I doubt anyone will listen to this but ok.

Music Discovery & Curation Mixes
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I doubt anyone will listen to this but ok.

Well the hard part is done!! Thank you for at least looking at this. It would be awesome of you if you pressed play, and perhaps even told me what you think of my newest dubstep tune!

All feedback is greatly appreciated, and the favor shall be returned.
Many thanks in advance! :smiley:

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Listening to it. Writing this on the fly while itā€™s playing so you get my first thoughts:

-Good intro (0:00-0:30)
-Maybe you should use that build up from 0:20 to 0:30 over at 1:05-1:20. That would make your drop sound stronger.
-Not really getting too much of a ā€œkickā€ seems kind of shallow. I think the kick is lacking some ā€œoomphā€ if you know what I mean.

Other than that I liked it. :slight_smile: Good stuff. Iā€™m just beginning in music production but I looked at it from a dubstep fanā€™s perspective.

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I like it. I agree with the above comment that a stronger build up should have been used from 1:05 to 1:21, and that the kick needs some more beefening, maybe some compression in the higher frequencies to bump up the lows. Thereā€™s a nice little theme that you have going there, that I think is rather creative and shows something that Dubstep is currently lacking, which is a more melodic feel.

Other than the things mentioned above, I like it a lot. Maybe if I could get your permission and a 320 file I could drop it at my next gig. Hopefully we can work it out.

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Good sound musically speaking, but EQā€™ing is a tad harsh. I am not getting the punch from the drums. Maybe some mastering will do it more justice???

I do like this track though, and I think youā€™re well on your way to producing some great dubstep.

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hey atac like this a lot .. maybe just leaving more of pause/delay/echo and then the first drop would make it hit harder .. even with how it is i think you got something great here dude!

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seems like theres alot of uneccesary reverb

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Wow! Iā€™ve never gotten this much feedback this fast!
Thank you to everyone who listened and gave me some tips.

To the people who were suggesting switching up the climbing synth:
I used the same patch both times, the second one is just one octave higher. Do you suggest I bring it back down an octave?

To the people who suggested mixing/mastering/EQing a bit better:
Totally agree with you haha. Kinda rushed through exporting this one since it was late at night. I want to clean up everything (percussion especially) and make a nice finished product for this free demo thing Iā€™d like to throw together.

To Yep.:
Awesome Iā€™m glad you like it! Thatā€™s kinda my mantra, bring melodies to dubstep haha.
But yeah if you want the track I can email it to you if you message me your email. Or if you want you can wait for the revised/finalized version. Just lemme know!

Thanks again to everyone for the support!

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Not an expert in dubstep, but like it a lot anyway :smiley:

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ill take a 320 of the final version if its done by may 12th for my radio show on di.fm

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Just curious, which program did you use to produce this? I could use any tips you could offer up as Iā€™m about to embark on producing. I know my way around Fruity Loops, Reason, Ableton, Logic, and Maschine, but I always get mixed opinions form people who do extensive production. I am leaning towards Abletonā€¦

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just use what you like best

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Definitely! That would be awesome!! Iā€™ll message you once itā€™s finished. Thanks!

[quote]Just curious, which program did you use to produce this? I could use any tips you could offer up as Iā€™m about to embark on producing. I know my way around Fruity Loops, Reason, Ableton, Logic, and Maschine, but I always get mixed opinions form people who do extensive production. I am leaning towards Abletonā€¦
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Honestly, it depends on who you are. They all pretty much do the same thing, and once you get your collection of external VSTs and what not, then the DAW becomes almost irrelevant (except for maybe workflow). I personally use FL Studio 9, NI Massive, NI FM8, NI Razor, Camel Crusher, Izotope Ozone 4, and some of the stock effects and filters that come with FL. Buying and downloading a bunch of software wonā€™t make you any better though, it just takes a ton of hard work. Iā€™ve seen a guy make a song with only samples from recordings of paper ripping/crunching/etc haha. Itā€™s in the producer, not the software. :smiley: