Chud37

what does the sample say at the begining?

This is a cool song, nice and slow and the bassline is really smooth and works well. its produced well too. Im not sure about the Arp'd synth that comes in around 1:21. For me it doesnt suit the mood of the song well. But it gets better I think towards the end when you offstep it somewhat.

good work.

Hmm okay well im only listening through laptop speakers, but to me it sounds worse than the first one. The stringy bits sound distorted and the bass is just grating my poor little macbook speakers.

A little tip i learnt from the Widdler about mastering, turn every track down (everything) to 50%, make sure it doesnt clip, (without using any limiters or anything like that) then you should be free to turn up the tracks that you want to stand out. You use fruity loops dont you? Too be honest I havent got a clue as to how to master in that properly. I dont know if you are using limiters or maximizers or anything like that. But to me it just sounds like you've turned everything to loud. Have you listened to them both side by side? Its good to keep a perspective of what you started with.

Lol, I was quite surprised to see my name mentioned up there :P So how can i possibly not review.

Well. Okay, for a second attempt its quite amazing, The bit I love best about this song is the background crap thats going on; I don't know what you did or what the sounds are but they work awfully well.

Okay so moving onto the drums, they are nice, but they really dont stand out an awful lot, I dont know if its just that they are not loud enough or theres not enough to them. I think maybe some compressors on them might help if they dont already have any.

That bass line is okay, And i dont want to offend you; but it sounds quite standard. The whole thing about dubstep (for me anyway) is getting the bassline to sound completely original and strange/weird/unlike any instrument ever made. What synth are you using for it?

Otherwise you're onto a good thing here. Its a good concept, I love the background crap you shoved in there, very original :) well done!

:)

Mate, im impressed. This is starting to sound to sound like an actual professional track. Its well put together, the drops nice, and the synth works very well too. I really hope you made it all yourself! Be honest, did you use any loops?

Things i might do to it at this stage:

Make it a bit longer, maybe introduce another synth but I think with the current situation that might be a bit tricky to make it work. Hava go tho. It definitely needs to be longer though, so if anything add a few more bars with just the notes changed around.

Get that LFO working, it stays at like 1/8 the whole time (or something :P). It sounds good as it is, so you know your on the right track, but, maybe at the start of some bars have it goto 1/4 and then in some places speed it up somewhat.

Im not a huge fan of the samples, altho they do fit in with the song, I think that the 'stop moanin will ya' bit should be completly on its own, just move everything forward a bit from that point on so the atmospheric bit stops, he says that, then it goes into the drop. Might be crap but it could be good.

Drums need a bit more punch. Im only listening on a laptop so I cant really hear the full bass effect but they sound like they might be a bit quiet. or something. Maybe some distortion will sort them out. I dont know about the bass drum either, it sounds to much like a snare, or have you put a snare over the bass drum? If not i would change it to a deeper bass kick.

Anyway good track man. Again, im impressed, you can really see the diffference in this one compared to your previous songs. Its much more pro. Well done :)

Hmm i liked this track alot, Its got some nice melodies in there and they work well at the begining. However I could tell instantly it was made in Reason, it just has that kinda sound to it i think. And thats something that I think you should try and get rid of, although I dont really know how to do that to be honest.

The drum beats not amazingly to my taste, but it stands out well, its not to muffled or anything like that. The main synth is nice. It might be nice to try and automate it slightly a bit more, just make it fast and then slow, as traditional dubstep dictates. It just makes it slightly more interesting than listening to an LFO constantly on 1/8 or somthing like that.

But good work all the same :)

Ok this is a nice song. The bassline is good and drums are okay. You got me listening to this because of its claim to be proper UK Grime. Hmm. I dont know. I think this is more easily classified as dubstep to be honest.

But Grime really is a tricky thing to distinguish. Typically the UK Grime (where it all started really, The americans dont know Grime at all) for me, Is all about square waves, strings and drumbeats that really dont fit into any category.

But its a good song, Im not putting it down in anyway. I like it. I've only managed to produce one grime song so far, and im trying to work on another one but i do find it hard to nail that sound.

This song is quite nice. I think its missing something tho, Like another bassline or something im really not sure. You've done a good job with the drums however, they are well defined and sound very nice.

But i just cant see this getting people dancing really. Its more of a cinematic piece or something like that.

I liked the fact that you used a verb on one of the claps and kept the other one free. It makes the song a bit more different.

And where did you get that sample from!! Its used in a Bar9 song but i've heard it all over the place so im assuming its a free pack from somewhere? I'd love to know.

The bassline is nice, but it doesnt stand out a whole lot. And you kept the LFO rate the same, it would be nice to speed it up for one or two of the notes in the bar.

Altogether though a nicely structured song with a good heavy drum beat :)

Lol i was going to say, How is this Jungle? But then i read your bit about it. I would take it off the jungle list man, Put it in Rock, thats the closest thing to indie. Plus nearly all americans have no idea what indie is and therefore classify it as rock.

:P Tis good tho! I must say. Im not sure on the production however, i'd be interested to hear a before and after.

Really good. I wish i could write classical like this. One day i might! But i dont know enough music theory to do it at the moment i think :S

Much better! Im impressed. You need to keep doing beats like this mate. Are there any loops in here that arnt yours? It sounds very nice, got a good beat going, a *teeny* bit repetitive but all the same nicely produced and well put together. I like the background plinky piano bit. But the main bass is very nice too.

Well done! :)

Cor! I think a track like this deserves a better review than those. Im not sure about making me cry but the production sounds very good. And there are a whole lot of samples in there. I was dissapointed to learn, i must say, that you didnt make the drum beats yourself. But still. It sounds good. I love the swooshyness all around and the multiple drops etc. It all fits together very well.

Lol! Just a shame about the ending! :P

But well done, good track there.

Quite impressive for your age actually! I wish i was making music like this that long ago. Mind you dubstep wasnt around then. I just made weird trippy type songs. Good fun though, keep at it.

Constructive Criticism! Right here goes:

The drum beats cool, I think maybe it needs something else, Like a little snare or hihat just before the actual snare you used, its hard to explain, but i can show you next time your online if you send me a sample of your drum beat. Regardless of that the drum doesnt change an aweful lot, as nice as it is, maybe that would spice things up a bit? Although I have to admit that in the past people have said that me and I havent wanted to change the drum beat in that particular song, so if thats not what you were going for, then fair enough :)

I liked the whistly thing in the background, its not too loud but just loud enough to hear it okay. As for the Bass, Well it definitely needs spicing up a bit, the actual sound is okay, But it is repeated quite alot, and it sounds like you've used just two notes, and they are always a bar long. This is another reason im quite against fruity loops, it just isnt veristile enough.

Otherwise quite nice. I like the background ambience. It certainly does remind one of nightmares. Lookat me speakin all posh.

Heh its a fun track actually, well produced and whatnot. But i have to say i think the drop could do with some work, i mean if it was in a club there isnt a whole lot of dancing space.

But nice sounds all the same :)

Alreet mate, after your review i thought i'd hava look at some of your newer stuff, and im quite impressed! I see you didnt do the vocals but aside from that, this song is actually very good, It could do with dubbing up a bit though i think, put some good bass in the background, i think, maybe in between the trance bit? but I can tell your learning quite alot, compared to your first stuff this is very well produced/mastered. Well done :)

heh! whered you get that sample from heh? You ever heard of Sukh Knight? He's a kind of bangra DJ but he's really good. Anyway he did a similar song.

Bloody good song, although the levels are quite bad, i've got my speakers on loud and its just clipping quite alot :( Turn it down and the bass is quite nice. But the end of the sample distorts somewhat, im not sure what your using in fruity, but maybe just turn the levels down a bit?

That 'roar' (or what ever it is, sounds like a stretched bass hit or something) is way to loud, i know you wanna make loud bassy music but a good key is to make everything kinda quiet (standard law dictates that bass drum is the only thing that shuld be 0db, bassline -5db, percussion -10db!) and just let the listener turn it up themselves.

Apart from the levels a good song. Donbang was right, its well arranged and the synths sound good and professional. Just hava nother look at the levels when you get time :)

hope your well matey.

Its a nice enough song, I dunno, it just feels like its lacking something, It definitely needs some mastering work done on it, Its very muffled and the drums aren't loud enough.

I do like that sample though, that was a good song! heh :)

Im very impressed. Its not completely my thing at all but the quality of the singing and the mc'ing is very professional, unlike alot of singes and rappers i've heard on looperman.

it really does sound quite professionally made. I think the beat maybe could do with some beefing up, but very well done!

:)

Very nice i must say! The pitch down works very well. I'd be very interested to know what synth you used for that one. But good.

Im not sold on the drum beat, its just not got everything there, I think with a bit more work on the drum beat and a bit more of a solid undertone this could be rather amazing.

Ooh!

I liked the begining, started off really well and actually sounded properly produced i must say, Im not sold on the snare, you tend to like your damp'd snares dont you?

Good song though. You've got a bit of distortion towards the middle somewhere, are you using Maximus on the main FX channel?

Different, I liked it. The steel drums are great!

Im quite highly critical on here so i hope you dont take offence, there is non intended, but here is a quick review:

Good track overall, and nice atmosphere, I think the general structure could do with some work, for instance, not having the vocals overlap the bass, (have the bassline do its 2 bars or so then, stop everything and say 'at war' or 'at war, with germany' whatever sounds best.)

The high hats and the toms work very well. I think the snare you've used sounds far to much like a high hat, i'd find another one if were you. The Bass drum isnt very audiable, try EQ'ing it a bit or using a compressor, or erm, ooh i forget what it is on fruity, SoundGoodizer i think works well to englarge sounds somewhat.

The Actuall bassline you've used (im sure its Albino, isit? :P) Is nice, but the LFO sync is abit all over the place, just needs a bit more thought as to how it goes. Dont be afraid to repeat yourself a bit with this, once you find a good pattern use that, then maybe modify it a bit 5 bars or so down the line.

But well done, its sounding quite professional :P

The ambience to this song is good, its well layed out especially for your first dubstep song. The voice works well too. Im not totally sold on the bass line though, I think the one thing about dubstep basslines are that they need to have so much work put into them, they are, after all, the key part of the song. I would try and make it alot deeper, a little like the basslien in, Rubber Chicken, by Caspa, that kind of bassline would work very well for this song. But its hard to achieve! A well rounded bassline is not easy and thats why they are famous for their music and we arn't lol :P

But a good effort all the same. Keep going.

K Im just gonna have to review again lol to answer your question. I'll try and elaborate a bit more.

Hmm its quite hard to really. You've done rather well with it, But i guess sometimes the bass line just continues in the same fashion as it started too. Im not sure the synth or the sound that your using matches the song either really, you could try fiddling around with some other synths here and there just to see what kind of results you get.

I think what really makes a dubstep song sound like its done by a professional is an original sound. The bass your using there sounds like it could quite easily be a wasp or something like that, its just a bit, and please dont be offended, but its quite standard.

Instead of changing it (if theres far to much automation to port along with the change or its just to much hassle) Have a go at using a bass tightener as an effect on it, i'd reccommend Sanford Bass Tightener, its free and works rather well. Set it to High, 24, Cutoff around about 400/500, all the way over to stereo, and the bass amp up as much as you want. It makes basses sound alot nicer and thicker. I dont always use it but its nice in some cases. I think it might work well here.

And you dont just have to stick with one bassline, you could always whack another slower bass in the background, doesnt even need an LFO, just play around and see how it sounds.

I do like the bit where it stops and goes booooowuuuumm, at the end of the bar its like a tom that pitches down, its nice and adds a bit of flavor to the song. Its good, i wouldnt have reviewed it in the first place if i didnt like it! :P

hehe i hope that helps and i didnt sound to patronising at all, i always think i come across that way and i never mean to be :)

I do like this one. Its rather different, the string sample is excellent, i must say, and i know you didnt make it but it fits in well with this song and you've cut it up nicely. The bassline is good, but i think it could do with a little bit of work, there are some parts where it just seems to get a bit lazy, but on the whole a cool sounding track withs nice riffs and a good atmosphere :)