crucethus

Thank you for all this great info! It was all played in via midi input from my keyboard. I used all software sounds and effects. I went back and forth with the timing, whether it should be straight on or a bit hesitant but, you are not the first to point this out so I will def address it. Ill check out what Danke has and work on building it more. Again thank you. :)

Thanks man I appreciate you takin a listen.. Yea I wanted to really exaggerate the bass on this one, it just seemed right for me lol. It was difficult to transition from straight funk to dubstep I ended up speeding up the tempo to 160 at the first build up and jumping back down to 140 so it would have a little more punch. Thx man!

Thanks, you know how i love my 90's grooves so this was fun to put together.
Cheers fro dropping by and commenting.
FR

Hi Steve,
I could not have wished for more, to receive a comment like this is so so gratifying and I mean that sincerely, and from some one as talented as you more so. As an humble looper with some keyboard skills,I thank you so much, Cheers Steve, so glad you enjoyed. PS Crucethus being played on my Belter Radio show this weekend.
Take care Steve, and my best wishes,
Mark

Damn, yo! Heard you the first time! (joke)

Don't you love the double-post fuck-up? I've done it a few times lately and feel like an ass every time. I think Topvega did it to me a few days ago, and I did it to MetalEd a few before that. Good stuff. Keeps the blood flowing.

Holy Thanks A Million, Batman! Hard to accept such kind words. I've been fixing the drum sounds in bursts and re-uploading. I think I'm getting closer.

That makes four Zappa references. I officially need to listen to some.

Thanks again for the kind words.

Evan

Hey thanks for listening to my track and commenting. I love country music, I am trying to transition into more of a country sound. I am not a very good singer but I think my voice does have more of a country sound to it. I recently bought a Telecaster and now I am trying to figure out the sound that I want, I don't have a lot of time to mess with music at the moment so it will be a slow process but hopefully I will there eventually. Anyway, thanks again, I appreciate you listening.

Kyle

haha or Funkstep xD I'll definitly keep that name in mind.
Thanks man! :D
I appreciate

~Eighteen

Hey crucethus,
I was thinking the same thing, be sure to check out the completed track!

Rico L.

Crucethus. What's happpnin' man?

Pete Bardens, believe it or not, doesn't ring a bell at the moment. Which now is even more incentive to look him up.

Thanks for clearing up the wineglass thing. Once you said that, it made sense. He's probably talking about the higher chime-like sound.

"You sir have without a shadow of a doubt upgraded your game with this one."

Which is a good thing, except now I have to work harder to top it. I guess I'll put out a few "sketchbook" tracks until I find the next one that steps it up.

Thanks for stoppin' by, mister. As always, I enjoy your visits.

Take care.
Aaron

Thanks for the Link Cru and hope you Listen to the Final Version when i release it and i will Check out the Song you Linked me :) thanks for dropping by and taking a listen. Take care and have a good day

AD

Cheers mate. It's all about Mr F's bassline really. The rest didn't take too long to cobble together. Glad you could drop by and give it a listen.
FR

Thank you :)

Noema

is/was BOSS a roland brand? glad you liked it anyway. I was using the module years ago with an EWI (electronic wind instrument). never used it for recording.

Yo.

Yes, The Valve seems happy with this one.

I consider the first heavy section, till 1:17, a short masterpiece and would be happy to have it as a standalone track. Take note of there being no guitar before 0:40. That's all just synth bass and bass guitar through distortion. So, the squeals you hear eg 0:08 are synth bass.

To hear the same squeal undistorted, go to 1:25. 1:17-1:36 is the same 40 secs of bass and guitar though I also add in some slap bass notes (second is heavily delayed) and then the synth basses arrive. I'm very pleased at using the same weird, cutup synth bass and bass g bassline both heavy and clean.

Yes, I expected you to like the choir voices and appreciate some of their dissonance. Lots of beauty there too.

"then a skiffle"

No idea what that is. Surely not like the musical genre known as skiffle.

"I am equally impressed with the pounding drums"

Indeed. Fully valve driven with multiple huge pistons pumping at a furious rate. Large machinery with even larger balls. Testicle factory.

5:50 is my bass synth riff. Cam up with it on guitar but laid it down first on keys. Proper dark, menacing metal riff.

"cool stereo guitar scratches in the background"

No, no guitar in the background. From 6:16 for a while you can hear a heavily effected version of any earlier choir vocal brought back in. I struggled to get the choir ladies to return in the heavy sections so there are only small touches. The 6:16 fading in one builds things nicely before we get the big riff kick in on 6:28.

Note the build of the drums in that breakdown section - really pleased with that movement.

I've now uploaded a slightly lengthened and improved version so check that out.

Yes, fairly abrupt ending (improved slightly now). Had loads of ideas for endings but they didn't really work and I didn't want to make this too much longer so abrupt it is, with menacing decay from the cymbals as they fade out.

When will you make a track dedicated to me? Maybe call it The Electric Crumad. StaticCru? You can put in one reverse cymbal but no more.

Thanks bud! Had fun trying the synth out on this one! Been sitting there ever since pretty much, as I've been "tuning" my modular and circuit bending lately. It will get used again though. Glad you could stand the annoying sounds! Appreciate the comment and listen!

Opinions on the drums track seem to vary quite a lot :-). Glad you like it and thanks for listening!

Hello fellow espresso bro! Thank you for the link to the DD track, as it was surprisingly one I had never heard, and it's good! (though they didn't do much that wasn't good) I've gotten out of the habit of listening to DD, as my wife pretty much hates them with a passion, heh. I actually couldn't name a Robbie Robertson song, though I have heard of him. I agree that some spoken word would be good, but I only finished the song because of the loop challenge I guess. Maybe I'll take it further, who knows? Thank you for the kind comment!

That could be due to the drums coming from DR-550-samples that are more or less edited... which simply has this kind of sound (that I also happen to love... must be due to being born in the 90s and having a mother loving 80s synthpop and wave XD)
anyways, thanks^^