Originally finished this track a couple months ago, and even though I really liked it, some things didn't feel completely right. So I dug this one out, worked on it for a while and now it's starting to sound the way I want it to. Still have a bit to go in terms of mixing and polishing off elements, but is pretty much almost complete

This is probably very different from what you've heard, and hopefully in a good way.

Cheers

EDIT: updated

Jean-Luc Wu - Prodigal by J.L.

Last edited by J.L. on Mar-26-2011 at 19:29

Man you have talent!

Firstly the bass is very good indeed, I like the way nit came in and then shortly after an even lower layer seemed to join. Be interested to know what synth and processing you used for the bass.

It builds really well and the breaks are very unique and musical. Love that vocoder thang going on.

All round a very impressive show of skill mate, props.

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I have heard several of your other tracks on your soundcloud page and I love how you can use so many different elements at the same time, and make it work very well. Good work, everything Richard said and more! lol

Cheers, glad you guys liked it. I'm using a pulse synth patch from Kontakt for the Sub, Fm8 for the rolling bass and another Kontakt synth patch for the mid-low bass. It was really the Eq-ing that has helped the bass come alive. I find the culprit for me in poor basses is always when the 200 hz region is too loud and is not short and punchy enough.

I wasn't expecting that.

Very unique sounding track that kind of defies a genre pigeon hole which I always like.

I don't know why, but it's what I imagine a Deadmau5 remix of a theme tune to a 70s TV series about Spies would sound like.

Kudos.

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Originally posted by tehlord I wasn't expecting that. Very unique sounding track that kind of defies a genre pigeon hole which I always like. I don't know why, but it's what I imagine a Deadmau5 remix of a theme tune to a 70s TV series about Spies would sound like. Kudos.

Thanks! I've gotten mixed feelings about this. Some have really loved, it while others have found it 'weird'. I'm always just making music with the back of my mind thinking 'this would be something I would drop'.

I like the part about a "theme tune to a 70's TV series about Spies".

nice track.. good flow..the kick felt a lil hidden ..would have liked it to punch through a lil better..the strings are nice..has an old skool ravy flow to it which is cool.. i think the synths are a lil loud in the mix..seems to over power the other elements a lil.. over all this is good work man...keep it up.

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