Electronic From Dublin - Opinions?

cillow

www.myspace.com/smackapple

will have more songs up soon.

Just need some criticism!

Thanks!

NotInventedHere

cillow wrote: »

www.myspace.com/smackapple

will have more songs up soon.

Just need some criticism!

Thanks!

that tune needs a lot more work. it seems very disjointed. Keep at it.

seannash

NotInventedHere wrote: »

that tune needs a lot more work. it seems very disjointed. Keep at it.

yep have to agree,it jumps pace too quick.bit too repetitive too for my liking.
but keep at it

SteveDon

not my cup of tea, the synths need more work definitely, they sound very average at best

Anima

Sounds pretty good, synths are a bit dull though and the arrangement as others have said doesn't flow as well as it could.

cillow

thanks for the replys lads , as you can tell ive only started trying electronic and synth stuff! im an extreme beginner! whats the best way to get good synth sounds?!

Anima

Layering different sounds/synths is a good way of them fattening up. For example you could split a bass into 3 parts, the low end, the mid range and the high end. Applying different fx's or using different synths on each freq band. This is used a lot in drum and bass for those massive bass leads (reeces).

jonny68

Not really my cup of tea but not too bad an effort for a first timer, keep on working away man you'll get there;)

koHd

Are you playing/programming the synth at the beginning yourself? or is it a sample?

If you played/programmed that bit, fair dues.

The drums are very weak and poor sounding though. Particularly the snare in the first half of the tune. And as the others have said it's a bit disjointed overall.

What are you using to program/produce?

cillow

koHd wrote: »

Are you playing/programming the synth at the beginning yourself? or is it a sample?

If you played/programmed that bit, fair dues.

The drums are very weak and poor sounding though. Particularly the snare in the first half of the tune. And as the others have said it's a bit disjointed overall.

What are you using to program/produce?

to be honest i probly do it arse ways , i wrote all the tracks on Guitar pro, then exported the MIDI , which i importd into Reason , and used the synth samples out of that! its probly the worst way of doing things! but i dont know any better!

seannash

Anima wrote: »

Layering different sounds/synths is a good way of them fattening up. For example you could split a bass into 3 parts, the low end, the mid range and the high end. Applying different fx's or using different synths on each freq band. This is used a lot in drum and bass for those massive bass leads (reeces).

good tip although id like to say that you shouldnt really add effects to the low end spectrum,maybe distortion or a small bit of reverb but not stuff like delays or choruses.putting those type of effects will muddy the bottom up no end.mid and high is cool but imo on the low low is a no no,yo yo:D

gsparx

track's got good energy. i would say the drums are the weakest aspect. rest sounds pretty decent.
for this type of music the beats have to be strong.

Anima

seannash wrote: »

good tip although id like to say that you shouldnt really add effects to the low end spectrum,maybe distortion or a small bit of reverb but not stuff like delays or choruses.putting those type of effects will muddy the bottom up no end.mid and high is cool but imo on the low low is a no no,yo yo:D

Sorry I said that wrong. I meant lower end, as in the bass region (100-400hz say). Anything below that should be left for the sub bass / kick.

cillow

Just put up another song there, thanks for the comments so far any advice is very much appreciated.

let me know what you think you the song i jsut put up, its called Inside out.

Thanks

seannash

hmm not to be too negative but its just a leadline with some very sparse drums and percussion.id work at maybe developing a lead line and seperate bassline.also a bit more percussion.

also if you want people to eventually play your tracks start them with drums and not a synth solo.

cillow

Put up a newer idea there , was really just trying to get better sounding samples and percussion to be honest.

just need some criticism!

www.myspace.com/smackapple

its the first song up there