My first track - feedback appreciated

[Jekwan]

Hi guys,

I've just started with producing music on a hobby basis - I already love it.
Naturally my knowledge about this is very, very little, but I spend a day making this very simple dubstepish track.
Obviously it's very bad, but I would like some feedback on it even though. Are any parts of it good? What to improve etc...
So just be honest and tell me what you think. And keep in mind that this is my very first track and I've only used the program (program is FL studio btw) some hours in total.

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Best regards
Johan

[Monowan]

If this really is your first track then I'd say it's pretty impressive. A few things :

- I believe you kept the default drum samples. Trust me, you'll be sick of them soon. There are a lot of sample packs floating around the internet, build yourself a library of sounds you like. When you have lots of sounds from random packs, you'll probably be tempted to mix them up. DON'T, at least not until you know how to use eq and fx to make them sound like they belong together. That was one of the reason why my second and third tracks were actually worse than my first, because I got ambitious and shit

- Again, correct me if I'm wrong but I think you left every element panned dead center, except for a synth maybe. This means every sounds sits in the same space in the stereo field, competing for loudness. The knob on the left of the volume controls panning, you could have your snare slightly on the left and your hats on the right for example. Kick and bass are almost always centered so you got that right. Use it moderately, don't go over 40 % when panning important elements.

- Ditch the limiter that's on your master and put maximus instead.

- As for the music itself, it's certainly not "very bad". There's a lack of progression, it sounds like you had an idea and stretched it for a bit too long but that bass is surprisingly clean. Try to add some variation, some light chords maybe, a ping pong drum here and there...whatever sounds good.

Good luck !! If it starts to become more than a hobby, take your time, watch/read a lot of tutorials and A/B your tracks with tracks from others you like, keeping in mind they're probably mastered so you won't be able to get the exact same "oomph" on your own.

[Jekwan]

If this really is your first track then I'd say it's pretty impressive.

I promise, it is. Thank you.

- I believe you kept the default drum samples. Trust me, you'll be sick of them soon. There are a lot of sample packs floating around the internet, build yourself a library of sounds you like. When you have lots of sounds from random packs, you'll probably be tempted to mix them up. DON'T, at least not until you know how to use eq and fx to make them sound like they belong together. That was one of the reason why my second and third tracks were actually worse than my first, because I got ambitious and shit

Correct and I'm already tired of them. I'll start looking for samples. Any particular you can recommend?

- Again, correct me if I'm wrong but I think you left every element panned dead center, except for a synth maybe. This means every sounds sits in the same space in the stereo field, competing for loudness. The knob on the left of the volume controls panning, you could have your snare slightly on the left and your hats on the right for example. Kick and bass are almost always centered so you got that right. Use it moderately, don't go over 40 % when panning important elements.

Correct, again. Thank for the tips.

- Ditch the limiter that's on your master and put maximus instead.

OK, what's the benifit from using maximus?

As for the music itself, it's certainly not "very bad". There's a lack of progression, it sounds like you had an idea and stretched it for a bit too long but that bass is surprisingly clean. Try to add some variation, some light chords maybe, a ping pong drum here and there...whatever sounds good.

Yeah, you're right - it's far too repetitive.

Good luck !! If it starts to become more than a hobby, take your time, watch/read a lot of tutorials and A/B your tracks with tracks from others you like, keeping in mind they're probably mastered so you won't be able to get the exact same "oomph" on your own.[/quote]
Thanks a lot.
Man... I really need to do a lot of reading on all these different expressions, I don't think i fully understand the meaning of any of them.