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...of this song, but it's very simple made. Standard "ah-yeah" sample skratched+edited (u skratched it yourself or found a skratched sample?) wasn't really that interesting.
Alot of looping and not so very much messing with them made it less interesting as well.
I like how the loops are sounding though, but did you even make them yourself?
The sound is dirty and kindof nice, but you can easily filter up and EQ the loops it and still keep the "dirtyness".
I say work a little harder on it, make more out of it. It's a nice foundation, just very grey and boring atm, like unpainted concrete ;)
Author's Response:
Thanks for the honest advice. Yeah I kno it could be a LOT better. oh and BTW these are samples but I just mixed them to create this song. I just arranged them, changed their pitch, and made the "stumbling" effect to give it a sort of "mix" effect. Right now I have Sony ACID but I desperately wish I had and Mac and GarageBand so i dont have to mix samples all of time. Dont get me wrong, its really easy but I just want something that is actually mine and original without depending on samples.
Anyway, thanks 4 da honesty and I keep wurkin on it!
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... some pretty OK sound you got here. I really don't think it stands out that much from the rest of the Trance-scene around the world, but you've given it some thought, that's very clear.
I'm sitting at home right now, so hearing isn't 100%, but I think it sounds like there's some phasing problem going on. Club music such as this is mono, or at least mono-compatible in clubs, wich this probably is too. But if youre gonna release a version on mp3, that ppl might want to listen to in normal sound system + head/earphones, you might want to concider using the stereo-field a little more.
And about the pahisng-issue, I'm not sure here, but it does sound like youäve ran the song through a stereo-imager of some sort, and messed up the settings a bit...
Good song though, I'm sure itll go perfet on those trance nights. When the bassline kicks in, it's very energetic. Nice one.
Author's Response:
The phasing might be caused by my converting the 128kbps MP3 of this into a 96kbps instead of from the original uncompressed audio, I don't really notice, but I did post it in the middle of the night and so I couldn't listen very loudly to the conversion, either.
As for lack of direction, the track was going for simpicity, but I do see what you're saying. It needs more variety in timing of the leads after the breakdown. This was also written back in 2003, so hopefully my production skills have improved a bit since then. (I'd point you at my MySpace music page for more recent stuff I'm not ready to release to the pseudo-public domain, but website promotion is against the rules ;-)
Either way, you'll see more from me.
If anyone wants to use this for a submission I'd be willing to clean it up a bit and send you a 44.1kHz AIFF, if you'd prefer.
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...brings a tear to my eye.
"Hold on I gotta answer this... hello? Hold on, hold on a minute, Im finnishing a sooong!"
Fucking classic!
http://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic.php?id=665315
Ho yeah!
Author's Response:
I'm glad you enjoyed it so much. The best part for me was how I responded to that phone call.
It was my best friend too ;3
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...really reminds me of "Günther". Breathy compressed stuff. Amusing indeed.
Well made track overall, well mixed. I like the very first synth, the slightly disted one. That sound is very warm and buzzing, in an exciting way.
synths are all well balanced, and i was going to complaint about the bassdrum not being prominent enough, but in a 80s style synthpop song like this, it´d probably just screw up more than add. Great job, as with the flash.
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...very interesting indeed.
I personally think you should have messed around more with clipping n glitching, it felt like that would have lifted the song alot.
As for the quality, it wasn´t as clear as it could have been. The "first blipp" lead thingy would definitely have been stronger, and lifted the whole mix if it was a little brighter.
Still, a very interesting and weird mix. It felt chaotic, yet well balanced. I guess the instruments/samples brought that.
Nice job, more weirdness to the ppl!
Author's Response:
Thanks, good helpful stuff. This is work in progress, I'll definitely follow your advice when I continue working on it!
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...song, it gave me a feeling of "pressing on", kindof the knight in shiny armour is on his way of being defeated, maybe he lost a limb or two... yet he presses on, even tho all hope is lost.
It´s a well composed song indeed, but there are some flaws to it. The high pitched string that comes in later on would feel better with some (more) reverb. As of now when it stops playing, it stops very sudden.
I didn´t quite enjoy the drums either, they didn´t quite fit. Actualyl , the whole percussion part felt like it kindof didn´t belong. Try smoothen things out with some send reverb, maybe filter a few things alike etc. Simply (not so simple tho:) try to simulate a place where your orchestra is playing.
And don´t make it end so sudden :)
Great job though, I really enjoyed the song.
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...of this, and can appreciate all the technical parts of it.
It´s a really cool snippet, i definitley think you should finnish it up.
However, it does lack a fat bass, it´s too weak, simply. This makes the whole song sound too trebley, wich really coulod be weighted up with a better cpontrolled (and louer) bass+subbass.
Good job tho, dnb is hard work, aint it? :D
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..song! You really captured the 8-bit feel in thisone. Have you been using samples, or have you simply used whatever synths you´ve found, and then exported the audio in 8-bit?
Good song, I really like it!
ha de gött i skolan då, väl spenderad skoltid helt klart ;)
Author's Response:
Thank you :D
Actually, the song is made using the "Magical 8bit plugin" which is a free VST-plugin that you can use to make 8bit sounds. Works perfectly as any other instrument in Fruity Loops.
Glad you like the song!
And I will have gött in the skola!
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... atmosphere of this track. Lovley guitarplay, it´s really soft and smooth. Felt very good once the beat came in too, lifted the whole track form melancholy to "there´s hope" kindof.
Quality is alittle murky, and i spotted the metronome in thebackground... lower your headphones (not just for the click, but for your own hearing too :)
Great job mate!
Author's Response:
Hey man, thanks for the review.the guitar is a tune ive been working on for ages, i just changed it to a pick instead of rhythm. I'm surprised the guitar sounds as it does, tho i did use amplitude.
There are quite a few production errors on this track, most notably the metronome in the background, the hiss of the guitar but i feel they give it some much needed warmth. I didn't use headphones either mate, just shitty little speakers, i seriously need to invest in some monitors and headphones.
anyways glad you liked it.
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... YUO MEAD IT #1 yuo lol my balls.
The skratching is still too loud in the mix. Maybe next time i listen...
ah screw this u know what i think... DOWN WITH TEH LOLGANG >:(
Author's Response:
asdf...ok.
TAG BIATCH! :D
Be happy that I made your skratches louder. Just say "thanks for teh support" and shut up! <3
Stupid mod. >: (
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