Anyone know of any good Youtube videos like Dr. Luke´s ASCAP session, or any good interviews in general? Saw the one with Stargate from ASCAP too, really nice.
Ran across this Greg Kurstin interview about Sia's 1000 Forms of Fear album yesterday.
Hope it helps.
http://www.audiotechnology.com.au/wp/index.php/wigging-out/
Quote from: Hazel_Scorpion on August 12, 2015, 04:44:23 PM
Ran across this Greg Kurstin interview about Sia's 1000 Forms of Fear album yesterday.
Hope it helps.
http://www.audiotechnology.com.au/wp/index.php/wigging-out/
Thank you! I'm a huge Greg Kurstin fan :)
Quote from: j.fco.morales on August 12, 2015, 06:32:18 PM
Thank you! I'm a huge Greg Kurstin fan :)
No prob,same here.. I really love the stuff he did on the last Tegan and Sara album.
Quote from: Hazel_Scorpion on August 13, 2015, 12:49:26 AM
No prob,same here.. I really love the stuff he did on the last Tegan and Sara album.
Well, here's an article about that album and the stuff they used on it: http://www.keyboardmag.com/artists/1236/tegan-and-sara-go-all-in-for-synths/29265
Greg uses Lennar Digital's Sylenth, ReFX Nexus and Logic ES2.
Quote from: j.fco.morales on August 13, 2015, 06:29:30 AM
Well, here's an article about that album and the stuff they used on it: http://www.keyboardmag.com/artists/1236/tegan-and-sara-go-all-in-for-synths/29265
Greg uses Lennar Digital's Sylenth, ReFX Nexus and Logic ES2.
Thanks.
I've noticed a lot of these guys like using the juno for pads. I have the tal-u-no-lx but have no clue how to program pads on any synth.
Only thing I've successfully replicated was the pad sound in Rollercoaster - Bleachers.
Quote from: Hazel_Scorpion on August 13, 2015, 06:52:56 PM
Thanks.
I've noticed a lot of these guys like using the juno for pads. I have the tal-u-no-lx but have no clue how to program pads on any synth.
Only thing I've successfully replicated was the pad sound in Rollercoaster - Bleachers.
Check Arturia's VST's then. The thing is how you design your sounds with layers and FX's.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9wLXv1IPFA
Makes no sense how good Greg is.
So many little things going on in the background but it all just flows so well :D
Tal uno is one of my fav soft synths. Although for pads, I really like to have a mix of synths and sample based synths along with different mod FXs. Just explore the possibilities, its not really about what you use, but more about how you use it! :)
U-he synths (zebra, bazille, diva ect.) are awesome, by the way. A bit more advanced, but worth getting into.
I started using soft distortion in everything.
iZotope Trash is my fave.
Quote from: j.fco.morales on November 01, 2015, 02:56:13 PM
I started using soft distortion in everything.
iZotope Trash is my fave.
Trash2 is very cool, I use it too. I also like CamelCrusher.
There's this vst called Monark that you get on NI's Reaktor. It's as close to analog quality as you will get. It sounds so phat already.
Pensado's Place... Dave Pensado, one of the best mix engineers in the world, host a weekly show where he and other top engineers share mix techniques very freely. It's an incredible community and one of the best resources on the net for those of us into producing.
https://www.youtube.com/user/PensadosPlace
Quote from: Encite on November 01, 2015, 07:12:25 PM
Pensado's Place... Dave Pensado, one of the best mix engineers in the world, host a weekly show where he and other top engineers share mix techniques very freely. It's an incredible community and one of the best resources on the net for those of us into producing.
https://www.youtube.com/user/PensadosPlace
I do crazy stuff on my send channels thanks to that guy :D
Production advice? Never listen to youtube gurus. Listen thru your speakers. If it sounds good, take the advice, if it doesn't, don't bother.
Some famous dudes makes some decisions that are hillarious (Pensado is usually great tho!), like "yeah i boosted 8k on the piano" (rihanna producer, or mixer..doing that on all other mixes other then that mix, will sound horrible. I guarantee it, and to be honest, where that piano is in the final mix, is the question, haha).
But if you're famous, you can do whatever you want. Just because some guys are on the top of the charts doesn't mean they have golden ears.
My production advice is this, Learn your speakers. No matter what you use. What that means is, you "know" when your mix is great. If i listen in headphones, i can't tell if my mix is great, cause i'm not used to mixing in them. Second, look for great sounds, don't bother about eq, compression, effects, reverb, delay, with time that will come, 90% of your sound is in the soundchoices. So what's important is getting the sound you like, and that comes from chosing the right sounds! That can take a longtime to get good at, but once you know what you're looking for "kinda" it gets easier.
Nexus is great for this (Cheiron also used the 90's "versions" of "Nexus" (Proteus, Roland JV-2080 and so on). All you need to focus on is finding good sounds and making music and mixing it decently). Most producers use it in their final mixes, Avicii, Alesso, Swedish House Maffia.
I started out learning sounddesign, but really i wouldn't recommend doing that, before i used too, but lately why? You can get the nicest hippest sounds from sample cd's or nexus anyway, someone else does the work, and you can focus on producing the music! :)