Love how the drums sounds. Super in your face.

Love how the drums sounds. Super in your face.

Oooooo, has kind of a trip hop vibe with those drums. Not sure what kind of sample/instrument is you have as the core of the track it sounds really nice.

Oooooo, has kind of a trip hop vibe with those drums. Not sure what kind of sample/instrument is you have as the core of the track it sounds really nice.

Those drums are really smooth. The top hits, it sounds like reggae guitars maybe. That makes the whole track very laid back, and super tasty.

Those drums are really smooth. The top hits, it sounds like reggae guitars maybe. That makes the whole track very laid back, and super tasty.

ayyyyy this is the hottest beat.  love that snare and the scratches!

that high pitch tingggggg is beautiful.

downloaded!

ayyyyy this is the hottest beat. love that snare and the scratches! that high pitch tingggggg is beautiful. downloaded!

that beginning few seconds sounded so kraftwerk but went in a totally unexpected direction

fun!

that beginning few seconds sounded so kraftwerk but went in a totally unexpected direction [img]https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.giphy.com%2Fmedia%2F63JzqrzxOSNsYd2b75%2Fgiphy.gif&f=1&nofb=1[/img] fun!

Great drums y nice dub vibe

Great drums y nice dub vibe

Please receive my sincere apologies for these late replies. Life's been a little hectic... I'm sorry. Your continuous feedback is always appreciated and keeps me going

Oh, never mind the GIF, I do think it's a bit TOO MUCH in your face. I listened back in my car the next day and boy, a lot of resonant frequencies... Where do I put a bass line in that? I should sit and give some decent eq to this one.

Thank you, ViridianLoop. The track is built around the drum beat and that "pad-ish" sound that you can hear at the beginning (all wet, the original sample is quite bland). It's a somewhat static sample so one copy goes to a vocoder that is modulated by the drums, then added some slight delay and reverb. I use that trick to add movement and it's a somewhat lazy way of giving an interesting melodic background.

The glitchy/atonal sounds are just samples I found. I made them fit by trial and error and tried to tune them the best I could so they fit in the tonality of the track.

I was really into trip hop back in the day and I think it somewhat shows in my music, to the point I'm sometimes afraid everything sounds samey and "too-90s". My ideal combination is some crunchy soulful beats plus a more electronic/ambient melody. I should improve in the bassline department.

Sorry for the long rant. I got carried away talking about the production details.

Thank you Kedbreak!!! I was surprised to hear about the "reggae guitars" because of the real origin of the samples (as you can read in my previous reply) though I think the results share some of that tone and groove.

I'd love to give a exact reference of the break, though I used some "dodgy" version from back in the nineties. I guess you remember how commercial libraries ripped soul classics and resell them with no credits or recognition. I think I used Zero G's "Data Line" from circa '95... Back from the Akai days

Thanks a lot for listening, Drew. I'm flattered

I thing all those atonal/glitchy sounds came from a free sample bank from 2009, published by the spanish producer AZ-Rotator (I've just realized right NOW that he's from my hometown, reading the documentation).

Thanks, Emily. It's a superb complement in my book the Kraftwerk comparison

I'd always try to marry Berlin-school synths and phat beats. They're the perfect couple, IMHO!

You always post the best GIFs

Gracias! I went a little overboard with the drum mix, though I'm happy with the overall arrangement

Please receive my sincere apologies for these late replies. Life's been a little hectic... I'm sorry. Your continuous feedback is always appreciated and keeps me going :) [quote=djippy]Love how the drums sounds. Super in your face. [/quote] [img]https://media.giphy.com/media/l2SpUNb0NN16RadfG/giphy.gif[/img] Oh, never mind the GIF, I do think it's a bit TOO MUCH in your face. I listened back in my car the next day and boy, a lot of resonant frequencies... Where do I put a bass line in that? I should sit and give some decent eq to this one. [quote=ViridianLoom]Oooooo, has kind of a trip hop vibe with those drums. Not sure what kind of sample/instrument is you have as the core of the track it sounds really nice.[/quote] Thank you, ViridianLoop. The track is built around the drum beat and that "pad-ish" sound that you can hear at the beginning (all wet, the original sample is quite bland). It's a somewhat static sample so one copy goes to a vocoder that is modulated by the drums, then added some slight delay and reverb. I use that trick to add movement and it's a somewhat lazy way of giving an interesting melodic background. The glitchy/atonal sounds are just samples I found. I made them fit by trial and error and tried to tune them the best I could so they fit in the tonality of the track. I was really into trip hop back in the day and I think it somewhat shows in my music, to the point I'm sometimes afraid everything sounds samey and "too-90s". My ideal combination is some crunchy soulful beats plus a more electronic/ambient melody. I should improve in the bassline department. Sorry for the long rant. I got carried away talking about the production details. [img]https://media.giphy.com/media/62ZhOvaZAZZm0/giphy.gif[/img] [quote=Kedbreak136]Those drums are really smooth. The top hits, it sounds like reggae guitars maybe. That makes the whole track very laid back, and super tasty. [/quote] Thank you Kedbreak!!! I was surprised to hear about the "reggae guitars" because of the real origin of the samples (as you can read in my previous reply) though I think the results share some of that tone and groove. I'd love to give a exact reference of the break, though I used some "dodgy" version from back in the nineties. I guess you remember how commercial libraries ripped soul classics and resell them with no credits or recognition. I think I used Zero G's "Data Line" from circa '95... Back from the Akai days :) [img]https://media.giphy.com/media/9GIgF9wqE49r12NpgH/giphy.gif[/img] [quote=orangedrink]ayyyyy this is the hottest beat. love that snare and the scratches! that high pitch tingggggg is beautiful. downloaded![/quote] Thanks a lot for listening, Drew. I'm flattered :) I thing all those atonal/glitchy sounds came from a free sample bank from 2009, published by the spanish producer AZ-Rotator (I've just realized right NOW that he's from my hometown, reading the documentation). [img]https://media.giphy.com/media/3o6nV8iYljg0gmZGg0/giphy.gif[/img] [quote=emily]that beginning few seconds sounded so kraftwerk but went in a totally unexpected direction [img]https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.giphy.com%2Fmedia%2F63JzqrzxOSNsYd2b75%2Fgiphy.gif&f=1&nofb=1[/img] fun![/quote] Thanks, Emily. It's a superb complement in my book the Kraftwerk comparison :) I'd always try to marry Berlin-school synths and phat beats. They're the perfect couple, IMHO! You always post the best GIFs :) [img]https://media.giphy.com/media/LYwOoiGZuF6yQ/giphy.gif[/img] [quote=noggin]Great drums y nice dub vibe[/quote] Gracias! I went a little overboard with the drum mix, though I'm happy with the overall arrangement :) [img]https://media.giphy.com/media/JVXU0uN1l6wdq/giphy.gif[/img]