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@dj Cappa
Lay off the distortion. Some supersaw leads won't hurt. Repetitive synths. Not extremely interesting, spice it up with more interesting drums. Disliked the highpitched thing in the beginning, hurt my ears. But its not bad!

@E-T-F
Very dark. I don't usually like dark music, but this is extreme. Some extra bass won't hurt. Pretty repetitive, maybe decrease the repitivity a bit, although being repetitive is good in this genre. Your choice.

@daftendirekt
Badass. Decrease the treble by a slight touch on the supersaw, and increase the bass by a touch too. You strongly remind me of daft punk and madeon. Keep up the excellent work. And if you will, can you please tell me the name of that nice plucking sound? Thanks a ton! Its a banger!

@hxrtk
Small drop . Surprise the person. Astonish him. Some drums won't hurt. Try putting more variety in the instruments and as I said more ETF, a bit less repetitive for me.

@acidsamurai
BADASS DROP. Mastering needs work. Cutting 25hz and below is a good idea. Make sure that the kick doesn't overdrive, bad habit. Over all, can't wait to hear the finished version Good luck!

@Standby
Pretty calm and eargasmic at the same time. Have no negative feedback on it. Sorry, it was just too good! XD

@ogunslinger
In the beginning, try laying off the bass or add more funky instruments in. Love the synths coming in a bit before half, though! But yeah, VARIETY IS THE KEY.

@EFEKZ
Try to decrease the attack in the beginning main synth. It seems pretty unecessary to be honest. Layer on some of the synths you have going on there. Add a touch of grain.

@Gaol
Try changing the drums. They are the FL Studio drums that first come up on the pattern bar. They are pretty annoying since a bunch of people use them the exact same kick/snare/hat/clap. Needs more mastering/mixing. Try inputting your real voice instead of the robotic voice, because it sounds too beginnerish.

@Crow Steppa
Too. Much. Treble. Hurts. My. EARS! Try to cut those painful high frequencies. Distortion would help. Sorry, can't give more feedback on this one because of the extreme treble. Sorry.

@MaZa1
Try to lay off the modern talking. Theres too much of it. Its pretty repetitive. Not that many interesting synths, to be honest :p Most of them had either flanger or phaser effects applied to them, which isn't bad, but cut on the amount of things you are phasing. Drums must go on continuously, don't have a 2 second hole every 3 seconds or so

@GV1
Its pretty nice! Needs some sub-bass mastering though. Cut the high and the mids with multiple EQs on the sub-bass, and it is good. Good pad work, its interesting and fun to listen to. Try putting some fills and/or tonals at some parts in your song.

@AtomicAcorn
At the beginning, try making the pad go on at least 2 notes, not one. Thats sorta not fun to listen to otherwise, like a low-passed sweep throughout half of the song. Work on the drop, moar BASS!! And interesing synths.

OKAY! After giving feedback to THIRTEEN PEOPLE Hopefully now I will get more feedback instead of just one, Burgeamon (Thanks, by the way! ) So here is the same thing. I tweaked it a bit, but not far from this avicii remix. Thanks for the feedback.
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@LifeOfCows I will use different drums next song. i promise haha. I need to get a mic before i can add my voice. Im just not going to put any voice in a song untill that happens.

E-T-F, that sounds sick. Very much like Icicle I think

@LifeOfCows - I think the buildup was good I love that little synthy drop thing haha, that was unexpected. I like the call and response thing you got going on. I think there's too much atmosphere/reverb in the drop, it takes away from the crisp crunchiness. I also think that warping midrange stuff needs more high end or definition, which usually seems to be more high end. I feel like the drops would benefit from more stuttering midrange, like on and off to create more rhythm, because that ba da da da da waaaaaaaarp, over and over again is too predictable. Sounds quality though which is nice. Thumps the whole time.

@ GV1 - Sounds like a scifi hospital, really digging the drums and bass, I love breakbeat stuff. I'm enjoying the droning and weird sounds showing up, and I definietely like that midrange that youre bringing in the second half, but I think melodically it should go somewhere else for a while, you've got that same note repeating over and over again. Surprisingly the song doesnt really get old which is great, but the mood is pretty much the same the whole time. Overall I liked it, but I think you could take it a lot further.

@ UVOZ - first though is that chord thing is super stuff, its cut a little short maybe, Maybe nudge it off the grid a tad. I love the weird chopped up vocals. THe midrange round 50 is too loud. You can even see it in your waveform, the whole thing gets way bigger. Musically though I'm diggin this. It's a take on the whole dubby thing I haven't heard, nice combination of the whole dub thing and the new midrange stuff. The vocals make it for sure, without the weird vox this would sound like a lot of other stuff, so the vocals do it for me. The sub might be a bit too high as well.

@ teejayem - I dig the chords a ton. So funky. I though it was gonna be house at first, but then it was dubstep haha. I like what youre doing with the vocals a lot. It sounds so full of energy, makes me wanna dance. Drums work is great, especially for the dancy stuff. I really like this, but as you said you havent' mixed it yet, which is needs really bad. Its all blending together haha.

@ - dj Cappa; First thought is the drums are weak. They don't sound layered, or thick or punchy. I don't think I like the midrange very much. I think your synth work, would really benefit from filters. To create more movement. I think in general you should learn how to beef up your sounds more. Get them thicker, maybe parallel compression of freq splitting to get the most volume out of each sounds.

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Wrote some lyrics. I am having trouble with getting the levels right with everything, not used to vocals. I want them to be heard but not have other elements drowned out. Also curious if you think it needs anything else musically.

All feedback appreciated, thank you.

EDIT: fixed the link

@ briskisgoodforu: The link to soundcloud didn't come up so i went on your soundcloud and will review the top track which is what i assume is the right one!
Vocals are a good volume although I can't say I'm enjoying them. They would benefit from some light delay and reverb in parts. It is an interesting track. I like the percussion. Musically its quite empty but I think the minimal sound fits the song/idea. I'm sorry I can't give any more feedback but I'm really unfamiliar with this style and how you want it to sound! Very original.

@ Lifeofcows: Sounds big through my speakers. The vocal seems to come in a tad early at .38. Drop is nice. Would like to hear a snare come in at around 1:03 accompanied with some hats to really bring the beat in. You got some nice sounds going on. I'd focus on working on the arrangement a bit to make the most of what you have going, there's a lot of potential.

@ Uvoz: At times the placing of the kick sounds very slightly out in the intro. Interesting vocal chopping. I like the original sounding synths you have going on.

@ AtomicAcorn: Nice clean intro. Good sample. Excellent build into the drop although i'd mess around with the snare leading up into a bit more. Its a bit cliché the way it hits just before the drop. Drop is fine. I'd mix it up a bit with some sweeps/crashes every few bars.

@ GV1: This is actually sick. Its dark and twisted. Can see the mental health influence haha. Love the little sound effect thing at like 1:33. All the sound effects are good infact. Where'd you find them?

Here's my newest. Not sure on the intro but apart from that I think its pretty much finished. Any feedback much appreciated no matter how small!

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stranger_sounds wrote: @ GV1: This is actually sick. Its dark and twisted. Can see the mental health influence haha. Love the little sound effect thing at like 1:33. All the sound effects are good infact. Where'd you find them?

Created most of them myself using my Zoom recorder. I love sampling natural sounds and twisting them. I've just been getting used to Waves Sound Designers pack so been playing about with everything.

I will leave you some feedback tomorrow. I have no headphones to listen to tracks in bed.

just fyi, the soundcloud Ive been posting my WIPs on is not my official soundcloud.

this is my official one: http://soundcloud.com/ryanreesofficial

@UVOZ - Cool work with the vocals; the chromatic build thing is cool . I might take another look at how the rhythm of the basslines play out agains those off-beat stab things - seems to clash sometimes.

@Atomic Acorn - good balance of the ambiance and filthiness, the bassline rhythms are solid. A little variation would go a long way, but I don't think much is needed.


@LifeOfCows - Cool remix, great mix and crisp sounds and all! I think some of the basslines could use a more straightforward rhythm now and then, to add some resolving quality to the twisting, morphing lines (which are cool as hell, by the way)

Hey all, did some more work on this one I posted a while back (mindyou I got like 1 response - not complainin!) so I'm looking for feedback regarding the build-up and general transitions between sections - I feel the need some smoothing out, but can't put my finger on how to go about it. Of course, any general feedback is welcomed! Thanks!

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@stranger_sounds it sounds pretty cool, but I think this is more 'house' than dubstep
@Gaol The snare sounds pretty awesome! however, some elements get kind of confusing.
@ogunslinger the synth sounds slightly unaligned for some reason with the drums.

here's mine
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@rymebox Thanks, and yes I know exactly what you mean. But dam your track is epic man. I like the intro a lot and that was the perfect noise for the drop too.

I want to say that I, and I imagine many others posting here, would appreciate some real constructive criticism. I can't possibly know why people post here, but I believe it is so we can improve our songs both musically and technically. If someone tells me that my song is cool, or neat intro, etc. it doesn't do anything for me, and it doesn't make me want to give them any feedback in return. I would benefit from a real opinion and a precise honest assessment of whatever someone does or does not like. For example, what exactly is repetitive? Why is that particular element so cool? What do you want to see more of? Why is it epic? To me it's really obvious when someone is just spitting out a one line piece of crap just to stay in the rules of the forum so they can post their track. But that doesn't benefit me and it sure doesn't make me want to go out of my way to help that person, because I know they aren't going to get back to me with anything worthwhile. I just think we could all really benefit from each other as we all enjoy music, so we all have a real opinion about everyone's stuff on here. If you don't like someone's WIP I think you should say so and why, if it's not your style (i.e. "I only listen to brostep/deep,etc.) then comment on production. If you want someone to tell you your music is the shit, ask your mom or your friends. I want to hear what sucks and needs to change and why (along with positive criticism if you can bear haha).

briskisgoodforu wrote:I want to say that I, and I imagine many others posting here, would appreciate some real constructive criticism. I can't possibly know why people post here, but I believe it is so we can improve our songs both musically and technically. If someone tells me that my song is cool, or neat intro, etc. it doesn't do anything for me, and it doesn't make me want to give them any feedback in return. I would benefit from a real opinion and a precise honest assessment of whatever someone does or does not like. For example, what exactly is repetitive? Why is that particular element so cool? What do you want to see more of? Why is it epic? To me it's really obvious when someone is just spitting out a one line piece of crap just to stay in the rules of the forum so they can post their track. But that doesn't benefit me and it sure doesn't make me want to go out of my way to help that person, because I know they aren't going to get back to me with anything worthwhile. I just think we could all really benefit from each other as we all enjoy music, so we all have a real opinion about everyone's stuff on here. If you don't like someone's WIP I think you should say so and why, if it's not your style (i.e. "I only listen to brostep/deep,etc.) then comment on production. If you want someone to tell you your music is the shit, ask your mom or your friends. I want to hear what sucks and needs to change and why (along with positive criticism if you can bear haha).

@rymebox - good song in general. Hi-hats to me were very hard to hear and not very defined. I like the sound at the very beginning particularly, I want to get that sound over a bass wobble like Alpha Centauri (excision remix).
@bodom418 - hi-hats seem very drowned out, maybe widen them to give it more space? The shounds sound like they need a little bit more work but pretty good anyways. Apart from that, nice solid song.
@stranger_sounds - Like it! Very original idea. Does seem to lack some low-mid though. Maybe have a kick with a sub aspect to it? Really like the vocal work.

Here's one that I made this afternoon, not finished but got the general idea of it down:

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briskisgoodforu wrote:I want to say that I, and I imagine many others posting here, would appreciate some real constructive criticism. I can't possibly know why people post here, but I believe it is so we can improve our songs both musically and technically. If someone tells me that my song is cool, or neat intro, etc. it doesn't do anything for me, and it doesn't make me want to give them any feedback in return. I would benefit from a real opinion and a precise honest assessment of whatever someone does or does not like. For example, what exactly is repetitive? Why is that particular element so cool? What do you want to see more of? Why is it epic? To me it's really obvious when someone is just spitting out a one line piece of crap just to stay in the rules of the forum so they can post their track. But that doesn't benefit me and it sure doesn't make me want to go out of my way to help that person, because I know they aren't going to get back to me with anything worthwhile. I just think we could all really benefit from each other as we all enjoy music, so we all have a real opinion about everyone's stuff on here. If you don't like someone's WIP I think you should say so and why, if it's not your style (i.e. "I only listen to brostep/deep,etc.) then comment on production. If you want someone to tell you your music is the shit, ask your mom or your friends. I want to hear what sucks and needs to change and why (along with positive criticism if you can bear haha).

sick sounds bro check out mine

I want to say that I, and I imagine many others posting here, would appreciate some real constructive criticism. I can't possibly know why people post here, but I believe it is so we can improve our songs both musically and technically. If someone tells me that my song is cool, or neat intro, etc. it doesn't do anything for me, and it doesn't make me want to give them any feedback in return. I would benefit from a real opinion and a precise honest assessment of whatever someone does or does not like. For example, what exactly is repetitive? Why is that particular element so cool? What do you want to see more of? Why is it epic? To me it's really obvious when someone is just spitting out a one line piece of crap just to stay in the rules of the forum so they can post their track. But that doesn't benefit me and it sure doesn't make me want to go out of my way to help that person, because I know they aren't going to get back to me with anything worthwhile. I just think we could all really benefit from each other as we all enjoy music, so we all have a real opinion about everyone's stuff on here. If you don't like someone's WIP I think you should say so and why, if it's not your style (i.e. "I only listen to brostep/deep,etc.) then comment on production. If you want someone to tell you your music is the shit, ask your mom or your friends. I want to hear what sucks and needs to change and why (along with positive criticism if you can bear haha).

Leaving feedback as I listen: (will try to be as constructive as possible for you all)

@LifeofCows - Loving the clap and swooping filters on the synths. Nice vocal effect coming in. I think the highpass needs some work it seems to be all over the place. (Not sure if you were going for this). Here comes the drop, lol... dude... that is serious. Not dubstep, more electro, but loving that bitcrushed / distorted sound, what did you use for that? Nice reverb on the vocals again. Holy shit the growls are great, really well synthesized, what are you using? Gets repetetive toward the end but I'm sure you know that as it's a WIP. Loving what I'm hearing though. It must be said levels is wearing pretty thin on me having heard it a million and one times so if I like this you should take it as a huge compliment.

@stranger_sounds Love the vocal already. Great verb/delay. Nice arp. So far so good, digging the moombah/funky vibes, great percussion man. Bouncy! Kick is coming through real nice here. Loving the vibe so far, where's the vocal sample from? Sure I've heard it before. Love the panning on the vocal too. Nice sweeping synth. There's the arp again, this is a real roller. Haha, this is a roller, enjoying it. Would drop for sure at a club, let me know when it's all wrapped up. Could you tell me how you made that main sweeping synth? Nice sidechain on it now. Yeah like this one for sure, let me know when it's done!


OK guys, here's mine, it's a really rough vocal garage track, especially interested to hear what you think of the vocals (different in the first and second half of the track). I get a nice vibe from it, but need some fresh ears, please listen all the way as the buildups towards the 2nd half are important for that euphoric garagey feeling im trying to get.

unmixed/unfinished just a rough idea. Thanks for any feedback guys, means a lot as always!

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track i'm workin on, boy does soundcloud do a good job of making it sound like ass lol. unmixed/mastered, c&c appreciated.

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zippyshare link to .wav for further critique: http://www11.zippyshare.com/v/43930168/file.html

POST FEEDBACK ON OTHERS TUNES FIRST IS IT REALLY THAT HARD TO UNDERSTAND?

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BudSpencertron- To deny input, because its not up to your particular interest or caliber is pretty ignorant. deal with what you get.

edit: but i do agree that all people looking for feedback should put in the effort that they look to receive. GJ call em out!

@budspencerton - as much as i agree with

Make that briskisgoodfor


'stranger_sounds' on how i'd like this forum to be, it doesn't seem possible. This is a music production forum incorporating artists who are signed to labels (or have their own labels) and someone who has just bought a new piece of software and started producing music last week. Therefore the technical specific audio knowledge that we as a forum have will be incredibly varied, from thinking, ohh i like that spacey synth sound to ohh that detuned saw wave reese sounded amazing when they put that multiband distortion on the highs and bit crushed it. It's not someones fault if the don't have a higher knowledge. That said i'm sure people are doing what you say, but again this may be because they're rushed or maybe because they're lazy and selfish, but don't jump to conclusions! I'm going to try and be as helpful as possible with my feedback anyways! Peace x