Production Tips

The riser effect
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The riser effect

#AudiotentTip 93. Riser Effect. If your noise/synth riser effect ends abruptly, add a touch of delay and reverb to it. This will make it fade out smoothly. Alternatively, duplicate your effect and ...

bassHow to use toms as a bassline

How to use toms as a bassline

#AudiotentTip 92. Toms for Bass. Instead of choosing a synth as a bassline, try an alternative source. Tom sounds are particularly great for this. They tend to have a fast pitch envelope which adds...

midi3 Great tips when using MIDI

3 Great tips when using MIDI

#AudiotentTip 91. MIDI Ideas.Idea A) Velocity is often overlooked, try altering it to increase dynamics in your drum, synth patterns or orchestral samples.Idea B) Instead of locking your notes to a...

bassSound design tip mono bass

Sound design tip mono bass

#AudiotentTip 90. Sound Design - Mono Bass.When designing #bass #presets, it's best to set your #synth mode to #monophonic, so only one note can be played at the time. This way your bass notes will...

kickHow to create the perfect Kick Transient

How to create the perfect Kick Transient

#AudiotentTip 89. Kick Transient.Technique A) If you find your kick lacks bite and doesn't cut through the mix, split it right after the transient. Duplicate the transient onto another channel and ...

drumsHow to pan your toms effectively

How to pan your toms effectively

#AudiotentTip 88. Tom Panning.Split your tom #sounds into separate channels and pan them differently or use pan #automation to space them across the #stereo field.This creates a nice organic moveme...

hi-hatsBring your Hi-Hats to life

Bring your Hi-Hats to life

#AudiotentTip 87. Bring your hats to life.If you find your hats or high percussion lacking a bit of life, try adding upward expansion around the sweetspot. This will bring the transients to life an...

bassHow to make a bassline with percussion

How to make a bassline with percussion

#AudiotentTip 86. Bass with Percussion.Once you have your bass groove ready, choose a percussion hit sample and repeat the same pattern. Blend the level to your liking, this should add a nice trans...

bassHow to use delay on your bassline

How to use delay on your bassline

#AudiotentTip 85. Bass Delay.It seems that most #producers are afraid to add a delay to their bass channel. However, this could add extra groove and unique rhythm.The only thing you need to make su...

bassMultiband compressor on bass

Multiband compressor on bass

#AudiotentTip 84. Multiband compressor on bass.People tend to use multi-band compression with all the bands enabled. However that’s not always necessary. The best example being the bass.Try using j...