#Big Room Techno Song

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acoustic jolt
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No SoundCloud links please, only direct audio files are allowed

ornate crow
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That's why i posted a soundcloud link

acoustic jolt
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SoundCloud links are not allowed, that's a hard rule.

ornate crow
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How else can i get feedback then avoiding getting my work stolen?

elfin dune
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Watermark it or sum idk#

acoustic jolt
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Look, if I really wanted to steal your work I could use a SoundCloud downloader anyway

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Watermarking or tagging are common techniques

ornate crow
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How can i apply these?

acoustic jolt
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That's up to you

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Tags are more often than not just some voice clip at the beginning of the track

elfin dune
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That’s true

ornate crow
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I've seen the watermark one. But first time hearing tags

acoustic jolt
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Producer_tag

Producer tag

A producer tag (sometimes simply called a tag) is the element of a song, typically at the beginning of it, inserted there by the song's producer – a short sound meant to familiarize the listener with who is responsible for the production of the song. Most notably prevalent in hip hop music, producer tags became popular during the 2000s, and were...

elfin dune
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Js say “prod by soul”

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That shit would go hard

ornate crow
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It does go hard by itself anyways xd

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but ye

tranquil pike
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anyone who wants your audio can easily take it with a number of basic methods, might as well just share it

ornate crow
acoustic jolt
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Why are you asking for feedback on a released piece?

tranquil pike
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well if it is already released then what is the problem

ornate crow
acoustic jolt
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Another thing: if it's released and someone steals the work, you have every right to file a takedown

ornate crow
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It's just the vollume of it appears to be lower compared to other songs

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and i noticed that when i've put the song on the speakers

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ima send a demo of it @acoustic jolt

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got anythin?

acoustic jolt
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Cool atmos

tranquil pike
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i am keen to give whatever feedback comes to mind but i just stepped out for lunch

acoustic jolt
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I can't hear anything particularly wrong with this

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Might've been cool to hear some more sub action going on during the big brass hit

ornate crow
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I think it doesnt sound as loud as other tracks

acoustic jolt
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Right, your track is peaking at like -9 LUFS at its peak

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(short term)

ornate crow
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what's that measure?

acoustic jolt
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I'll spare you the insanity and just say it means loudness

ornate crow
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ah

acoustic jolt
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-9 is around where pop music sits,

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but this is techno

ornate crow
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How can i make it more loud?

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just bump the master?

acoustic jolt
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I usually go for more compression

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But you have to be careful with that, or else you could get something that sounds bleh

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I haven't mastered techno before, so I dunno what tricks you guys use

ornate crow
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what's the most common thing that you do then to boost the song volume?

acoustic jolt
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Sometimes if I'm feeling it, I'll even clip the master

ornate crow
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hm

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idk if i've evered compressed any songs tbh

acoustic jolt
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Do it.

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Compression on master is such a common technique

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I could get killed for saying it, but:

  • Load Maximus on master
  • Presets -> Mastering -> Clear Master RMS
ornate crow
tranquil pike
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hellyeah, i was literally going to shitpost saying throw maximus on that thing

acoustic jolt
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Nowadays I use Limiter No.6 for mastering, but I used Maximus for so long

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But yeah Clear Master tends to be overcompressed if your input gain is too high

ornate crow
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HOLY CRAP MY EARS

tranquil pike
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is that good or bad

ornate crow
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GOOD

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Ima send a demo again

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50% volume on headphones and it's already TOO much xd

tranquil pike
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beware over compression as beeps said

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can always dial it back a little

ornate crow
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it doesnt distort

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cuz i have softclipper in it

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only vocals kinda distorted

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but i just lowered the master track a bit

tranquil pike
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consider lowering the vocal channel instead

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try it just to see if it sounds different or better or worse

ornate crow
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i mean, the master iteself sits on 0db

tranquil pike
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up to you just giving options

ornate crow
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sending file rn

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Compare both files and tell me

tranquil pike
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in still out but i checked the previous demo on my phone. ill hit play on this

ornate crow
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@acoustic jolt

acoustic jolt
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Clear Master RMS

ornate crow
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ye

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i used that

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is it better now?

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what do you think

tranquil pike
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clear master is also a decent preset to work from i was actually comparing Clear Master to Clear Master RMS today and RMS tends to sound somewhat like an exciter or saturator is turned up a little more compared to just clear master, not sure the exact setting that is different between the two but you can use either as a base and adjust the intensity of the compression from there

ornate crow
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i think it sounds good to me

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ended up lowering the vocals too

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cuz they were distorting

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Loud enough be like able to hear the song from the headphones when you dont wear them 😂

ornate crow
tranquil pike
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how long you been at this? thats crazy tbh lol

ornate crow
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from octomber

tranquil pike
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how old are you?

ornate crow
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20

tranquil pike
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got a long road of music ahead then lol have fun man

ornate crow
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haha, i will

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currently stuck

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tryna find out what i'm gonna add or do with the new track i'm workin on

ornate crow
tranquil pike
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working out the structure of a track is probably the most fun part of composing for me. its fun to find solutions to sensibly progress further

tranquil pike
ornate crow
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I'm comming from the world of Djing

tranquil pike
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right

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my background is in metal guitar

ornate crow
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I like these guitars

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Do me a favor

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play superhero from skillet on that xd

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It will sound damn amazing

ornate crow
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mostly the breadowns

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cuz it leads me somehow on how i'm gonna make the drop and progress the song

tranquil pike
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sure its a fine starting point many start at the crescendo then figure out how to build to it or from it

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theres no right way to approach your structure really which is what makes it fun for me even if i sometimes think my approach is quite formulaic

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but you learn how certain things work in that respect when you do it over and over again so thats also normal

ornate crow
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ye i agree

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it took me like 10-15 days to make the song above xd

fierce horizon
ornate crow