What DubStep has over Drum N Bass

mrhope · Post by **mrhope** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 4:22 am

Drum N Bass: An extremely high rate of hihats and snares resulting in a high density of high frequency noise, and loss of overall clarity. They should really call it Drum N Treble.

DubStep: Moderate tempo so your ears have time to hear the waveforms and a focus on BASS which is really the frequency range where STYLE is located.

What do you think ?

parson · Post by **parson** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 4:37 am

this guy might be on to something

flippo · Post by **flippo** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 7:00 am

tunes

pk- · Post by **pk-** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 7:26 am

Parson wrote:this guy might be on to something

lol

wascal · Post by **wascal** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 7:33 am

Parson wrote:this guy might be on to something

shonky · Post by **shonky** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 7:37 am

MrHope wrote:Drum N Bass: An extremely high rate of hihats and snares resulting in a high density of high frequency noise, and loss of overall clarity. They should really call it Drum N Treble.

DubStep: Moderate tempo so your ears have time to hear the waveforms and a focus on BASS which is really the frequency range where STYLE is located.

What do you think ?

Some drum and bass is like that (the newer ravey business) but dnb used to have more space in it, and I'm sure there's probably quite a lot of tunes out there that aren't full on if you search (haven't really bought any dnb in years so couldn't help you on newer stuff).

I'd say something like Trinity's (Dillinger) "Picture on my Wall" and whoever did "Dubplate Circles" are pretty spacious and leave room for the sub to develop.

It's just the dominant style of the last few years that leaves me cold and you could probably get a similar effect by shaking a box of matches and kicking tin cans down the stairs judging by some Noisia I heard the other day. I'd prefer hearing dnb where the "less is more" approach is taken rather than every available moment of silence being filled.

Mind you there's blatantly a fair amount of dubstep that could do with slightly more than echoed hits and sub to keep it interesting, so I'm not taking sides

little boh peep · Post by **little boh peep** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 7:55 am

This thread is going somewhere excellent.

the decoy · Post by **the decoy** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 7:56 am

Shonky wrote:Some drum and bass is like that (the newer ravey business) but dnb used to have more space in it, and I'm sure there's probably quite a lot of tunes out there that aren't full on if you search (haven't really bought any dnb in years so couldn't help you on newer stuff).

I'd say something like Trinity's (Dillinger) "Picture on my Wall" and whoever did "Dubplate Circles" are pretty spacious and leave room for the sub to develop.

It's just the dominant style of the last few years that leaves me cold and you could probably get a similar effect by shaking a box of matches and kicking tin cans down the stairs judging by some Noisia I heard the other day. I'd prefer hearing dnb where the "less is more" approach is taken rather than every available moment of silence being filled.

Mind you there's blatantly a fair amount of dubstep that could do with slightly more than echoed hits and sub to keep it interesting, so I'm not taking sides

that is exactly how I feel. dnb nowadays hurts my ears and just sounds like a continuous drone, its also painfully close to being syncopated gabber. yeesh.

take it back to 174 bpm plz kthxbye.

metalboxproducts · Post by **metalboxproducts** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 8:04 am

Ah this is new. Comparing dubstep to dnb. Weeeeelllllllllllllll.

WHATEVER.

pk- · Post by **pk-** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 8:07 am

did i steal your cap at corsica metalboxproducts?

i seem to remember gibbering to you about the size of my bonce

metalboxproducts · Post by **metalboxproducts** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 8:09 am

pk- wrote:did i steal your cap at corsica metalboxproducts?

i seem to remember gibbering to you about the size of my bonce

HAHA. Think so. You didn't steal it though. You just kind if put it on your head and started talking...lol

deapoh · Post by **deapoh** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 8:11 am

This topics been brought up before, search!

dub_warrior · Post by **dub_warrior** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 8:15 am

listen to the stuff by goldie and ltj bukem

very melodic

jaime · Post by **jaime** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 8:18 am

in the 21st century, there can only be one winner

signus · Post by **signus** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 8:40 am

Jaime wrote:in the 21st century, there can only be one winner

And that winner is the one eyed makarah

get to know

TRG · Post by **TRG** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 8:49 am

There's plenty of interesting dnb these days that's not formulaic, bland or blatant. The new Rufige Kru, Icicle and Switch bits, Lomax, Vapour going for minimalism, heavy subs and atmospherics. And there's also plenty of drumfunky stuff going on, Macc most notably. So yeah there are people who bring old&new vibes to the dnb, just gotta keap an ear out for all those genres underrepresented at your usual rave.

fooishbar · Post by **fooishbar** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 9:15 am

Signus wrote:And that winner is the one eyed makarah

is that a euphemism?

(especially when you consider that makkara means sausage in finnish.)

BaronVon · Post by **BaronVon** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 9:18 am

I hate Groundhog Day

thinking · Post by **thinking** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 10:07 am

it's not a competition
it's okay to like both

TRG · Post by **TRG** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 11:27 am

ThinKing wrote:it's not a competition
it's okay to like both

Nuff said!

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