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matthewm77
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Chillstep is probably the wrong word as it sort of covers a lot but if anyone knows who Stumbleine, Owsey, Asa are and know the basics of that genre feel free to post.
Ddream
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I'm producing a chillstep song, and the research I've done showed me:
1- Structure wise, it's the same as dubstep (the old-school one), with tempo ranging from 130-140BPM.
2- There's a tendency of using airy pads, to create that ambient feeling (as elevate said, with lots of reverb)
3- The bass is not too prominent. You'll have the sound, but it won't be the main sound playing
4- Normally they're composed using major scales (to achieve a chill sound, instead of a more moody sound of a minor scale), but this is up to you. For example, in my song, I start with a major scale, but after the breakdown, I change to a minor scale (and so, the song gets darker, melancholic)
5- Drums are not "in your face", so you might want to lower the velocity of the hits.
6- Feel free to use field recordings, to accentuate the ambient feel to the music. I'm using a sample from a recording of a waterfall at the first part of the song, and on the second part (the darker one) I used a recording of a thunderstorm. It's up to you.
1- Structure wise, it's the same as dubstep (the old-school one), with tempo ranging from 130-140BPM.
2- There's a tendency of using airy pads, to create that ambient feeling (as elevate said, with lots of reverb)
3- The bass is not too prominent. You'll have the sound, but it won't be the main sound playing
4- Normally they're composed using major scales (to achieve a chill sound, instead of a more moody sound of a minor scale), but this is up to you. For example, in my song, I start with a major scale, but after the breakdown, I change to a minor scale (and so, the song gets darker, melancholic)
5- Drums are not "in your face", so you might want to lower the velocity of the hits.
6- Feel free to use field recordings, to accentuate the ambient feel to the music. I'm using a sample from a recording of a waterfall at the first part of the song, and on the second part (the darker one) I used a recording of a thunderstorm. It's up to you.
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Hemrage
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...I'd just say go with what you want to make - but I mean whatever works for you, the above replies are brilliant and give you good guidelines to work with. However, I don't really work well with following instructions and things - especially when it comes to music. So, as I said at the beginning, just go with what you want to make then (if necessary) classify it as whatever genre you want it to be at the end :-D
dca
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if i had to use a few choice words...
organic, dynamic ranges, ambient, melodic... as opposed to digital, brickwalled, hype, etc
organic, dynamic ranges, ambient, melodic... as opposed to digital, brickwalled, hype, etc