hmm
I liked it but some notes are way to high and not enough bass for the kicks try using venegence essentials. im using some pretty nice headphones so i pick up everything and have a audigy Titanium lol.
Reviews for "Aspiration Rd. 2 {NewYear Mix}"
b0b3rt responds:
Uh yeah this is using VEC 3.
But I guess I can lowpass and boost the kicks next time?
Pretty good although....
I thought the whole structure was a pretty good idea, i can see where you are coming from and where you wanna go.
1st thing is that, that hi-pitched synth that starts at :20. It just seemed a little overpowering in the end. It was like here i am only pay attention to me kind of a thing. Thats more so of an easy fix.
2nd thing is that I liked how you were working with off-beats and stuff of that sort. What you did with it is better then a lot that i have heard before but you could work on it a little more to make it more rhythmically sound. What you have here is great, I just know it could be even greater.
Yah and for the 3rd thing, I would have to agree with djrulla101, this is a good song, but there are a lot of songs that have this same basic structure. If you could spice it up a little more, that would be cool.
Overall i would have to say pretty good job. Keep it comin.
b0b3rt responds:
Thanks for the criticisms, and read response below as well.
nothing special
So I'm listening Ka-Thud to this Ka-thud song and I Ka-thud don't think its Ka-thud all too bad, Ka-thud but its a little bit (goodness, the bass drum cut out for a moment!) and firstly: far too Ka-thud strong with the Ka-thud bass drum, and Ka-thud the melody needs Ka-thud something to back it Ka-thud up for a bit. (okay, i think you're getting the point about the base drum). The bass line itself was decent, i worked with the melody, but it just needs something different.
overall, the song was repetitive, not that exciting, and poorly balanced
b0b3rt responds:
erm yeah.
Probably kind of a harsh review but...
I'm not too fond of this particular progression, I feel it's a bit overdone, but I really do like the melodies you've come up with, it's definitely really catchy. :D Here's my critique, I hope this doesn't come across as offensive:
The levels are ABSOLUTELY unbalanced beyond belief. the leads you used for the melodies are fluctuating in loudness and at some points are overcompressing the track and it sounds really, really sloppy. As far as fullness, things sound fine with the bass, but when you lose that, the track gets lost too. The kickdrum is overcompressed too and the frequency sweeps, while somewhat original, don't work for this song at all. The crash is really harsh also, turn that down some.
Suggestions:
1. Add a bassy pad or something to accompany the low-end--work on adding a clean fullness in general
2. Work on maintaining levels, the supersaw and crash are just too high.
3. Try to be careful where you add your filter effects; they are really common and work nice for many tracks, but you kind of overdid i believe.
4. Try to tone it down on the reverb; reverb is generally used to make things sound a bit more smooth/natural, but overdoing it will just make things sound unclear/muddy and it's an ear-sore.
Happy producin! 3/5, 6/10
b0b3rt responds:
Thanks for the review, I understand what you said.
This was basically supposed to be an exercise in automation so I've got no beef with toning it down =P
Hmm..
This sounds like it's having an issue finding a solid genre. It could be a dance song I guess with an offbeat? Or perhaps DnB with some crazy movement? Whatever.. Techno it is.
I'm listening to this on my Sennheiser headphones at the moment and I'm hearing a lot of mastering issues going on.. The bass sounds very muffled and the rhythm is a bit strange. I think it would have been sweet if you make the notes shorter to get the intended rhythm.
The lead synth is extremely generic sounding. There are only a few parts in it's entirety and it becomes stale pretty fast. I'd was relived when finally something new finally came in at 1:34~. There's only one automation (A cutoff or bandpass frequency controller?) from what I can hear that goes in and out at strange intervals are weird times. The cymbal comes in strangely and chaotically in a bad way. The synth is overpowering at times -- especially towards the end. The very very end is so loud and it's very abrupt. On a positive note, I did like some of the progressions though, particular ~1:24 and ~2:17.
To further complete your tracks, I'd recommend obtaining Vengeance Essential Club Sounds Volumes 1, 2, and 3.
6/10 and I gave you a 5/5 just because it's what I do.
Keep making music! To be honest though, I'm baffled on how you made top 5, but it's whatever. If you polished this one up a lot, then it could be a great tune.
Enjoy the views!
Chris
b0b3rt responds:
I actually went and mastered this after it got 3k views so I can't update it anymore.
The kick is from VEC 3.
As I said below this was mostly an exercise in automation, I didn't expect this to become popular.