Alfi pres snømu5 - Urban Blues (The Sun is Somewhere)

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Posted by itsamemario on Apr-01-2011 15:00:

Alfi pres snømu5 - Urban Blues (The Sun is Somewhere)

FLStudio + an Oxygen 8 controller = Pure Awesomeness
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This is a track I recorded live sitting on my bedroom floor. Pretty much just some blues chords over a groovy beat, nothing to spectacular, apart from being the first track where I've done all the automations live in one go (and remembered to record it :P).

I hope you like it, and please comment if you do

Oh and I'm releasing this under a Creative Commons license, so feel free to share it to everyone

Alfi

Alfi pres snømu5 - Urban Blues (The Sun is Somewhere) by snoemu5a

Posted by Haak on Apr-01-2011 17:07:

Nice one! Really digging the chords and the bass.

Can't hear the blues, though.

Posted by itsamemario on Apr-01-2011 18:25:

quote:
Originally posted by Senator Clay Davis
i especially liked the 30 secs part with clap only in the beginning. mnml ftw. i think that would have worked out amazing at a party.

you can't hear the sub?

Posted by itsamemario on Apr-01-2011 18:28:

quote:
Originally posted by Haak
Nice one! Really digging the chords and the bass.

Can't hear the blues, though.

well the pad, bass and synth all follow a standard blues chord progression, although i have lenghtened some of the parts so it's 16 bars instad of 12. and the fact that you cant hear it is what makes it urban

Posted by itsamemario on Apr-01-2011 18:39:

quote:
Originally posted by Senator Clay Davis
i thought that was some recording mistakes lol.

lol, that low sub is what glues the kick and the bass together and creates that kinda rocking groove.

try downloading the 320kbps mp3 instead. better sound quality

some comments on the mastering too would be awesome. first time i really done more than roll of the subs on the master. most mastering was done post export from fl btw. tried out some sweet new plugs and im not trusting the acoustics in this room one bit :P so comments would be nice yeah...

Posted by MSZ on Apr-01-2011 21:02:

its nice, has these retro, spacey pads and synths. i have nothing to play this with, so you have to make more, a lot more. btw check out my cut and vote alfi.

Posted by EddieZilker on Apr-01-2011 22:13:

I quite like this one. Very smooth sound with the synth.

Posted by itsamemario on Apr-01-2011 22:30:

quote:
Originally posted by MSZ
its nice, has these retro, spacey pads and synths. i have nothing to play this with, so you have to make more, a lot more. btw check out my cut and vote alfi.

i will check out your cut and i will vote for alfi.

glad you liked it, maybe ill make more like this under my snømu5 moniker

Posted by itsamemario on Apr-01-2011 22:31:

quote:
Originally posted by EddieZilker
I quite like this one. Very smooth sound with the synth.

thanks

Posted by Richard Butler on Apr-02-2011 10:39:

2nd track today to remind me of the cooler style of classic late night house. Very nice vibe on the bass and percs mate.

Possibly the bass sound may need a slight low end end cut or very small level reduction.

Honestly that third high squeaky chord is a bit of a mood killer for me - it sounds like some wasps got stuck in my jam jar lol.

Posted by itsamemario on Apr-02-2011 13:12:

quote:
Originally posted by Richard Butler
2nd track today to remind me of the cooler style of classic late night house. Very nice vibe on the bass and percs mate.

Possibly the bass sound may need a slight low end end cut or very small level reduction.

Honestly that third high squeaky chord is a bit of a mood killer for me - it sounds like some wasps got stuck in my jam jar lol.

thanks man

Posted by Beatflux on Apr-03-2011 17:54:

Did you bang out the beat?

Posted by itsamemario on Apr-04-2011 00:08:

quote:
Originally posted by Beatflux
Did you bang out the beat?

what do you mean?

Posted by Beatflux on Apr-04-2011 00:31:

quote:
Originally posted by dj_alfi
what do you mean?

Did you perform the drums live?

Posted by itsamemario on Apr-06-2011 11:37:

quote:
Originally posted by Beatflux
Did you perform the drums live?

ah no. didn't have time to turn the knobs AND play the drums at the same time. no automations. all levels and filters, reverbs, delays are done in one take. press record and go crazy kinda... the track might be a bit long, but i recorded it at 4:20, so that's probably why.

They percs are basically two loops, that I've chopped, re-chopped, and filterfucked into my liking. the fx chains on this track is actually pretty awesome, even though the song isn't that spectacular.