r/production

I can make any beat

I moved from the us to west africa to work on productions as a producer/director. Due to a health issue and major surgery i returned back to the united states and just now fully mobile. I have to move out of the place i rented to get better and heal as my parents are late , im an only child and really have no one to help. Im not looking for a handout, just any opportunity to work and earn. I am hardworking, resilient and have a professional skills, just not sure who, where, to go to. Creative, strategy, structure and execution across productions, events, marketing, logistics. Since i was out of the county for almost a decade, getting into my field is very difficult as it typically gate kept. Im willing to work in pretty much any space, any sector to get my feet on the ground. i'm not even sure where id stay once this month runs out. Im able and willing to work, i just need that connection, opportunity, referral and support. I'd truly appreciate any assistance, recommendations etc that i can get.

I am a standup and improv comedian. I usually perform in really poor lighting (such as pubs), with a handheld microphone amplified through a mixing desk into two speakers at the front of the stage that face the audience. I want to record these performances (both video and audio).

I have tried recording video on my Samsung Galaxy phone from the audience area. The audio (recorded by my phone after coming out of the speakers and travelling through the air, mixed with audience chatter) is completely unintelligible. I must have a better system of recording audio.

Also, the images are grainy. What I really want is a proper video camera that can handle low light conditions. But if a decent camera would be too expensive, I could learn to live with the poor images.

Do I need to buy an audio recording device that takes XLR/phono input and give it to the audio mixing operator before my performance? Do I wear a lapel mic and connect it to a recording device that I keep in my pocket? Do I buy a cheap video camera that is rated for low light?

Recording the audio/video separately and syncing them later is no problem. I know how to do that.

I'm happy to spend £500.

Richard

I have a tr6s and would like to take the stock sounds it comes with and get them in my computer for an easier workflow.

I recently got rid of my MPC one plus looking back that was the only way I could sample the Roland. My audio interface is a Scarlett solo 4 and it seems to only have outputs and one input. My DAW of choice is FL.

Is there anything that I need or don’t need to sample the Roland I have

A few weeks ago I posted here asking how long it takes teams to create branded videos from events. I was not expecting much but the response was really eye opening. Almost everyone described the same pain. Hours of work, mismatched fonts and colors, people who are not designers being forced to do design work.
So I actually started building something to fix it. The idea is simple. You dump in your raw photos and video clips from an event and it automatically assembles a polished branded video for you. No templates to fill in. No editing. Just your real footage transformed automatically the same way your iPhone creates Memories from your camera roll.
I am genuinely curious whether people here think this is worth pursuing or whether I am solving a problem that is not actually that painful in practice.
Two honest questions:
Does this sound like something your team would actually use?
What would make you trust a tool like this enough to let it represent your brand automatically?

As a Small & Medium Enterprise owner in manufacturing, I genuinely want to understand how others are solving the growing skilled labour and discipline challenge.

One major issue we face today is mobile phone usage during working hours.

If companies restrict mobile phones on the shop floor:
- Employees often feel unhappy or leave the job.
- Many say they cannot work without constant phone access.

If companies allow unrestricted phone usage:
- Productivity drops.
- Reels and social media consume working time.
- Quality issues increase.
- Machine attention reduces.
- Training efficiency suffers.

This is not about blaming workers. Everyone has pressures, stress, family responsibilities, and changing lifestyles. But manufacturing also requires focus, consistency, safety, and discipline.

Sometimes I wonder:
How are countries like Vietnam and China maintaining such high manufacturing productivity and skill discipline at scale?
Surely they must also face similar human and social challenges.

For MSMEs especially, this becomes critical because:
- Margins are already thin.
- One quality mistake can cost export orders.
- Skilled labour is difficult to retain.
- Continuous retraining increases costs.

So the real question is:
How can MSMEs create a modern work culture that balances:
- employee freedom,
- mental comfort,
- productivity,
- skill development,
- and manufacturing discipline?

Would appreciate practical experiences from:
- factory owners,
- HR professionals,
- production managers,
- and even workers themselves.

What systems are actually working today?

IF, you had stems from a song you wanted to rebuild from scratch, what plug ins, or tools would you use to make it easier to reproduce a song and or the stems from scratch? I dont want to bounce track anything, actually build it from scratch.. I am trying and frustrated. Just for those who want to know more, I have some songs I made online with AI that I want to reproduce and change some of the chord progressions and sound, I also, MOST IMPORTANTLY... DO NOT, want the AI stems and output.. BUT, Im new at this and trying to learn... It's been challenging. I have FL studios and Abelton Live with Claud working VERY well with in it... And recommendations or guidance would be blessing...Thanks again!

so there's this song called "napalm" by pendulum which has an AMAZING kick transient. very clicky and appealing to me.

when i try and make my own kick with clicks, it just sounds kinda weak, either too much high end, or not enough, and always too noisy. it doesn't seem like i can fnd the right click for any of my kicks, they all have smth wrong with them.

anyone got any tips for this?

I don't know what's my fault but i hard clipping etc do a lot of different things but still gettin' 10 db gain reduction with l2 help me (making hip-hop tracks)

Im trying to start a comic series but the problem is that I don't have any money as of now. It would be great if someone could work for me for free until I get enough money to pay them.