The track starts off with a lot of elements which can seem overpowering, I think slowly introducing all the elements (pluck, vocal chops, etc) over time would give the build up to the breakdown more impact and ease the listener into the song better.

For the drop, I don't really hear the kick at all.  Do you have any sidechain going on with your lead synth?

A good idea when writing vocal tracks would be to pay attention to what is going on in the mix as you write it and thinking about where youre going to place the vocal both songwriting-wise and mixwise so it can truly shine. That way you won't work yourself into a corner where you don't know how to make the vocal cut through.

A lot of good EDM tunes (Clarity for example) put the vocal over the breakdown where it has a lot of space to do its magic, then let the drop stay instrumental for the most part. Just make sure the vocal is able to play the main part of the song when it kicks in. Easier to make it sound full and present when there isn't much rubble to get out of the way to begin with.

Quote from: Shew on January 07, 2016, 06:03:40 pm

I've been struggling lately with pitching vocals.  I tried to do a remake of Flux Pavilion's beat the clock (http://www.factmag.com/2016/01/06/flux-pavilion-against-the-clock/) but when I record my own vocals and pitch them up they sound horrible in comparison.  Perhaps it's because I'm using ableton's pitching algorithm?  What are other peoples vocal pitching techniques?  Usually I just pitch up and complex/pro and pray it sounds good

The best way to do it is to just timestrech / resample them to raise the pitch, the same way you'd do it as when you play a vinyl record at a higher speed. That way you dont get any stretch artifacts. You'll obviously need to sing slower to match the final BPM (to get that right, just write your melody in the desired pitch with a lead synth, bounce it, then stretch it down to your vocal range, record yourself, then speed that recording up - you'll end up with a recording that's clean and at the right pitch & tempo).

Thanks dude good tip, didn't think about slowing it down before and writing a synth line to it to follow

I've been struggling lately with pitching vocals.  I tried to do a remake of Flux Pavilion's beat the clock (http://www.factmag.com/2016/01/06/flux-pavilion-against-the-clock/) but when I record my own vocals and pitch them up they sound horrible in comparison.  Perhaps it's because I'm using ableton's pitching algorithm?  What are other peoples vocal pitching techniques?  Usually I just pitch up and complex/pro and pray it sounds good

Didn't know you could do it in itunes too!

I've been part of the audacity fam for some time now

I love remaking sounds. It's a fantastic exercise for improving your ear, creativity, and understanding of not only synths but processing as well. In this thread, post remakes you've done and are willing to explain how you did them to other people in the thread.


Remake 1: Plucks/Perc from "Sorry" - Justin Bieber
https://soundcloud.com/jhacs/sorry-remake/s-e2UFI

Remake 2: Plucks/Super Saws/Reverb Fx from Britannica
https://soundcloud.com/jhacs/britanica/s-dUvCg

(Was more of an exercise in making supersaws but I fell like it's worth sharing

can you share the sorry pluck too please

I feel like we should have a remakes section like on the FL forums, im honestly addicted to making remakes.

Here is mine of Manila Killa's All I Want remix.  Willing to help and share the project for anyone who wants it! (Ableton 9.5)

https://soundcloud.com/iamshew/all-i-want-manila-remake/s-fBulL

There's this really cool collection of Kung Fu movie samples here http://www.loopholesamples.com/#!kung-fu-sound-fx/c1gxt

oh my god this makes me so happy

Quote from: Steven Gold on January 06, 2016, 11:28:29 pm

I know Monstercat, for example, listens to literally everything they're sent.

I'll need a source for that.

I am close friends with the A&R and Monstercat crew, they definitely listen to every track sent.  Usual turn around time is a week