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Surya 
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Give the tambourine hats a bit more brilliance (+10khz)
Vocal sounds quite low-fi, like it comes from a low birtate encoded mp3 or movie. And it's too loud. And it's a bit dull.
Drums are ok, but need a boost.
The biggest problem with the track is: it sounds a bit melancholic, not funky :s
At least, thats what it sounds like to me.
Gets a bit boring after a while too, with those string pads going on the whole time, and the piano just coming in and going again the whole time...
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09-08-2004 13:33 |
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Marsh
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i like piano's in hardcore but im not feeling that dnb piano thing really, yeh i would agree and say the high end needs a boost, the tune sounds a bit flat, maybe make use of some good EQing and see how it goes.
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09-08-2004 21:22 |
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thechronic
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This has melancholy written all over it indeed, with the slow sad melody line (is it written in minor?).
The melodies have a bit of a childish rhythm (no offence) - you place all your notes straightforward on 8/8 positions, try shifting some notes forward or backward, to get some notes off-beat, will make your melodies much more interesting!! Try using triplets, and definitely try imagining a melody and practise getting it out of your head and into your sequencer.
Buy a MIDI keyboard and start playing around with that, you'll notice it is much more creative than placing notes on a grid with your mouse 
The piano would sound better if shifted one octave upwards, would fill a gap in your frequency spectrum. Try it and see what I mean 
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27-08-2004 01:13 |
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Soi
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The drums are defenitely made with Reason, right?
I kinda like the straightforward 'childish' melodies.
It all sounds quite synth + midi. Try to put some more human vibe to it. The strings and bass could use some stronger character and identity.
The track is nice, but it seems to suffer a bit from the human vs machine-clash. But i know it's difficult to translate human melancholic ideas into patterns, wavefroms, blocks and loops.
So story/melddy m = good, producing = good, but the details need some refinement.
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27-08-2004 01:26 |
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Surya
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Originally posted by thechronic
Buy a MIDI keyboard and start playing around with that, you'll notice it is much more creative than placing notes on a grid with your mouse
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Can fully second this 
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27-08-2004 12:12 |
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