Imagine you have a mix with drums, bass, guitars, synths, and vocals, and you want them to all sound like they’re in the same space. Adding individual reverbs to each track would be time consuming, difficult to adjust, and bad for your CPU. But, if you add the same bus on the ...
Here, I scoured Splice and found this loop I really like:Upright bass loop After a bit of chopping and time-stretching, here’s the bass line I settled on:Chopping up our upright bass to create a new melodyUpright loop When playing it in context with my Amen break, I noticed that ...
Next, I am going to layer up the snare with another snare and a clap. I’ve also added one hit of a “reverb clap” to add some space: Layering up the snare If you want to add some extra width, add another clap. Add a high-pass filter to it, then add somestereo widening. Pro...
When you imagine a music producer, you might envision a spacious studio, sprawling mixing boards, and top-end mics in polished recording booths. While these are all great to have access to, you’ll be pleased to know that you can make some incredible music today with nothing but a laptop ...
–“A beat should be able to tell a story even without the vocals. That’s when you know you’ve got something special.”– Metro Boomin –“Don’t be afraid to be different. The best producers are the ones who take risks and create something no one else is doing.”– Pharrell Willi...
And someone with these tools can sit at home or on a plane or, like Felder, on a rooftop in Jamaica and make a song with dozens of layers, virtual instruments, their own vocals, and slap on effects to create a finished product. As Oak tells me, “I think technology has become the ...
Simply put, a patchbay is a central hub that connects any sound source in your studio to anything that can listen to the sound. In a DAW like FL Studio or Ableton Live, these connections are made automatically. When you insert a synth on a channel, it automatically routes the synth to ...
Even if you havevocals, it’s important at this step that you create a vibe for the track. This is mostly borrowed from the style of classic trap beats, like Migos – Modern Day: In this ‘how to make trap music’ guide, we’ll be using these types of sounds. To start, we’re ...
Add shuffle to the pattern But of course, the pool of available sounds has varied, and this was originally due to samplers like the MPC, but nowadays can be attributed to sample packs and services like Splice Sounds. So no matter where you get your sounds from, it’s important to conside...