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hello... just been getting into dubstep recently and i had my first crack at making tunes at the weekend there. listen to them here...

http://www.myspace.com/mrmagma

"Dubbah" and "Fractured" are the ones your after.

any feedback is appreciated!

I liked the beat in Fractured, but you should phatten it up, get some compression. These sound really dry, you really need the reverbs and echoes to get the dub. Sounds like you were just using raw samples on these, the sounds really need some filters/processing.

Did like the electro edge to Dubbah, and kind of liked the lo-fi drums, but you need more variation, fx, etc. Not mad keen on that squiggly hi-synth, different sound maybe, further back in the mix.

Doesn't seem to be any sub on these either which is a major no-no.

Sorry, not too positive, but these are first attempts, so keep em coming. Liked Energy Leech though had a bit more variation and liked the beat. The glitchiness of Novelty Theory was pretty good, but again not mad on the lead synth. I'd say as a pointer go for the sort of rhythmic variation you use in EL and apply the glitchiness from NT and try and use them in your dubstep tracks and see how it goes. No need to discard the skills you've got in other styles, any new elements add to the pot.

thought dubbah was nice and chilled

Like the dark and layed back feel to Dubbah, but when that synth riff comes in sounds very out of place in the mix. Does get boring after a while, needs more variation. Try making different drum edits and adding more sounds like sfx or some atmospheres or even different little bass hits.
In fractured the drums sounds very weak, try layering your drums, and individual hits to phatten them up. The synth riff also sounds very out of place in the mix. Again its bout layering and processing your sounds and also eq will play a big part in sitting well in the mix. Also you need more variation in yours drums i think personally and in your overall arrangement. Some cool beats though man, keep at it.

mm tracks deffo need work

you've got some great feedback here

thanks alot for the feedback peeps.

the reason theres no sub in either of the tracks is cos the synth i used to make the sub fucked up when i saved it to mp3 ... ragin'

and fruityloops compression sucks

defo going to keep at it though....thanks!