dharmatronic
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Posted : May 26, 2012 02:19:57
hey guys! i was listen to placebo track and i found very insteresting lead and pad on it so i decided to translate it to our language... havent finished it yet but i leave the first results! critics, comments always welcome. thanks!! xP
Nomad Moon
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Posted : May 30, 2012 12:01
Pretty good track composition wise, but it feels kinda week in the low area, i dont realy now and may be wrong, the pros sure can tell u what is going on, the kick and bass seem defined, but very dry and not round enough and it seems to take space from the other elements.
But its a great track, love the percussion work has lots of drive
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Posted : Jun 1, 2012 22:44
nice intro bit, smooth flow,and some nice elements to get it going decently,,the first break at around 1:45.. i think u made entry of sounds 1 note late,, and little boring after break, maybe some more elements, or some modulation of the sounds there to keep it interesting.many sounds end abruptly, and break all the flow, maybe use some delay to make the entry and exit of sounds a little more smooth,,also u can add little effects to some of those pad/lead sound loops to make them different so it remains fresh and not same sounds repeating.also you can use some atmospheric sounds to make the sounds evolve into petterns,and some more percussins are always good! rest pretty decent work mate,with some decent flow, keep at it
bomz
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Posted : Jun 2, 2012 03:21
Very nice intro, Its nice melody from that placebo song.
I agree with nomad moon about the kick and base. It needs some juicier low end. I would work little more on the base, its snappy in kind of a strange way.
The synth which is in the back ground at 1.47 is abit low(perhaps thats the intention tho).
I think the, da dam deii daa synth(if you understand which one i mean) is a little bit boring. You could make that abit more interessting.
There is a pad which follows in the long build up which runs in the back. I think it could be a little bit more defined.
You have some nice things going on, but it gets abit monotone since the pads, sounds doesent really evolve.
You got some nice idea´s tho!, you should keep at it, its a good track.
dharmatronic
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Posted : Jun 3, 2012 14:11
hey guys!
I deeply appreciate all your recommendations and I'm working on it. thanks!
@nomad
maybe the bass thing is a matter of amplitude which was too evident in the mix, so I decreased it a bit. normaly I don't use sidechain (kick/bass) but this time I think it may help to solve part of the "rolling" problem. I also put a bass accent vst in order to bring some more low between 60 and 150hz in the bass. finally it is very dry coz I like kik/bass very very dry always with some eqz. =)
@minus
you are right first break it is late on purpose to open up for the stab. then I must work on the created elements (leads, pads, stabs and fx) without being chaotic... my headroom is very tight atm. btw all elements are eqzed and have at least some reverb treatment. thanks!
@grevinsky
I def agree with you... I designed this bass in the virus ti but I haven't reached wat I'm looking for yet (still work on it) . all the rest I will be breaking my nerves to find some fresh stuff... xD
llama.exodus
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Posted : Jun 3, 2012 21:43
I agree with everybody, intro is awesome.
I really dig the bass notes but I think the bass could use some low end, I would play with some distortion just to the low end, say low shelf from 100 Hz below just too see what happens
To my ears the clap/snare has too much reverb and sounds too low much of the time. A more boomy kick would fit in nice imo.
Other than that, I like the melodies and the energy, percussion drive also as mentioned above. But I would really like to feel that bass
Good vibes man!
dharmatronic
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Posted : Jun 6, 2012 13:51
hey, I leave you the last version with some bass improvement, now I worked a lot between 90hz and 150hz and sounds better... at least for my taste.
I also added a lot of edition, modulation and effects in order to bring some more elements to this track.
feel free to criticize. always welcome.
@llama.exodus
tks for listening. I hope you enjoy the changes.
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Posted : Jun 9, 2012 09:27
k,much bettrer mix than before, much cleaner and better arrangement atleast, liked the first bit, u need to make some nice lead elements come in around 1:45 .. cause that part till break is empty, and needs more sounds to move it along,, otherwise pretty decent flow all the way mang.. aay koool
Grevinsky
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Posted : Jul 1, 2012 20:31
Now i forgot how it sounded from the begining .
I love the intro, very nice. You could perhaps smoothen the transition a little bit into the new part at 1.09.
I think you could bring out the base a little bit more even, it rumbles abit in the back for me, perhaps with abit of distortion.
You could work little with making the transition at 3.15 abit smoother aswell.
Nice with the bell at 3.15. I would introduce a noise build in the later part of the build up to create more energy.
Some pads/melodies are quite low at 4.20. personally i would introduce a lead or something raw too create full power after the long break.
Ending is also nice, but could fade out even slower.
