Amps Spoken like a native!
I’m probably one of only 3 people on here who knows who you actually are. Haha.
the production thread
Is Amps really Prince Andrew?
loopdokter having to stem/bounce out entire tracks manually instead of having a queue and automating it
that one is annoying at best and i don’t think it would be that difficult to fix. i could see myself switching away from ableton at some point if i find something i like better, but the idea of learning another daw isn’t something i’m overly interested in either.
Amps Lay them on me! Using Ableton 10 intro… but willing to buy laser orientated plugins as long as my Tesla stock continues to blow up.
As far as actual ‘pew pew’ laser/Star Wars noises, this is all very easy to do. Much of this is down to the ADSR (AKA envelopes) and the settings you have. Set the resonance to pretty much maximum and cutoff to just above naught so some signal comes through. Draw or play a MIDI note. Make sure your attack is down to naught, release is set to naught and the same for your decay. Sustain settings you’ll have to play with a bit. If you’re doing this in Ableton, I’d recommend using Analog as the device for this setting and a saw wave or square wave as the default. You only need one oscillator turned on for this.
So basically tweak your settings in these areas until you get that zappy kind of feel you’re looking for by tweaking the filter cutoff, resonance and ADSR settings. To throw a bit of a wrench into the Matrix for extra pew, add in some LFO and modulation that effects the filter cutoff frequency. Play around with the rate of the LFO for rapid fire ‘pew pew’ sounds or ease it back for slower, more evolving sounds.
This is making me think I really should do a YouTube channel on sound design.
Once you learn one DAW, it’s not hard to figure out another. I started in Cubase and once I figured out how things in Ableton worked that were the same concepts, but implemented differently, it was a piece of piss. I have applied those same concepts to working in Logic - although I don’t like the workflow in that DAW at all and think it’s terribly named.
Plus now with YouTube being so prevalent, I guarantee you that you’ll pick up stuff pretty fast and be pretty crafty in pretty much anything if you have the core skillset already down. Basically just Google what you don’t know how to do.
Mad_Cyril Is Amps really Prince Andrew?
I’ve been sworn not to tell.
303abuser that one is annoying at best and i don’t think it would be that difficult to fix. i could see myself switching away from ableton at some point if i find something i like better, but the idea of learning another daw isn’t something i’m overly interested in either.
That gets on my tits a lot because I have several projects I want to individually stem out for stem mastering, but can’t because Ableton crashes.
Plus in general, Ableton has been crashing on projects that used to open - and they’re things that are basically completed but I need a vocalist to track over without the temp vocal, but I can’t access because it crashes. Ableton Support has been fucking useless. The guy who’s working my ticket actually got back to me and told me he gave me the wrong advice when I told him there’s no way what he was saying was possible. Useless muppets!
loopdokter that has to get your blood pressure up. i’ve had a few crashes, but i think they were all plug in related. i learned not to stack certain plugins together to prevent it, but i’m not sure that’s ableton’s fault. overall, it does well for my workflow at the moment.
303abuser that has to get your blood pressure up. i’ve had a few crashes, but i think they were all plug in related. i learned not to stack certain plugins together to prevent it, but i’m not sure that’s ableton’s fault. overall, it does well for my workflow at the moment.
‘Mildly annoyed with Ableton’ is a slight understatement at the moment.
Sensing your rage Loopy. Ableton has been really solid for me though. When I have had issues it has been related to 3rd party instruments and plug ins. Support I find really slow. However nowhere near as bad as N.I. who basically tell you to post it on the user forum.
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loopdokter I think you should get straight on it and do a video just on laser sounds… I can guarantee you at least one view! 
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loopdokter understand basic concepts in synthesis and audio sample manipulation
This is very much the current issue. Think I might have to fork out for the full version of Ableton though as so many tutorials use stuff I don’t have in the ‘Intro’ version.
i have a samples from mars code that i’m not using. if you need stock drum samples (all the roland boxes plus a bunch of others) this is the best you’ll find. it’s $19 for every one of their samples or $17 for everything they did this year, if you already have the rest.
reply here or dm me if you want the code, first person gets it.
and BFD2-2999 is the plugin alliance code for today and tomorrow, same deal as earlier.
Fuck it. Just took the plunge with Arturia V Collection. Love their stuff. That should be me finished with buying another soft synth for a lifetime.
i looked at it after you mentioned it last week. if i didn’t have software already covering that territory, i’d probably buy it too.
It’s amazing mate. The CMI V is superb. Although will take me a lifetime to work it out. Really love what Arturia have done emulating the old synths.
yeah i like their stuff. i bought a drumbrute a few weeks back because they were on sale for $300 (regular $489) and even that is pretty good for a budget analog drum machine.
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Lovely looking bit of kit. The wooden sides finish it off a real treat. Would not look out of place in my Scandinavian (Ikea really) styled home.
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Henry i was surprised by how nice it is for the price. ultimately, i’m sure i’ll end up selling it to fund a rytm, dfam, or something similar, but it’s serviceable for now. i’m sure i could sell it for more than i paid too.
the drum machine i really want is the tanzbar, but they’re tough to find and expensive. the toms on that thing are the best though.
in reference to the how evil is spotify discussion … in 2020 i spent hundreds of hours making music, 208 total hours of my tracks streamed on spotify, and earnings coming out to $6. 
out today on insectorama’s new compilation, K102 is a side project i’m working on with another really talented producer from switzerland. K102 will be a much more techno and dancefloor focused than my solo stuff. hope you like it and i’ve included the link for the comp on bandcamp as well, it’s free or pay what you want to support the label.
nothing for a while, then two in two days haha. this is my new solo record, dub for the dance floor.
…pretty heavy for my taste but the mix is terrific.
Finally getting my home studio in reasonable shape, may be back here for mixing tips soon.!
Unbroken1 it’s definitely heavy, but thank you, getting the mix right is a real skill and i feel like i’m just starting to get consistent with it. sent my first cold call email with a demo to a label today, so we’ll see how that goes.
get it going, i’m looking forward to hearing what you come up with. and i’m not sure i have much advice to give, but always happy to help if i can. 
That’s ace that chief. As is the K102 track. A couple of very solid releases.
Really like that faKtor.OST track on that release too. Need to check out that gadge’s other releases.
thanks, glad you liked them. pascal and i really work well together and he pushes me toward a sound i really like. we actually finished helix back in june, just had it kicking around and this seemed like a good launch for us. if we keep working at the pace we have the last two weeks, we’ll have an album done by january.
i only got through the first 3 tracks on the comp yesterday, so i’ll keep an eye out for that one today.
apyssjw thanks. and yeah, my expectations are low, i submitted to hello strange for their “story” compilation series. it’s probably my best record to date, but we’ll see. i’ll just self release it if no one wants to pick it up. submitting it is a bit of a measuring stick – good feedback is difficult to find, but if someone is willing to put their name beside your work, i think that means something.
…looking to buy my first analogue synth in about a decade (since my ex-studio partner flogged my JP-8000 behind my back).
Don’t want to go crazy high-end… feel something like the Novation Peak would be perfect, but it seems a little much to spend when there are so many great options at the lower price point these days. Based on sounds/flexibility, current front-runner is the Minilogue XD- considering the module version as I have a decent 49-key midi keyboard and value my studio space. Seems crazy-good value at £450.
Any thoughts about/experience with these?
…tell me about it 
Still, I’m sure Behringer will knock-up a clone before long
Unbroken1 do you need/want keys? sequencer? poly/mono? looking for something for percussion, bass, leads & pads, a bit of everything? and what’s your budget?
i’ve only heard good things about the peak, but haven’t used it myself. the minilogue seems to be a good entry level synth, but again haven’t used it myself.
