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What makes a tune sound professional?
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| chris marsh |
Alright guys
Just wondering what makes a pro sounding track in your opinion? id love to get my tracks up to standard in time
here are one or 2 factors that i think matter
good quality reverb
leaving enough space to let things breathe. (i think its a common beginner mistake to chuck too many different elements in - im certainly guilty of this)
Keeping the arrangement interesting with variation, fills, fx etc |
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| EddieZilker |
http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...1&forumid=48&s=
You take these advices to heart and make killer song, okay?
Seriously, to answer your question, clean mixing, musical progression, good bass-line, originality and rhythm - not necessarily in that order. The rest is subjective. This is a pretty general question and I don't think you're going to find very many good answers to it. |
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| chris marsh |
lols thats a good thread
yeah it is very vague but interested to hear what people say none the less!
im pleased to find a forum with so much quality stuff on it. awesome |
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| cryophonik |
1) solid songwriting
2) Everything else. |
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| Beatflux |
| quote: | Originally posted by chris marsh
Alright guys
Just wondering what makes a pro sounding track in your opinion? id love to get my tracks up to standard in time
here are one or 2 factors that i think matter
good quality reverb
leaving enough space to let things breathe. (i think its a common beginner mistake to chuck too many different elements in - im certainly guilty of this)
Keeping the arrangement interesting with variation, fills, fx etc |
Hm....
I will try to sum it up in a couple of ideas:
-Forward Motion
-Clarity
-Familiarity with a hint of novelty |
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| Julz |
| quote: | Originally posted by Beatflux
Hm....
I will try to sum it up in a couple of ideas:
-Forward Motion
-Clarity
-Familiarity with a hint of novelty |
I agree. |
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| Vernon Wanderer |
| quote: | Originally posted by Beatflux
-Forward Motion
-Clarity
-Familiarity with a hint of novelty |
This. |
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| Richard Butler |
The sense the maker cared and sweated. We admire ancient carvings and buildings for a reason.
In terms of dance music, for me the key distinguisher is groove and beat sensibility.
I agree on the reverb point, especialy room type treatments, which when well executed is like strawberries and cream. Sure the public wont say 'whoa what a great verb' just as they might not say 'what a warm sounding vocal capture' but none the less they instinctively know when it's right. Abba's songs are great for sure, but they would not be halve the beast they are without that production. You can get a sense of this by comparing the version of Tradegy that Steps did. |
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| Rodri Santos |
Good Mix,Mastering.
Melodies
Hooks. |
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| meriter |
| side-chained white noise |
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| tehlord |
| quote: | Originally posted by meriter
side-chained white noise |
I remember the first time I asked how it was done too.
Happy days. |
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| Rodri Santos |
| in some genres a track without white noise certainly lacks of something, it's very basic synthesis but i am sure not all people here know how to make it from scratch and keep using samples |
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