Reply To: Sketches, WIPs, etc
shrikeWhaddup LiEnN, glad to have you participate.
Rubber Duck: I dunno man, I think the drums sound nice. And I would tend to agree with you, I think the music is the most important thing. I know there is a crew that only looks for the mintiest freshest mixing, but I think that is only a part of the foundation that makes a good tune, given that it meets a certain minimum standard of course.
There are some very well known DnB artists who are just SHIT at mixing, but have had wicked tunes over the years, and they’ve stayed successful and relevant. I think a mix needs to be coherent, but is only a part of the larger whole.
The drop hits nicely, especially the interplay between bass and drums. Really dig that snare. Solid.
My feedback would be similar to what I just gave gwells, and that it could use another layer of variation. Filter the drums, slap a hero sound in that only shows up once (turnarounds are perfect for this), etc. Nice tune!
Trainwreck: Aggro and straightforward, you’ve got all the pieces in there, I think it’s just time to spit polish a few of them. If it were handed to me, this is the time that I would play with widening out the 1khz+ freqs, especially on that main bass/mid bass sound. It’s a nice sound, now open her up, freq layer it, and create some width and depth. You’ve also got a nice cyber sound on one (or a few) of those turnaround sounds. If it were me, I would widen it out fairly fat, and then automate from fat to thin or thin to fat. This is a subtle little trick that puts the listener in the middle of the sounds, and creates the illusion of the sound moving through and around them.
I get it that mono/clubs is where it’s at for some folks, but if you can create some sparkle for the home listener while keeping the meat in mono, fully weighty, I think you’ll be doing some good.
Keep going!