Hi, I’m a teenager who’s just been recently introduced the world of Djing and Production. Most of what I do is make mixes and occasionally play out at skate jams and things like that. I have a copy of Ableton Live Lite that came with the Launchpad I bought to use for general midi. I’ve made quite a few things, but I haven’t published any of them. Recently, a friend of mine shot me a video( it’s also a meme, I guess) and I decided I was going to make something out of it last night around 3 A.M. I don’t particularly like the intro, but if you could please listen to the whole thing and give me some tips on making my music better, I would greatly appreciate it. https://soundcloud.com/sha_t/deez-nuts
I was trying to make more of a Tech House feel, but I think I may have accidentally built it in half time.
that really sound nice if you a beginner.. the only important i can give you is to reference your track to other tech house tracks that you like. then try make something that is similar to those tracks..
You need to work on your EQing overall and sidechaining your kick for sure.
It’s far too repetitive for me to get through the whole thing. Mix up the hat pattern, take the hats out and bring them back in for impact.
You use too much reverb at times which washes out everything, but then you also cut it out directly with no reverb tail which IMO doesn’t sound natural or good.
For a song that long, it would also be beneficial to bring in a breakdown or two of 16 or 32 bars.
Try to have your different elements play off each other a bit more - fading bassline note followed by the far overused sample of deez nuts. Get the timing right on the interplay of musical elements for more punch.
Having said that, I liked the kick sound and the mixing up of the kick pattern. The bassline was cool. It’s far better than my first attempt.
some decent acid in there lol…def work on those drums…
what i would do is take all your drum tracks and group them together, mix down the drums so they sound perfect, and leave the volume on the group to control how loud the overall drums shout sit in the mix. repeat the process for your other sections (bass, pads, leafs etc…)
again variation… I would recommend listening to some fairly simple psytrance among other genres just so you can get an idea of the various drum progressions they have.
So, I’ve been working on some new things over the time since I posted this, and I finally finished a track. It’ s not quite as well mixed as I would like, but it has some good parts. Check it out! https://soundcloud.com/sha_t/above-us
Just listened to this one, being a teenage producer who makes Techno as well it is a super fun genre to make. A couple of tips. You really need to focus on the levels of your drums, with this track your kick is barely audible and it lacks a punch, you can achieve this through side chaining. I think that there is a bit too much going on in the track overall, with Techno less is more. Also you should look into the use of subtle delays, reverbs and fx for example WHYT NOYZ use this a lot and when done right it is very powerful and makes a big difference
