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I need to know, cause my tracks are apparently lacking switch ups, but no one can seem to describe to me exactly what they are.

Help please?

Its not a musical term, someone is telling you to make your shit progress more... i.e. it gets boring.

Basic A wrote:Its not a musical term, someone is telling you to make your shit progress more... i.e. it gets boring.

Switch sounds, direction, vibe etc

A switch up is a magical effect, just like resampling.

Enit Deadly

Basic A wrote:Its not a musical term, someone is telling you to make your shit progress more... i.e. it gets boring.

That's not exactly very helpful. I'm still a noob so calling me shit isn't gonna hurt my feelings, I'm just sick of being lame and I wanna progress more.

Drugganaut wrote:

Basic A wrote:Its not a musical term, someone is telling you to make your shit progress more... i.e. it gets boring.

That's not exactly very helpful. I'm still a noob so calling me shit isn't gonna hurt my feelings, I'm just sick of being lame and I wanna progress more.

I wasnt being a dick man I was answering your question...

obv troll is obv

Mate, I can't help being boring. I need some help with not being so lame.

K... write intro.. play something big for 16 bars... insert gunshot sample and white noise sweep... play something else for 16 bars... play intro again... play something new for 16 bars... insert sound of man being slapped ripped from kung fu movie... play something new for 16 bar... play intro again, fading volume out this time.

That's a lot more helpful, thanks.

Basic A wrote:K... write intro.. play something big for 16 bars... insert gunshot sample and white noise sweep... play something else for 16 bars... play intro again... play something new for 16 bars... insert sound of man being slapped ripped from kung fu movie... play something new for 16 bar... play intro again, fading volume out this time.

You know for the switch ups. Do I cut a bar off the beginning of the next 16 bars or the last bars of the first 16 bars? maybe not a bar but the sample i'm using is one bar long.

Drugganaut wrote:

Basic A wrote:K... write intro.. play something big for 16 bars... insert gunshot sample and white noise sweep... play something else for 16 bars... play intro again... play something new for 16 bars... insert sound of man being slapped ripped from kung fu movie... play something new for 16 bar... play intro again, fading volume out this time.

You know for the switch ups. Do I cut a bar off the beginning of the next 16 bars or the last bars of the first 16 bars? maybe not a bar but the sample i'm using is one bar long.

Do what ever you want, switch up is just another way of saying variation. And variation is key to keeping peoples interest for longer than 32 bars.

Thanks for all the advice, appreciate it.

Echoi wrote:A switch up is a magical effect, just like resampling.

Enit Deadly

change my pitch up, smack my bitch up like a pimp

something new every 20 secs & ya will keep peoples attention. can be something small even,

!!chea

Loves me some 501...

It's not switch up, Doctor P quite clearly tells us its actually, Sweet Shop.

Basic A wrote:K... write intro.. play something big for 16 bars... insert gunshot sample and white noise sweep... play something else for 16 bars... play intro again... play something new for 16 bars... insert sound of man being slapped ripped from kung fu movie... play something new for 16 bar... play intro again, fading volume out this time.

Molotov_ wrote:

Basic A wrote:K... write intro.. play something big for 16 bars... insert gunshot sample and white noise sweep... play something else for 16 bars... play intro again... play something new for 16 bars... insert sound of man being slapped ripped from kung fu movie... play something new for 16 bar... play intro again, fading volume out this time.

Great first post