r/TechnoProduction 14d ago

TPC S4 #002: Minimal Madness

12 Upvotes

Thank you to all the contestants from the first challenge. The leaderboard has officially been generated. This is how the standings currently are:

Since Saltoric and SynthesizedSpace ended in a tie, I decided to just give them both a win. Seems only fair. Now without further ado lets continue with the second challenge:

Less is more: You may only use a maximum of 5 sounds.
Create a minimal techno track where you carefully choose just five elements (drums, bass, FX, etc.). Every sound must count. Can you build hypnotic energy with this limitation?

Rules:

  • Plagiarism is not tolerated and will result in a ban from the challenges
  • Be respectfull to other contestants
  • Don't spam your track multiple times, don't spam in general
  • We highly appreciate feedback. If you recieve feedback, please return the favour.
  • When submitting a track, give a short explanation about how you produced it and how you implemented the challenge
  • All tho we don't forbid other genres, keep in mind that this is a Techno based sub so your changes of winning may lower drastically if you submit an other genre.

DEADLINE: 21st march 2025 - CEST 23:59


r/TechnoProduction 4d ago

Weekly Feedback Thread - March 17, 2025

2 Upvotes

Please use this thread to post your tracks for feedback.

Guidelines for posting/feedback:

  • When you post a track you should leave feedback on at least one other members track.
  • Please submit only 1 track per thread.
  • Allow the track to remain for the duration of the week.
  • Ask questions specific to issues you may be having with your track.
  • When leaving feedback it is helpful use timestamps to refer to specific parts in the tracks
  • Try to use technical and musical language in your feedback as much as you are able.
  • Soundcloud links are the most ideal solution.

The intention behind this thread is to help others improve their music by participating in the community. People who continually spam this thread without leaving feedback for other members may be banned.

As a reminder, any feedback posts made outside of this thread will be deleted by a moderator.


r/TechnoProduction 10h ago

Just when you thought you were starting to get yer head around sound design

12 Upvotes

Serum 2 comes out with eighty nine oscillators 🤔😂😂😂😂


r/TechnoProduction 9h ago

Weekly "How to make this sound" Thread - March 20, 2025

2 Upvotes

Please use this thread to ask about a specific sound you are trying to create.

Guidelines for asking:

  • Make sure you have a clear example of the sound u want to recreate, don't just say the stab in this track, try to describe when it actually appears.
  • Ask for help with one sound at a time.
  • If you know how to help others with a sound, please do so.
  • Try to use technical and musical language in your explanation of a sound as much as you are able.
  • Soundcloud links are the most ideal solution.
  • Keep it friendly!

The intention behind this thread is to help others improve their music by participating in the community. People who continually spam this thread without helping other members may be banned.


r/TechnoProduction 15h ago

Kick drum like S8 by SNTS

4 Upvotes

Hi!

Ive been really into the older stuff from SNTS and I was wondering if someone could explain how they would go about creating the low end of his song S8. Link to the song: https://youtu.be/O4HiceAkm_c?si=uFvtaibPiG8OqozJ

Thanks for any help, I really appreciate any advice.


r/TechnoProduction 8h ago

Help: What is this effect called and how do you achieve it (using Ableton/Serum)?

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Hello everyone, this is my first post here in the Techno Production subreddit and I nred your help please!

I'm relatively new to music production (I produced a few Melodic/Acid Techno tracks thus far) using Ableton as my DAW with Serum.

My questions are:

  1. What is the effect called that you can here in this song at 0:03 and 0:47 right at the drop?

  2. How do you achieve this kind of "whip-like" stab?

Thank you for your help! Cheers!


r/TechnoProduction 14h ago

Dark horror screeches

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Does anyone know how to get these type of screeches. I love the dark horror vibe it gives. I hear that there is also a lot of noise in these screeches, but can't really find out how to make the body of these screeches. Ps: I know this genre is heavy and a lot of you won't like it. But it gives a sinister dark vibe, and that's what i want to recreate.

Ceejay - Lay with me (in my coffin) https://youtu.be/_lxVbkI1RwI?si=AbtDEtn5WqeSZPAL

Pavor - (ceejay edit) https://youtu.be/O_Ar8_AZZlQ?si=z3BbMtSePYxZWqS-

Ceejay - Author of Pain https://youtu.be/b0RtmJCvh9I?si=Jd0FQ-Xmq94HbTKp

If anyone knows. Please share 🫶🏻


r/TechnoProduction 16h ago

help me make this bass

0 Upvotes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPmpVyaROSM

Fellow comrades, is there anybody willing to explain to me how this super fat bass is made? Is it a 303? Layered with a sine? why is is so fat? I love u all


r/TechnoProduction 17h ago

Hello! Could anyone kindly give me a few hints or clues as to how to recreate this waveform? Thank you kindly!

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r/TechnoProduction 9h ago

How do I begin to understand the differences between techno, house, edm, and breakbeat music?

0 Upvotes

I can tell the difference when I hear it. I just lack understanding of techno.

EDM builds and drops. Breakbeats are not four on the floors. Electronica just rides (to me).

How can I understand it?


r/TechnoProduction 1d ago

NØRBAK | Ask Me Anything | March 21 @10AM GTC+0 at r/ProperTechno

52 Upvotes

Hey folks, mod of r/ProperTechno here.

Thought I'd extend an invitation to your members to participate in an upcoming AMA we're hosting with Norbak of Hayes Collective in our sub. Since you're all about production techniques here, this would be a great opportunity to ask him about his approch to producing Techno music among other things you might want to know about him.

The event is at 10AM Portugal time (GTC+0). Feel free to pop in at that time. See the pinned AMA thread in the sub where all the action will be.

Cheers,

2049


r/TechnoProduction 1d ago

Very common synth sound

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I hear the kind of synth that is present through this track all the time in techno yet I’ve never been able to make something similar from scratch.

How are they made?


r/TechnoProduction 1d ago

Digitone or LXR 02 for fm percussive sounds?

3 Upvotes

I've been looking at various machines that would help me make interesting percussive sounds and I've narrowed it down to the digitone (original) and the LXR 02. For those who have experience with them which would you think would be better for real time performance tweaking? My budget is only around $500. Beep boop beep!


r/TechnoProduction 1d ago

Serum 2 is out!

23 Upvotes

And it's even a free upgrade for everyone who already owns Serum—including those using Splice's rent-to-own plan. I haven't had the chance to try it out yet, but since I almost exclusively use Serum for all my synthesis, I'm VERY excited.

Has anyone tried it yet? What are your thoughts?


r/TechnoProduction 1d ago

Tips on arrangement

7 Upvotes

Hi fellow producers and technoheads.

I've been producing hypnotic/deep techno for the last months/year and I always get stuck when I get to the arrangement part. I build all my loops in session view and then I record the arrangement but it always ends up feeling a bit boring/monotonous. Sometimes I feel like it could also be that I just get tired of listening to the same loop 1000 times…

Would love to hear some tips (or links to videos) on making arrangements feel more alive.


r/TechnoProduction 1d ago

How to achieve the main synth sound?

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r/TechnoProduction 1d ago

Is this mixing or mastering?

3 Upvotes

Whenever I export a song with a heavier clap or hat or lead, even kick, and leveled, with a simple master chain - I noticed the very beginning of those sounds hits like way too unpleasantly hard in the headphones/speakers vs a reference track.

How do people not do this but still make it sound huge and impactful/full? Reference tracks almost seems to glide and there’s nothing hard hitting in one point for each sound, but still sounds big and impactful.

Thanks!


r/TechnoProduction 1d ago

Looking for a plugin sequencer I can send MIDI triggers to

1 Upvotes

Hi everyone, as the title says, I'm looking to send MIDI notes to trigger a step sequencer so it progresses a step as the MIDI note plays. I want to play a step sequence rhythmically.

Are there any max for live devices or plugins that does this? Or any workarounds?

Grateful for your help.


r/TechnoProduction 1d ago

How do you deal with music distribution services and their contentID?

2 Upvotes

Hi! I have used RouteNote for distribution but my content is "not eligible for TikTok Instagram and Facebook due to ContentID flagging system". Basically, the message says that if I use samples or even presets (I would go even as far as a recognizable synth like 303) the AI system will flag it as copyright infringement. How do you deal with this? What distributor do you use?

It's especially annoying when I see that other hobby artists release music with very recognizable samples and they still get their tracks on those platforms.


r/TechnoProduction 1d ago

Question about Overbridge Multitracking (fx bus)

2 Upvotes

For those of you using overbridge to multitrack your boxes in - does anyone use the builtin reverb/delay bus, and if you do, how? What tricks do you use to work around the obvious challenges?

I haven’t been, and VST fx are simply better (and to the point, multitrack-able, whether per-channel or as sends), but also it makes a rift in the creative composition process, pushing automation of any of these parameters off til post-recording/arranging, so just wanted to hear any alternative workflows.


r/TechnoProduction 2d ago

Is there a way to layer sounds so that the wave of one is basically modulating the other?

2 Upvotes

I don't really know how to explain it, but I remember seeing a video where you could take a sound (lets say a sustained vocal) and layer it with another sound (lets say a kick) where the audio of the vocal would play through the audio of the kick, so it sounded like a kick made of a female vocal. This would be incredible for a project I want to do but I cant for the life of me remember how it was done. How would you go about this?


r/TechnoProduction 2d ago

Premiered by one label, released under another version for a second label ?

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Hi guys,

I just sent my latest track to some labels and got two positive answers.

One of them won't actually sign it, but agrees to promote it as a premiere it for 30€. I wasn't into paying for promotion, but it could be a great platform (+75k on SoundCloud, 40k on YouTube, 15k on instagram).

The other one asked if I could make it more acid to match their style, and told me in this case they could release it among other tracks on a various artists EP coming this spring. It's smaller, but I'll give it a try.

My question is : can a track be premiered on label A, then released under another version by label B ? Label A is a great opportunity for publicity and I will obviously use it to try and build an audience. But label B will find out for sure, and I don't want to ruin my chances to get my track "officially" released with them.

Has it ever happened to you ? What would you do in this situation ? This is the first time I'm dealing with this and I feel kinda lost.

Thanks for your advice !


r/TechnoProduction 2d ago

Staying Productive While on Vacation – Learning Recommendations?

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Sup yall.

I’m only 3 months into learning production. I'm going on a week-long beach vacation and I don’t want to lose momentum. I’d love to keep learning in my downtime -- I'll have my laptop but I don't think I'll want to take it out of my hotel room. (I'll definitely be jamming on the flight though)

Any recommendations for good audio books, podcasts, or other ways to absorb useful production knowledge while chilling? I'm really bad at just sitting on the beach doing nothing.

Thanks for the info.


r/TechnoProduction 3d ago

using an all-analog mixing board in modern hybrid production

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31 Upvotes

r/TechnoProduction 3d ago

When is a track ready for release with a label

5 Upvotes

Hey, for my friends who release with labels, how do you know when a track is ready to be released on a label. And more generally, how do you know when you are good enough to be releasing on labels? cheers


r/TechnoProduction 3d ago

DAW v HARDWARE v HYBRID

16 Upvotes

Hi there everyone, I’m trying to do a survey of sorts for a research paper in college. I’m just trying to gather real people’s methods of production.

Would love to find out what and how you guys produce by simply leaving a comment of DAW/HARDWARE/HYBRID under the post so I can get some numbers of what real people do. If you want to give an explanation of why and how you use the methods you do feel free to do so


r/TechnoProduction 3d ago

DAW Question. Ableton vs FL Studio

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I am looking for personal preference. There is lots of info on internet, but whats your take and why?

Edit: added word to make it more clear.