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coalsenats  ·  1976 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Without You - A song I produced with a friend.

I like the dated aesthetic of those vids! Ha. Really excited to dive into the mixing video especially.

That microbrute does look really nice for learning what's what on a synth. Unfortunately, I'm saving up for a gig-worthy set of keys so I don't really have the budget for it.

I mostly have been using a cheap vst I bought from pluginboutique, as I liked the electronic options on there more than the Ableton Lite core sounds. (I suspect I'm using them wrong, as I'm not finding too many on there I like at all.)

With my original stuff, I've always gravitated towards danceable, light-hearted pop and rock as well as instrumental piano music, but I do plan to get more familiar with the workings of synths in the future. For now, I'm having fun with the hybridx64 vst and directly playing keys into ableton with the Focusrite Scarlett. I'm trying to ease my way in to the whole process, and I have my eyes set on learning mixing techniques and philosophies right now.

For example, I'm mostly happy with this arrangement now, but I still feel pretty lost on how to get the sound to a higher level of quality. (EQ this, compression that.....)

Some tracks seem to be uploading to soundcloud much quieter than what I'm hearing through ableton.

I'm really digging your score music, especially Clown Magic! Love those strings.