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Re: Halfstep tunes!

Post by Dub_freak » Thu Feb 23, 2012 4:07 am

What exactly is halfstep? What makes a halfstep tune different from a fullstep? -q-
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Re: Halfstep tunes!

Post by BonerJams04 » Thu Feb 23, 2012 4:14 am

Dub_freak wrote:What exactly is halfstep? What makes a halfstep tune different from a fullstep? -q-
Its the wubs per minute. (wpm)
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Re: Halfstep tunes!

Post by skribb » Thu Feb 23, 2012 8:05 am

Dub_freak wrote:What exactly is halfstep? What makes a halfstep tune different from a fullstep? -q-
I can't put it into words, maybe cause I completely lack musical training. But you can hear the difference, halfstep tunes sound "emptier" or "spacier".

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Re: Halfstep tunes!

Post by skribb » Thu Feb 23, 2012 8:12 am

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skribb wrote:As a side note, halfsteppish DnB is highly welcome :)

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Re: Halfstep tunes!

Post by ghandi » Thu Feb 23, 2012 1:21 pm

Life in a nut shell innit. Half step forwards, 2 steps backwards...

THIS IS HALF STEP:


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Re: Halfstep tunes!

Post by test_recordings » Thu Feb 23, 2012 2:29 pm



Nice tune, I think the bass was a bit too much for whatever it got ripped on!
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Re: Halfstep tunes!

Post by computerface » Fri Feb 24, 2012 1:42 am

Reverb wrote:
Dub_freak wrote:What exactly is halfstep? What makes a halfstep tune different from a fullstep? -q-
Its the wubs per minute. (wpm)
it's wobs per minute, you :q:
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Re: Halfstep tunes!

Post by NeoWave » Fri Mar 15, 2013 12:15 am

Hey thanks a lot for posting my track in the OP!! (I'm rafiki :)

Here is one of my mix, i believe its mostly halfstep :)

It's definitely hard to know what exactly halfstep is. same bpm as dnb, just slower and deeper.

Rafi:ki - mix 001 - Halfstep / Drum&Bass
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Re: Halfstep tunes!

Post by rev » Fri Mar 15, 2013 8:07 am

halfstep me maybe?

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Re: Halfstep tunes!

Post by timmyyabas » Fri Mar 15, 2013 5:56 pm

NeoWave wrote:Hey thanks a lot for posting my track in the OP!! (I'm rafiki :)

Here is one of my mix, i believe its mostly halfstep :)

It's definitely hard to know what exactly halfstep is. same bpm as dnb, just slower and deeper.

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it's easy, the tempo of the beats are half time, for dubstep the beat would be running at 70bpm instead of 140, for dnb it'd be at 85bpm or whatever.
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Re: Halfstep tunes!

Post by dickman69 » Fri Mar 15, 2013 7:28 pm

yea instead of

boom smack boom smack

its boom smack
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Re: Halfstep tunes!

Post by skribb » Fri Mar 15, 2013 7:51 pm

rayman612 wrote:yea instead of

boom smack boom smack

its boom smack
I just think of it as "spacier", "emptier" dubstep/dnb tracks. Simple right?

I mean obviously the space between the "boom smack" is farther than in "boom smack boom smack" :corndance:

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Re: Halfstep tunes!

Post by dickman69 » Fri Mar 15, 2013 8:16 pm

not really

its literally just different placement of the drums


there are spacey tunes that arent halfstep
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Re: Halfstep tunes!

Post by timmyyabas » Fri Mar 15, 2013 8:21 pm

but they don't have to be. instead of boom smack boom smack it could be boom boom boom smack, no extra space, but still halfstep. it's just about tempo, the tracks can be just as busy if that's what the producer wants (i'm sure there's some great examples of this, can't be arsed finding any right now but, i might in a bit if i can be bothered).

edit - i kinda said what rayman just said, but in a different way. didn't see his post.
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Re: Halfstep tunes!

Post by dickman69 » Fri Mar 15, 2013 10:58 pm


listen to the drums before & after 2:00

not that difficult

halfstep has 1 snare for every 2 snares


halfstep 0:00 - 2:00

after 2:00 is double
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Re: Halfstep tunes!

Post by skribb » Sat Mar 16, 2013 8:38 am

Thanks for the lesson and the SWEEEEET tunes dood!

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