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Originally posted by Richard Butler So I've almost finished that DnB track I've been pounding away on for months following useful feedback. I removed the boring organs and really made loads of changes. Any final comments and advice very welcome

This sounds way better without those organs! Way way way way way better. Drums sound great. The breakdown is really, really nice. This is my favourite track I've heard from you in a really long time. I think you could get this one signed to a pretty solid label.



I think this is done now... I did a bunch more work on the kick drum to make it have more punch and power. Trap kick drums are actually pretty tough to get right.

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Thx Droid, I feel I still need to even out and mix better here n there as it's clashing some, plus a few other bits of tidying needed and to remove the last cycle of vocals and just finish with instruments. Bass maybe a bit strong in the mids.

Your track sounds stonking mate. Lots of great touches.

I have been doing some trap lately and yes it's real hard.
To my mind the best trap stuff is very uncluttered, just a massive lead with drums and some bass. Kids round my way seem to be drawn to the tracks that sound more weird and leftfield, there's on in particular they all go mad for which sound like sampled sheep.
There's also this track that sounds like honking Elephants that goes down well here.
They also seem to enjoy uplifting DnB so I didn't get why Beatport apparently doesn't have DnB as a main selling category. The style most of the kids round here do NOT go for is 4 to the floor.

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Originally posted by Richard Butler So I've almost finished that DnB track I've been pounding away on for months following useful feedback. I removed the boring organs and really made loads of changes. Any final comments and advice very welcome

Top notch, I specially like the piano and the air of the cymbals. As Seandroid said, this definitely has potential.

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Originally posted by Seandroid This sounds way better without those organs! Way way way way way better. Drums sound great. The breakdown is really, really nice. This is my favourite track I've heard from you in a really long time. I think you could get this one signed to a pretty solid label. I think this is done now... I did a bunch more work on the kick drum to make it have more punch and power. Trap kick drums are actually pretty tough to get right.

Solid work here, nothing I can point.


After the feedback here is an update.

Better, Mise, but the second half of the stab phrase still sounds weird.

You have four notes - two - two

So, the second half of the phrase would work better by following 4-2-2 as a pattern but changing the actual notes up a bit.

Instead you're getting 4-2-4-2-2-2, which just sounds very odd. It produces a strange bridge between the halves of the phrase that throws off the rhythm and flow every time it plays. (I'm sorry, I don't have perfect pitch and so can't identify the notes).

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Originally posted by Seandroid I think this is done now... I did a bunch more work on the kick drum to make it have more punch and power. Trap kick drums are actually pretty tough to get right.

Said it before, saying it again: this is the best. I cannot convey how much I love this track.

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Originally posted by Mise Top notch, I specially like the piano and the air of the cymbals. As Seandroid said, this definitely has potential. Solid work here, nothing I can point. After the feedback here is an update.

Mise I like the phrase that is featured from about 2.04 to 2.34, with that stab on every snare.
I personally think this is the stand out part and would want to hear those stabs in the break without the other stuff in the background, and then on the drop the stabs going massive. This stab theme should be repeated often thru the track. I like the mix.

Just my 2 dollars worth of advice.

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Originally posted by Seandroid

You got some groove! Really digging the track. Especially the 0:49 and 2:30 lead.

But im with Richard and there is but he pretty much laid it out there.


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If i remember the last version this is a great improvement of the mixing. Maybe vocals little out of phase but everything else seems to be tight. The composition of this track is the shit though. Wonderful breakdown and leadup.



This is very much in works but i mainly wanted to ask about the chord lead, how does it sound? And can the bass line (0:45-->) be as crazy as i have in there?

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Originally posted by Richard Butler So I've almost finished that DnB track I've been pounding away on for months following useful feedback. I removed the boring organs and really made loads of changes. Any final comments and advice very welcome

Richard - How much are you compressing this track?

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Originally posted by Domesty This is very much in works but i mainly wanted to ask about the chord lead, how does it sound? And can the bass line (0:45-->) be as crazy as i have in there?

Sounds good on my end (this chord lead) but you will need to EQ your bass line a bit more tight (just a bit so doesn't float too much) - good start man.

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Last edited by TranceLover007 on Jan-26-2015 at 23:11

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This is very much in works but i mainly wanted to ask about the chord lead, how does it sound? And can the bass line (0:45-->) be as crazy as i have in there?

such chord

very house

wow

(I find the bassline intrusive but the clip doesn't go on long enough to hear if it finds its place with repetition)

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Originally posted by Seandroid This sounds way better without those organs! Way way way way way better. Drums sound great. The breakdown is really, really nice. This is my favourite track I've heard from you in a really long time. I think you could get this one signed to a pretty solid label. I think this is done now... I did a bunch more work on the kick drum to make it have more punch and power. Trap kick drums are actually pretty tough to get right.

Sean you know the drill lol - I'm gonna skip the usual how good your track is lol and how awesome your skills are and move right to my point (btw it is very cleaver and cool work) - what is your limiter setting on your master - looks like is working in overtime lol

Darek

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