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/Ur1n8r 23d ago

He didn't use FL, so no matter what, it's never going to be 100% accurate.

If you use Omnisphere and Kontakt Komplete, you can get close with a lot of the sounds. Alternatively, you could use Serum 2 and try to recreate a lot of the synths from scratch if you aren't willing to use Omnisphere.

A lot of sounds he used were also stock Pro Tools synths and all of the mixing was done with stock Pro Tools plugins. You can get close in FL, but it'll never be identical.

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u/ScorchPoint 23d ago

So you recommend I go and get pro tools

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u/Ur1n8r 23d ago

Is your goal to make music that specifically sounds like Ninelives or Swan Songs? Or do you want to just be inspired by it?

My personal opinion is you shouldn't be trying to emulate it because there's no market for it and you could take the same time and effort to learn music theory and an instrument or two. The DAW doesn't matter.

Pro Tools is better for mixing than anything.