The Musician's Gig Room Chat V1 - Songwriting and Sound Design for all! - Creationism Corner

[QUOTE=Ott;51119923]I want a melodica.[/QUOTE] I have this one: [URL]http://www.gear4music.com/Woodwind-Brass-Strings/37-Key-Melodica-by-Gear4music/DT8[/URL] It actually sounds pretty decent despite the cheapness: [URL]https://clyp.it/ggodi5eu[/URL]

How loud can it go? Can it compete with saxophones?

[QUOTE=Ott;51122144]How loud can it go? Can it compete with saxophones?[/QUOTE] In terms of recording, it allows for very flexible mixing. I got decent levels like 40-50 cm away from the mic. In terms of acoustics, I brought it with me to a music festival and jammed with my buddies (me on melodica, one guy on acoustic guitar and last guy singing), and we could all hear eachother just fine. I also witnessed two dudes jamming "I Will Survive", one on saxophone and the other on melodica (albeit a more expensive Hohner model), and I could hear them both even though they were playing the same melody in unison. The levels don't match up to a saxophone when it is blown with full force though, but it can compete with a sax played with normal dynamics. Also it depends on whether you're using the standard mouthpiece or the tube. The tube requires more force to get the same dynamics as the standard, and chords also requires more force. In my blues run above I played the lead on the standard mouthpiece and used the tube for the two other tracks. I barely did any mixing, and the lead is still the most prominent voice.

So I'm setting up a recording space in my office, and I'm looking into a) recording interfaces, and b) soundproofing. I have a drum kit, I'm looking into getting an amp (used to have both but got rid of them during apartment/rental house days, now I have my own house with space so I'm starting over) and I'd ideally like to mic-record both, though I had considered using a line-in tool for guitar/bass. As far as mic-ing up drums, what am I supposed to do to record drums with those drum mic packages that have like 7 or 8 mics when most affordable audio interfaces only have like 4 mic ports? Also, do I need to soundproof the whole room for recording quality or can I get away with like the corner my drums will be in, with some panels kinda "boxing" them in? Thanks for the input.

[QUOTE=hippowombat;51123188]So I'm setting up a recording space in my office, and I'm looking into a) recording interfaces, and b) soundproofing. I have a drum kit, I'm looking into getting an amp (used to have both but got rid of them during apartment/rental house days, now I have my own house with space so I'm starting over) and I'd ideally like to mic-record both, though I had considered using a line-in tool for guitar/bass. As far as mic-ing up drums, what am I supposed to do to record drums with those drum mic packages that have like 7 or 8 mics when most affordable audio interfaces only have like 4 mic ports? Also, do I need to soundproof the whole room for recording quality or can I get away with like the corner my drums will be in, with some panels kinda "boxing" them in? Thanks for the input.[/QUOTE] This is a multi-part question so I'll try to break it down in an easy to read way. Also you didn't give a budget for anything so I'll break all my recommendations down to three categories: cheap, moderate, and "who needs money anyways." Starting with the audio interface (and drum mics) I think you are going at this in the wrong direction. Those packs of mics are the worst things you can use for drums, generally they are low quality mics and trying to set them up on a budget is a disaster. [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPPhmyBIi6k]This video is really helpful for general tips, but I'll give my own advice too.[/url] Really all you need is a [url=http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/Beta52]kick[/url] [url=http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/D4Mic]drum[/url] mic (usually it is just a large diaphragm/supercardioid), and a few [url=http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/SM57]SM57s[/url] for the overheads and your kick will sound pretty good. If you want to mic more stuff, literally just put more SM57s on shit. They are cheap and incredible for all drums, and basically everything else that isn't vocals. Since your room is not going to be that fantastic/built for it's sound, it is kind of pointless to put room mics or whatever. Using just 3-4 mics will really open your options for sound cards, since you then don't need hundreds of preamps. Some good choices for sound cards then would be [url=http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/Scarlet18i8G2]cheap[/url], [url=http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/XR18r]moderate[/url], and [url=http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/FirefaceUFX] who[/url] [url=http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/ZenTour]needs[/url] [url=http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/Apollo8PBk]money[/url] (I use an RME ucx so if you want my personal recommendation I would say the UFX but then again it's not cheap...) Each of these has their own pros and cons, so choose wisely. In terms of sound-proofing, it really depends on how much you want to spend. The most cost effective way would just be to go on ebay and buy those precut foam squares and paste them on your walls. Generally covering major reflection points, so like around head level would be enough. As you move up, you will want to, very seriously, look into stuff like bass traps and monitor isolation pads. If you want to go all out, double plane your windows and doors, modify your roof to be asymmetric, put some padding up there too, etc. Also take your room itself into consideration. A garage is very different from a bathroom which is very different from a carpeted bedroom which is very different from a hardwood floored living room. The general advice you will hear is to spend a similar amount on soundproofing to how much you spend on listening devices (so soundcard + monitors + sub + anything else) but for your situation it would probably be fine if you got some bass traps and cheap foam from ebay or wherever. For your drum sound, again, it really matters what you are going for. Since your room was not built for drums, then there is really no problem soundproofing that room. Usually offices are not built around the reverberance of a snare, so I bet if you just kill all reflections your overall sound will be better than the room sound of your kit. In terms of amps, you still cannot really beat a nice tube amp with plugins. Since I'm guessing you are a guitarist, I'm not going to recommend any specific amps, but more general things to look for, and then good strategies for miking them. Many studios swear by using small, expensive, amps over large, cheap amps. The reasoning behind this is since you are close miking the amp, you really do not need the power of a 100 watt Marshall full stack or whatever, as a little 20-40 watt combo amp full of tubes will be just fine. The little 1-5 things are fine too, but generally the speakers in them are too tiny to get a full sound, so if you are going to route of a really tiny boutique amp, it might be good to invest in a extra cab too. Also if you have the funds, and are not a purist, I recommend the [url=http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/ProfilingAmpBK]Kemper[/url] since it models pretty much any amp really well, and can plug right into your audio interface so you don't even need to mic anything. For bass, honestly nice DI boxes really work. Stuff like the [url=http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/SACVTBass2DI]VT Bass DI[/url] and [url=http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/ToneHammer]the Tone Hammer[/url] sound very nice. Again, if you are a purist though, you might think that an all tube ampeg head is the only way to go, which leads me onto my next section... ...How to mic up a cab. There are a few different methods, so I'll go over the most popular, and point to some nice mics. For heavy gain music, I recommend using an [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isolation_cabinet_(guitar)]Iso box.[/url] Essentially this is covering a cab in a bunch of sound dampening material, so the sound does not bleed out to the outside world. Generally this can just be done with heavy towels and blankets. Doing this allows you to really crank up your 100 watt behemoth of a head, and get those screaming metal tones or whatever. Generally people use SM57s placed on/off axis to the speaker cone for this method, since the mic can handle high spl. Another very popular method what I call the "lazy hang." [sp]Don't actually know the name for this style of miking but its basically what everyone does so it will be easy to find if you just google miking guitar cabinets.[/sp] This is where you use a flat faced microphone and hang it over the top of the amp, letting the face of the mic be right up against whatever part of the amp you want miked. Some good options are [url=http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/E609Silver]e609[/url], and the [url=http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/e906]e906.[/url] Be sure to check out ribbon mics for this too, since they really shine on guitar amps, just be sure to not crank it too loud since they are really delicate. Some good options are the [url=http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/VoodooVR1]Voodoo VR1[/url] and the [url=http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/CR14]Cr-14[/url]. The next method is probably the most straightforward, and is a mix between the last two. It just involves miking an un-iso-ed cab with an sm57 either on or off axis. Probably the most common approach and it gives good sounds. For bass amps, generally you can just use a kick drum mic, since they are similar frequency wise. If you want more high end shine, just layer in a sm57 on top of it. TL;DR: Buy as many sm57s as you can afford. They are the king of mics for a reason. Some other general stuff you should consider: Building a studio is not cheap at all, but can be very rewarding. While you can just get by with a couple of sm57s at the start, building up a nice mic locker will expand your range of what you can do, and give you nice new character to your sound. Since I didn't list any condenser mics, here are some good options (ranging wildly in price): [url=http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/NT1AAnniv]Rode NT1-A[/url], [url=http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/C414XLII]AKG C414[/url], [url=http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/Bluebird]Blue Bluebird[/url], [url=http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/Beta87C]Shure Beta87C (kind of a condenser but kind of not at the same time.)[/url], [url=http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/NT5]Rode NT5[/url], [url=http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/KM184Pair]Neumann KM184[/url], [url=http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/TC20mp]Earthworks TC20[/url], and finally the granddaddies/"I'm going to fuck up your wallet so bad it will never recover": [url=http://vintageking.com/wunder-audio-cm49-s]Wunder Audio cm49 S[/url], [url=http://vintageking.com/wunder-audio-cm7-s]Wunder Audio cm7 S[/url], [url=http://vintageking.com/wunder-audio-cm12-s]Wunder Audio CM12 S[/url], [url=http://vintageking.com/neumann-m-150-tube]Neumann M150[/url], [url=http://vintageking.com/neumann-u-47-fet-collectors-edition]Neumann U47[/url], and [url=http://vintageking.com/neumann-u-87ai-set-z]Neumann u87.[/url] This post is getting long as hell but I have a few other stuff to recommend: Getting outboard preamps might really help with your sound if you go for one of the cheaper soundcard options. Not going to make a huge list or anything, since this post is already multiple pages long at this point, but just look at the two websites I linked everything from. Lookup 500 series modules too, they are generally a little cheaper than the full rack monstrosity versions of stuff. Also if you looked at any of those really expensive mics and then looked at your bank account and cried, have no fear! If you are tech savvy, there are tons of DIY resources for building stuff like outboard preamps/compressors/other gear, and even microphones. Have heard really good things about [url=https://microphone-parts.com/]Mic Parts[/url]. They sell both stuff to mod cheap mics to make them better, and their own versions of those $3,000+ mics I listed above for ~$350. From blind tests I have witnessed, they sound almost identical to the stupidly expensive versions, but just do not carry the same prestige/dick-waving power. Hope this helps! Just realized this post might be a bit discouraging so I'll try to boost your confidence. All of this fancy outboard gear is not really needed in today's world. Stuff like [url=https://www.native-instruments.com/en/products/komplete/guitar/guitar-rig-5-pro/]Guitar Rig[/url] or any other amp modeling plugin [b]can[/b] work as a substitute for a real amp. Generally in a recording with other instruments layered on top, you cannot tell the difference between a simulated tube amp and a real deal tube amp. Plug-ins have grown extensively, and are really, really good now. As I said before, you can do everything you are looking for at studio quality levels with a few SM57s, a large diaphragm mic for your kick drum, and your laptop. Everything else is just icing on the cake.

[QUOTE=UnknownDude;51121351]I have this one: [URL]http://www.gear4music.com/Woodwind-Brass-Strings/37-Key-Melodica-by-Gear4music/DT8[/URL] It actually sounds pretty decent despite the cheapness: [URL]https://clyp.it/ggodi5eu[/URL][/QUOTE] I've been looking around and it looks like ones that are tuned and will stay tuned start at $80. Have you checked how good the tuning is on this one? [editline]28th September 2016[/editline] Also that one's double the price because I have to import it.

Realized I forgot some mics so I'll just write a new post because that last one is unwieldy. [URL="http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/MD421"]The MD421 II[/URL] is one of those other "use on anything" dynamic mics. Pretty much the gold standard for toms, and real good for guitars and stuff too. Everything it can do though, the SM57 does too. The SM57's older, fatter brother the [URL="http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/SM7B"]SM7B[/URL] is another great choice for toms, and guitar amps. Also the choice of many metal, and rap vocalists for some reason, since it lets you yell as loud as you want into it and doesn't care. For a more bourgeois option, check out the [URL="http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/M160"]M160.[/URL] They are really nice as overheads for a drum set. Also the [URL="http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/D12VR"]D12 VR[/URL] is a beautiful kick drum mic, but more pricey than the other options I laid out before. Finally some fun stuff! The [URL="http://vintageking.com/granelli-audio-labs-g5790"] Granelli Audio Labs g5790[/URL] is literally just a bent SM57. While this sounds dumb at first, makes close miking drums/cabinets a breeze. The [url=http://vintageking.com/solomon-lofreq-sub-mic-black]Solomon Sub Mic[/url] is one of those "secret" techniques nicely packaged. Basically a speaker can be used as a very low frequency microphone if gainstaged correctly, so these guys just take all the fuss out of it. Layer it on top of your normal kick mic for more boom/bury one underground and record the earth moving. Finally, if you ever have thought to yourself "I really wish I could make this instrument sound really shitty" then this next mic is for you! The [URL="http://vintageking.com/placid-audio-copperphone"]Placid Audio Copperphone[/URL] literally is a really lofi mic. Layer it on top of other mics to get a weird harsh sound. Also if you just want to say "fuck it" to normal music and want to record the atmosphere or the inner workings of your bus ride to work or whatever [URL="https://lom.audio/product-category/instruments/hardware-instruments/"]This guy has got you covered.[/URL] I have bought many electromagnetic sensor microphones in the past and these guy's ones are the best I have used. Also apparently people sell these types of mics to hunt for ghosts, so if music doesn't work out for you there is always the opportunity to get into the ghost busting business. If you guys cannot tell by now I really like talking about mics/acoustic recording so if any of you ever need help/tips drop me a PM or whatever!

Thank you splenda for the very in-depth answers, I seriously appreciate your time and insight!!!

[QUOTE=hippowombat;51124650]Thank you splenda for the very in-depth answers, I seriously appreciate your time and insight!!![/QUOTE] What good is all this random recording information I have if I don't share it with others!

[QUOTE=Ott;51124189]I've been looking around and it looks like ones that are tuned and will stay tuned start at $80. Have you checked how good the tuning is on this one? [editline]28th September 2016[/editline] Also that one's double the price because I have to import it.[/QUOTE] The high notes are noticably off, the low notes sound just fine.

Been saving up for some more eurorack modules when I learned fender made this: [t]http://www.fmicassets.com/Damroot/ZoomJpg/10001/0144050572_gtr_frt_001_rr.jpg[/t] Time to confuse even more people who know me by buying another bass instead of more synths and stuff. Such a sucker for baby blue instruments. Wish people made synths in other colors sometimes too. Guess right now there is the sledge but it conflicts too much with my other synths so I cannot justify its purchase, no matter how yellow it is. [t]http://thumbs3.picclick.com/d/w1600/pict/262575200318_/Studiologic-Sledge-20.jpg[/t] (If you need a wavetable-ish synth and you like knobs (who doesn't) I really recommend the sledge. Sure it doesn't sound as good as some synths, but literally you don't care when you are playing it because it's so fun. Also everyone I know who has one, and my experience at stores, tells me that girls love the sledge because it is so unique looking so like that is a plus too depending on your romantic situation.)

I'm really running into a block with my beats. I'm trying to figure out how to pump out some simple drum beats to spit bars over, just simple kick/hat/snare combos but for whatever reason nothing sounds... Catchy. It's hard to flow over a whack beat, any tips for basic production for an aspiring producer? This is kinda what I'm going for, simple samples, snappy drums, just clean cannonfodder beats [media] [url]https://soundcloud.com/yungsimmie/yung-simmie-flexin-prod-highaf[/url][/media]

[QUOTE=No Party Hats;51159080]I'm really running into a block with my beats. I'm trying to figure out how to pump out some simple drum beats to spit bars over, just simple kick/hat/snare combos but for whatever reason nothing sounds... Catchy. It's hard to flow over a whack beat, any tips for basic production for an aspiring producer? This is kinda what I'm going for, simple samples, snappy drums, just clean cannonfodder beats [media] [url]https://soundcloud.com/yungsimmie/yung-simmie-flexin-prod-highaf[/url][/media][/QUOTE] If you want wonky beats and stuff look towards the "low end theory" movement in LA. Tons of cool cats with seriously trippy flows in their beats. Guess other stuff to keep in mind is play sloppy, and don't play to convention. Usually have a kick fall on the one, have it fall on the 2/16th note in a measure instead. Maybe throw a polyrythmic other kick that kind of bounces around the main one. Do not succumb to snares every other beat either. Basically just go mad on your drum machine. Most importantly, [b]NEVER QUANTIZE ANYTHING, NOT EVEN A LITTLE BIT!!![/b] Literally kills any vibe you would have in your beat. If you can too, play in your drum parts by hand the whole song, again, added vibe. Also do not worry about your samples starting or ending nicely either, its the blatant fact that it is a sample is what makes it good. Never have your samples running at 44.1k+ either. You want them to be dirty. Speaking of dirty, find an old vcr or something and run your beat through it, the older and crustier the better. When you make a beat too, export it, chop it up, and turn it into a new beat. Not to be a pusher, but smoke some weed if you can. While high, force yourself to make beats without caring what they sound like or anything. Then once you sober up, take that beat and build on it without removing anything. Only remove while high on high beats. Will end up a total wonky mess but will probably sound super wet and funky at the same time. You can then master and mix them sober. Doing all of this will either end up as a beyond sick beat or total garbage; there will be no in-between. [editline]5th October 2016[/editline] O wait I just realized you asked for normal beats. Give me a sec...

Dude no stress, that's all some sound advice. I've really gotta bone up in my rhythmic theory... And trust me dude me and my buddy are fucked up about 80% of the time we chill, I'll definitely tell him were just gonna make some loops and if they sound shit they sound shit

For normal beats, it's all about that 808-ish kick drum, trilling hihats, and metallic clap/snare. I've found the beat part of the beat isn't nearly as important as the melodic portion of the beat, since in hip hop the drum beats have basically all boiled down to a homogeneous blob. If you have a direct drive turntable, go to your local record store and just buy anything with a weird cover that is cheap from any section. Then just listen for something cool or interesting and sample it. If you do not have a turntable, then scour youtube looking for undiscovered music from random genres and from random parts of the world. There is no real guide to finding cool samples, because if there were, all the recommended samples would have been overused by now. If you want like mixing tips and stuff, just make shit loud. Distort the kick drum a bit, and use the vcr technique from earlier. Make your samples dirty too, none of that daw shiny shit here. Downsample, morph, contort, bend, blend, pulverize; do whatever your favorite verb is to your samples to make it not sound like you just pulled it off of youtube and straight into your daw. Not really going to lay out exactly how to do this because it's more of "what do you think of when you hear that verb" kind of thing rather than a "steps" kind of deal. Also if you cant find drum samples just do what every hiphop producer did before 2005 and just chop up [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNP8tbDMZNE]Funky Drummer[/url] or [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWkKzo6jb70]Funky President.[/url] Might be cool to make a trap beat out of these samples actually... The actual drum beat of normal hip hop should be kind of on time (a little quantization is fine but not 100%) but you should play the beat it at least once by hand. If you don't have one already, get a pad controller. Something like a [url=https://www.native-instruments.com/en/products/maschine/production-systems/maschine/]maschine[/url] or something. Then make your whole beat using that, not touching another keyboard. Even for the melodic parts. Will really free up your ideas. Also if you can, make most of the song be able to be played on the 4x4 grid too, so like at most 16 sounds in the song. Again, breeds some cool results.

My only real concern is that we've basically been running raw off ableton, we've got a midi controller with pads but they're real fuck so it's hard to make anything pleasing that way. Any good baseline kit you could suggest?

Also weed helps for hiphop too I guess. But be warned, this part is for everyone in the thread, do not get dependent on drugs for creativity. One of those things that [b]can[/b] make nonaddictive drugs like weed very addictive. Use it more as a rare tool than a everyday thing. While your current teenage/young adult self might think that you will never not be into weed, there will come a day where you will get sick of it, and you do not want that day to be the day you stop all creative progress too.

Agreed, tbh my weapon of choice when I'm on mad block is usually a 20mg of Adderall to the face, gets those juices RUNNING, but I totally feel you. Dependency on drugs is shitty. Off note: I've been thinking of recording vocal 'blueprints' for my beats, just like a recording of myself simply beatboxing out some Hihats and shit that I could then overlay the midi sounds onto. Think this is a good way to produce or would it limit me too hard

[QUOTE=No Party Hats;51159237]My only real concern is that we've basically been running raw off ableton, we've got a midi controller with pads but they're real fuck so it's hard to make anything pleasing that way. Any good baseline kit you could suggest?[/QUOTE] I currently use a maschine mikro mk2 for my pad controller since its small and fits in almost every bag. You can find some of the early maschine controllers used for cheap, but and they all have really nice feeling pads and can be used as generic midi devices for any DAW, but then again if you want to use the maschine program at some point you will have to source a copy of that from somewhere (not sure if people can sell their license of maschine.) Those controllers are pretty much the industry standard at this point, but [url=http://www.akaipro.com/category/pad-controllers]Akai still makes their own stuff too[/url] (no experience with any of these so I cannot really review them.) But seriously it might be worth investing in maschine. While it's Ableton integration can be frustrating at times, it comes with tons of really nice drum sounds and is generally a pleasure to work with when it comes to not doing multi-channel outputs into other DAWs. Pretty much use it for all my drums in any of my songs and have never looked back. [editline]5th October 2016[/editline] [QUOTE=No Party Hats;51159261]Agreed, tbh my weapon of choice when I'm on mad block is usually a 20mg of Adderall to the face, gets those juices RUNNING, but I totally feel you. Dependency on drugs is shitty. Off note: I've been thinking of recording vocal 'blueprints' for my beats, just like a recording of myself simply beatboxing out some Hihats and shit that I could then overlay the midi sounds onto. Think this is a good way to produce or would it limit me too hard[/QUOTE] Whatever works for you is the right/good way of producing. Ableton has a neat "turn audio into beat" thing now too so you can feasibly just beat box out a beat and have Ableton covert it more or less perfectly into midi note data for your drums.

[QUOTE=No Party Hats;51159080]I'm really running into a block with my beats. I'm trying to figure out how to pump out some simple drum beats to spit bars over, just simple kick/hat/snare combos but for whatever reason nothing sounds... Catchy. It's hard to flow over a whack beat, any tips for basic production for an aspiring producer? This is kinda what I'm going for, simple samples, snappy drums, just clean cannonfodder beats [media] [url]https://soundcloud.com/yungsimmie/yung-simmie-flexin-prod-highaf[/url][/media][/QUOTE] I like how wide it feel, but maybe a little more on the right to balance? [editline]6th October 2016[/editline] Here's an actual thing i decided is done: [video]https://youtu.be/dFG1ErcY9gQ[/video]

thank you splenda

[QUOTE=No Party Hats;51159080]I'm really running into a block with my beats. I'm trying to figure out how to pump out some simple drum beats to spit bars over, just simple kick/hat/snare combos but for whatever reason nothing sounds... Catchy. It's hard to flow over a whack beat, any tips for basic production for an aspiring producer? This is kinda what I'm going for, simple samples, snappy drums, just clean cannonfodder beats [media] [url]https://soundcloud.com/yungsimmie/yung-simmie-flexin-prod-highaf[/url][/media][/QUOTE] this beat is pretty good but if youre looking for a sorty more wonky vibe I'd go for having your drums off time a little bit. Dont be afraid to do something weird too [editline]6th October 2016[/editline] [QUOTE=Warship;51038167] Here's a track I'm pretty proud of, I think I'm getting better at making melodies with feelings in them. If that makes any sense. [media]https://soundcloud.com/thedanielholt/july-is-over[/media][/QUOTE] This is really pretty. I'd maybe lower the high end on the kick slightly. But compositionwise this is really good! [media]https://soundcloud.com/corn-mouth/gather[/media] This is a new breakcore track I did. Its really brutal. I would love composition feedback as I'll probably tweak this slightly before putting on any album.

[QUOTE=SIRIUS;51159752]I like how wide it feel, but maybe a little more on the right to balance?[/quote] [QUOTE=Ms. Gyroscope;51161320]this beat is pretty good but if youre looking for a sorty more wonky vibe I'd go for having your drums off time a little bit. Dont be afraid to do something weird too[/QUOTE] I don't think that song is his, it was more of a example type thing...

well i feel dumb

wow awesome

yeah i know right

[QUOTE=Ms. Gyroscope;51161320] [media]https://soundcloud.com/corn-mouth/gather[/media] This is a new breakcore track I did. Its really brutal. I would love composition feedback as I'll probably tweak this slightly before putting on any album.[/QUOTE] Igorrr without the wackiness. Noice. Absolutely splendid amen programming. The break in the middle is really nice, I would be cool if you could possibly incorporate that chord progression more in the rest of the piece. My biggest gripe is with the intro. The drone and granular amen bassline is nice, but I think the foreshadowing and buildup element is lacking a bit, particularily in the first 30 seconds. The scream that occurs before shit kicks into high gear at the minute mark could be a bit more prominent, or have some kind of transformation into a louder noise element just before the amens kick in. Otherwise, phenomenal track. Usually I would leave a track here but I got nothing right now. I just wanted to take the opportunity to review some breakcore. And I thought it was relevant enough since I'm working on a jungle track with contemporary DnB and breakcore influences.

[QUOTE=Warship;51038167] [media]https://soundcloud.com/thedanielholt/july-is-over[/media][/QUOTE] This sound font is fucking immaculate, do you cut your own samples or what? [media] [url]https://soundcloud.com/morepartyhats/rap-practice-on-some-dank-ass-gorillaz-beatz[/url][/media] Love this track, just kind of decided I needed to practice spitting bars.

[QUOTE=SIRIUS;51159752]I like how wide it feel, but maybe a little more on the right to balance? [editline]6th October 2016[/editline] Here's an actual thing i decided is done: [video]https://youtu.be/dFG1ErcY9gQ[/video][/QUOTE] Cc?

But yours didn't count :v: