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paulo6891 · 21-10-2014 12:49pm

keithkk16 wrote: »

Thanks. Just started to have a go at mastering it in ableton but ended up changing the track more lol. Might put it up the mastered version later tonight.

Usually better off bouncing the track into audio stems and mastering that way instead of the original file

keithkk16 · 21-10-2014 4:58pm

paulo6891 wrote: »

Usually better off bouncing the track into audio stems and mastering that way instead of the original file

Is that not just mixing? I've always mastered the final mix, no stems. I'm pretty sure that's what most mastering houses do as well.

keithkk16 · 21-10-2014 9:04pm

Here's that "Daylight Decline" track again. I changed it a bit, spent a bit more time mixing it and polished it up a bit overall. ps it's suppose to sound slightly gritty especially with some hats and the bassline.https://soundcloud.com/sleepsound2/sleepsound-daylight-decline

paulo6891 · 22-10-2014 11:56am

keithkk16 wrote: »

Is that not just mixing? I've always mastered the final mix, no stems. I'm pretty sure that's what most mastering houses do as well.

Sorry, yeah you're right - the point I was trying to make was to work away from the original project as it often results in never-ending tweaking to one's production.

Ravenholm · 22-10-2014 12:01pm

keithkk16 wrote: »

Here's that "Daylight Decline" track again. I changed it a bit, spent a bit more time mixing it and polished it up a bit overall. ps it's suppose to sound slightly gritty especially with some hats and the bassline.https://soundcloud.com/sleepsound2/sleepsound-daylight-decline

defo sounding better now. More punch to it

Labarbapostiza · 23-10-2014 10:20am

keithkk16 wrote: »

Here's that "Daylight Decline" track again. I changed it a bit, spent a bit more time mixing it and polished it up a bit overall. ps it's suppose to sound slightly gritty especially with some hats and the bassline.

I really like the track, but I have a major problem; and that being the kick is in the foreground, and the stuff I'm trying to listen to is in the background.

keithkk16 · 23-10-2014 8:49pm

Labarbapostiza wrote: »

I really like the track, but I have a major problem; and that being the kick is in the foreground, and the stuff I'm trying to listen to is in the background.

Just had a listen to it on soundcloud, the kick is a bit heavy on the low end yeah, doesn't sound as bad on the wav through itunes, if you'd like a wav copy let me know.

jiltloop · 25-10-2014 9:01pm

Hi guys, this is my first offering in this thread. Go easy on me!

https://soundcloud.com/mantraveba/sepia-lens

mordeith · 25-10-2014 10:24pm

jiltloop wrote: »

Hi guys, this is my offering in this thread. Go easy on me!

https://soundcloud.com/mantraveba/sepia-lens

Some nice sounds here. The first 1.40 would fit well as a horror game music background I reckon.
It chaanges atmosphere with the drums of course and becomes more upbeat. I would have liked to have the introduction of a snare/clap at some stage though. Nice track overall.

syntheticjunk · 26-10-2014 6:26pm

Some cheesy and outdated Sunday production

Just did it for fun.
h t t p s

/soundcloud.com/1820studio/1820studio-cascada

Ravenholm · 26-10-2014 7:35pm

jiltloop wrote: »

Hi guys, this is my first offering in this thread. Go easy on me!

https://soundcloud.com/mantraveba/sepia-lens

really enjoyed that. Definite Aphex Twin vibe to your melodies. I really like the beats. Very nice production. Well done

paulthom8 · 26-10-2014 9:03pm

https://soundcloud.com/paulthom8/retrigger-1

paulthom8 · 26-10-2014 9:04pm

https://soundcloud.com/paulthom8/verschumlazicht-ein

Beakflakes · 26-10-2014 9:51pm

Story.

Just about to (attempt to) mix this track down. Just looking for some advice before I do. It's quite messily put together and I'm changing the ending completely but any advice or tips welcome;)
Cheers!

https://soundcloud.com/martin-crowley/martin-crowley-questionmark/s-4psIk

jiltloop · 27-10-2014 12:09am

Ravenholm wrote: »

really enjoyed that. Definite Aphex Twin vibe to your melodies. I really like the beats. Very nice production. Well done

Thanks man, aphex twin is definitely a big influence so that's a huge compliment.

mordeith · 27-10-2014 12:11am

Beakflakes wrote: »

Story.

Just about to (attempt to) mix this track down. Just looking for some advice before I do. It's quite messily put together and I'm changing the ending completely but any advice or tips welcome;)
Cheers!

https://soundcloud.com/martin-crowley/martin-crowley-questionmark/s-4psIk

I'd be partial to this style of techno. I know you said it's unmixed but the kick is way too low in the mix. It almost sounds like it's underwater or something. To be honest nearly all the elements sound like they're passing through a lo-pass filter.
I'd love to hear it with all it's punch and glory cos it sounds like it could be a belter

Beakflakes · 27-10-2014 5:45pm

mordeith wrote: »

I'd be partial to this style of techno. I know you said it's unmixed but the kick is way too low in the mix. It almost sounds like it's underwater or something. To be honest nearly all the elements sound like they're passing through a lo-pass filter.
I'd love to hear it with all it's punch and glory cos it sounds like it could be a belter

Cheers for the advice dude. I used headphones alone to make this much, and then checked it on monitors which are in need of repair... so that could be the problem. What I was advised to do was A,B a well polished techno track alongside my own and flip between the two to compare and hopefully get the balance to work a bit better?

keithkk16 · 27-10-2014 7:25pm

Something new that I whipped up over the weekend.
https://soundcloud.com/scoob89/making-friends-with-the-future

mordeith · 28-10-2014 12:19pm

Beakflakes wrote: »

Cheers for the advice dude. I used headphones alone to make this much, and then checked it on monitors which are in need of repair... so that could be the problem. What I was advised to do was A,B a well polished techno track alongside my own and flip between the two to compare and hopefully get the balance to work a bit better?

I must admit to being a bit dubious about the whole A/B'ing thing when comaparing to a professionally produced track. While of course it's good to compare your work with the end result you are hoping to achieve it's not necessarily gonna show you how to do it. I think you are better off working on your own skill set to get your tracks up to you a standard you are happy with. Then of course you can see what you're missing in comparison to professional tracks and pick out things like 'my hats aren't quite as polished, maybe I need to work on the eq a bit more' etc. Of course that's just my opinion. Everyone has a different production methodology.

randonio14 · 28-10-2014 10:04pm

what do you guys think about this remix? I'm kind of confident about this one but still not sure

soundcloud.com/brandonrileyofficial/martin-garrix-headhunterz-id-once-again-brandon-riley-remix

mordeith · 28-10-2014 11:19pm

keithkk16 wrote: »

Something new that I whipped up over the weekend.
https://soundcloud.com/scoob89/making-friends-with-the-future

Nice minimal feel to this. I like the detuned bass synth. Works well with the deep pad sound that comes in. I'm not convinced by the higher stabs. They just don't fit overall sound IMO. Maybe if they had more of a gritty edge? It's really kicking at the drop at 2.18 although that clap is a bit weak. Yeah, kinda reminds me of a Funk D'Void track . . . nice

mordeith · 28-10-2014 11:24pm

randonio14 wrote: »

what do you guys think about this remix? I'm kind of confident about this one but still not sure

soundcloud.com/brandonrileyofficial/martin-garrix-headhunterz-id-once-again-brandon-riley-remix

The original is pure cack but that's not your fault. I would certainly prefer your version if I had to choose. However for me the main synth seems too loud in the mix compared to the rest of the elements.

keithkk16 · 28-10-2014 11:41pm

mordeith wrote: »

Nice minimal feel to this. I like the detuned bass synth. Works well with the deep pad sound that comes in. I'm not convinced by the higher stabs. They just don't fit overall sound IMO. Maybe if they had more of a gritty edge? It's really kicking at the drop at 2.18 although that clap is a bit weak. Yeah, kinda reminds me of a Funk D'Void track . . . nice

Cheers man. What do think is wrong with the clap? Just not loud enough or does it need a bit more punch with a bit of eqing? If you can remember the name of the Funk D'Void track let me know.

mordeith · 29-10-2014 12:02am

keithkk16 wrote: »

Cheers man. What do think is wrong with the clap? Just not loud enough or does it need a bit more punch with a bit of eqing? If you can remember the name of the Funk D'Void track let me know.

It just sounds a bit thin. Maybe you've taken too much mids out with the eq'ing. You could also layer it with a nice punnchy snare and just turn down the snare in the mix so it's not exacylt audible but enough to give the clap a bit more beef.

It was this track it put me in mind of:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NObp8ACKfMk

splitrmx · 30-10-2014 7:22pm

keithkk16 wrote: »

Something new that I whipped up over the weekend.
https://soundcloud.com/scoob89/making-friends-with-the-future

The kick is overpowering everything else. I'd take it down quite a few notches.

Labarbapostiza · 01-11-2014 12:01am

splitrmx wrote: »

The kick is overpowering everything else. I'd take it down quite a few notches.

See Keith.....What.....did......I......tell....yah

keithkk16 · 03-11-2014 11:20pm

splitrmx wrote: »

The kick is overpowering everything else. I'd take it down quite a few notches.

Labarbapostiza wrote: »

See Keith.....What.....did......I......tell....yah

Sounding any better now lads?
https://soundcloud.com/scoob89/making-friends-with-the-future

tossy · 04-11-2014 4:02pm

keithkk16 wrote: »

Sounding any better now lads?
https://soundcloud.com/scoob89/making-friends-with-the-future

I missed out on your first mix of it but that sounds spot on to me.

Thoughts lads? haven't produced a track in around 6 years only started messing around with stuff again in the last week or so, a bit rusty.

https://soundcloud.com/shaneleigh/sriversdrop-a-gem-on-em-rough-edit

mordeith · 04-11-2014 5:27pm

keithkk16 wrote: »

Sounding any better now lads?
https://soundcloud.com/scoob89/making-friends-with-the-future

Easily your best work imo. I reckon some might feel the kick is still a tad too loud but I like it. Arrangement is good and sounds work well together. Any chance of a cheeky dl? ;-)

splitrmx · 04-11-2014 6:42pm

keithkk16 wrote: »

Sounding any better now lads?
https://soundcloud.com/scoob89/making-friends-with-the-future

Kick is still too loud. Turn it down more and high pass filter it at 40Hz.

keithkk16 · 04-11-2014 7:14pm

splitrmx wrote: »

Kick is still too loud. Turn it down more and high pass filter it at 40Hz.

Just gonna leave it now, tested it out on a few different devices and it sounds grand to me. Already got a high pass filter on it, anything under 60hz is barely hearable.

keithkk16 · 04-11-2014 7:15pm

mordeith wrote: »

Easily your best work imo. I reckon some might feel the kick is still a tad too loud but I like it. Arrangement is good and sounds work well together. Any chance of a cheeky dl? ;-)

Cheers I'll send you pm with a link

mordeith · 04-11-2014 7:43pm

tossy wrote: »

I missed out on your first mix of it but that sounds spot on to me.

Thoughts lads? haven't produced a track in around 6 years only started messing around with stuff again in the last week or so, a bit rusty.

https://soundcloud.com/shaneleigh/sriversdrop-a-gem-on-em-rough-edit

I had a very quick listen there. I must give a full run through later but first impressions are that the pads and strings are nice and lush with a very listenable melody. However the kick and percussion are pushed back too far back in mix for me

tossy · 04-11-2014 9:58pm

mordeith wrote: »

I had a very quick listen there. I must give a full run through later but first impressions are that the pads and strings are nice and lush with a very listenable melody. However the kick and percussion are pushed back too far back in mix for me

Thank you,i didn't want to or tried not to have the percussion overpower the track or even be on a party as i thought it took away from the as you put it luxh,soft feel of the strings etc. Maybe i can bring them all out in the final mix, my mix down skills are well rusty though. I would have been mainly reason and acid pro based last time i produced, trying to grasp Ableton now.

mordeith · 07-11-2014 12:56pm

Kind of a housey type track. Vocal hits supplied by a mate.
https://soundcloud.com/subbed/lost

keithkk16 · 07-11-2014 7:15pm

mordeith wrote: »

Kind of a housey type track. Vocal hits supplied by a mate.
https://soundcloud.com/subbed/lost

Really nice track. Lovely melody and good vocals. The snare seems to get a bit lost halfway through then comes back to life again at the end. I would take a small bit of the low end out of the track when mastering it, just to let the mids and hats come through a bit more.

keithkk16 · 07-11-2014 7:24pm

Something new from my SleepSound project.
https://soundcloud.com/sleepsound2/sleepsound-failed-conversations

mordeith · 07-11-2014 9:50pm

keithkk16 wrote: »

Really nice track. Lovely melody and good vocals. The snare seems to get a bit lost halfway through then comes back to life again at the end. I would take a small bit of the low end out of the track when mastering it, just to let the mids and hats come through a bit more.

Yeah, I had shaved some low end off in the master but I probably negated it with the multiband compression. It does sound a bit more bassy on Soundcloud than the original for some reason

mordeith · 08-11-2014 12:28am

keithkk16 wrote: »

Something new from my SleepSound project.
https://soundcloud.com/sleepsound2/sleepsound-failed-conversations

Nice swing on the percussion but the delay on the vocal hit is almost too precise and seems a little at odds. Sounds better when the bassline comes in though.
Really like the break at 3.00
Nice minimal vibe overall but maybe a tad long?

keithkk16 · 08-11-2014 1:49am

mordeith wrote: »

Nice swing on the percussion but the delay on the vocal hit is almost too precise and seems a little at odds. Sounds better when the bassline comes in though.
Really like the break at 3.00
Nice minimal vibe overall but maybe a tad long?

Yeah I could defo get rid of a few bars, don't think I needed to add that second break near the end, I could just start the outro there. Cheers.

Labarbapostiza · 09-11-2014 6:09pm

keithkk16 wrote: »

Something new from my SleepSound project.
[URL="https://"][/URL]

Nicer kick work.

keithkk16 · 10-11-2014 8:43pm

Labarbapostiza wrote: »

Nicer kick work.

Here's the final version(I think). Going to be showing this and a couple of other demos to a label on Saturday.
https://soundcloud.com/scoob89/failed-conversations/s-8WEIz

mordeith · 11-11-2014 1:13am

keithkk16 wrote: »

Here's the final version(I think). Going to be showing this and a couple of other demos to a label on Saturday.
https://soundcloud.com/scoob89/failed-conversations

Very nice. Best of luck on Saturday

Ravenholm · 19-11-2014 1:34pm

so I've put out an EP on Bandcamp now.

some of you will have heard some of these tunes before as i've posted them here.

http://ravenh0lm.bandcamp.com/album/equinox-ep

Its a free download if anyone wants to have the tracks.

Cheers

nskelton · 26-11-2014 5:35pm

made this, fairly happy with it. Bit of clipping on the pad which I can sort out.

soundcloud com / noah-skelton/ghost-cuts

remove spaces, I can't post links yet. Thanks

mordeith · 26-11-2014 11:50pm

nskelton wrote: »

made this, fairly happy with it. Bit of clipping on the pad which I can sort out.

soundcloud com / noah-skelton/ghost-cuts

remove spaces, I can't post links yet. Thanks

Overall atmosphere is quiet nice. The kick is a bit low in the mix I feel. The 4/4 hat that comes in has a lot going on in the tail. Might be worth tightening it up a bit. I like the vocal sample and the general percussion programming is cool. Maybe a bit more variety or else shorten it a bit.

nskelton · 27-11-2014 2:08pm

mordeith wrote: »

Overall atmosphere is quiet nice. The kick is a bit low in the mix I feel. The 4/4 hat that comes in has a lot going on in the tail. Might be worth tightening it up a bit. I like the vocal sample and the general percussion programming is cool. Maybe a bit more variety or else shorten it a bit.

Good advice thanks, reuploaded it with a few changes, also used landr to master it, kick is higher in the mix now. If you go back to the soundcloud it's up there at the top. thanks

mordeith · 29-11-2014 11:07am

nskelton wrote: »

Good advice thanks, reuploaded it with a few changes, also used landr to master it, kick is higher in the mix now. If you go back to the soundcloud it's up there at the top. thanks

Yeah, sounding better now alright

keithkk16 · 01-12-2014 10:47pm

Something new from myself, a bit of an experimental one.
https://soundcloud.com/sleepsound2/boards-of-canada-olsonsleepsound-rework

randonio14 · 02-12-2014 8:10pm

Went very melodic with this one.. would love opinions

soundcloud.com/brandonrileyofficial/path-to-paradise/s-tU02Z

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