Recent content by Alphaflux

Thanks for the kind words guys. I have finally got home and made some changes, it's all very minor but I think it works a little better now. Added some sidechain compression to give the kit some more pop on the kicks and re-eqed every track to tidy up unwanted frequencies. Is it still far too...

https://soundcloud.com/alpha-flux/work-in-progress Hi guys n gals, I am working on something new and I have about two minutes of pretty much finalised material, but I am still missing content to go before the slow bridge/interlude. I'm having difficulty keeping the momentum of the opening...

Yeah, I am seriously lacking decent cymbals, to be honest I could do with finding an entire new kit as my samples are from a million different sources and it's hard to equalise one with the other. Since posting though I have found a great Steinway piano library by 8dio, it's lacking a few...

Ah-ha! Thank you, and it's free so that is definitely a plus. According to google Kontakt can handle the format so will try it out in a bit. Hoping this solves my piano woes!

Thanks BroKen_H, well... unfortunately I am still tied to VSTs for my piano parts. I am still looking for a great library, I have quite a few okay ones but none that really make it hard to distinguish between vst and recorded audio. I played the parts live and didn't quantize or mess with them...

https://soundcloud.com/alpha-flux/wat Would like to get some opinions on this track. It's a traditional instrumentation and electronic hybrid but the electronic elements are subtle, it's mostly piano, guitar and drums. It is kind of pop-y as it is fairly standard in structure but it's also not...

Thanks for the feedback, yep you are right! I do like its oddities but I feel it is three tracks jumbled into one, so once my health has improved and i'm not coughing and wheezing everywhere (too much information perhaps :P ) I'm going to build on the separate ideas and make them into their own...

Great song, really enjoyed it. No critique on the song writing, playing, mix or arrangement, but I find myself wondering how it would sound if you had an acoustic accompanying the piano/solo mid section. Might detract from the badassery though!

Really like this. The intro and the backing work perfectly. You've very nicely integrated everything together. As far as the riff goes again I really like it. Not much to say except my ears were yearning for an appearance of the note 2 frets down (C on A string) from the higher note at some...

Thanks Robus, I think you're right about a lot of your points. Towards the end (~4:00) it was more of a case of wanting to reuse the earlier melody as I felt it wasn't featured for very long, so the build up was mostly trying to reintegrate the two parts together. The gaffa tape is very visible...

Hi guys, I've been scrubbing away at this track for a few days and I was wondering if I could get some feedback/constructive criticism. Bear in mind this isn't the next big hit or something to grind dat booty to, but hopefully it's still interesting and relevant. How does the mix sound? Any...

https://soundcloud.com/alpha-flux/moon-dust (click image or soundcloud link to go to soundcloud) Hi guys, this sort of fell out of me yesterday night and I like it but i'm really not sure if it's interesting or just too bizarre. I wanted it to evolve but i'm not sure if it translates very well...

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Thanks guys, the kick was more predominant in the original but I lowered it a little as it was a bit too in your face, I think it could be brought up a few db's though. It's all sidechained but not to any extremes, I'll try upping the kick tracks a little again :) Thank you for the feedback!

The crashes have started to get to me now too! Originally I had planned on using different cymbals throughout but I got caught up on working out the other layers in the bass and leads :P Good advice though across the board, I will look into all you have suggested and try and bring it out a bit...