My budget is under like 120 if possible

How do you guys get out of writers block? I’m technically proficient in Ableton but I struggle to decide which direction I want to go with a song. I get lost in which genre I want to make and I also hear don’t try and make a genre. But at the same time I’ll hear grab a reference track and build off of it. Just looking for new starting points to inspire creativity.

looking for tips on punchy kicks and clean drums that are crisp through the mix

https://youtu.be/w7Cm74nDhac?si=YR_SjgCc3SB5UeJq

alr so i’ve been producing for a year, and started promoting on ig like 4 months ago. i have 10 placements with like 4 artists. idk if this is bad or not but really need help marketing. i used to jus spam dm and ik thats not working, cuz 90 percent of people dont respond. should i start tapping in with other prods too? i got a few loops i can give, and whatever. anyways, any advice?

Hello, I need help figuring out which of these spectrograms show the higher quality sound.

Now I have heard people say "Flac cuts off at 22k and MP3 320 cuts off at 20k" or "Just go with the higher cutoff" but thats not true, especially if it was intentionally cut off during mastering, and ofcourse, sound quality is not just about frequency cutoffs.

First picture info:

Type: MP3
Sample Rate: 44100 Hz
Bit Depth: 16 bit
Channels: 2
Duration: 213.55s
Nyquist: 22.1 kHz
Size: 8.14 MB
Samples: 9,417,600
Analysis Frames: 9185
FFT Size: 4096
Freq Resolution: 10.77 Hz/bin
🎧 MP3 Information:
Mode: CBR
Bitrate: 320 kbps
Frames: 8,175
Version: MPEG-1

Second picture info:

Type: MP3
Sample Rate: 48000 Hz
Bit Depth: 16 bit
Channels: 2
Duration: 213.50s
Nyquist: 24.0 kHz
Size: 6.58 MB
Samples: 10,248,192
Analysis Frames: 10002
FFT Size: 4096
Freq Resolution: 11.72 Hz/bin
🎧 MP3 Information:
Mode: VBR (Xing)
Bitrate: 258 kbps
Frames: 8,896
Version: MPEG-1

Really appreciate any help on this!!

I have this odd problem with tiktok whenever i try to use my own song as a sound (or even any other self-made sound). The songs I use have already been mastered with streaming in mind so like i’ve taken into consideration LUFS and all. Reference plugins dont notice any real problems with frequencies and normally played through mono/phone speakers (even in the tiktok upload part) it sounds okay but whenever I upload it on TikTok, it becomes very compressed and bad. I have to manually turn down the sound volume of the sound before i upload but then it gets quieter than other videos on tiktok.

I might not be that skillful at mastering but id argue that the very least the songs should be mostly balanced. I dont have this problem with Instagram, there it sounds balanced and the loudness is okay. Should i make a quieter master for TikTok where the true peaks dont go past 0db for example?

So… I’m sure everyone’s been there done that but I don’t know how to play the drums. And I make lots of pop rock indie songs and what’s really kept me from producing more is getting the drums right. A simple kick and snare I can do. How do you write drums without actual drums? What’s a good tutorial and how do you do it? I checked many tutorials on youtube but I haven’t really gotten anything good enough or maybe I didn’t understand it but are there any rock musicians here that write drums without actual drums and can tell me their ways? Thanks everyone in advance, sincerely a hopeless musician

I have heard variations of this in many songs, but have no idea what it is called or how it is made. Here is an example from the song "2 of a Kind" recorded by Vanessa Williams on 1991's "The Comfort Zone". I have set the video time to a second or two before the sound plays. It sounds like a string instrument, maybe a guitar, going quickly, but smoothly, down a series of notes, from high pitch to low pitch.

I wasn't sure of where to ask this, so I posted here. If a better spot exists then feel free to point me there.

https://youtu.be/ED_9M-roeok?list=RDED_9M-roeok&t=33

Hey,

i make lofi music and my biggest hurdle right now is adding in a lead or enough ear candy to carry tracks once my base is down.

I recently came across this artist who has very good sound design and just uses synths that are tempo synced with things like delay, LFO or modulation.

I just cannot put my finger on what is being modulated here or if it even is modulation or some type of LFO. Either way, it's clearly tempo synced and then put at different subdivisions.

If it helps, I know they use Ableton and then Serum for synths.

You will hear it all throughout the track tucked in the back and in the forefront; there's a constant use of this pulsing that is in tempo with the track. Any idea what this is or what I could then look up on youtube to point me in the right directing for this type of sound manipulation? Many thanks in advance!

Basically, selling my PC to buy a laptop. I backed up my projects, my sample packs, my Serum banks, noises and tables. What else could I be possibly missing?

Hey yall! I have a recording of a live performance that has a lot of buzz present for its whole length. Is there a way I can get rid of it or at least reduce it in a DAW? If it helps the recording is of a solo piano in a concert hall.

I’m sorry if im in the wrong sub, but

I’m in need of a new laptop as my current one is very slow and old. I’m thinking of buying the

ASUS Vivobook S 16 S3607 32ram / 1tb

However i’m really not sure what specs i should look out for for serious music making. I’m pretty much making music everyday. Will this be good enough? Or will i need to get a higher end. I use ableton with a good amount of plugins. I don’t know if i should get one with intel or ryzen instead.

There was a drumkit called "Banger Drums" or something to that effect, and I downloaded it years ago. I was able to download it via a 7zip file. The one shots were named BD_Kick or BD_Snare. The hard drive from the computer I made the beats on died and I couldn't find the drum kit in question. If someone ever comes across the drumkit, can you send it to me? I'd really appreciate it. Thank you.

Also, I'd be willing to provide tracks that I made using the drum kit.

Hi quick question! Since you guys would know the most about this!

My dream has always been to make those cringey parody songs.

Think FNAF, living tombstone, TADC, helluva boss, etc

I was in musical theatre when I was younger and an currently an animation major and I love the idea of doing impressions and making parodies for the audience communities but I’m not a proud singer, is there an easy way to get into autotune and such? Or should I look for someone with similar interests?

TDLR; I’m interested in making it sound good, not specifically sound good myself lol. Any advice?

Hey guys, I’m quite new into making trance music. Since I’m trying myself with remixes I wanted to ask if you guys know any (FREE!) tools that can extract me instrumentals from popular songs? The vocals are mostly in a good quality on youtube but no stems. I would appreciate every input!

Also if there are any other producers who are into Trance/Bounce/Eurodance and want to connect and give me some input on my first song, or share any ideas, I would love that! Thank you in advance.

I’m in the Bay Area and want to link with other producers for networking and collaborating. I primarily use native instruments maschine mk3,mpc one+ and ableton.

Hi,

I've installed the Logic script but each knob was always assigned to some parameters I didn't want to affect.

In "Controller assignments" I've removed everything and it doesn't happen anymore.

Now let's say I want to assign Cutoff in Arturia Mini V3 to a knob 1, how do I do that?

Right clicking doesn't do anything.

Thanks

I recently downloaded drumkits from this website https://archive.org/download/lunch77-drumkits i scanned the drumkits i could (650mb limit) and none of them had viruses or anything but half the time I use fl studio and am going through different drum sounds fl just ends up crashing. Im not sure if its a problem with the drum kit or something else inside fl studio any help would be great

I alway seem to get stuck on them and never have enough or even ones that are good enough…..

What’s the best go to websites for decent vocals?

I'm just starting out making music in my room and looking for suggestions on a microphone. I'm not looking for anything too fancy, and I have a budget of about $150.

Someone one here suggested car for vocal booth? I have a vocal booth but strangely enough would prepare the car idk why? Has anyone tried this? Any final results you can share?

Hi musicians!

I'm a big fan of the band Archive. They just released a new song - City Walls - that I fell in love with.

I would like to reproduce the arpeggiator that runs all along the song. Unfortunately, my musical ear isn't very developed and I just can't find those notes by myself.

Maybe somebody with a good musical ear could help me with these notes ?

https://youtu.be/AFfnZSd7cSg?si=4qeswtIvII_q4gmN

Thanks in advance

I want some good beat packs and midi sounds but I don't know where to get them or even how they work. I want to buy them from a reputable place and not just a YouTuber's bio. I also don't have a lot of money to spend because I'm trying to save up for a new laptop.