Sobie - Distressing (heavy 140)

[sobie]

Went for a more heavier take on this tune. This is the final cut, let me know what you think

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[rainbo]

hey there, okay so FIRST things first since this is a dubstep/brostep track we'll start with the bass. Your midbass line is tooooo straight forward. Its the same automated filter cutoff rate that everyone's heard a million times since 2004. In order to spice up your bass line and make the track sound more interesting i would bounce the bassline to audio. (if you haven't already) and then just start chopping it up and shuffle it around. Like cut out an eight note here and move it over there. In my experience this technique adds a LOT of character to basslines and makes them sound unique and technical and glitchy. rather than just your everyday wobble. So okay now that we have that covered i would also say your kick is kinda washed out. Is there too much reverb on it?? if not then you might need to do some work on the eqs to tighten up your low end. Also the intro was really harsh and i pretty much had to fast forward through it. they may have been what you were going for being that your tune is called "distressing" however i still wouldn't reccomend it because i find it hard to imagine a crowd being able to get into sounds that make them feel distressed. i would say maybe put a smoother sound over the distessing sound and automate them so that the distessing sound kinda swells out of the nice sound and slowly becomes noticeable before cutting out at the bass drop. hope some of this is useful to you and i hope my critique wasn't too harsh.

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[overture]

Interesting idea, but a little more work is needed to make it stand out. Follow the things rainbo has pointed out, he's given you some good feedback there. IMO the track is a little too bass heavy, the drums sound kind of muddy/washy. Try some subtractive EQ on the drums especially in the 200 - 500hz range on the kick, try and sweep through and find those muddy frequencies and carve them out. With the snare you need some glisten on the top end and abit more smack, maybe try layering some sizzly snare or hi hat samples over the top ? Now with the basslines, you have some very nice sounds but the rhythm is way too basic, you could try and program the LFO manually and then go back and touch up the automation abit to see what you come out with. But you do have a nice basis for a killer track so keep at it!

[sobie]

I'd like to say thank you for the feedback, I appreciate it. I don't know if the brostep comment was one of arrogance or just a pure description of your perception of the harder strands of 140 tempo. I'm glad you pointed out that producing technique it kind of makes me a little satisfied because that's the exact technique I use and if it isn't made apparent I think your using it in the correct way (for this case at least). I'm glad you guys pointed out that it is too straight forward and could use so more chopping and reworking I will definitely keep this in mind in future works to record more varied bar lines,etc but this is just one take on a style that I did and my first attempt for a more harder tune. Once again thank you so much for the feedback, i'll be sure to give a listen to your tunes aswell.