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  1. Koey

    Dedicated Laptop for Music Production

    Sup y'all! So right now I'm running FL Studio on a Lenovo Y50 (specs below). I've been running into CPU load issues lately with the program which is starting to become pretty fucking annoying lol and limiting creativity-wise. I'm thinking about purchasing a new laptop dedicated to music...
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    ROLI Seaboard Rise

    Have y'all seen or used this before? My friend passed along a link with someone playing a GoT cover on it. It's pretty fucking wild with what it can do haha.
  3. Koey

    FL Studio - Saving Samples

    After taking a 2 bar slice of a sample and dropping it into my channel rack, I time-stretched and pitch shifted it to prep it to load into SliceX. When I right-click and go to Save as and save it to my hard drive and open it back up again, it loads without the time-stretching and pitch-shifting...
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    Music Theory Videos

    https://www.youtube.com/user/Rhaptapsody/videos I've been trying to learn music theory recently and came across this guy's videos. I've gone through maybe like half of them so far, but they've been pretty helpful in understanding the basics in a super user-friendly and simple way. You guys...
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    Compressor Plugin

    Is there a free compressor plugin out there that kind of mimics the layout of the stock one that's available in Pro Tools? I'm pretty much looking for something that shows the input level, output level, and gain reduction like the stock Pro Tools compressor does. I came across the one linked...
  6. Koey

    CreativeLive Online Classes

    https://www.creativelive.com/ Has anyone taken any of their classes specifically those within the Music & Audio department that could speak to the quality of these? I'm looking at the Compression & EQ Master Class bundle right now that they're offering.
  7. Koey

    Recommendation on DJ Controllers for a Beginner

    http://www.passionatedj.com/best-dj-controller-guide-2016/ I know none of us are Facebook friends lol, but if we were, you'd see that I love sharing new music with people so I thought why not turn it into something. I'm looking to start up DJing and want to know what y'all think about that...
  8. Koey

    Audio Interface Keeps Dropping

    I've got an old ass Lexicon Omega Audio Interface (I think from like 2010ish) running on my Lenovo Y50 laptop using FL Studio 12. I've been trying to troubleshoot this, but can't seem to pinpoint the issue, but my initial guess is pointing towards my audio interface since it is so old - I'm...
  9. Koey

    Radio Frequencies Being Picked Up in Studio Monitors

    This shit is irritating and starting to piss me off lol. Why does this happen and how do I get rid of it?
  10. Koey

    Acapellas for remixes

    Where do producers/DJs pull these acapellas from? I've been wanting to dabble in some remixing, but can never find clean pellas of songs that I want to create a remix of.
  11. Koey

    Resources on Learning Sound Design?

    Anyone have any good comprehensive resources to read up on or videos to understand the basics of sound design? I have no clue what I'm manipulating when I'm messing with effects/knobs within VSTs and effects. Some foundation would be nice before I start diving deeper and experimenting with it...
  12. Koey

    Promoting Your Music

    How do you guys go about doing it/where do you go about doing it? I feel like online communities/forums have phased out (at least the ones I used to visit). I remember like 5 years ago there were at least like 5 heavily active forums that I would visit to post my music and get feedback, but a...
  13. Koey

    Drum Kits Resource

    Not sure if this has been posted here before, but I just recently came across this subreddit filled with drum kits. Enjoy! https://www.reddit.com/r/Drumkits/
  14. Koey

    Audio Effects Plugins

    What do you guys recommend in terms of audio effects plugins - both paid and free? I've been using FL Studios stock ones, but feel like I need an upgrade from that.
  15. Koey

    Converting MIDI to Audio in FL Studio

    I'm using sounds from my Motif Rack in FL Studio through MIDI Out channels. Obviously, MIDI itself doesn't have a sound so when I exported my project, it excludes the MIDI. Is there a way to convert the MIDI data to audio so I can assign it to a mixer track, mix it, and then eventually export...
  16. Koey

    Balancing Act

    I'm working a corporate job, about 45-50 hours a week. Just wondering how do you guys go about balancing/finding avenues to promote your music while working? My mentality about this whole music thing was that I do it as a side-thing/hobby while I work a regular stable job, I guess that mostly...
  17. Koey

    Sample Clearance

    Hey guys An MC hit me up seeing if I was interested in providing some beats for his upcoming project, but he mentioned that they wouldn't be able to used sampled beats unless they were of public domain which I have no idea what that means. Anybody care to explain? And if they aren't, what's...
  18. Koey

    Pricing a beat

    Hey all, Somebody reached out to me the other day asking to buy the exclusive rights to a beat of mine for his mixtape and he asked for a price, but I honestly had no idea where to even start the negotiation lol. I looked up some ranges online and I read somewhere that $200-$500 is a good...
  19. Koey

    Adding basslines

    I know some theory, but when I listen to samples that I'm flipping, I never know what key they are in so I can add some of my own basslines to the final beat. How do you guys go about finding out the key of a sample when your ear isn't trained to hear it?
  20. Koey

    Making your drums less boring

    I've been trying to make my drums more interesting and different, but I'm finding it hard to do. You're pretty limited to just finding different samples for the typical kick, snare, and hi-hat and switching up your patterns. What do you guys do to spice up your drums?

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