Sorry it has taken me so long to respond. The track was a good catharsis for me. I got a lot of emotions out that had been sitting with me too long. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
Hi Eighteen, I appreciate you listening and your comment. I actually felt the same way "jazz club" after stepping away and later listening to it again. I had a lot of fun making this track and glad to be getting good feedback. Now, get back to work. :)
I don't exactly know how to place this song, but I get a very good feeling from it. from what I feel when listening to this is donkey kong country 2, if that makes sense.
You have a great feeling for this genre man, this could be on the radio. nice small details also like the little stars synth you hear every now and then :)
Thank-you Eighteen. From the response so far, it looks like I'm heading in the right direction on this track. I really must try to write the lyrics for the other two verses. That's going to be the key to getting this one finished. :)
Thanks for the comment, Eighteen. I agree, the use of the flute and, in fact, the french horns in a pretty traditional dance track is a bit weird. At least I think it is. I haven't had much time to listen to the latest stuff for quite a while, so am feeling a bit out of touch with what's current. Was listening yesterday to Beats 1 radio on Apple Music and was quite surprised by some of the "new" tracks that are considered to be cutting edge stuff.
Anyway, no the vocals are built-in phrases triggered by preset vocoder patches in the Icarus synth plugin. That synth makes it pretty easy to create new vocoder patches that use vocal phrases that you record and the built in synth engines in the plugin. I haven't actually tried that yet, but I intend to do so when I get a bit of time. A couple of years ago I recorded about 30 or 40 short phrases that could be used with vocoder apps. Setting them up as inputs to a vocoder signal processing plugin is a bit complicated, but I think that Icarus greatly simplifies things. Different approach, because it works within the instrument plugin, not as an audio effect plugin.
I did some research on vocaloid for Mac. Looks like I'd have to buy the Steinberg DAW in order to use the Mac editor. Then, I'd need to bounce the resulting track to audio and import it into Logic, which is the DAW I use. I need to do more research to see if there's a cheaper and less complicated solution. It really is something that interests me.
Thx for listening Eighteen....Unfortunately I don't have any of the project files for this project anymore, and I don't think he ever put the acapella up on his page.
I like the vocals alot in combination with the music, the production is very crisp, the only thing is that in my opinion is the sub near the mid and the end are a bit underwelming and/or too soft.
Nice song, I like the adding part of the drums. A tiny bit repetitive though, but since I usually do that as well I'm not the one to talk about repetitive :)
Commented on King feat rockymutto by Riest
I'm in love with the looped piano!
And rocky sounding good!
~Eighteen
Commented on Spark by toastedavalanche
I can hear that you have put a lot of passion into this track. I like it very much, good job!
~Eighteen
Commented on Island Coconuts by ronabo
Very nice :D
Feels like I stepped straight into abjazz club haha.
Playing this at the office. Very nice
Commented on Tell Me ONE - CAP - FULL SONG by tsochai
I agree with damonb, really sounds like cypress xD
~Eighteen
Commented on Potent by Sunbeats
This is one of the sicker trap beats!
Sick hi instrument at 0:47
Like it a lot!
Eighteen~
Commented on BELZ Hip Hop Beat by WilsonTheArchitect
This gets me a huge smile on my face xD I don't understand whaha
I love it xD
Commented on H O P E by Alien
I don't exactly know how to place this song, but I get a very good feeling from it. from what I feel when listening to this is donkey kong country 2, if that makes sense.
Great job!
sounds also very crystal clear
~Eighteen
Commented on The Realist by TRSTAR
You have a great feeling for this genre man, this could be on the radio.
nice small details also like the little stars synth you hear every now and then :)
Very nice track man!
~Eighteen
Commented on Reeeee by Metabolic
Genious combos man xD
The switchups are insane!!
Commented on The Last Rite by Metabolic
Insane stuff man, I am jealous how you can make it sound so professional.
This track is really hard man xd awesome job!
Cheers!
~Eighteen
Commented on Talk to Me v15 by EricMilligan
Sega sounding bassline there xD awesome, spacefunk right here :D
I like it!
~Eighteen
Commented on Little Stabs at Happiness by toastedavalanche
wow niiice, when the vocals started the awesomeness began, sounds like a band that u would hear on the radio or something.
Awesome job man!
~Eighteen
Commented on City Lights by sqrtofneg1
Song sounds exactly as the name suggests :D
Very classy, city night music
Very nice melodies, love the atmosphere!
~Eighteen
Commented on Give it to me by xAbrahamx
I just clicked this song and started to listen while doing other things.
at 1.01 u totally took al of my attention. the way that kick comes in is really nicely placed, with a lot of power.
melody at 1.17 is a real nice add to it, simple but sounds really nice, then I hear short vocals, all good :D
after that u lost me a bit till 3.56 , took my attention again with the hammering sound and kick .
all in all this is just how I listen to music, but for what I heard, I love this track a lot, everything sounds very clear like it should.
Really nice job, I love it!
~Eighteen
Commented on Just Do It by cej97
This track is lit man!
not sure what sample u used, regardless the beat is dope man!
~Eighteen
Commented on Falcon Trance 8 by EricMilligan
I like the synths the song starts with.
The flute combined with the rest of the track is a weird combination but a very good one nonetheless.
Vocals are very cool, did u manage to use vocaloid already? it kinda sounds like it but I am not sure :)
Very awesome melody, u make stuff I like a lot, really my kinda music :D
Very nice job man!
Cheers!
~Eighteen
Commented on Being Alone by camilletianna
This is really good, I love your vocals :D
This song is so space, good job!
Cheers!
~Eighteen
Commented on Blacked Out Feat Kemit The Phantom BGE Remix by red19man
This is awesome man, how come it has so little views?
Are those vocals yours? or did you do sampling?
Regardless awesome man :D I like it
~Eighteen
Commented on DarkSide of The Moon Mr1Black RarCharms by BeatMaker4real
I really like the rapping vocals man,
I would have love to use those as a sample :O
Nice track man!
~Eighteen
Commented on Lonely Voyage Feat Kamoflage and Ellie Madison by 7venth12
This is some crazy hiphop man, Very creative!
at 0.42 u really got my attention, awesome man
Cheers!
~Eighteen
Commented on Starpyrp - Shot me by starpyro
Wow man, the bass comes in really sick with the vocals, feels gooooooood
~Eighteen
Commented on Strong by Bindanox
This is like Daft Punk-Reggae man haha xD I like!
~Eighteen
Commented on MHYST Come Into My Life STK Remix by NateJMusic
I like the vocals alot in combination with the music, the production is very crisp, the only thing is that in my opinion is the sub near the mid and the end are a bit underwelming and/or too soft.
very nice job in overall
Cheers!
~Eighteen
Commented on Take A Chance by athousandmarias
Very chilled track, it takes me back to the 80s/90s
vocals are very clear on this track, nice melody and text
I like it a lot.
Cheers!
~Eighteen
Commented on Djproject Another Level original Mix by djproject
Nice song, I like the adding part of the drums.
A tiny bit repetitive though, but since I usually do that as well I'm not the one to talk about repetitive :)
Nice job
~Eighteen