Take two.
Take two.
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How is it compared to the first attempt?
Also, the track stops at 3:50. Some bits at the end made it into the mix. I didn't delete it because it's still a work in progress. Just at work now, will clean it up later
http://soundcloud.com/soultwist/take-two
How is it compared to the first attempt?
Also, the track stops at 3:50. Some bits at the end made it into the mix. I didn't delete it because it's still a work in progress. Just at work now, will clean it up later
http://soundcloud.com/soultwist/take-two
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Re: Take two.
Cool! Nice and mellow. I like it, especially the funky guitar.
Re: Take two.
Hey Alex. The bassline overpowers the kick which is very thin sounding. See if you can layer the kick with another sample that has more bottom end and use a compressor to duck the bass when the kick hits. And what happen to the ending? A long silence then another outtro. Very nice and mellow track dude and I agree what Groove said about the funky guitar. Thanks for the share.
Re: Take two.
Thanks for the comments and advice! That's a nice little trick that I forgot about with compression. Will do that. And fatten up the kick.
Thanks!
Thanks!
Re: Take two.
Cool track!
I agree with Terrence, the bass needs more OOMPH!
Also for the guitar part, here's what I would do:
1) record a 2nd take.
2) apply the Haas trick to each take, this usually works pretty well for rythm guitars.
(to do this, use a filter delay, turn off center and put dry output to 0%, then turn off sync so you can put L: 1ms, R: ~25ms (something like that, under 30ms).
Then do the same thing for the other take but have R: 1ms, L: ~20ms instead)
3) maybe also add some compression to each take.
I agree with Terrence, the bass needs more OOMPH!
Also for the guitar part, here's what I would do:
1) record a 2nd take.
2) apply the Haas trick to each take, this usually works pretty well for rythm guitars.
(to do this, use a filter delay, turn off center and put dry output to 0%, then turn off sync so you can put L: 1ms, R: ~25ms (something like that, under 30ms).
Then do the same thing for the other take but have R: 1ms, L: ~20ms instead)
3) maybe also add some compression to each take.
Re: Take two.
Thanks for that! I actually tried this trick with the first track on soundcloud but this is slightly different and a lot better (makes more sense). So I'll go back to that track and do it the way you described.kamih wrote:Cool track!
I agree with Terrence, the bass needs more OOMPH!
Also for the guitar part, here's what I would do:
1) record a 2nd take.
2) apply the Haas trick to each take, this usually works pretty well for rythm guitars.
(to do this, use a filter delay, turn off center and put dry output to 0%, then turn off sync so you can put L: 1ms, R: ~25ms (something like that, under 30ms).
Then do the same thing for the other take but have R: 1ms, L: ~20ms instead)
3) maybe also add some compression to each take.
Re: Take two.
Increase the kick volume and boost the kick frequencies around 2,5 khr. I don't think that sidechaining / ducking the bass will suite this type of music.
One other thing: Too my ears it sounds like there is a "wrong" note in the first bass line. Sounds a little bit disharmonic.
One other thing: Too my ears it sounds like there is a "wrong" note in the first bass line. Sounds a little bit disharmonic.
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