Love Filter - JHolmes

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.

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...

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.

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.

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.