[dnb, IDM, whatnot] Ototoxic - Dystrophy

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Posted by Orpheus Is Dead on May-17-2008 13:14:

[dnb, IDM, whatnot] Ototoxic - Dystrophy

Started this song a couple days ago but got stuck. Then I took what I had and messed around with it adding glitches and fx to segments, threw a synth line two octaves up from the bass with some bends, finished it up, polished it as best I could and now we have this track.

http://www.myspace.com/ototoxicmanveerflora

Posted by cybernetica on May-17-2008 23:57:

Sick stuff here!
The bassline is great, love those bends.
Overall this stuff sounds chaotic as probably intended, but still it got a pushing rhthm that goes very well with the track. Somehow the drums sound a little lo fi to me, maybe thats just the myspace quality.
Some of the effects like the glitch during your little breakdowns seem a little too harsh in changing the tone of the track.
The first synth "lead" is sweet.
2:45 is damn nuts, love it! Great way to intruduce your lead, I wonder how you did that effect, is that short hi pitched sound just a pitched up slice of your lead?

Good job, I like it and keep on doing your thing, I love it when I hear original stuff on TA.

Posted by Orpheus Is Dead on May-18-2008 08:47:

Hey man. Thanks a lot for the feedback.

Yeah, I'm hearing the drums and they do sound a little lo fi. I think i need to use a higher bit kit because of all the pitch shifting i do with the drums. Which parts seem harsh to you? I can tone the fx down a little.

That synth sound at 2:45 I made with some two octave bends (using a monophonic synth on legato with a slightly slow portamento) and a very fast panned stutter. I also leave a random glitch vst on at a 10% probability
over the whole track, so theres a chance it could have triggered a random effect at that lead part too...

Posted by cybernetica on May-18-2008 09:56:

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Originally posted by Orpheus Is Dead
Yeah, I'm hearing the drums and they do sound a little lo fi. I think i need to use a higher bit kit because of all the pitch shifting i do with the drums. Which parts seem harsh to you? I can tone the fx down a little.

thanks for your reply about that synth.

for example the passage at 2:20 is not sounding good, a little distracting imo. Maybe I'm just tired of the dblue glitch bitcrusher

1:45 would be another fill i dont really like. Maybe turn that filter sweep into a highpass. Then a bit more detail in the automation maybe?
I suggest you render some of your stuff to wav and slice it up a bit. That way you can create some sick breaks and fills.

Not sure, but good luck