the production thread

loopdokter

Mad_Cyril Interested to hear what you chaps think if someone remixes your track and nails it.

Is there an element of ‘Damn, wish I’d have thought of that’?

Quite frankly, I’ve liked possibly three remixes ever that have been done of my stuff. It’s gotten to the point where I ask labels not to have remixes unless I get to hand pick who it is and get right of first refusal on whether or not it comes out.

I don’t know if it’s just my ego that can’t take it or because remixes these days largely seem pointless and I’d rather release original music.

loopdokter

Also, hi fellas.

I don’t have a problem whatsoever. Nope!

303abuser

loopdokter lol you might have a problem.

loopdokter

303abuser

I don’t have a problem. The first signs of a problem is admitting I have a problem! 😆

303abuser

loopdokter Haha that’s the spirit. I’ve learned that I can be very productive with just the digitakt and syntakt, along side ableton. Everything else is a nice to have luxury for me.

apyssjw

303abuser Still have Oliver Lieb master. Using the 9000 J on all channels. The gains on its EQ has it own sound, maybe a little saturation, which sounds great in the mid & high freqs.

303abuser

apyssjw Is that an automated service or is someone running it through hardware? I only ask because they sound good, so I was curious. I haven’t really got into the channel strip plugins, I’ve got a pre master chain that I use in varying combinations depending on the track.

apyssjw

303abuser Nothing automated - it’s my mix. I’m not a fan per se of channel strip emulations, but as I say, the sound on the EQ’s is lovely. I use it in conjunction with the native ableton EQ, generally rolling off the bottom end with the native EQ and boosting the mid / high with the 9000 J. I don’t have anything on the master - other than the metric A/B (or some of the other monitoring tools).

I think some of the power of the mix is down to the synths. There’s alot of Razor in there - the additive synths really cut through the mix.

That said I use Oliver Lieb’s analogue mastering - but while there’s no doubt that it adds some sparkle, it’s really the mix that counts.

303abuser

apyssjw Nice, your mixes come out really clean. That’s something I’m still getting better at, but having someone else do my masters helps mask it a lot. I saturate, eq, and (lightly) compress the entire mix before sending it to be mastered. Metric AB is such a great tool too.

Morty-C-137

SSL have X-Comp and Valve-Comp on sale for $14.99 a piece. Not that I need any of them already using Logic’s compressor and Wave’s H-Comp.

https://store.solidstatelogic.com/

303abuser

Morty-C-137 Seems like a decent price if you’re in the market. I’m out of the plugin market for a while, unless some sort of new creative software blows me away. I’ve got more utilities and fx plugins than I need, just checking out the demo for this granular synth at the moment …

https://www.tracktion.com/products/novum

What genre(s) are you making? Anywhere we can listen?

Morty-C-137

303abuser Also so much good free stuff to be had nowadays.. I still can’t believe how good the free version of Vital is. So quick and easy to use.

Re my tracks.. here’s my Soundcloud, but I haven’t finished any music in ages. Had a massive writers block for 5 years where I fucked myself in circles. Now I still do enjoy noodling around and have sketches all over.

Most of the 2014 bits were music I scored for my brothers wedding film .. ahaha.

303abuser

Morty-C-137 Sometimes you just need a break to find the enjoyment in it again. I’ll give your stuff a listen this week.

I haven’t tried vital yet, I’ve got more hardware and software synths than I need, but I’ve heard nothing but good things about it.

Morty-C-137

Here’s how fun Vital and Guitar Rig are together:

apyssjw

Guitar rig is great. Its convolution reverb is my go to reverb.

Morty-C-137

apyssjw Yeah, I love it. It’s my main FX rack. Only thing I don’t like about it is the loading time. Having said that, I am still running an old 2012 Mac Pro.

I just have 3 aux channels with Guitar Rig setup in my default template.

IndustryStandard

Newbee, so be kind.

I’ve at last got my hardware out of storage and want to setup my Roland JD-XI , TR-08 and TB-3.

Based on those items I would just link the Midi out from the keyboard ( JDXI ) into the MIDI IN of the TB-3 then its MIDI OUT into the MIDI IN of the TR-08. Simple if I want a basic outboard setup

What is the best way to integrate into a DAW setup? Simply hook up the JDXI via USB to my Mac? I have a M-Audio M-Track 2×2M audio interface with a MIDI IN/OUT - I use this as my main soundcard, so would I simply hook up the MIDI OUT from the M-Track into the Midi In of the Keyboard/JDXI? As the soundcard is already hooked up via USB-C, would I need to link my Mac via another MIDI cable ?

All a bit complicated ………..lol

303abuser

IndustryStandard It took me the better part of two days the last time I re-wired my studio last winter to get all of this right, it’s always a pain. Are you planning to use your daw as the main clock or as a recording device with the hardware doing all the work?

I think you have the right idea, but there are a number of ways to set it up depending on your workflow. I have my elektron gear set up to track individual outs into ableton via usb and the rest of my gear through a mixer that acts as an audio interface. Sometimes I change the routing of the hardware to take advantage of external fx processing too.

IndustryStandard

Think im going to keep it very simple to start off with, so will want to use the synth/JD-XI to control the TB-3 and TR-08 modules. Then I can use maybe Ableton to record it all if I want (? )

I have all the synths going though a basic mixer ( Edirol M-10DX) which isn’t a sound card. Could do an out from that back into the synth as its a 2×2 sound card too. Will have to putz around to see how it all jives

To begin with I really want to understand how to get my outboard stuff to make some basic patterns and how to control. Ideally be good to go on a crash course when I have my annual block leave and learn in a structured manner

Mad_Cyril

IndustryStandard
Have you got any air-raid siren efx? Will deffo need.

Enjoy the ride, look forward to hearing what you pull together.

303abuser

IndustryStandard I have all the synths going though a basic mixer ( Edirol M-10DX) which isn’t a sound card. Could do an out from that back into the synth as its a 2×2 sound card too. Will have to putz around to see how it all jives

That’s probably the easiest way to start out then. Pick the synth you want to be your main clock (I like a drum machine for that, but I’m not sure it really matters), run midi out from that in a daisy chain. Pick you audio interface (could be a stand alone or a synth that acts as a sound card) and run your audio into ableton from there to record.

That should get you started, then you can tweak it once you figure out how you like to work and incorporate more complex routing if you need it.

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