No Mana

building a music production pc

first i totally apologize for writing this during the whole ai bullshit market that's happening right now. but just wanted to share my experience building a computer strictly for music production during this time, hoping it gives some insight for those who are wondering what's needed out of a production machine.

i like to upgrade my computer every 10ish years, and this month was about tha...

Falling in Love Project File

ok this was an insane one to clean up, probably because this is actually the 21st version of the song and went through so many creative iterations between myself and vowl plus label notes. lots of empty tracks and sounds that weren't being used, but still surprised how much there still is considering how simple of a song it is. anyways enjoy! also sorry for leaving you guys empty on november -...

@furyxzia 251104 Sound Design Project

get kilohearts and melda, both are free and used in this project! bunch of samples from toying with portal + s-layer + serum that you won't see in the project

@internet_graveyard 251102 Sound Design Project

i hope u have serum 2!!!

@artvenommoe 251031 Sound Design Project

another off the gram! just a bunch of sound selections on top of some sampler tricks and waterphone layering.

@unpacked.ex 251030 Sound Design Project

gonna start doing this weird everydays thing where i start posting stupid fyp sound design things on my production account (jordan_ruined_it). y'all can have the project files to those cuz i love u

Vocal Processing

Vocal Processing

raw vocals are one of those things that takes probably just as much time as the rest of the mix itself. the process involves these main things, and i do them in this order:

1. tuning

2. editing (removing clicks, pops, managing breaths)

3. timing

4. effect processing

Tuning

pretty straigh...

2021 Demos

honestly forgettable year of music for me. tbf everything was poured out on electromag and i wasn't working on a lot of different projects, mostly being outside and trading stocks probably. But a weird thing to look at back then since nowadays this is as much music i work on in a week.

Fkdusup was a tune that was supposed to be on HILO but wasn't too proud of it. In the meantime i was wor...

trick to get your first kick of the drop to slap ya ancestors

ok quick little totally unpro tip here but just did this for a bass demo. getting the first kick to pop through the mix is so important cuz you don't wanna go through some crazy ass build up that's redlining til the drop and then the drop hits and you're like where the fucks the kick. biggest buzz kill ever at a festival.

this is a common problem in rly loud tracks, even if you're clippin...

Out of the Dark Project File

sup guysss. another project file here for ya. one of my fav ones to play live. not too much story w this one, just putting together things that sounded cool. it actually started with playing around with a serum 1 preset (the intro plucks) and then the rest just came out.

How to Set Foot in the Music Industry

got this e-mail from this virgin soul today asking about what it was like starting out in music. hope my reply is insightful to some at least!

they say:

Hi, I’ve been producing electronic music since I was 13, now 17 - it’s been an obsession for a while but I’ve always felt lost in the promotion side of things. I got the idea to learn from people who’ve succeeded...

2025-10-07 02:27:34 +0000 UTC View Post

Back Alley Time Machine Project File

aigh sorry for the afk, this month has been stacked like a bunch of pancakes. undertale and all. you'll be seeing a bunch of animations from me on the socials soon, that being said i owe ya my half-assed written scripts.

Anyways, per request here's back alley time machine. dunno what i was smoking back then with all this aggressive eq and weird midi routing but yea hope you like this cob...

Phoenix Up (first version)

Cuz u asked

Phoenix Up Project File

ah hiii sorry still got a bunch of shit i wanna post here. good kind of busy lately. this one was actually a tough one i almost didn't finish. it went through 3 major versions wanting it to sound more like a cirez d tune but i ended up diving deep into the electro house sonics so it ended up being his heavy little thing. the previous versions were actually soooo empty and repetitive.

Move (Aseprite Script)

ok to my pixel art peeps. i only really did a quick search on the internets and couldn't find a minimal sprite moving script that worked the way i wanted it to so i wrote my own.

this one moves your sprite (can be animated) dx, dy pixels over selected frames. simple. nothing crazy.

only caveat is it's linear (motion and path). i kinda liked how one of the scripts i ...

FORTHCOMING 'Hold Me' w SUPER DARK

little pre release treat for y'all. hard dance collab with my guy SUPER DARK. coming out 9.9 independent release!

Acoustic Treatment: What's the Difference and How to DIY

ok this is probably more like a journal entry cuz i just spent the last 3 days breaking my back making these bad boys. they are 6’ high and they cover pretty much my entire wall.

so at some point producers begin to ask themselves the value of acoustic panels, whether or not it’s worth the investment and what kind of difference in sound they expect to hear. i’d say when you’re just...

a reply to an e-mail with a mixing/mastering client

I should start sharing some of the discussions i have with clients cuz i think it could be useful to people. this one's about when to know the final master sounds good enough, could have some value to ppl who struggle deciding when something is 100%.

Sorry for the delay, was upgrading the acoustics in my room - latest version sounds pretty good to me in here!

In my perso...

2025-09-01 19:37:39 +0000 UTC View Post

WIP Alter Ego w Lava Hong

another thing i started w lava. starting another alias for cinematic stuff has been on my mind

2020 Demos

ah ok i think you guys are in for a treat with this one. i've also included a couple versions of The Way Home which ended up being pieced out to make VVVR (which is probably why I didn't include it in the previous annual folders!).

• Audio Dust (No Mana Remix).wav

• Cabbage Looper [No Mana].wav

• church (master) [Jordan, Jesse Marco].wav

• Clos...

  2025-08-25 20:55:52 +0000 UTC View Post

Bad Things Project File

ok so i just wanna premise this by saying that our ama did NOT age well haha. but if i went on apologizing and deleting my comments i'm pretty sure he'd call me a bitch in spirit. anyways, here's the project file. we worked via stems on this one so not a lot of processing going on since everything was printed. i actually was missing the bassline stem he sent for whatever reason, but i have a pr...

Bad Things previous version

just found this previous version of bad things in my hard drive. this is probably after i've sent Garrett some of my parts and he came back to me after he gave his first round - also probably before we had Fay on it hence the Move vocals.

Hit the Ground Project File

some of u may know this one as the flashback remix - i couldn't get over the instrumental under it so i got bertie on this one to get it to the version u here today!

reqs: latest live

Mix/Mastering pt 2: tips for louder music

during my first 3 years i was producing, i was nowhere close to being confident in my ability to master, let alone mix. i was actually on fl studio, and found their ‘mastering’ effect called maximus - a multiband compression tool. i felt like this was a necessary step to add this every time i master something, so i carelessly threw it on every tune i made and overcompressed everything to sh...

Remember, There's Always a Tomorrow Project File

this one was originally titled Hardest Song on DDR, but for many reasons we didn't want to mention DDR in the title. not much story to this one as this was purely a fun experimental track. give Kobaryo a listen if you dig this shit

Requirements: Latest Live

buncha lasers sample pack

made a handful of lasers! been making them from scratch til now, it's nice to have a folder of them.

• 36 samples

• 24bit/48khz

SP: Remember, There's Always a Tomorrow! Animated Teaser

here's a peak of the teaser i made today for the next release ;) should be goin up tomorrow

Array of Sirens Project File

old one here! this is the 2024 version with a new mix :)

2019 Demos

Okkkkk this is a funny one because there's not that many demos, which kind of explains the most chaotic year of my life. lots of touring, lots of partying, and absolute ignorance. i should probably thank god covid kept me home or i would've been a wreck by now. i also didn't have much of a studio hence the pic - i was in between houses.

• Bump ID [No Mana].wav

• chords ...

  2025-08-04 01:15:17 +0000 UTC View Post

SP 2507300227

if FAU was shoegaze