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Soi 
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Nice One, like the dnb part. Good & clean sounds
Perhaps the intro (till 2:30) is somewhat too long, maybe you can give some advance-feeling of the mayhem that is turning loose later on in the intro, or smthing.
The synths are full of a melancholy that remind me of Plaid.
You got some good ideas in there, man.
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19-02-2004 13:48 |
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Aztek
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Thanks man, Im glad you like it. I plan on getting someone to do some verses during the beginning. I actually set out originally to make a hip hop track for someone to flow to, but the keys sounded like it would make great dnb too. So a day later I made version 2, which is actually the second half (dnb part), then Sound Forged them together nicely. Hard to tell huh.
I used FLStudio 4.1, tweaked the FM7 for the reese, the Steinberg Plex and NI Absynth for atmospheres. This is the first time I have used a pre-existing amen loop in my music, but I cut it up with the beatslicer, and it came out soundin real nice.
anyone wanna remix??
What is Plaid?
for inspiration 
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19-02-2004 22:38 |
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Soi
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Yow Phoenix-guy!
I already had the impression that the song was made up from two totally different parts, but hey, they fit allright.
"tweaked the FM7 for the reese" whaddayamean?
Plex: never used it or saw someone use it, but i bet it's really nice
Absynth: just like the potion/drink.... very nice ;-) and addictive
amen-loop + beatslicer: fun, fun, fun!!!!!
plaid = two-third of the late Black Dog, you should check their releases on the Sheffield-based Warp-label
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20-02-2004 19:25 |
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Aztek
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A tweaked FM7 is a Native Instruments FM7 synthesizer (duh) and I used a trance type synth and changed the matrix to get a phatter sound out of it.
I spoze I coulda automated the bpm to go from 90 to 170 but I didn't plan on making a hip-hip to dnb track when I started. I just smoke a bunch of bong rips and phat ideas come naturally 
Plex I think is from Steinberg. I found it while searching Kazaa for Vst's. SSSHHHHH. It is unlike any other vst I have ever seen or used but I am sort of new at this. It is about 100megs or bigger i cant remember. Also Edirol Orkestral killer. It too is 100 megs or bigger.
I never heard of Black Dog either. Maybe I know one of the tracks tho. I been listening since 95.
I ll check out the label.
Peace.
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20-02-2004 23:15 |
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Soi
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But what do you mean by 'reese'?
Definitely check out the label (Aphex TWin, Boards of Canada, Prefuse 73,...)
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21-02-2004 01:10 |
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cey
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Originally posted by Aztek
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mr aztec, a gd track, like above tho i think u shud introduce the heavy shit on the sly 
sooner, u no,,,such a long intro, but with lyrics and shit it wud make good hiphop track, but from a DnB point of view; "2 long on the intro man",> rinsed.
i wud do a remix,...sort me with the samples etc...
i liked it man, soundz very clean and crisp also, BoNuS more of the same pls only more concentrated 
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21-02-2004 02:30 |
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DJ BZ
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nice track bruv, check ur pm
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27-02-2004 04:46 |
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Originally posted by Soi
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The bassline used in soooo many drum 'n' bass tunes. It's essentially 2 detuned saw waves with a lowpass filter and distorion on it.
Now, for the track: the beaks are very nicely cut up, and sound good to. A bit too much compression though, you can clearly hear the hihats of the Amen varying volume when there is no kick.
The atmospherics are very nice. The reece would be a bit better when it was a bit harsher imo. It also misses a bit bass.
The sub is very low, and almost unhearable. Maybe EQ it differently, or layer it with the same one one octave up, and bring it a bit more upfront.
Buildup is quite good too. Didn't bore me.
Wops, wrong thread, this is a review for Part II
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