Please check out my new track 'Existence' and post your comments here!!!
I'm Bleak. I've been producing about 3 months or so. I have used several of the samples off of the samples page here. I used an atmosphere and I chopped up one of the Akuma breaks. I put alot of time and effort into this tune, but please, be honest in your reviews. I know u will
thx and biggup!
TRhis is your first one eh. 5 listens and no replies!, I'll try to adjust the balence a bit. The intro sounds cool so far, nice atmosphere. Swirly sound gets a little annoying after a while, a little variation would be nice, you can automate changes on different controls by right clicking on the knob and selecting edit events. The bass sound is nice, I guess thats a sample. The drums come through all right. The bass drum could do with a bit more of a puch, try to find a kick drum with a more puchy sound and copy the kick part from the other drum kit and have them play the same thing, this is called layering. You should also try to get a little more variation into the drums, make the beat slightly different every 8 bars or so. For a first attempt this isnt that bad, although it does sound like a lot of samples rather than any original sounds. This is cool, but try not to get too set into this way of working, its much better to have all your own sounds, you'll be more proud as well. I think the drums could do with a little more energy, try adding a quiet hi-hat part to create more drive. Also, for the sections where you really want the bass to hit hard, you should take the swelling noise out, since this detracts from the energy of the rest of the track, the eqing isnt at all bad, but this probably comes down to the fact that its all samples, most of the work has been done for you.
For 3 months experiance this isnt bad at all, in places its a little messy, but that'd be pretty easy to tidy up and the structures not bad either, it sound like you've thought hard about what your trying to do. I think in future you should try to make your own synth sounds etc, as otherwise you'll be limited by whst sample you have, but if you are more familiar with synths you'll be able to create exactly the type of sound you want and develope your own style a lot quicker. Nice one though, keep at it, definately good for 3 months experiance.
thx for the review. yeh i currently have a sample based approach, as im inexperienced with DnB production. yeh, i dont know how to use synths n stuff like that. i tried to use the Minimoog and Hydra plugins but for some reason the sequence (pattern) changed from time to time when i loaded the track. ? Minimoog is killer tho, i think. i tried to find ways to change up the drum loop. I guess i'll try an chop it up in Soundforge. Was also unclear on how to actually mix down the track. i hear sum ppl export to Cubase. (if im not mistaken)also what would u (or anyone) suggest for good synth and/or bass sounds? i know i need alot of work, ill keep at it..
Insteas of tring to chop it up in sound forge, use the fruity slicer. The slicer will analyse the drum loop and create markers on the peaks in the wave, the idea being that it creates a marker or slice for each hit in the drum loop. You can then use the piano roll to re-organise these to create your own rythms.
As for bass synths, you can get some great sounds using the 3osc and blood overdrive in FL. A nice thing to try is to load up the 3osc and set all the oscilators to the same wave form, square wave works well, make sure theyre all tuned to the same note. Next, use the fine tuning control and set the all very slightly out of tune with each other, you'll satrt to get a slightly wobbly bass sound. Next go to the tab labeled and try playing around with the filter cutoff and resonance settings. You can create sequences for these controlls by right clicking on them and sellecting "Edit events". Finally, send the synth to its own effect channel and sellect a blood overdrive unit, and play away. The best way to understand the synths is to play around as much as you can.
For a simple mixdown, all you need to do is go to file, export as wav file. Some people do export into other programs to finalise their mixes, but most of this can be done in FL.
lol,..welcome to dnb.be,..review's are scairs around here man..i think allot of student's are doin the school shindig....anyway ill slap my shit down,..fucking love your bass man,..drum loop get's tired,..some variation would be all good but don't loose that solid beat or that massive bass,..well done on that...and you've got some sick idea's goin down man,... track's packin a serious groove...look foward to your next beast,...cheers...
wow, thanks..
i was wondering if i was the only one who thought there was a nice lil groove goin on... dunno if its the effects or the loop itself, but i think it sounds fierce (the break) it kinda took on a mind of its own.... i know- i DO need more variations in the drumz tho.
and i use alot of samples, but i know if i could just learn to use my software more, i could make sum sick tunes....
lemme ask u (or anyone) : did u like the part @ about 2:15 where it breaks down for a second with the deep bass n synth and vocal sample "ATTENTIOOON!!" -- or way it cheesy/gay/too much? curious about that..... thanks alot for nice review, surprised at lack of response..
Hmmm. The drums sound very, very oldskool. And lofi. Layer a bit or something. Reece is quite allright. The subs make the sound clip yet the volume is quite low. You ought to fix that. Track is very repetetive quite fast. Give the drums more variation and add more elements.
alright, thx for the review and advice.......... someone told me they thot it was too slow. drums DO get repetitive, dunno why it would be quiet(was also told my drums were too loud so i lowered them before finally postin it. I appreciate ure advice Smasha!
Not bad for 3 months experience. ur certainly much better than i was at that stage but then again beat slicer didnt realy exist back then so i was none the wiser. but enough chatting from me and onto the review
Beat is back to da old skool, nice at first but gets v repetitive. Speed it up a lot - what bpm is it ? def around 160ish i reckon, u need a speed of around 170-180 to get it sounding more DnB style. Drumline sounds very bland as well, u need to layer in loads of drums and other breaks. Remember amongs other things the two most important parts of drum and bass are... well the drums and the bass. Fill out the track a lot more with fx's and maybe some pads as well.
Most important experiment. Go mad with whatever sequencer u are using because that was the way i got better - mistakes are the best thing ever in producing because they often produce the creative step we all often lack at times.
and thank u sir for review.... i Do regret not switching up drumz/breaks and layering, but ya live and ya learn. and sum ppl say slow it down, some say speed it up... yes it is 160bpm, but it sounded fast enough to me at the time. i dunno. i will try and work with this tune, b/c personally, im feelin a vibe w/ this one. (even tho its just a funky drummer brk)
Thank you for honest review...
anyone else? PLZ, I NEED more reviews!!
btw i think im making this FL thing harder than it is, the way i build patterns and put them in playlist..... if i sent a screenshot or something, u guys would prolly shit ureselves... lol
I like how you sped up Funky Drummer! Good looping, could use some chopping on fills though. The reese gets stale and I think its cause of the same progression. definitely change up the order, and try it at the same tone. maybe wash it out when you pull it from the beat. bassline kicks ass! overall, this tune needs a little more treble, maybe some light hats...
well, the reviews seem to be gettin a little better. yeh midrange needs a boost, need hi-hats, mos def need variation in break and synth/reese bass, or whatever...
well, im glad u liked it (i think u liked it) well, that settles it, im gonna work on it some more tonite and maybe i can repost at a later time.... (not sure how that works) thx for kind words,
I think it may need a bit more of a build up then break kind of thing. It sounds like loops block-copied together. My ear says there needs to be more breaks like at 3:20 or so.
Is the bass kick supposed to be distorted?
It's better than my recent efforts so maybe my point of view is in a minority :-)
Mix sounds good (except kick distortion unless that's supposed to be :-) ).
thx and biggup!
thx, anyone else wanna give a review?
i was wondering if i was the only one who thought there was a nice lil groove goin on... dunno if its the effects or the loop itself, but i think it sounds fierce (the break) it kinda took on a mind of its own.... i know- i DO need more variations in the drumz tho. 
lemme ask u (or anyone) : did u like the part @ about 2:15 where it breaks down for a second with the deep bass n synth and vocal sample "ATTENTIOOON!!" -- or way it cheesy/gay/too much? curious about that..... thanks alot for nice review, surprised at lack of response.. 
well, im glad u liked it (i think u liked it) well, that settles it, im gonna work on it some more tonite and maybe i can repost at a later time.... (not sure how that works) thx for kind words,