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  • Registered Users Posts: 45 zoid


    mordeith wrote: »
    Really like the girl's voice here. Nice song as well. Regarding the mix I think there's too much low end on the bass/kick (is that a kick or a bassline?). Lacks presence and sounds muddy. It's much imroved by the addition of another kick at 0.50. I'd nearly layer that all the way through. The analogue snare is a bit weak as well I think. You could layer this with another layer to add a bit of crispness. Piano part is cool and it's nice when you add some reverb to the vocals towards the latter part of the track. Nice idea to switch things up with the tempo as well.


    thanks a lot for the feedback!

    the kick is providing all the bass, it's sampled from a Vermona DRUM1MKII. pitch goes up and down so it sounds like a different kick. you're definitely right, its quite muddy... also spot on about the snare. will try your suggestions.

    btw the tempo changes just follow the song as it was played originally by Eva. I think that's the second song she ever wrote, she's in 4th year in newpark school. v. talented!


  • Registered Users Posts: 88 ✭✭paulthom8


    Some of the newer tracks i have produced under the moniker of PowerStateFailure:

    https://soundcloud.com/paulthom8/cold-machine

    https://soundcloud.com/paulthom8/section-five-new-horizons

    https://soundcloud.com/paulthom8/epiphany-1

    https://soundcloud.com/paulthom8/the-last-hours

    Thanks for listening. Any feedback is much appreciated :-D


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 311 ✭✭Lbeard


    zoid wrote: »
    this is a remix of a piano+vocal track by Eva Redmond, who is in Transition Year in Newpark School. I was working with the transition year class on a project to write and produce music and release a compilation CD. really liked this song so i did a remix. feedback welcome!

    https://soundcloud.com/transitionrecords-1/bassix-gone-zoid-remix192

    you should have dropped the drums out at 2 minutes and build up the breakdown.


  • Registered Users Posts: 45 zoid


    Lbeard wrote: »
    you should have dropped the drums out at 2 minutes and build up the breakdown.

    yeah, the breakdown is a bit short alright. when i get round to doing another mix i might extend it... thanks for feedback


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,960 ✭✭✭DarkJager


    This is a track I'm working on at the moment under my Dubious alias, more chill/dub step style than I usually produce. Any feedback would be appreciated even though its only a short clip. Cheers

    https://soundcloud.com/cloud-10/dubious-missing-preview


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  • Registered Users Posts: 5,278 ✭✭✭mordeith


    DarkJager wrote: »
    This is a track I'm working on at the moment under my Dubious alias, more chill/dub step style than I usually produce. Any feedback would be appreciated even though its only a short clip. Cheers

    https://soundcloud.com/cloud-10/dubious-missing-preview

    Pretty nice so far (although it wouldn't be a style I'd listen to much so I don't feel qualified to comment on the musicality of it).
    Two things I'd say is that if you were able filter out the background hiss in the vocal sample it would be better as it's very prominent and detracts from an otherwise nice sample.
    Secondly there seems to be a realtively significant volume increase bewteen 0.27 and 0.55.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,960 ✭✭✭DarkJager


    mordeith wrote: »
    Pretty nice so far (although it wouldn't be a style I'd listen to much so I don't feel qualified to comment on the musicality of it).
    Two things I'd say is that if you were able filter out the background hiss in the vocal sample it would be better as it's very prominent and detracts from an otherwise nice sample.
    Secondly there seems to be a realtively significant volume increase bewteen 0.27 and 0.55.

    Cheers for the feedback man, appreciated. I've been scratching my head about the hiss on the sample, still trying to figure out how to dampen it or hide it in the mix. Hoping to get another 2 hours in on the track tonight so might have some luck :D


  • Registered Users Posts: 5,278 ✭✭✭mordeith


    DarkJager wrote: »
    Cheers for the feedback man, appreciated. I've been scratching my head about the hiss on the sample, still trying to figure out how to dampen it or hide it in the mix. Hoping to get another 2 hours in on the track tonight so might have some luck :D

    you could always load the sample into audacity and try its noise removal filter


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,960 ✭✭✭DarkJager


    mordeith wrote: »
    you could always load the sample into audacity and try its noise removal filter

    Yeah I think I will try that out. I tweaked it a bit more this evening and think I've removed quite a bit of that hiss but there's still a small bit left. Track is almost complete now, still working though. I think it will be a late night :D

    https://soundcloud.com/cloud-10/dubious-missing-wip


  • Registered Users Posts: 45 zoid


    DarkJager wrote: »
    Yeah I think I will try that out. I tweaked it a bit more this evening and think I've removed quite a bit of that hiss but there's still a small bit left. Track is almost complete now, still working though. I think it will be a late night :D

    https://soundcloud.com/cloud-10/dubious-missing-wip


    great work! really like the pad sound. hiss in the sample doesn't bother me too much, maybe would be better with some hf rolled off.

    bigger problem is the bass is only audible on my good monitors - started listening to the track on my iMac speakers and its not there.

    i've struggled with this a lot. i often hear tracks where i think the bass sounds great, and when i check the track on ****ty computer speakers, i can still tell the bass is there. but i've often made a track where it sounds great on the monitors but checking on the computer speakers it isn't there at all.

    On another note - 49 plays and 31 comments! how??!


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,960 ✭✭✭DarkJager


    zoid wrote: »
    great work! really like the pad sound. hiss in the sample doesn't bother me too much, maybe would be better with some hf rolled off.

    bigger problem is the bass is only audible on my good monitors - started listening to the track on my iMac speakers and its not there.

    i've struggled with this a lot. i often hear tracks where i think the bass sounds great, and when i check the track on ****ty computer speakers, i can still tell the bass is there. but i've often made a track where it sounds great on the monitors but checking on the computer speakers it isn't there at all.

    On another note - 49 plays and 31 comments! how??!

    Cheers for the feedback. Yeah I've spotted the bass issue too using the iPhone, it's just not there even though it's crystal clear in the studio playback. Will be putting another hour or 2 in this weekend so ill tweak it a bit then.

    As for the plays/comment ratio, that's thanks to the magic that is Cloudkillers ;)


  • Registered Users Posts: 45 zoid


    DarkJager wrote: »
    Cheers for the feedback. Yeah I've spotted the bass issue too using the iPhone, it's just not there even though it's crystal clear in the studio playback. Will be putting another hour or 2 in this weekend so ill tweak it a bit then.

    As for the plays/comment ratio, that's thanks to the magic that is Cloudkillers ;)


    thought it might be that! i had a quick look recently. cheers!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭kunst nugget


    Just out of curiosity, why would you bother with Cloudkillers?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,960 ✭✭✭DarkJager


    Just out of curiosity, why would you bother with Cloudkillers?

    It's actually quite useful for getting feedback on tracks and has tightened up a lot recently in regards to short comments like "Nice track" etc. The pool of songs is generally very good too so you have a cycle of hearing new artists, leaving them feedback and getting some back yourself.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 311 ✭✭Lbeard


    DarkJager wrote: »

    It sounds good that it's not compressed to death. It's dynamic without distortion.

    There's a little ringing tone on voice sample. If you could remove the tone without wrecking the sample, leave in the noise so it still sounds like an emergency call.

    The crying at the end is pretty spooky.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,184 ✭✭✭shane9689


    https://soundcloud.com/shanemoloneys/massiveillegalmashup just a little mashup i did, not the best thing in the world, but far better than my last mashup.... just a side project, ill have some other majot new stuff out soon that id really like some feedback on


  • Registered Users Posts: 552 ✭✭✭whiterob81


    shane9689 wrote: »
    https://soundcloud.com/shanemoloneys/massiveillegalmashup just a little mashup i did, not the best thing in the world, but far better than my last mashup.... just a side project, ill have some other majot new stuff out soon that id really like some feedback on

    This is definitley a million times better than the last mash up that you did. It's really good fun and really well recorded. I actually prefer some of the original more experimental stuff you're working on, like that ohh oh track. Some of the samples at the end like the Gotye one. don't quiet fit in or seem a little bit off time but the rest of it's deadly


  • Registered Users Posts: 552 ✭✭✭whiterob81


    I took note of some of the feedback I got last time around and redone my last track. Any feedback's appreciated.

    http://soundcloud.com/robthetrustysteed/new-day-coming-again


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,184 ✭✭✭shane9689


    whiterob81 wrote: »
    I took note of some of the feedback I got last time around and redone my last track. Any feedback's appreciated.

    http://soundcloud.com/robthetrustysteed/new-day-coming-again

    thanks for the feedback man, yeah ive gotten alot better at mastering i think, and checking levels... now all i need is patience when im working, and bit of a better tuned ear, the gotye was abit off, but i was overly determined to make it fit haha, lesson learnt
    that ohh ohh track was just a sample i took from a friend which i threw some stuff over, i study music so i know alot of musicians whos stuff i like to mess around with when im bored, thanks though, since i didnt expect it to be of much interest to anybody

    your track is waaaay better! i started listening to it while doing something else, but i forgot to analyse it because i was in bit of a trance while reading something, and only noticed it when it ended! which is a complete compliment! considering its a slow mellow track, it did exactly what it was suppose to...really relaxing, thanks for that, dont really have any say on it though, other than maybe master and eq it abit more so that its balanced perfectly, but its really good


  • Registered Users Posts: 552 ✭✭✭whiterob81


    Thanks Shane,

    I'll give a go at eqing it again and see how I get on.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 5,278 ✭✭✭mordeith


    whiterob81 wrote: »
    I took note of some of the feedback I got last time around and redone my last track. Any feedback's appreciated.

    http://soundcloud.com/robthetrustysteed/new-day-coming-again

    Yeah, much better balance to this edit. More cohesive as an overall track. Nice work.


  • Registered Users Posts: 68 ✭✭Nightshad3


    Heres a few of my latest demos

    expecting lots of harshness, but its better than people being nice to be nice, also if you have a criticism please offer a solution or make it constructive!!

    https://soundcloud.com/critical/gren-maju

    https://soundcloud.com/critical/happy-hebe


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,649 ✭✭✭dasdog


    whiterob81 wrote: »
    I took note of some of the feedback I got last time around and redone my last track. Any feedback's appreciated.

    http://soundcloud.com/robthetrustysteed/new-day-coming-again

    On holiday about 30km north of Madrid and I dropped in to hear what´s going on. This is excellent audio.


  • Registered Users Posts: 5,278 ✭✭✭mordeith


    Nightshad3 wrote: »
    Heres a few of my latest demos

    expecting lots of harshness, but its better than people being nice to be nice, also if you have a criticism please offer a solution or make it constructive!!

    https://soundcloud.com/critical/gren-maju

    https://soundcloud.com/critical/happy-hebe

    Much prefer the first track here. It's a much more rounded number and has a nice mix of sounds which compliment each other well.
    Personally I'd like to hear a little more low end on the kick drum. The synth/string that comes in a 1.16 is panned very hard left which is a bot disconcerting. The break at 1.52 is also very sudden, could do with some kind of buildup.
    The percussion is pretty cool overall and I really like the violin melody playing throughout. The trumpet/saxophone? sits well there too.
    Good job overall, nice and interesting track.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,829 ✭✭✭Nemeses


    https://soundcloud.com/blake4all/orion

    https://soundcloud.com/blake4all/lastanswer

    Feedback would be nice, I expect everything thrown at me.. including the towel too :P

    I'm very fond of the second one.. its quite different to what I usually do.


  • Registered Users Posts: 5,278 ✭✭✭mordeith


    Nemeses wrote: »
    While I like the idea of taking a Metallica riff and using it in a dance track I can't say I'm mad about this. The choice of sounds is the man problem for me. It just sounds very Euro dancey.
    I rather like the beginning of the riff at 0.55 when it has a nice cutoff applied. If this had a bit of distortion on it you could have something cool. I'm not sure what's going on with the arpeggiated synth riff at 1.03 as it seems to almost loose momentum towards the end of each pattern (are you tweaking the gate here maybe?)
    https://soundcloud.com/blake4all/lastanswer

    Feedback would be nice, I expect everything thrown at me.. including the towel too :P

    I'm very fond of the second one.. its quite different to what I usually do.

    This track is quite nice and has a nice vibe to it. I like the bass pad although again I think your main synth has a slightly cheesy feel to it. I like the percussion that comes in at 3.14, I'd bring that in earlier if I were you as it adds a bit of interest. The kick could do with a bit more punch I reckon. Maybe just boost the volume a bit in your mixer or add some compression if you haven't aleady done so.

    Please note that this is just my opinion. Personal taste is always going to colour people's views. :D


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,184 ✭✭✭shane9689


    Nemeses wrote: »
    https://soundcloud.com/blake4all/orion

    https://soundcloud.com/blake4all/lastanswer

    Feedback would be nice, I expect everything thrown at me.. including the towel too :P

    I'm very fond of the second one.. its quite different to what I usually do.

    Awesome work i think you did with orion...just one thing worng with it for me

    the rhythm...throw some groove into it! it sounds waaaay too much like a robot, its like something straight outta the cheezy old 90's. same with the drums. things dont have to be that way anymore because of the technology at hand. i agree with what mordeth said. but i think the melody works well in the dance track, orion was a good choice and the synths are good
    ofcourse if you like that 90's sounding thing that they used to do...then go for it, but i think thats why dance music has only recently exploded to a new audience is because producers moved away from that over robotic rhythm

    second track was good, but maybe edit the bass abit or compress it abit more to let the kick out . i felt the heaviness of the bassline took away from the drums (for me anyways). other than that it seems good, not my style, too trancey for me, but if your into that, then its pretty good


  • Registered Users Posts: 4,431 ✭✭✭Sky King


    Glitchy twitchy breakbeat / bigbeat which I am quite proud of , though you can probably tell by listening to it that I was reared on The Prodigy!

    Anyway lettuce know what yiz think!



  • Registered Users Posts: 1,184 ✭✭✭shane9689


    Sky King wrote: »
    Glitchy twitchy breakbeat / bigbeat which I am quite proud of , though you can probably tell by listening to it that I was reared on The Prodigy!

    Anyway lettuce know what yiz think!


    the song itself is good, it all works perfect sturcturely and the drums are ok.

    but get better synth sounds!!! this would be awesome song if you gave the bass abit more punch, and used less cheesy synths, very prodigy like, i agree but listen to their synth sounds etc....much more punch in them, more bass, their bass is almsot too much, but its really good, and thats what youre sound needs and they fill the space alot more

    the drums are good they just need to be mastered abit better, they sound too much like an acoustic set of drums in an empty room rather than drums youd hear in electronic music...just a mixing problem really

    just hear the bass and drums in this..they blare out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTw2YvutJRA

    good track though, its thought out and makes music sense which is the hard part in my opinion


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  • Registered Users Posts: 36 soundsofgeisha


    http://soundcloud.com/geisha-1/the-further-away-we-are-the

    A new track from the new Geisha album (and 3rd overall). In several sections and different keys, with some ominous sounding piano and Portishead-style beats. Let me know what you think.

    You Tube:


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