DSF Q&A Sessions 7: Stenchman (closed)

stenchman · Post by **stenchman** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 6:10 pm

bearfreshener wrote:hello stenchman,
when you play out new songs of yours live, do you ever get responses that you werent expecting?
Also. Do you enjoy going to see dubstep djs live yourself?

thanks

yea man i always get unexpected responses, theres tunes i think will go off big style that ppl dont really dance much to, and ones that i only think are average that ppl go absolutely apeshit too. and this differs every place you go to so you never know what to play, which is why i adopted the mix as quick as humanly possible and try and throw a bit of everythin in there and keep ppl happy technique of djin. yea i love goin to see djs live esp when they got fresh shit in their bag that u never heard before.

stenchman · Post by **stenchman** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 6:34 pm

Roistermusic wrote:big up stenchman...u killed it in faversham in leeds last week, never knew u like to get on the mic!!
got a few questions,

1)any change of a screen shot of an arrangement your working on?

2)when it comes to bass on reason, how much (many) fx un its do you use, if any?...like straight from the synth?
i find myself putting a scream on everything and usaully a bit on unison for a bit of detuning

3) how do you normally make ur subs?

cheers
looking forward to the tru tiger stuff

hahaha i do get on the mic occasionally, depends how rowdy im feeling lol. was all in the mood up there!

screen shot -

fx units i usually have a unison, chorus, reverb and scream routed to the mixer, and assign little bits on each track to em to beef everything up, but then sometimes i use other screams and reverbs directly chained to other instruments and only use the unison on the mixer so i can give bits a distinct flavour. this probably makes no sense i havent explained myself very well im a bit lean you see.

subs is easy, simple sine with a low pass, maybe fuck about with the attack or release dependin on what the mid bass is doin, usually big release for when its punchy and theres loads of big gaps, and big attack when its constant note to note bizness, jus so theres some kind of balance.

ELLFIVEDEE · Post by **ELLFIVEDEE** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 7:23 pm

If you were a cow, would you be white with black patches, or black with white patches?

stenchman · Post by **stenchman** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 7:34 pm

L5D wrote:If you were a cow, would you be white with black patches, or black with white patches?

neither

ELLFIVEDEE · Post by **ELLFIVEDEE** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 7:45 pm

Stenchman wrote:
L5D wrote:If you were a cow, would you be white with black patches, or black with white patches?
neither

Touché

DOOMTROOPER/T40 · Post by **DOOMTROOPER/T40** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 8:11 pm

Oi oi Stench.
loving your tunes man.
How did you go about getting your first record out and getting known when you first started producing dubstep? Was you approached or did you send demos or did you release it yourself?

Also do you make your own drum samples in redrum? or are they preset or from sample packs.

cheers
Big up

therzbm · Post by **therzbm** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 8:54 pm

now im in here might as well ask something, i've just started out, few weeks in. got any tips to progress, and any tips on drops and building it up etc cheers

being honest haven't heard many of your tunes as im still getting properly into dubstep but what ive heard is nice and dark and grimey mate, keep up the good work.

8bit · Post by **8bit** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 9:20 pm

how did u come up with the name township spunk? :D:D:D

coudnt u of gone with township funk remix?

stenchman · Post by **stenchman** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 9:29 pm

8Bit wrote:how did u come up with the name township spunk? :D:D:D

coudnt u of gone with township funk remix?

my 1st idea was brownshitspunk but i thought maybe that was too far and wud defs never get released then hahaha. i dunno guess i just got a mind gone wrong

8bit · Post by **8bit** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 9:51 pm

Stenchman wrote:
8Bit wrote:how did u come up with the name township spunk? :D:D:D

coudnt u of gone with township funk remix?
my 1st idea was brownshitspunk but i thought maybe that was too far and wud defs never get released then hahaha. i dunno guess i just got a mind gone wrong

BrownShit Spunk

stenchman · Post by **stenchman** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 10:11 pm

T40 wrote:Oi oi Stench.
loving your tunes man.
How did you go about getting your first record out and getting known when you first started producing dubstep? Was you approached or did you send demos or did you release it yourself?

Also do you make your own drum samples in redrum? or are they preset or from sample packs.

cheers
Big up

ez bruv, q about gettin started i answered on another page, as for the drums i usually get bits and bobs from diff sample packs and stuff to make my kits, then save em so i got em handy

stenchman · Post by **stenchman** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 10:15 pm

TheRZBM wrote:now im in here might as well ask something, i've just started out, few weeks in. got any tips to progress, and any tips on drops and building it up etc cheers

being honest haven't heard many of your tunes as im still getting properly into dubstep but what ive heard is nice and dark and grimey mate, keep up the good work.

dunno really how to give tips to progress, its just something u do by keeping at it really, as for drops and build ups, i try and keep some recurring theme from the drop in the build up, but on a lighter scale if you know what i mean, so it hints at whats coming but dont give up the game too much, when you actually drop it make sure it comes with a bang, have either a cymbal or some fx that hit with the drop, to give a sense of impact. also use big sweeps just before it comes in to give it a good feel

silentk · Post by **silentk** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 1:23 am

If you could only hear one frequency for the rest of your life what would it be?

stenchman · Post by **stenchman** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 6:33 pm

SilentK wrote:If you could only hear one frequency for the rest of your life what would it be?

547hz

the frequency of the moo

Disco Nutter · Post by **Disco Nutter** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 6:57 pm

I've seen a picture of your army! Will they return to my flat soon?

paravrais · Post by **paravrais** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 10:45 pm

How old were you when you started producing?

and also, have you had any kind of musical training or did you figure out how to make such dark beats by yourself?

stenchman · Post by **stenchman** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 12:22 am

Johnny Beat wrote:I've seen a picture of your army! Will they return to my flat soon?

depends on if you leave a rude note for the milkman again or not

stenchman · Post by **stenchman** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 12:25 am

paravrais wrote:How old were you when you started producing?

and also, have you had any kind of musical training or did you figure out how to make such dark beats by yourself?

must have been about 14 or 15 when i first started tinkering with beats, altho they were proper shit back then lol. havent had any formal music training, used to do drum lessons at school tho. did a few music courses after i left school as well but wudnt say that i learnt that much from them

r · Post by r » Wed Feb 18, 2009 12:29 am

Yes I finally made up a question thats useful to me !!!!!!!

How long are the most dubplates ? Like if i wanna release a dubplate how much do the label expect the track should be. Like in house mostly the tracks are in 6 - 8 minutes. How long are they in our dubstep world !?

stenchman · Post by **stenchman** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 1:37 am

R wrote:Yes I finally made up a question thats useful to me !!!!!!!

How long are the most dubplates ? Like if i wanna release a dubplate how much do the label expect the track should be. Like in house mostly the tracks are in 6 - 8 minutes. How long are they in our dubstep world !?

anywhere between 4-6 mins is the norm for dubstep id say. who cares about whats normal tho? make it as long as u like, if it aint boring after 10 mins ur onto something big

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