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Jazzy chord's sound deep,..Ideas are great,..bass sound huge,.structure is all good,...now hear's the problem imo,..your beat's are fine but could use a bit more action with a chopped/layered break or two,..and the one hit's especially the kick, doesn't bury itself enough,..some eq and a lp filter should do the trick,..the most important thing is you've got the backbone and the creativity!,..track shows it imo,...cheers.
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22-03-2006 20:06 |
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BattleDrone
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I totally agree with Equipped here.
The drum's are well structured and have the right feel, but it's a bit empty and repetitive in there. Also the tune needs some fx or stabs to give it some more atmosphere.
I'm not too fond of the first bass you use and the snare basskick/sounds to thin and unprocessed. It needs more punch.
Also agree on the fact that you are talented and expect to hear great tunes from you.
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22-03-2006 23:35 |
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PEAHEAD
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yeah nice rhodes did u do em on absynth with a sample or what. sounds crisp neways
i duno about the bass but ur the producer proiducin it so what eva floats ur boat
sitck some bad lfo filers on tht bass
wawwwo insted of wooow if ya get me
bass @ 240 shocking alrite melody but needs more variation. and put the attcak up a little touch so it gets rid of tht clickey noise id say
drums from start sound fine. nice clean drums 1ce again buildups are pretty borring. rinsed out, to predictible i think plus it sounds muddy on tht build up
but yeah good simple track keep goin
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23-03-2006 10:13 |
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TuffDread
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Cheers for the reviews peeps! 
Totally hear what you're saying about the first bass BattleDrone, needs to be a bit more rolling doesnt it, each note needs to roll into the next. I did have a good sound for this that I made on fruity wasp vst. (FRUITY MASSIVE IN DA HOUSE). but I messed it up dont know how?it just kept getting louder and i couldnt fix it so i stuck a sample in there with envelope, effects etc. 
that is gona be my next thing to do with this track...
equipped, dont suppose you could tell me how to use a LowPass filter dont really understand LP/HP/BP etc. If i've ever used them before it was as a kinda frequency cut off ? ? ?
and Pee-head it was a sample, yes modded with absynth! At the beggining of track they build-up with fruity filter cut-off, think I used an LFO. Cant look because i'm @ college. And i dont want LFO filters on that bass im sick of LFO 
agree on the simplicity aswell P, but never underestimate a man on the ropes. (leave you to think about that)
Well... thats all folks. PLEASE RATE THIS THREAD
Thanks again for the reviews, much appreciated.
EDIT 01 :
Dont suppose anybody has any good examples of sound effects I could use in this track, I did think about adding them but then I couldnt find anything to go with the track...
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This post has been edited 1 time(s), it was last edited by TuffDread: 23-03-2006 13:57.
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23-03-2006 13:52 |
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TechDiff
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Alright dude,Havent done a reveiw in a while.
Nice chords at the begining, drums do sound pretty dull, I think its just the fact that theyre so bare means that the sounds stand out a bit to much. I reakon it'd work nicely if you put more percusive sounds into the beat, give it a more rolling feel.
The tune has a nice summery vibe to it though. I think the GO! sample doesnt work so well in the first section, at the drop its cool though. Just try not to overuse it. I think things lose their impact when used to much. The section after the drop is OK. Again the drums sound a bit to regimented and lifeless. You should perhaps try adjusting the velocity slightly on some of the hats and snares to give a little more feel. Again I think that some more driving percussion would help to keep the tracks momentum up. I think the drums in general are a little too simple. You should try to fill them out a little more, also change that hi-hat sound, sounds really midi ATM. It might also be worth getting an open hi hat sound to give a little more groove to the beats.
In terms of structure I think you should keep the first section going a lot longer, build up some more parts over the top. A bass guitar part and some guitars would work nicely. I think this part would work really nicely if you introduced a melody, built everything up. Then have a chord change for a middle eight. And then brough back the initial idea with soume bigger pad sounds. Also some nice little jazzy rhods licks could work well. The section after the drop is cool, but I think it sounds out of place with the first section. Maybe thats just me.
I do like this, The chords at the begining are really nice, theres a lot of things you could do with this, but youve definately got the start of a cool tune here. Does need a fair bit more done to it though.
Has a similar vibe to an old Sqaurepusher album called "Hard normal daddy". Dunno if youve heard it or not. Check out Coopers world, Papalon, or E8 boogie.
www.warprecords.com/ography/release.php?cat=WARP50#
I hope you do more with this one. Its not exactly my taste but youve definately got something going on and I hope you continue.
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23-03-2006 14:30 |
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PEAHEAD
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Originally posted by TuffDread
And i dont want LFO filters on that bass im sick of LFO
agree on the simplicity aswell P, but never underestimate a man on the ropes. (leave you to think about that)
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sick of lfos. asif
yeah get what u say about neva underestmate but jme whts goin on. what haz happend to ur style. jus tht track tuff dread nu comer. what happend to tht style.
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23-03-2006 17:08 |
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nice tune man
i think you should bring in the second distorted bass in at first drop and use the first bass part in the break down, maybe but a filter sweep on the or some other automation on the bass part also
i think the drum have enough variation throught out the tune but i would add more symbols to it, and i personaly like silightly dirtyer drums maybe layer some drums from some older breaks. i think the funky drummer break would be good layers for this song
and i would defitaly put some light pads in the back ground, maybe a few sweeping fx, to add some varaity to the tune
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23-03-2006 23:39 |
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equipped
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equipped, dont suppose you could tell me how to use a LowPass filter dont really understand LP/HP/BP etc. If i've ever used them before it was as a kinda frequency cut off ? ? ?
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yeah that what i ment,.."cut the frequencies",..low pass work with the low frequencies,..and hp does the high freq's,..not shure what band pass is doing? but i use it all the time,.. i just go by my ears when tryin to filter a kick for ex....you'll hear what each filter is doing,..but there are folk's on here that can explain what really go's on with lp/hp/bp.,..and exactly what your frequency number's should be for a good mix,...sorry i ain't much help,..thought id at least give me 10 cent's on this,..cheers....this shit get's me depressed,..like eq,..fuck sake.
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24-03-2006 00:54 |
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PEAHEAD
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equipped, dont suppose you could tell me how to use a LowPass filter dont really understand LP/HP/BP etc. If i've ever used them before it was as a kinda frequency cut off ? ? ?
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yeah that what i ment,.."cut the frequencies",..low pass work with the low frequencies,..and hp does the high freq's,..not shure what band pass is doing? but i use it all the time,.. i just go by my ears when tryin to filter a kick for ex....you'll hear what each filter is doing,..but there are folk's on here that can explain what really go's on with lp/hp/bp.,..and exactly what your frequency number's should be for a good mix,...sorry i ain't much help,..thought id at least give me 10 cent's on this,..cheers....this shit get's me depressed,..like eq,..fuck sake. |
and u can get notch filters like low pass notch. tht means say if u set it to 60Hz it will use the frequencys around tht range.(i think)
im not sure what band pass does exactly. but it MITE be it chooses the mid frequencys(correct me if im wrong) but
low pass = low
bandpass = mid
highpass = high
thts wat i wud have thaught neways not sure to so coud some 1 set me straight.
thanx
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24-03-2006 09:12 |
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TuffDread
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LFO filter on this bass wouldnt really work tho because it is a low sound it would just be like a cut off, i suppose it would be pretty kl with LFO on cut-off but only a little bit. a tiny little piece jus to keep it rolling, like a four step with real high values. yeah, i'll try it. 
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24-03-2006 10:12 |
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most people tie LFO with the filter, I dont see why. its widespread and overused. yesterday I tried lfo-ing a unison device in reason, turned out quite sick.
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24-03-2006 10:27 |
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Encypher
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sorry dude drums are way too simple this kida tune needs variation, melody, big kicks and SHARP snares, good base to keep workni on
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24-03-2006 12:57 |
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TuffDread
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And i dont want LFO filters on that bass im sick of LFO
agree on the simplicity aswell P, but never underestimate a man on the ropes. (leave you to think about that)
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sick of lfos. asif
yeah get what u say about neva underestmate but jme whts goin on. what haz happend to ur style. jus tht track tuff dread nu comer. what happend to tht style. |
LOL, that style died as soon as I started smoking weed again.
JKZ thats still with me, jus making a few smokers tracks mate. you know this man 
. Ok new track in production when i get home, gonna be heavy as fuck with nothing but sampled firefights and ames. 
gonna have the dirtiest reece you ever heard with LFO on filter. yeah? why not. lol
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24-03-2006 13:01 |
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smooth track, it's a good thing that you don't have layered your driums with an existing breakbeat.
the sample voice "go" is a little to far away from the track spirit lol (i don't know how to say that in english)..
the b-line is useless because of the bass sound, is not very bad but with another beat behind it could be a little better... as a quick hi hats loops in addition...
well, i put a 7/10 note. 
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24-03-2006 13:16 |
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cynik
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LFO on filters can sound well, with a sample that has a massive frequency range. sounds moving, can bounce with 2/4/6 etc. steps per bar.
That is one hell of an idea tho to use a LFO on chorus. Where abouts did you put it, on the effects crossfade?
Suppose you could use it on anything really such as flange,reeverb etc. bet you could make some heavy sound using that.
Never really thought of it before but you could use it on anything.
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thats right, er I put it on the detune function on the unison device. don't get me wrong, I love LFOing filter cutoff, but it tends to sound so old by itself. I love fucking up a synth with say, 6-7 LFOing effects
sorry for crapping up the thread, I'll give you a review later
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24-03-2006 13:23 |
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hey, likin this track, especially towards the end at about 3.20 track really
starts to flow here. then it ends??? I would layer some more hats on,
especally at 3.20...
first bass def needs more beef!!! you might wanna try a diff one...
at 1.23 the ambient synth drops out for a bit, not sure about this.
You could put a sample here. gets a bit hollow.
Love the vocal sample and the dark noise in the background, fukn sic.
Second bass is cool, with a bit of a tweek, will be awesome.
this track is smooooth! keep at it....
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25-03-2006 01:49 |
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cynik
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very bland sounding beats. I suggest layering and/or efefecting, maybe the closed highats could do with an open one too. try swinging the beats a bit too with shuffling or some kind of humanizing
drops: no power. maybe that was the intention. bass could do with a midrange layer - it's only sub now
ok there is a hearable bass towards the end. strange how when someone says "I added it but I don't know why" that part usually sounds better then the rest of the track. in the same manner, rethink the entire soundchoice and youre on your way to a decent track - not working as it is now
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25-03-2006 09:24 |
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deafo
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can anyone tell me why i cant listen to any of the tracks on this site. the tunes page just keeps refreshing itself. its really annoying because i want to lend my opinion and do some reviews.
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25-03-2006 10:56 |
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