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I have a question:
How do I make a real drop ?
I have been told that my drops something is missing and they are not good .

ALL can post suggestions and tips .
So we then have a drop- Topic : D

You mean a bass drop right? It's always nice to have a synth with a pitch change.

Can you post a small example of your own drop, or bass drop on Soundcloud.

Wait,....when you say drop, do you mean a Bass drop like Leche mentioned, like this one?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaeMhlFdTMU

Leche wrote:You mean a bass drop right?

What kind of drops are existing?
I mean the main part of an EDM song.

brandystarbrite wrote:Can you post a small example of your own drop, or bass drop on Soundcloud.

In my song "Grey" at 1:48 for example.

brandystarbrite wrote:Wait,....when you say drop, do you mean a Bass drop like Leche mentioned, like this one?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaeMhlFdTMU

When do I hear such a bass drop in a song?
I don`t know much about Drops, but I mean general Drops like:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KKKGpAZHAA at 1:00
or
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcrbM1l_BoI at 1:32

A bass drop (to me) is basically just a section of a piece with higher musical energy (usually with a lot of bass, but not necessarily) that usually comes after some sort of build up. Given the absolutely gigantic variety of EDM out there nowadays, it's basically impossible to summarize "bass drop methods" concisely. Of course, within a genre there are cookie-cutter musical forms and typical synthesizer sounds that help define the genre.

In the OVERWERK song you linked to, the drop features a very bass heavy synth with sidechain compression to give it more rhythmic energy. Then in the Avicci song, the melody gets taken by a synth (sounding kind of like a super saw) an octave up, and the backup instrumental parts have some sidechain compression applied. So based on just those two songs, we can come up with a common feature: sidechain compression (or something that does a similar effect).

Also, in my songs that have some kind of bass drop (not that I'm particularly good at these things) I just make a bunch of random noises in catchy rhythms, because I don't know how to actually produce proper EDM

Snarf wrote:A bass drop (to me) is basically just a section of a piece with higher musical energy (usually with a lot of bass, but not necessarily) that usually comes after some sort of build up. Given the absolutely gigantic variety of EDM out there nowadays, it's basically impossible to summarize "bass drop methods" concisely. Of course, within a genre there are cookie-cutter musical forms and typical synthesizer sounds that help define the genre.

In the OVERWERK song you linked to, the drop features a very bass heavy synth with sidechain compression to give it more rhythmic energy. Then in the Avicci song, the melody gets taken by a synth (sounding kind of like a super saw) an octave up, and the backup instrumental parts have some sidechain compression applied. So based on just those two songs, we can come up with a common feature: sidechain compression (or something that does a similar effect).

Also, in my songs that have some kind of bass drop (not that I'm particularly good at these things) I just make a bunch of random noises in catchy rhythms, because I don't know how to actually produce proper EDM

Yeah, thanks
What can I make better in my drops?

Wow! In the Overwerk daybreak track, that you linked, what I found interesting was that drop sound was really soft.
2nd thing was, for a while after 1:00 secs, I thought this was a deadmau5 track. Lol!
This track is nice.

Wake me up's drop, was interesting too.

The one in your Grey track, I almost didn't hear.
But that Grey track, is a really nice music track.

In the Overwerk and Aviicii tracks, I was actually expecting to hear, that heavy Dooooshh Bass drop sound, but these two music tracks, did them much lighter than expected.

Many people have their own taste in drops, or bass drops.
Some like it super heavy, like in the Transformers movies, and some like it light or nearly inaudible.

I would say it's really a matter of preference and taste.
I would suggest making a bass drop that you think fits in well and suits your music, but make it in the way that you think makes it cool for you too.
Give it some depth or feel to it.

Oh, the previous commenters made some really good valid points too.

ACYDE Music wrote:How do I make a real drop ?

That's a really hard question to answer.
Since there are so many variations.
And Snarf is correct on that too though.
And everyone has their own tastes in drops etc.

brandystarbrite wrote:Wow! In the Overwerk daybreak track, that you linked, what I found interesting was that drop sound was really soft.
2nd thing was, for a while after 1:00 secs, I thought this was a deadmau5 track. Lol!
This track is nice.

Wake me up's drop, was interesting too.

The one in your Grey track, I almost didn't hear.
But that Grey track, is a really nice music track.

In the Overwerk and Aviicii tracks, I was actually expecting to hear, that heavy Dooooshh Bass drop sound, but these two music tracks, did them much lighter than expected.

Many people have their own taste in drops, or bass drops.
Some like it super heavy, like in the Transformers movies, and some like it light or nearly inaudible.

I would say it's really a matter of preference and taste.
I would suggest making a bass drop that you think fits in well and suits your music, but make it in the way that you think makes it cool for you too.
Give it some depth or feel to it.

Oh, the previous commenters made some really good valid points too.

Ok
Thanks for the answer
My drop should hit harder
How do I make it hit harder?

ACYDE Music wrote: My drop should hit harder
How do I make it hit harder?

Make it louder?

These kinds of questions are a little too vague to actually answer. I would recommend playing with the triple oscillator to get a cool synth sound (start with the presets for inspiration). Another good idea would be to try to replicate a sound that you like (like the pipe guy sound) with any plugin. Now, this isn't always easy (or even possible in some cases) with LMMS, but regardless of whether you succeed, you'll learn something helpful.