New tune from Unkey.

[unkey]

http://soundcloud.com/unkey/no-your-not_master

Going for a hip-hop meets dubstep vibe here,

Also I have been teaching myself some basic mastering.... not sure if iv pulled this one off so feedback would be grateful.

[Shum]

First of all and most importantly, It takes far too long for this song to really get going, you've got some good musical ideas in here, just need to shuffle them around a bit. It seems like you've just thrown in new ideas as you've had them rather than really trying to build your song up. Let me say again, you have some good music going here, don't let that be ruined by poor arrangement.

Your snare/clap needs some verb currently it's just drowning in everything else in your mix. This added reverb should be at the expense of the reverb on the first synth you introduce, also you might like to try some spot delays on that synth.

That accent snare (woodblock/rimshot?) in the latter part of the song needs to be pulled down in the mix of removed altogether, it doesn't mesh very well with those hihats (which personally need to be pitched down a tad).

The tom fills are cheesy, awful and need to go, silence (or some filler from one of your melodic synths) will be better at building anticipation into the next part of the song.

Finally, if you are going to muck around with mastering then upload pre-masters so people can give you feedback on your mastering or to listen back to if your master turns out to be less than accomplished.

Good luck.

[Big Freq]

those tom fills made my night...

look up drumagog. they probably have the most realistic sounding toms i've heard. very good program.

[unkey]

wow. ok, i fucked this tune off. how about this one??
http://soundcloud.com/unkey/eatmyvirus