MonsterRocket 53 Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Hi guys! I'm starting to make my pop instrumental remakes. I have basic knowledge about musical harmony; i can take the vocal melody, its tone, the chords and the different stems' melodies (if i can hear them properly). Anyway, i don't know how to make it sound the concrete way it sounds in the song. My question is; what's your way to listen to the music a--lytically? I mean, what's your method to recognize and take the stems out and also to identify the way those are modulated or effect-edited to make them sound the way they do? Thank you very much! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiona Apple 13,006 Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 I am using this program all day ,making my music ..Watch some youtube videos (there are a lot) and you will understand how to use it properly Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeHakan 13 Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 My question is; what's your way to listen to the music a--lytically? I mean, what's your method to recognize and take the stems out and also to identify the way those are modulated or effect-edited to make them sound the way they do? It really is about a lot of practice, but once you get a grip on it, it becomes natural to hear the music all "broken down". Studying pop songs (or songs in whatever style you'd like to produce) is a great tool. Search for the multitrack versions of songs you're familiar with - stems can help too, but they're already heavily mixed down so you don't really get to notice EVERYTHING that's going on, such as drum layering or hidden keys here and there. Also keep in mind there is a lot of processing going on in pop music, so to get stuff sounding exactly (or close enough) like the major records, it's gonna take a fair amount of EQing, compression, reverb, saturation, and so on. I'm not sure if there's any Gaga multitracks around, but you can find these for a handful of these for known pop songs, like Britney's and Christina Aguilera's. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonsterRocket 53 Posted February 1, 2015 Author Share Posted February 1, 2015 It really is about a lot of practice, but once you get a grip on it, it becomes natural to hear the music all "broken down". Studying pop songs (or songs in whatever style you'd like to produce) is a great tool. Search for the multitrack versions of songs you're familiar with - stems can help too, but they're already heavily mixed down so you don't really get to notice EVERYTHING that's going on, such as drum layering or hidden keys here and there. Also keep in mind there is a lot of processing going on in pop music, so to get stuff sounding exactly (or close enough) like the major records, it's gonna take a fair amount of EQing, compression, reverb, saturation, and so on. I'm not sure if there's any Gaga multitracks around, but you can find these for a handful of these for known pop songs, like Britney's and Christina Aguilera's. Okay, i will! Yeah, drum layering always seems the hardest thing to identify. I can hear the main kicks and claps, but some cymbals, snares and additional percussion are quite hard to notice. I though about using this kind of softwares to take the acapellas and instrumentals (filtered), so i can take a more stripped version of the songs, in which stems can be more easily heard. Thank you so much! I am using this program all day ,making my music ..Watch some youtube videos (there are a lot) and you will understand how to use it properly Okay, thank you! :) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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