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Trust your gut.

You know what I mean, right?

I agree with edy: The track would benefit a ton from variation. All the elements work quite well, except perhaps for the square-wave-ish synth patch, which sounds a bit off, like the wrong spice in a stew. But things don't change, so the groove quickly becomes too familiar.

Very ambient, no beats, just oceanic atmosphere:

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Yep, she's definitely out there ...

I love it! It's like watching the world fall apart, and you can tap yer toe to it (kinda sorta).

Thanks, guys, for the listens/feedback.

Happy little baseline for an avant dubstep tune:

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Please have a listen to this very rough sketch of an opening for a dubstep tune in 6/4 with an ear to what works and what doesn't work dubstep-wise: https://soundcloud.com/rachmiel/dubstep-opening_rough_sketch Think of this as a skeletal structure that will be fleshed out in the final version: good ...

Nice. I agree with pulsewave that it feels incomplete, still needs to be fleshed out a bit.

Also, the melody feels like a tease ... promising something it never quite delivers. Taking it somewhere new and unexpected would be good, I think. Foil listeners' expectations a bit?

Another attempt at dreamstep: https://soundcloud.com/rachmiel/dreamstep-2 There are gobs of clips from well-known early dubstep tunes in there ... plus buncha other stuff. Still looking for that sweet spot where I get my avant jollies *and* it speaks to dubstep lovers. Comments/guidance welcome. Enj...

Okay: I'll bring up the kicks and overall rhythm and repost. Thanks.

Thanks for the listens, guys.

"Very interesting" ... hmm ... this seems to be my fate as a producer!

I truly wish I could make things that people thought sounded great, cool, whatever.

I guess it's the downside of being hooked on thwarting everything I touch.

Guilty as charged. Which probably explains why, even when I'm attempting (sort of) to do something within a conventional genre like dubstep, it sounds ... peculiar. I don't want to let go of that peculiar ... but I would like to find the sweet spot where I can remain true to my soundworld AND make s...

Thanks for the listen.

I did a remix, changed the balance a bit, made the beat a bit more dubby and complex and morphing.

To hear the remix, just click on the SoundCloud thingie above.

Hi everyone, dubstep newbie(ish) here. I'm working on creating what I've been calling dreamstep tunes: gooey complex ungridded oceans of dubstep passages (often ripped/modded from early Burial tunes) with a coherent simple beat and bassline underneath. Any helpful comments on the arrangement, produc...