help

[crude eagle]

or is the bass annoying

[astral field]

Bass a bit too much

Lower it a lil

[crude eagle]

alr ty

uhhh

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[crude eagle]

is the melody alright tho

[astral field]

Its too ambient in my opinion

Like im not gonna remember what i heard 5 mins after listening to this

Im just gonna think yeah it was ambient

[crude eagle]

what do u suggest

what should i add

[astral field]

Some lead at least to make a hummable melody always think about the catchiness when making a beat

[crude eagle]

yes

[astral field]

Like can you hum it

[crude eagle]

i strruggle with that

[astral field]

Thats the most important part

Otherwise its bland

[crude eagle]

i got a lead vut its very silent in the background

also u think i can add drums to it

like

ill try acoustic drums

[astral field]

If you lower the bass a lot add something catchy then add drums yeah

It dont have to be crazy just make it memorable in any way

So someone wanna return to it

[crude eagle]

wdym

oh

ok yeah

[astral field]

Ye you feel me cause otherwise why even relisten to it

If im a listener

Do i make sense

[crude eagle]

yeah

[astral field]

Bet

[crude eagle]

and

no 808s right

[astral field]

I add kick and 808 always but i make trap beats so its mandatory

For the intro keep the bass

Then eq it out

When the drums come in

And for the bridge let the bass out again

By eq i mean cut out the low end of the melody so it doesnt clash with the drums

The 808 and kick

[crude eagle]

wdym by eq it out

like just remove kt

when the drums start

im new to fl

[crude eagle]

oh

[astral field]

Go watch tutorials on youtube theyll help a lot

How to make beats in general

[crude eagle]

the bridge is like

[astral field]

Before the main thing come in

Is the bridge

With no drums

[crude eagle]

yeah

i get it

[astral field]

Bet good luck go watch videos on YouTube

Theyll help a lot fast

[crude eagle]

yeah

like i gotts learn that eq stuff

[astral field]

Its rlly easy youll get used to it

It seems hard cause your new

[crude eagle]

so ok ur saying the bridge has the bass and stuff and the main part ill use 808s

[astral field]

It goes intro main part verse bridge main part verse bridge main part end

For intro and main part keep bass

And the verse is twice the length of the main part maybe even three times the length

I mean intro and bridge

Keep bass my bad

[crude eagle]

whats in the verse again

[astral field]

The stuff after the catchy main lyrics

[crude eagle]

oh

[astral field]

The more random lyrics

[crude eagle]

for that part u basically just add the lead or something right

or remove

[astral field]

All the leads and stuff are ate the main part the catchy things i mean

At the verse add other stuff

To make it interesting

But the verse is not the main point

[crude eagle]

yeah

[astral field]

I gtt eat good luck if u need anything dm me bro

[crude eagle]

should i add a vocal sample or somrzhing

[crude eagle]

ty bro

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[astral field]

If u want yeah

[crude eagle]

I added drums

[torpid veldt]

so you want feedback on the levels?

[crude eagle]

uhhh

no

on everything

thanks

[torpid veldt]

the mix sounds clean and clear
the only tweak i'd consider making is to make room for the lead by removing some frequencies in the bass

[crude eagle]

bro but i feel like

the drums sound shit

melody shit

like dont u feel like the drums are kind of plain

[torpid veldt]

theyre pretty loud, they just dont have a punchy transient
so you could try using compression and saturation

but theres nothing wrong with softer drums

[crude eagle]

holy shit

i just listened to ur insta

dude thats the type of melodies i wanna make

i gotta learn mixing im really confused

[torpid veldt]

its fr up to you tho, as long as people can hear all the instruments in the track clearly i think you did a good job

[torpid veldt]

just keep trying everyone is just applying the basics, here and there they'd do more creative things but you can still break it down to the basics its just presented in a complex way
and do some research but it takes a while,

[crude eagle]

yeah man thanks

i really fw ur music bro

[torpid veldt]

watch like tutorials on production specific to the genre
thats what help me

[crude eagle]

whats the genre on this type of melody

[torpid veldt]

thanks broo 🙏

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[torpid veldt]

mmm

[crude eagle]

holy shit

no joke the melody is crazy

like stupid crazy

i wanna make stuff like that too

[torpid veldt]

i honestly have no idea i was going for something trap and ambient
the chord progression was something that old yeat had in his beats but i used like ambient keys and reversed them then from there i just tried to make it catchy

[torpid veldt]

listen to frank dukes bro
he makes these weird ass melodies but he makes them catchy

so ive just been trying to do what he does

[torpid veldt]

and i say get a midi keyboard
before i used to be a mouse click warrior but i always kept making the same melodies
but once i started learning how to play thats when i was able to feel more creative

even if you havent learnt much just play

i felt like this wouldve went crazy when jersey club was popping but oh well its gonn stay in the vault

[crude eagle]

oh damn

[crude eagle]

😭

usually i just use my keyboard and see if i like the sound

[crude eagle]

fs man

melody crazy

[torpid veldt]

thats still good honestly, i'd rather do that than to click in
idk i just dont work like that

[crude eagle]

do u think i should finish the thing i did earliee

[torpid veldt]

it sounds complete to me, maybe just do some eqing and experiment with sound design, you can also still try to make the drums more punchy and see if you mess with it

[crude eagle]

yeah and ill try to arrange some parts

i gotta get into eq stuff idk how that works at all

[torpid veldt]

watch these
the whole beginners guide to mixing & mastering is so good so i'd start by watching the vid then i'd try to apply what was taught asap
https://youtu.be/_fDg_pgit5c?si=gP7Y_kS_A_g1Q8Oo
https://youtu.be/47ZBiowAVdI?si=XCMWC143lQbXdPck

[crude eagle]

tysm ill start watching tomorrow

[torpid veldt]

for suree and dont forget to take your time.. you dont even need to finish the entire mix just apply lil bits of knowledge and you'll see that it'll add up in the end

[astral field]

Bro every time you hop on fl you learn something new

So take your time

Someone might make beats for years and still learn everyday its not a race its a marathon

[crude eagle]

yeah man

is music theory important?

[astral field]

Learn the very basics like the most used chord progression and because theres the feature where you set the scale and key in fl its not that important otherwise it would be rlly important

I learn basic music theory as i was making the beats

You dont need nothing complicated cause its gonna block your creative ideas since you gonna use only whats "right"

Yeats producer said he dont know music theory

Not bnyx the othe rone

One

[crude eagle]

yeah u right

[crude eagle]

@torpid veldt yo is there too much going on here

[torpid veldt]

nah it, depends on what else youre gonna add

but it sounds big and majestic

[crude eagle]

im gonna add uhh

a lead

and reese bass

[torpid veldt]

you can get away with panning and leveling tbh
everything will fit if you mix it properly

[crude eagle]

panning?

like left and right

[torpid veldt]

yeah not all the way though just a lil

but it’s optional leveling will still do the most
but if you pan it’ll make the mix sound more full and for ambient stuff it can add to the overall feeling

anyways that’s what i think