to listen in the meanwhile upload a 4 min loop of this, would be nice.

This is very nice so far.

In terms of making this more like deadmaus, it needs a proper groove, at the moment it has more proggy influences whilst good in their own right, not quite his sound.

Not enough emphasis on a catchy bass at the moment so at the moment sounds more like very slow trance. The riff is catchy and I like it, but the bass needs a character and a voice of its own to set the track on fire. With tracks that are this sort of tempo bass lines play a much more melodic role.

In order to open that space for the bass I might be tempted to play with the rhythm of the pluck and create a question and answer type scenario.

Just a few of my thoughts.

Cheers
Nem

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Sounds good Maybe some leads?

Thanks again guys. Sorry it's so short but it really just was a chord progression idea at the moment


@ Nem

Thanks for that great feedback. I'm actually not trying to achieve a Deadmau5 sound per se, although the track is obviously influenced by that style.

I'm not sure where i'm going with the bass at this point. There is a heavy sub bass layer to the pluck already, playing along the same pattern, although your suggestion has got me thinking about chopping it round a bit. More messing required I think.

Cheers

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Make it longer, add vocals, profit!

I agree with many of the comments here IF this was going to be an instrumental, but I sorta like the more straightforward feel as a background for some luscious female vox. Personally, I'd get the melody and vox down, then see if/how the groove could be changed to augment it, but that's not to say that it is the "right" way to approach it.

Either way, I dig it dude!

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Originally posted by cryophonik Make it longer, add vocals, profit! I agree with many of the comments here IF this was going to be an instrumental, but I sorta like the more straightforward feel as a background for some luscious female vox. Personally, I'd get the melody and vox down, then see if/how the groove could be changed to augment it, but that's not to say that it is the "right" way to approach it. Either way, I dig it dude!

That's pretty much the road i'm going down

Cheers Dave

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Me rikey! Rikey a rot!

Good job, definitely caught the 8th note essence.

The thing with these tracks is the simplicity of the perc, and the lick/clap is perfect. If you need to give it more drive (maybe not really necessary), then keep it to simple, well placed hi perc. These type of tracks just lose their feel when they get busy.

Try a simple elongated "shhhh" (like a brief ascending cymbal) on the offbeat and try moving a few ticks for syncopation with the other sounds, especially how it fits with the bass.

If you get the vox right, could be a real corker.....

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Originally posted by DJ RANN Me rikey! Rikey a rot! Good job, definitely caught the 8th note essence. The thing with these tracks is the simplicity of the perc, and the lick/clap is perfect. If you need to give it more drive (maybe not really necessary), then keep it to simple, well placed hi perc. These type of tracks just lose their feel when they get busy. Try a simple elongated "shhhh" (like a brief ascending cymbal) on the offbeat and try moving a few ticks for syncopation with the other sounds, especially how it fits with the bass. If you get the vox right, could be a real corker.....

Cheers big ears!

I honestly find the less is more approach to percussion much tricker than 10 layers of tarnce

But I agree that in this case more would ruin the feel.

thanks for listening

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Like it A LOT, would need a bit more balls / ooomph but all elements seem to be there

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sounds good ofcourse like everything youve been doing for a while. looking forward to hearing it in context.

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Originally posted by Raphie Like it A LOT, would need a bit more balls / ooomph but all elements seem to be there

Agree with this one. At this moment it's a nice piece of work but missing some attitude.

I think that is what I was trying to say on my previous post.

Cheers
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EDIT - new remix version by Dirtbox Divas in post further down. Didn't want to stomp all over your thread matrte so removed it from this post.

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Last edited by Richard Butler on Jan-09-2011 at 21:53