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Legion
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New to producing, First dubstep track.

Post by Legion » Wed Jun 15, 2011 4:09 am

Let me know what you guys think, i know it could be better, but it's my first one and im still learning to use Ableton. I tried to go for a darker, filthy sound. Constructive criticism is very helpful!
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Re: 16 Year old producer, First dubstep track.

Post by MrAural » Wed Jun 15, 2011 4:15 am

Try dropping the bass down to C4 or C3.
Otherwise. Great track.
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Re: 16 Year old producer, First dubstep track.

Post by Legion » Wed Jun 15, 2011 4:18 am

MrAural wrote:Try dropping the bass down to C4 or C3.
Otherwise. Great track.
Thanks man.

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Re: New to producing, First dubstep track.

Post by JernalismUK » Wed Jun 15, 2011 5:12 am

You definitely have the harsh LFO'd synth sound on par with popular dubstep. Maybe try mixing up the drums a bit by adding some percussion and hits, and get creative with the rhythms. Drop the bass down - sub bass is supposed to be felt more than heard. Also, the part where it is just a solo bassline, I think you should add something to it, it sounds very empty to me - try adding some percussive rhythms or some pads or synths or something?

Great start though!

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Re: New to producing, First dubstep track.

Post by Legion » Wed Jun 15, 2011 6:10 am

JernalismUK wrote:You definitely have the harsh LFO'd synth sound on par with popular dubstep. Maybe try mixing up the drums a bit by adding some percussion and hits, and get creative with the rhythms. Drop the bass down - sub bass is supposed to be felt more than heard. Also, the part where it is just a solo bassline, I think you should add something to it, it sounds very empty to me - try adding some percussive rhythms or some pads or synths or something?

Great start though!
Yeah I should've made the sub a little bit lower. What could i add during basslines to make them more interesting? Sorry im still kinda new to producing.

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Re: New to producing, First dubstep track.

Post by PRR » Wed Jun 15, 2011 6:51 am

you could add the abletons vocoder or redux in parts to vary the bass sound. vary the rhythm a bit more as well, and you could always momentarily drop the bass sound out for another sound here and there.

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Re: New to producing, First dubstep track.

Post by pain » Wed Jun 15, 2011 7:04 am

Having the sub bass the way you almost gives the track a 2nd melody. What you could do is take that main wobble, double it, and put a sine wave in oscillator and make a sub bass out of that. That way your sub bass is following your main wobble and then you would really get the feeling from all wobble shots.

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Re: New to producing, First dubstep track.

Post by Legion » Wed Jun 15, 2011 6:49 pm

PRR wrote:you could add the abletons vocoder or redux in parts to vary the bass sound. vary the rhythm a bit more as well, and you could always momentarily drop the bass sound out for another sound here and there.
I see, thanks for feedback.

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Re: New to producing, First dubstep track.

Post by JernalismUK » Wed Jun 15, 2011 7:27 pm

Legion wrote:
JernalismUK wrote:You definitely have the harsh LFO'd synth sound on par with popular dubstep. Maybe try mixing up the drums a bit by adding some percussion and hits, and get creative with the rhythms. Drop the bass down - sub bass is supposed to be felt more than heard. Also, the part where it is just a solo bassline, I think you should add something to it, it sounds very empty to me - try adding some percussive rhythms or some pads or synths or something?

Great start though!
Yeah I should've made the sub a little bit lower. What could i add during basslines to make them more interesting? Sorry im still kinda new to producing.
In fact, on another listen, I think the sub is fine where it's at. It beefs up the 'wobbles' nicely, but you could always try an octave lower to see how it sounds anyway? It's all about drafting your tracks. Well you could add variations to the bassline. Like duplicate that harsh bass synth and then alter the duplicated one so that it sounds different and then have different basslines for different parts of the melody. I don't know if I explained that very well but listen to this - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2dVqW30 ... re=related and listen to the different variations of bass synths

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Re: New to producing, First dubstep track.

Post by Toric » Wed Jun 15, 2011 7:56 pm

You should double up that bass and edit the copy to have more mids and a little bass and pan it to the right. Right now you just have a high gritty bass on the left and it's kinda hard to listen to. When the wobble starts, maybe bring in some percussion before the actual drums come in to make it sound a little more interesting

I like it though! Nice job with the wobbles. Can't wait to hear more!

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