the production thread

303abuser

new board, new thread again for everything production related. post your tracks, gear, questions, feedback etc.

apyssjw

New one on bandcamp.

Out 1 June - by that I mean on streaming services (spotify etc). First track on the album, which will be out July/August (when I’ve decided the date!), will be a different mix of this track.

First post in this confusing new (board) world!

303abuser

nice track, i like the spacey vibe and that hollow drone sound that comes in around 1:10.

apyssjw

Thanks for listening. That’s a pad from Razor - which I totally love. Have you seen that sample magic have a store wide 70% off sale until the end of the month (I read something on reddit about it shutting down). There’s bound to be some goodies to be had on there.

303abuser

always happy to listen. i saw that too, i’ll probably take a look this weekend, heard they got bought out by splice. i’ve honestly got so many samples though, not sure i need any more. i tend to use drum samples, but with the ms20m, a4, and diva, i make a lot of my own sounds.

apyssjw

Yes. Same here re making sounds and volume of samples.

I’ve been using samples a bit more recently after getting the push. Splicing samples across the pads is one of the few bits of functionality I use on it at the moment (mainly because I use the original APC40 for alot of tasks the push could do).

I’ve started a journey of using the colour tags in Live as short cuts to ‘go to’ or even interesting samples I think I would use from the library I’ve built up.

That said there’s always space for some more samples…

zackster

I keep trying to get into the groove, but the whole situation has me so down and feeling uncreative. Outside of listening to vinyl, I really can’t get into tunes at all. The thought that we will never be able to club again just has me so down. Going to make an effort to bang out original work this weekend.

303abuser

i’ve just started with the colour tags too, don’t have a system down yet. also working on creating my own sample library from sounds i make, but don’t want to use in the current project. whatever helps to speed up my workflow.

i’ve got a launchpad that i don’t use much, assigning samples to pads like you mentioned might be a good idea.

apyssjw

303abuser I wouldn’t hold off from using sounds / samples you used in previous tracks. There’s loads of cross pollination in the music I’m making.

PS - bit confusing that you don’t appear to be able to quote using this format.

303abuser

here’s a preview for the album i’ll be releasing june 11th on insectorama. also included a follow link below for streaming services. please click the save link if you’re interested in listening to it, helps with the algorithms. 😉

https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/ekodust/reflected-passage-of-flux

mono-stereo

303abuser Nice. Basic Channel vibes. Best of luck with the release. 🤜

Henry

303abuser Looking forward to the album. Sounds very good from the snippets.

Along_the_Wire

303abuser Look forward to hearing that in full on release - some banger at the end!

303abuser

mono-stereo thanks 🙂

303abuser

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303abuser

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hugopal

Is every EP released in the second half of the year going to be called something like ‘Locked Down’ or ‘Self Isolation’?

Not surprising to see comments such as @zackster ’s above, this may not be the most inspiring time.

303abuser

lol i was saying that to my wife the other day. any song or mix with ‘quarantine’ or ‘virus’ or ‘lockdown’ in the title is a red flag that it was made by a 12 year old. automatic skip.

mono-stereo

apyssjw PS - bit confusing that you don’t appear to be able to quote using this format.

Select the text you want to quote then hit the quote button which pops up.

🙂

303abuser

apyssjw absolutely, i do the same. i tend to create all of my fx chains, sends, etc. from scratch each time as i don’t want to get caught in a template loop, but i recycle samples all the time, especially percussion.

Henry

New one from me.

303abuser

Henry i always look forward to your new tracks, this one is really good too. love the wide pad swells and the piano sits in space really well. we need to work on something together at some point.

and thanks, i’m pretty happy with the album. i’ve got a track on an ep from slope point out tomorrow, so i’ll post it here when it’s been released.

LT42

Henry great stuff, Henry

Along_the_Wire

Henry Really, really good stuff, H. Cheers.