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my first dubstep track... please critique the hell out of me

Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2010 2:49 am
by bridsmath
hey guys,
nice to meet everyone!
my name's bridsmath
i'm a former house producer, but reading this forum for the past year or so has angled me off in the direction of dubstep. i don't know like a single person who listens to this genre so i have no one to ask or discuss things with.
thanks a bunch and i look forward to meeting people!
-b
Soundcloud

Re: my first dubstep track... please critique the hell out o

Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2010 7:30 am
by null
This is just personal preference, but I think the wobble should have a beefed-up low end--right now there are a lot of mids. The production is very clean and the bitcrusher "yah-yah-yahs" are a nice touch.

Re: my first dubstep track... please critique the hell out o

Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2010 9:07 am
by ketamine
I know very well what its like to cross over into a new genre, and to be honest, if that's really your first Dubstep tune, then you did a fantastic job. Keep at it. You've already got everything you need, just need to keep going and get better by practice...

Re: my first dubstep track... please critique the hell out o

Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2010 9:34 am
by dull_nation
dark tune man! i really like it! :t:

Re: my first dubstep track... please critique the hell out o

Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2010 3:42 pm
by bridsmath
null wrote:This is just personal preference, but I think the wobble should have a beefed-up low end--right now there are a lot of mids. The production is very clean and the bitcrusher "yah-yah-yahs" are a nice touch.
Thanks a lot for the comments, guys. I really appreciate it. I agree that the bass could use a bit more low end. I've been trying to fine tune it to provide this for a while now. My approach at the bass is 4 oscillators running in an L with the first being pure sub all the way to third and fourth which are the sharp mids... And then of course a massive chain of effects following the soft synth.
Would it be safe to layer this entire instrument with a sub bass to provide more low end? I mean I guess I could go the trial-and-error route with it and see what happens but I'm thinking it might be too much.

Any thoughts or tips on the subject would be wicked!

Thanks again,
-B

Re: my first dubstep track... please critique the hell out o

Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2010 4:36 pm
by bridsmath
Ah, I beefed this bass up big time by eqing the wobbling oscillators - pretty fat!

Re: my first dubstep track... please critique the hell out o

Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2010 2:31 am
by bridsmath
Any other feedback?

Re: my first dubstep track... please critique the hell out o

Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2010 9:57 am
by th@-pu$$y
Cool tune man

Re: my first dubstep track... please critique the hell out o

Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2010 10:06 pm
by bridsmath
Thanks dude! I'm digging your style... following you on the 'cloud :)

Re: my first dubstep track... please critique the hell out o

Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2010 7:27 am
by unvent
fair play dude. good effort.

Re: my first dubstep track... please critique the hell out o

Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2010 10:13 pm
by bridsmath
Thanks man. Just gave your track "koto" a listen. Love the ambient keys that come in about half way through. Sweet tune.

Also wanted to mention that I've started on another track and have been experimenting with the Corpus audio effect in Ableton. I've managed to layer my bass sound with a pretty dirty sub bass using this in a send track. If anybody would like to know how or just discuss bass in general I'd love to share insights. PM me here or I'm on facebook as well at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bridsmath/173551966005205

Thanks again for listening

Re: my first dubstep track... please critique the hell out o

Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2010 10:56 pm
by ThePlesk
The track is cool dude, but i think it needs perhaps more variations, other sounds.

Re: my first dubstep track... please critique the hell out o

Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2010 3:36 am
by bridsmath
Dude Plesk,
I envy you after listening to your track... mad big ups to that sound you've found. Put more up.
I agree, I need introduce some more sounds to that track. Thanks man.
-B