the production thread

apyssjw

New one (/marketing opportunity!). I know, I know - it needs more arps 🙂

Amps

apyssjw Bang into that!

303abuser

apyssjw I really like that plucked bass over the first couple of minutes, good track.

Henry

For anybody looking for high quality found sounds, then there’s plenty here:

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Use the discount code to get all 543 albums for $30.

Mad_Cyril

Henry
‘Underwater Crabs Barnacles’ has piqued my interest!

Henry

There’s something for everyone! Sounds like a good name for the next Nathan Fake album.

apyssjw

Amps thanks.

Next album will be out May / June something like that.

apyssjw

Re the bass - anyone (else) have or have tried a subpac. Is a good fun tool.

apyssjw

303abuser 👍 it’s an trillian (/omnisphere) sound - running with another sub line below it. That and the pad progression give that part a nice reflective feel (to my ears). Thank you for listening.

303abuser

apyssjw Anytime. It caught my ear right away, nice sound design on that one.

apyssjw

Unbroken1 how did you get on? It’s 40% off at the moment which is tempting me.

303abuser

Plugin Alliance has a sale on, here’s a $20 off code, no minimum spending amount needed to use it.

MEGA-20-OFF

https://www.plugin-alliance.com/en/products.html

Amps

303abuser

That looks interesting.

303abuser

If you need samples, these are good quality, I find they sit really well in the mix. Sale is on until Monday and EGG-15 code is good for 15 euros off with no minimum (meaning some packs would be free).

https://riemannkollektion.com/

Morty-C-137

SSL Essentials Bundle currently for sale at $49.99 https://store.solidstatelogic.com/plug-ins/ssl-essentials-bundle-

apyssjw

I bought trackspacer, as it’s on offer again. Not used it a great deal (mainly because I’ve got a weird ear infection at the moment which has taken all the bass out of my left ear) but can see that it’ll be particularly helpful in mixing with full drum sample loops. That you can isolate frequencies within the loop to duck the other track - effectively isolating the kick snare high hat etc, obviating the need to slice up a loop which I would have done before to isolate the various elements.

Unbroken1

apyssjw …can’t recall who asked about this earlier in the thread but its great, use it loads, find it particularly useful for high-end melodies/strings etc,

Unbroken1

apyssjw …apologies, realize I didn’t reply about the Reason/Bassline Generator thing.

It’s really clever, inspired me to pretty much finish one track right off the bat, but to be honest its not been as transformational as I’d expected for 2 reasons… the first being, I feel like it’s really excellent for certain types of track, ones where the baseline is really dominant, and I’ve found that when I write tracks from scratch, starting with the bassline can be a bit of a creative cue-de-sac.

Second and biggest issue is not being able to use Reason Rack Plug-in natively on my M1 MBP. I can switch to opening with Rosetta for the purposes of using the Bassline Generator, but then can’t put synths like Diva through it. I can use Reason to spit out the midi then restart Live natively, but you can’t audition then full range of sounds while you are messing with the patterns like you could if you have your fave synth open.

Apparently M1 compatibility is coming, but I get the impression that they aren’t in a rush if you aren’t paying the subscription 🫤

Henry

apyssjw I could do with this. Do you have a link to where it is on offer?

apyssjw

apyssjw latest trackspacer update. Is a bit more CPU heavy than I’d like but definitely using it in the mixing arsenal from now on.

apyssjw

Pete B has posted this up in which he’s used one of the tracks he signed to his label as the first track

apyssjw

Unbroken1 thanks. I missed the sale this time but may fiddle with it in the future.

apyssjw

Unbroken1 Just bought it in the sale. It can get far too busy. Only got it today but can see the value in recording the midi and taking it apart to use short phrases etc.

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