Random111223 wrote:XXDarkShadow79XX wrote:
The arrangement is good. The kick is decent but the snare needs more presence. Sidechain compressing your kick/snare to the bass works wonders. Your beat should compliment the rhythm of your bassline (or synth whatevr). For example have a listen to the drums here to see what i mean: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbTpdVSyMCw#t=55
You're going in the right direction, i'd recommend focusing on sound design. Just keep working to make your stuff more beefier. Distortion, compression and EQ are key for this. Overdoing compression and distortion is a bad mistake though which i've done in my older stuff. Getting your sounds good coming from the vst without processing is really important. You cant polish a turd.
DONT FALL TOO DEEP TO THE RABBIT HOLE THOUGH. Lately I have been obsessed about my sound design and it has crippled my creativity. Arrange a song and don't touch the mixer until it's done arrangement wise.
Genkar wrote:XXDarkShadow79XX wrote:I'm pretty sure I posted this already a few months back, but I still need some good feedback on it, since I pretty much sound the same now. (At least in terms of sound design and sequencing) My drops just sound really weird. I have trouble making that normal dubstep sound with like 7 different synths in the drop. I usually just pick 3-4 I like and screw around with their sequencing. If you guys like it, then that's good cause it means I don't have to do anything, but if it sounds strange/awkward/bad, then plz tell me.
https://dl.dropbox.com/s/qjsy1wnobdbiqq ... 0Thing.wav
The drums sound really acoustic, and are kinda quiet. It sounds like the basses have some kind of white noise on them? It might be the effect of something being over-distorted, so I'd just check that out if I were you.
I like the layout of it though, just the sound design needs some work.
Thanks a ton guys. I kind of lied though. Besides the sound design, I pretty much sound completely different now. My drums slam through the mix and actually I'm having trouble making punchier basses, since my drums seem to devour everything in sight. (Ok, not really, but I am having trouble finding a good balance between the two) I'll upload something when I feel happy enough with it.