r/edmproduction

Okay, everyone else's dream is to become the next Avicii, Martin Garrix, whoever, I get it.

While dreaming big is all well and good, anybody else who do not come from generational wealth still have to put food on the table WHILE working on that dream - day jobs are needed for sustenance. I, and I suppose most people here, belong in that camp.

I'm currently working a (thankfully) remote job which pays peanuts and unfortunately drains my energy for the day. I wake up looking forward to learning production and making music but still have to go to the gym, work my job, and at the end of all that, have little energy left to do what actually matters to me, which is music.

I'm thinking of eventually switching things up and changing my day job into a more "aligned" one. Something that has everything to do with audio - and I think that's the medium term goal anyone in my position should aspire to be in. It hits two birds with one stone, you get to improve your "sound" chops or skills while also not burning out and being able to pursue that main dream after that 9-5 job because there are lots of overlaps between the two.

What do you guys think

I’m trying to get a little more uniformity out of my basses particularly when it comes to loudness in the low end.

Ive found recently that I prefer to consolidate midi to audio when working with serum, its lighter on my CPU and the wave form visually helps me figure out what things may lack/need more of.

My question is, if I have my serum channels all routed to a bass bus with a limiter and then I consolidate the midi, will the new audio clips include the fx on the bus, or only the FX on the channels before they get routed to the bus?

At 7:15 in Steely Dan's Aja there's this awesome ear candy sound that sounds like water trickling. I think it's some kind of a synth with a filter and reverb but not quite sure. I've heard a similiar sound in some other songs such as Daft Punk's Motherboard at 3:11 onwards.

Any idea what this sound is called and how it is be made?

Been building a little project called mpump:

https://mpump.live/

It’s a free, open-source browser groovebox for quickly making loops and sharing them as links. No account, no install, no subscription.

The core idea is simple: the whole beat can travel as a link. You can open it on iPhone, iPad, Android, laptop, or desktop anywhere there’s a modern browser.

https://preview.redd.it/17qxm6516stg1.png?width=1834&format=png&auto=webp&s=b9b8a341417b75d47e1a3da74cbda57c6f97c8fd

Not trying to pitch a business here. I just wanted to make something fast, playable, and easy to pass around, because I love electronic music and making it.

Would love honest feedback from people here on whether the workflow feels useful, whether the sound holds up, and whether it’s actually fun to use.

Open source:

https://github.com/gdamdam/mpump

Hey there! Looking for some discussion / opinions / advice on the below.

Background:

I’m a local opener (DJ) and have played for many large artists on big stages and small stages alike for 5+ years. I’ve produced loosely in the background during this time but haven’t released anything because it’s not good enough IMO and my main focus has been playing music and generally just chilling. I love music deeply and genuinely just enjoying playing the gigs I get.

What’s happening now:

Someone close in my circle stated he wants to be a DJ and producer about a month ago to me. Asked for recs on what decks to buy, etc. Fast forward to last week and now he’s released 3+ songs on Spotify and other services and is pushing his music on a new instagram page.

Last night at dinner he admitted to using AI to make his tracks. He writes the lyrics and puts them into various generators. The 3+ tracks he’s released are all different genres (bass house, trance, tech house). He also commented that if he gets called out some day, so be it.

My Opinion:

This is deeply bothering me. As someone who’s been in the industry for 5+ years professionally and longer as a raver, I vehemently detest AI generated music (and art in general). The fact that he’s pushing his AI slop in my face is gross.

My Question:

So I got lucky last night in that I wasn’t in the direct line of conversation about the AI music so I didn’t have to react, but there’s many other times I am in a small group setting with this person and I know he will bring it up with me because of my background. So how do I react without totally blowing up the relationship? For more context this person is essentially family and my reaction could cause bigger issues. Is there a way for me to say that I disagree with what he’s doing without losing my shit about it? Do I just shut up and say congrats? Unfortunately I’m one of those people where my opinions will be all over my face and it’s hard for me to hide it.

Any thoughts or opinions on this would be helpful.

Thank you kind community.