WORKS-IN-PROGRESS for OCTOBER, 2010

[amphibian]

@debaser1 - mate the panned drums aren't doing you any favours. Otherwise really nice.

@echoi - pretty dope man. Really nice clean production.

[bradicle]

@ mindcontrol. cheers bud.

Still has melody on intro, first little drop. Then cut out for most of it, then outro!

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[Sirius]

@mindcontrol..... cuz i am disapoint!!! when ya guna jump outa the loop stage? checked ya cloud & they're all under 1.30!!

push yaself more & get abit of structure cuz, it does ya no gud creating things this short... cause your not learning enough from it ay!!

!!chea

[Echoi]

@ Mindcontrol:

That second track you posted, the wobble panned to the right really needs to be eq'd. I only listened at a low volume and it seriously did my ear in.

[ironik]

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would appreaciate some feedback on this wip
at work at the moment, but will do some more feedback when i return

[Echoi]

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would appreaciate some feedback on this wip
at work at the moment, but will do some more feedback when i return

Nice mean vibe going on there, defo some mix issues to deal with, bringing snare out, vocals and lead bit too prominent. Got some potential though

[ironik]

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would appreaciate some feedback on this wip
at work at the moment, but will do some more feedback when i return

Nice mean vibe going on there, defo some mix issues to deal with, bringing snare out, vocals and lead bit too prominent. Got some potential though

making the snare louder? intro vocals? ily echoi better than most of these stnuc who give 2 word answers

[Echoi]

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would appreaciate some feedback on this wip
at work at the moment, but will do some more feedback when i return

Nice mean vibe going on there, defo some mix issues to deal with, bringing snare out, vocals and lead bit too prominent. Got some potential though

making the snare louder? intro vocals? ily echoi better than most of these stnuc who give 2 word answers

Well, not necessarily making it louder, seemed a bit dullish, muddy, not sure if that was just the other elements drowning it out though, but it was the first thing i noticed upon drop.

EDIT, cant remember the intro vocals, but i was referring to those towards the end of the clip

[Sirius]

Ironik--- give those vox a lil cut around 500Hz to freshn em up like, maybe just 2-3 dB. none of ya percussion are forward enough in ya mix, everything sounds pretty wide also. bring ya kick snare & bass to the centre of ya track (mono that shit). Put a compressor on all ya channels.
layer ya snare with something with more highs, and/or add around 3 dB around 8-16Hz to bring em out. shit sounds dull & lifeless... need to clean it up with EQn & stereo placement. also add some reverb to ya hats, snare & shit!!

massive ideas, & when ya clean it up.... will sound chea as.

!!chea

[ironik]

Ironik--- give those vox a lil cut around 500Hz to freshn em up like, maybe just 2-3 dB. none of ya percussion are forward enough in ya mix, everything sounds pretty wide also. bring ya kick snare & bass to the centre of ya track (mono that shit). Put a compressor on all ya channels.
layer ya snare with something with more highs, and/or add around 3 dB around 8-16Hz to bring em out. shit sounds dull & lifeless... need to clean it up with EQn & stereo placement. also add some reverb to ya hats, snare & shit!!

massive ideas, & when ya clean it up.... will sound chea as.

!!chea

yoooo, yeh havnt used reverb on any of the instruments yet just the snare but fuck all though. or even used a compressor in the track actually,and also eqing is a mission for me ha . bring forward the percs? hmmmmm.

[sniperDUBB]

@ LordBid - Nice man NICE - you got something good happening and i cant wait to see what you do with it and what other sounds you bring
@ Echoi - clean just how i like to hear it nice one you got your own sound its cool
@ Phigure - i wanna hear more the percussion is doing it for me so keep it up man

I been doing abit more work on my Katy B remix... let me know what you think about where im at with it so far.
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I never liked the drop in my first dubstep song The Unknown so im editing that... let me know what you think of this... its late here so i just been doing this thru headphones so don't know what it sounds like out loud but hopefully its aite...
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[Sirius]

Ironik--- give those vox a lil cut around 500Hz to freshn em up like, maybe just 2-3 dB. none of ya percussion are forward enough in ya mix, everything sounds pretty wide also. bring ya kick snare & bass to the centre of ya track (mono that shit). Put a compressor on all ya channels.
layer ya snare with something with more highs, and/or add around 3 dB around 8-16Hz to bring em out. shit sounds dull & lifeless... need to clean it up with EQn & stereo placement. also add some reverb to ya hats, snare & shit!!

massive ideas, & when ya clean it up.... will sound chea as.

!!chea

yoooo, yeh havnt used reverb on any of the instruments yet just the snare but fuck all though. or even used a compressor in the track actually,and also eqing is a mission for me ha . bring forward the percs? hmmmmm.

bro its taken me a year of studying to give that kind of advice. I have noticed a dramatic improvement in my own productions too.
If ya serious about sound, ya gota learn what makes everything do what it does, & then ya gota practice what ya have learnt.

it can be easy to make something catchy... the hard part is.... making it sound professional (im not quite there).
google spatial imaging, check out the moneyshot thread in here. read the production bible too!!
other than that... work on ya mixdowns hard!!

do this bro & you will progress FAST AS!!!

!!chea

[Sirius]

@ LordBid - Nice man NICE - you got something good happening and i cant wait to see what you do with it and what other sounds you bring
@ Echoi - clean just how i like to hear it nice one you got your own sound its cool
@ Phigure - i wanna hear more the percussion is doing it for me so keep it up man

I been doing abit more work on my Katy B remix... let me know what you think about where im at with it so far.
Soundcloud

&

I never liked the drop in my first dubstep song The Unknown so im editing that... let me know what you think of this... its late here so i just been doing this thru headphones so don't know what it sounds like out loud but hopefully its aite...
Soundcloud

bro... you sound design is fukn mean!!! but your letting yaself down in afew areas ay.

in that first track... bring katys vox out more in the mix, theres that change about quarter of the way thru... i duno what instrument it was.... but its to loud ay, bring it down abit. Then we come to ya drums... sounds good when ya have ya bass rolls & shit,build ups are amazing, have you played around with d&b?? cause ya sound would be kick ass with breaks ah. but ya dubstep drums are pretty shit!

I reckon ya should concentrate on D&B... ya got it sorted!

!!chea

[ironik]

Ironik--- give those vox a lil cut around 500Hz to freshn em up like, maybe just 2-3 dB. none of ya percussion are forward enough in ya mix, everything sounds pretty wide also. bring ya kick snare & bass to the centre of ya track (mono that shit). Put a compressor on all ya channels.
layer ya snare with something with more highs, and/or add around 3 dB around 8-16Hz to bring em out. shit sounds dull & lifeless... need to clean it up with EQn & stereo placement. also add some reverb to ya hats, snare & shit!!

massive ideas, & when ya clean it up.... will sound chea as.

!!chea

yoooo, yeh havnt used reverb on any of the instruments yet just the snare but fuck all though. or even used a compressor in the track actually,and also eqing is a mission for me ha . bring forward the percs? hmmmmm.

bro its taken me a year of studying to give that kind of advice. I have noticed a dramatic improvement in my own productions too.
If ya serious about sound, ya gota learn what makes everything do what it does, & then ya gota practice what ya have learnt.

it can be easy to make something catchy... the hard part is.... making it sound professional (im not quite there).
google spatial imaging, check out the moneyshot thread in here. read the production bible too!!
other than that... work on ya mixdowns hard!!

do this bro & you will progress FAST AS!!!

!!chea

imma make more of an effort on that side of things then shot,
good tnuc

[GrouchDub]

Real glad you guys like it Please post it everywhere you can, i wanna get as much feedback as possible. Big ups!

[Debaser1]

@debaser1 - mate the panned drums aren't doing you any favours. Otherwise really nice.

I kinda like using unconventional ideas in production though man; it serves a purpose as being nicve and wide, so the power delivery of the drop is stronger.

Cheers for the feedback though, good to know people's thoughts.

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Started this track this morning too; I've been banging out the ideas recently. It's proper trippy so brace yourself. Cheers.

[DJRaynes]

@ Pete Miles & Bradicle comments on the cloud

My latest WIP. Started work on it this morning. Tried to get a clean low end worked a fair bit on the low EQing.
Obviously the drums need varying up and the synths need a bit of work.
Any coments welcome, would prefer tham on soundcloud but it's up to you guys,

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[Echoi]

@ LordBid - Nice man NICE - you got something good happening and i cant wait to see what you do with it and what other sounds you bring
@ Echoi - clean just how i like to hear it nice one you got your own sound its cool
@ Phigure - i wanna hear more the percussion is doing it for me so keep it up man

I been doing abit more work on my Katy B remix... let me know what you think about where im at with it so far.
Soundcloud

&

I never liked the drop in my first dubstep song The Unknown so im editing that... let me know what you think of this... its late here so i just been doing this thru headphones so don't know what it sounds like out loud but hopefully its aite...
Soundcloud

Thanks man, glad you dig.

Only listened to the first track of yours, really like that appregiated synth, but with that you need far more percussion to complement it. Something really shuffly with loads of energy, not a cymbal/ride every one or 2 bars. Coming along nice though man.

[Sirius]

Dj ranes.... intro sounds like a train stuck in a glitch tunnel. then it gets boring as fuck. Theres like nothing happening but a glitch train saying nah nah na nah nah. ooohhhh a change at 2mins. its still shit tho. why the fuck would you even post this up? its like a long drawn out headache. I dont even know what genre this is... but it def aint no part of the millions of dubstep subgenres.
yeah I know im being harsh. but if you wana post up a half assed attempt like this.... ya deserve the bollocking ah.

I do feel like a tnuc for saying all this.... just hope it strives to push yourself more!!

if your like 10.... don't worry about all i wrote above!! good job

!!chea

[Echoi]

Dj ranes.... intro sounds like a train stuck in a glitch tunnel. then it gets boring as fuck. Theres like nothing happening but a glitch train saying nah nah na nah nah. ooohhhh a change at 2mins. its still shit tho. why the fuck would you even post this up? its like a long drawn out headache. I dont even know what genre this is... but it def aint no part of the millions of dubstep subgenres.
yeah I know im being harsh. but if you wana post up a half assed attempt like this.... ya deserve the bollocking ah.

I do feel like a tnuc for saying all this.... just hope it strives to push yourself more!!

if your like 10.... don't worry about all i wrote above!! good job

!!chea

You know what, harsh isnt even the word, total knobbish reply really, wouldve been better off saying nothing at all.

I bet most peoples work sounds something like Ranes' when first starting out. Gotta start somewhere right?