars

Wtf!

.o

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[rugged iris]

F**off

[rugged iris]

anyway i found another guitar sample and made a small ahh beat with a huge drop (no). forgive me for the terrible mixing, it was a rush job and i have no headphones

[charred steppe]

ignore this- im sending it here because discord has a 10mb upload thing

[charred steppe]

this too

[thorny mulch]

man's pissed

kitty kitty cat

[rugged iris]

meow

[charred steppe]

a

[thorny mulch]

lemme give u milk

[rugged iris]

Yay✨

[thorny mulch]

kitty cat

[rugged iris]

https://tenor.com/view/shut-up-stfu-shut-your-mouth-slap-slapping-gif-8050553153066707611

sybau

[thorny mulch]

no

come here kitty

cat cat

chuchcuhcu

nunununu kitty

[rugged iris]

https://tenor.com/view/druski-rage-angry-annoyed-whatever-gif-5126333390325209476

[thorny mulch]

lol

kitty ragebait

[rugged iris]

[thorny mulch]

its ok kitty

lemme give u milk

[rugged iris]

Yeah get that milk

[thorny mulch]

ok

🥛

here

[rugged iris]

good now girrarahere

[thorny mulch]

nah

[thorny mulch]

drink it

[cerulean pike]

(cats are lactose intolerant)

[thorny mulch]

what

but cats love milk

[cerulean pike]

erm

they don't

[thorny mulch]

csp

cap

[rugged iris]

What the f is that

[rugged iris]

For real?

[rugged iris]

Finished yesterday

[thorny mulch]

sheeesh

[cerulean pike]

omg chat I think I might actually have enough music for a coherent EP now

[cerulean pike]

You spend two hours to get a single sound done
I spend two hours to get a track done

we are not the same

the 20 second long tapping delay tail at the end is insane btw

[charred steppe]

I spent like

6 hours making this https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1115445950861811714/1436894597207949393/2025-11-09_02-44-34.mp4?ex=6913e6e0&is=69129560&hm=45932d51edc5a6e04c3912ed0e231fcb7f4eb8ad2cd4c95d9ecf0d181d05b651&

I think I’ll either do a climax artcore drop or dnb neuro

[thorny mulch]

blue by yung kai nah blue bg wispyg

[cerulean pike]

who's yung kai

[thorny mulch]

bruh

[merry hollow]

Its nice

[charred steppe]

Tyty

Any feedback perhaps

[cerulean pike]

What have I done

[charred steppe]

Owh that’s average

I mostly listen to -4 lufs I guess

And I aim towards that since

2 weeks

[cerulean pike]

My default is -8

I should probably check the songs I listen to tho

[cerulean pike]

https://tenor.com/view/hatsune-miku-miku-plush-miku-plush-in-a-car-car-wind-gif-17569435164770340226

[narrow prawn]

sooooo.. here’s what I’ve got so far using the new gaming/recording mic I got this morning (instead of my usual crappy earbuds and low-quality headset microphones).

there’s definitely room for improvement but for someone with no vocal training I think it turned out okay?

first song was a mic test, I was singing the lyrics from Till It’s Over by Tristam (a song featured in Just Shapes and Beats, one of my favorite video games)

second one is a draft of me covering Would Anyone Care by Citizen Soldier

[cerulean pike]

😭😭😭 There are professional musicians that sing worse than you

But yeah I guess it's not perfect

Though your recording environment is quite good I couldn't hear any nasty resonances

[narrow prawn]

yeah, the house is decently quiet today LOL

[narrow prawn]

no one is tbh, but it’s more about progress than perfection

getting a little better than my previous best

every day

[cerulean pike]

I think you could benefit from Chris Liepe's free vocal course if you haven't seen it already

I'm a trashy singer but it arguably lifted me from bottom trash tier to mid trash tier lol

[narrow prawn]

oooh, I have not seen it

as long as it doesn’t involve reading music

cause I uh. can’t read music 😭

I play keyboard sometimes for fun, by ear

same with singing, I just kind of hear a song and sing it?

[cerulean pike]

It's more about the composition of your room really
For example, in my room there are bare walls, wooden planks an minimal soft furniture so here whenever I try to sing a lot of resonances appear

[cerulean pike]

yeah it doesn't

[narrow prawn]

ooo

[cerulean pike]

It's more about the philosophy and general technique of singing

[narrow prawn]

currently there’s a lot of furniture and antiques, a tile floor, and a carpet nearby

in the room I recorded in

[cerulean pike]

A carpet is really good

Sound doesn't bounce off soft objects and doesn't create unwanted reverberation

[narrow prawn]

it’s also not a true room, it’s the dining room but it’s open to the rest of the house

[narrow prawn]

true-!

[cerulean pike]

To counteract this, I have to separate myself and the mic from the rest of the room with a coat 😭😭😭

[narrow prawn]

oh

[cerulean pike]

So yeah I'd say you are quite lucky in that regard

Also I haven't really ever seen you around you come in here often?

[narrow prawn]

in this channel? or the server-

[narrow prawn]

I’m kind of new to the server in general, but this is my first interaction in this specific channel 🥲

[cerulean pike]

oh I see I see

yea I meant the channel

then uhh

Welcome! 🎉🎉🎉

Here we talk music sometimes

[narrow prawn]

thank you! :D

[charred steppe]

added an actual build up

[cerulean pike]

Maybe try working with the dynamics a little bit more?

I feel like it would sound better if short-time loudness increased during the buildup as well

[grave tapir]

Uk who u should look up? Check out AIKA

[charred steppe]

i know them 😭

[grave tapir]

Like uk them or know of them

[charred steppe]

i know they make music

i listened to like 2 songs too

i think

idk i listen to more camellia & kobaryo

mainly kobaryo though 😭

[cerulean pike]

https://tenor.com/view/teto-gif-10942464254842861044