Nice job - love that string loop at the beginning! :-) Really nice job of hearing it all in your head enough to be able to find the right loops and put it all together! Tough stuff!
Haha! I wouldn't know gangsta from a lullabye - and what does it matter? Let the critics put it in a category - you just keep following the muse and don't worry about labels!
What'd I'd like to hear more of is: direction. Lyrics usually provide that - singers give songs meaning. With instrumentals, you need to be going somewhere - and, it's got to be simple enough that listeners can follow.
It's a nice mix - several nice mixes in fact - but what ties them together musically? Why does this section come in front of that one? The ending is abrupt: is that deliberate or did you run out of ideas, space, time? (Don't get me wrong - abrupt endings are cool - and I like this one - but is there a reason for it?)
To me, instrumentals are art. Art is an emotional journey, not just a static space. Yeah, cool beats are awesome - but look around. There are plenty of cool beats. How is yours uniquely yours? Where is it going? What satisfaction does it bring other than "cool beat bro"?
Good sounds, nice overall. You've got some control over your tools and it shows. Produce more! Lots more!
I like it! It does have a little bit of a compilation sound (like various loops brought together) but not too much.
Consider playing around with some of these ideas- I'm not suggesting that you NEED to... just that you might want to experiment because it's a lotta fun!
Things that help: 1. Use a little reverb on the mix (and I do mean little!) to help give it the feel that it was all recorded in the same space. 2. Play with EQ and panning on individual tracks so that they're not walking on each other. 3. Find a Mastering Compression program to control overall levels - something like VariSaturator, Boost 11, Ozone 4. I like Ozone because you can quickly move the whole tune into different spaces with completely different feels. And undo it again readily! 4. Tie loops together with continuo sounds - like the strings in this piece!
Boost 11 a simple filter? Hmmm. It should be a compressor that actively seeks out individual frequency ranges and compresses where needed to boost the overall volume of a track or tracks. It's certainly not a cureall, but more of a "final touch" in order to get individual sounds to be more "in front". Ozone 4 in Italian? I know these guys are out of Boston - if you've got a legit copy I'm sure they'll help you out. I haven't upgraded to 4 yet, but 3 has a variety of pre-sets that allow you to really change the overall "sound of the sound". Keep at it!
Yeah, I'm was just starting to pick up some distinctions on the various effect on Acid Pro... I'm also just coming down with an ear infection. lol. All track mastering is off for the time being. As for Boost.. yeah, it was not at all what I thought it would, although it does make the intolerable more tolerable, but does not do the individual tracks any justice.
So for the time being, I can spend some extra time on reading up on mastering.
There are some really interesting approaches. I like to have the song move around, not just move left to right - any ideas?
Ozone 4 appeared to be kinda cool, but as I mentioned, the demo that I downloaded from the Ozone 4 site (www.izotope.com). izotope has a few plugins that I'm interested in, but my computer is stressing even with Ozone 4... so much that I had to uninstall the demo. (Maybe my 2002 Compaq laptop doesn't understand Italian?)lol.
I like this one - I even like the name. I was thinking that Stimulus would be a good band name! What software are you using? Things sound a little "individual" to me - not enough of a "band" sound, too many isolated sounds. (And, yes, I KNOW that's how it came about - I do the same thing!) I use a couple of plugins that help with making things sound a little more unified. One of them is Ozone 3 from iZotope. Another is VariSaturator from Voxengo. Basically, they're both able to apply compression within frequency ranges so that things don't "stick out" too much in terms of either volume or frequency. I use Sonar from Cakewalk as my main recording tool - and there are thousands of plugins for all sorts of effects. I like this piece - although I'm not too sure about the goofy laugh!
Kurt, I'm using Acid Pro 6.0... well, not really 'using it' just yet, but learning.
Plugins... I got Ozone 4 and Boost 11. It seems that Boost is just a simple filter. Ozone came in Italian??? Since my Italian skills are only marginally more diminished than my mastering skills (at best), I did not make use of Ozone. Maybe later... I do know that Boost is not the tool that will produce the results I'm looking for. Not a good use of $50. lol.
Nice build - you've got great patience letting that naked beat persist so long at the beginning! (I always rush into things too fast!) Good mixing - nice "sound of the sound". I like the choice of instruments/sounds, covering the whole sonic range, each in it's place. It's a very clean mix, lots of room.
Commented on Say What Again by Jakedollery
Nice job - love that string loop at the beginning! :-) Really nice job of hearing it all in your head enough to be able to find the right loops and put it all together! Tough stuff!
Kurt Schulenburg
Commented on Forgot the title by DJKave
Haha! I wouldn't know gangsta from a lullabye - and what does it matter? Let the critics put it in a category - you just keep following the muse and don't worry about labels!
What'd I'd like to hear more of is: direction. Lyrics usually provide that - singers give songs meaning. With instrumentals, you need to be going somewhere - and, it's got to be simple enough that listeners can follow.
It's a nice mix - several nice mixes in fact - but what ties them together musically? Why does this section come in front of that one? The ending is abrupt: is that deliberate or did you run out of ideas, space, time? (Don't get me wrong - abrupt endings are cool - and I like this one - but is there a reason for it?)
To me, instrumentals are art. Art is an emotional journey, not just a static space. Yeah, cool beats are awesome - but look around. There are plenty of cool beats. How is yours uniquely yours? Where is it going? What satisfaction does it bring other than "cool beat bro"?
Good sounds, nice overall. You've got some control over your tools and it shows. Produce more! Lots more!
Kurt
Commented on Dark Diamond by DJKave
I like it!
It does have a little bit of a compilation sound (like various loops brought together) but not too much.
Consider playing around with some of these ideas- I'm not suggesting that you NEED to... just that you might want to experiment because it's a lotta fun!
Things that help:
1. Use a little reverb on the mix (and I do mean little!) to help give it the feel that it was all recorded in the same space.
2. Play with EQ and panning on individual tracks so that they're not walking on each other.
3. Find a Mastering Compression program to control overall levels - something like VariSaturator, Boost 11, Ozone 4. I like Ozone because you can quickly move the whole tune into different spaces with completely different feels. And undo it again readily!
4. Tie loops together with continuo sounds - like the strings in this piece!
Excellent work!
Kurt
Commented on acoustic stimulus package by audioprojek
Boost 11 a simple filter? Hmmm. It should be a compressor that actively seeks out individual frequency ranges and compresses where needed to boost the overall volume of a track or tracks. It's certainly not a cureall, but more of a "final touch" in order to get individual sounds to be more "in front".
Ozone 4 in Italian? I know these guys are out of Boston - if you've got a legit copy I'm sure they'll help you out. I haven't upgraded to 4 yet, but 3 has a variety of pre-sets that allow you to really change the overall "sound of the sound".
Keep at it!
Commented on Unknown to Mankind by audioprojek
Good clean mix - everything's in it's place. I like the voice - so professionally know-it-allish.
Fun stuff!
Commented on acoustic stimulus package by audioprojek
I like this one - I even like the name. I was thinking that Stimulus would be a good band name!
What software are you using? Things sound a little "individual" to me - not enough of a "band" sound, too many isolated sounds.
(And, yes, I KNOW that's how it came about - I do the same thing!)
I use a couple of plugins that help with making things sound a little more unified. One of them is Ozone 3 from iZotope. Another is VariSaturator from Voxengo. Basically, they're both able to apply compression within frequency ranges so that things don't "stick out" too much in terms of either volume or frequency.
I use Sonar from Cakewalk as my main recording tool - and there are thousands of plugins for all sorts of effects.
I like this piece - although I'm not too sure about the goofy laugh!
Commented on Alexei Scutari - Unsuccessful chemical reaction by Scutal
Nice build - you've got great patience letting that naked beat persist so long at the beginning! (I always rush into things too fast!)
Good mixing - nice "sound of the sound". I like the choice of instruments/sounds, covering the whole sonic range, each in it's place. It's a very clean mix, lots of room.
Commented on liveCompleannoSolito by pingihouse
It's a great start - but it really needs to go somewhere. Great sense of blend, nice mixing - MORE!