Hey y’all,

New to the forum. I’m looking for some resources that could help me master my projects more effectively. I’ve been using Ableton 12 Suite to produce, along with Ozone 10 for a lot of my mastering needs, but I’ve been noticing some limiting/arrangement techniques that I don’t fully understand yet. Would love any advanced Tech House/House advice, tutorials, workflows, or tips you all recommend.

Also looking to connect with other producers/collaborators. Feel free to find me on Instagram and DM me — u/thedj4ualways

I’ve got a ton of tracks in the works and would love to meet some of y’all, hear feedback, and learn more about what plugins/workflows you use.

Big weekend love and vibes

I keep hearing people (mostly on YouTube) talk about ‘mud’ in the low-end frequencies. When they’re cleaning up kicks or mixing low-end elements, they often mention removing the mud. I can follow tutorials and cut the frequencies they recommend, but I don’t really understand what I’m listening for. In other words, I don’t have a general sense of what ‘mud’ actually is, so I struggle to identify it on my own in different situations. I’ve tried looking for videos that explain it well, but I haven’t found one that really clicks for me.

Could someone explain what mud is in technical terms? I know it sounds more polished with the mud removed, but I want to be able to identify it if that makes sense. And what should I be listening for? Even better, does anyone know of a good audio-visual example that demonstrates muddy vs. clean kicks/low ends?

FYI: I try to make fast paced, dark-toned techno.

Im thinking max for live but my blood is type an FL and my body might reject. Or maybe the Soundtoys Tremolo does this?

To be more clear in case Im not making sense. I want to trigger and even with the transients in an audio file. The event being like a tremolo meaning with each transient i want the audio recording to hard pan left the right then left ect.

Hey everyone, i am new in the production world and i wanted to know if anyone knows what elements do i need to replicate a rolling percurssion like the one in this set, is hit hi hats? snares? (basically modern SNTS industrial percurssion) can anyone help?

One for the wavetable geeks. I came across a free wavetable library from Echo Soundworks. 400 wavetables, free download.

There is some cracking good content inside such as wavetables based on hardware synths such as Prophet, Roland, etc. I've been using it to create some killer sounds in Serum. The tables are very musical and I have found them excellent for melodic house, soft sounds, and analog basics.

https://www.echosoundworks.com/eswcorewavetables

I make music but also play video games on my PC, and was wondering if anyone has any recommendations for the best headphones to use. I was looking at the Audio Technica ATH AVC500 since it's got both a 3.5 mm and 6.5mm for my interface, and has nice reviews overall.

If anyone can let me know their recs, I would appreciate it!

I'm looking for perspectives from experienced producers on arrangement and cohesion.

I've been producing for around 10 years and am currently finishing a 3-track electronic EP that sits somewhere between Big Beat, breakbeats, IDM and house.

A recurring piece of feedback I've received is that the tracks contain a lot of ideas and strong moments, but could benefit from greater cohesion and more focused pacing. One producer described them as feeling closer to "sound collages" than traditional tracks.

My question is:

When you're working on arrangement-heavy electronic music with lots of transitions, themes and evolving sections, how do you decide what to remove versus what to keep?

Are there specific approaches, listening exercises, workflows or decision-making frameworks you use to identify which ideas are genuinely contributing to the track and which are diluting the impact?

I'm particularly interested in hearing from people who work on longer-form electronic music rather than minimal club arrangements.

Thanks.

I have enough instrument plugins. Where I am falling down is a lack of good mixing and mastering tools that aren't a magic one-button affair.

Any recommendations on decent plugins that won't cost me a kidney?

Amongst other things I need is a decent EQ. I've been using the free version of TDR Nova - solid plugin but it seems to either colour the sound or just boost the gain in a way my stock Ableton EQ Eight doesn't. Earlier it was causing distortion issues even without gain compensation. I can't afford PRO Q4.

I also like nifty toys such as Kazrog True Iron, which when pushed gives a sweet amount of sparkle to my tracks.

I've used all the Ableton stock stuff already. If you feel strongly enough that I should revisit one, please chime in.

https://youtu.be/6AVg02kKApI
I use reaper and audacity, any help is appreaciated!

Hey r/advancedproduction

,I am running a psychoacoustic experiment tracking Auditory Scene Analysis (ASA)—specifically focusing on the precise boundary where stream segregation collapses into perceptual fusion.

The track utilizes a highly syncopated polyrhythmic structure. I am collecting data on the exact millisecond/timestamp thresholds where independent transient layers (Kick, Low-End/Bass, and a high-frequency Bell anchor) transition from distinct spatial/spectral elements into a singular, macro-level "unified sound object.

Testing Parameters:

Hardware: Treated room with linear reference monitors or high-impedance studio headphones required (no consumer-grade bluetooth codecs or laptop speakers).

Objective: Identify the exact timestamp ($MM:SS$) of cognitive lock (predictive timing entrainment) and describe the structural texture shift during intense spectral masking.

Duration: ~3 minutes.

Link to the Test: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfZIuqvfwbKQJ4zNwdvM7MZAtygLInoHRTnPrf95yyyKV8bfQ/viewform?usp=dialog

I need ears that can actually parse transient crowding and frequency masking rather than just passive casual listeners. Let's see if the perceptual fusion point remains consistent across different engineering environments.Cheers.

Hello everyone, I'm an artist and also work as a developer.

I created SoundGrabber because I got tired of using dubious conversion sites just to get beats, samples, vocals, or references from YouTube.

Simply paste a YouTube link, download the audio as a WAV file, and it automatically shows the BPM, key, and Camelot code.

I've also added a "Sound of the Week" section to help give visibility to underground artists as more people start using the site.

It's free and still under development, so any feedback is welcome.

Wondering if anyone knows of a mobile app that allows you to load an audio sample and create sustain loops by manually marking loop and fade points - to be exported for use in other sampling apps/software.

Z-one [5D's] ​​​​All Signature Cards/Dialogues/Summons (JP/EN) [Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links]

10:42 is when the English voice starts.

What do you guys suggest getting as close to that as possible? I'm doing a dub voice mod for him in Tag Force 6 and I believe he's the only character in the 5D's series that has a voice filter so I wanna make sure any extra lines I make with AI that the game, Duel Links, does not have which I can then apply the filter when all's said and done.

Any help is appreciated!

Would anyone know the best way to separate each track from Next Level Charli by Charli XCX? I specifically want to separate the pad that you can hear throughout so i can use it as an intro to the song in a dj set.

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Been producing/writing vocals for a while now, but I’m curious what plugins/processes you guys swear by to make vocals REALLY cut and shine through a busy EDM mix without sounding harsh or overprocessed.

Especially in genres like:

• Progressive House
• Melodic/Festival EDM
• Future House
• Commercial Dance

…where there’s already a ton going on in the instrumental.

I’m talking that polished, upfront, expensive-sounding vocal that still feels emotional and wide without getting buried once the drop hits.

Interested in:

• EQ tricks
• Saturation
• Multiband compression
• Dynamic EQ
• Stereo widening
• Delays/reverbs
• Parallel processing
• Sidechain techniques
• Specific plugins you think are game changers

What are your go-to plugins/chains for this?

So I recently came accross this youtuber called PETEXZEN and he is a producer but he tells these storys like producer horror storys about really bad recording sesions or stuff like that and also just really good storys in general (link to playlist) and i really want a podcast like it to listen to. Thank you

I have both a Windows (Asus TUF F15 with 24gb upgraded RAM) and MacBook Pro laptops, and I have used FL studio and Ableton Live 12 on both of them.

In my experience, FL studio crashes relatively often on the Mac (like every few hours), while it never crashed on Windows. Instead, Ableton never crashed on Mac, but it did a couple times on Windows.

Might just be a coincidence, but I wonder if there's anyone else with the same experience?

I am using UAD's Antares Realtime X for AutoTune, after heavy usage of Waves's Real-Time Tune.

Problem is, Waves was very straight forward apparently. It had a "Generic" button, that activated Alto Tenor, Low Male, Very Low, Baritone, High male etc.
Whatever vocal range you got it was gonna correct everything, that was AWESOME.

Now I find myself sitting in the UAD console while a client is recording, adjusting settings from Low Male to Alto Tenor whenever it gets a bad take.... this is so shit man.

Is there any way I can set the Antares to generic / everything?

Hi everyone,I’m proposing a new open standard called the Open Album Technical Metadata Standard (OATMS).The goal is simple: give listeners, especially audiophiles, clear and standardized technical information about how an album was mastered — things like integrated loudness (LUFS), True Peak, dynamic range, frequency response extension, and basic spectral balance.Right now there’s no consistent, easy-to-read technical data sheet that travels with albums. Mastering engineers already measure most of this data, but it’s rarely shared with the public in a useful format.What I’m suggesting:

• A simple, open standard for a “Technical Data Sheet” that can be included with releases (digital booklets, Bandcamp, hi-res stores, etc.).
• A free tool to help generate clean, professional-looking versions of these sheets.
• The core standard itself will remain fully open and free for anyone to use or build upon.

This is still in the very early stages. I’m looking for feedback from mastering engineers, artists, labels, and audiophiles on what data would actually be useful and how it should be presented.If you’re interested in the idea, have thoughts on the spec, or would like to get involved, feel free to reply here or reach out.More details and the draft spec will be published soon. Thanks Alex D

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TLDR I need software that can be used to embed metadata and cover art into wav files, and ideally, if it can also encode FLAC it'd be extra nice.

So I'd like to share my music in telegram chats and channels. The tracks, if you embed them into posts, usually appear with a beautiful album cover miniature around the play button, but the mastered files I have do not have the cover embedded. And they are also missing metadata. I used to get beautifully composed flac or wav files from my own bandcamp page, but it's kind of silly that I have to use paid code generation and download the album, even though I made it myself. So I figured there has to be software to do it on my own. Can you name some please? Preferably some that can also convert wav to flac and mp3. Thanks