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I don't know exactly how to take that one

For now, let's be possitive

[quote=starpause][img]https://31.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcm3a1KZj21qadwmuo1_500.gif[/img][/quote] ... I don't know exactly how to take that one :) For now, let's be possitive

definitely a thumbs up i don't comment on anything i don't feel! built a x0xb0x, i love weird acid thanks for the cleaned up download.

definitely a thumbs up i don't comment on anything i don't feel! built a x0xb0x, i love weird acid =) thanks for the cleaned up download.

I like the track's hip hop vibe a lot. Sounds amazing. I must say I'd love to hear some rap on top of it.  Great job nonetheless!

I like the track's hip hop vibe a lot. Sounds amazing. I must say I'd love to hear some rap on top of it. Great job nonetheless!

whoa holy crap those sounds. this is insane and crazy and fun. hip hop electro perhaps!

whoa holy crap those sounds. this is insane and crazy and fun. hip hop electro perhaps!

Very dreamy and percussive. That beat is infectious dammit!

Very dreamy and percussive. That beat is infectious dammit!

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This one definitely grew on me. I dig the dreamy beat!

The only thing is that it sounds to my ears like some of the tracks need more EQing. There's this bit of clipping or muddiness right at 8 seconds, and I think you can fix it with a high-Q cut somewhere between 150-250 Hz on the drums.

I think you mentioned before that you sometimes sidechain tracks to increase with the drums (instead of duck). If you did that on the low-passed synth at the start, that might be what I'm hearing and why it's sounding distorted there...

This one definitely grew on me. I dig the dreamy beat! :D The only thing is that it sounds to my ears like some of the tracks need more EQing. There's this bit of clipping or muddiness right at 8 seconds, and I think you can fix it with a high-Q cut somewhere between 150-250 Hz on the drums. I think you mentioned before that you sometimes sidechain tracks to increase with the drums (instead of duck). If you did that on the low-passed synth at the start, that might be what I'm hearing and why it's sounding distorted there...

Hey, Gify!

No, I rarely increase instead of ducking, but I made several copies of one track with different EQ "holes" in the freqs, specially when recycling very old projects (I used to work in Reason but I just have the audio tracks to work with, which I probably bounced). Could easily become a mess if I don't compress or limit, and I was really tired when I posted this one, so some clean up is definetely needed.

What I DO use is following the beat with a vocoder, so that could generate nasty unwanted spikes, specially in the mid freqs. This track has... I think... 5 tracks for all the the lead synth. It was all build with a really lush pad modulated with the drums, then bounced, then pitch shifted, then some fx, then add another layer... Obvious thing after a while: put the volume down (I'm now usually mixing at -8db from the start).

Hope you heard the Soundcloud version, because I completely removed the TB-like bassline and it's quite more polished. Sorry for the unwanted clipping

Digging your work this week, as usual

[quote=gify]This one definitely grew on me. I dig the dreamy beat! :D The only thing is that it sounds to my ears like some of the tracks need more EQing. There's this bit of clipping or muddiness right at 8 seconds, and I think you can fix it with a high-Q cut somewhere between 150-250 Hz on the drums. I think you mentioned before that you sometimes sidechain tracks to increase with the drums (instead of duck). If you did that on the low-passed synth at the start, that might be what I'm hearing and why it's sounding distorted there...[/quote] Hey, Gify! No, I rarely increase instead of ducking, but I made several copies of one track with different EQ "holes" in the freqs, specially when recycling very old projects (I used to work in Reason but I just have the audio tracks to work with, which I probably bounced). Could easily become a mess if I don't compress or limit, and I was really tired when I posted this one, so some clean up is definetely needed. What I DO use is following the beat with a vocoder, so that could generate nasty unwanted spikes, specially in the mid freqs. This track has... I think... 5 tracks for all the the lead synth. It was all build with a really lush pad modulated with the drums, then bounced, then pitch shifted, then some fx, then add another layer... Obvious thing after a while: put the volume down (I'm now usually mixing at -8db from the start). Hope you heard the Soundcloud version, because I completely removed the TB-like bassline and it's quite more polished. Sorry for the unwanted clipping :) Digging your work this week, as usual

Aha, I misunderstood, thanks for clarifying and for the tips! I used to do the vocoder thing with my Korg KP3 too. It was a great way to get funky techno rhythms going fast! I actually didn't mind the TB-like bassline in your original version btw.

I'm starting to pay a lot more attention to my levels all the way through my DSP chains. If I don't, stuff just gets out of control and life becomes hell if I try to put different tracks through my split-band buses unless the tracks have their mixing under control before that.

Aha, I misunderstood, thanks for clarifying and for the tips! I used to do the vocoder thing with my Korg KP3 too. It was a great way to get funky techno rhythms going fast! I actually didn't mind the TB-like bassline in your original version btw. :) I'm starting to pay a lot more attention to my levels all the way through my DSP chains. If I don't, stuff just gets out of control and life becomes hell if I try to put different tracks through my split-band buses unless the tracks have their mixing under control before that.

so how many bikini's did you sweep off with this one already?

so how many bikini's did you sweep off with this one already?

Hahaha... I was mastering the track and reading an article about mastering hihats, where they talk about "sweeping across the entire high frequencies spectrum to fullfill the track" or something like that.
Meanwhile, some shampoo comercial was on the screen, with girls playing on the beach...

That's the secret origin of the one and only Bikini Sweeper. I hve to take this one to Ibiza in July, and do some tests.

[quote=dreikelvin]so how many bikini's did you sweep off with this one already?[/quote] Hahaha... I was mastering the track and reading an article about mastering hihats, where they talk about "sweeping across the entire high frequencies spectrum to fullfill the track" or something like that. Meanwhile, some shampoo comercial was on the screen, with girls playing on the beach... That's the secret origin of the one and only Bikini Sweeper. I hve to take this one to Ibiza in July, and do some tests. :)