Searcy, AR. (LP) — When watching your favorite movie, we tend to always hear background music. Sounds that get us going. Most of all in horror films, or in action thrillers. These sounds can infiltrate and manipulate our emotions. Within the breathtaking soundtracks and occasional popular songs we listen to in our free time or at work, we don’t really think about where it all began or how it came to be in order to be blasting in our speakers. Music Production goes a long way within distribution and organizing genres to selling points which are seamlessly growing as time, taste, and more ideas go on. Sound Design takes most of the cake when we go into learning more about the thrilling sound effects in horror films and suspenseful action scenarios within filmmaking and producing tracks. Sound Engineering is more of the quality, texture of the full product, and mastering within film soundtracks and everyday tracks heard for  pleasure and entertainment. Sound engineers can help a full mixdown. If you do it yourself your entire mix can crumble into pieces and you might have to restart. Nowadays, many have strived to dive into simplifying textures, sound design, and sound engineering. In which  plug-ins and tools thankfully, we can create a more fluent broader tone in your creations. Not making any music at all? We typically get lost with these vocabulary unheard of in our normal routine. Plug-ins are the software add-ons used to tweak, or fixcate your ideas into reality inside a Digital Audio Workspace (DAW).

Let’s take Phase Plant for example. Created by Kilohearts’ Plug-ins. Sound Design and Sound Engineering has grown in the past years thanks to many like Kilohearts who are looking to simplify their productions and help millions to find their own sound. Music production takes many intricate pieces of development and takes patience to master. This gorgeous plug-in allows music producers, filmmakers, and more to develop manipulative sounds of their choice, which adds to many atmospheres and effects viewers won’t realise in just a few moments of getting used to. With this plug-in, many need a sturdy flexible Digital Audio Workspace. For Film Producers, many typically dive into the fast and friendly tools. Starting with Ableton Live, which was originally created for “live performances”. Just in the last few years many film producers have adapted to using Ableton for audio editing. With sound design, Film Makers use these tools and techniques to drown out the “worldly atmosphere” and add depth into the mood. Sound Design components branch off into sound effects, mixing, dialogue, Foley Sound Design, and of course our day to day music. Kilohearts has pushed forward many producers and filmmakers with just the “snap in ecosystem pinnacle” Phase Plant, which has allowed millions to find their own sound and create gorgeous works of art just in a few clicks. Exploring software like this has helped billions of Film Makers touch deeper into formulating more atmosphere and allowing their sound design to broaden what the audience takes in as of how it makes them feel from the textures Phase Plant and many more Sound Design plug-ins and platforms have to offer in the world of music production. 

Considering many different routes into music production, we take a closer look into the artist side. On the side of hip-hop and more genres he freestyles over and mixes into his own tracks, “I try to teach it all the time, we have to master and mix all the time, and with vocals. If you’re recording your own vocals, get someone else to master them to start with, because nine times out of ten, everyone hates the sound of their own voice,” says Mr. Gary Crooke DJ/MC, also known as Gareeeeeezy has been going at it for a very long time. Music has always been his coping mechanism for absolutely everything. We of course have troubles starting out and learning from this. Mr. Gary Crooke states, “This is for the vocalists, you just need other people to look into mastering and mixing your vocals and afterwards look at what they’ve done, and tweak it to how you want and you finally come up with a nice balance.” When it comes to mixing, Mr. Gary Crooke has done fabulous mixes. He goes on, “I can mix anything, I always loved mixing music since the days of vinyl and belt-drive. Even tapes and videos, we use to mix everything. Get any device and plug it into a mixer.” Working and having fun with what you do is a huge step into anything, music production brings these two factors into play.

Now on the side of Electronic, Authentic, and the ole beat making scene, “Well as some of you may know, I’m still very much in the learning stage of producing music. I’ve been doing this for two years and to be completely honest you will never get out of the learning stage in music. Music is something you’ll be learning more about, especially producing.” Conner Ford DJ/Artist in Electronic Instrumentals, who is known as PULSE has been going on learning many different styles and appreciates all textures of music and has been working his way up to being able to produce more for himself and branching out towards a more sturdy digital audio work space for his producing. Conner Ford continues, “When I started out, nowadays don’t worry about experimenting and finding your own sound early that suits you. It took me a year and a half to find a DAW, whatever you call it to use for my music.” With finding your own sound, it may take a while and most definitely will change over time due to taste and ideas throughout your music interest or hobby.

Dealing with any type of music production whether it be in the filmmaking business or the musical side, we have figured out that this industry is an inspiration based platform and perfect for those interested in producing a film themselves, learning more of the camera film production, and those interested in music producing which branches into many more categories that can get you far in life, or be the worst decision you’ll ever make of course if you let things get to you, or aren’t the type to take in many possibilities as they come into play which are sound design, and sound engineering. We of course can hand this off to the professionals, though it will get you even farther into your career if you take the time to learn everything music production has to offer in this day and age. Starting out now won’t be hard, millions of online classes for beginners are out there, some for free, many more for college applicants, and those who can afford the classes. Music production starts beginners off with telling them it won’t be easy, honestly its the easiest thing you will ever do in your entire life as long as you love what you’re doing and are truly interested. Now, there are many times where those presets and templates are difficult to figure out. Many softwares are downloaded with a hand guide, or usually owner manual. Mastering guides are essential as well, now most will just give you a history into the mastering engineer world of course. Cymatics gives an amazing Mastering Blueprint that goes in depth with using FL Studios and more basic presets and plug-ins. Truly, all you need is a Parametric EQ, Compressor, and Limiter to get that job done, the rest of those settings used within these presets are up to you and where you want your quality and sound to go through any output speaker.

After exploring the deepest parts of music production and all the wonderful opportunities it provides, we now understand a little more of what makes up the music world. Though, there are still many unique secrets out there to unlock and master when it comes to coming up with your own tracks, songs, or instrumentals. Within sound design we have explored the primary tools and highly recommended software for creating that perfect texture and atmosphere for just about anything. Hopefully you can take this into your own hands and find yourself, recreate yourself, and pour your heart out into music production like millions of others worldwide do today.