urb Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 OK this seemed like a good idea at the time - just trying to mash a few things together - the tune's nt quite finished but I really fancied whacking on the distortion for once and going for it... anyway hope you enjoy some of it... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4SJ0F_gJm4 Cheers Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urb Posted June 7, 2012 Author Share Posted June 7, 2012 No one digging this? Oh well... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skol303 Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Hey Mike, I'm a bit late to this particular party! Just given it a listen... that middle section is pretty damn crazy! I'd say it's more metal than dubstep, although the drums/percussion have a definite dubstep flavour (clever how you change the drums on the fly - I'm assuming some Ableton magic or something?). Amazing playing as always. The only constructive comments I can give are: 1) EQ the distorted section so that it's more 'gutsy' - it sounds a wee bit thin at the moment (although it's nice and clear); and 2) I'd personally work on the middle section as a separate track, rather than bookend it with the cleaner, more funky parts - they don't quite sit together at the moment, although I appreciate this is a jam! Anyway, nice work mate and very creative Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urb Posted June 10, 2012 Author Share Posted June 10, 2012 [quote name='Skol303' timestamp='1339358955' post='1687454'] Hey Mike, I'm a bit late to this particular party! Just given it a listen... that middle section is pretty damn crazy! I'd say it's more metal than dubstep, although the drums/percussion have a definite dubstep flavour (clever how you change the drums on the fly - I'm assuming some Ableton magic or something?). Amazing playing as always. The only constructive comments I can give are: 1) EQ the distorted section so that it's more 'gutsy' - it sounds a wee bit thin at the moment (although it's nice and clear); and 2) I'd personally work on the middle section as a separate track, rather than bookend it with the cleaner, more funky parts - they don't quite sit together at the moment, although I appreciate tJhis is a jam! Anyway, nice work mate and very creative Paul [/quote] Hey Paul Thanks for such considered comments - I agree with all the critical points - to be honest I'm not sure where this track is heading and I like all the parts but like you say I'm not sure they belong together - but I'm up for trying new ideas at the moment so some successes and some failures are inevitable! Re the thinness in the sound I think you'll hear the lower frequencies better on headphones or big speakers - there is a sub bass on that bit but I think the mid/high frequencies are dominating too much - re the tempo changes this track is all done in Logic and not Ableton - I've rediscovered my love of Logic and working up rich sounds in that - I'll create clips from this for Ableton at some point for now I just want to work on parts and ideas - I just thought I'd do the classic half time dubstep thing on the heavy bits... anyway glad you enjoyed some of it - thanks for the feedback . Cheers Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urb Posted June 20, 2012 Author Share Posted June 20, 2012 [quote name='Skol303' timestamp='1339358955' post='1687454'] : 1) EQ the distorted section so that it's more 'gutsy' - it sounds a wee bit thin at the moment (although it's nice and clear); Anyway, nice work mate and very creative Paul [/quote] Hey Paul - sorry for the re-bump but I just stuck the headphones on and listened again to this on YT and the middle bit has some pretty decent sub bass going on - I agree overall it's err-ing on the 'clean' side, and could do with a bit more crunch, a la metal - anyway the old MP3/Youtube compression has really brought the bass out on this tune - still not sure what I make of it... thanks again for listening & watching y'all Cheers M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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