Music producers!

[Neilg]

I know there must be a few around, most people I know who do CG are at least dabbling with making music. Hopefully a discussion thread wont be too far off topic...


I've only really been doing it for a year - had a copy of ableton that I only used for dj sets, then my mate went away for a few months and left me his Korg MS2000 to look after. By the time he got back, I was hooked.

Only really make techno nowadays (real, not the american) - dark proggy stuff seems to be my natural sound.
Here's one from a couple of weeks ago:
http://www.tindeck.com/audio/file/qamv-faust.mp3
Not my best in terms of idea's, but it's solid and probably sounds tighter than others (all flash, no substance )


Anyone else involved, or an aspiring DJ?

[tct70]

Really like it, just the kind of stuff I like to listen to while working.

I've been thinking about creating my own stuff just like that, but didn't know what software to start with as I have no instruments or a mac(for Garage Band). Ableton looks pretty good - could you have done that without the Korg?

[Neilg]

I did do that without the korg! Thats just what got me interested (still yet to own one)

Ableton is very good - i'd reccomend it to anyone. You're going to want samples for drums (enough digging can find you good ones for free, start buying magazines with dvd's on the cover)
And most of the synth sounds in that were done with a VST I bought. - http://www.native-instruments.com/index.php?id=massive
It makes some incredible noises, really good for all kinds of dark/evil sounds. I wouldnt worry about lacking instruments - sampling is acceptable (assuming you dont take it too far) and synth plugins have gone from sounding flat and dead a few years ago to putting up a pretty good fight against high end hardware.

There are lots of places you can get free VST's from too, you'll find a lot of hobbyist audio programmers make their own synths so theres plenty around to keep you going well with just a basic package.


And as you said you like that kind of style - this is a mix of mine from about 6 months ago. Recorded live in a tiny little basement club in liverpool.
http://www.neilgriffiths.co.uk/mixes/neillaudanum.mp3

[tricky]

Listening now - pretty good. I had a guitar when I was a student in Huddersfield. Sold it to pay for rent.

[tct70]

Cool mix..........very good.

That massive synth looks cool.

[kimgar]

nice mix!
i'm used to vinyls and more hardcore stuff, but this could actually be listened to while working without freaking out

nice to see some music in here, thanks for the links! listening to that basement mix now - love it!

[Ramsay]

I DJ quite a lot but am only just getting into producing using Ableton Live and a trigger finger. It's really hard to find the time (and patience) but I'll get there. I am actually the European rep for Toronto based label Reticent Recordings (http://www.reticentrecordings.com) so am around producers all the time.

On Friday I recorded a mix for the first time in about a year using Serato, it mostly Chicago house - if anyone wants a copy you're more than welcome to download the MP3 here:

https://www.box.net/shared/r9b9alfcwg

Track list -

1. Yonurican - Kokotaso
2. DJ Pierre - Tha Dance (The Lady Foursqaure & Charles Bleu West Eddy Vox)
3. Loco Dice - Pimp Jackson Is Talking Now!!!
4. The Littlemen feat Crash - Holding On (Naco Marco)
5. Tommy Largo - Certain Clubs (Jason Hodges Mix)
6. Bleep District & Kinky Movement - Still High Together
7. The Sound Republic - Bumpin Enjoyment (Jason Hodges Reading Minds Remix)
8. Ladybug Mecca - Dogg Starr (Fred Everything's Dog Thang mix)
9. Bimbo and Lemar - Who Got The Beats
10. Lil Mark - Function
11. David Duriez - From Thee Inside (2001 Original Mix)
12. Osunlade feat Divine Essence - My Reflection (Deetron)
13. Quarion - Takin' No Shorts
14. Loopity Goofs - Melting (DJ Sneak Melted Rubbadub)
15. Mario Fabriani - Windy City Theme
16. Bernard Jones feat Aren B - Main Ingredients (Kink)

[natty]

Hi guys,

i had a set of 1210's for a few years and then the baby's come along and things got a bit tight ... so the decks had to go ..

That was 8 years ago.. 6 months ago i was clearing out the garage and found my old records and desided to re-kindel the passion, so i went out and bought a Numark Total control deck and a numark TTusb deck... now i just annoy everyone in the house with my old skool techno / house mixes ..

But i love creating music and mashing the tunes up .. nothing like it!

Great track cubiclegangster.. and nice mix Ramsay.. just my sort of stuff.. both now on my MP3 player in my car..

[stevesideas]

Ive been composing music for about 20 years. I have a small studio where I do all my recording and composition. Released an album in NZ about 4 years ago and have about 30-40 songs I need to finish. Hoping to release another album this year. Im well up for doing music for films, shorts, etc.

Im hoping at some point to do a music video. Mixing it with live footage and 3d (using vray, of course). Also need to buy a HD video cam..

I recently bought a VST called vienna strings. Absolutely love the sound they produce. Im trying to mix rock and strings at the moment to create an originalish type of instrumental. I will upload later on after this render has finished It does need to be mixed properly at some stage, but havent had the time lately.

Did some mixing on some belt drives from Tandy ages ago, wasnt bad at it, but prefered using synths and pc's

Cool track by the way... quite trance like...me likes trance..!!

I have 3 tunes that are part of my website at www.stevesideas.net - use the navigation at the top to change track.

[stevesideas]

Heres the link to that tune if you fancy a listen

http://www.stevesideas.net/frustrade...e%20wilson.mp3

Still needs a lot of mixing but the composition is pretty much there..

I aplogise if it seems like I hijacked the thread..oops. Has anyone listened to the track, would be good to get some feedback.

Also, do you think any of you would be interested in a site that provides bespoke music tracks. I am thinking of producing a site like this...

[Neilg]

I aplogise if it seems like I hijacked the thread..oops. Has anyone listened to the track, would be good to get some feedback.

Not at all - the point was for other people to post music up too

Just got round to checking it out - I'm trying to download your track but it's not really going anywhere, and your site is loading far too slow to play it back (think a tiny stab of sound every 30 seconds)
tindeck is pretty good for hosting audio, if you dont mind throwing it on there. http://www.tindeck.com


I worked on a new one this weekend -
right click, save as.
http://www.tindeck.com/audio/file/bvcf-width.mp3

Think there are some mix issues still, and I want to play around with the structure of the second half a little to gel it together better too. 95% done though - so any comments before the final are welcome.

[stevesideas]

Cool track cubical. Mixing is nice. Do you use microtonic by any chance ? I bought that not so long ago, great little drum machine.

Have you actually right clicked and done a save as instead of playing directly on your browser ?

Not sure why the website music is slow, it should stream..

[Neilg]

Have you actually right clicked and done a save as instead of playing directly on your browser ?

I had, and now i did it again and it works... Maybe someone was hammering our network at my end. It's on its way now.

Never heard of microtonic - cheers for the heads up though, i'll check it out later tonight.
Most of the synths on it are done with octopus and albino, both by linplug.

[stevesideas]

Cool. You might want to download it again. I just uploaded a different mix about 5 minutes ago..

[Neilg]

This is really good, I like it. Very cinematic.

If you keep it up to that standard and got 4/5 tracks together as an EP, you'd have a decent chance of getting it picked up by an underground label.