Big-city sophistication. Really like that hesitant advance.

Big-city sophistication. Really like that hesitant advance.

Definitely has that written all over this beat. Excellent work!! Really dig the percussion samples.

[quote=Jim Wood]Big-city sophistication.[/quote] Definitely has that written all over this beat. Excellent work!! Really dig the percussion samples.

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Haha I like that "hesitant advance" concept. I'm really shy when in comes to playing melodies, so ...

Didn't thought of the track as "sophisticated", though I'm glad you see some "big city" in it. It was just a dude in his room abusing the MIDI science to get some nice chords on the track

Really appreciated, Jim! Thanks for listening every week!

[quote=Jim Wood]Big-city sophistication. Really like that hesitant advance.[/quote] Haha I like that "hesitant advance" concept. I'm really shy when in comes to playing melodies, so ... Didn't thought of the track as "sophisticated", though I'm glad you see some "big city" in it. It was just a dude in his room abusing the MIDI science to get some nice chords on the track :) Really appreciated, Jim! Thanks for listening every week!

Thanks Alphaglitch! The original beat was done in ProTracker, starting on Amiga emulation and then moved to the native program running on OSX (but with all the quirks and "poor quality" of the original").

I slowed down the beat and messed with it until I had something more atmospheric, and then I added the "crunchy" main one, crispier and heavy on the bass. The synth, though, is modulated by the kick and snare of the original, that you could clearly hear in the intro

[quote=Alphaglitch][quote=Jim Wood]Big-city sophistication.[/quote] Definitely has that written all over this beat. Excellent work!! Really dig the percussion samples. [/quote] Thanks Alphaglitch! The original beat was done in ProTracker, starting on Amiga emulation and then moved to the native program running on OSX (but with all the quirks and "poor quality" of the original"). I slowed down the beat and messed with it until I had something more atmospheric, and then I added the "crunchy" main one, crispier and heavy on the bass. The synth, though, is modulated by the kick and snare of the original, that you could clearly hear in the intro :)

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Piano sounds great, really moves the track along, like the percussion that sounds like shards of glass breaking

Piano sounds great, really moves the track along, like the percussion that sounds like shards of glass breaking

This is incredible, you've definitely capture the feel and touch of rain and concrete with your production.  the twinkling delay makes me feel rain, the low resolution crunch makes me feel the concrete.

A++++  really impressed on this artistic concept execution.

This is incredible, you've definitely capture the feel and touch of rain and concrete with your production. the twinkling delay makes me feel rain, the low resolution crunch makes me feel the concrete. A++++ really impressed on this artistic concept execution.

*captured

*captured

Thanks Jason! I use Pianoteq as my piano of choice. It is based on maths/modeling instead of sampling, so is much smaller but more CPU demanding (not so much, really).

I like the comparison to "shattered glass"... get is due to my abuse of bitcrushing and 8 bit samples

Cheers, and thanks again for listening!

[quote=Jason Nijjer]Piano sounds great, really moves the track along, like the percussion that sounds like shards of glass breaking[/quote] Thanks Jason! I use Pianoteq as my piano of choice. It is based on maths/modeling instead of sampling, so is much smaller but more CPU demanding (not so much, really). I like the comparison to "shattered glass"... get is due to my abuse of bitcrushing and 8 bit samples Cheers, and thanks again for listening!

Whoah, man! Thank you! It came to life from just one dude (me) staying in his room on a very nasty rainy day, so I'm glad you enjoyed it

Guess I can't live without some drum crunch. A middle aged guy with too much 90's hiphop on his brain

Thanks again for your kind words, Orangedrink. Have a great week!

[quote=orangedrink]This is incredible, you've definitely capture the feel and touch of rain and concrete with your production. the twinkling delay makes me feel rain, the low resolution crunch makes me feel the concrete. A++++ really impressed on this artistic concept execution.[/quote] Whoah, man! Thank you! It came to life from just one dude (me) staying in his room on a very nasty rainy day, so I'm glad you enjoyed it :) Guess I can't live without some drum crunch. A middle aged guy with too much 90's hiphop on his brain ;) Thanks again for your kind words, Orangedrink. Have a great week!

Great intro and the beat drops in superbly.

A proper song and i mean that to be a compliment. Absolutely 100% in every way.

Great intro and the beat drops in superbly. A proper song and i mean that to be a compliment. Absolutely 100% in every way.

Enjoyed this! Love this beat and the production, agree with these comments! Looking forward to seeing "Fantastic Beasts .. " this weekend!

Enjoyed this! Love this beat and the production, agree with these comments! Looking forward to seeing "Fantastic Beasts .. " this weekend!

Very very good.

Very very good.

Haha I really appreciated that "proper song" commentary, indeed. Thank you very much

[quote=GrainBastard]Great intro and the beat drops in superbly. A proper song and i mean that to be a compliment. Absolutely 100% in every way. [/quote] Haha I really appreciated that "proper song" commentary, indeed. Thank you very much :)

I found "Fantastic Beasts..." to be a lovely movie, with all the spirit of the Harry Potter books, and with a life on it's own, nonetheless. Hope you like it!

And thank you for listening and your kind comments. I ws afraid the production was "too crunchy"

Danke schön!

[quote=miraclemiles]Enjoyed this! Love this beat and the production, agree with these comments! Looking forward to seeing "Fantastic Beasts .. " this weekend![/quote] I found "Fantastic Beasts..." to be a lovely movie, with all the spirit of the Harry Potter books, and with a life on it's own, nonetheless. Hope you like it! And thank you for listening and your kind comments. I ws afraid the production was "too crunchy" :) [quote=Q-Rosh]Very very good. [/quote] Danke schön! :)

Woah! I haven't heard your stuff in a while but I'm always impressed! Great job!

Woah! I haven't heard your stuff in a while but I'm always impressed! Great job!

I must admit the same thing, mate... I'm catching up with everybody's stuff lately

Thanks for listening and commenting. It's really appreciated

[quote=cfurrow]Woah! I haven't heard your stuff in a while but I'm always impressed! Great job![/quote] I must admit the same thing, mate... I'm catching up with everybody's stuff lately Thanks for listening and commenting. It's really appreciated

Damn this is Great!
Love your Funky beatzz

Damn this is Great! Love your Funky beatzz :)

Vielen Danke, mein Freund! I should catch up with your tunes, really soon!

[quote=m2K7]Damn this is Great! Love your Funky beatzz :)[/quote] Vielen Danke, mein Freund! I should catch up with your tunes, really soon!

Ah yais, a nice funky (but not over the top) bassline that fits very well with those warm 8bit beats.  The piano sounds awesome too!  Love how it sits in the mix. 

Ah yais, a nice funky (but not over the top) bassline that fits very well with those warm 8bit beats. The piano sounds awesome too! Love how it sits in the mix.