the production thread

303abuser

It’s a bottomless pit. I’ve got a modest hardware set up and I probably could do without half of that too, if my only goal was to just finish tracks as quickly as possible. My ms-20 mini almost never ends up in anything I finish, but I love messing around with it. Throw in another half dozen soft synths and I should be able to create any sound in existence. That is if I knew what I was doing.

Morty-C-137

Yah, that’s the bitch part about it. After a while the gear and tinkering and trying new stuff becomes a hobby/distraction. Sometimes a welcome distraction. Sometimes as an excuse not to finish shit.

303abuser

That’s the nice part about it being a hobby, I feel no pressure one way or the other, as long as I’m enjoying it. Plus with dub, half the time I’m just creating fx chaos anyways, so there’s a lot of overlap between noodling and actually writing music.

303abuser

New remix is out today on OneSun Yellow … a slow, ethereal grooving track.

https://www.traxsource.com/track/10273456/prosto-dobav-zvuka-ekodust-remix

https://www.beatport.com/track/prosto-dobav-zvuka/16807476

Morty-C-137

303abuser Well done and congrats on the release!

Amps

apyssjw

Amps Gear is of course great! But for the millionth time it’s the message not the medium that counts…

303abuser

Morty-C-137 Thanks for checking it out. The original was a bit far off my normal style, so it was a bit of challenge to keep it faithful and still do my thing.

ArchimedesQ

As a newbie I’m still checking out various synths and stuff. I have a few, Serum, and a couple of others, but my favourite has got to be Diva at the moment. Just love the sounds it makes. Seems to be a bit less complicated than a lot of them too.

303abuser

ArchimedesQ Diva is really good. Super flexible, immediate, but with lots of depth if you want to get into it, and it sounds great. That and pigments are almost always the first soft-synths I reach for (except for acid, that’s the domain of abl3).

Morty-C-137

ArchimedesQ Sylenth also very straightforward and great sounding as an virtual analog synth. Only recently tried that one. I am well versed in synths like Vital and Zebra. Although I minimized my plugin collection a while ago and now mostly stick to Waves Element 2 for anything classic analog synth style and Vital for most others.

Dan

apyssjw Love this….just seen who does your mastering…pretty cool

apyssjw

Dan Brilliant, thanks. Oliver is, as you might expect, straight to the point. Have another one out in a couple of weeks. I’ll post it up here then.

Dan

IndustryStandard Great vid that…..Chatham! I’m in Great Chart about an hour away….small world.

IndustryStandard

Dan Know it well. Went to Uni at Imperial at Wye and lived in Ashford for a few years after. Pre HS1 so was a different world back then……lol. Big free party scene back then. Sound system in a Landy bowling around trying to find a spot. Great days

Dan

apyssjw He’s a fucking Legend…still got his early stuff as Spicelab.

apyssjw

There are just so many great sounding soft synths out there. NI just retired Absynth - which is still amazing (IMHO) after 20 odd years.

apyssjw

Dan 100% yes. A pioneer.

ArchimedesQ

apyssjw This is superb, love it mate.

apyssjw

ArchimedesQ thanks mate, appreciate it.

303abuser

@Morty-C-137 Enjoyed going through your SoundCloud this morning. Good music to start the day, I like those short piano bits too.

Morty-C-137

303abuser Cheers! Yeah I like making small pieces that just have a vibe to them. Also am more inspired by Todos Kilchurn sessions playlist lately. Not inspired at all to make club tracks of any kind. Just yesterday I made a simple piece with the thought of making a soundpallete that fits a creepy movie or some-such.

Writing tot that kind of purpose, making soundscapes (like, to film) draws me in more.. I’ll post up the soundscape I did yesterday as soon as I have the chance.

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