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Should I be careful about setting levels too high at one point in a track?

I have a signal processing and telecommunications background. Because of this I feel a natural urge to not push gain high at any one point. If I find myself in a situation where my level is very low ...
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How to make Big beat drum from scratch? [closed]

As a beginner producer, I am having trouble making drums for my records. I usually go to YouTube to learn how to create drum beats, but when I came across Big Beat, there was no detailed tutorial for ...
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For electronic music production, are there any differences between using small synths vs big synths?

This is a newbie question by someone who is just learning to play piano. On YouTube there are some talented musicians that play and remake famous electronic music riffs and tunes. One group uses very ...
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primary sound driver and asio4all sounds different in DAW

While ASIO4ALL significantly reduces latency and improves sound quality, many people have complained that it sounds different from their primary sound driver across several DAW's: https://...
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Using Ableton with a 2015 MacBook

I intend to produce music with Ableton Live 9 suite in a 2015 MacBook with 1.3 Ghz (turbo boost up to 2.7Ghz) with 8GB RAM, and 512GB storage. Is this likely to experience lag - if so, how can I ...
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How to use padKontrol with Ableton Live?

I have a Korg padKontrol midi controller and it is fairly easy to get it going with Ableton Live 9 as a drum trigger. However, I would like to use it to trigger scenes in session view and generally ...
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Looking for a trance gate midi device for Ableton Live/Max for Live

I am looking for a midi effect for Max for Live which allows the creation of arbitrary trance patterns. Something like the one embedded in FM8, just to be clear. Many people implement trancegates on ...
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