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[mr-jazzman]

Heaviest dubstep I've heard on NG

CnB, I dunno if I ever told you this, but you inspired me to start submitting shit here on NG lol. And I gotta say, for your first track of 2010, this is one of the heaviest dubstep tunes here on NG. You basically took my "dirty bass" that I developed, my screaming formant bass, and my "metalstep" that I'm currently workin on, and you falcon-punched it into the farthest depths of the universe. It's absolutely legit dubstep, through and through. I always took you for a DnB man, but this proves you otherwise. The drumbeat is simple and heavy, as it should be; the bass is dirty as hell; the vocals are an excellent addition; the sweeping effects in the beginning and in the drop just gave me an eargasm. I seriously wish this song was a little longer and expanded upon, because it's ridiculous how awesome the theme is. And btw, progression CAN be part of the track, it just depends on what you're goin for. (A lotta my shit's prog dubstep, and it's worked well so far.) In this track, you were obviously aiming for the vibe, so I can't realy dock you on this. It sounds really good, that's really all that matters! =D Dirtier than watching George Bush take a shit on the American flag while recording a gay sex porno on Independence Day. (*ah, the irony!* ;D )

The only thing that I can't really feel from this (and I suppose I agree with Spikrodd on this one) is an obvious robot theme. It sounds fantastically awesome, but this is one area where it seems to fall short. However, this has not so much to do with the track, but rather the contest. Still, good luck broski, I wish ya the best! =)

This is how the fuck I feel! >=D

9/10
5/5
Fav'd.
DL'ed

Your friendly dubstep producer,

-Jazzman

cornandbeans responds:

Thanks for the kind words, glad I got you interested in submitting. :)

[Breed]

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A couple of things I noticed on my dubstep journey that I believe would improve the track have to do with the percussion. Mixing wise dubstep has a lot of relations to reggae. For instance, having the backbeat claps closer up in the mix gives the attack of the basslines a stronger feeling without losing the smoothness of the filter/dB sweeps. Another popular reggae aspect that gives a dubstep tune great flow is to change back and forth between a tight release and long release backbeat within the same measure(snare first then clap, or simply a dry snare vs a reverbed one second).

Also when you are doing a more straight forward/less syncopated style percussion (like this kick/snare 1/2 format) it sounds especially wicked to compensate syncopation with the melody. 3/4 baseline against a 4/4 drumline for instance will give a great reggaeton feeling making it especially bouncy sounding. And I know your goal was for a stomper type, straight forward machine fx sound, but machines aren't necessarily straight up timed events. They slow down and speed up as well.

But within your other comments you are right, dubstep is a sound designers genre, and the you have a definite uniqueness to your bassline timbres. And your vocal processing is interesting as well.

Anyways it's a solid track, but I tend to criticize everything....

Cheers!

[Nitrocore]

Interesting sound.

I'll put my cards on the table and say i'm not a massive fan of dubsteb, however this sounds quite interesting, It give me the imagine of a machine or robot malfunctioning. Elements of it almost sound like Circuit Bending. The only real critque I have is maybe alittle to much reverb and delay on the voice, but each to their own I guess.

[Cato0nMusics]

The mix is good but a bit generic. But it's still good to listen!

[N64Dog]

Space Laces has come so far :)