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Squash Bot
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Registration Date: 12-01-2006
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Please check out my new track 'Beware of the Bots' and post your comments here!!!
Hey, this is my first track here. I've been developing it for 2 full earth cycles. Some of the carbon based units I know tell me it sounds a bit mechanic. Do you concur? Or is it fine?
I tried getting a nice loud volume, my sensors tell me I succeeded, but I'm not sure about the mastering...
Also, I'm a bit stuck, it seems a bit repetetive. Any tips on how to continue the track?
This track has been deleted on the producer's request
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Robots will rule the earth one day!
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13-01-2006 12:05 |
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baz 
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aigt new talent 
intro could use some more ambi
somehow it feels like the synth goes offbeat when the beat drops
1:05 unexpected change but not bad at all just try an make it fit in more
from here on it gets quite repetitive indeed
what software u on , i'm sure it has a slicer of some kind an u could for sure find some samples to fill up dem beats a bit
eq'ing i don't know bout cuz i'm listening to it on bad speakers but it sounds allrite
if u really consider to keep working on this one my best advice would be to turn up the pitch as a start
keep at it 
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13-01-2006 12:43 |
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Hetty Jakes Pretentious Cheese Wog
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Originally posted by baz
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Not quite!
Nice melody at the begining, I agree with Baz does sound like it goes onto a different beat when the dubs do come in.
I apologize if its not the intention. But this made laugh so much, its got a nice happy bounce to it. Especially the bass line, Ba Ba Ba Ba BWAAHH! Lol, funny shit man
Hmmm where have I heard that sample before....... It sounds SOOOO familiar.
Jokes, nice one chap>
100/10
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13-01-2006 14:05 |
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Squash Bot
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Well, tnx for the insights, humans, but I was just trying to make a nice Jump Up tune...
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13-01-2006 14:40 |
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Friscko
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Squash Bot, you have to get an upgrade for more headroom
When the basscomes in, the beats loose a lot of power, while the pwapwapwa misses low-end, its not really bass, but the bwaah following is ok
The melody is idd sounding like offbeat (is your quartz still ok? 
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I like the vocal u used
The break could use some fill up stuff, it sound very empty now..
nice one though
8/10
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13-01-2006 18:23 |
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sssonarrr
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my advise would be: crank the bitch up, use some distortion ( something like blood overdrive in fruity loops), try to get your beats pumpin' (eq or compressors are good for this) and try to get some more bass from your bass sound, this could become a good jump up track, but it needs work
(nice melody by the way)
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13-01-2006 19:51 |
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PassDa J.
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Yeah, right on, this is quit allright actually, I was expecting something very funny when I read the comments but it turned out allright ...
I can see you made the beat yourself ... nicely done, could use some change though ...
I like that synth going offbeat when the drums come in ... and that other synth fits together ...
That bassline is fucking funky and bouncy indeed ... evereything works well together except for that fucked up vocal ...
You say you're a robot right? Well use some robot voices then !!! "We are the music makers" what the fuck is that??
Ok, looking forward for the finished product ...
Harigatto Mr. Roboto
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13-01-2006 20:01 |
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Hetty Jakes Pretentious Cheese Wog
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"We are the music makers" what the fuck is that??
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That is a classic classic sample. I agree with what people have said about the intro synth and the drums. I like that sort of thing. When you start to form an idea of where the beat is, but when it comes in its somewhere completely different from where you expect. Nice.
Think about this a little more Peeps, I think youre all missing out on something.
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13-01-2006 23:22 |
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D2o
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13-01-2006 23:40 |
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cynik
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mr squash bot, does the name come from the dynamics of this track (and others maybe?) cause it's completely and utterly squashed here. full on release and gain with the compressor, its awful
as for the track, starts off with a gameboy synth, euh cant be good
the string which follows is cool. not gonna comment the vocals
the kick overpowers
and then the bass squashes everything when it enters..
not that bad though if it werent for the pesky compression
5/10
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14-01-2006 10:51 |
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Squash Bot
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Tnx for the reviews, humans!
Maybe I'll send the vocals through my internal voice synthesiser to give thisone a more personal touch, tnx for the tip!
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15-01-2006 11:35 |
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anf0 D
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umm the intro synth is alright.... i love it how it goes off beat when the beats comes in.
this is alright... it is jump up ish.... jump up is more xciting no? with sound fx and builds n drops.
still its not bad.
to continue it... u could progresses with more interesting drums n bassline.... give the bassline a change up every so often, doesnt have to b a massive one. more percussion, because at the moment u aint got shit.... u got kick, snare, n some hats.... u need heaps more.
the basslines are alright, they sound nice.
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15-01-2006 23:54 |
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Akura
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16-01-2006 00:36 |
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MC BZ
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bit cheesy. not really my kind of thing
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16-01-2006 05:12 |
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Greyone
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techy intro , add some more sounds to it , ambient as we call it
i know that vocal
i used it too . maybe the vocals a bit overused
drop : wtf this is a dillinja sample or what ? @ 1:18 , sounds verry familiar
keep producing squashbot
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16-01-2006 15:41 |
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Squash Bot
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I must thank all humans who contributed suggestions, they will be very valuable when I debug and recompile this track in a few cycles.
I see my composition gets more reviews than a lot of other tracks on this website. Do people like robots more than fellow humans?
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16-01-2006 16:09 |
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Hetty Jakes Pretentious Cheese Wog
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I think its more the fact that people assume that a robot cannot feel emotions and therefore will not be offended by any harsh comments.
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16-01-2006 16:30 |
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PLaGuE CeLL
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I like the synth at the beginning, nice and simple, however, i feel that the kick and snare drum are a little repetitive, it seems they play the same 'kick snare kick-kick snare' pattern constantly. although the change is subtle, changing one of them to a more off beat... beat
every once in a while would help to really fill out the tune and keep the listener hanging onto every beat methinks 
Also the 'we are the music makers' vox repeats to often too soon, perhaps use it a little less? and maybe even a different line every once in a while?
erm... what else? ooo i think the kick drum slightly overpowers any sounds that are playing behind it.
I really like the dirty bass that comes in at 1:18, more my kinda thing
perhaps the second part of it could be a teeny bit louder?
overall a very kewl song, bit too techno for me methinks, im into the loud and offensive stuff, so as a personal opinion it seems too sorta empty but looking from a teknoheds point of view its sweet!
keep it up! ur making ur own beats, im still stuck with messing with loops
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16-01-2006 21:28 |
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Surya
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I say it's quite obviously overcompressed. The colume pumping is horrible. How come almost noone mentions that? Don't you guys have ears?
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