drumnbass.be forum » Production » Tunes » Surya - October 2004 Compo entry Surya - October 2004 Compo entry Author Post Surya The Robot Registration Date: 04-11-2002 Posts: 11,238 Helpfulness rating:  Please check out my new track 'October 2004 Compo entry' and post your comments here!!! My entry for the compo. It's acually my second one I quickly slapped together in 3 hours since I was very unsatisfied with the other one. I'll upload thatone later. I've put a real frequency responce test in the middle, but I faded it out coz it really hurted my ears. So don't use it to acually test your speakers, it's useless. Not that you were planning too anyway :D I'd had liked to add some more variations to the drums (although there are plenty already, but not that noticable) but I kinda ran out of time :D Hope you like it. I might finish thisone as a real track since it's not that bad imo. __ "In dnb you should make people jump not swim" - Pieter Frenssen 2004 17-10-2004 20:38 thechronic admin Registration Date: 01-11-2002 Posts: 5,293 Helpfulness rating:  Not bad at all Oh the frequency response test signal is a sine sweep, I feared it would be a burst of pink noise Seems like I got a few dips in the low end of my headphones (or my hearing ). Wouldn't be a bad idea for an article now that I think about it. Will make some good test tones and write a topic about testing your speakers and room... when I find the time (ahem ) I like the way you programmed the drums, with the huge booming kick that seems to underline the amen. Bassline is good but not outstanding. The sub is good, level is set perfectly. Sound is good but a tad aggressive. Stereo wise there's not much happening, but this track doesn't lead itself to stereo happenings anyway. If I'm not mistaken you once were advocating against the use of compression, seems like you stepped back from it It's well done in any way, subtle and essential. Buildup is good, only the ending has an unfinished taste. If you think about making it a complete track, it could use some new elements which you obviously couldn't drag out of the sample pack. __ If you find spam on the site, please hit the button and select my name. I'll personally kick it to the murky depths of hell where it belongs! 17-10-2004 22:12 Electro Producer Registration Date: 22-04-2004 Posts: 41 Thought the overall story to this was nice surya everythin kept to the same line, thought the reece could have had a slight variation at the mid point, jus for 16 bars or so, maybe take the first note an octave higher or somthin jus to grab the attention of the listener....personal preference though, drumwork was nice, liked the high pass (or whaterver you used) on the tramen, but needs some eq'ing in parts imo, another thing i liked was the sine sweep in conjunction with the vocal, gives the vocals a purpose to the track.....overall a good track, may lack that killer drive to win the compo, but nice all the same Score: 3/5 __ **************TWISTED MIND**************** http://www.soundclick.com/bands/1/electromagneticmusic.htm 17-10-2004 23:08 Surya The Robot Registration Date: 04-11-2002 Posts: 11,238 Helpfulness rating:  quote: Originally posted by thechronic Sound is good but a tad aggressive. Me likes agressive quote: Originally posted by thechronic If I'm not mistaken you once were advocating against the use of compression, seems like you stepped back from it It's well done in any way, subtle and essential. No, I'm against use of compression by people who don't know how to use it. And I don't know how to use it, so I don't I used a hard limiter (in Adobe Audition 1.5) to boost the signal 3dB. Thats all. It's a bit too much for my taste since you CAN hear the volume drop at the drops. But I did some wave editing after the limiting and I didn't feel like doing it all again, so I left it this way quote: Originally posted by thechronic Buildup is good, only the ending has an unfinished taste. Lol, yeah. Reason kinda fucked up. It said it was 240 seconds (exactly 4 minutes in other words) but when I redered the track, it came out to be 5.27 So I had to do some cutting here and there to stay within the timeframe (sorta) quote: Originally posted by thechronic If you think about making it a complete track, it could use some new elements which you obviously couldn't drag out of the sample pack. Indeed. The pack was kinda limited and so was my time Tnx for the positive words man! __ "In dnb you should make people jump not swim" - Pieter Frenssen 2004 17-10-2004 23:11 Surora23 Agressive Melodic Disorder Registration Date: 05-07-2004 Posts: 2,127 Helpfulness rating:  im jealous...lol good work! __ Rinse it OUT!!!! 18-10-2004 02:52 Surya The Robot Registration Date: 04-11-2002 Posts: 11,238 Helpfulness rating:  Lol, I notice Electro's review just now, he must have posted it while I was replying to thechronic's review Tnx guys! More? __ "In dnb you should make people jump not swim" - Pieter Frenssen 2004 19-10-2004 19:09 Airfull Sexy Lady Registration Date: 09-11-2002 Posts: 2,455 Helpfulness rating:  I wanna go back to the overpoort and party on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! __ ONE BULLET? TWO BULLETS? THE THIRT ONE IS THROUGH MY HEAD! 20-10-2004 01:42 Surya The Robot Registration Date: 04-11-2002 Posts: 11,238 Helpfulness rating:  quote: Originally posted by Airfull I wanna go back to the overpoort and party on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I guess that's positive? __ "In dnb you should make people jump not swim" - Pieter Frenssen 2004 20-10-2004 10:57 Airfull Sexy Lady Registration Date: 09-11-2002 Posts: 2,455 Helpfulness rating:  quote: Originally posted by Surya quote: Originally posted by Airfull I wanna go back to the overpoort and party on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I guess that's positive? __ ONE BULLET? TWO BULLETS? THE THIRT ONE IS THROUGH MY HEAD! 20-10-2004 11:56 stickbubbly mad man Registration Date: 16-09-2004 Posts: 377 Helpfulness rating:  hard shit.. nice. i would comment on some of your choices in sounds but i think you were given them for a comp. what comp is this track for? 20-10-2004 16:41 Surya The Robot Registration Date: 04-11-2002 Posts: 11,238 Helpfulness rating:  This one __ "In dnb you should make people jump not swim" - Pieter Frenssen 2004 20-10-2004 16:43 Surya The Robot Registration Date: 04-11-2002 Posts: 11,238 Helpfulness rating:  More reviews please __ "In dnb you should make people jump not swim" - Pieter Frenssen 2004 23-10-2004 23:18 drumnbass.be forum » Production » Tunes » Surya - October 2004 Compo entry