We need to talk about Sound Selection! Which sounds should you use for your beats?

Sound selection is one of the most important aspects when it comes to music production/beat making. Whichever genre you are producing in, sound selection makes your music and beats sound consistent, full, and well put together. In this video I give you a couple tips on how to pick the right sounds for your instruments and drums!
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As a dubstep producer and a metalhead, there’s a few things i disagree with. Tuning your drums to the key of the song is not necessarily needed unless if you’re using one of those 808 subs that has a built in kick. Otherwise, if it’s short enough, nobody’s gonna notice and it’ll be just fine. If you’re using multiple samples to “create” your own kick for your track (Kick X for the transient, Kick Y for the mid range, and Kick Z for the sub frequencies), then you should DEFINITELY tune them to eachother, otherwise certain frequencies between the different kicks will mash up and you’ll have a lumpy mess of a sample. As far as the snare is considered, I believe that is even LESS needed to have tuned. Yes, there are certain snares that have more tonal frequencies than others, but tuning it will lose that tonal feel. A real drum kit gets tuned, yes, but you don’t see the drummer retuning his set every time the band plays a new song that’s in a different key. The same can be said for EDM and Hip Hop. If you retune your snare to the key of the track, all of that tonal information will get lost in the mix because it’s being combined with the instruments’ tonal information. Leaving it out of key will have more impact because that tonal information does not match up with the instruments, creating its own tonal space in the mix. Also, the reason why EDM/Trap/Dubstep drops take up so much space in the mix is because we want our drops to feel big. I do wanna clarify, I’m not mad, just letting people know that some of the things in this video are not NECESSARY, but more preference. If the song calls for a snare in tune with the track, do it. If you wanna be a bit more laid back, do it. It’s all up to artist discretion.

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"As a dubstep producer and a metalhead" that's exactly the problem.

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@@bladethewitch1442 everything i said is my opinion, so if you think that’s a problem then that’s yours too! Glad to hear you think my choice of music is an issue!

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such a helpful video! I feel like sample selection is such a crucial part of making music. I always look at it as each element either adds to or takes away from the energy you are trying to create

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More than one instrument playing the same note is called unison. It's very beautiful actually. In a realistic enviroment these fundamental tones wouldn't clash because your ear would have to be right next to the instrument so you would end up hearing just the harmonics of instruments as they come toguether. When mixing, you can simulate this by utilizing a bandpass and some reverb to move the sound away from you.

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Awesome content! One thing that helps me, I try to select any sound I add, in context with the rest of the tracks. Never judge a sound when it is isolated. Something crap in solo might sound great in context or vice versa.

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Thanks, this was really helpful! Now that I think about it my sound selection has improved a lot already, but I never thought about it like that. Next to volume leveling this is probably the most important thing for a clean mix!

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Man, Simon! This is exactly what I've been struggling with the last few days - claps? Snare? Both? Thanks for this Video!

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Very good video! Espacially the sound selection of the right drums (kick, snare, percs...) really has a huge impact on the whole atmosphere of the beat!

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