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20th Feb 2009 02:45 - 16 years ago
Description : My girlfriend and I [had a huge fight] so I wanted to write something moody.

I used Toxic Biohazard and FL Keys for the voices along with some sliced drum loops and a few snare samples. I'm using the Love Filter from FL8 to generate the pulsing sound (it's basically alternating between a low pass and high pass filter).

Comments (6)

If you have time take a listen and give JHolmes some feedback.

johnthebhoys
johnthebhoys 14th Jun 2009 14:49 - 16 years ago
enjoyed this track, plenty of mood i had visions of walking down darkening streets looking for someone or something
good piece of movement- j
JHolmes
JHolmes replied Unknown
Thank you for the review. I definitely feel what you're saying about walking. Now this track makes me think of a [probably famous, don't remember the name though] oil painting of a lamplit street in Paris around a bistro.
alividlife
alividlife 6th Jun 2009 22:17 - 16 years ago
i knew when i saw the title and the genre i would love it.

really great bass!!
high five yourself!

no criticisms except the piano is a little thin for my taste.

i can't get over that bass!! sounds soo good! voyetra?? huh..

wow dude, i really enjoyed this! just needs vocals.. like every track on looperman ;)

i am really impressed actually, you have a wide taste in music, and i like what you have to say man!
i know it is in bad taste to spam tracks, but this made me think about an old track of mine, and it directly relates to yours.
https://www.looperman.com/tracks/detail/13592
JHolmes
JHolmes replied Unknown
Thanks for the enthusiastic review.

The bass is all synth work (Toxic Biohazard, a vanilla bass from their bass pack with some mild adjustments) and placed by hand in a sequencer. I think I also have a few effects on the channel to boost the sound and clean it up a bit.

The Voyetra USB sound card I used to use broke (picked up my old laptop with it still plugged in and ripped the board in half), so there's no soundcard post processing going on. Sadly, I don't have the setup to try to record instrumentation.

I would try to put vocals on my tracks, my by voice is too low for the sound I really want to hear. Also, lyrically I get stuck in ruts. I tend to write four on the floor tracks with very similar ABAB structured verses. If I could find a singer/lyricist though...
DanielGtrman
DanielGtrman 24th Mar 2009 07:42 - 16 years ago
This review is overdue. you reviewed some of my tracks so I thought I would do what I said months ago and give yours a blast. First, sorry to hear about your split with your lady, but then you wouldn't have produced this masterpiece maybe. music composed from emotional experience has high-impact on the listener (like blues). this is what you have here. I'm thinking a sort of quiet-rap by you in reflective mood would add to this track. just an idea.
JHolmes
JHolmes replied Unknown
Thank you for the kind words.

The thing with the lady actually ended up working out.

I've really enjoyed listening to your work, and I'm glad you got some pleasure from hearing mine.
Tiltedbeats
Tiltedbeats 22nd Mar 2009 12:17 - 16 years ago
this sounds great man!

i like the progression in this. chillout tunes are great huh!
they really get your mind working. great atmosphere, love the bassline! FL keys sounded nice too!

PEACE!
Butcha d-_-b
JHolmes
JHolmes replied Unknown
Chillout is quickly becoming my favorite genre to write. Since the tempo is so slow, you can get a more complete song without having to do as much work on the progression. I tend to get stuck in instrumental ruts, wanting to layer EVERYTHING on top instead of just using parts as drops, fills, or passing sounds.

I appreciate you hitting me back with a review; I've started reviewing every track I really enjoy listening to as fully and critically as I can, trying to piece together what makes the tracks *work* so I can learn from them while also pointing out the little hiccups along the way. It's always nice to get a listen/review back from someone who's track I couldn't even begin to offer advice on.
ECKSjoe
ECKSjoe 21st Feb 2009 21:32 - 16 years ago
Sorry to hear about you and your lady.
That gated pad is great, and that bass is amazing. What VST are you using? Or is it recorded live? The piano doesn't sound that great, The chords are fine but the actuall synth sounds a bit hard and distorted. Other than that no problems, great track.
Helix
JHolmes
JHolmes replied Unknown
I used the FL Love filter with the "pulse" preset, then started messing with it's envelopes. Basically, it cuts from a LP to a HP on the half beat (or quarter? I don't remember), with the cut off frequency varying along a sine path for both of them.

I just threw a distortion channel on the piano, and then put a "dance" style piano into the preset (for the lower part of the chords). How would you recommend softening the sound? A lot of reverb/chorus? Balancing the sounds? Sampling a baby grand? I've only just started learning how to master (thank you looperman for the push in the right direction), so I'm a bit lost on how to proceed.

The bass is a clean channel with a tweaked Toxic Biohazard preset, "Narrow SQ" from the basses pack. I widened the envelopes and took off the filters, but otherwise it's pretty much stock. I think I might actually record the bass on my electric and see if it sounds better. The drop that brings it in makes me smile every time I hear it. For a breakup song, I think this one accomplished everything I needed it to.

Also, thanks for the sympathies.
oskarssonPL
oskarssonPL 20th Feb 2009 03:22 - 16 years ago
nice arrangment
loved it,keep it up man:))
really feel emotions in this one,peace.

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