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Production Tricks Pet Peeves

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Author: jdg on July 28 2006

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--> here is a short list of production tricks that annoy me.

1. Filtered Vox
2. Panning for no reason.
3. panning synced to a boring LFO
4. comb filtered drum breaks
5. rhodes in a dnb song
6. trance gate
7. reverse cymbol build up
8. switching time sigs for no reason.

thats all i got at 11:31pm.. im gonna go eat some dinner ..
i'll post more tommorow at 2pm PST after my 24hr ban is lifted.

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07/28/06 + j_chot

MY FAVORITE PRODUCTION THINGY'S

1. ONE WORD: "HOOVER"
2. that FM-y organ you hear alot in early 90's house tracks (i'ma bring that one back)
3. filtered vocals (fuck you ! french house RULES ;)
4. 3 part vocal harmonies (there need to be way more of these)
5. ping-pong stereo (I will never hear more beautiful recordings than those early beatles records, cymbals so LOUD!)
6.

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07/28/06 + astroboy

i <3 reverse cymbal build ups

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edited: Jul 28 2006 + cbit

3 part vocal harmonies (there need to be way more of these)

strongly agree. even better if it's andrews-sisters-style close harmonies.

badthings:
1. RnB chimes.
2. RnB/hiphop grunt tracks, the ones that go: 'whu, uh, uh-huh, yeh'
3. that bit where they all shout 'Howwwwww!' (to rhyme with 'low'). heard it first on a Pharrell track, now everywhere.

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07/28/06 + filarion

1. most arps that are easily spotted as such (usually going up and down minor chords)
2. blatant snarerushs
3. amen for amen's sake (unless it's absolutely on the impressive side, but even then it's more of a tech demo imo ;) )
4. symphony of voices choirs
5. resonance-jerk off escapades

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07/28/06 + astroboy

1. gourmet beats

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07/28/06 + quip

i love cz-101 organ.

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07/28/06 + bbwax

if somebody could incorporate all these, good and bad, into 1 song, i think it'd be a surefire hit.

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07/28/06 + electrodan

Dont let Astroid see number 8. Oh wait, his reasons are sound and his purpose is clear. :P

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07/28/06 + ignatius

the reason rhodes refill. i hear it everywhere and it's annoying.

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07/28/06 + Fredo

doodoo head! Why you gotta put stuff down all the time???

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07/28/06 + tantan

I like all these things

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07/28/06 + mlbot

OMG YES EXCELLENT

9. Buffer Override/Supatrigga/Glitch on drums
10. Blade Runner Samples
11. Dry snare drums
12. 5% wet < Reverb levels in this range<95%+95% + 95% wet
13. TR808 kits that dont wind up utilizing that cowbell
14. Toms that DON'T pan for no reason.

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07/28/06 + jogn

which one is it?

you like toms that pan for no reason
or
toms that don't pan for a reason.
or
pans that tom for a reason.

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07/28/06 + damon

trance gate = hot

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07/28/06 + mlbot

I like toms that pan for no reason.
I dont like the rest.

Its the exception to Jdg's rules #2 and #3, which are very good rules.

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