Back to Bassics[An Old School Dubstep Project](RELEASED!!)

[YakFace!]

Download now!!!

http://equestrianhype.bandcamp.com/albu ... o-bass-ics




All right everyone since a decent amount of people thought this would be a good idea I'm gonna try to make it happen.

Here is the premise, we make a collection of tracks that are, but don't have to be, pony related and in a the style of old school dubstep. You know, that stuff before all the wubs and robots. lol But a key with style is to be subtle, maybe instead of making a track and throwing a pony sample into it you could try to use the song to depict something you liked from the show or a fanfiction/Tumblr blog.

The goal of this style is to create a mood. This is done using very heavy sub-bass and atmospheric soundscapes. This style tends to be kind of dark and spooky but it doesn't have to be, I've heard some lighter songs by Silkie that even have a lightweight jazz influence. Also look to producers such as Skream, Kryptic Minds(Both of which are mildly mainstream), Hatcha, Widdler, Benton, and pretty much anything found on r/RealDubstep.

And just to clear this up, wubs are still encouraged!

Now this album with be a free release on bandcamp, much like other projects in this community, and if any money gets donated it can go to a charity of some kind, I'll let you guys decide which one.

Submission will be due February 20th, release will be soon after, that way we can try to avoid overlap with other projects going on so everyone can put some real tlc into all of their tracks. I will allow for up to 2 tracks for every artist.

ALSO I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO GET SOME AWESOME ARTWORK FOR THIS ALBUM! So ask anybody you know that makes amazing digital artwork and see if they would like to submit some artwork for us. :3

Send submissions to me in the form of .WAV and .MP3(yes both just incase I'd need them for some reason). My email is [email protected]
Upload the submissions to website such as Box.com, mediafire, or dropbox them to me. Preview will be allowed but don't post any full tracks until the album drops!

This project will allow a lot of people to stretch their wings a little bit and fly out of their comfort zone creatively and I think it'll be a refreshing change from the influx of heavy/hard bass music as of recently.

-YakFace

[Nine Volt]

Well, I'm definitely doing this, best thing is that I already have 2 track names picked out for once!
oh yeah, and I like this type of music too. That's a plus I suppose

[soup2504]

Count me in.

[[voodoopony]]

Looking forward to hearing how this turns out. I'll try to make something

[colortwelve]

Oooh, this is happening? I'm so in

[YakFace!]

Oooh, this is happening? I'm so in

Oh yes! Brace yourselves for bass in your face.

[XXDarkShadow79XX]

Yeeeeeaaaahhh. I try!

[phaux]

Let's do this

[Q-Dert]

Count me in for this. I've been wanting to make this type of music for a while now.

[XXDarkShadow79XX]

I think I'm going to make my track dark. Very. Very. Dark.

[Nine Volt]

Darker than a joke about Amanda Todd?

[XXDarkShadow79XX]

Darker than a joke about Amanda Todd?

I said dark, not offensive.

[Nine Volt]

*shrug*
I was gonna record that fanfic you asked me to do today, but my parents were home so I couldn't :/

Back on topic, old dubstep.

[YakFace!]

I think I'm going to make my track dark. Very. Very. Dark.

That's the spirit! I too am getting dark and spooky with this one!

http://soundcloud.com/yakface/yak-attack-the-ringing-wip

[K3WRO]

I'm gonna do this, not at the moment because I am hell busy now

[XXDarkShadow79XX]

I think I'm going to make my track dark. Very. Very. Dark.

That's the spirit! I too am getting dark and spooky with this one!

http://soundcloud.com/en3au/yak-attack-the-ringing-wip

Holy crap that beat is awesome.

[Pewter Robot]

I started trying to do a classic style song, but it's starting to sound more like a 16bit/Noisia style thing. So I sort of failed there.

[Nosnibormada]

Oh hell yes. Consider me IN.

[Mallard]

Absolutely, yes, you can count me in! I've been meaning to do something like this for aaaagess actually but I never quite got round to it.

Let's make some REAL fuckin' dubstep.

[dark_on_5]

This is interesting! I'll try my best!

[XXDarkShadow79XX]

Does anyone know where I can find some medical sfx for free? That'd be pretty sweet.

[XXDarkShadow79XX]

Hay brohs here's my thing:

https://dl.dropbox.com/s/r9mfkpcpzwh0ht ... Thingy.wav

How is it so far?

Also, I have a question. How do you make a sub wobble? I tried using the volume/amp here but it's not really hearable in the full mix, or at least, I don't think.

[YakFace!]

Hay brohs here's my thing:

https://dl.dropbox.com/s/r9mfkpcpzwh0ht ... Thingy.wav

How is it so far?

Also, I have a question. How do you make a sub wobble? I tried using the volume/amp here but it's not really hearable in the full mix, or at least, I don't think.

Throw a low pass filter on the sub bass patch and use and LFO to modulate the cutoff, which should be at about 10 o'clock. Use a sine wave as the LFO waveform.

[XXDarkShadow79XX]

Cool! Any thoughts on the track so far?

[Pewter Robot]

Hay brohs here's my thing:

https://dl.dropbox.com/s/r9mfkpcpzwh0ht ... Thingy.wav

How is it so far?

Also, I have a question. How do you make a sub wobble? I tried using the volume/amp here but it's not really hearable in the full mix, or at least, I don't think.

You need to add a progression in there. My favorite type of dubstep song is the kind that has relaxing high-mids for progression on top of a deep sub bass, like this:

Sounds like that's what you're going for. If so, definitely add more melodic synths.