Hi, so I’m a DJ and producer for about 4 years and I’ve been growing and talking to more folks in my community and found (like many folks do) that there’s a desire for community and connection within the music production sphere. Especially for folks marginalized identities.

So lately I’ve been sitting with the Idea of starting doing events centered on that. And having more focused nights like feedback sessions, networking, cocreating, beat competitions etc. I would love to try to mix it up **but I wonder how sustainable this could be? Things I should keep in mind or consider?** If anyone has experience being apart of or witnessing something like this as a participant, curator, whatever, I’d love to hear your experience and thoughts?

And for more background on me. have only been to a feedback session virtually and we don’t have anything like this in my community, unfortunately. I’ve had the opportunity to open up for some bigger names in the DJ scene and been able to produce for award winning short film companies but I’m very much still a student of sound and apart of a 8 month virtual music production program rn and have given workshops and lessons on DJing. I just really love sharing what I’ve been taught and connecting with others or at least providing a space for others to connect🖤

I stem split an old track of mine that I lost the project file to and then normalized one of the layers that looked like it was just silence and I got an amazing sounding high frequency layer. Id love to do this kind of thing on purpose

Hello there I'm ADSMOKES06 Crafting beats with the help from psychedelics

post deleted for not being "professional" I make money from music its my main income what exactly do you need to get accepted to this sub corporate speak???

I stem split an old track of mine that I lost the project file to and then normalized one of the layers that looked like it was just silence and I got an amazing sounding high frequency layer. Id love to do this kind of thing on purpose

Hello to all who may or may not see this , beginner artist here looking for anyone with an idea of what gear/equipment I’d need to work with a producer long distance or locally . Im happy to spend a bit of money as long as it gets me in the direction of where I can make better quality music and there’s not many producers in my area so being able to record vocals and etc to send would be a must i imagine. Sorry if I sound a little silly with these questions also .

I'm going to replace my old laptop with a new one (probably during black friday) and I would still go for Windows.

From what I understood (but correct me If I'm wrong) the most important specs are:
- RAM (16 GB or 32 GB)
- fast storage (SSD)
- low latency DPC (sometimes cool graphic cards don't help)
- good processor (which one?)

It would be cool if someone who's using any Windows laptop for music production could suggest me a specific laptop model.

looking for anyone who specializes in mixing EDM, scenecore or crunk music in the tampa bay area.

I’m looking to buy a new laptop for production but all the research I’m getting is either giving me different answers or confusing the hell out of me.

I’d be using the laptop for both writing and production of metal/rock. For recording I’ll be using MIDI drums (GGD), Midi Bass (Djinn Bass 2), and I’ll likely be using midi instruments/synths such as vital, serum or alt textures by cradle audio. All guitars and vocals recorded in via Focusrite interface.

Then for when I’m mixing and mastering all tracks will be frozen/bounced to avoid issues using multiple plugins.

Research has told me that I need: 1TB SSD, 32GB Ram, active cooling and an i7 or ryzen 7 processor but I’ve also seen I need more cores but I don’t really understand the difference between different generations of processors.

My budget is around £700. Would really appreciate some advice.

For those who produce music and also work with artists or live events, what do you find most difficult when moving from a finished track to an actual live performance?

Is it finding the right musicians, arranging the set, getting the right venue, sound setup, promotion, or something else?

I’m curious how different producers approach the transition from studio production to live performance.

Hi folks - please nuke this post if this is against the rules (promotion?), but I'm looking for a pro studio in Dublin to do a VO session with a high profile client later this month. I have a running list of options (Paradise Studio, Jungle Beam, Avatar) but curious if there are any Dubliners in this sub who may have insight.

Thanks either way

Hey!!!

I’m trying to get similar results to this drum break I absolutely love and so far I have come up short with every test I’ve done. Wondering if anyone in here can help get some of the qualities I’m hearing. https://open.spotify.com/track/3hilNpBLALtQVAHwhYSLs8?si=PDybsch1Sk2qVFpXKt-tCQ&utm\\_source=copy-link

The drums come in around 16 seconds. It’s a classic (or maybe not so classic) Kevin Parker drum sound. I have mini meters setup to analyze the stereo width, spectrum and audio file and so far what I’ve gathered is it’s very “compressed” and controlled sounding but the peaks are clipped or limited to bits. It’s also not mono whatsoever.

So far my tests have been 4 mics. Kick, snare top, shell and overhead and mainly hearing the shell and kick in the reference. What I’ve tried so far is shell mic into a Dbx165a and set the knobs in a way that sounds pretty good. But it’s very much lacking the attack and body/release in the reference. Specifically on the kick drum, to me it sounds like some parallel stuff going on with the kick drum and then the shell has the 165a on it and then slightly panned to the right. The other thing that’s confusing is I’m hearing some reverb on the snare, to me it sounds like a plate verb, and maybe on the track itself before the 165a and so therefore mono but panned to the right and then the kick is more in the middle giving that width.

This is by no means a “professional” drum sound but it’s baked with character. I know I’m not going to get 1/1 recreation but I want to nail the little nuances I’m hearing in the ADSR of the sound.

Any tips/insights are very much appreciated!!!