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Posted by sterilis on Sep-04-2006 15:49:

Melody and drive?

Does this melody sound good or bad?

SAMPLE

It sounded good when i made it but im not sure now. also is it just me or does the track seem to lack drive?

my producing has been very slack recently so i cant judge it very well at the minute. any help would be great.

thanks

Posted by KilldaDJ on Sep-04-2006 16:00:

the melody...well..the only thing that changes is the bassline

and drive...well...no.

go on flame me, im drinking carling so u can all do the unthinkable.

Posted by Lindo on Sep-04-2006 16:16:

Your percs are kinda boring. They're panning pretty wide which is cool, but they don't stand out. There's nothing special to give the percussion drive that you need. The melody is pretty simple. It really all depends if that's your quick 4 bar melody or if that's your main melody. The bassline sounds a lot more driving than most of your tracks. That's a plus. I don't know what else to comment on. Good luck with it.

Posted by Centra Spike on Sep-04-2006 16:17:

That sounds really bad. It's clipping everywhere. I don't really like the synth and the melody is a bit lifeless and boring. Sorry.

Posted by sterilis on Sep-04-2006 16:22:

its not been eqed or mastered yet so clipping is inevitable. just need opinions on what i asked. but all i need is honesty. thanks for the help.

ill change the melody as i guess once you realise yourself its not working then you have to lose it.

do you think i need more percussion?

Posted by Lindo on Sep-04-2006 16:43:

yes you need more percussion imo. how many different instruments are playing for your percussion?

Posted by sterilis on Sep-04-2006 16:48:

instruments about six. although i have three instances of hi hats.

Posted by substorm on Sep-04-2006 16:54:

Regarding precs: Have a simple loop between the low and the mid bass, and try to tweak it so that it works well with the kick, keep it dry.

Have a wet loop with delay and some stereo expansion.

Use a nice clap and boost it around 2500 so that it get some punch from the kick, and keep it center with a litle reverb.

And then a Hihat around 8000, with a little reverb.

Cut the wet loop sample around 200.

Have a dry ride playing at low volume in the background, pan it a bit.

Hope it could give u some help!

Cheers
c

Posted by sterilis on Sep-04-2006 16:59:

good help there substorm

thanks

Posted by jey on Sep-04-2006 17:08:

kicks very week! melody is bad! would soon hurt the ears!

sounds like a computer game lol.......

Posted by TranscendentalP on Sep-06-2006 04:20:

its a good start for a melody.. you could build on that and make it a bit more complex, i dont know why people are talking about it changing so much... its only a 14 second clip. anyways, build on that melody and maybe switch up the synth a bit on it... it does sound like video game music with that synth at the moment

Posted by sterilis on Sep-06-2006 17:42:

made alot of changes after hearing peoples opinions. heres another sample from the intro: SAMPLE 2

Posted by erq on Sep-06-2006 18:02:

Im lovin the perc and the way its panning. Maybe its just me but I would turn the bass up a bit.

On the first clip, I think the melodys nice, just switch it up a little and youre set to add fx =]

Posted by jey on Sep-06-2006 19:10:

sounds alot better.....some mudd between the kick an second bassline,
eq will sort...

what samples do u use???

Posted by sterilis on Sep-06-2006 19:23:

samples for what?

Posted by jey on Sep-06-2006 19:30:

sorry, for precussion, kicks, claps, etc....?

Posted by sterilis on Sep-06-2006 19:36:

percussion i use the vec sounds and doru malaia samples.

kicks i layer three together using the vec sounds and some samples i got from people on forum.

Posted by jey on Sep-06-2006 19:40:

thats what i use, y do u layer the vec kicks?? i thought they were finished kicks and ready for using, pro standard...just need a little eq for that extra punch and to fit into ur track....

Posted by sterilis on Sep-06-2006 19:42:

i dont find any of the single kicks suit what im after. i prefer to layer them to give them extra punch.