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[WhiteApple]

hi guy ive been working on that since 1 week now. Is not quite done yet but i think its the best ive done so far. feedback would be nice.

[ctrld]

ouch I'm sorry to say, but this is a massive fail, even for a beginner... a week? wow.

samples in the beginning: if you don't have good multisamples, give them a long release and morph them into synth pads or something. don't play bad samples unless you're doing it deliberately to achieve a certain effect.

if you're using sampled patterns, cut them up correctly so that they produce clean loops. the ones you used are horribly out of sync.

buildup & dropdown: weak. you could try focusing on one sound and letting it dominate the rise; the key of a buildup is anticipation, and you don't get that just by adding a "swoosh" on top of the already overloaded spectrum. take something away so that you have something to give back after the drop. think of reloading a shotgun

after the drop: not really dubstep, is it? sounds more like a straight acid house beat... it's not automatically dubstep when you add a wobbling bass sound you know, especially one that doesn't change much. you need to vary your LFO settings - and layer stuff. have you heard some of the recent productions? it's never just one synth sound at the very least, you need a sub bass to accompany your main bassline and you can only get away with that if the main bassline is really, really good.

[WhiteApple]

ouch I'm sorry to say, but this is a massive fail, even for a beginner... a week? wow.

samples in the beginning: if you don't have good multisamples, give them a long release and morph them into synth pads or something. don't play bad samples unless you're doing it deliberately to achieve a certain effect.

if you're using sampled patterns, cut them up correctly so that they produce clean loops. the ones you used are horribly out of sync.

buildup & dropdown: weak. you could try focusing on one sound and letting it dominate the rise; the key of a buildup is anticipation, and you don't get that just by adding a "swoosh" on top of the already overloaded spectrum. take something away so that you have something to give back after the drop. think of reloading a shotgun

after the drop: not really dubstep, is it? sounds more like a straight acid house beat... it's not automatically dubstep when you add a wobbling bass sound you know, especially one that doesn't change much. you need to vary your LFO settings - and layer stuff. have you heard some of the recent productions? it's never just one synth sound at the very least, you need a sub bass to accompany your main bassline and you can only get away with that if the main bassline is really, really good.

okay... wow like a punch in the face.
but its constructive a will say thanks for that comment. i tried to do it symphonic, i thought it was good. I will do better next time.

[ctrld]

okay... wow like a punch in the face.

I'm sorry - sometimes a punch in the face is all you get. I've gotten my share too, and I still keep getting them occasionally because we all have stuff we could improve on (in my case, one of those things is scratching). getting bad feedback is a part of learning... it's better than people telling you that your stuff is good when in fact it isn't.

[WhiteApple]

I'm sorry - sometimes a punch in the face is all you get. I've gotten my share too, and I still keep getting them occasionally because we all have stuff we could improve on (in my case, it's scratching). getting bad feedback is a part of learning... it's better than people telling you that your stuff is good when in fact it isn't.

yeah i agree its why i didnt took it badly

[ctrld]

what DAW are you using?

[Groats]

what's a DAW?


and: you seem to take criticism well. that's the first step for a lot of good things.

a fellow beginner

[ctrld]

what's a DAW?

digital audio workstation. short for the software you use to arrange (and in some cases, perform) your music.

[Lambox]

Hey WhiteApple,

Even though your song is down, and I never had the chance to hear it, I just wanna say that you should channel any frustration you have as fuel to encourage you to keep trying. Prove everyone wrong. I have made some awful songs that I thought were great when I first made them. Hell, I still make some terrible stuff that after I sleep on it, I listen to it the next day and wonder what the hell I was thinking.

Learning to produce well takes a long time. I still consider myself a beginner, and it's been more than five years since I opened up a DAW for the first time. Some of the stuff I thought was great a few months ago I think is complete trash.

Don't give up man, you'll get the hang of it. Practice. It's the art of the process.

[deviantdigi]

He gets a few bad comments and immediately drops the track, jus. . .lololz.