Recent content by cyanbeat

I am a producer/dj from Toronto, Canada and I am putting up my tracks for FREE on The Pirate Bay! I believe people have to right to hear good music and if they can afford it, to donate to the producer. The link is: cdj123 - TPB **************************************************************...

I think the best mastering comes with making the track as loud as possible with the most dynamics, a tight bass, and the least distortion, but I do electronic music so that's just my aesthetics. A great mix is half the battle.

No you don't need to send your stuff to a studio for mastering IMO. First, you could master everything on headphone monitors on your computer using any DAW software and come up with beautiful tight music if it was mixed and clean to begin with. Second, I don't think the issue of sound...

I have no idea how to read a spectrum analyzer...any pointers on this would be appreciated! I use Ableton. I've tried surfing the web to understand it but it still seems difficult. Hope this isn't a stupid question :)

I use Ableton's drum kit with a midi loop function. I'm wondering more from the perspective of other EDM producers as I imagine they wouldn't be using drum pads (not that it's a bad idea though). I guess it's all about elaborate high hats and cymbals to make it funky.

It depends. If you want to record a band or acoustic musician and want to hear every little sound and noise, then monitors are your answer. However, in electronic music fidelity (other than a clean signal) is totally subjective and many folks couldn't tell the difference if you recorded with...

I'm a house producer so I'm biased :) But you can get tons of realistic sounding drum vsts and samples these days that sound very close to acousitc drums with flawless timing.

I only use Sylenth and Ableton Live's synths. I don't think you need a huge amount of synths...so many users have come up with a huge number of presets for Sylenth and the posibilities are probably endless. Think about it; back in the day how many folks could afford 50 hardware synths? Did...

I listen to progressive house music, and I'm always amazed at how human producers can make their beats sound. Any tips on avoiding mechanical sounding beats?

Anyone here a desiger of video game music? I've been thinking of getting into it. Any advice would be appreciated!

I'm a home recordist and I've been using the Tascam US122 MKII audio interface to record guitar. Even at the lowest latency setting though, I'm still experiencing latency which is really frustrating to record in real time. Anyone have any tips on reducing latency in general? Btw, I've set my...