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What exactly is halfstep? What makes a halfstep tune different from a fullstep?

Dub_freak wrote:What exactly is halfstep? What makes a halfstep tune different from a fullstep?

Its the wubs per minute. (wpm)

Dub_freak wrote:What exactly is halfstep? What makes a halfstep tune different from a fullstep?

I can't put it into words, maybe cause I completely lack musical training. But you can hear the difference, halfstep tunes sound "emptier" or "spacier".

rayman612 wrote:

skribb wrote:As a side note, halfsteppish DnB is highly welcome

Chillin

Life in a nut shell innit. Half step forwards, 2 steps backwards...

THIS IS HALF STEP:

Nice tune, I think the bass was a bit too much for whatever it got ripped on!

Reverb wrote:

Dub_freak wrote:What exactly is halfstep? What makes a halfstep tune different from a fullstep?

Its the wubs per minute. (wpm)

it's wobs per minute, you

Hey thanks a lot for posting my track in the OP!! (I'm rafiki

Here is one of my mix, i believe its mostly halfstep

It's definitely hard to know what exactly halfstep is. same bpm as dnb, just slower and deeper.

Rafi:ki - mix 001 - Halfstep / Drum&Bass
Soundcloud

halfstep me maybe?

Soundcloud

(more mixes pon de link)

NeoWave wrote:Hey thanks a lot for posting my track in the OP!! (I'm rafiki

Here is one of my mix, i believe its mostly halfstep

It's definitely hard to know what exactly halfstep is. same bpm as dnb, just slower and deeper.

Rafi:ki - mix 001 - Halfstep / Drum&Bass
Soundcloud

it's easy, the tempo of the beats are half time, for dubstep the beat would be running at 70bpm instead of 140, for dnb it'd be at 85bpm or whatever.

yea instead of

boom smack boom smack

its boom smack

rayman612 wrote:yea instead of

boom smack boom smack

its boom smack

I just think of it as "spacier", "emptier" dubstep/dnb tracks. Simple right?

I mean obviously the space between the "boom smack" is farther than in "boom smack boom smack"

not really

its literally just different placement of the drums


there are spacey tunes that arent halfstep

but they don't have to be. instead of boom smack boom smack it could be boom boom boom smack, no extra space, but still halfstep. it's just about tempo, the tracks can be just as busy if that's what the producer wants (i'm sure there's some great examples of this, can't be arsed finding any right now but, i might in a bit if i can be bothered).

edit - i kinda said what rayman just said, but in a different way. didn't see his post.

listen to the drums before & after 2:00

not that difficult

halfstep has 1 snare for every 2 snares


halfstep 0:00 - 2:00

after 2:00 is double

Thanks for the lesson and the SWEEEEET tunes dood!