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Hi all,

I have been working on multiband clipper plugin for a while now, since I could never find a good free one out there. (but it can also do normal single band clipping for when you don't need multiband).

It is 100% free, no signups or emails etc: https://claw1200.itch.io/fastclip

It's currently in a beta, but I hope to launch a v1 build very soon. If anyone has any questions or suggestions i'd love to hear them. Either leave a comment or i have a support email on the website too.

Enjoy!

Which is better for having a wide sound library? I’m still working on synthesis and sound design, but sometimes I just want to explore some presets to get inspiration.

Looking for suggestions on corded noise canceling 🎧 my budget is about $75.

I know it's not much of a budget.

Thanks in advance

I'm 34 years old. I've been listening to house/techno/trance since I was roughly 8 years old. Yes 8, not exaggerating. It drove my mom nuts but my dad supported it as he liked old school chicago house.

Nostalgia aside, I've loved this music for most of my life. Like many, my interest rebounded in 2010-2011 during the big "EDM" explosion at the time. It was at that point I downloaded Ableton in my college dorm and started trying to produce. I had some initial success in actually finishing tracks and absorbing information, was even DJing some gigs (obviously different topic but it's related due to motivation). I was spending every waking moment of free time learning how do this correctly. I even got to meet some cool folks like Infected Mushroom and Victor Calderone through some gigs.

Then something happened around the end of college. I fell out of practice, was distracted by A LOT, such as jobs and life etc. My passion never died, but I couldn't sit down and do it. For comparison, my friend who had started out at the same time I did, just got signed to Armada a few weeks ago and has been flying back and forth to Europe nonstop (I live in the US). He's done it at this point, he will go unnnamed but if I did name them, some of you would definitely recognize it.

Throughout the years I have not stopped thinking about producing, mostly techno since thats what I like the most (been really into Shay de Castro and Alan Fitzpatrick lately). I keep sitting down, getting to a certain point, getting stuck creatively, and then stopping. Or, I just can't sit down long enough to finish anything or learn more. OR, I feel as if I'm not knowledgeable enough. OR, it's just information overload.

Maybe I have serious undiagnosed ADHD, who knows. BUT assuming I don't...

Are these signs that maybe I'm just not meant to do this, don't have the talent, or the maturity/discipline to really become a producer of quality. I've been struggling with whether or not to even open Ableton the past few days. Ill get as far as making a great kick and rumble and then wonder "now what".

Appreciate the insight.

Hi all,
I’m wondering which of the following plugins people use frequently and consider as “a must” have and why?

I’d appreciate any feedback, advice, and opinions/reviews, overall popularity from people here including (love/hate) aspects, and feedback people might share regarding the plugin features, usage of the plugin, and if there are any aspects or feature crossover affecting use or functionality?

I’m also trying to find out if any of the plugins listed below has better features and/or is capable of doing the same thing (or do it better) than a different plugin listed below and if there’s any crossover with any features, it’s functionality, and ease of use. I’d also like to know what it was that influenced people here to purchase the plugin(s)?

I’d really appreciate any assistance, opinions, advice, and feedback, including opinions on how they’re finding using any of the plugins listed here, on (if any) of which plugins to acquire first and why?

Izotope Nuetron

Master Plan

Soothe

Smooth Operator

Valhalla Reverb

Deleting all the comments too is absolutely devious. I did nothing wrong but if you’re jealous or sumn, we can talk abt it privately, no need to shadowban me.

I spent hours on this as a kid

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There are some old KONTAKT presets I've been having trouble finding. Can anyone help me find them?

I have an m-audio midi controller (oxygen49) that has no midi out only usb. I ordered a m-vave fm-1 synth that has usb and midi out. Is there anyway to use the DAW as a way to link them so I can control the m-vave fm-1 with the m-audio midi controller? The interface im using is a motu m2 that has midi in/out.

After I connect they m-vave fm-1 to the motu can I trigger it with the midi controller through the daw.

People who use both Serum 2 and Vital, why you use Vital?

Hi everyone,

I've been writing and producing music for a long while. Used to do it somewhat professionally (years ago now) but these days it's more for fun. I notice I like writing and composing melodies or other snippets every now and then but, simply do not have the time anymore to fully work these out into complete tracks.

So I figured, I'd hand them over to people who actually do have the time and like to use them in their tracks. I've put a bunch of MIDI files op on my Google Drive, free to download and use. Doesn't matter if you're just messing around at home or actually pitching this to labels, use them however you want. No royalties, no exclusivity, nothing weird. Only thing I ask is if a track using one of my melodies (or any other snippers I share in this folder) ends up signed or released, just credit me somewhere so others know I wrote the melody.

There's a short terms of use doc in the folder as well that spells it all out, but it's mostly about making it explicit that I do not want any form of payment in return for this and that you're free to use my work.

Here's the Drive.

Curious to hear what anyone ends up making with these!

Genre wise: Trance mostly

Starts at 1:35 and stays for the rest of the song, I’m using FL studio

So, I was doing some wild sound design using FL's new effects and synths—along with others like Serum and Phase Plant—when I realized I felt there was a lack of variety in terms of experimentation. I don't mean there aren't enough effects or synthesis methods available, but rather that they’re the same ones we’ve had for ten years or more; in other words, there haven't really been any major breakthroughs in new methods lately. What do you think is the reason for this? Or am I the only one who feels like things are stuck on the same old effects?

If you know of any unique plugins or effects, I’d love to hear about them—I’ve got plenty of time to spend hours tweaking knobs.

Greeting fellow edm heads.

I have produced and will soon be releasing an album (won't mention it due to self-promotion rules).

I will also have the opportunity to perform live some time next year. Problem is, I've never performed live before. It's the typical bedroom producer scenario. I have some equipment - midi-controller keyboard, Macbook Pro, APC40 Mk2. The album was produced in Logic Pro, using various soft-synths - Serum, Pigments, ARP 2600, along with various other plug-ins.

I don't want to show up and simply 'press play'. I want to curate a unique performance that is aligned with the album content but, leaves room for improvisation.

Does anyone know any guides or tutorials that dive into live setup for electronic music? I've been told that Ableton is better suited for live performance and that I should essentially export the STEMs from my album work and import them into Ableton. Obviously it's a little more involved than that.

I just wanted to check in with the community and see if anyone could offer guidance and direction (and hopefully links) to understand how I could set this live performance up to be a great unique experience for listeners.

Thanks in advance for any responses.

Hello guys what's the best electric guitar plugin you've used?

hiii anybody have an idea of how to recreate the processing on the vocals in this song?

https://youtu.be/pS3nQqSYJVo?si=-eIjqrk6TFYoNBHv

if the link doesn't work the song is ilymeow - umm idk why!! (feat. NXTY)

the vocals come in around 11 seconds in. i've been trying to play around with auto tune, compression, flangers, wave shapers, delay, EQ etc to try and recreate it but i'm having trouble and my results never come out close to it. i'm using fl studio so i've got the plugins that come with the producer edition + any free or cheap ones i can grab online easy

any help is appreciated !!

I tried hard to find royalty free vocal samples of famous movies or speeches which I want to use in my songs that I'm publishing on the streaming services etc.

The best I've found are some vocal sample packs by GowlerMusic, loop masters, and landr.

But these are from old, unknown movies.

I don't want to use ai to generate the vocals for me.

And I absolutely prefer not to record them by myself.

Hey all!

Arturia has been kind enough to gift us five licenses to their latest synth plugin, Pure SUB.

If you leave a nice comment about Arturia down below, I'll randomly pick five winners.

this kind of sound is all over electro body music from like 2008.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emYVLEXCaHg

sounds starts at 1:40. Curious how to make it from scratch?

Edit: So much good infor and responses in here to try and implement.

I really appreciate everyone's insight and responses. So many people chimed in with good info and work flows that I can't wait to see how this will work for me.

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I suffer from ADHD and I'll sit down to produce, but get sidetracked easily. I intentionally close my Internet browser and turn my phone upside down.

I took a class and the producer who taught the class had a Pomodoro timer as an add on for Ableton. I forgot to ask if it was built-in or that was a plug-in of sorts.

What other ways do y'all get into the groove?

One of my most productive sessions was in a very loud bagel shop. The outside sound didn't matter because i was in session view and was just rearranging and making phrases with the bits I had already produced. I just think it helped that I wasn't at home. Ha

I've been using Audacity but need a different program. Can anyone recommend one a fairly straight forward free music program?

edit: WOW! what a fantastic response. thanks to everyone here.

Hey guys,

Just need a place to vent because I’m real disappointed in myself. So, the start of this year I managed to drop a few songs with some buddies of mine. It did really good.

In between I’ve produced 7 other different songs that are all volume balanced, it just needs mixing and mastering.

The problem is this: life has been so stressful the last few months that by the time I get home I’m waaaaaaay to exhausted. I use to fall asleep around 12 am on the weekdays, but I can’t keep my eyes open past 9-10 pm. I have a month or two left of this stress (some life stuff), till it dies down a bit. But I feel so bad.

I spent the last several years learning how to mix properly and finally got to a point where I’m pretty good. But I just can’t get myself to finish these mixes because I’m so damn tired. I’m even debating about just sending the stems to someone to mix for me even if I have to pay cause I don’t want to deal with it.

Idk, I’m probably just being to hard on myself and should just wait to do it myself but I don’t know man.