Max Volkoff - Laughter In The Dark - Max13976

Hey, man! I’m a big fan of trip-hop genre, and I often try to reproduce that dark, dirty sound in my music, with varying success though. For this track, I recorded the audio directly from my sound card with Audacity. That’s the way I usually record the sounds I like, but I’m not really sure if it does any harm to the audio, since my sound card is not a high-end one. The initial audio was 48 kHz/24 bits, 5,000 or something kbps; I guess, that’s quite a decent quality. By background noise I mean the natural environmental sounds in the movie. In this particular case, there was this mechanical squeak you can hear in the background; my compressor would catch it and make it louder whatever the settings are. Besides, the drums had way too much low end, that constant low-frequency humming. It sounded cool in the movie, but was inappropriate for the track, so I filtered it out. I actually tried to reinforce the drums with some kick and snare samples, but in the end everything sounded just too clean. So I decided to live with it, mixed the other elements in, and waited for some feedback from my listeners. Anyway, I’m glad you liked the track, and I really appreciate your comment. New tracks are coming soon, so don’t miss. :)