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bright oriole Oct 30, 2022, 10:27 PM

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Hey i've been editing videos for 2 years since freshman year I've gotten good at it but I really want to get into music production now and take both skills into the music industry and for some reason I have no idea where to start. it was alot easier to find a starting point for video editing but It's hard for this can i get some suggestions

hexed zodiac Oct 31, 2022, 12:51 AM

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bright oriole Hey i've been editing videos for 2 years since freshman year I've gotten good at...

there's quite a bit of overlap between video editing and music production

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both have the concept of post-fx that you can apply to the video/audio

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what sort of video editing have you done? trust me when i say that's an important question

bright oriole Oct 31, 2022, 12:57 AM

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sorry this isnt a self promo but heres my yt i did a variety but i can break it down to alot of other types of editing with my knowledge behind it

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https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDgg12CSyQ0cBX-Y99pqU7A

YouTube

mariovfx

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but for the most part it was video game

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but the knowledge i have can expand

hexed zodiac Oct 31, 2022, 12:59 AM

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haha moment breakcore go bpbtptptbptbpt

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i think i understand now

bright oriole Oct 31, 2022, 12:59 AM

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lol

hexed zodiac Oct 31, 2022, 1:00 AM

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so, it looks like you usually cover game footage but have also done recorded stuff too

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that's good

bright oriole Oct 31, 2022, 1:01 AM

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thx but u can tell by alot of the edits that the sfx are horrible

hexed zodiac Oct 31, 2022, 1:01 AM

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ignoring that for now since your experience is on video

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but if you think about game footage, you record some clips, import them into the editing software, stitch them together, add effects to each of the clips / clip groups, then render and export

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music production follows that exact workflow

bright oriole Oct 31, 2022, 1:03 AM

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ok ok i can see that

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do u have experience?

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im guessing u do

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if so how long?

hexed zodiac Oct 31, 2022, 1:04 AM

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in video or audio?

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cause technically both but moreso in audio than video

bright oriole Oct 31, 2022, 1:04 AM

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uhhh audio

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ur name is brandon?>

hexed zodiac Oct 31, 2022, 1:05 AM

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about 8 years at this point, only 4 of which i'd consider valuable experience

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mhm

bright oriole Oct 31, 2022, 1:05 AM

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lol me too

bright oriole Oct 31, 2022, 1:05 AM

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hexed zodiac about 8 years at this point, only 4 of which i'd consider valuable experience

oh

hexed zodiac Oct 31, 2022, 1:05 AM

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brandon gang les go PartyCat

bright oriole Oct 31, 2022, 1:05 AM

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how old are u if u dont mind me asking?

hexed zodiac Oct 31, 2022, 1:05 AM

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20

bright oriole Oct 31, 2022, 1:05 AM

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dang

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16

hexed zodiac Oct 31, 2022, 1:05 AM

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yea i figured

bright oriole Oct 31, 2022, 1:06 AM

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so how do u think i should start music production that maybe u should of known when u did?

hexed zodiac Oct 31, 2022, 1:06 AM

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find a genre you want to make, watch a bunch of walk-throughs for that kind of genre, then keep playing from there

spiral mountain Oct 31, 2022, 1:07 AM

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busyworksbeats on youtube has really good videos for anything music production

bright oriole Oct 31, 2022, 1:07 AM

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hexed zodiac find a genre you want to make, watch a bunch of walk-throughs for that kind of g...

oh ok what are the key fundamentals to learn?

hexed zodiac Oct 31, 2022, 1:08 AM

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bright oriole oh ok what are the key fundamentals to learn?

definitely small amounts of music theory (save that for later though, it's a bit complex if you don't have prior experience) and just knowing what each plugin you have does

bright oriole Oct 31, 2022, 1:08 AM

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like for my editing i would say my fundamentals would be flow execution and pacing <--- but thats just my form of editing

hexed zodiac Oct 31, 2022, 1:08 AM

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if that's the kinda fundamentals you're looking for, then instrument choice and arrangement

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arrangement is pacing

bright oriole Oct 31, 2022, 1:09 AM

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i feel like with music its all the same concept right? like even though there is alot of different styles of music alot of people can agree on a fixed format?

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than video

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?

hexed zodiac Oct 31, 2022, 1:12 AM

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all i'll say is balance is important in audio. things like chord progressions and arrangement are all just games of balancing energy and emotion

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and while most of the "fixed format" things in music all maintain balance, don't let that stop you from doing your own thing

bright oriole Oct 31, 2022, 1:13 AM

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ok ok

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fl is the way tro go right?

hexed zodiac Oct 31, 2022, 1:13 AM

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the software you use is entirely up to preference

bright oriole Oct 31, 2022, 1:13 AM

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oh ok

hexed zodiac Oct 31, 2022, 1:13 AM

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i like fl because it has a flexible workflow

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and it adapts to my needs accordingly

bright oriole Oct 31, 2022, 1:14 AM

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uhh ik we cant talk abt pirating in here but im just wondering is it a good way to start then as progression invest?

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i did that with ae

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where i pirated but as i got better i invested

hexed zodiac Oct 31, 2022, 1:14 AM

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if you want to legally "pirate", download the trial versions of the software you want to try

bright oriole Oct 31, 2022, 1:14 AM

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ok ok

hexed zodiac Oct 31, 2022, 1:14 AM

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both fl and ableton have trials

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dunno about others

bright oriole Oct 31, 2022, 1:15 AM

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ok ok ill try ableton im guessing it has the same stuff so ill just use it to get the breakdown it then use fl trial to progress?

hexed zodiac Oct 31, 2022, 1:16 AM

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well ableton and fl are very different from each other

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and my ableton knowledge is baron and dated, so i can't really give proper advice as to where to go from there

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but give both a try and see which one you like using better

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