r/edmproduction

I've been taking piano lessons this year and have gotten to Piano Adventures 3A but still feel like I can't translate as much as I'd hope to music production.

How do I better translate what I'm learning into music production? The books don't have much on composition and focus on me learning a song, so I've been trying to learn more about chords and inversions outside of my lessons.

Any advice would be much appreciated.

im looking for something like edm x hyperpop kinda like kimj

Hey there

I recently bought Ableton (Standard Version) and visited a workshop to learn the technical side of using it. But what is the next step, if you want to produce (in my case techno and psy-techno) music? I have never done any electronic or instrumental music and have no idea how to begin. There are so many tools in Ableton!

Do you usually have a song in your head and then search hours over hours the synthies, drummachines etc. that can realize this song? Or do you play around with these thousands of tools and occassionaly find something that you like and inspire you for a song?

Sorry, if my inquiry sounds very amateurish; I just have the feeling that my current way of just play around with the software without a strategy will not lead to any results and will destroy my motivation in the long term.

Would be very grateful for any experiences of how you began producing music :)

Thx and kind regards

can someone help put together a compilation or just drop the video titles?

How can I start incorporating guitars and strings into my tracks?

I’ve been producing for 7 months and stick to drums synths pianos etc very housey stuff.

I’ve always had a passion for folk stuff and would love to incorporate strings and guitars in my stuff.

I’m assuming it works the same as synths with theory and piano roll.

But in ableton can I achieve this its stock plugins? Any suggestions of plugins that could help since I can’t play guitar myself to record it in!

I’m trying to recreate the bass sound at 1:15 but I’m struggling, pretty sure it’s like a Juno or prophet type thing but I’m trying to create it in serum, anyone have any tips on how to create it or what type of bass it’s called?

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There's this UK Hardcore song (released around 2004) that I really like, especially the segment with that specific synth in it and how it builds up. Anyone knows what kind of synth it is and how to recreate it?

I'm in a unique position. I used to be in an electronic music duo and we split 3 years ago.
While we both did a lot of production, I shined far more in idea refinement / polish, track concepts, creative direction, and branding - while my partner was very fast at the initial stages, able to get a clean structure of a track banged out very efficiently.

As a result, today I can mix/master to club loudness standards, polish my ideas fairly well, and really add character to my details - but I am struggling on my track composition basics. Everything sounds bad EARLY and I don't know how to reliably get my tracks / ideas up to a level that I know how to refine them. I am too reliant on collabs / remixes because I don't have to stress about the initial steps.

I dislike most all the resources I can find online. It's either "Here's how to make a pattern in FL" or "Stereo Ring Modulation Rectify Tips" or "YOO CHECK OUT MY SAMPLE PACKS LETS GET INTO THE DROP" all of which dodge my niche position of understanding late steps intimiately, but struggling on the first parts.
I also don't like how nebulous and subjective a lot of tutorials online are. I make my own visuals, and visual tutorials are very "Click This. change This value to this. Add this setting." etc. Music tutorials are "Yeahhh something like this maybe and then some effects kinda similar to this"
I feel like I'd benefit a lot from "Add These Drums. Add this type of bass. Add these effects in this order with these settings. Cut this frequency range, and add This supporting element." very literal Cookbook style coaching. I have plenty of practice with the subjective work afterwards.

I have released tracks on semi-decent sized labels. I have a deep and refined sample library. I play my own tracks at sizeable shows where I'm booked as local direct support and they pop. But it seems like I have to roll a 20 to get any idea past the first steps.

Looking for melodic bass / dubstep adjascent (not riddim / tearout).
I would like to hear your work to identify the right fit.
If this sounds like something you could help with, please reach out.

I work full time in the live music space, making visuals, handling social media pages, and producing promotional content. Happy to do a service trade if you'd like - also willing to just pay.

TLDR:
Seeking very literal production lessons to bridge my missing foundational gap. I am not a beginner.

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Hey everyone,

I’m trying to level up my basslines. I like rhythmic, syncopated funk sounds, the kind that relies heavily on tons of ghost notes and percussive dead notes to drive the groove.

I use Ableton (and the Push), and I’m trying to figure out the best workflow to approach this.

These are the routes I can think of:

• Sampling. Finding loops/one-shots and slicing them up to recreate a groove? If so, what are your go-to sample packs or methods for making slices feel cohesive?
• Playing it live on a Push/Midi Controller. Is it worth practicing finger-drumming/playing basslines directly on pads/keyboard to get that natural human velocity and timing?
• Programming the Piano Roll. Drawing them in manually. my guess is this what most people do? How do you do this 1) without feeling disconnected to the groove and 2) handle velocities, micro-timing deviations, and ghost notes so it doesn’t sound rigid?

Would love to hear your workflows or any specific tips/hacks to do this.

Thanks!

Sup. If you can, listen to the song “input slope” by resonant language on some nice AirPods or headphones. His sounds all seem to float outside the mix and feel suspended in air. How TF are like all producers doing this? Impulse reverbs? Frequency shifting? It feels like it’s psychoacoustics but I’ve literally never seen anyone talk about it or teach it. And it’s the number one thing that has kept my mixes amateur. Anyone have any insights??

I’ve watched so many future bass wobble tutorials but nothing quite matches these ones

Any ideas how to re-create these?