When you hear an electronic track well done in the Ekmixmaster best mastering studio, it seems like it is full of energy. But when you start making your track, it becomes quite difficult to figure out how to achieve that brilliance and breathe truly living energy into it. Fortunately, there are many tricks, tricks, and tricks to add variety and make your music sound really lively, breathable and powerful.
Program the
sample portion as if you were playing for real. Real performers and physical
(not virtual) instruments have limitations that are very useful to keep in
mind, otherwise you will not get a realistic picture. Even if percussion is
almost always sampled in electronic music, this does not mean that you need to
use the same loop throughout the entire track. If you want the entire track to
play the same pattern, try mixing some variations on it.
Listen to
your favorite recordings, in any style. You may be surprised how simple some of
the games are. Magic lies in the interaction between parts and tools.
Listen to
music not only in the genre in which you work. Producers don't know what good
and bad genre is, they only understand what good and bad music is.
Let your
inspiration flow freely, and don't be afraid to cut out the bad parts, leaving
only the best.
Try layering
new original chords to a part that has already been repeated several times.
Keep your audience on their toes by not feeding them the same parts and chord
progressions all the time.
Never
underestimate the sheer power of vocals, or even vocal samples. It will liven
up, defuse and humanize the electronic track. Even a short vocal sample can
make a track surprisingly powerful.
If you are
bored with the same sounds in your songs, try something more unusual or even
weird. Of course, you can even sample something that is not an instrument,
something that makes sounds, change its pitch (if necessary) in the sampler and
use it for unique sounds like "what is this cool sound?"
Pad sounds
are usually soft and sustained, and do not draw attention to themselves, but
create the mood and depth of the arrangement. If the song sounds flat and lacks
depth and you don't understand why, then adding pad sounds may be a good
solution.
The
programmed drums lack an element of the room sound. You can simulate using the
reverb channel. This will give liveliness and glue the track.
If you've
been working on music for a long time, it can lead to a loss of creativity.
Changing the way you work is what will help you look at it from a different
angle.
In a good
arrangement of any style, there is almost never an endless number of parts.
Five elements (including drums) is the rule. Layering more than five pieces can
be a waste of time. Few listeners can keep track of so much information.
When your
track is almost finished, walk over it a little bit. Try muffling synthesizers,
turning off the drums at the end of the bars, for more emotional impact and
heightening the atmosphere. Experiment on the track to breathe new movement,
energy, and detail, and create the basis for exclamations like "how did he
do that?"
