• First try at a DnB Bassline in Reason
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Well the Title says Everything :D [url=http://www.dump.no/files/0809f59012d7/Dokument_3.wav]Listen[/url] Wooow the file is 23 MB
first off always export in 24 bit wave files then convert it to an mp3 for sharing other than that it sounds pretty good, but the mastering could be better it's a little repetitive too
Yes just a looped bassline. It's not gonna be a Track just a test :)
I don't know how this style of music goes as I don't really listen to it at all, but I always kind of like to feel the kick of the bass coming in, and if the bass is continuous, then it only comes in once.. Just a personal thing, and since I don't really know how this type of music goes, I could be completely wrong.
Some random Track i threw together :D [url=http://www.dump.no/files/4d386a2420dd/antraxx-untitled.mp3]Listen[/url]
Your drums sound like they're being played by girl scouts and the modulation on the bass isn't grooving with the drums very much at all. Mix needs a ton of work too, kick and snare are way too quiet in comparison to everything else, it's called drum and bass because drums are a prominent part of the tune. Kick and snare sound more like they belong in a trance tune to be honest, the kick is just all a little 100ish Hz thump and no grit, and the snare is all high and splashy and has no attack or bite at all. Pad you used at the start was arguably the best part but it sounds like a preset just judging on the production skill on the rest of the tune. Bass wasn't too bad but it doesn't really have anything too noteworthy going on either, not very much movement, not much interesting character, just sounds like the standard detuned saws + distortion, and to pull that off the rest of the track has to have a lot more interesting shit going on in it. No offense or anything, but it definitely needs some work.
I haven't got any good dnb samples or refills. Might need to get some but which ? Also if anybody wants a tutorial for the Reese bass sound just ask [editline]07:49AM[/editline] And I need some good dnb track layout
[QUOTE=Fan-Fanatic;17985511]I haven't got any good dnb samples or refills. Might need to get some but which ? Also if anybody wants a tutorial for the Reese bass sound just ask [editline]07:49AM[/editline] And I need some good dnb track layout[/QUOTE] You are going about this all wrong. You don't need any specific samples or refills, you need to listen to some DnB and get a general feel for how the drums should sound. If anything you should get some old funk breaks and learn how to process your drums so they sound the way you want them. You don't need a "track layout". A huge part of the songwriting process is the arrangement, you don't just follow a template and try to make dnb by numbers. Production isn't about *click* *click* *click* "okay dis kick sounds gud" *click* *click* *click* "okay dis snare sounds gud, now let me follow a tutorial and make my bass den I got a track mate". It's about experimenting and finding your own sound and your own ways to go about making music.
k thanks. I kinda listen to dnB alot. My fav track is apex - same old blues but i cant really put together a track
listen to KsmartSqrl, this man knows what he's saying.
indeed he is right, don't be lazy on yer percussion and drums, fine tune them till they are just right
[QUOTE=absinthe;17963801]first off always export in 24 bit wave files then convert it to an mp3 for sharing [/QUOTE] Actually with Reason I'm not sure you would want to do that if you're just going to convert it to an mp3 right after, unless the mp3 encoder you use includes dithering (are there any that do?) - if you do 16bit export on Reason it dithers the audio, + you don't really need a 24bit wave if you're not going to process it further before compressing it down to an mp3. Now about the first attempt, fuck it kmart got it all already.
[QUOTE=One Long Sausage;17990817]indeed he is right, don't be lazy on yer percussion and drums, fine tune them till they are just right[/QUOTE] Exactly. In the track I'm working on now I've even gone so far as to pitch shift about 75% of the drum hits I'm using to get them all to gel together and what not. I think when you're starting out the most important thing is just to A/B your tracks with stuff you like WHILE you are working on them so you can hear what they are doing differently than you. Another trick is to think about how you can make your drums sound shit and then do the opposite. (obviously this can't be taken too far or you swing to shit in the opposite direction) Really though just take your time and get things exactly where you want them.
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