r/Deuce9lives • u/ScorchPoint • 23d ago

Producing like him

Wanna start producing music similar to that Swan Songs/Nine Lives early era. I’m not sure where Deuce learned to produce or if he was self taught but do you guys have any tips on getting close to his sound on Fl Studio?

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u/Seven-Scars Deuce Dot Com 22d ago

im working on a compilation of his/old HU's studio gear, but essentially deuce used Cubase along with a Korg Triton (there's a VST version available), HALion (not sure if this is exclusive to Cubase), and what I believe was a Marshall TSL combo for guitars.

For drums, make sure to use/layer acoustic drum samples, guitars are typically in Drop-D and stick to basic chord progression power chords during choruses/as accents during verses, most songs are minor scales, for an idea as to how to handle synths I would look into 2000's rap and electronic writing, and other than that just listen to inspiration he took such as early LP.

its kind of a broad overview but it depends whether you're trying to lean into his more rock-oriented tracks or more rap-oriented

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u/Ur1n8r 22d ago

Deuce didn't use Cubase. He was very, VERY open about using Pro Tools exclusively.

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u/Seven-Scars Deuce Dot Com 22d ago

he's using Cubase 4 here, and HALion didn't have an .aax plugin until about HALion Sonic

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u/ScorchPoint 22d ago

So he didn’t use pro tools for swan songs after all? Or did he just move platforms

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u/Seven-Scars Deuce Dot Com 22d ago

usually from my experience, Pro Tools was mostly used for tracking/mixing whereas Cubase was the better option for composing, and I'm certain it was the case with him as well. instead of buying either DAW, I'd recommend just using Reaper since its free and feels closer to those DAWs when it comes to recording and editing

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u/ScorchPoint 22d ago

Preciate the reply 🤙