WORKS IN PROGRESS FOR AUGUST, 2010

[dav.id]

Thanks for all the feedback ! Helps a lot, I've had a lot of trouble with the mixdown, I'm using fl 9 and was wondering if you guys had any tips towards making a more professional mixdown, I've been thinking about rewiring fl onto the old pc logic, but I'm not sure if this would help ? Any help greatly appreciated

levels and sample choices are the most importent imo and things that have a big dynamic range need to be compressed but don't overdo it

this is the second part of smoothy wich is harder then the first part
both are gonna be merged together into one track

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different sound on this one, I think it needs stronger clap/snare

[CMACD]

Thanks for all the feedback ! Helps a lot, I've had a lot of trouble with the mixdown, I'm using fl 9 and was wondering if you guys had any tips towards making a more professional mixdown, I've been thinking about rewiring fl onto the old pc logic, but I'm not sure if this would help ? Any help greatly appreciated

On my last mixdown I routed all my percussion channels after EQing them to a send channel, and compressed the shit out of it. It's my best sounding thing yet (I'm still really new though). I don't know if this is real advice as it's just something I tried that seemed to sound good to me, I don't know if it's common practice in production or whatever. I'm still learning about compression & don't know much. I'll listen to your track and tell you more maybe.

[Remokari]

I wrongly posted this as a thread, so I'll just repost it here if no one minds. I'll be sure to provide feedback to anyone else when I can.

I've been getting into dubstep for the past year or so and have been working on some tunes in isolation (very little feedback from others), nothing amazing. Last night I got a few ideas and threw this song together, and I was pleased with it, but... Like all my songs or ideas, there's something wrong with it. No matter how much I mix or master, EQ or tweak, it always sounds... unprofessional compared to many artists I hear. I understand this is a given, especially with a newcomer, but I was wondering if there were ways I could make my tracks sound more vibrant, or less flat. In terms of velocity, dynamics, EQ, compression and panning, I've worked with everything to my liking, but the end result doesn't meet my standards. After reading the dubstep production bible and searching around, I'm still in a tough position, I don't understand if it's the samples I use, the effects I use, or just my style of production. I decided to finally get some feedback today and I was hoping the Dubstep Forum could help.

Here is a sample of the track from last night, if you could please give it a listen and give me some tips, it would be highly appreciated.

[RightOnTime27]

@Remokari
Use soundcloud cause no one wants to download stuff

[Remokari]

Sorry, I am very new to this, thanks for the help.

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[dav.id]

Sorry, I am very new to this, thanks for the help.

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I really like the intro and beginning but that synth was just horrible to me I shut if off when I heard it,

I wish I could feedback but I really don't like that synth, intro is good though:)

[Noonyez]

i realized ive never given feedback to anyone. my bad.

@Dav.id: ur track is on point. i wanna hear more of your stuff.

@qiao: ive been liking mellow dubstep lately so this is perfect. its something i would play in my car or before i go to sleep.

@streetxlite: wha tha fa! i am impressed.


my feedbacks will be more in depth in the future. but here is something ive been working on this morning. ive been obsessing with dark ambience lately. scope and review. thanks.

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[oscarhenson]

Thanks for all the feedback ! Helps a lot, I've had a lot of trouble with the mixdown, I'm using fl 9 and was wondering if you guys had any tips towards making a more professional mixdown, I've been thinking about rewiring fl onto the old pc logic, but I'm not sure if this would help ? Any help greatly appreciated

On my last mixdown I routed all my percussion channels after EQing them to a send channel, and compressed the shit out of it. It's my best sounding thing yet (I'm still really new though). I don't know if this is real advice as it's just something I tried that seemed to sound good to me, I don't know if it's common practice in production or whatever. I'm still learning about compression & don't know much. I'll listen to your track and tell you more maybe.

this isn't a good idea.. it's far better to tastefully compress, EQ and level each hit properly - get it right on this level and umbrella compression won't be necessary. generally putting heavy compression on the master and even the whole kit isn't the way to go. mixing is by no means easy, and i can't profess to be a master of it, i'm still learning all the time, but cutting corners like this won't help your sound, sorry

[JemGrover]

Thanks for all the feedback ! Helps a lot, I've had a lot of trouble with the mixdown, I'm using fl 9 and was wondering if you guys had any tips towards making a more professional mixdown, I've been thinking about rewiring fl onto the old pc logic, but I'm not sure if this would help ? Any help greatly appreciated

On my last mixdown I routed all my percussion channels after EQing them to a send channel, and compressed the shit out of it. It's my best sounding thing yet (I'm still really new though). I don't know if this is real advice as it's just something I tried that seemed to sound good to me, I don't know if it's common practice in production or whatever. I'm still learning about compression & don't know much. I'll listen to your track and tell you more maybe.

this isn't a good idea.. it's far better to tastefully compress, EQ and level each hit properly - get it right on this level and umbrella compression won't be necessary.

Well I've been told the opposite, so y'know... take nothing as fact. It CAN help "glue" it together. Might not want to over do it, 'cos you want percussion to sorta' "dance" a bit. Vary the velocity/volume of the hits, as well.
For example...
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So take that as velocity^ (flip it verticle, if this makes sense) as an example of, say, a hi hat pattern

EDIT: my bad, this is kind of off topic, but still; Good way to make percs move

[Saharadubstep]

Thanks for all the feedback ! Helps a lot, I've had a lot of trouble with the mixdown, I'm using fl 9 and was wondering if you guys had any tips towards making a more professional mixdown, I've been thinking about rewiring fl onto the old pc logic, but I'm not sure if this would help ? Any help greatly appreciated

levels and sample choices are the most importent imo and things that have a big dynamic range need to be compressed but don't overdo it

this is the second part of smoothy wich is harder then the first part
both are gonna be merged together into one track

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different sound on this one, I think it needs stronger clap/snare

its happy dubstep, lol
i like it but its missing sumthin mrr

[NICORISONE]

Sorry, I am very new to this, thanks for the help.

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Love the intro, love the notation just don't like the synths used :/

Change up the synths and whatnot and I think you got yourself a winner for sure!

[sirminus]

Hey fellas, was wondering if I could get some feedback from you. I just switched to reason, and this is my first go at producing with it.. I don't have a huge knowledge of synthesis, but have figured out how to get some sounds that I dig by twisting knobs. I'm a long time dubstep fan, but new to producing it, or at least something I thought didn't sound like shit (I mainly did hiphop). Anyways, any ideas/pointers would be greatly appreciated. Cheers

As a side note,this isn't remotely close to being mixed down. I don't have studio monitors, so this was done with headphones and my levels are off.

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[mentha]

i realized ive never given feedback to anyone. my bad.


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Really like your track! nice drums sound and feel, maybe something else could happen during the first drop after the intro. the wobble in the second drop might be a bit more various, to keep things interesting. overall i love the sound and mood of your track, looking forward to hear its progresses !

[Matthew-B]

WIP drumstep style track. I know, its little bit cheesy but its intended.
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Please for feedback, i really need it, i will repay with the same for your track.

[ogunslinger]

@Matthew-B: Pretty cool! some cool sounds n shit! haven't really heard that many drumstep songs so I'm no expert but maybe i'd lower the volume on the drums just a tad so you can hear your synths a lil better?

@Dav.id: Sick dude I like it! Yea I agree with you, It needs a harder snare!!!! layer on some white noise!


I had some time to work on my project a lil, heres the outcome
Still working on making the vocals deeper n' dirty *no luck* <---- any tips? currently f'ing around with the vocoder


anyways what do you guys think?
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[renegadex]

anyways what do you guys think?

I like the bass, and I like the phase on the bass, but maybe a little less on the phase? I like it when it's in time with a fill or something, it ... fills in the fill... sounds good.

Love the percussion, just missing the kick a bit, 'sabit quiet.

WIP drumstep style track. I know, its little bit cheesy but its intended.
Please for feedback, i really need it, i will repay with the same for your track.

I kinda like it, sounds unique. I just don't like how even the drums are. The bass is too far behind the drums as well, bring it out in front. It sounds too spread out or something. But I like how everything sounds. Final word would be: mix up the drums a bit, and bring the bass in front.

http://soundcloud.com/noonyez/lights[

I like this sound. The drums sound kind of ripped, but in an almost good way. Kinda minimal and industrial sounding. I like it.

[renegadex]

Looking for feedback..
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[TEKN]

Dubplateguy, that is sick mate, love the drop!

This is something I threw together earlier. Only started a few weeks ago with Reason, but have switched to Ableton, which is what this is made in. Really just started to get used to it today, and was playing about with drums etc...
Hows it sounding so far?

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Sound alright...needs a bit more to hear where the tracks going tho

[TEKN]

i realized ive never given feedback to anyone. my bad.

@Dav.id: ur track is on point. i wanna hear more of your stuff.

@qiao: ive been liking mellow dubstep lately so this is perfect. its something i would play in my car or before i go to sleep.

@streetxlite: wha tha fa! i am impressed.


my feedbacks will be more in depth in the future. but here is something ive been working on this morning. ive been obsessing with dark ambience lately. scope and review. thanks.

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Sounds good very dark and a little glitchy too i would keep that feel going and just vary the drums a few times

[TEKN]

Thanks for all the feedback ! Helps a lot, I've had a lot of trouble with the mixdown, I'm using fl 9 and was wondering if you guys had any tips towards making a more professional mixdown, I've been thinking about rewiring fl onto the old pc logic, but I'm not sure if this would help ? Any help greatly appreciated

levels and sample choices are the most importent imo and things that have a big dynamic range need to be compressed but don't overdo it

this is the second part of smoothy wich is harder then the first part
both are gonna be merged together into one track

Soundcloud

different sound on this one, I think it needs stronger clap/snare

Love the high freq sounding tight could benefit from a bit of a beatdown section i reckon