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[Offizier Wolfgang]

I figured since Evolsine asked if anybody was making something, I'd share my old crap. Listen at your own risk. I made these sometime ago when all I had was a demo of FL Studio, and mixing down was also something I had no idea until late 2011. So there isn't any point in trying to tell me to fix them, because I don't have the .flp files. I did save them as MIDI, though.

Uffe - Dieselpunk <--- Not sure what genre this is

Uffe - Ridged Frost <--- Trance

Uffe - Mind of the Machine <--- My attempt at Techno, though I doubt that's what it is

[Evolsine]

Jono Blue

I figured since Evolsine asked if anybody was making something, I'd share my old crap. Listen at your own risk. I made these sometime ago when all I had was a demo of FL Studio, and mixing down was also something I had no idea until late 2011. So there isn't any point in trying to tell me to fix them, because I don't have the .flp files. I did save them as MIDI, though.

Uffe - Dieselpunk <--- Not sure what genre this is

Uffe - Ridged Frost <--- Trance

Uffe - Mind of the Machine <--- My attempt at Techno, though I doubt that's what it is

Repost this whole post here please:
http://www.gaiaonline.com/forum/electronic-music/f-73-producers-legacy-websites/t.77365997/
This is the thread for producer's former projects/experiments!

And I would say that is on part with my earlier work smile

[Caryas]

This Friday marks my one year anniversary of music production, so I figured I'd share this here. Not particularly proud of it, just wanted an excuse to throw together a bunch of samples and acapellas I never used.

[Offizier Wolfgang]

Caryas

This Friday marks my one year anniversary of music production, so I figured I'd share this here. Not particularly proud of it, just wanted an excuse to throw together a bunch of samples and acapellas I never used.

What the hell did I just listen to? xD By the way, congratulations on your one year production.

[Layra-chan]

Oh god the misalignment. The Intergalatic sample is so far out of sync.

[Offizier Wolfgang]

Layra-chan

Oh god the misalignment. The Intergalatic sample is so far out of sync.

I think that was intentional.

[Layra-chan]

Jono Blue

Layra-chan

Oh god the misalignment. The Intergalatic sample is so far out of sync.

I think that was intentional.

It's like a trainwreck (the DJ kind) in slow motion. So, so terrible.

[Evolsine]

Layra-chan

Jono Blue

Layra-chan

Oh god the misalignment. The Intergalatic sample is so far out of sync.

I think that was intentional.

It's like a trainwreck (the DJ kind) in slow motion. So, so terrible.

[GlassBox]

Yay, responding to everyone at once... Gaia needs a collapse feature.

Anyway, jist of this is I went back in and did another pass over that last track.

GlassBox - Eighty Percent (Mix 2)

Jono Blue

No problem. By the way, that's the first D&B song I've ever listened to without seeing green or blue colors. Yours has a purple color. I have synaesthesia.

o_O i had that once... totally different situation though... ninja

I wonder if it has anything to do with the uhh... key, I guess. i found when trying to set up properly matched key'd tracks for mixing, most dnb sat in sort of the same range. Especially the techier stuff.

Layra-chan

The first synth is nice, but boring after a while, especially since it's the only non-percussive synth for like the first minute.

Might want to high-pass the second synth a bit to help it blend more, and lower the volume. Also be careful with the delay; you're getting chords from overlapping notes. Maybe sidechain the delay against the original signal so that it doesn't play when you have new notes?

3nodding yup yup. ended up re-writing the second synth completely. I fixed the delay overlap by automating the wet/dry out between notes. Sidechain the echo... madness. It hurts my brain just thinking about how to do that.

Evolsine

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1. Layer the amen a bit? I like the little chopped glitch for the transition but I would pass it through some distortion, a bit of eq maybe?

2. Really chill. First minute becomes boring though. The notes do bleed over. Be careful not to have it sound like a cacophany of beautiful sine waves.

3. Bass could be lifted higher in the mix, @ the 2:08 mark it could use more smaple chopping maybe? Maybe a delay on the bass while filtering it out?

4. I love how it comes back, not so sure about those "uuugggmm" sounding stabs.

5. Maybe throw some more samples of speech, maybe piano?

Still working on some of these. i'm finding it tough to do the bass, as i dont have proper low end in my setup. This is all mostly done on headphones. sad

I need to drop like a grand on monitors. NEED TO. First world problems.

xxxOHackOxxx

Evolsine

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5. Maybe throw some more samples of speech, maybe piano?

******** yes love the song and consider this ^
Actually consider everything he says but I would love to hear piano notes there
The atmosphere in the song is so chill but it does get kind of repetitive

I'm thinking more speech from that stupid meme i sampled, or maybe a call / response from synth to piano. The synth line gets pretty repetitive, it'd be a good switch up.


Thanks for all the feedback mrgreen

[Caryas]

The sync of the Intergalactic sample was so the stressed syllable would come on the 7th tick of the beat if I'm in 8/4 time. :/ I thought it sounded decent.

Either way, another track. Much happier with this.

[tripcode]

Hm, flapjackage, that was interesting. Feels like if it were played at a chiptune show it would incite a moshpit! haha. Pretty fun sounding track smile

New Beat

I'd like some feedback on this track. It's a new style I'm trying out, and if possible or if you want, the song before this one as well.

[`Nona]

I was recommended to post this here, hope you enjoy it, please don't critisize me, i have no knowledge of music production and no production software except fl studio, which i'm still learning how to use.

[x]

[Layra-chan]

`Nona

I was recommended to post this here, hope you enjoy it, please don't critisize me, i have no knowledge of music production and no production software except fl studio, which i'm still learning how to use.

[x]

I'd recommend finding a stronger kick sample. Something more clicky to help it stand out above the bassline.

Also it needs some stuff higher in frequency. Pure bass is nice in small doses but not really sustainable for too long.

[Layra-chan]

Caryas

The sync of the Intergalactic sample was so the stressed syllable would come on the 7th tick of the beat if I'm in 8/4 time. :/ I thought it sounded decent.

Either way, another track. Much happier with this.

Careful with those highs. Also the kick could be stronger.

[`Nona]

Layra-chan

`Nona

I was recommended to post this here, hope you enjoy it, please don't critisize me, i have no knowledge of music production and no production software except fl studio, which i'm still learning how to use.

[x]

I'd recommend finding a stronger kick sample. Something more clicky to help it stand out above the bassline.

Also it needs some stuff higher in frequency. Pure bass is nice in small doses but not really sustainable for too long.

I hate high pitched noises though, they make me cringe D;