SenseiLawliet21
Hey would you all mind critiquing mine? I'm not very skilled at the technical aspects of FL Studio, so any help in that would be great. But I'm focused on the music itself. I'm uploading a ton of little things I've made over the past year or so on FL Studios and figured I'd put them on Soundcloud. Keep in mind, all is labeled V1 (version 1) as none is complete. Most was written to be an actual song-song with a band, but when put on FL came out entirely different. As I complete/work on these tracks, I'll re-upload as V2,V3 etc. This is just a small project I've had for a while, so feel free to download any of them if you like them, or to knock them to hell if you hate them.
Here's the soundcloud link:
http://soundcloud.com/juston-spradling/sets/volume-1
Genre is electronic, but it's written for full band parts. (FL serves as my digital notebook)
M35S: Watch your volume levels. When the overdriven rhythm guitar comes in, the kick gets smothered, although that might be the hats or cymbals.
Japan: Again the cymbals seem to be causing problems; the kick is really hard to hear. Try high-passing the cymbals maybe so they don't eat into the kick so much?
Acceptance: The thing that stands out most to me is the blandness of the hats. Well, that and the kick getting eaten, but I'm getting used to that. The hats are rather stale, though. Varying the volume and accentuation would be nice.
22: Compression issues. Stuff is too loud and FL is limitering it so that it smushes when the chorus hits.
Accordingly: Not much to say about this one, but the machinegun kick is rather boring.
E Minor Gen: I think the bass guitar is not interacting well with the kick here. Also the main overdriven guitar might need a little bit of highpassing to get rid of any loose low-end.
Majors: Okay, that ride is kind of terrible. And that is not a kick. The synth and the main guitar during the chorus are too loud.
Recording: The bass could be louder. The hats and cymbals are too loud.
Smooth: Bass needs to be louder, main guitar needs to be quieter.
Sharp: The kick needs to have more beater noise, more top.
Regret: The main guitar drone is way too loud and is taking up the entire frequency spectrum; everything else is mud beneath it.
Beginning: The synth bass too loud, too subby. Also again compression/limiting issues.
Devil: The kick could use a bit of distorting to remove the harsh thumpiness.
Plan: Strings could be louder, cymbals softer. Also, in the section at 1:06, I'd remove the third kick in each triple (the one that's simultaneous with the snare). It doesn't interact well with the snare drum.