Freaky Love 145bpm

On 2016-07-06 18:08:07, L66 wrote:
Hey everyone, this is my latest track, i do hope you enjoy and leave a comment

https://soundcloud.com/multiv3rse/freaky-love

Peace

On 2016-07-12 06:39, L66 wrote:
Please see my comments to your thoughts.


-The distorted sound in the beginning (the kind of off beat but not really with three notes around 1:06) could be distorted more with some wider stereo sep.

Did you mean the perc type sound?

-I think you should really break down the beat more around 1:47. You kind of do it with the volume stops on the leads but you could make it slightly more break-beat and it might lead into the next phrase a bit better.

It leads into a faster lead right after that section and slowing it down more might make it too choppy? was trying to emphasize more groove than break beat to be honest... Do you think that it doesn't blend in well with the break beat type beat after that section?

-As for the next phrase...the main distorted lead begs for some whack filter automation imo. It sounds kind of strange as more or less a static sound.

I agree here with you, i originally added some lfo pitch modulation to give it sort of a vibrato feel and to brighten it up a bit, but the leads is way too distorted to make any "neat" sounding pitch modulating, it will have to be more standard pitch bending and maybe an additional filter to give it some more "feeling". Will experiment more with this.

-The kick is not strong enough to carry this break-beat starting at 3:12. I don't think it's composition necessarily (you could get away with that rhythm) but rather the presence and the overall mixing.

That part is because of the filter automation on the drums, the high pass is removing the some of the rumble in the low end and it opens up gradually as it come all together building tension, it was a design choice but i can leave it in from the start and see if that fits better...

-The main composition in the area around 5:12 could be more soulful I think--could be as easy as a bend or two to be honest.

Are you talking about the second melody that comes in? Maybe having it pitch bend more frequently on each note towards the end? instead of just a few notes sparingly? ill try it out and see what works best.

-The composition again at 6:04ish needs to be better. You got the main vibe down with the 4bar lead but if you were to add some bend on some of the notes it would really make that bit shine. As of now it sounds a little wanting.

YES, i agree here and i know what you mean, it needs that something special to stand out. I will try some more crazy pitch bends and see how it turns out.

-For the phrase after that you might want to drop the lead down an octave or otherwise cut the highs out a little bit more to get really down/dirty in conjunction with the rolling bass.

I know what your saying here, this will definitely change the feel of the groove, that dirty funky sound! Will try this out too, but may be a bit tricky as all the layers have to move down and might clash in frequencies...need to try and experiment.


Again thanks so much for your time and effort for this!

On 2016-07-14 11:44, L66 wrote:
Hi mate,
I have tried some of your suggestions here, some worked out ok and some weren't particularly suitable. For instance adding more wild or crazy filter modulations gives the track a different feeling, kind of more wacked out crazier vibe(which is cool too)but less funky and groovy. I didn't dig that as much.

More pitch bending on those parts with the triplets parts sounded ok but like previously it kind of loses its rhythm and funky groove and ventures into weird psychedelia which is cool in itself but no my intended goal. Nonetheless for my next track i will keep these ideas in mind.

I did try and remove the backing vocals on the last break, when the main singing is taking place and that definitely is a big improvement for the last lead that comes in, as it is adds more excitement and intensity.
I did cut the high freqs a little for the last layered leads this actually helped in gluing it together a bit better with the bassline. Trying it at a lower octave is a no go and it smears the bass quite a bit (freq clash).

I am sending the new edited version to mastering, as someone offered me one free master. I will make it downloadable, just pm me and i will send it to whoever wants it (once its done, ill update this thread).

Cheers and thanks again!