Reply To: Sketches, WIPs, etc
shrikeIntro kick (and maybe throughout) is a little too dry for my taste. I say give it a little bit of breath and life with even a quick verb, at the very least. Very pronounced in the breakdown too. The most jarring there, really, as you’ve put us in this spacious environment and then suddenly we have a kick jammed right up our nose, with no breathing room. I mean that in the most helpful way possible.
Every fucking time I hear that slivery, slimey, skeazy drop I just love it. Part of it is the rattling panned drums. Sublime. I’m gonna cop that technique (sorry).
I’m a mad sucker for that intro lead sound too. Like old EdRush and Optical (mostly Op) sounding. I would experiment with a big-ass verb on this hero sound. It’s dying to go full-on epic, especially in the intro, where there is more room to let it just go mental.
Your intro is way rumbly in the lower sub, which is fine I suppose, but it feels dirty low, & not in a good way. Especially to initially start out a tune from bar 0. Doesn’t feel polished. Maybe high pass-ease it in, or clip off that bottom completely. And make sure nothing but sub is going below, say 55hz or so, ever. I think it’s a pad that is causing the rumble, or some atmos sound that isn’t a bass. Worth looking into.
I like this track a lot. My vote in this month’s challenge was almost a coin flip between you and he. This new version is def improved.
Well done.