What Jesse said about not getting bogged down in the nitty gritty details while composing because at that point your really just sketching a musical picture. That's what I've already always been doing. When I'm composing I don't worry very much about mixing until later. During the composing process I just focus on getting my whole musical idea together. I'm always glad to Jesse for putting out videos like this, because I see that this is good stuff to know to help all of us put out music compositions that will be sure enough to get excepted by TV and film music libraries.
Recently I've been upping my mixing game and creating proper EQd and loud mixes, and have found the reverse to be good for me, getting a really good sound as I go! Sometimes, I can create and assume it all will sound great when mixed but might not. I guess whatever works for the individual, but I might give that a go of bashing out ideas in the zone now I actually know what I'm doing mix-wise :)
by the way HEAVOCITY by Native Instruments is awesome, this particular library was created by Hollywood composer and sound designer Robert Dudzic, full interview on Steinberg website and his official you tube channel:)
I guess I'm a little late to the party with my comment, but man it's crazy hearing something like this - I was in a band that made music like this 22-23 years ago! We were big fans of Front Line Assembly, Ministry, Das Ich, Skinny Puppy, Pain, etc etc. We never really got.off the ground cause we self released everything. Probably a mistake in retrospect
So since you added straight loops, would that preclude a library from using it? Or, because they are in the thick of a mix, it isn't necessary to mention them?
Hey man, is there any resources for going more indepth on what you said about blending 'gritty' sounding synths with distorted guitars? I really want to nail this particular production technique
If you add delay to the one track panned hard left/right (Haas effect), how do you confront phasing? Many people watch/listen on mono bluetooth speakers or cellphones.
@@SyncMyMusic Right. I just noticed that whenever I do this same thing I get some phase cancellation when monitoring the mix in mono. Trying to find out best practice for licensing. I suppose mixing for stereo is the way to go?
Jesse I have multiple library contracts with some of the libraries you have mentioned but I haven't purchased your 300 library recommendations. Ive purchased other recommending music libraries from other producers, what are the benefits of getting your recommendations, because I do want to add on and submit to other libraries but not pay for a list when i may already have a majority of the same ones you have. I love this tutorial btw.
@@SyncMyMusic I have Scorekeepers, Wenty and Morris, WhozBoss to just name a few. I am going to possibly look into getting this along side take advantage of the great tips and opportunities Sync Edge offers. I do want to collab and test new genres.
I've been finding my drums to be sounding a too thin. But I layer my hits! But it seems the more I layer it, the more thin sounding it gets. I might use 3 - 4 hits layered just so I can beef it up. This of course sends the gain way up. I compensate by lowering the track volume, and using heavy compression. I might just be compressing drums too hard and using too many drums. Do you think it's better to just pick one or two drum sounds and make those really work, or is there something I can do better to make my drums hit heavier? I'll often compress lower ends hits at a 6 - 8:1 ratio, with about - 3.0 db of gain reduction, so I can let other elements shine and not have the track too muddy. There may be no right or wrong way; might just be a case-by-case basis. But I'm wondering, what do you guys do to beef up your drums and get your production quality up?
Hey Jesse!! I just found out about this career coming in contact with your videos! First off, thank you for putting the time out to even show that this is a career where we can still make music absent needing to be signed or famous! I am completely new to this. What can I be doing to start diving in to this career? I'm very interested! I don't want to just dive in incorrectly. I want to maximize jumping in!
