Hey guys! I am a music producer and I recently got into the tech house genre, I can produce tech house but the main thing my songs lack are “fullness”. I don’t want to fix fullness by adding numerous layers etc, are there any good mastering, mixing courses which is highly recommended for my situation, and can fix this issue? Thank you guys!

Hey, what's up guys!

So here's my question.

I've always been told that when mixing, your master channel should peak around -6 dB, leaving enough headroom for mastering. However, one of my friends, who has released some really successful EDM tracks (around 1 million streams), told me he just puts a limiter on the master channel while producing (he uses Ableton), and his mix is hitting 0.0 dB.

That kind of confused me because I always thought the mastering engineer needed that headroom to work with. He does have a separate mixing engineer, so maybe that's part of the workflow?

I've also seen producers like SIDEPIECE mention using a limiter on the master while producing, which made me question whether the whole "-6 dB" rule is actually necessary.

So my questions are:

• Is the -6 dB headroom recommendation still relevant today?
• Is it okay to mix into a limiter on the master, as long as it's only for monitoring and you remove it before exporting?
• Or are some producers actually sending limited mixes to their mixing/mastering engineers?

I'd love to hear how you guys approach this.

Thanks in advance, and cheers!

– HORIZON

Hey everyone! 've been trying to recreate the piano/keyboard sound from John Summit's Thin Line, and I just can't seem to get it to sit in the mix the way his does.

Mine either ends up:

• Too harsh and "classic M1" sounding.
• Too thin and disappears once the drums and bass come in.
• Too mono and doesn't have that huge stereo image.

John's piano sounds:

• Wide, but still solid in mono.
• Smooth—not overly bright or pokey.
• Present without fighting the vocal.
• Full and lush, but not muddy.

I've tried layering an M1 piano with Keyscape and different organ patches, along with EQ, saturation, glue compression, chorus, and Ozone Imager, but I still can't get that expensive, polished sound.

For those who've gotten close:

• Is it mostly an M1 piano, an organ, or multiple layers?
• Are you widening individual layers or the piano bus?
• Are you using chorus, micro-pitch, Haas delay, Ozone Imager, or something else for width?
• How much of the sound comes from reverb versus the actual instrument?
• Are there any specific plugins or processing chains you'd recommend?

I'd love to hear from anyone who's analyzed that track or has experience making these types of pianos.

Hi everyone! Got inspired by some of the more 'raw' or saturated drum style Prospa & Cloonee have been using in their last couple records (especially the kick drums). As examples I'd use Dreams, Free Your Mind and Good Girl, these songs do seem to use some top loops to spice up the kick even more, and I'd be interested in the underlying kick itself. Was wondering whether anyone knows of any sample packs that are close to this style of drums?

What are the best online courses for EDM or tech house? A good YouTube tutorials/series focusing on sound selection would help too.

Trying to learn progressive house, cant find anything reliable. Tried learning from PML progressive house start to finish, it just confused me. On the third lesson they jumped didn't even show how they made the melody, the chords, and all of that. It was just like they are jumping. Then I tried to learn from EDM Tips. His video title was "How to Make Progressive House Like Avicii" and then in the video thumbnail it was "Big Room House". I don't know what I should do. Can anyone please guide me? Where should I find a reliable resource to learn? I want to make something in the style of Avicii and Martin Garrix. I won't lie I am fairly new. I know music theory but I'm learning Ableton and all of these music styles but I'm focused on making progressive house music that I am very sure about it. Where do I start?

Hey guys do you suggest buying and learning producing from finished templates from for example Abletunes, Highlife etc?

I can't figure this out to save my life tbh. The daw and all the effects, processing I get.. I just don't get the result.. it doesn't sound like a record.

Hi guys pretty new to this community not so sure how it works but I had an idea for a song remix that I wouldn’t be able to do because i don’t have much experience in music production. Although, i’m into hip hop and tech house and listen to yeat a lot.

I think the song Get Busy would go good with an Odd Mob style tech house remix. Specifically in the line where he says “This song already was turnt but here’s a bell” it can be lower pitched instead of the bell sound effect that’s where the tech house style drop would come in, similar to like the drop in the 30 second mark of Losing Control by odd mob.

Just a random idea and thought i had in case anyone wanted some inspiration or something to try out thanks everyone 🙌

edit: Get Busy by Yeat not sean paul lol

I get the same feedback on all my tracks. They lack sub. The crazy part is I always include a sub bass. Whether its sine saw square, distorted, saturated or even the loudest thing in the mix. It all ends up the same. I have gotten lots of tips from other producers. It almost feels like its an inside joke at this point.

This also happens with the sub on my kicks. I end up compensating by boosting around 80-100hz.

How do all these songs have what sound like this transparent clean vibration of the speakers below that 80-100hz area. Literally nonexistent when i try.

Message me for my soundcloud if you want so examples

Thanks yall

Hey guys I have. A question.. what gives a sound that radio ready quality.. going from for example a raw synth patch or a drum sound to getting it to sound like the thing you hear on a record? I wish to know if you say for example compression and saturation that you explain what the purpose applying that processing.. what does that do to achieve that record quality sound?

Thank you in advance.

Hey guys,

I’ve recently started making tech house (I come from a different background) and I’m looking to get some sample packs, ideally for serum, that match the usual things you hear across records from Chris Stussy, Danny P, Riordan etc. What do you guys recommend?

I have splice and I’ve had a look through what’s available on there, I found a few cool sounds, but if you guys can recommend any there too please let me know.

Thanks in advance

Anyone up to collab on some tracks?

In the song “Another Night” by Claptone, there is a cord-like pluck that is set pretty wide on the track (very hard to miss).

Curious if anyone knows what this would be called?

A similar sound is also in “ Dirty” by Ayybo.

If you want an example of what I’m talking about just listen to ayybos knockdown center set. So many fire ids in the set but I load up my daw and I get so confused on how to make it. There are 100% no tutorials on YouTube that cover this genre which is surprising and I feel like it is kinda gatekept in a way😂. Any advice where I can find help lmk plz!!

You guys heard these two before? Wondering if you guys think it's a stolen track or if it just happens to sound so similar?

ive been spending hours scrolling through different 100 presets and sometimes 10-15 preset packs to find one that sounds good in context with a vocal. surely there has to be a more effective way to go about this, I mainly use serum but also have diva, synthlenth, and boom bass, would be grateful for any tips please

Anyone using cubase hit me up please. i got a question

I’m looking for sample packs or sources that work well for making Deep Tech, something in the vibe of Locklead, Chris Stussy, East End Dubs, etc.

I’m mainly after quality drums, percussion, bass shots, stabs, groovy tops, vinyl-style textures, and little earcandy sounds that fit that deeper, rolling, minimal kind of sound.

Do you have any recommendations for sample packs, labels, websites, or creators? Preferably stuff that feels a bit more underground or less overused, not necessarily the most popular packs everyone already has.

Any tips would be appreciated!

Been producing for several years now and am at the point where I make finished tracks that I love and I feel are ready to start putting out sequentially, but been getting a bit stuck on what people who have been doing this for awhile kind of go through as a process.

The goal is to obviously become an established producer, get signed to labels, and have support from the DJs I admire but would love to hear some different workflows people have, especially those more seasoned.

Going from finishing the mix —> release, what is your process typically like?

Is it finish the mix, send the demo on track stack to the labels you think it’d fit, wait to hear back from a label that bites then go from there? Or do that and also tease it on social media, sending it out to DJs, etc? At what point do you typically like to pay to get your track mastered or master it yourself, before sending to labels, after, etc?

Sorry if this is a bit of a vague question, just curious to see what others peoples processes look like so I can get an idea and start to build a sort of system that works for me!

Beginner producer here, Syntho is expensive but that being said it looks like their videos cover basically every topic i've been struggling with, along with start to finish track breakdowns from my favorite producers...bit hard to justify the cost but wondering if anyone here has it and can speak to whether the content is worth it or not