WORKS-IN-PROGRESS for APRIL, 2010

[Bledbox]

hey guys
wondering about some feedback on the top tune in my player. havent spent much time on it but am open to suggestions.
cheers

lol what is that sound? sounds like bare creaky floorboards

[jaydot]

@jaydot

cheers on the feedback! much appreciated.

as for your tune, i would pay for a 320 when its done!
is that enough feedback super eerie mister!

Wow thanks for that

@Bledbox: Promising start. deep trancey pads: I would be interested in seeing that finished up.

[goose_step]

hey guys
wondering about some feedback on the top tune in my player. havent spent much time on it but am open to suggestions.
cheers

lol what is that sound? sounds like bare creaky floorboards

its like a rly finely chopped up drum loop then with vynal crack put over the top. wht u recon?haha

[Bledbox]

hey guys
wondering about some feedback on the top tune in my player. havent spent much time on it but am open to suggestions.
cheers

lol what is that sound? sounds like bare creaky floorboards

its like a rly finely chopped up drum loop then with vynal crack put over the top. wht u recon?haha

yeh man I like it, interesting stuff going on. I thought it was a sampled goose at first because of your name lol...


oh and cheers jaydot glad you like the pads they were a bitch to program, I kept accidently deleting the file, I think I had to remake it 4 times in the end...

[marshy]

@Bledbox

Really fucking like that intro man. Real atmospheric. I don't DJ but i know they often prefer drums to easily mix, so that may be the only problem with hardly any drums before the drop. Love how the human sounding voice overlaps slightly on the last snare hit on the drop, brings it all together nicely. I actually quite like the section after the drop, if that's still at 140bpm i'd consider switching it up after the second drop and actually using that.

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Right so this is some major WIP. The drum sounds are horrible, and nothing's mixed down or even EQ'd ignore all those, i'm looking for feedback more on the intro melody and choice of instrumentation. The drop was also just kinda whacked in there quickly so seems pretty abrupt.

Also really liking the bass tone i've got once it does drop, and i'll obviously be working on making the transition between melodic and 'filth' even though i hate that word. Any tips on the best way to do this? Only one i've done before is grabbing a slice of the bass, low cutting it and then fitting it quietly into the intro.

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[Bledbox]

@marshy

cheers man great feedback

I'm really liking the melody you got going, its really hypnotic and draws you in, and I really like the clicking noise in the background...(not sure what it is)
i like the 'piano' synth and the springyness of it, kind of makes me think of 8bit music
but yeh i think its a good start to a track

[zonetrooper5]

This is more of a demo song, just wanna see what people think of it so far. The song is called Inner City Depression, need to give it a good mixdown at some point when I transfer it over from my macbook to my pc. Its currently uploaded to my myspace page so give it a listen and tell me what you think.

http://www.myspace.com/blindedwarlords

[zonetrooper5]

Right so this is some major WIP. The drum sounds are horrible, and nothing's mixed down or even EQ'd ignore all those, i'm looking for feedback more on the intro melody and choice of instrumentation. The drop was also just kinda whacked in there quickly so seems pretty abrupt.

Also really liking the bass tone i've got once it does drop, and i'll obviously be working on making the transition between melodic and 'filth' even though i hate that word. Any tips on the best way to do this? Only one i've done before is grabbing a slice of the bass, low cutting it and then fitting it quietly into the intro.

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Liking it so far, could try putting some reverb on the synths to soften them up a bit. After you do the buildup, maybe have a sample, vocal then do the kick buildup again like in Rusko's Badmood song, could also put in a rise/sweep as well to keep people on the edge of their seats.

[Loud Flavor]

Thanks a lot for the feedback guys, I started working on my track again like 2 hours ago and just removed the wobble and started messing more with the whistle.
Here's what I got so far,

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[baaan]

Dusty Speakers - Thanks for the feedback man, I really love your intro and outro... I love the feeling, the wobbles not so much, it starts off like its going to fit, maybe try changing up the LFO rate? All in all, I really like it.

Loud Flavor - I like it 1000 times better without the wobble, your bass is amazingg,, The whistle is a cool aspect to that song, don't change it.

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Anyways, I suck at song structure, I always try to put too much into it, but rough draft #2

[Loud Flavor]

@ baaan, thanks man really appreciate the feedback. I'm going to work harder on this track and also on the mixing like the EQ
and for your track, it's pretty chill, love those wobbly sounds like @ 0:40, keep it up.

[aftee]

@ loud - that sounds much better man, don't always need wobbles to be a banger! It'd be nice to hear the whistle pattern you had after the drop for another 8 bars or so before you switched it up and maybe come back to it again later on in the song, just my opinion..always nice to have some sort of recurring thing

other than that all I can say is find ways to keep it interesting, that's always where I struggle with tunes..but sounding good, much better!

[Bullshit]

Hi guys, I'll add feedback for everyone else's tracks soon. I was just wondering if I should add a great big dirty wobble in this track in my signature!

[morigami]

Zone Trooper - Got to Get: You need to adjust your mixing levels, the distorted synth that kicks in on the chorus can barely be heard as its drowned out by your main synth - it just sounds very muddy. And the main synth itself needs to be changed as you have the same melody going on every 2 bars for about 4 minutes, variety is the spice of life and all that dub. Same goes for your Inner City Depression piano melody, have a different verse melody or something.

Loud Favour - Liking the tune, nice flute melody especially in the chorus - its good to hear some melodic dub. Reminds me of an older released tune but can't quite but my finger on what it is, old Rusko tune or something - that's a compliment btw

Bann - I agree with LF on the subtle wobble, but maybe make it a db or two higher to make it a lil less subtle? Nice relaxing tune, but are you going be putting any beat on it?

Bullshit - I wouldn't stick a wobble on that (despite being a fan of the ole wobble), sub-bass seems more appropriate. At the moment, it's a bit too basic and your vocal samples drown out the drums too much.

Feedback on the following grimey tune would be much appreciated:

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[Funicular]

Hey guys.
Made this track yesterday and was wondering what else it needs, other than a lil drum work
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Any feedback is greatly appreciated.

[zonetrooper5]

Zone Trooper - Got to Get: You need to adjust your mixing levels, the distorted synth that kicks in on the chorus can barely be heard as its drowned out by your main synth - it just sounds very muddy. And the main synth itself needs to be changed as you have the same melody going on every 2 bars for about 4 minutes, variety is the spice of life and all that dub. Same goes for your Inner City Depression piano melody, have a different verse melody or something.

Feedback on the following grimey tune would be much appreciated:

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You didn't need to give feedback on Got To Get, finished that last month lol. anyways, thanks for the feedback I have a hard time just getting some melody in the first place so once I find some I feel kinda bad for changing it up, I've fixed a few things up before I transfer it to my PC. I'll go back to it and probably change some of the melody to make it more interesting.

Atom Lady is a good song btw, keep it up.

[Bledbox]

Lol I'm back again... thanks for all the great feedback earlier

So I made a dubstep drop, but I dunno I need a second opinion on it. I don't really know where to go with this track so any thoughts and advice is welcome
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[Loud Flavor]

Really appreciate all of the feedback and I'll also start returning the favors tonight.
I just added a little bit more to it and also cleaned up some reverb on some parts.
And I think I'm also having some EQ issues but hmmm lol.
Here's the third snippet,
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[baaan]

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[Kris-One]

no matter how i try, my music always ends up sounding really fucking wild. i just cant suppress the urge to ape shit with bass...
suggestions to help me tone it down a bit? or is it cool the way it is? cause i kinda like it.

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