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Casporb - 8-Bit Monster

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I think I've taken a step forward with this one. It's a mix of dubstep and retro.


If it gets frontpaged I'll upload it to youtube. EDIT: (I did anyway)


Hope you enjoy!

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Nice music!

Casporb responds:

Thank ya!

So I started feeling like my drops weren’t powerful enough, and looked up the definition. The drop in a song usually includes a change in rhythm or melody and and should be the climax of the song. Taking this into consideration, I also found that to make the drop more powerful, I can tone down everything before it so that it hits harder. When I start most of my songs, I start with the drop so the I already have the loudest bit done and then I can work backwards. This has really helped me and I think you could benefit from it as well! 4 stars because the buildup seems to be more intense than the drop itself. Enough about that, I really like the melody. It has a really nice classic video game sound and the drums do a good job too. Another thing, most dubstep songs have a variation of the first drop at the end and, some but not all, bring back the first drop after that. Keep going dude! Keep working on your music!

Casporb responds:

Thanks a lot! =) You keep working on yours! Yours is awesome!

I love 8-bit dubstep. I really liked this track.

00:39 wait is that the old virtual riot sound?

Casporb responds:

So I'm SUPPOSED to be taking a break, but I decided to go on Newgrounds on last time before it. I'll answer this review (;

So it isn't the virtual riot sound, it's actually from the Ghosthack Gaming Dubstep Pack, which, if you're wondering, is what I used for basically all of the sounds in this track. Thank you for the review!

So I'm not a huge dubstep maker tbh. I mainly make orchestral stuff so take what I say with a grain of salt. Here are my thoughts on this and what I believe can be worked on for future songs. The composition isn't doesn't really feel well put together tbh. The drop doesn't have that much impact because there isn't much going on and it's gets really repetitive. I think you could start with a chord progression and work from there perhaps. That could give you a good base to work from and know what key you're in and play around with notes in that key to try and make a melody. It's some basic music theory thing but if you don't want to do that just experiment more. Experiment a lot. I can't stress that enough. Try new things and learn new things. When you get something down that you rock with, then let that be your foundation. Try to think of the melody as a pattern. Make more patterns of notes for this song and if see if they sound good to you or not. Or look up some songs and hear what sounds good. Look up some videos and learn what sounds good. Anyway back to the feedback. The melody stays the same up until 0:28 which causes the song to get repetitive very quickly imo. Try to change the kick and snare up a bit more. That white noise SFX at 1:08 is very loud. Sound design wise it isn't much imo. It kind of sounds like a lot of presets. And I love presets as much as the next guy. Means I don't have to make a sound I want, but for convenience and versatility, I think you need to learn the oscillator at a certain point. If you're going to make dubstep, I believe you should try to study the oscillators and try to get a grasp on what things do. It will open up a world of different capabilities. It's like a strong recommendation that you learn the oscillator. I won't comment on the mix as I recommend trying to improve on composition at the moment. Also going back to the melody and chords, there isn't really a set way to do things with those, so like I said...EXPERIMENT! You can get a better grasp on things if you wish by watching videos. This is just me but I recommend basic music theory for producers...but thats just my opinion. You DON'T NEED theory. I just think it can help you get started easier if you know some theory. I wish you the best of luck. I hope this helped!

The score is irrelevant to your progression in music, therefore I shall not show it.

Casporb responds:

Thank you! Please show your score...
Edit: OK. I had a nightmare that you showed and it was one and a half stars XD

Credits & Info

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Listens
523
Faves:
3
Downloads
11
Votes
23
Score
3.69 / 5.00

Uploaded
Jan 7, 2023
8:57 AM EST
Genre
Dubstep
File Info
Song
3.8 MB
2 min 21 sec
Software
  • FL Studio

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