drumnbass.be forum » Production » Tunes » ultradark - technolodgic ultradark - technolodgic Author Post @1$-) unregistered minimal intro, and mad phased/flanged electro sound.....reminds me a bit of stakka and skynet....this is good but you need to fatten the synths up,they sound a bit week, youve obviously got some skills but i would recommend investing (or stealing ) in some quality vsti (absynth,albino,virsyn cube, stylus,atmosphere) and some decent fx such as natives waves collection, very expensive but worth it. 2.5/5 but could be higher with some better quality sound selection 01-02-2005 22:44 HyperFlexed Cool Tourist Registration Date: 02-02-2005 Posts: 46 those are some nice generic beats you have going on there . Cool arround 0:38. I love that effect. sounds like a phaser. Well man, this beat is getting pretty annoying. There we go, now we have all these weird laser sounds floating around. Kind of sounds like when you play a video game and move to the music Perhaps make them more atmospheric. Melody at 2:02 doesn't fit. If you want it to fit, I'd lessen the intensity of the laser sounds. Alot of your melodies need a lot of work. As well, a few of your synths could use some "softening". They are much too abbrasive. In my books, I'd say 2 / 5 __ If a priest pauses to finish a prayer, is it an Amen Break? 02-02-2005 10:25 muphasta Master Producer Registration Date: 29-06-2004 Posts: 643 Helpfulness rating:  I on the otherhand dig the intro; nice dry old skool. love the sound arpeggiated! mmm bad choice of sub imo. nice sounds swinging around. damm the filtered high sounds break my feel. sorry man those arent exactely the wright thing imo again. they also noise the rest of the 'intsruments' away. In my humble opinion: trow the high synht away, choose another punchy sub, this ones too dull imo, choose a more interesting high synth or 3 or 4, and re arrange the mix down, cause some sounds are compressed quieter when others entering and vice versa. you have a real old skool approach but justs needs the right finishing touch i guess. Hope it helps. 2,5/5 cheers __ muphasta none dnb www.myspace.com/muphsugar reggeadubwise.com Roots-reggea-project: muphsteppa muphsteppa@reggeadubwise 02-02-2005 18:47 kareem Cool Producer Registration Date: 10-11-2004 Posts: 146 Helpfulness rating:  don't like the beats in the intro.Dislike the snare. Don't like the tune that comes in after. Beats get better after a while. You used a lot of flangers and phasers. The whole thing just doesn't sound right, srry. Nothing to keep me interested. The sound at 3min40 is way too gameboy. Sorry if you think I'm being too harsh. 02-02-2005 18:59 Surya The Robot Registration Date: 04-11-2002 Posts: 11,238 Helpfulness rating:  Quite nice drums to start with, nice layering with the clap. Nice techy sounds coming in. Cool. Bassline needs more balls though. It needs a boost and prehaps some distortion to beef it up. Drop @ 1.56 seems to go a bit too fast, does it start at the beginning of a measure The trancey sweeps that come in there are nice, but too loud. They should sound a little fuller though, to give a nice and warm feeling. Add the same stuff one octave down to it. 3.40: work on that transition a bit more, maybe fade out the sweeps. Overall the drums are a bit static. It would be nice to have some decent reece bassline come in after the first half, to give it more of a DnB feel Quite nice sounds and melodies, but the levels need work. 2.5/5 for the track 2/5 for the sound __ "In dnb you should make people jump not swim" - Pieter Frenssen 2004 05-02-2005 13:16 additive DROP IT! Registration Date: 09-02-2005 Posts: 277 Helpfulness rating:  i dont think he meant to offend you.. i can see a lot of work went into this. it's a decent track i like the feel of it... perhaps a bit more movement in the melody and some variation in the feel of it would be nice.. seems to move along slowly, and not really go anywhere. like it's lacking drama. really nice sounds all the way through, missing some bass perhaps ? 2.5/5 __ http://www.additivemusic.com http://www.facebook.com/pages/additive-music/497601575363?ref=ts 22-02-2005 00:25 Dave_Akuma Wicked Producer Registration Date: 02-12-2003 Posts: 400 Helpfulness rating:  where'd you get these drums from? you might wanna turn down those ghost snares, as the point of ghost snares is that they're not as loud as the main snare, but in this case, they're louder wow, this tune really needs alot of work---the mixdown's all wrong for starters, that bassline's distorting but in a bad way and could use some variation in the actual pattern, as it gets boring really quickly, same with that drum pattern...sorry to say but alot of these sounds are pretty cheesy---all those video-game-sounding bleeps get very tiresome - they don't add anything good to the tune, actually they hurt the tune as the 'melody' wasn't pleasant on the ears at all... they could maybe be left out...overall, there wasn't anything that grabbed the listener's attention... __ 13-04-2005 06:11 Dave_Akuma Wicked Producer Registration Date: 02-12-2003 Posts: 400 Helpfulness rating:  if you don't want honest reviews, don't post tunes on the internet...i pity you if this is how you react everytime someone gives you any criticism, cuz dnb heads are some of the most harsh critics...2 bits of advice...#1. Grow Up #2 when someone gives you any kind of constructive criticism, learn from it and try to make yourself better... (and by the way, i'm really scared of you...what are you gonna do, give me a bad review as a way of getting 'revenge' on me or something childish like that?) note to anyone else who might wanna review this---if you don't kiss his ass and say how 'good' his tunes are, he'll send you an angry pm and try and threaten you over the internet __ 13-04-2005 06:55 Dave_Akuma Wicked Producer Registration Date: 02-12-2003 Posts: 400 Helpfulness rating:  i reviewed surora's tune on another forum (wouldn't exactly call him a 'friend' as i've never met him or talked to him in person) but had to come here to download it...after seeing the way you were talking in your review i was curious to hear your stuff as i've never heard your tunes before (or if i did i seriously don't remember em, which should tell you something right there)---with the review you left i was expecting your tunes to be awesome, but boy was i wrong...you like to sit there and point out everything wrong in other people's tunes, but when someone does the same to one of your tunes you can't take it and get all defensive and start talking shit to make yourself feel better...and i have no idea of this 'game' you're talking about __ 13-04-2005 07:34 Surya The Robot Registration Date: 04-11-2002 Posts: 11,238 Helpfulness rating:  quote: Originally posted by ultradark DON'T POST ANYTHING IN MY TRACKS DAVE AKUMA, YOU HAVE ENOUGH SURORAS TRACKS TO REVIEW. (don't try to fuck with me cause you're gonna be fucked for good). What's up with you man? Got a nervous breakdown or what? Please stop flaming people, for whatever reason! If you got a problem with what people say to you, contact the moderators and they'll look into the problem. Don't go creating problems yourself. __ "In dnb you should make people jump not swim" - Pieter Frenssen 2004 13-04-2005 07:40 thechronic admin Registration Date: 01-11-2002 Posts: 5,293 Helpfulness rating:  Ultradark if you can't stand getting honest reviews you should go elsewhere. The reviews here are not very positive but they all give you ideas on how to improve this track and your production skills in general. If you can't appreciate that you should not post your tracks. None of the reviews were personal attacks, but just honest helpful reviews to get you on your way to production stardom. You have edited your posts and I can appreciate that as a sign that you feel you went out of line yourself, so for this time I'll let it be. If I get another complaint though I will remove all your tracks, and if your behaviour does not change over time I will ban you from the site. __ 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! 13-04-2005 11:32 Surya The Robot Registration Date: 04-11-2002 Posts: 11,238 Helpfulness rating:  So if you do something someone else doesn't like, you call it new and fresh, if someone else (like Surora eg) does something you don't like, you call it crap? Come on man! __ "In dnb you should make people jump not swim" - Pieter Frenssen 2004 13-04-2005 15:29 drumnbass.be forum » Production » Tunes » ultradark - technolodgic