I like the interplay of layers here. Innovative arrangements.
It really shines for me after the break at 2:00. This track is ripe for resampling cross-genre.
Super nice mix of sounds.
-Slimm
Hello Slimm + sorry for late responce .
many thnx for attention , listening & the shared idea as commenT . & beside these all , a friendly wellcome about joining to looperman .
best wishes.___Behnam
Spivkurl nailed it in his review. I'll add that the dubstep genre is plagued by over-arrangement and spastic everything with slammed speaker-ripping mixes. You've taken the sounds and vibe and put some real intelligence and class behind it. Very good dubstep, mixed well. Keep it up man!
-Slimm
A big thank you Slimm for your review too ;)
Like I said before I wasn't expecting many people to enjoy the experimenting, but seemingly it works out correctly ;)
Cool gaming music here. Takes off nicely at 1:00. Hear some tuning arguments in background samples but they are minor(omg pun).
Appreciate how far out you reached with the sample styles, very different genre sources.
Well done.
-Slimm
I like the plucked synth eastern melody at 1:00. The bass is nice and fat too. Arrangement at 1:50 is my favorite part, very cool chords. It's time to do some breakdancing... need cardboard box...
-Slimm
Refreshing to hear a rap that isn't all hookers and machine guns, strong lyrics. :D Instrumental is sick. Mixed well. Wouldn't mind hearing some 808 sub-kicks here and there for accent.
-Slimm
Very cool vibe here. I like the vocal sample but agree with Valve that it needs some tweaking if you want to keep it prominent in the mix. Could put simple lfo on it and knob-ride automation or some ping pong pitch delays if you are low on knobs. :D Sounds like perfect gaming music to me. It would calm me down when i realized the key needed for the end of level door is the same one dropped two worlds ago to make room for more arrows.
I checked the button bass link to see what was up. The cube is an environment that models a midi interface, that doesn't interest me very much, bc real world midi interfaces are both cheap and excellent these days(not the lemur, grrr). To me a sample pack is like a puzzle, and if you put it together "too correctly" it looks a lot like the picture on the cover of the box. This mix represents one available picture, a composition, the cube represents many pictures, it's a device, like a sliding puzzle. The cube is not a song.
Your arrangement here is very good, and in my opinion remixing content you don't create is helpful in isolating the arranging process and improving your song structure skills. In the end it's not how cool the sounds are, but how the arrangement guides the listener's attention to the sounds and the message.
Did I just lecture like an ass?!
My bad. Nice track bro! Good arrangements. :D
Well looking back in the comments, I now view things differently, making a song out of loops isn't necessarily wrong. It surely isn't unique but now my view changed that doing so makes up for a interesting change in what I normally produce. what makes making music fun is that it brings joy to people.
I think your comment is very well thought out, and describes the idea of the cube indeed in detail.
But I am happy you enjoyed this track nevertheless ;)
I had to start somewhere didn't I? hahaha
Thnx man! I went all out 80's synthpop. Tried to capture the feel and the sound. Threw in a hint of Disco and of course tried to throw in my own vibe as well.
This track builds a groove very nicely and grows on me with time. The second half is really catchy with the vocalish "yeah" sample.
I think you could put a wicked reggaeton singer on it like elephant man and crush some ears. :D
Hey, thanks very much for the comment! Haven't heard about elephant man for a while! I'm thinking I'll do some vocals for it when I'm more prepared, and after this whole challenge thing is over. I appreciate the help!
Tight track, nice mix... I like the key changes you set up early before the arrangement drops in. The tongue clicks are awesome as a break. They do make the orch loop sound a little starched afterwords because they have so much more organic character. :D
Good Job!
-Slimm
Thank you so much Slimm! I'm glad you like the clicks all though it is a bit wierd/different ^^ I laughed when my buddy Defiant sent me the tongue click drops and I heard them for the first time haha...
I like the synths a lot. :) The drums aren't anchored though, like harderthan said. But I think setting up treatments for kick and snare would seal it. Hip Hop usually uses up tons of headroom on the kick and snares. With pulse wave synths you might have to set up sidchain and ducking to make the mix bounce bc that type of synth also eats up headroom. In short, tricky sounds to mix and master without tons of automation. All of your tracks that I listened to have something good going on, this one too. Nice work.
-Slimm
Haha well this was back in the day when I had no idea how automation, sidechaining, mastering and so on worked
Probably would have done this track in a totally different way if I had to redo it ;p
But I am glad people enjoyed it, thanks for leaving a comment slimm ;)
I like the vocal sound. I think with a little creative editing and nudging the vocal tracks could be really unique. I don't really need to know the lyric precisely bc the vocals are acting as a synth in the mix to my ears. The backing track is a little weak imo bc there is no blatant musical hook to tie vocals with and very little punch in the track mix... But it's all pretty interesting musically. I think you should keep editing. "final edit" -lol, as if we know when to quit. :)
Slimm, I ran across the pella and couldn't think of anything to do with it...slowing it down gave me the odd feeling of going against the grain....and it is what it is...LOL The backing was simply I felt it was a lil too thin...your suggestions are well grounded Thanks 4 stopping and taking a listen...sharing your options 4 my continued growth!
Chiptunes are compositions based on embedded synth chips from various gaming machines, usually C64, nintendo, etc.
This is a good chiptune arrangement, and well mixed. 8-bit sources make volatile mixes.
Nice work. :)
Sweet drop at 1:38. The piano and guitar melody argue a little bit when they first appear and the composition loses cohesion momentarily, but it settles nicely into a call and answer format. I think it could use a bassline to kick the drums. Really good playing and synth layering.
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It really shines for me after the break at 2:00. This track is ripe for resampling cross-genre.
Super nice mix of sounds.
-Slimm
many thnx for attention , listening & the shared idea as commenT . & beside these all , a friendly wellcome about joining to looperman .
best wishes.___Behnam
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-Slimm
Like I said before I wasn't expecting many people to enjoy the experimenting, but seemingly it works out correctly ;)
Cheers
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Appreciate how far out you reached with the sample styles, very different genre sources.
Well done.
-Slimm
Thank you! I work with mixed styles and genres most time for make some fun.
Regards, traz
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Thanks for the suggestions and tips.
Kind regards,
-Steve
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Your arrangement here is very good, and in my opinion remixing content you don't create is helpful in isolating the arranging process and improving your song structure skills. In the end it's not how cool the sounds are, but how the arrangement guides the listener's attention to the sounds and the message.
Did I just lecture like an ass?!
My bad. Nice track bro! Good arrangements. :D
I think your comment is very well thought out, and describes the idea of the cube indeed in detail.
But I am happy you enjoyed this track nevertheless ;)
I had to start somewhere didn't I? hahaha
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-Slimm
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Really slick 80's redo. The pad break around :50 is very cool. reminds me of Axel-F, or some early vangelis sounds.
Nice one.
I appreciate you listening and commenting!
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I think you could put a wicked reggaeton singer on it like elephant man and crush some ears. :D
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Good Job!
-Slimm
Cheers
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-Slimm
Probably would have done this track in a totally different way if I had to redo it ;p
But I am glad people enjoyed it, thanks for leaving a comment slimm ;)
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This is a good chiptune arrangement, and well mixed. 8-bit sources make volatile mixes.
Nice work. :)
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With much appreciation____Orlando