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shrikeParticipantIntro 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.
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2018-10-03 at 05:07:56 in reply to: Lamp Sessions (Monthly Challenge #005) – submissions due October 29 #54164,shrikeParticipantYes please.
I only owned this in a multi-tune MHeadz collection, on vinyl, when it first came out. Prolly around ’97-’98. Still have the whole lot.
I have so much old dnb vinyl, lol. Remember lugging around record boxes, Harry? Especially when I had a gig that required air travel, lugging that heavy ass shit through the airport. I felt like a modern day guitar-lugging bluesman (or whatever your romantic vision of old, old musicians might be). If I only knew then what I know now…
& eff me, a RobPlayfordMovingShadowAlumnus, eh? That’s legend bruv. Much respect.
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2018-10-02 at 20:59:58 in reply to: Lamp Sessions (Monthly Challenge #005) – submissions due October 29 #54135,shrikeParticipantOk, I’ll throw some into the hat:
YOOJ:
And a tad more recent, but this tune was big big big for me back in the day:
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2018-10-02 at 20:53:52 in reply to: Lamp Sessions (Monthly Challenge #004) – submissions due September 24 #54134,shrikeParticipantCome up with a handle and I will make you a logo. Gratis.
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,shrikeParticipantI can dig the vibe, for sure. You’ve got a central concept, sourcing (direct!) from many different elements of dnb.
I think the thing to focus on is the mix. You might look into some layered-freq sidechaining (IE multiband sidechain compression). Your kick is getting lost with all of that low end content…let that fucker poke his head through cleanly for about 10-15ms. Same goes for the snare, although I would get that kick right first and mix around that.
Your vox sample sounds like it might have some low end rumble that can be surgically removed…the bottom end in general sounds like it might have too many occupants trying to fit into the same space at the same time. Clear the way for that bottom sub note, and the hero drums, and then let everything else fall into place after that.
Try that and see what you think. Post again!
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2018-10-02 at 03:52:52 in reply to: Lamp Sessions (Monthly Challenge #004) – submissions due September 24 #54056,shrikeParticipantJump in here, Genie, and crown Mr. 7A! I think it’s unanimous.
And both you (6F7A) and Freeman need to come back for the next round!
Along with the rest of you grimey pirates, of course.
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2018-10-02 at 03:48:19 in reply to: Lamp Sessions (Monthly Challenge #004) – submissions due September 24 #54055,shrikeParticipantIf you feel so inclined, have a listen to “The Fragile” double album. His greatest work, as far as I am concerned (fuck the critics), and that album is full of dnb vibez. Your tune could fit right in that pack. I consider that extremely high praise.
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2018-10-01 at 21:23:05 in reply to: Lamp Sessions (Monthly Challenge #005) – submissions due October 29 #54042,shrikeParticipantI know we can all just go find some older jungle tracks for reference, but Harry, would you mind posting some specific reference for the kind of stuff that might come out of this challenge?
Old or new, doesn’t matter. Curious to hear your take on it.
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2018-10-01 at 03:15:35 in reply to: Lamp Sessions (Monthly Challenge #004) – submissions due September 24 #53909,shrikeParticipantThe shrike
– Short intro bit with vocal is nice but short :d
– Drums feel distorted. I guess the snare might be going through too much soft clipping?
– The occasional “vocal/growl” stab is louder than the rest.
– Drop overall has a good vibe/groove, although the drums do not fit with the rest. They are too crispy, while the rest sounds more organic. Softer (more organic .. wtf is that anyway?) drums would make this into cool dark tune. Try replacing all the drums/percussion by samples and make this into a full tuneUgggh, listening to this version, after I have been refining it: you are so right Balron. Not to make excuses, but I keep turning these in after long sessions where my ears are FACKED. I need to give the next entry some breathing room…that snare is distorted as SHIT, so sorry you guys LOL.
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2018-10-01 at 03:12:33 in reply to: Lamp Sessions (Monthly Challenge #004) – submissions due September 24 #53908,shrikeParticipantI haven’t devoted the proper amount of time to this yet. Apologies for the delay.
You guys ever seen “The Departed”…? That part where Nicholson is quoting John Lennon, and he says:
“I’m an artist…you get me a tuba and I will get you something out of it.”
That’s how I feel about the entries for this challenge. Well done, all, you guys killed it.
Balron, the gushy half time bass madness is a lot of fun. Watch out, as I’d imagine LB can kill you with just an old plastic fork.
Harry, this tune actually feels like a (gasp) song. Are you a NIN fan? I am. That could fit right in his repertoire. Maybe not the most tradtional dnb feel, but it’s fucking cool.
Freeman! Welcome to the fray, my friend. That drop is sleazy as fuck. Very strong.
6F7A (if that is your real name), also welcome! Good to see some fresh new faces here, and each pretty damned talented at that. This tune is also quite strong, coherent in all regards. Now you’re gonna have to explain that logo to me…it works with your handle, somehow, yeah?
Difficult to choose one this month, but if I must:
6F7A
Again, well done all, looking forward to the next one. Cheers to Harry for making it happen month after month.
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,shrikeParticipantGot it. I have a few thing’s I can try.
Cheers bruv
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,shrikeParticipantI took the week off just to work on music.
https://soundcloud.com/the_shrike/all-serum-wip004/s-iSz8T
Is that snare better, Balron?
https://soundcloud.com/the_shrike/neutron005-strings-wip002/s-UMWXa
I intend to finish both of these out.
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2018-09-26 at 17:25:41 in reply to: Lamp Sessions (Monthly Challenge #004) – submissions due September 24 #52514,shrikeParticipantVoting only requires a regular post, stating your selection.
I usually put all of my feedback and my final vote in one post. Will do soon, I want to be able to spend proper time with the tunes.
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2018-09-25 at 13:43:00 in reply to: Lamp Sessions (Monthly Challenge #004) – submissions due September 24 #52445,shrikeParticipantWhoa, where’d you come from, lol. This is pro
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2018-09-25 at 06:16:34 in reply to: Lamp Sessions (Monthly Challenge #004) – submissions due September 24 #52439,shrikeParticipantI already learned something… built-in Operator presets are (mostly) a pile of useless awkward-sounding crap.
There are few ready-to-be-used sounds, but the majority… omg. Maybe it’s just me, but I don’t see how someone could make something good out of it without heavy processing and resampling.
Said every single dnb artist while flipping through all presets on any synth ever…
You’ve made her sing, though LB. Wikked as usual.
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