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WIPs / Re: WIP (Moombathon)
« on: January 15, 2016, 07:39:38 am »
I am liking the general vibe of this a lot, but the kick sounds very out of tune and I think you'd just be better of shortening the kick and adding a separate sidechained sub to it to simulate a bit of an 808 sound.

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Sound Design / Re: Is clipping bad when it comes down to sounddesign
« on: January 08, 2016, 12:10:28 pm »
Clipping is definitely not always a bad thing. In fact, I would say it can be a very good thing on almost anything that's not chords. What you don't want to do, however, is have your sounds running hot into the master, that's going to cause you problems. To avoid this, you can take any common household limiting plugin like Ozone Maximizer, set its attack, release, lookahead, whatever, everything to zero and then limit away, it's essentially the same as clipping your master, and on top of adding grit to your sounds, it's a very nice way to get the perceived volume of your basses up and keep your levels in check. Just don't overdo it.

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WIPs / Re: trap wip
« on: January 08, 2016, 10:00:52 am »
I am really really digging this. With just a little bit of work this could quite easily top almost all experimental Trap tracks I've heard. The 808 here is the main issue, while others are saying it needs to be more powerful in the low end, I would not necessarily say the low end is weak right now. It could use more bass, but it's not lacking right now. What is lacking, however, is a centered low-mid punch to the kick. As it stands right now, every single thing that goes off together with the 808 is wide, and you don't want everything to be wide, it just loses its definition and starts feeling weak. I'd really try doing the separate 808-like sub like others have suggested, and trying some more punchy, narrow kicks on top, perhaps not even 808's, but some more meaty drums designed for heavy genres, just keep them pure, try not use samples with hi-hats layered in them and stuff like that, they can sound extremely tacky in an experimental trap track.

The only other criticism I have is that the supersaw break in the drop sounds very dry, and such a clean tone does not fit a somewhat filthy and purposely cluttered experimental trap track, I feel it would be better off with some resonant lowpass filtering.

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WIPs / Re: How do I make my leads sound more smooth and not so raw?
« on: January 08, 2016, 09:40:02 am »
First of all, really nice work. Secondly, the lead feels like it's too robotic. Try adding a little bit of vibrato in, and try adding some portamento to a couple spots. Those two usually do the trick in getting something to sound more natural. Now, as for the sound itself by itself, I would recommend mixing in a completely unprocessed mono saw in the middle, just turn it up to where it's noticeable, but not obvious. Making your supersaws too wide and too huge is a bit of a pitfall, and bringing in some more pure tone in the middle can help fix that.

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