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seannash

ICN wrote: »

Hey Sean - How are things Man?

I'm laughing here, cos my 18mth old started shaking his head when it came on. I think he thought the vocal sample was saying "Nah" rather than not liking it!

I think its cool.. but on the stereo plugged into the laptop, the rhythm is all kicks.. it would be nice to have a crunchy big clap / snare - the typical D&B type to keep the tune pushing forward.

Really like the kicks - variations in some breaks would be interesting. You hear a lot of rolls & stuff these days on that type of D&B.

cheers dude.someone else said it about it being all kick so i uploaded the snare and kick track
http://www.zshare.net/audio/753990220678cecf/


maybe its just too much of a low snare to work.

yea might have another crack at adding a higher snare in there and see how that works out.

at least its appealing to kids on some level:D

ICN

mindwinder wrote: »

This is the first track ive made, its taken ages and still doesnt sound exactly how i wanted it to. But ive learnt alot in the process of making it. Its a hardtrance remix of the muse song new born...

http://soundcloud.com/mindwinder/mindwinder-new-born-remix

any feedback would be greatly appreciated

How are things Mindwinder.. Cheers for posting the track!


I'm not really into Trance at all tbh.. so I cant really offer an informed opinion on it Mate. Sounds grand though.. but maybe someone else could give you better pointers.

My only thing - and I dont know the genre really at all.. is that it sounds a little stiff to me. Do they use swing in Trance? I think that it sounds a little too much on the grid & could do with loosening up a bit. A bit more swing or summat might inject a bit more feeling into the groove.

But I dont know about the mechanics of Trance at all.. so hopefully someone like Neuro or Darkjager could offer you a bit of advice.

ICN

seannash wrote: »

cheers dude.someone else said it about it being all kick so i uploaded the snare and kick track
http://www.zshare.net/audio/753990220678cecf/


maybe its just too much of a low snare to work.

yea might have another crack at adding a higher snare in there and see how that works out.

at least its appealing to kids on some level

Haha! :pac:

Yeah.. The big fkn dirty D&B snare would be cool. The snare at the moment sounds a bit too IDM if you know what I mean.

DarkJager

Finally finished the 3rd edit of this track and the last for now. I replaced the drum track of the original, edited some of the bass parts and fixed up some mastering issues the best I could. Any feedback or suggestions (particularly for improving the mastering of the track) are much appreciated as always.

http://soundcloud.com/cloud-10/dreams

seannash

DarkJager wrote: »

Finally finished the 3rd edit of this track and the last for now. I replaced the drum track of the original, edited some of the bass parts and fixed up some mastering issues the best I could. Any feedback or suggestions (epsecially for improving the mastering of the track) are much appreciated as always.

http://soundcloud.com/cloud-10/dreams

i really like the melody but the whole mix is very muddy,no real definition in any of the sounds,they all seem to jus gel into a big sonic ball.

shame really as i really like the melody alot

what monitors you using

Android 666

mindwinder wrote: »

This is the first track ive made, its taken ages and still doesnt sound exactly how i wanted it to. But ive learnt alot in the process of making it. Its a hardtrance remix of the muse song new born...

http://soundcloud.com/mindwinder/mindwinder-new-born-remix

any feedback would be greatly appreciated

Hi Sean. Had a listen to this and there's some nice ideas going but the drums seem a little safe. All the drums need to be a bit dirtier. Some good amen break drums would sound great in there and really propel the song along.

DarkJager

seannash wrote: »

i really like the melody but the whole mix is very muddy,no real definition in any of the sounds,they all seem to jus gel into a big sonic ball.

shame really as i really like the melody alot

what monitors you using

Thanks for the reply Sean. I've literally been tearing my hair out trying to sort the mastering on this. Just can't seem to get rid of that grainy sound on some parts of it. At the moment the set up I have is pretty basic. I'm using a set of fairly good Sennheiser headphones for the production, for the louder playback I'm limited to using a surround sound system

seannash

ICN wrote: »

Haha! :pac:

Yeah.. The big fkn dirty D&B snare would be cool. The snare at the moment sounds a bit too IDM if you know what I mean.

im adding one as we speak.

gonna rearrange it too.not gonna spend to long on it mind you just wanted to try something different

seannash

DarkJager wrote: »

Thanks for the reply Sean. I've literally been tearing my hair out trying to sort the mastering on this. Just can't seem to get rid of that grainy sound on some parts of it. At the moment the set up I have is pretty basic. I'm using a set of fairly good Sennheiser headphones for the production, for the louder playback I'm limited to using a surround sound system

i wouldnt be concerned with the mastering.its the mixdown thats killing it.
it just sounds like the whole track is under a blanket.theres nothing popping out.

have you done much eqing of the sounds or panning

seannash

Android 666 wrote: »

Hi Sean. Had a listen to this and there's some nice ideas going but the drums seem a little safe. All the drums need to be a bit dirtier. Some good amen break drums would sound great in there and really propel the song along.

think this was for me?

yeah im doing a few little edits as we speak.

its all a bit new to me so i dont think im gonna come up with any mad drum patterns for this particular track.just happy to try and create typical d&b beat.


the reason im trying this is to try and figure what give d&b drums so much energy.
and then try and bring some of that into my house tracks.

DarkJager

seannash wrote: »

i wouldnt be concerned with the mastering.its the mixdown thats killing it.
it just sounds like the whole track is under a blanket.theres nothing popping out.

have you done much eqing of the sounds or panning

I've been playing around with the EQ's a bit (the DAW I'm using only has a 10 band equalizer) and I've also been using a feature on it called Stereo Processor.

Android 666

seannash wrote: »

think this was for me?

yeah im doing a few little edits as we speak.

its all a bit new to me so i dont think im gonna come up with any mad drum patterns for this particular track.just happy to try and create typical d&b beat.


the reason im trying this is to try and figure what give d&b drums so much energy.
and then try and bring some of that into my house tracks.

Sorry Sean, it was indeed intended for you. Sorry I didn't mean safe in terms of the actual rhythm more in terms of sound. Apologies if there was any confusion.

Here's an interesting video on the history of the amen break, a real cornerstone of jungle and drum and bass and maybe might help in terms of understanding where that distinctive jungle sound comes from:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SaFTm2bcac

The guy's voice is tiny bit monotone but its interesting material none the less.

seannash

Android 666 wrote: »

Sorry Sean, it was indeed intended for you. Sorry I didn't mean safe in terms of the actual rhythm more in terms of sound. Apologies if there was any confusion.

Here's an interesting video on the history of the amen break, a real cornerstone of jungle and drum and bass and maybe might help in terms of understanding where that distinctive jungle sound comes from:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SaFTm2bcac

The guy's voice is tiny bit monotone but its interesting material none the less.

ah yeah ive seen all those amen documentaries but i figured using an amen break would be a bit too cliche'd.plus i wanted to kinda reconstruct it for myself from my own samples.

but yeah its definitely not on par with modern drum and bass thats out there.not by a long shot

seannash

DarkJager wrote: »

I've been playing around with the EQ's a bit (the DAW I'm using only has a 10 band equalizer) and I've also been using a feature on it called Stereo Processor.

are you eqing each element or are you eqing the whole mix

DarkJager

seannash wrote: »

are you eqing each element or are you eqing the whole mix

I played around with it a bit more and think I've sorted most of the problems out...hopefully!!

http://soundcloud.com/cloud-10/dreams

seannash

seannash wrote: »

Okay so ive always liked a bit of d&b but never actually attempted to make any of it.

kinda done it as an experiment,first time ive ever atempted this sort of music


mixdown is a bit rouhg and i gotta put the ending on it but for now heres the guts of the track.

http://www.zshare.net/audio/75398437c189853b/


comments appreciated(especially about the hats,think they migh be a tad piercing)

Okay so i managed to bash this out today and get it completed.

It took a very melodic turn in the middle which i kinda pleased with even if it does soften the whole track.






http://soundcloud.com/seannash/sean-nash-knott


would lov some comments

Neurojazz

Here's something that started off as a minimal track inspired by Jtsuiteds postings and went very, very bad

http://soundcloud.com/wtfrofl/moondog

Chloroplast

Ive never posted anything of mine on the boards, so heres a first for me:

http://soundcloud.com/davem/possible-worlds

tech-house@128bpm, tnx...

electrogrimey

Suppose it's about time I threw some of my stuff up here. I hadn't for ages because I still don't really know if mash-ups are considered real music, and because a lot of it isn't very dance orientated...but anyway.

Basically, one of the things I do is a thing called Collidoscope, which is me DJing with a VJing, and we play mashups, and lots of funny samples and stuff. Like a cross between 2manyDJs and Girltalk. Or something. I used to do the mashups live, on different decks, but recently I've started making them on Ableton, because it makes a lot of things possible. I'm still learning about Ableton, and don't know much past cutting up samples and warping them, so there's no effects or panning or anything in these tracks, so that's basically what I'm looking for advice on.

Shaggy - It Wasn't Me / Jason Mraz - I'm Yours / Jay-Z Empire State of Mind

(One I just finished today)
M.I.A - Bucky Done Gun / New Order - Blue Monday / Dizzee Rascal - Pussy'ole (Oldskool)

Beastie Boys - Intergalactic / Alison Krauss - I'll Fly Away (From the O Brother Where Art Thou Soundtrack)

Mr. Oizo - Flat Beat / The Intro Theme from Babar

Cheers to anyone who listens, and I'd love advice on either effects to throw in, panning, compression, or arrangement, or anything really.

djr

2nd draft of a track i did. let me know what you guys think please.

kinda disco/electro

thanks,

dvr

http://soundcloud.com/dare-van-reed/i-can-haz-boogie-2nd-draft

Android 666

Neurojazz wrote: »

Here's something that started off as a minimal track inspired by Jtsuiteds postings and went very, very bad

http://soundcloud.com/wtfrofl/moondog

I love this. That dark bass sound is really cool

Android 666

Chloroplast wrote: »

Ive never posted anything of mine on the boards, so heres a first for me:

http://soundcloud.com/davem/possible-worlds

tech-house@128bpm, tnx...

That tune is the business. Absolutely great.

Chloroplast

^^ Thanks man, and thanks to everyone who left feedback on SC too,very much appreciated and welcomed...

mordeith

Just a few tracks of not any particular genre.
http://www.myspace.com/theravenconspiracy
(I feel bad for not having a Souncloud account )

Neurojazz

mordeith wrote: »

Just a few tracks of not any particular genre.
http://www.myspace.com/theravenconspiracy
(I feel bad for not having a Souncloud account )

Soundcloud cost nothing - and enables people to leave comments at specific times in the tracks

gogogo!

jtsuited

I know this isn't a place for djsets, but seen's as I'm a resident degenerate production junkie on this thread,

http://soundcloud.com/kid-handsome/2010-promomix

1. Reagenz Ft. Fred P - Workshop 009.2 (Track 3) - Workshop
2. Shed - Estrange - Ostgut
3. Joy Orbison - The Shrew Would Have Cushioned The Blow - Aus
4. Moodymanc - Mode Dub - 2020 Vision
5. Ryan Crosson - Metro Bunker - Eklo
6. Kerri Chandler - 11th Hour - Downtown Recordings
7. Ethyl & Huxley - Ten.1 - Cecille
8. Kink - Kiss The Sky - Halal
9. Ribn - Blossom - Millions Of Moments
10. Dexter - Redbox - Dolly
11. Unknown Artist - Wax 3003 - Hardwax
12. Delano Smith - Trans - Third Ear
13. Th Black Dog - Skinclock (Silicone Soul Mix) - Soma
14. Shed - Sweep Dreams - Ostgut
15 . Marcel Fengler - Friction - Ostgut

Neurojazz

Well... i'm chuffed

http://www.djtunes.com/charts?tag=trance

If anyones making Trance on boards - feel free to send me links on Soundcloud (or just follow and i'll watch your productions) - i can then post the best ones to Online DJ etc...

seannash

Neurojazz wrote: »

Well... i'm chuffed

http://www.djtunes.com/charts?tag=trance

If anyones making Trance on boards - feel free to send me links on Soundcloud (or just follow and i'll watch your productions) - i can then post the best ones to Online DJ etc...

congrats dude,seems like theres alot of remixes of classic on that chart as well as some great originals.

might have to go digging through my old trance records for nostalgic purposes:D

mariochainsaw

heres some psytrance ive been working on for a bit, any feedback would be greatly appreciated!
peace



www.myspace.com/mariochainsaw

Neurojazz

mariochainsaw wrote: »

heres some psytrance ive been working on for a bit, any feedback would be greatly appreciated!
peace

www.myspace.com/mariochainsaw

Some interesting stuff up there - try soundcloud.com and we can give you time specific feedback