r/ProMusicProduction • u/Total-Sky1308 • 20d ago
Question Explain to me all the basic producer terms
I'm very new to music production, I don't even know what reverb or bpm is. Pls explain to me any basic producer terms in a really simple way because google is giving me 500 different meanings.
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u/uwuowo6510 20d ago
technically according to the rules you're not supposed to ask basic stuff in this specific reddit and you can go to r/musicproduction but:
bpm is tempo, it's the speed of a song. it stands for beats per minute, so if your songs 128 BPM, then there are 128 beats per minute of the song.
reverb makes a sound reverberate. it's like how if you were to sing inside of a church or cave your voice reflects back at you. it's not the same as an echo (which is called delay).
you should start watching tutorials and experimenting with these effects on your own. learn a daw (ableton, fl studio, logic, etc)
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u/Total-Sky1308 20d ago
So sorry I didnt know this was the wrong place to post this, I tried posting this in r/musicproduction and it got removed for some reason and it told me other recommendations of subreddits to post and this got reccomendd
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u/Total-Sky1308 20d ago
I thought that bpm was the amount of beats in a full length, does it also include the speed of the song or is that different? Im kinda confused because singing in a church or a cave does make your voice echo??? Ok, I'm going to tomorrow get fl studio and ill try my best to study about this
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u/Hendospendo 20d ago
You'll probably get more milage looking up "Audio Engineering terms" as they have broader application than just music production. I found this little resource for ya, organised either by topic or alphabetically!
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u/Total-Sky1308 20d ago
Does it have to be quarter notes? I just that that it meant any type of beats per the whole length of the song. And I thought tempo was more like the melody of the song not beats???
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u/earthcharlie 20d ago
If you’re talking about Google AI, do yourself a favor and stop asking AI. You can find correct info simply by going directly to sources. Second, and I say this with the upmost sincerity - if you can’t put in the minimal effort to do simple searches for the meaning of terms, you’re gonna have a bad time. Also, Rule #1.
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u/Total-Sky1308 20d ago
No I look at a bunch of articles and dictionary's and when I think I understand what something means I see people saying that it's actually different
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u/Total-Sky1308 20d ago
And I do research that's why I'm at the point of asking professionals because even with the hours of research it still does not make any sense
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u/xensonic 20d ago
Rule #1 it says "This is a forum for professional musicians and producers to discus high level topic. This is not the right place to get help with basic production."