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WIPs / Re: My First Attempt At Dubstep
« on: September 01, 2016, 09:56:29 am »I have a lot of the same critiques as the last song, to be honest - It feels like you're just pushing it to be full energy all the time and there's way too much high frequency content blasting at all moments. The drop basses are really tight, but they have NO impact because all you're doing is blaring crash cymbals and hi hats and white noise nonstop from the moment the song starts to the moment the song ends.
Take some time to reference some tracks off of Firepower Records or Never Say Die Records - artists like SkisM, Must Die!, and Eptic. In particular, and I cannot stress this enough, pay attention to what's going on in the top end. Your songs have a ton of potential to be absolutely massive, but you suck all the weight out of your tracks and exhaust your listener's ears with all that hissy and noise-based content.
Aka, dynamics make or break a track.
Another suggestion I have is once you bring it back the 2nd time, use different sounds completely, but follow a similar rhythm. The lead is sick, but I'd suggest something grimier for the 2nd time around. Adds more range as well as changes it up!
Hey thanks for the feedback. And whem you say the 2nd time do you mean the drop? or build up/ intro. Like I said its my first attempt.
P.S: I use gaming headphones to mix so I should probably invest in some legit headphones.
Honestly IMO mixing isnt that important. Composition makes or breaks a track, you can get someone to mix/master for you and slowly learn more of that over time.
1st drop is at :41 second part im talking about is at :55. Adding in something grimier would spice up the track! For a first attempt it's actually really good. Dynamics are key!