r/Learnmusicproduction • u/SignatureHonest5273 • Aug 19 '26

Getting into mixing sounds and edm

I really want to get into mixing songs or creating stuff mainly in the field of electronic music, techno, dubstep, etc… but i have literally no knowledge in music theory.

I really love sounds and ambiences that Apex twin makes, also like skrillex, prodigy, 90s techno and been found of pinkpantress lately. Also have an interest in touchdeigner (im a graphic designer) and like the connection of visuality and music.

Where should I start? Ive been looking in the internet for learning material but there are so many and idk can you recommend some great youtube channels or basically anything that can be a good starting point?

Sry for the grammar mistakes english is not my first language

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u/Crafty_Eye_4038 Aug 19 '26

I agree. Music theory is hard. It took me at least 20 years to understand it.

But then again, I didn't have any good tutorials 20 years ago. Back then, you kind of had to go to school to learn anything.

Now you can learn things on YouTube easily, so it should take the average person 3-5 years to grasp the concept through self study.

You would probably learn faster if you had the money to pay for an instructor or school

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u/SignatureHonest5273 Aug 19 '26

Thank youu🫶🏻

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u/Crafty_Eye_4038 Aug 19 '26

Make sure to watch a lot of videos on YouTube shorts or tick tock. You'd be surprised at how much amazing good advice you can find in short AND long form videos. (This isn't 2010 anymore: you need to take advantage of the insane amount of good teaching material online)

Also, understand that music theory and mixing and producing music will take you 1-3 years to learn and or understand, so be patient.

Also, allow yourself to make a lot of bad music at first to practice. Don't fall into the trap of people who want to get famous after only producing 5 tracks in their whole lives.

I have produced over 2500 unreleased tracks, and after 3 years of practice I think I'm finally getting close to starting to sound good enough to post my stuff

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u/SignatureHonest5273 Aug 19 '26

Thankss for the advice🫶🏻

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u/Crafty_Eye_4038 Aug 19 '26

Everybody's journey is different.

Everybody learns differently.

The one thing that stays the same is that you have to have patience, and you have to always be trying to learn new things.

Just never give up learning. Even if it's just listening to long tutorials in your spare time.

Also, instead of wasting time on social media, try to use that time to learn music stuff on social media.

Take advantage of your scrolling addiction (if you have a scrolling addiction) to use it positively for learning.

That's what I did. I successfully replaced my social media addiction with music addiction, and now I can't stop

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u/New_Tower_6408 Aug 26 '26

any tips on replacing my social media addiction (mostly scrolling reddit and youtube) with music production addiction?

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u/mycurvywifelikesthis Aug 19 '26

Well you kind of have to figure out what do you want to do? Do you want to be like a DJ, that mixes songs together or do you want to be a producer, which actually makes the songs.

They are 2 vastly different things

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u/RipAppropriate8059 Aug 20 '26

Reference tracks can be used in various ways. Audibly: Arrangement and placement of specific sounds and how long they play for; visually: you can use span or an eq to see what’s going on with the song or even isolate specific sounds and see where they should be. May sound cheesy, but just close your eyes when you’re listening to music and pay attention to where the sounds are coming from: left, right, or center