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Rietveld, you fool, let go of those diamonds!

By rplktr on May 5, 2024 11:56 pm

I welcome all critical feedback.

As I'm working on another track that will likely take a couple more days to finish, I decided to not rush it and instead submit something else. So, this is my idea of speedtrash. Still took a few hours! I used my usual suspects and the most boring chord progressions you can imagine. But it's a track!

134 BPM 4/4, B-minor. Analog Rytm with a noisy purely analog kit sets the beat, a pair of Mother-32s provides both the stereo bass and the stereo acid, Subharmonicon is the plucky arp, Iridium provides the carpenterian stabs in the finale, lead with the Roland Cloud D-50, guitar from Shreddage because speedtrash.

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I don't hear the speedtrash, I thought that would be more like metal. Not a metalhead tbh, so it worked out favourably. and that's what i immediately did. favourited this track. cuz G-DD-mn everything sounds sooo goood.

So synthwave, very vibe!!

pretty amazing that you can so quickly pull something this cool together. it sounds great in headphones!
i don't know Rietveld, but the title reminded me of my favorite line in Wyclef's 'Anything Can Happen'
"You lookin at my watch, but my mind's really the diamond"
have a great week, rplktr smile

Feels like a pretty well textured and evolved song for something that was rushed. Wish I had something critical to say but nothing came to mind.

Really love whats going on around 1:00 to 1:45, what a build!! This really just keeps getting better and better the more you listen. That mother 32 stereo acid is killer. Favoriting!

Gotta love the word "carpentarian". This was really solid, and I gotta get my subharmonicon into the mix, it sounds fantastic there. And tremendous for a few hours work - I'd love to hear about how you attacked it.

Only critique I would offer is to watch the stereo field when the layers get dense - there's a lot of bias towards hard left/right that becomes perceptually louder towards the end and the bass and kick get a little lost. Still some delicious ear candy though.

Speed trash nawwww.. There's some awesome sounds in this and it progresses with purpose.  Those acid lines hit nicely too. 

Yes, some good ear candy in here, good acid! A candidate to go kickless too I think.

A couple of hours is what I usually need for a song, so you can definitely trash faster. I believe in you.
Cool synths, btw. Keep them around for next time to save some hours.
- Devieus

I this turned out really good! One criticism I have is that the crunchy sounding guitar that comes in around 1:40 feels a bit out of place sonically. I think a different sound could've been used, maybe something punchier that fits the rest of the highly synthesized feel. Otherwise though, I think this is solid!

Wisefire wrote:

favourited this track. cuz G-DD-mn everything sounds sooo good. So synthwave, very vibe!!

Appreciate the kind words!

jwh wrote:

pretty amazing that you can so quickly pull something this cool together. it sounds great in headphones!

It's mostly a function of working with what I've got on my desk already patched and ready to go. A lot of time spent on sound design just isn't needed. And my patches use stereo prominently, which I'm happy you enjoy on the headphones.

jwk wrote:

i don't know Rietveld, but the title reminded me of my favorite line in Wyclef's 'Anything Can Happen'
"You lookin at my watch, but my mind's really the diamond"

Haha, actually the title just came to me randomly. There's no Rietveld this refers to.

ViridianLoom wrote:

Feels like a pretty well textured and evolved song for something that was rushed. Wish I had something critical to say but nothing came to mind.

Glad you like it! Wish I had time to record a proper guitar for this, but I lacked both the time and the skill big_smile

SQF wrote:

Really love whats going on around 1:00 to 1:45, what a build!! This really just keeps getting better and better the more you listen. That mother 32 stereo acid is killer. Favoriting!

Thanks, SQF. I'm really happy you like it!

neon liminal wrote:

watch the stereo field when the layers get dense - there's a lot of bias towards hard left/right that becomes perceptually louder towards the end and the bass and kick get a little lost. Still some delicious ear candy though.

Good feedback, and I'm happy you felt like you can share it. This is why we're here, to help each other get better. Since your comment I'm more careful about not overwhelming the center with hard pans in track finales.

Tone Matrix wrote:

Speed trash nawwww.. There's some awesome sounds in this and it progresses with purpose.  Those acid lines hit nicely too.

Glad you like it!

miraclemiles wrote:

Yes, some good ear candy in here, good acid! A candidate to go kickless too I think.

Haha, I really need to make another kickless track, don't I?

Devieus wrote:

A couple of hours is what I usually need for a song, so you can definitely trash faster. I believe in you.
Cool synths, btw. Keep them around for next time to save some hours.
- Devieus

Yup, working with what I have already pre-patched is a good strategy. And haha, yeah, we'll see if I can "trash faster" next month when I'm off to Japan. I will have to do that whether I like it or not.

that_ranjit wrote:

I this turned out really good! One criticism I have is that the crunchy sounding guitar that comes in around 1:40 feels a bit out of place sonically. I think a different sound could've been used, maybe something punchier that fits the rest of the highly synthesized feel. Otherwise though, I think this is solid!

Right, the guitar was a late idea. I'm sure I could find a better tone for it if I had time, but alas, it is what it is! Glad you felt comfortable with sharing your feedback, it's valuable! Thank you.

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