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As title.
Completing an old sketch from a year ago: 3 loops made with Chase Bliss Blooper pedal + various synths. Dirtywave M8; mixed in Live.
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Love that high lead with the glide and the turkish/arabic vibe
Very very!!! 
I specially like the somewhat windy distorted reversed underlayer that comes with it.
Heavy tension. The main underbelly synth sounds like a phone busy signal or polite emergency alarm and just gives it that oh sh*t vibe
Uh! Git it, drop it, kill it, resurrect it, then bury me with it!
One day I'll learn how to start a track properly. Like this. Dat sub penetrates. And those transitions! Perfection
Love the sound design on that lead and the way the layers come in and out without overcrowding!
Holy balls it's time to pay attention when that lead + sub kick in around 00:35. But for me, but the bass riff at 02:27 ends up stealing the show. The timing and mood shift is
After hearing your tracks up to now, I'm getting curious how you construct these super punchy, borderline-abstract beats. Not sure how to describe them—maybe a more clever/sophisticated cousin of trap? They often show up feeling just shy of chaos—but by the time everything is in full swing, they've somehow glued it all into a tight (and complex) groove.
As someone who struggles to prevent all drum parts from ending up as backbeats, it's like alien technology and I have no idea how you'd even start. But it sounds great.
the dissections of the beat at transitions are sick, like the dropout around 1min in
classic bring-it-back-but more trick of just-bump-the-same-lead-up-an-octave in the end. honestly you could have done one more repeat, picturing driving it to the fuckin ground one octave more with a distorted out version of the low end.
I dig how it sounds urgent and delicate at the same time. like a nearly empty balloon trying to escape the top corner of a room.
Super trippy in the best way! This is a party I want to attend
This is excellent! The leads are very tastefully articulated, and I like the contrast between them. Cool bassline/section starting at 02:30, and overall lots of variation and nice crispy drum work.
This is excellent! The leads are very tastefully articulated, and I like the contrast between them. Cool bassline/section starting at 02:30, and overall lots of variation and nice crispy drum work.
Means a lot, I really like your pacing & writing in everything you posted -- thanks!
Awesome rhythms, love the track
Oh dude thanks, and also thanks for Delay Trees recommendation!
Super trippy in the best way! This is a party I want to attend
Making a note here you like your parties slightly twisted... (Thanks, man!)
I dig how it sounds urgent and delicate at the same time. like a nearly empty balloon trying to escape the top corner of a room.
That's a dope image I would have never ever come up with
the dissections of the beat at transitions are sick, like the dropout around 1min in
classic bring-it-back-but more trick of just-bump-the-same-lead-up-an-octave in the end. honestly you could have done one more repeat, picturing driving it to the fuckin ground one octave more with a distorted out version of the low end.
Oh dude, thanks for the larger idea to take a cliche and push it beyond absurd, you're totally right would have been cool to push the screaming lead sound to the point of aliasing downward. Love your work, thanks for listening.
After hearing your tracks up to now, I'm getting curious how you construct these super punchy, borderline-abstract beats. Not sure how to describe them—maybe a more clever/sophisticated cousin of trap? They often show up feeling just shy of chaos—but by the time everything is in full swing, they've somehow glued it all into a tight (and complex) groove.
Took this offline, thanks a lot for asking and thanks for compliments
Anxiety in soundwaves.
(And out of soundwaves, too, sometimes... )
Love the sound design on that lead and the way the layers come in and out without overcrowding!
Hell yeah, thanks for digging the noise.
Nice one!
Cheers -- and welcome to WB!
One day I'll learn how to start a track properly. Like this. Dat sub penetrates. And those transitions! Perfection
Happy to walk you through your old tunes that taught me how to do it.
Uh! Git it, drop it, kill it, resurrect it, then bury me with it!
Dang, that gif fiiiits.
Heavy tension. The main underbelly synth sounds like a phone busy signal or polite emergency alarm and just gives it that oh sh*t vibe
fetalface wrote:Love that high lead with the glide and the turkish/arabic vibe
Very very!!! <3 I specially like the somewhat windy distorted reversed underlayer that comes with it.
It's that bubbly Luigi's Mansion sounding loop's bass slowed down going backwards, thanks so much for noticing it, my favorite sound in the whole thing.
Love that high lead with the glide and the turkish/arabic vibe
I am most grateful you commented, discovering your and elmegbert's music has been a highlight of the week by a long shot.
Whoah! This is cool! I like it!
I like the most than you started with "Whoah!" -- thanks!
That lead as 2:00 is soooo cool. It has a middle eastern vibe and syncs so well with the beat! Very cool track!
ACCURATELY TITLED - this is so so so so so so good. more of these loops please. bass breakdown at 2:35 elevated this track from great to outstanding. you are ridiculously skilled/talented/clever/smart
Uh! Git it, drop it, kill it, resurrect it, then bury me with it!
yo this is PERFECTLY TIMED
THAT'S horrifying
Took this offline, thanks a lot for asking
actually do you mind putting it back online? just really curious how you make these.
That lead as 2:00 is soooo cool. It has a middle eastern vibe and syncs so well with the beat! Very cool track!
Thank you, kind of happened by accident when editing some bass preset in Massive X. I've been unable to finish work all the way up until WB, and wanted to share I removed ALL effects from the lead sound and just added an EQ. Less is more can be surprisingly hard sometimes.
Actually, yes -- the stomach acid bit... yeah. (Thanks for listening!)
ilzxc wrote:Took this offline, thanks a lot for asking
actually do you mind putting it back online? just really curious how you make these.
I will, just been not-a-great-time lately and the war in Ukraine is also not helping. The tldr is that I spent about a year recording myself beatboxing (poorly) and then layering it w/ drum sounds w/o quantization. WB and M8 forced me to simplify that away from being obsessed w/ micro timing, but double-down on other lessons ("respect the breaths" in particular). I'll try to find a way to share screenshots + audio files, but can't get arsed due to family sicknesses, work, etc.
And super grateful for the kind words above!
B) this is completely sick. I love how it's like, totally accurate in describing what anxiety feels like, while also being super cool and jivey. I think I was actually experiencing a lot of anxiety this week too lololol
Grin at the opening, hmmm lead entrance now I am really listnening, fire track
