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[Fbac]

My amp blew a while back and have been using a pair of logitech speakers so will focus more on the track then the mixdown aspects.

f1rstsense: Nice interesting uplifting intro. Haha classic trance. Bit of a stock sound but im quite a sucker for them. Liking the arrangement and riffs, not too sure how i feel about the main lead bass line but seems to work better on the second drop O_o even tho its the same thing ... Nice track be interested to here it finished.

Living tradegy: Intro noises sound interesting yet abit harsch maybe some automated filter/reverb on them abit. Nice build up.. but gets to harsch on the mid/high frequencys on these speaker, turned down my volume. After drop interesting sounds, quite contempory with a housy vibe. Stripped down second drop is nice, not a fan of all the sounds tho.

Oner_music: With these speakers i can only hear the tops of the sub, if its as deep as i image quite nice. The intro drums i felt could do with a bit of switching up maybe. spacey. nice addition at 2:24 kept me brom becoming bored. liked the move into the breakdown. maybe some automated distortion on that repeated bass note in the breakdown? quite liked it.

spektrafunk: Nice airy into, sets a nice scene. Quite orchestral ambient intro. Sweet sounds. The kick and sidestick didnt sound quite right mix wise to me but then could be the speakers im using. The first "heartbeat" kick sound in the breakdown could be volume automated to fade in as at the moment sounds abit like a pitched down kick. Part from that chilled vibe but i was kind of waiting for it to go somewhere if that makes sense.

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[enjarcher]

Hi guys, been working on this 110BPM tune for a bit. Would love some feedback on it, I plan to finish it into a full song sometime soon

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[LukeRaith]

@enjarcher rules of this forum is to give feedback to receive it! you probably didnt know that but im just sayin great melodies youve got flowing together after the drop, like how you built it up as well, the synth at the start sounds too sharp for me, maybe lowpass the very top filters out of it to make it easier on the ear, good work on the mixdown
@Fbac funky stuff! nice bass sounds youve got going, if youve got a drum bus set up id stick a saturator on it and turn the drive up a bit to give the drums a bit more strength over the bass, also i think youd be better off without the vocals, just sounds a bit out of place, i know what its like spending ages trying to fit vocals and youve just gotta admit defeat sometimes and start again!
@mthrfnk great work on the arrangement, all the sounds fit well together, my feedback is maybe on the second drop is to drop the melody down at 2:26 just so it gives it a bit more energy then bring it back up!
@ke-es is that NI razor i hear? good work on the arrangement building it up to the drop, works nicely! my feedback is give that kick maybe 5hz more of the lower frequencies jsut so it bulks it up a bit. really like the sound of where its going after the 2.02 mark too.

heres mine, its house and i've decided to use some moby vocals, they come in at about 2 minutes in! still a few things that need to be added like white noise buildups etc but that can wait

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[Fbac]

@lukeraith: Cheers, thanks for the constructive critisim, my ears are blind to those vocals lol. with your::
Nice kick and percussion bits, house isnt really my thing and im not sure what your going for but this sounded intresting and abit of headknodding. Id proberly suggest some efx on the vocals at the second drop @2:07 , the vocals felt abit dry maybe some echoing of them (may be my set up).

[Kes-Es]

@ke-es is that NI razor i hear? good work on the arrangement building it up to the drop, works nicely! my feedback is give that kick maybe 5hz more of the lower frequencies jsut so it bulks it up a bit. really like the sound of where its going after the 2.02 mark too.

It's actually all albino 3. thanks man.

[jeer]

@mthrfnk (prev page) - Lovely intro, I love the soundscape and the panning going off with it, I turned to the right as I thought someone was talking to me in the office! When the snare comes in it does seem a little bit too loud for me, though when everything else drops in it sounds spot on and the texture is just right. Really nice melody you have going on in the track too,

@FBac - really like you're arrangement of the track, the mix is off but as you've said you've blown your amp so don't worry about it for now! you could probably do with some more airy, hi-end elements imo as it feels a bit naked up in the tops though the bottom/mids are pretty satisfying. Especially around your drops.

@lukeraith - I really like that tune pal, well constructed intro with nice bits of small, subtle variation just to break it up - works well! The mix is sounding good also, though I am listening on crappy ipod headphones because I forgot my proper headphones today :p but if it sounds good on these you should be good to go! Only thing I would say, and this is more to my own personal taste is to jap around with the main vocal part a bit more. It's nice as it is, but sometimes it feels that the vocals come in strangely - so maybe have a chop fest with them and see what happens? but as I said, my own personal taste so tell me to fek off if you want

Here's mine, I still feel like I'm living in 07/08 - but let me know what you think!
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[mthrfnk]

I turned to the right as I thought someone was talking to me in the office

Haha, brilliant!

[DankaBeats]

@mthrfnk Mint mate love the atmospheric synths all mould together nicely the snare could be turned down a bit. love the kick nice and punchy keep it up

@FBac -you could do with putting more layers in my opinino, like your drums maybe if u had a bit more variation

@lukeraith - love the tune im sure i heard it a while back. nice layering mate love it keep it up

@enjarcher - yeah man this is difffereeent i like your snares they sllap u in the face ha

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[Fbac]

@jeer: cheers, i agree. Your: Thought the snare was a bit slow drawn out (my opinion) ,, i quite like the track , like that the bass/lead has nice space and reverb. Think you have some nice notes but yes it sounds like an oldish tune. like the hat arrangement.

@dankabeat: variantion in drum pattern or layering to vary the tone(the actual sound)?
Your: Sounded abit comical, interesting idea but not to my taste. Sounds like you have some nice sub action going on i cant quite hear on these speakers in which case might be worth filtering the highs on the lead (or lowering the lead synths volume) so you can turn it up (as if it were bused together)

[mtl6]

@Danka: I like your melody it’s interesting. I would maybe switch out the hi hat cause for some reason it doesn’t seem to be vibing with the rest of the track. Maybe transpose it down a tone or two and see if it fits better…

@jeer: after the drop, the mix isn’t quite right. The drums aren’t really punching through. You have good sounds and ideas you should just try to make them sit well with each other. I think it might be the sub bass that’s drowning out the drums… Keep working on the mix, maybe try sidechaining more things

@lukeraith: good ideas, pretty interesting sounds. I think the reverb you are using on the snare could be tweaked cause I don’t think it sits well in the mix. Other than that I don’t really have any complaints about the mix. Maybe add a couple random drum fills at the end of some # of bars to get it groovin

here’s my new track… trying some chill stuff again

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[audiowaves]

@mtl6: I love this. This was the first thing I heard after I woke up and it has already made my day. your sounds fit together, mixdown sounds ok - I got a new pair of headphones and I'm not used to them yet.

@jeer: if feel like your snare needs something - it also sounds as it could be highpassed a bit and maybe lower the lead sound in the drop a tiny bit. I would also add some crisp with some kind of harmonic exciters - as it sounds now it's definetly 07/08

@enjarcher: check the rules. give feedback - get feedback. also this piece got a nice flow.

I started this remix (there is a remix competition whichs ends on august 7th) 24hours ago and I couldn't stop getting my hands on it. I already stated in my feedback, that I've got a new pair of headphones (AKG 240) and I think their overall sound is good. It feels like I'm able to hear a lot better where things sit in my mix but still I'm somehow uncertain with my mixdown as it sounds so much different from the pair I used before. Do you guys have any tips, links, pointers how loud the sub bass should be in the mix? I tend to get my drums at around -6db and the sub at around -8 to -12 db then try to bring in the rest ...

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Edith: Thanks for the tip. I layered the kick for some more high end + I lowered the sub volume because I felt like it was a bit too much after I did another test in my car hifi. I'm not sure... Without the EQ in my car hifi it sounded ok - still a bit too loud though - but honestly most of the songs I'm listening to while driving feel like they could have a bit more of it - but it seems like this the way to go

[Living_Tragedy]

Thought I'd leave some random feedback because yolo.

manudiao: I like that intro. Maybe put an atmospheric ting in the background or like rain or something? Sub fits in nicely with the mix. Really nice sounds in the drop. Some of them sound a little too harsh. Think the kick needs more top end and punch but that's probably just personal preference. Sounds really nice man.

DankaBeats: I don't like that intro synth. I think it needs fattening and/or layering. The stabby type bass isn't bad, I like the glide on it. The kick I think needs more processing or less compression. Keep working on this dude.

LukeRaith: That droning synth has a resonance that my ears rly don't like. Sounds good overall other wise, I'd maybe put a little more high end in the hats but other than that I can't really critique this.

enjarcher: I don't like the intro. This song needs some downlifters and uplifters etc. That drop is fucking immense. Those bass sounds are great though maybe a little too loud. I'd just work on cleaning up the drop and getting a better main melody section or something. Really good work.

[cmgoodman1226]

@mtl16: Really like all the sounds. They all really compliment each other really well. My only real criticism is that it gets a bit old after a while. A little more variation of the melody, drums, would sound nice. I really like the change at the end but it seems to come a bit late. All in all really nice work.

@danka Beats: Some of these sounds (particularly the drums) sound a bit cheesy to me. The overall rythym isnt bad (although those rolling hats get a bit annoying), but some of the crashes and the snare could stand to be switched. I would also change the melody up at some point as well. Keep working at it.

@manudiao: I like the drums during the intro. they really help the groove. You do well at building up the atmosphere. after the drop though, there's waaaaaay too much white noise; it's drownding out you drums a ton and it starts to fatigue the ears. the sounds defininitly work for that uplifting style, but I would spend a bit more time honing in making some space for the drums in the mix. Your highs from the synth are really crowding everything else out. the sub sounds pretty good to me; seems to cut through pretty well. All in all you've done a really good job with this.

Ok; onto mine: I'm back with a more old school style hip-hop with a bit of a new touch with some synth work in there. I had to put an acapella over it because it sounds a bit repetitive without vox. Anyways I'd love to get some feedback on what you all think so far.

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[mtl6]

hey yall just wanted to say i updated my track based on your feedback made it less repetitive and i like it a lot more now. hope you guys enjoy...
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& some more feedback:

cmgoodman- pretty sweet beat man. kinda feels like an old school eminem beat with that bass line the only thing i kind think of is to maybe turn the choir down a little bit cause it seems slightly too forward in the mix. maybe a little more reverb would help. nice beat

manudiao- i really like your chords/melody. in my opinion the hi hats have a bit too much of the really high frequencies. i'm thinking a low pass filter cutting everything ~16khz and up would help them not be so piercing. nice really melody work i love that square wave synth you have sprinkled in there. also, this might be my own personal taste, but i would lower the volume of the lead synth/bass noise during the drop just a tad. maybe 1db or so, just cause it seems a little forward to me. also, a secret to this kind of melodic dubstep is to have a low volume arp pattern going on in the background during the drop and i think you have a little room in the mix to consider adding something like this

[Squidbot]

Hi guys, been working on this 110BPM tune for a bit. Would love some feedback on it, I plan to finish it into a full song sometime soon

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Sick track. I'm really digging the violins and the overall groove you've got going.

heres mine, its house and i've decided to use some moby vocals, they come in at about 2 minutes in! still a few things that need to be added like white noise buildups etc but that can wait

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Very deep. I'll definitely be checking out some of your other tracks.

Here's mine, I still feel like I'm living in 07/08 - but let me know what you think!
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I like this. It's different from something I normally hear, but's really airy, and I enjoy that.

Here's mine:

https://soundcloud.com/fallout-in-parad ... ip/s-8dhQV

Reesey little thing. As far as the name goes, I needed inspiration, and I was looking through my MTG cards and found a creature called a Carnifex Demon. I thought that was cool, so I google it and as it turns out, it's a Roman public executioner who executed people of the lowest rank. That was cool and all, and really nice because I feel like music should tell a story. But I thought a plain old execution was kind of dry, so the song is more going to be built around the idea that the man being executed rapidly mutates, breaks free, and runs rampant after killing his "Carnifex".

I thought the song sounded kinda lame without this backstory, so I think you should know too before you listen.

[audiowaves]

@cmgoodman1226 and @mtl6
thanks so much for your input. I think I listened to it too often so I didn't get what was wrong.. The highs where definitive way to dominant. I highcut my midrange basses now and spread the saw a tiny bit and it feels better now.
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@mtl 6 like the new guitary- synths (not sure if they were there before) but somehow I'll keep losing track of the song during the second breakdown (1:30). It somehow feels that something is wrong with the chords or at least it's nothing you would expect to happen. I listened to this part for some time now and I think it has something to do with the last chord. I don't know that much music theory and even less in the english language but I would personally get back to the chord progression and somehow switch it up (it's just about that part). Maybe it's just me. Maybe someone else can help here


@cmgoodman1226

I like the drums - the crispy kick really fits that beat. From time to time I find the bass is a bit too off- but I guess that this is intended.

[Crimsonghost]

@ Suidbot; I like the over sound/feel of the track (so far). That second reese needs to be EQed a it better imo. Sounds a bit loud/harsh. Im digging the drum pattern.

@mtl6; I really like this one. Super laid back vibe to it, but still kinda upbeat. Thats a cool arp sound you have there. Only problem i had, is i can hardly hear the sub. But thats just because of my monitors.

@ cmgoodman1226; Thats a cool old skool style beat you have going on there. Im really digging that bassline. Sounds really organic. Needs some work on the mix imo. Theres something, i think its some percussion, in the background thats kinda bothering me. Kinda sounds like a crackle? Maybe just eq it or turn it down so it sits with the track better.

So, heres my newest. It started off at my attempt at dungeon, but im not really sure what the hell it is now. I think it might be a bit bassy atm? Ill have to do some checking in my car for a reference. Im still not sure i really like the track, but, its something different so im gonna stick with it.

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[Eye_siC]

@ crimsonghost, i really like the vibe of this. i feel like it could use some automation on that hi-hats in the intro. the vocals fit nice with the vibe. the vocal sample that cuts in and is in a delay loop could definitely work but it should ring out and the level on it needs to be brought down a smidge. i also feel like you should maybe put a lowpass on the bass, and layer a mid bass over it. also maybe add a little variation on the hi-hats. the vibe is awesome and inspiring though man, i definitely enjoyed the listen.

@ manudiao, wow mayn, awesome atmosphere on the intro. all of the sounds are well placed for sure, and it progresses well. nice drop, im not a big fan of the clubby stuff but this is very well done. i feel like the vocals could come down the slightest amount in the mix, but it fits as it is so idk haha. i love all of the reverse d sounds you use for the builds but i cant lie i felt like that one note in the second drop that cuts in could be replaced with something else, as it is a bit sour and stands out a lot(unless its a recording, in that case, my bad ) i understand why its there but it just mindfucked me a bit. good work!

@ cmgoodman, good consistent feeling. it captures the old evil hiphop vibes very well. i also dig the bass, is it real? it seems like it haha. i did feel like some of the melodys hit a bit late and throw things off but either way its very listenable. the vocals really do help fill it out and give it some substance. why no structure or anything though? (just wondering)


heres my newest tune guys. its at 124 bpm and it kind of has an ancient/exotic sound to it lemme know what up with it

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[Crimsonghost]

@ crimsonghost, i really like the vibe of this. i feel like it could use some automation on that hi-hats in the intro. the vocals fit nice with the vibe. the vocal sample that cuts in and is in a delay loop could definitely work but it should ring out and the level on it needs to be brought down a smidge. i also feel like you should maybe put a lowpass on the bass, and layer a mid bass over it. also maybe add a little variation on the hi-hats. the vibe is awesome and inspiring though man, i definitely enjoyed the listen.

Thanks man! Yeah, i didnt do too much to the hats, just some delay (i think). And the vocals were a totally last minute addition. I dont even think i EQd them. So i totally get what you mean, ill just need to go back and work on them a bit more. I wasnt sure how the bass is supposed to be for this style, but i think your right. It needs some mid presence.

I just checked out youre track, and i like it a lot. Has a really cool syncopated feel to it. Defiantly exotic like you said. Im not really a fan of those hats being panned so hard, but thats just a personal preference.

Kinda reminded me of something you'd hear in a video game trailer or action move, or something. haha. Good work.

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@ Eye-siC
Cool tune! Everything is mixed pretty nice. You can hear all elements very well and the bassy arp thingie really adds lots of tension. Kinda hard to give any good feedback since I think it sounds so nice.

@ Crimsonghost
I like this track. Some really cool feelings and stuff. Sounds like something you'd hear in a video game. Some of the vocals seem a little bit misplaced (except from the guy humming which fits perfect for the mood). There is also some noise and clipping (?) coming from the humming vocals that you might want to check out.

Here is my latest project.. it's progressive house. I've working on this for quite alot of time now actually. Any feedback is welcome.
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I know there are some noises here and there but I just did a quick master myself (I'm a noob).