hey all, just interested in your take on this, we've all been there - created a great 16 bar loop, that's really full, and fat, and then come time to arrange it, when you inevitably try and strip stuff down early on / at the end, it tends to feel weak and empty... do you tend to write in extra parts...

the mixing inside the box one is a great introduction to the core principles though - if you know very little it's a great place to start...

glad you guys found it useful!

hey all, try this - get a compressor on a snare, not lower the threshold so it's doing 30 dbs of gain reduction or so, put the ratio up as high as possible and turn the attack and release time to zero ( oh and obviously turn on auto-gain or boost the level so you can hear what's going on)... Now, th...

yeah, just checked it, and inside the box is great! the one I've linked to actually fits in nicely - as it talks about complimentary EQ as a way of separating 'splodges'...

oh cool, I haven't read that one, will check - thanks!

holy crap.. I just got goosebumps listening to this, man, I miss this kind of stuff... sigh... I guess you can never go back though eh?

I remember getting into rawkus records, jeru the damaja, MF DOOM (the first time around on Fondle Em records - I have the original pressing!) mobb deep, artifacts etc. and feeling like I'd missed the golden age of hip hop, but boy was I wrong... if anyone needs some uber nerdy 90s hip hop recommenda...

krautrock : the rebirth of germany

seconded! he's an absolute leg... have you checked out his autobiography 'Moab Is My Washpot'? I'd highly recommend getting the unabridged audiobook (read by the great man of course) http://www.audible.co.uk/aduk/site/product.jsp?p=BK_RHUK_000553UK&BV_UseBVCookie=Yes also, his sadly departed pod...

Really good no nonsense tut this is - well worth your time to go through...


Mixing Sense: What's It All About?

http://www.brighthub.com/multimedia/aud ... /5316.aspx

actually - the youtube link sounds like absolute crap - if you like what you hear - please go check it on spotify, it sounds a million times better!

I did a remix (as one half of Walls) for Caribou of Kaili that made it onto the recent remix album, would love to know what you guys think.. you can check it here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJlKWy0Uyxc

A mix I did a while back.. tracklisting dj koze - nymphe und schafer atlas sound - saturday night we went swimming and there was a light in the water michael rother - klangkörper seefeel - climactic phase #3 (overnight mix) caribou - irene cluster - marzipan pantha du prince - steiner im flug ricard...

black acre + triangle records... not strictly dubstep, but awesome all the same!

really enjoyed the album too... the john hopkins stuff is worth checking too, he played on this album... I released a shackleton remix of harmonia & eno on my label if anyone's interested in checking it out;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wwi89NH6eo

Sam

hey there, just joined of the forum after lurking for a while and checking out all the excellent production discussions / music appreciation etc. I release music on kompakt records as one half of walls (www.myspace.com/walls_band) and have a newish solo project under the name snoretex (www.soundclou...