Please check out my new track 'Declaration of War' and post your comments here!!!
Eazy .be peeps! Here's probably one of my last tunes using Reason 2 (although incorporated Cubase for some of the sampling). Had this mastered at my mates place as he has loads of cool plug-ins, sounded phat but for some reason the panning effects dissappeared when he did that (prob exported it as mono by accident), so ended up re-mastering it on my pc, need your guys' advice on the mixdown as it was pissing me off quite a bit! Sound isn't as phat as the last master
Anyways, this is more on the dark / heavy side, cut up some "war" vocal samples to match the title. Let me know what you all think, really need some feedback on this one! safe
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it sounds like some old Loxy and Ink tunes off renegade hardware. good thing imo
its the combination of beats, bass sub and stabs.
That sub bass when it drops is very much like them.
its sounding pretty tight at the minute. nice ideas and it all works pretty well together.
the switch on the 2nd drop is cool but i'd layer in a nice distorted 808 style bass on it. to really beef it up.
wehey! some positive feedback! cheers mate, whenever I make dark tunes I need some sort of melody there (hardcore stabs are usually the best way of doing this without making the tune too cheesy or trancey - not that thats a bad thing)
Hey bro, that intro is wicked mate. Love the ringing drums. Been trying to create that sound for ever and have always failed badly
Any help appreciated
Those hardcore stabs are nice. Ghost was right, does sound like an Ink track.
I reckon, maybe incorperate the extra break (amen 2.20) more often.
Also create a harder melody for the other synth behind the stabs.
hey bruce glad u like it, the intro beat is an amnesia break loop that i chopped up and re-programmed, so the "klang" effect was already there, all i did was compress it, and EQ it a bit on the high end to emphasis it plus a tuoch of reverb
Doesn't sound bad at all. Master sounds ok, maybe a tad more high mids? This to avoid muffled overall sound.
The vocals don't work for me, I'd rather hear a good buildup and little to no vocals. 2 minute buildup is pretty long... I think you could do it with 1:20.
Some of the leads/stabs from 1:20 sound rather friendly for the darkness you try to achieve here.
Good stuff though.
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not sure bout vocal in the intro, doesn't seem to fit too well, maybe if you changed the intro pads to something a bit darker and moodier, the vocal mite fit.
intro drums are good, break sounds a little weak when it kicks in tho.
deep sub bass is nice, some nice bass synth sounds too, not too keen on the hardcore stabs but i guess its a matter of taste.
drop seems kinda sudden, not enough build up imo.
some sweet drum programming throughout and some nice bass synth work too.
like the drop down at around 3:00, good effect stripping the track down into the outro,
mixdown is alright, lacks a bit of mid-range tho, some eq maybe too make the snare stand out?
not bad work tho.
thanks for the feedback people - very much appreciated! think I'm getting a bit better on my mixdowns as none of the comments here are as horrific as when I first joined .be so i guess its a step in the right direction!
Originally posted by Ketz
thanks for the feedback people - very much appreciated! think I'm getting a bit better on my mixdowns as none of the comments here are as horrific as when I first joined .be so i guess its a step in the right direction!
That's the spirit bro!
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Like the others, I'm really liking this. There really isn't much to complain about. The sounds are coming out sweet, the sub bass is heavy as hell (maybe slightly too loud and hummy?), the beats are good, the melodies are great too. Well done.
Only a few little suggestions - the amen break towards the end is a little weak. The beats seem to have lost all their fatness at this point and the tune sort of dies away. Totally agree with Brucey about the opening beats - they're excellent! You don't hear that style of beat that much these days.
Another suggetion - I'd make the reese bass a little louder and heavier, with a rougher sound. It's excellent and I can hear an Ed Rush vibe coming from it. But I'd love to hear it a little louder.
About the beats during the drop - they're good but I'd EQ them slightly differently - I'd make the kick a bit harder and take out some of the boomy-ness, also I'd layer another snare onto the snare to give it extra fatness.
But yeah, excellent stuff mate. More please!
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Hey Tomos thanks for the review bro! Glad you feelin this track
Yeah I tried making the reese louder (in fact I tried layering the menace style basses with a reece but just couldn't get the sound I was after so left it as it was!). I DID layer an extra snare on there, but looks like it wasn't loud enough to be heard (problem is - its a balancing act, when the snare is too loud you loose the rolling effect of the drums)
thanks again mate, I'm just about to finish a completely different tune (that I started before this one actually!) its called "Express your Mind" I got a much more chilled vibe with sax, live guitar riffs recorded with a friend and rhodes etc - watch this space....
Magnificent. it starts off a bit slow but once it kicks in it starts to get good and as the track continues to play it gets better and better. The last couple stages of the song are faultless, the synthesized sounds, beats and bass are very colourful (metaphorically speaking). Who ever built this tune is obviously serious about music and has s has decorated the final stages with true passion. The only constructive critisism i have is is that the last two stages of the song need to go on for longer and i'm not to sure about the breaks although a lot artist do this and it "sort of" indicates that you are going into another phase of the tune, not to mention giving ravers a moment to catch there breath I think the breaks should be slightly shorter.
This is definitely a very professional-sounding track. Your lead synth, at the middle of the song, is just right, but the one behind it could be a bit rougher, and fatter, even though it's in behind. That's just how I'd prefer it.I agree that the amen at the end could use a big more bang, but your amen fills in the middle are really nice. That long little wavering synth at the beginning is very nice. It's very cinematic. The vocal samples add to the polish of the song. Very good song overall - I like the style very much. I'd like to here more from you - and maybe something harder?
