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Buying a source project

Would you buy a source project for a track? I have an opportunity to buy it from a professional producer for about $350. The goal is to learn about mastering, EQ, and compression, something that is my weakness right now.

:/ ... hardly... maybe for 50$ if I really liked the song, but not for 350$...

i don't think u'll learn much by looking at a project. every single track must have it's own mastering "patch", eq, compression, etc

oh, and 350$ is a lot.

I'd give you mine for free. Nothing wrong with asking for some money but 350 is ridiculous. Better just invest that money on a good book.

Don't spend $350 on a pre-made track. It's allready been said that you won't learn anyhthing by it.
It artist has his own sound, his own style and his own way of doing things. You don't even know if the project is tidy. He might just have thrown stuff together without thinking of sorting it.

I'd be patient if I were you. If you just keep on working with music you'll learn everything in time. And when the time is right, you can spend $350 on buying a used synth, a couple of studio monitors or some other semi-pro music equipment.

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Originally posted by HardTranceProd Would you buy a source project for a track? I have an opportunity to buy it from a professional producer for about $350.

Haha! Not a chance! You realise how much music you could buy with that money?! You could just buy a book on mastering instead.

Which "professional producer" is this? I'd like to know who goes around selling their project files for extortionate sums.

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Originally posted by Fundamental Haha! Not a chance! You realise how much music you could buy with that money?! You could just buy a book on mastering instead. Which "professional producer" is this? I'd like to know who goes around selling their project files for extortionate sums.

me too...who the hell is it?

unless hes also giving you accapellas and rights to remixing the song...then maybe you could get it sold and make that money back =)

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Originally posted by Fundamental Haha! Not a chance! You realise how much music you could buy with that money?! You could just buy a book on mastering instead.

The problem with books is they're too broad. They are not geared toward Trance or its subgenres.

The books on mastering I've seen discuss everything from hip-hop to house... sure, there are some fundamentals, but most of that stuff is useless to me.

...and who's this professional producer?

I'm curious to know too who this pro guy is and secondly, what type of source would you be getting? Cubase, Reason, Logic, FL, etc...?

isn't that hyper dooper super producer the lord of bass? Greek's nr.1: hardtrancer?

I can't disclose his name, sorry. It would be a FL project.

no man, you surely can't...

how stupid we're that we only asked...

Ok people, producers using FL list please!

It's not you Wim, is it?

For 100 bucks us you can get a whole book, and project form Waves mastering books.. And they just recently made one for trance.. It's pretty cool I guess for someone starting out.. I think you should look into this if you wanna a source project..
here it is .. http://www.waves.com/ it's at bottom of the page/right hand side. can't miss it. Called THE TARANCE EXPERIANCE.. CHeck it out...

Don't buy it, especially for that price ! it might help one of your next tracks with some cool sounds and FX-chains but it won't make you any better at producing.

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Originally posted by HardTranceProd The problem with books is they're too broad. They are not geared toward Trance or its subgenres.

That's because the principles of good production aren't specific to trance or any other genre. The only way to do it proper is to start from first principles and work your way into the specifics.

Sorry, but there's no Instant Box O' Talent you can buy or Big Red Button you can press to make good music. I know that's what you want, just as it's what half the other newbie producers on this forum want, but it doesn't exist. Professional producers have had years of experience as well as networking with other producers.

Patience is a virtue and so is persistence. If you honestly think that you can instantly improve your skill several orders of magnitude simply by looking at someone else's project, you're in for some serious disappointment.

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Sorry, but there's no Instant Box O' Talent you can buy or Big Red Button you can press to make good music. I know that's what you want, just as it's what half the other newbie producers on this forum want, but it doesn't exist.

Generally, I think most of us want that.

I certainly do, and I am no newbie.

^ Hah, I love the quote, smart man that Bob was. I think that right there is the advice needed in this thread!

There must be ways to get some free sources of good producers.

I have some, though I can't share those projects either :P

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Originally posted by Fundamental Ok people, producers using FL list please! It's not you Wim, is it?

Its me, im sparticus

what will happen when you open the MAGICAL $350 Project:

open file:

1. Look at project(wow that looks cool)
2. Look at some other stuff in project(Hey I do that too)
3. Look at more stuff in project(oh cool he used that plug-in, so do I)
4. Look at project again(man this isnt all that complicated..I've seen most of these tricks on tranceaddict)
5. Start Changing Stuff in project(man I'm gonna remix this track)
6. Look at project again(wow I just wasted $350, I could have bought like 2 soft synths for that?!?!)
7. Look at progect(man I still suck)

And that my friend is what will happen.

This isnt coming from experience but I assure you that is pretty close to what you wil expect from just looking at a project page.

Give it time...if you can followthrough your time will come.

Limit Out!

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Originally posted by Limit what will happen when you open the MAGICAL $350 Project: open file: 1. Look at project(wow that looks cool) 2. Look at some other stuff in project(Hey I do that too) 3. Look at more stuff in project(oh cool he used that plug-in, so do I) 4. Look at project again(man this isnt all that complicated..I've seen most of these tricks on tranceaddict) 5. Start Changing Stuff in project(man I'm gonna remix this track) 6. Look at project again(wow I just wasted $350, I could have bought like 2 soft synths for that?!?!) 7. Look at progect(man I still suck) And that my friend is what will happen. This isnt coming from experience but I assure you that is pretty close to what you wil expect from just looking at a project page. Give it time...if you can followthrough your time will come. Limit Out!

So true, learn it yourself and you will appreciate your work more. Where has the fun and work gone out of music production? is this not what it is all about?

Anybody knows where to get this "the trance experience - an introduction to EDM" in germany? althought it is available in german, I can't find it in any of the usual waves-retailershops. I'm thinking about getting it, not for musical inspiration but maybe to learn some more efficient workflow in sonar and learn more about good mixing. I know it might be as dissapointing as buying a source project for 350 bucks *lol* but hey it's christmas and I'm in the mood of money spending... so please no comments about return on investment

I know this place that has the best book for trance production there is...it has everything you could possibly want and more...

FIND IT HERE


dont waste your money on anything else.


Limit out!

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