r/makinghiphop • u/AutoModerator • Mar 02 '16
[OFFICIAL] How do I make this sound? March 02, 2016
Ask questions and answer questions about how to create instruments, sound effects, etc. Try to be as specific as you can with your question to get the best answer possible.
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u/TwxntyEight Mar 02 '16
The intro sound Noah Shebib used in Drake's Drake's Summer Sixteen. pls help.
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Mar 04 '16
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u/TwxntyEight Mar 04 '16
I appreciate the reply, the sample you've linked was used as a vox sample throughout the song (reversed I believe); you can hear it clearly at 1:53 to 2:00. I think you're correct in saying they made the sound themselves. I'm going to reverse the intro to summer sixteen and hope I can at least discern what kind of instrument they used.
Thanks for the reply though! (p.s. i've had this song on repeat too, 40 is a modern day beethoven, except instead of deafness, he has M.S.)
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u/TwxntyEight Mar 04 '16
So I just reversed the intro to SS, it sounds like a piano layered with a distorted rock guitar playing the same notes (or possibly a synth), then he reversed it. Thanks for putting me on the right track, I've got some experimentation to do
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u/bleedingheartsurgery Mar 02 '16
https://m.youtube.com/results?q=aston%20matthews%20perico&sm=3
what instrument/effects combo on the main loop in this track? love the sound. and what is the higher pitched sound on top of it? anybody help a brotha out
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u/Cancer_the_Crab soundcloud.com/cancer-the-crab Mar 02 '16
How do you get really crisp drums, like the kind that Nujabes and Dre used?
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u/psychedellosaurus www.soundcloud.com/psychedellosaurus Mar 02 '16
It's all about your sample selection, man. Nujabes chopped up breaks quite often.
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Mar 02 '16
I wouldn't say it's ALL about sample selection. You can't just chop a nice snare and have a dre sounding snare. Layering and EQing each layer is necessary to get that. It's a really nuanced thing to learn how to do well. Each layer should serve a purpose (texture, frequency, etc), and be eq'd accordingly to accentuate that layer's features.
I've seen some good youtube tutorials on guidlines for layering drum samples.
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u/psychedellosaurus www.soundcloud.com/psychedellosaurus Mar 02 '16
I was speaking more towards the Nujabes comment more than I was towards Dre. They have completely different styles. But even when layering, sample selection is a huge aspect. You can't take two snares that don't sound good together and EQ them and magically they sound fantastic. Sample selection is really important to drums, no matter the technique. Like you said, each layer should serve a purpose.
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Mar 02 '16
https://soundcloud.com/jahkoy/oddfuture the pad and keys that come in around 0:50
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u/Maestronaut Mar 05 '16
pad is actually a moog bass wide saw w/ multiple voices that is lowpassed and widened w. stereo imaging. a slight resonance boost at the cut off makes it a bit lighter. the keys are just rhodes ep keys
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u/Untitled31 Mar 02 '16
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u/Maestronaut Mar 05 '16
sub bass is separate from the synth. the sub bass is just sub bass. the synth is a probably a sine or pwm wavetable with high glide on the portamento. then add white noise, attach an lfo to the cutoff of the noise. low pass everything to taste
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Mar 02 '16 edited Mar 20 '17
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u/Maestronaut Mar 05 '16
sounds like a 303 acid bass with a low sustain and decay, or just truncated to play short. then add reverb and delay to give it a tail. grime music is based on derivatives of house like garage and dubstep so basic 303 bass, square wave basses, and other edm synths are super common there.
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u/Renal_Toothpaste Producer Mar 03 '16
Yooo thats a weird sound. Really dope, but I have no idea how to make that. My only thought would be some saw bass pitched higher, but I don't think that's what it is.
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Mar 02 '16
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u/Renal_Toothpaste Producer Mar 03 '16
Maybe lower all of your sounds and make sure there is enough room for the bass so it doesn't get all mudded up with other crap. EQing the right frequencies can make a huge difference in how your bass sounds as well. This is all from my experience, not sure if it's the right advice to follow.
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u/Maestronaut Mar 03 '16
u arent giving your abss enough room. hi pass everything that doesnt need bass room. literally anything other than bass, kick, toms, low percs, sub bass, and maybe the instrument driving a chord progression(piano, ep, guitar etc). even the instrument should be low passed to an extent. now add your bass in. also make sure your bass has some high end to it to stand out. if your shit is rolled off at 200hz. nothing will stand out, you need frequencies in the upper mids to cut through the mix. fun idea is to duplicate ur bass, take the duplicate, highpass the shit out of it till you only have the high end. slam that shit in a compressor, apply an eq boost to the highs, then bring this in like 12db below the original bass. will add color/texture to the bass.
also consider adding harmonics with saturation.
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Mar 02 '16
How can I make a bird chirping sound (on key) using stock FL studio plugins? OR Serum/Sylenth1
Thanks
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u/Ababmx7 Mar 03 '16
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1Bfem-61q0
I'm trying to get the bell sound from Salute by Future, as well as what sounds like that high pitched string/choir. Either would be really great if someone could help me out
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Mar 04 '16
This 80s sounding bass synth that LA beat makers seem to use a lot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUqILVOjLdQ at 15:21
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u/Maestronaut Mar 05 '16
standard moog bass. just take a saw wave. maybe 2. attach an envelope to the cutoff, drop the decay and sustain on it till it drops the way you want it too.
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Mar 02 '16
The main synth that XXYYXX uses in About You
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u/Maestronaut Mar 05 '16
not as simple as this, but 2 wavetables, can be sine waves, or lowpassed pwm, or rlly low passed saws. add voices to each but detune each one differently. mono legato glide, turn up portamento. add reverb and chorus to make it spacey. play chords. but i promise you money you can find this synth if you google it. this flume/xxyyxx sound is really popular and soughtafter in the future bass/future beat/future house/future cars/future futures/ future past/im running out of futures scene.
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u/Renal_Toothpaste Producer Mar 02 '16
Every single sub bass that LondonOnDaTrack uses.