First track in over 18 months, wanted to do something electro-ish. Hoping the levels are OK, because I literally spent hours trying to make a decent recording:

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Originally posted by AlphaStarred First track in over 18 months, wanted to do something electro-ish. Hoping the levels are OK, because I literally spent hours trying to make a decent recording:

I liked this. Seems very nostalgic to me...Kinda reminded me of the ost from tetrisphere for some reason. (That ost is very underrated)


Mid-range on the pad to me comes across as a little harsh. @2:46 is an example of where it's the harshest where it's clashing with the 303.

Over all I liked the groove of this tho. *thumbs up*

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Originally posted by theterran I liked this. Seems very nostalgic to me...Kinda reminded me of the ost from tetrisphere for some reason. (That ost is very underrated) Mid-range on the pad to me comes across as a little harsh. @2:46 is an example of where it's the harshest where it's clashing with the 303. Over all I liked the groove of this tho. *thumbs up*

Thanks dude, appreciate the feedback. I also noticed the pads sound a bit harsh at around the time you mentioned, but otherwise not so much, I hope, particularly in the 2nd segment.

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Originally posted by AlphaStarred Thanks dude, appreciate the feedback. I also noticed the pads sound a bit harsh at around the time you mentioned, but otherwise not so much, I hope, particularly in the 2nd segment.

Np man.

2nd part seems copacetic until around 6:10'ish mark.

If you do decide to try and smooth it out, I would try not to change the overall pad sound too much though, it fits very well imo. Pad is also levelled perfectly, which is why I'd opt for EQ over Gain to fix it.

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Originally posted by theterran If you do decide to try and smooth it out, I would try not to change the overall pad sound too much though, it fits very well imo. Pad is also levelled perfectly, which is why I'd opt for EQ over Gain to fix it.

Sounds good, thanks for the suggestion. I may leave it as is, because it took me hours just to try and get a decent recording, and I've already changed the levels on my hardware anyway. I'm really hoping mastering can smooth it out, if possible, but if not, I'll have to decide if I want to go back and try and re-record again.

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Originally posted by AlphaStarred First track in over 18 months, wanted to do something electro-ish. Hoping the levels are OK, because I literally spent hours trying to make a decent recording:

Ha! Just heard this...very progressive and a serious kraftwerkish old school style. Totally dig this.
Very good use of atmosphere and filter cuts. Great work, brought me back!

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Welp, to my surprise a friend got me the synthmaster 1&2 bundle for Christmas. So, I started farting around with some presets and even got some sound design presets going. Really liking this vst so far and the ease of use. Wide tones on their notch filters and some serious low end bass tones.

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Originally posted by AlphaStarred First track in over 18 months, wanted to do something electro-ish. Hoping the levels are OK, because I literally spent hours trying to make a decent recording:

Lovely flavour here mate, just chugs along with a great groove and you've been brave to keep that 303 line very dry but it works.

Mixwise almost there, just sound a weeny bit squashed when the kik hits

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Originally posted by SystematicX1 Welp, to my surprise a friend got me the synthmaster 1&2 bundle for Christmas. So, I started farting around with some presets and even got some sound design presets going. Really liking this vst so far and the ease of use. Wide tones on their notch filters and some serious low end bass tones.

I must look into this synth, never heard of it until now, that bass sounds so rich n harmonic.
Mate a great track, really, but it goes shitty at about 2.20 when that off-time 'clumsy' sounding shit begins, lol. Strip that out.

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Originally posted by AlphaStarred Sounds good, thanks for the suggestion. I may leave it as is, because it took me hours just to try and get a decent recording, and I've already changed the levels on my hardware anyway. I'm really hoping mastering can smooth it out, if possible, but if not, I'll have to decide if I want to go back and try and re-record again.

So each instrument wasn't recorded to it's own track? hmm. Should be able to deal with it in post though, yeah.

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Originally posted by SystematicX1 Ha! Just heard this...very progressive and a serious kraftwerkish old school style. Totally dig this. Very good use of atmosphere and filter cuts. Great work, brought me back!

Thanks, appreciate the feedback!

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Agree with Richard, it sounds nice up to around 2:24, where it starts to sound off.

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Originally posted by Richard Butler Lovely flavour here mate, just chugs along with a great groove and you've been brave to keep that 303 line very dry but it works. Mixwise almost there, just sound a weeny bit squashed when the kik hits

Thanks for listening and feedback mate. Yeah, I'm hoping if the kick is a bit too loud, it can be fixed via mastering. I played it back and decreased the low frequency on my mixer and I think it sounded somewhat better.

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Originally posted by theterran So each instrument wasn't recorded to it's own track? hmm. Should be able to deal with it in post though, yeah.

Yeah, unfortunately I've never multitracked - I've done all my recordings with hardware, 'out of the box' directly into my digital 4-track recorder. In retrospect, it probably would've been nice to have learned to use some software for multitracking, but yeah...

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Originally posted by AlphaStarred Yeah, unfortunately I've never multitracked - I've done all my recordings with hardware, 'out of the box' directly into my digital 4-track recorder. In retrospect, it probably would've been nice to have learned to use some software for multitracking, but yeah...

I was actually just talking to a friend in LA who does his own recordings about this. (He's in a "rock" band) He was saying how tedious pro-tools was for making adjustments when routing in multiple tracks, and how he loves Reaper now...

Haven't messed around with live recording myself. Seems like it would be really fun. Props though, live recording is like, the hardest form of music...much easier sequencing everything out in a piano roll, that's for sure.

So I've been at this one on and off for months.
It's my take on 80's meets current electronica,..hopefully.

Those of you who recall Gary Numan will hear some echo's harking back.

Please bare with having to go to Soundcloud I have emailed them to ask why I can no longer embed

Sooo, the kick n bass - feelin it or not?

https://soundcloud.com/butlerrichard/nuufish-tribe

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