Hi SETA, welcome to the new year. To bring it in, I decided to share my very first PSY/GOA track to start off the New Year week. This was created in Fruity Looops Studio, with drum samples from Doru Malaia *thanks Jeff for the hookup*. For those few who've heard my tracks before, this one will be a lot more different. This is my first Goa/Psy song, instead of trancy breaks, this is pretty dark-yet-danceable, and I like it. Expect more, maybe not soon, but it will happen.

Originally the inspiration come when I was working with my friend who was experiementing with FLS, just throwing down random beats and samples, playing with the speech synth. He made this really sweet bassline to go along with some thick pads, and he randomly threw in some vomit. So I guess it was just my turn to experiment with basslines too. I I absolutely love this track and I i loved making it, and I hope whoever listens to it likes it as well.

Dispite it's (final) tag, it's still not done, I want the kick to go even deeper, and I feel at some places it didn't mix very well. Probably add some snares too, plus make the song a little longer. And of course, whatever you guys think I should change I'll consider. But for now I'm satisfied with it.

And please, if you DL it, please make a comment or about it. I take critism well, as long as it's constructive.

Well, without further adieu
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Ben Acosta - Turbulence

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Last edited by BshidoHEAT on Jan-07-2005 at 21:08

nice avatar

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just gave the track a listen. decent track. nothing spectacular but looks like your music production is headed in the right direction.

much like traffic as was mentioned.

Last edited by planbrad on Jan-06-2005 at 21:06

Nice starter track. It's really dark. In it's current form I wouldn't categorize it as psy/goa... more like dark trance. Think Tiesto - Traffic. I notice that psy/goa really likes 16 beat hihats and the bassline is more driving. I really like the "vomit" loop. It went well with the eerie pad. The bassline needs more work though. What synth(s) did you use to create the bass? Maybe some variation every 32 beats in the bassline will spice it up a bit. I'm currently using poor headphones at work so I'll have to redownload the track from home but it seemed like the bass didn't have enough low end. The kick actually has more boom than the bass. Maybe consider adding a layer of sub bass to compliment the bassline you already have.

I felt the kick is a little weak. Kicks usually need a lot of compression. Consider trying 10:1 ratio for your kick. And maybe layer another kick on top of that one. A punchier kick to compliment the boomy kick yu already have.

P.S. Is Acosta really your last name?

Last edited by Scottaculous on Jan-06-2005 at 19:06

Good track, dude!

My bad guys, I didn't mention before that it was my FIRST PSY/GOA track, not my first track ever . This maybe my 2-3rd attempt at making a song people would actually play . Sorry about that

planbrad, thanks for your opinion. This thread has a very bad bad bad view:reply ratio, thanks for repling and, shame to all who've DLed it, and have not replied.

Scottaculous, I think that's the correct classification, but I usually don't like putting labels on my songs. Thank you for the feedback, it means a lot. Please forgive me for not being so techincal with producing... I just don't like that part, putting ideas together rolling around in my head, and making it sound at least decent is pretty cool though. I glad you liked the 'VOMIT' loop, I'm still debating if I should make a verson without it, if I did it'd take a lot out of the song. The bass was a standard FLS sample, I just messed with it a little, added an appregio to it to make it crazy. The little melody I put was made with the 3x OSC, pretty basic and easy, and sounds decent to me.

I don't know much about compression, I did compress the whole song, but I used one of the FLS presets because I don't really like doing that techincal stuff. But the kick is my biggest problem right now, like you said more boom than bass... that must change, maybe I'll put some reverb or some small effect on it! But I'll look through my bag of samples to see what completes it better. But so far no good, and it's already 3 kicks in one.

BTW if we get enough productions from everyone, I think it'd be totally kick ass if we did a SETA's Unite Mix (Much like TA Unite Mix on the Live Sets download page).

Once again thanks for you guys for replying

EDIT: Scot, up Acosta is my real last name. A DJ friend even told me Ben Acosta sounds like a producers name

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WTF my reply didint go through? Grrr damn u internet!

Ok first 1min 15sec or so i didnt really care for. I like the way it changes later on. Beat gets a bit monotonous, you need some work there. Whole track got that psy/chillout feel to it, not bad. Good first try keep it up.

Last edited by KOzOK on Jan-07-2005 at 01:43

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Originally posted by KOzOK WTF my reply didint go through? Grrr damn u internet! Ok first 1min 15sec or so i didnt really care for. I like the way it cahnges later on. Beat gets a bit monotonous, you need some work there. Whole track got that psy/chillout feel to it, not bad. Good first try keep it up.

Sup Majcie, thanks for listening in . and thanks for replying, please join the small select group of individuals who are in the cool group.

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def a little hard, but overall a good production.

I liked the AWWing in it

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Originally posted by ClubGoddess def a little hard, but overall a good production. I liked the AWWing in it

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Scott! Dude, if I can't find a punchier kick (one that blows air, as to one that rumbles the ground (boomier) right?) what do I do?

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Originally posted by BshidoHEAT Scott! Dude, if I can't find a punchier kick (one that blows air, as to one that rumbles the ground (boomier) right?) what do I do?

Three things you can do in order to change your kicks...
1. Change the envelope.
2. Compression (4:1 ratio - 8:1)
3. Boost EQ. I forget the exact frequency to boost to had punch. I'll get back to you on that.

Or

Get a drum machine VSTi like NI Battery or Linplug RM IV.

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Originally posted by Scottaculous Compression (4:1 ratio) and then apply EQ. I forget the exact frequency to boost to had punch. I'll get back to you on that. Or Get NI Battery or Linplug RM IV.

n3rd!

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