DaMann
Perpetual Deliciousness
Somewhere, United States
Joined : 12th Apr 2008 - 17 years ago
DaMann comments on tracks
DaMann has posted 293 comments on other peoples tracks.
DaMann has posted 293 comments on other peoples tracks.
on Erase Reboot by NotQuiteHuman
Great track!
-Curtis
on No More Free Mix 2 by Spivkurl
-Curtis
on Dance With Me ft Sky T by StephanieKay
Great track!
-Curtis
on Dafu Productions - New Life by Dafu
Great track!
-DaMann
on Jungulation Victor by n0mad23
Great track!
-DaMann
on Harder and Deeper by AceZecA
Great track!
-DaMann
on Pacman Remix by DjSomnium
Great track!
-DaMann
And yes, the pads are a little loud, but i guess they still sound ok though, it seemed like everyone else liked it i think.
And ill make the clap louder yeah :)
thanks for ur comments!
Dj Somnium
on Forces by DjSomnium
Great track!
-DaMann
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EDIT:
Ok well for the leads, I have Darren Styles - Come Running on vinyl, one of the few Styles tunes I like. If you listen it has a biting high, it's a killer lead, but it's got mids, something your lead lacks. When I make my leads I will have a synth one octave, then one an octave higher, then another lower than the first. Making leads can be tough. Come running is no thin lead though, it is a bit thinner than most, but instead of having the usual bass it layers a similar synth an octave lower, to fill those frequencies, other tracks that use that are Lumin8 - Rivers Flow In You and .... ohh what's it called, it might be a remix of Watergate - Heart of Asia, I'll find it!
While I am searching here is another comment. I hope you listen to more than the Clubland X-Treme Hardcore. I can't stand them, it's all the same to me, you should listen to Bonkers 17 Mix 2 (Kevin Energy and Sharkey Mix) to hear some real creativity, it's amazing.
Ahhh... I found the song but not the title in a mix.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3pWYolGeTY&feature=channel
Listen to around 4:20, that's when the song starts, then listen to the melody, it's not constantly playing, but it's got a hard higher synth on the mid frequencies filling the gap.
Hope I'm helping
-DaMann
I can see what you mean about the bass being a little quiet so i can boost that up whenever.
As far as the synths go, i find that layering many synths can create a muffled lead with less edge and bite, even though it does have a wider and more complete tone, but is personally what i prefer. This minimal stacking of synths is quite popular in a lot of UK hardcore recently in order to provide a 'harder' and more prominent melody. An example off the top of my head would be 'Come Running' by Darren Styles, if you listen the synth lead in the chorus of that track is very similar, in the fasion of not being overly-reinforced, with only two or three synths stacked.
Adressing the structure is an aspect that i have seen needs some improvement, as this is of course only my fourth attempt at a hardcore track! However, the way in which i have not built up the main melody before the chorus is not entirley unconventional, and im sure as many people would confirm, not completly disagreeable or 'awkward'. There are of course tracks which conform to this as well, perhaps 'Rise Again' can be considered one as well.
You have provided some usefull and insightfull critisism, which im happy to consider in furthering my experience in this new process and im happy to take some tips onboard, especially from someone who has produced so many tracks, and has great equipment and has had so much experience!
Also, good luck with your release hope all goes well!
Dj Somnium
on Synthesizer by littlebittyducky
The intro is sounding real cool.
My cat just stepped in front of my screen so I'm typing this with no visions of the screen!
Ok I had to move my cat... I typed all that above though with the cat above.
This track seems like a bunch of ideas, there is no transition between them. Some of the ideas are pretty good, and with development could be great.
-DaMann
i was listening to this one today,
and i thought the exact same thing.
im trying to make some new tracks
that are even better,
then im gonna come back and improve some of my older ones..
anyway, thanks for the review(:
on Forgotten by Grimga
You always talk about getting famous, so I'm going to go over track structure of trance that is going to be a necessity if you ever want to release something. I don't really know the structure of trance songs, but more energetic trance is pretty similar to hardcore, trance with less energy may have a different thing going on. When you release your song your going to release it for a DJ's, not just for listeners, the DJ has to be able to mix it into his set. So you need an intro that has a bass drum so they can beatmatch from the other song. You progressively add drum and bass into the mix every 8 to 16 bars in the intro. You may even bring in the melody for a bit. Then a breakdown, in trance its probably going to be something mellow, and smooth, an orchestra and a choir, they may be related to the melody in a way, some ambient synth, or vocals are often common if you have them. Next you start building for a chorus, then you have the chorus, which usually is a minimum of 24 bars. You keep the drums/bass going for 16-24 bars and maybe add or subtract elements from the beat. Then have another breakdown, build, chorus, then slowly detract elements from the mix.
This could be completely wrong, but it should help.
-DaMann
on DUBPLEXX_-_Hard_choiz by DUBPLEXX
Great track!
-DaMann
on COME DOWN SELECTOR (bass, guitar, etc) by MiracleManTracks
Well there isn't really a kick, there is a sub bass, and another kick that doesn't have much bass. There also isn't a realy dirty bassline, from my VERY minimal experience with dubset I remember it being hardhitting with a dirty bassline. This has an oldskool hardcore break kind of feel, light, and all over the place.
Great track!
-DaMann
on LGC- GOA (Lifecycle) by DonnieVyros
C
C#
D#
E
G
G#
A#
The three most important notes are C, D#, and E, usually in that order.
Holy S**T!!!
I want to DnB remix this sooooooo bad, if you could break up the loops for me and send them over, I would drop a reese, and a Reese like beat over it....
Let me remix it!
Great track!
-DaMann
As for remixing this, shoot JahKnow an email and have him send you what he did. Personally, I like that version better, but if you'd like the crazy synths I added to it I can email you a link to a folder I got all of 'em stored on (eSnips). Which reminds me, it prolly wouldn't hurt to add 'em here too now. So thanks for both mate. Later on!
on The Human Zone by Planetjazzbass
The bass sound you use, maybe it's just my speakers, but hits a combination of ugly frequencies that just create a resonant bass sound, I have to work with it in my bassline all the time in hardcore.
I LOVE the use of ambience, sounds like a plain taking off in the background.
Amazing Track!
Favorite!
-DaMann
on Electro Funk by WhiteSands
Great track!
-DaMann
on Grinda Rounder by COL_GRINDER
Sorry about not being able to do interview....
Great track!
-DaMann
on Eshar- By My Side remix (DVs Swinging Echo re-rmx) by DonnieVyros
I like the reversing of the beats a lot but you did it for too long, it's a good way to bring in changes, like hat or bassline or whatever. The fading in the beginning doesn't sound good to me. The vocals work well. There are some clicks after the reversing too, or it happens in a subtly abrupt way. Where did you get the acapella?
Great track!
-DaMan
Considering how most people on here just scan through the first 5 or 10 tracks, know what I mean?
The revo style's something that I've been experimenting with for a hot minute now. And I agree, I think I may've overdone it on this one (specially that part with the vox in rev section).
As for the problem areas, yeah, I see what you're saying. This is kind of in the 'rough sketch' stage. So I'll def haveta go back & tweek this one some.
As for additional parts, I did this in my conventional (mostly unchanged) style of remixing stuff. Single song, 2 or 3 channels, mostly with just effects and volume level manipulations.
As for the vox, I asked Esh and she said it was off of Magix. She must have a different version then the one I have coz I could only find one of the voc-sams she used in my loop library.
But anyways, aren't they great? And have you heard her vers yet?? Glad ya dug it. Later on!
PS. If ya run outta tunes on here I've got oodles more on my Soundclick page, cool!?
on Turbo Button (Day one on NanoKey) by DonnieVyros
I have a NES controller with the cheating turbo button =D!
Great crazy track!
-DaMann
As for the stuttering lead, they were all soundfonts of Magix (which are kinda so-so I'm thinkin). The background pads were added in a similar fashion to the Animal drum track I recently uploaded. Just went nuts on mashin down random keys. Later on!
on Ioka - Sun Thunder (Demo Version) by Ioka
Great track!
-DaMann
on My Gaia (World House) by DonnieVyros
Great track!
-DaMann
As for the track, yer gonna make me do it, ay, make me relisten to it? Haha, yeah those percs were what I first started with and I loved 'em so much that I hadta do somethin with 'em.
I'm thinkin the drum/bass part ya mentioned is one of the things that I was wanting to edit on this coz I've always felt that that part of the song was the weakest section. Didn't really know which way to go with 'em- do I drop the extra kicks, do I drown out & fade the bass, do I completely rework the drum section? I dunno, but when I do go to rework this I'm sure I'll have it sorted out. Glad ya dug it. Later on!
on NESness by DonnieVyros
The cross fading? Is that just because it is kind of different songs with similar element. Is that an acoustic guitar sample or a harp sample? Well whatever it is it is not in the same key as the bassline. Oh DubzOnFire mentioned this.... Well I would definitly turn it into one song all in the same key.
Great track!
-DaMann
Oh by the way...
I have a working NES, great game system!
& a Game Boy Pocket (don't really mess with 'em though).
It's a Guitar sound font that I use (it's just that some of the notes are highly placed, kinda like how you can get Guitar-like sounds if you play a Bass down near the bottom of the neck).
As for the c-fades, haha, I do that in almost all of my songs lil bro.
And is the off key thing really that bad or is it the musician in you taking the helm on that judgment? Later on!
on Black Day by AcidParadox
Great track!
-DaMann
on Mouko- Made In Mexico (DVs screwdriver rmx) by DonnieVyros
Great track!
-DaMann
Thanks for the chuckle, brother. Yeah, I rap, nothing serious, but it was somethin I wanted to try my hand at too.
As for what I'd do next, I dunno- Country maybe? Try to compose something truly Classical? Ooh wait, I know, make some kinda boy/girl band Pop-type song, yeah! Haha. Really? Hmm, R&B maybe. That'd be the next logical step I'm thinkin. Later on mate!
on Fidget by Avail
Great track!
-DaMann
on New Contact by DjSomnium
Great track!
-DaMann