Adebisi
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Anyone like to record their own music? What kind of tunes? What do you use?
The past two months I've been determined to get better at using Ableton. It's a shitty near-free version that they ship with audio interfaces, but I've been having a lot of fun through trial and lots of error.
Nothing I create is good, and I never plan on sharing anything beyond getting help on making things better. I just enjoy the process of hearing something I like and being able to recreate it to some extent. Feels good man.
I've done a few little EDM tracks, punk, industrial, metal, doom... anything I'm feeling that day. Again.. nothing good, but I feel one step closer to git guud. I also just like trying to create cinematic sounds using Vital Synth. Gimme dem big Inception noises lulz. Creating little ambient projects and shoegaze nonsense is also super fun.
What I use:
Ableton 12 Live Lite with plugins like:
-Vital Audio Synth (really fun to learn)
-Splice Instruments (free plugins)
-Spitfire Audio BBC Symphony Orchestra
Volt 2 Audio Interface
KRK Monitors
Boss Katana-100 MK2 with Boss Tone Studio installed on the PC to unlock the real good settings
Launchkey Mini
7 Sting Electric
6 String Electric
Acoustic
Blue Yeti (meh)
4 string bass that is pretty much trash
Really shitty Bass
Things I kinda want to get:
I feel like I'm at the point where I should really pay for the full version of Ableton Live. It seems to have some insane plugins with the full version.
A proper midi controller/keyboard. Full size. This LauchKey Mini is okay but it's basically a macro pad with pressure sensitive buttons. There's no real weight to it (literally and figuratively). And having to sweep through the octives gets annoying.
One of those really nice drum plugins that even the big boys are like "fuck this has no business sounding this good"
Good microphone.
An old school hardware synth - just for fun
Something I really need to get better at:
How to better stop bass frequencies cancelling eachother out
The past two months I've been determined to get better at using Ableton. It's a shitty near-free version that they ship with audio interfaces, but I've been having a lot of fun through trial and lots of error.
Nothing I create is good, and I never plan on sharing anything beyond getting help on making things better. I just enjoy the process of hearing something I like and being able to recreate it to some extent. Feels good man.
I've done a few little EDM tracks, punk, industrial, metal, doom... anything I'm feeling that day. Again.. nothing good, but I feel one step closer to git guud. I also just like trying to create cinematic sounds using Vital Synth. Gimme dem big Inception noises lulz. Creating little ambient projects and shoegaze nonsense is also super fun.
What I use:
Ableton 12 Live Lite with plugins like:
-Vital Audio Synth (really fun to learn)
-Splice Instruments (free plugins)
-Spitfire Audio BBC Symphony Orchestra
Volt 2 Audio Interface
KRK Monitors
Boss Katana-100 MK2 with Boss Tone Studio installed on the PC to unlock the real good settings
Launchkey Mini
7 Sting Electric
6 String Electric
Acoustic
Blue Yeti (meh)
4 string bass that is pretty much trash
Really shitty Bass
Things I kinda want to get:
I feel like I'm at the point where I should really pay for the full version of Ableton Live. It seems to have some insane plugins with the full version.
A proper midi controller/keyboard. Full size. This LauchKey Mini is okay but it's basically a macro pad with pressure sensitive buttons. There's no real weight to it (literally and figuratively). And having to sweep through the octives gets annoying.
One of those really nice drum plugins that even the big boys are like "fuck this has no business sounding this good"
Good microphone.
An old school hardware synth - just for fun
Something I really need to get better at:
How to better stop bass frequencies cancelling eachother out
