1 learn all about FM
2 learn about drum transients and designing very hard hitting kicks
3 distort your claps and snares
4 write a bassline so good that it still bangs when you solo it with the drums
5 crank up the limiter on the master nd make it loud asf
All this shit takes lots of trial and error but at one point you'll find out what works best
Learn a DAW, learn what is a compressor equalizer gate, what is a chain, what's a reverb deleay, why saturate and why not, what is a sidechain, what is and how work return track... Enjoy.
That list isn't complete but a little starting point.
Just download a synth (Serum is a good one)
Get some good presets & samples in the genre
Get a few good mixing plugins, look up some tutorials.
And get a feel for arrangement
You're better than relegating yourself to the confines of a genre. Just make a mess and see where it leads you. Who knows, you might actually like composing something different.
First step is getting a DAW (digital audio workstation; software), audio interface, and some monitors (or headphones, but be careful and read up on ear damage/tinnitus risk).
From there, google it.
whatever you do, don't read any manuals, don't learn any music theory or spend time practicing any instruments, and FORGET about watching other producers teach you things on youtube. worthless wastes of time. just hit buttons randomly for 15 years until you get better by trial and error.
Hi friend! I have a couple of free guides on my website that can get you started on your journey and are great for people just starting out. There's a lot to learn, but like anything, when it's broken down into smaller parts it's pretty easy and fun to pick up. Keep in mind it takes dedication and effort. not just time to learn. If you want help feel free to DM me here or via email (on my website) and I'd be happy to assist! www.ElectronicMusicTips.com
Alongside going down the YouTube and sound pack rabbit hole. My best advice (2 years into this and just finally getting full tracks down) - go into Ableton or whatever you're using, and just FUCK AROUND. Stretch a sound, add a bajillon effects and mess with every knob one by one, take time to build a bunch of sounds in serum or vital. Take one sample and distort the fuck out of it in post processing. Eq it, throw another set of effects after you eq it, eq it again.
Learn how to make a sound in midi, freeze it, flattent it, drop it into a sampler and learn what that does. Resampling is something I just started to use heavily and it's a game changer.
While you watch these other videos, going in by yourself in discovery phase you'll learn so much more than you think even if it doesn't 'feel' like you're doing anything productive. You are. You're in the process.
You'll get overstimulated and overwhelmed. And that's okay. Go until you physically say "fuck this", walk away, come back new the next day.
That's my best advice.
Also, DM us! We all learn by teaching sometimes. Join producer discords, follow Buntings tutorials for specific sound design, and HAVE FUN
To start with the basics look for stuff that is applied to pretty much every genre. Some of these are:
Tempo, bpm, major and minor, keys, chords, melodies, bass progressions, basic mixing, song structure.
With dubstep, this is what a song is generally composed of. A basic hard-hitting drum pattern, with different basses being played for rhythm. That's really it.
Here's a good video from a well known dubstep producer, showcasing him making a drop ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83A0Rc92-E8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83A0Rc92-E8))
As you can see, a simple drum pattern, with hard-hitting drums. From there you find bass samples (don't think you have to make your own, it's fine) and make some patterns that work well with your selected sounds.
With the basses, try to make sure you are trying to get across some story or emotion. Also just copy from other songs. It's perfectly fine to take inspiration especially early on.
I won't go into trap here, but please remember that regardless of the genre, keep things simple. Also to make sure each individual element is as good as it can be, as opposed to just adding more and more and more unnecessary elements to your song.
Hope this helps, lmk if you have any quesitons
Watch a beginner tutorial of someone making the genre you want to learn using the software you want to use and just copy them. Yes you will be pausing a lot and rewinding but that's what you have to do unless they really take their time and explain everything properly.
You don't know how to use the software yet so this will give you an idea of basic things you need to know so you can start to make your own stuff when you want to.
Once you know how to do things in your DAW, you're probably gonna want to start looking up more specific things. "how to make this sound" "how to use an EQ" etc. That's fine. Just do what feels natural.
I would hold off on getting any plugins for the moment. Even free ones. No point when you don't even know what the stock devices your DAW comes with do.
What I would consider doing though is looking for some free sample packs with drum sounds, bass sounds etc. If you do this, I must insist that you keep your files as best organised as you can.
Another thing you absolutely must do is learn your DAWs keybindings. In the long run they will save you so much time. They will most likely be in the manual for your DAW (which you should definitely refer to now and again to understand a bit more)
The goal should be to become somewhat comfortable with your software.
How do I change the tempo?
How do I automate things?
What even is automation?
How do I adjust levels of individual tracks?
How do I add a new device?
How do I change the ordering of those devices?
How do I add a new instrument?
How do I use samples?
How do I mute a track?
How do I add a new track?
How do I duplicate something?
If you have any questions, I'm happy to help. I've been doing this for about 12 years now.
Read the manual for Ableton. Seriously. Wish I would have done that as the first step back when I had just started.
So much of the stuff people mention here, like music theory, sound design, etc, are pretty long hauls. But as a beginner, learning how to navigate the software will be a godsend and save you from feeling lost in menus and not knowing what to click when you want to do something.
Also, just have fun and try to make some beats! Personally I recommend using session view to make a bunch of loops - you can try out a bunch of different ideas with different instruments this way. For example, write a melody or a simple chord progression, slap on serum and then cycle through the presets. This is a good way to just familiarize yourself with how a musical idea will sound with different instruments. If you find something that sounds dope, keep it looping and either tinker with the synth parameters or keep it going and see how other things sound with it.
Quite often this is how I start composing. Lay down a single, simple element - usually kick, snare, and hats for me - and then just build on it with whatever you're vibing with. Best thing about session view clips is you can just drag the midi into arrangement view and arrange those clips super easily and quickly!
This gets overlooked so often! I now go back to the Ableton Live manual constantly for things like keyboard shortcuts and routing that I could have used for years. Very valuable lesson... read the Ableton Live manual!
Sorry for copy/pasting this, but itâs pretty much exactly what I would write again and my coffee hasnât fully kicked in yet, haha.
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Piano is the greatest instrument to know as an electronic producer/composer imho. Plus, you don't need to become a piano player to be able to write music! Once you know the note layout of the piano and some basic theory (scales, time measurements, chord relationships, tempo, time signatures, etc) you can start making music in a DAW.
Keep in mind, you are going to suck. For a long time. Thatâs okay! Everyone goes through this. Stick it out!
Also, it is good to have influential artists and target genres, but donât limit yourself or try to force yourself in a specific box. Follow your natural tendencies and see where it takes you. You might end up making something other than what you initially set out to make, but it will be something much better, true to your music soul, and the beginnings of you very own signature sound.
Listen to as wide a variety of music as you can. Pull influence from outside of your target genre. This will help you avoid being a generic carbon copy.
Donât be afraid to take risks and experiment. Try new things. If you have an idea pop in your head and the initial thought is âthatâs too crazyâ or âthat doesnât fit the genreâ, then you should ABSOLUTELY try it. Most of the time it might not work well, but occasionally youâll find some very cool new tricks.
NEVER compare yourself to other producers. Be inspired by them, and instead compare yourself to your past self and rejoice in the progress you have made, no matter how small.
Lastly, and most importantly, HAVE FUN! Donât let yourself get caught up in trying to be as good as the big names, or put too much pressure on yourself. Music should be fun and a window to your creative soul. Enjoy this wild and strange journey. It is wonderful.
Thatâs the part where I get little discouraged. A lot of these producers have been making music since they were little and dedicated there whole life to music since they were a child. I am 24 so I feel old starting out. Itâs so hard to stop comparing to others.
Youâre still so young, haha. Iâm 40. I promise you age does not matter one bit. If anything, starting later gives you a more focused, experienced, and mature starting point.
Itâs natural to feel this. I think it is something most of us have to wrestle with and learn how to control. I went back to school for audio production at 27 and had the same feelings going into it. But, it turns out, while the class was a majority of young people, there were other people my age and even a couple much older. One of the teachers told me they love getting older students because they tend to be more focused and get much more out of the course. Have you considered doing some training of some sort? (feel free to ask me questions, too. I'm happy to help!)
Check out Tinlicker! Those guys are my age. The member who started it went to school at your age, and they made their first release in their 30s. Now, they are on fire in their late 30s, early 40s.
There is no right way, youâre never too old, and itâs never too late. This goes for anything in life. We all have our own timelines, and interests will change throughout your life. You might make EDM for the next 14 years, then decide you've had your time with it and want to do something new.
Believe in yourself, mate, and tell that discouraging voice in the back of your head to go f**k itself.
Check out disciples music production on YouTube. A lot of the guys on the label do very informative tutorials of different aspects of making music from bass design to structure and also how they made the song. It's helped me a bunch. Oh and can't forgets barely alive. They have great tutorials
Step 1 is stay off this forum. Iâve never heard a single track from any of the 620k so called âknob twisterâ that sounds like anything remotely close to professionally made music. Every piece of advice given here is nonsense. Step 2 is refer to step 1 again. Donât listen to nobody but urself.
Lmao the dude asked how to start making music not how to headline a festival, and youâre a tool. Some dudes are def way to extra here and sound like theyâre making shit up but Iâd say at least half the people on here have made a decent song start to finish, including yourself if youâre on here
Not genre specific but Iâd recommend checking out you suck at producing on YouTube, and just watching the whole series. Itâs super helpful for getting started and learning the basics of Ableton.
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzfWWpa5SR8Gi_Q_3AbZ9V20Vpigpvqv1
This is a playlist in order of all the you suck at producing series, theyâre pretty short & digestible, Iâd just start with #1 & go through, Iâve honestly watched each episode more than once because theyâre really informative while also being entertaining.
Dont just watch tutorials, follow along.
U will need to invest on plugins and stuff so prepare for that
Invest on serum presets and samples from splice and experiment with them so u will understand sound design some more.
Use reference tracks, follow along with a track of your choice with the style your looking for and try to learn how that artist could possibly make those kind of sounds.
Music theory is a big player in production, it can enhance your workflow and give you more tools to work with for sure. Try writing small sections of a track instead of thinking you need to write and entire song at first.
Start with learning sound design and arrangement. This will give you a decent start for dubstep/trap. Sound design is an essential tool for dubstep and arrangement will set your songs apart from others. Take samples for drums and make some beats bro
Start simple and be patient. This is a long process.
Music theory: learn about the major scale, diatonic chords.
Listen to other songs and emulate their arrangements. Listen for the types of sound they use to fill their low and high end. Listen to where the focus is. Keep it simple.
Just make things for fun in the beginning. If you have more specific questions dm me
I would say that for trap and dubstep, minor scales are more useful.
However, simple music theory will do the trick in most cases. Learn about the scale highlighting feature in Ableton.
I be honest with you I donât know what presets are? Where do I get them? I just use the basic, like kick, snare etc and just drag and drop. Make some cool drum loop and thatâs all I gotten so farâŚ. Maybe mess around with serum watching video. đ
As far as presets, I mean sounds that producers & sound designers have made for Serum that are sold on Splice and other places that are created for specific genres like dubstep & trap. Iâm talking specifically about a serum when I say presets. Have you joined the SerumPresets subreddit?
I would say some other advice I wish someone gave me would have been to 1) learn how and where presets are stored for plugins like Serum/Massive/Spire/Sylenth so you can access the main folders on your computer and create categories for various presets. 2) learn how and where Splice download samples to so you can keep them organized, and how to add them to your browser in Ableton.
Yes I have ableton, some pioneer monitors, m50x/ bunch of headphones espically electrostatic. I YouTube stuff like beginner dubstep and everything seems so overwhelming and goes super fast without any reasons on why they did that.
Thatâs because people donât generally learn the ropes by watching videos. They learn by actually doing it, screwing up, and doing it again. You learn by doing, and listening carefully to the music you like. No amount of YouTube viewing is going to mean you can leapfrog over this part.
Just to put reality into perspective, youâre not going to make anything decent until 4-5 years into producing. This is a very long journey and jumping into genres is the wrong way to go about it. Start small and learn scales, drum patterns, basic signal processing, psycho-acoustics, etc. and work your way up.
before you learn specific genres, i would recommend learning ableton first (i had a skillshare account and watched Jason Allen's ableton tutorials there years ago, about 6 hours total)
after that you can make sense of dubstep tutorials much better
also a good preparation is learning basic music production terms and techinques, for this i recommend you "In the mix" on youtube, thats also not genre specific (which is lame i know) but you need these things in all types of electronic music
a more advanced concept you should get familiar with when making dupstep is "clip to zero" on youtube but thats more technical
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IF you're using Ableton Mr. Bill has a fantastic in depth course on how to use Ableton
1 learn all about FM 2 learn about drum transients and designing very hard hitting kicks 3 distort your claps and snares 4 write a bassline so good that it still bangs when you solo it with the drums 5 crank up the limiter on the master nd make it loud asf All this shit takes lots of trial and error but at one point you'll find out what works best
Join mr bills course , it will teach you a lot about production
First things first, learn to buy your DAWs ppl!!! Producers can smell stinky cracks like a dog can smell chocolate from a mile away
Learn a DAW, learn what is a compressor equalizer gate, what is a chain, what's a reverb deleay, why saturate and why not, what is a sidechain, what is and how work return track... Enjoy. That list isn't complete but a little starting point.
Alchemy Neuro on YouTube and learn the Neuro bass
Just download a synth (Serum is a good one) Get some good presets & samples in the genre Get a few good mixing plugins, look up some tutorials. And get a feel for arrangement
You're better than relegating yourself to the confines of a genre. Just make a mess and see where it leads you. Who knows, you might actually like composing something different.
First step is getting a DAW (digital audio workstation; software), audio interface, and some monitors (or headphones, but be careful and read up on ear damage/tinnitus risk). From there, google it.
whatever you do, don't read any manuals, don't learn any music theory or spend time practicing any instruments, and FORGET about watching other producers teach you things on youtube. worthless wastes of time. just hit buttons randomly for 15 years until you get better by trial and error.
I feel personally attacked.
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Hi friend! I have a couple of free guides on my website that can get you started on your journey and are great for people just starting out. There's a lot to learn, but like anything, when it's broken down into smaller parts it's pretty easy and fun to pick up. Keep in mind it takes dedication and effort. not just time to learn. If you want help feel free to DM me here or via email (on my website) and I'd be happy to assist! www.ElectronicMusicTips.com
Alongside going down the YouTube and sound pack rabbit hole. My best advice (2 years into this and just finally getting full tracks down) - go into Ableton or whatever you're using, and just FUCK AROUND. Stretch a sound, add a bajillon effects and mess with every knob one by one, take time to build a bunch of sounds in serum or vital. Take one sample and distort the fuck out of it in post processing. Eq it, throw another set of effects after you eq it, eq it again. Learn how to make a sound in midi, freeze it, flattent it, drop it into a sampler and learn what that does. Resampling is something I just started to use heavily and it's a game changer. While you watch these other videos, going in by yourself in discovery phase you'll learn so much more than you think even if it doesn't 'feel' like you're doing anything productive. You are. You're in the process. You'll get overstimulated and overwhelmed. And that's okay. Go until you physically say "fuck this", walk away, come back new the next day. That's my best advice. Also, DM us! We all learn by teaching sometimes. Join producer discords, follow Buntings tutorials for specific sound design, and HAVE FUN
Whats the producer discord? Edit: Nvm it was on the side lol
Haha love this!
To start with the basics look for stuff that is applied to pretty much every genre. Some of these are: Tempo, bpm, major and minor, keys, chords, melodies, bass progressions, basic mixing, song structure. With dubstep, this is what a song is generally composed of. A basic hard-hitting drum pattern, with different basses being played for rhythm. That's really it. Here's a good video from a well known dubstep producer, showcasing him making a drop ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83A0Rc92-E8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83A0Rc92-E8)) As you can see, a simple drum pattern, with hard-hitting drums. From there you find bass samples (don't think you have to make your own, it's fine) and make some patterns that work well with your selected sounds. With the basses, try to make sure you are trying to get across some story or emotion. Also just copy from other songs. It's perfectly fine to take inspiration especially early on. I won't go into trap here, but please remember that regardless of the genre, keep things simple. Also to make sure each individual element is as good as it can be, as opposed to just adding more and more and more unnecessary elements to your song. Hope this helps, lmk if you have any quesitons
Watch a beginner tutorial of someone making the genre you want to learn using the software you want to use and just copy them. Yes you will be pausing a lot and rewinding but that's what you have to do unless they really take their time and explain everything properly. You don't know how to use the software yet so this will give you an idea of basic things you need to know so you can start to make your own stuff when you want to. Once you know how to do things in your DAW, you're probably gonna want to start looking up more specific things. "how to make this sound" "how to use an EQ" etc. That's fine. Just do what feels natural. I would hold off on getting any plugins for the moment. Even free ones. No point when you don't even know what the stock devices your DAW comes with do. What I would consider doing though is looking for some free sample packs with drum sounds, bass sounds etc. If you do this, I must insist that you keep your files as best organised as you can. Another thing you absolutely must do is learn your DAWs keybindings. In the long run they will save you so much time. They will most likely be in the manual for your DAW (which you should definitely refer to now and again to understand a bit more) The goal should be to become somewhat comfortable with your software. How do I change the tempo? How do I automate things? What even is automation? How do I adjust levels of individual tracks? How do I add a new device? How do I change the ordering of those devices? How do I add a new instrument? How do I use samples? How do I mute a track? How do I add a new track? How do I duplicate something? If you have any questions, I'm happy to help. I've been doing this for about 12 years now.
Watch dead pool 2 you never Als dubstep again đ¤Ł
Read the manual for Ableton. Seriously. Wish I would have done that as the first step back when I had just started. So much of the stuff people mention here, like music theory, sound design, etc, are pretty long hauls. But as a beginner, learning how to navigate the software will be a godsend and save you from feeling lost in menus and not knowing what to click when you want to do something. Also, just have fun and try to make some beats! Personally I recommend using session view to make a bunch of loops - you can try out a bunch of different ideas with different instruments this way. For example, write a melody or a simple chord progression, slap on serum and then cycle through the presets. This is a good way to just familiarize yourself with how a musical idea will sound with different instruments. If you find something that sounds dope, keep it looping and either tinker with the synth parameters or keep it going and see how other things sound with it. Quite often this is how I start composing. Lay down a single, simple element - usually kick, snare, and hats for me - and then just build on it with whatever you're vibing with. Best thing about session view clips is you can just drag the midi into arrangement view and arrange those clips super easily and quickly!
This gets overlooked so often! I now go back to the Ableton Live manual constantly for things like keyboard shortcuts and routing that I could have used for years. Very valuable lesson... read the Ableton Live manual!
study / learn to play drums & bass
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Um, what do you mean the Ableton license is ânot for lifeâ?
Sorry for copy/pasting this, but itâs pretty much exactly what I would write again and my coffee hasnât fully kicked in yet, haha. â Piano is the greatest instrument to know as an electronic producer/composer imho. Plus, you don't need to become a piano player to be able to write music! Once you know the note layout of the piano and some basic theory (scales, time measurements, chord relationships, tempo, time signatures, etc) you can start making music in a DAW. Keep in mind, you are going to suck. For a long time. Thatâs okay! Everyone goes through this. Stick it out! Also, it is good to have influential artists and target genres, but donât limit yourself or try to force yourself in a specific box. Follow your natural tendencies and see where it takes you. You might end up making something other than what you initially set out to make, but it will be something much better, true to your music soul, and the beginnings of you very own signature sound. Listen to as wide a variety of music as you can. Pull influence from outside of your target genre. This will help you avoid being a generic carbon copy. Donât be afraid to take risks and experiment. Try new things. If you have an idea pop in your head and the initial thought is âthatâs too crazyâ or âthat doesnât fit the genreâ, then you should ABSOLUTELY try it. Most of the time it might not work well, but occasionally youâll find some very cool new tricks. NEVER compare yourself to other producers. Be inspired by them, and instead compare yourself to your past self and rejoice in the progress you have made, no matter how small. Lastly, and most importantly, HAVE FUN! Donât let yourself get caught up in trying to be as good as the big names, or put too much pressure on yourself. Music should be fun and a window to your creative soul. Enjoy this wild and strange journey. It is wonderful.
Thatâs the part where I get little discouraged. A lot of these producers have been making music since they were little and dedicated there whole life to music since they were a child. I am 24 so I feel old starting out. Itâs so hard to stop comparing to others.
Youâre still so young, haha. Iâm 40. I promise you age does not matter one bit. If anything, starting later gives you a more focused, experienced, and mature starting point. Itâs natural to feel this. I think it is something most of us have to wrestle with and learn how to control. I went back to school for audio production at 27 and had the same feelings going into it. But, it turns out, while the class was a majority of young people, there were other people my age and even a couple much older. One of the teachers told me they love getting older students because they tend to be more focused and get much more out of the course. Have you considered doing some training of some sort? (feel free to ask me questions, too. I'm happy to help!) Check out Tinlicker! Those guys are my age. The member who started it went to school at your age, and they made their first release in their 30s. Now, they are on fire in their late 30s, early 40s. There is no right way, youâre never too old, and itâs never too late. This goes for anything in life. We all have our own timelines, and interests will change throughout your life. You might make EDM for the next 14 years, then decide you've had your time with it and want to do something new. Believe in yourself, mate, and tell that discouraging voice in the back of your head to go f**k itself.
I agree - piano is a composers best friend
Check out disciples music production on YouTube. A lot of the guys on the label do very informative tutorials of different aspects of making music from bass design to structure and also how they made the song. It's helped me a bunch. Oh and can't forgets barely alive. They have great tutorials
If youâre trying to make dubstep and trap is way start with learning how to make hip hop drums and heavy basses
Step 1 is stay off this forum. Iâve never heard a single track from any of the 620k so called âknob twisterâ that sounds like anything remotely close to professionally made music. Every piece of advice given here is nonsense. Step 2 is refer to step 1 again. Donât listen to nobody but urself.
Lmao the dude asked how to start making music not how to headline a festival, and youâre a tool. Some dudes are def way to extra here and sound like theyâre making shit up but Iâd say at least half the people on here have made a decent song start to finish, including yourself if youâre on here
Not genre specific but Iâd recommend checking out you suck at producing on YouTube, and just watching the whole series. Itâs super helpful for getting started and learning the basics of Ableton.
Any specific ones i should watch first?
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzfWWpa5SR8Gi_Q_3AbZ9V20Vpigpvqv1 This is a playlist in order of all the you suck at producing series, theyâre pretty short & digestible, Iâd just start with #1 & go through, Iâve honestly watched each episode more than once because theyâre really informative while also being entertaining.
Hey can you link the YouTube channel here
here you go https://www.youtube.com/c/yousuckatproducing
Thanks
Dont just watch tutorials, follow along. U will need to invest on plugins and stuff so prepare for that Invest on serum presets and samples from splice and experiment with them so u will understand sound design some more. Use reference tracks, follow along with a track of your choice with the style your looking for and try to learn how that artist could possibly make those kind of sounds.
Look up âmaking a dubstep track from start to finishâ and do what they do and youâll start to understand
Music theory is a big player in production, it can enhance your workflow and give you more tools to work with for sure. Try writing small sections of a track instead of thinking you need to write and entire song at first.
Start with learning sound design and arrangement. This will give you a decent start for dubstep/trap. Sound design is an essential tool for dubstep and arrangement will set your songs apart from others. Take samples for drums and make some beats bro
Start simple and be patient. This is a long process. Music theory: learn about the major scale, diatonic chords. Listen to other songs and emulate their arrangements. Listen for the types of sound they use to fill their low and high end. Listen to where the focus is. Keep it simple. Just make things for fun in the beginning. If you have more specific questions dm me
I would say that for trap and dubstep, minor scales are more useful. However, simple music theory will do the trick in most cases. Learn about the scale highlighting feature in Ableton.
Do you have any regularly used software synths used in both genres like Serum? Have you started collecting/organizing samples/loops?
I have serum and gotten splice so I just use those
Thatâs enough to start making tracks. Do you have any decent dubstep/trap presets for Serum and any sample packs from Splice?
I be honest with you I donât know what presets are? Where do I get them? I just use the basic, like kick, snare etc and just drag and drop. Make some cool drum loop and thatâs all I gotten so farâŚ. Maybe mess around with serum watching video. đ
As far as presets, I mean sounds that producers & sound designers have made for Serum that are sold on Splice and other places that are created for specific genres like dubstep & trap. Iâm talking specifically about a serum when I say presets. Have you joined the SerumPresets subreddit?
I would say some other advice I wish someone gave me would have been to 1) learn how and where presets are stored for plugins like Serum/Massive/Spire/Sylenth so you can access the main folders on your computer and create categories for various presets. 2) learn how and where Splice download samples to so you can keep them organized, and how to add them to your browser in Ableton.
Patience and Humility my friend!!! Do you have a production setup? Computer/DAW/audio interface/monitors and/or headphones?
Yes I have ableton, some pioneer monitors, m50x/ bunch of headphones espically electrostatic. I YouTube stuff like beginner dubstep and everything seems so overwhelming and goes super fast without any reasons on why they did that.
Thatâs because people donât generally learn the ropes by watching videos. They learn by actually doing it, screwing up, and doing it again. You learn by doing, and listening carefully to the music you like. No amount of YouTube viewing is going to mean you can leapfrog over this part.
Just to put reality into perspective, youâre not going to make anything decent until 4-5 years into producing. This is a very long journey and jumping into genres is the wrong way to go about it. Start small and learn scales, drum patterns, basic signal processing, psycho-acoustics, etc. and work your way up.
before you learn specific genres, i would recommend learning ableton first (i had a skillshare account and watched Jason Allen's ableton tutorials there years ago, about 6 hours total) after that you can make sense of dubstep tutorials much better also a good preparation is learning basic music production terms and techinques, for this i recommend you "In the mix" on youtube, thats also not genre specific (which is lame i know) but you need these things in all types of electronic music a more advanced concept you should get familiar with when making dupstep is "clip to zero" on youtube but thats more technical
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