Have to say, in general the quality of the tunes in this comp has been quite high and although the voting y
EDIT: And no, why do people always assume because you slammed a song that was trying to be 'alternative' that you listen to run of the mill kick snare brostep O.o I'd say the opposite ...

Cheers, just voted.

Just a quick point - wouldn't it be better NOT to state who people voted for, so as not to influence others' decisions?

Congrats to all the guys that contributed, really great work and not a dud amongst them (ie no pointless tuneless 'wobblez')

Erm... how do I listen to them??

Interesting thread - I love a bit of spacey, drone, me :)

I think there's a lot more to it than just pitching synths down and whacking a huge reverb on, though - doing that invariably creates little more than a muddy mid-rangey mush of sound that isn't pleasing to the ear at all!!

I've never been ...

Embedded track might help:
http://soundcloud.com/icr/icr-spacemans-solitude-2010
sounds like a rimshot not a standard snare to me :W:

Okay I had another bash at getting this snare sound, but I can't even get bloody close!!!! Used a range of samples rims, sticks, snares, claps and layering ...

Cheers for the tip, chap. Yep, been through them all, and 123 certainly seems to be similar-ish. I'll see if a bit of processing can push it even closer. Ta!

Is it acceptable to ask for help with a sound that isn't bass/reese/wub related?!?!?

I want to break from tradition and ask if anyone knows how to make the snare in this track:
http://soundcloud.com/icr/icr-spacemans-solitude-2010
(zoom onto 1:52)

It sounds pretty simple, but just pitching up ...

Is it acceptable to ask for help with a sound that isn't bass/reese/wub related?!?!?

I want to break from tradition and ask if anyone knows how to make the snare in this track:
http://soundcloud.com/icr/icr-spacemans-solitude-2010
(zoom onto 1:52)

It sounds pretty simple, but just pitching up ...

deadly habit wrote: sounds like a rimshot not a standard snare to me

Good call, I had a go with some side-stick sounds but no cigar. Cheers

Is it acceptable to ask for help with a sound that isn't bass/reese/wub related?!?!?

I want to break from tradition and ask if anyone knows how to make the snare in this track:
http://soundcloud.com/icr/icr-spacemans-solitude-2010
(zoom onto 1:52)

It sounds pretty simple, but just pitching up ...

Is it acceptable to ask for help with a sound that isn't bass/reese/wub related?!?!?

I want to break from tradition and ask if anyone knows how to make the snare in this track:
http://soundcloud.com/icr/icr-spacemans-solitude-2010
(zoom onto 1:52)

It sounds pretty simple, but just pitching up real ...

Ldizzy wrote:

mikeyboy75 wrote:Nope London

great, cuz theres one in montreal, he makes painful fidget mid range shat.

nice to meet u tho

Haha cheers, you too

Cheers guys.

I can't believe I've not been doing this before actually, seems to be a great way to learn about how sounds are layered and blended.

Well a couple of questions.. :)

Firstly, do you guys A/B against reference tracks constantly while putting a track together, just at the end during the mix-down, or not at all (!)
I've never really done this before, but having listened to some of my tracks not being as full as I wanted, I think it ...

JemGrover wrote:Diazepam +

That's great, reminds me a little of early Mogwai. Where's the wobble bass and random FX though?

Nope London

Do people really like that??

I feel old

ICR! He used to do mainly DnB but is doing more and more Dubstep
Definitely keeps himself to himself, would be nice to learn some of his methods though as I think he's extremely talented and has a pretty unique sound - and clearly does it all with very basic tools. Even his old stuff done on ...

ICR! He used to do mainly DnB but is doing more and more Dubstep these days, and uses Reason! Doesn't talk much about his methods though....

http://soundcloud.com/chi-recordings/icr-nanking
http://soundcloud.com/icr/to-make-right-whats-left-preview-1
he's a pretty reserved guy tbh
used to have ...

ICR! He used to do mainly DnB but is doing more and more Dubstep these days, and uses Reason! Doesn't talk much about his methods though....

http://soundcloud.com/chi-recordings/icr-nanking
http://soundcloud.com/icr/to-make-right ... -preview-1