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I honestly don't know where i could ask but here

i've been trying to make beats the last few years some times i feel they sound fine but to others it sounds wrong

can you please be honest and tell where am going wrong

what part i need to work on?

http://soundcloud.com/thierry-d

please be honest

the last 2years i've kind of given up but i still love playing with my DAW

I am listening to 'Space'.

There's not enough going on. I get that you wanted to make a tune with 'space and bass', but space is more implicit than explicit in dubstep. There's nothing in the background or even forefront that helps the tune evolve. No little sounds, no pads, no offects, etc.

The drums are rigid and monotomous, no fills or variations The same beat is just playing for the entire duration. The bassline too, is the same wobble playing a fairly standard rhythm and progression; this can work, but this bassline is your lead here and it doesn't pull me in.

This all leads to a lack of energy. And I think this lack of energy also leads to the poor transitions. The parts have nothing to evolve towards. Like, the drums just stop playing out of the blue and you have just the bassline playing. It's kind of weird.

The fills that ARE there (the snare rise before the drop) are also weak. They don't excite me.

One tip I might have is try having a complete section of interplay in your head. Imagine the drums playing in your head but also picture the bass and melodic sounds as just another percussive tool that is apart of your drumset. Create a loop from that and try imagening where that loop would want to move on to next.

I'm kind of blunt here, but I didn't wanna beat around the bush.

Id like to add although gen just said everything i was about to lol. dont give up! the basic out lines of your tunes are banger material. Most of your dnb tunes with work could come out sounding pretty damn good. you just need to add little incidentals and atmospheric parts. I feel like maybe more time based effects (used subtly) such as chorus flanger reverb delay can add to your spacial impression too which makes things just sound bigger.

Sinestepper wrote:Id like to add although gen just said everything i was about to lol. dont give up! the basic out lines of your tunes are banger material.

This ^ but also..

i like another world, esp that first drop

Thanks all for your feed back mean's a lot!!

i will start to try to fill in the gap's

also try fit in pads / atmosphere and use more fx like delays, reverb,chorus flangus etc