Hello everyone, I'm new here and wanted to introduce myself and hopefully get some advice. My name is Aaron. I've been playing with the trial version of FL Studio for a good few months now, and now at the point where it would be helpful for some experienced producers to listen to my music and tell me where I'm going wrong.
I don't spend too long on making the music as I'm only making it to try and improve the production side of things. I've seen myself make a song in an hour, then spending about ten hours trying to mix it, only for it to come out sounding like it's playing inside a washing machine lol. Too much compression and soundgoodizer is one thing I've learned about so far.
Right now the areas I feel lost in are:
Finding drum and bass levels. I struggle with hi-hats and often just keep them out as they never seem to sit right in the music. I struggle with the kick volume and the same for the bass. I find myself just guessing, but I hope there's a method to get everything balanced.
My music often sounds brash/harsh even when I try to tone it down with eq etc. I think it's down to my sound choice. I mainly just try and mash presets together to get a sound I like, tweaking just a few things here and there.
Overall, my music sounds amateurish (to me anyway)
I know it takes a lot of time and work to get to a good level in music production. Hopefully, someone reading this will be able to provide a few pointers and help me improve a little.
My music is on my SoundCloud under Tanglewood10.
soundcloud.com
I set up the account a long time ago to upload acoustic guitar music and the guitar I had at the time was a Tanglewood, hence the name.
Since I started with FL Studio, I've been uploading to soundcloud to keep tabs on my progress, as I can't open the files again (trial version). There's maybe one or two songs where I hear a bit of progress but not much, or not as much as I would like.
Thanks for reading. I would really appreciate anyone who takes the time to listen to my music and provide feedback.
I feel like I'm going to learn a lot on this forum.
Thanks again
Aaron
I don't spend too long on making the music as I'm only making it to try and improve the production side of things. I've seen myself make a song in an hour, then spending about ten hours trying to mix it, only for it to come out sounding like it's playing inside a washing machine lol. Too much compression and soundgoodizer is one thing I've learned about so far.
Right now the areas I feel lost in are:
Finding drum and bass levels. I struggle with hi-hats and often just keep them out as they never seem to sit right in the music. I struggle with the kick volume and the same for the bass. I find myself just guessing, but I hope there's a method to get everything balanced.
My music often sounds brash/harsh even when I try to tone it down with eq etc. I think it's down to my sound choice. I mainly just try and mash presets together to get a sound I like, tweaking just a few things here and there.
Overall, my music sounds amateurish (to me anyway)
I know it takes a lot of time and work to get to a good level in music production. Hopefully, someone reading this will be able to provide a few pointers and help me improve a little.
My music is on my SoundCloud under Tanglewood10.
tanglewood10
Listen to tanglewood10 | SoundCloud is an audio platform that lets you listen to what you love and share the sounds you create.
soundcloud.com
I set up the account a long time ago to upload acoustic guitar music and the guitar I had at the time was a Tanglewood, hence the name.
Since I started with FL Studio, I've been uploading to soundcloud to keep tabs on my progress, as I can't open the files again (trial version). There's maybe one or two songs where I hear a bit of progress but not much, or not as much as I would like.
Thanks for reading. I would really appreciate anyone who takes the time to listen to my music and provide feedback.
I feel like I'm going to learn a lot on this forum.
Thanks again
Aaron
. Yes, you are correct start with sound choice, don’t focus tooooooo much on mixing you keep beating yourself up there keep learning obviously. You will get better with that with time.
Keep up the awesome work!