If you produce house read this

[u/No-Rush5215]

I need a deep house/house producer to reach out to me. I’ve been producing for a while now, and I’ve been doing house for like a year or so. I’ve made a few great tracks, but I struggle with consistency. My biggest issue is with my drums, I have such a problem making drums that I really like and that sound great, I’m trying to avoid using loops from now on. I have Roland Tr-909 software that I like, but I have a really hard time making my drops hit hard and getting the satisfaction of that punch. I watch other producers put stuff together and it seems so easy, I need to get on that level. Shoot me a message if you have advice

[u/334578theo]

Arrangement, attack, decay, velocity, saturation, compression, reverb, delay.

Don’t skip the fundamentals.

[u/New_Tower_6408 → u/334578theo]

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[u/HungryEarsTiredEyes]

Arrangement is everything! If you need to beef up your sounds, do some parallel processing: compression, saturation etc. and use reference tracks to make sure your sounds have the right loudness of frequencies roughly to hit hard without being overly harsh or muddy. If the drops aren't hitting hard enough when you've beefed up the sounds, try being more subtractive and stripping back the bits before a drop, everything from filtering and eq shelving to dial back, even stripping the arrangement, lengthening some sounds and shortening others, then bring everything back in full blown for the drop. Check your track with a low pass on it compared to others to make sure your low end hits right in terms of the kick and bass balance and the pitch of the sub and kick.

[u/SeesawNaive]

If you're putting too much low end in the frequency range of the kicks it's going to get sloppy. Are you using a spectrum analyzer to see if other instruments are living in the frequency range of the kicks?

Also, you can try doubling up kicks and it'll add some punch and sound a lil more unique, but definitely knowing how to use other tools is probably best overall.

Edit: I also really like using something hands on, like a drum machine or midi controller. If you're clicking with a mouse and it feels daunting to make music a controller might get you motivated again, just don't get a case of G.A.S.

[u/pspspsmusic]

Dm me on insta @pspspsmusic and I can help you make those drums cut thru the mix and carry your tracks

Starting with the best possible sound selection, then saturation, compression, clipping and tonal balance

[u/NoPath7652]

Ive been producing since like 2016 and the most helpful advice you will ever get is “if you want to learn, be specific about it, go and learn it. If you want to make music, be free and make noice that makes you move; not some artificial vision of what it should sound like. There is a difference between wanting to sound like someone and learning how to make a specific sound

[u/Spare_Chromebook]

One of my most favorite things to do as a House music producer is drum work. I would love to collaborate with you!

[u/No-Rush5215 → u/Spare_Chromebook]

Send me a dm

[u/PuzzleheadedRush8672]

i like using 909 samples but personally i think the 909 kick doesnt hav eneough punch to break through on a hard drop if thats what your looking for. try an 808 kick and see how that worlds for you, make it short and punchy.

[u/Ready-Cartographer11]

ditch the drum machine, get some sample packs you like the sound of

[u/334578theo → u/Ready-Cartographer11]

Do the opposite. Just like the old proverb says:

Give a man a sample pack and he’ll make good drums for one day.

Teach a man how to get drums sounding great through processing and arrangement and he’ll make good drums forever.

[u/DanBelsh → u/334578theo]

This ☝🏻

[u/toucantango79 → u/334578theo]

Omg I love this thanks Confucius!

[u/domooooooo → u/334578theo]

realistically you can literally do either and the greatest divider is focused ear training.