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"The bass was pretty cool."
...but just a little screechy. Did you record the original bass with a microphone and then envelope a slayer onto them? I have no idea how you got the bass to do that filtery thing. It sounds really neat. It has way too much high end, the song sounds tinny and cluttered. The best part of it was how you got the bass waveform to sound like the original song. I like where you are going with FL, but I still think you need to have your songs go through several stages before you submit them.
I liked it a little. I'm still confused about that bass, so talk to me about it.
Good luck,
_./-API-\._
Author's Response:
dam! i thought this might happen but i ignored it. The result you mentioned is what i got when testing on mid speakers. But it sounds 'perfect' on my bass boosting headphones :(
Ya the bass, you wanted to know:
Is just TS404/Buzz with with heavily automated eq and pitch phase. Thats it mainly, several compressors ect.
Thx for the review - Balliztix
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This piece really influenced the way I make music greatly. Probably one of the best songs you've ever created, if not THE best. Very excellent job.
I think my remix holds a candle ; )
<3 API
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the melody is gold. you should spend more time on this and make it a full fledged power trance song!
awesome.
-API-
Author's Response:
Ooooh good idea, but once I get FL XXL, I will remix this and call it FINISHED.
thanks for the review!
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This was pretty unique. I like the kickdrum. It's neat and vibratey. The bassline was excellent. Do you think you could add me to msn or AIM? I'm geier20@hotmail.com.
I like your stuff.
Author's Response:
Oooh yes... just added you...
Coudl be the start of a good relationship.. LOL
thnx for the review.
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I see that you are new to this. It's a pretty good start. I don't like the panning on the synths, and when you used Glitch on only the left channel, it kinda bothered my ears. It's pretty good for a beginner, again.
-API-
Author's Response:
oh dam, i didnt relize i did that with Glitch, i only have the demo of FL studio so i cant change it, i eventually need to get the full version, thanks for the review though! =D
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9 lol. The sound clip was pretty funny. I really liked the scratch transition. You need to make more oddball stuff.
-API-
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It's suprising what you can do with that techno snare. Try downloading some packs of drums. You seem to have a grip on what dnb is like.
I look forward to seeing more.
-API-
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No offense, but this WAS pretty bad =) Try to avoid using the Techno drum pattern which is just THUMP THUMP THUMP THUMP. Try putting the kickdrum anywhere else outside of the 4 x 4 grid.
Oh, I thought i heard something about presents =)
-API-
Author's Response:
Can you read? "I am totally useless at DnB" and doesn the name not suggest something to you? Don't worry - I'm never gonna do DnB again. Promise.
I couldn't work out what to do with the drums.
The important thing about this choon is the fact hat I made most of the instruments with (Reason Speak Warning) SubTractors, Malstroms and effects. The only ones I didn't make were the drums and 1/2 of the high bit - I modded it fairly decently from "Ageless Exposition" - This was mainly just a check to see if I was any good at making instruments.
Your present, as you have audio, is a review.
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This I know this isn't a selection for a genre on the Audio Portal, but Rave or Heavy House would fit this song best. This isn't DnB. My score I gave you wasn't based on the misplacement of genre, but more so the quality of the song.
The sound became WAY too cluttered in some parts of the song, try screwing around with Parametric EQ or some compressors until you get a less claustrophobic sound.
The architecture of the song wasn't great either. It was difficult to hear any transitions or FX, or even distinguish them from one another.
The slicing of the vocals lacked a lot of finesse, You could occasionally hear little gaps inbetween vocal sounds. It's hard to make sliced vocals sound good, so I'm giving you a break there.
The overall song did have its share of "get up and kill someone" power, so that's a major plus.
A DnB song does not use a techno pattern of drums, just for further notice. Try putting kick drums in different places, experiment a little. Add some variety =)
I see lots of room for improvement, keep up the work.
-API-
Author's Response:
Yo dude, thx for the good review - it helps a lot...
On the topic of it not being dnb, i was finding it hard to select a genre when submitting, but i think dnb best fits :P (i can't change it anyway) and although it starts with techno beats (which is the intro), it quickly fades into a bangin boom :P with only small traces of repeating kicks.
The sfx is kind of distorted and mixed, but its all part of the musics excitment! Yet i still agree it could be more EQed and improved. Though i do like it when the whole music feels like one big sfx :)
I found it hard mastering the lead-bass without making it less... cool, but i often find mastering too much greatly makes a music less appealing.
Overall, thx again (and i love yours paradise remix) - Balliztix
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AC on the top! =) Good job on getting number one. The song wasn't half bad, haha. I like the melody. It seems random, but perfectly random. It's weird. I like the whole song, the arps sounded really nice. Good job man. =)
-API-
Author's Response:
hehe, thanks man, I can't wait to hear some of the finished products of those tracks you sent me... they sound damn good! Anyway, glad you liked this song, and the randomness... hmm perhaps because it's one of the first trance melodies I've ever written? If you'll care to take a visit to the bottom of my music page, you'll see another track called Troubled. It's pretty much the same thing as my old one except redone and remastered and updated with new parts and new synths. Thanks again for the review!
-ac-
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