tryin to make a fat sound.

[Stereo Steve]

Synth's are definitely not my thing but as a piece of work for what it is, I like it. I always like vocals that sound more like speaking than screaming. That part really comes across well.

 

[Steenamaroo]

Thanks for the feedback guys.

I made the (stupid) mistake of tweaking the song and keeping the same filename,

The snare and vocal levels have been changed since the first replies here.

 

[Steenamaroo]

In that case, I think I'll just stay an old fart.

That's where it's at!

 

[CMunch]

or is that phat?


Not what i usually do, but here's something i'm workin on at the minute.

Started off trying to emulate the old commodore/amstrad sounds in NI massive and it turned into a song.


Work in progress but may as well share

Enjoy.

Sounds "cobbled together"

 

[Steenamaroo]

Fantastic stuff Munch.
The anticipation made it all the better.

 

[Tobe]

When techno people say "phat" I expect some kind of Moog watery fart sound... just shows how old I am

I like the close vocal treatment... but it never either / emotes / or cuts right through with dominating cool (comes close). To me the song would easily improve by having selective solo vocal parts where the backing track was silenced... at least do one "baby blue eyes" alone with no backing

 

[Steenamaroo]

That's some great advice.

I did get the feeling that it's a bit too consistent, sort of like everything's happening the whole way through?

I tried to level that out by cutting back the instrumentation at "it's like you're lying on the floor...." section, but i think you're right,

letting the vocal cut through solo at some points would be nice.

Thanks.

 

[Tobe]

Thanks for "getting" my comment Steenamaroo.

I don't mean the whole song has to stop for a vocal line, just back off on occasion and let the vocal line dominate.

(I think you got that anyway)

 

[Steenamaroo]

Good call, Cheers Tobe.

 

[kcearl]

great song/composition...and yup sounded phat...all id suggest is too much is in the same frequency..you have some beeps that should be more prominent and the synth wipes out the drums a little...more side chaining would help


but great idea, liked the vocals etc very good attempt, perhaps you should keep at this

 

[kcearl]

Thanks for "getting" my comment Steenamaroo.

I don't mean the whole song has to stop for a vocal line, just back off on occasion and let the vocal line dominate.

(I think you got that anyway)

agreed...sometimes silence is the hardest part to insert into tunes yet its has the biggest effect

 

[PoeticIntensity]

I thought the song itself was a bit repetitive, but only slightly so. I listened to the whole thing, and enjoyed it quite a bit. I agree with the whole drop everything except the vocals in 1 or maybe 2 places, or play with some type of solo'ing, or even switch up the melody somewhere that makes your vocals go into a higher register or something.

I thought the snare was too buried. Got sort of lost in places. Great synth sound, dude. Keep at it.