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You Might Like... / Question about artists similar to older Kaskade

« on: January 20, 2016, 12:06:49 am »

Hey all!

I'm not completely sure if this is the appropriate place for a question like this but if it isn't feel free to move!

I'm wondering if anyone can suggest some artists similar to older Kaskade (older in terms of strobe light seduction, dynasty time period) and in specific, tracks like Back on you, One heart, It's you it's me, Everything, etc...
David Morales is one who've I have found is similar (obviously since Kaskade remixed one of his tracks) but outside of him I'm struggling to find that sort of funky-yet-modern vibe (if anyone could also include what that sub-genre is called, I'd much appreciate as well!)
Look forward to listening to your Suggestions!

Composition/Arrangement/Theory / Re: Purchasing MIDI only sound packs

« on: January 15, 2016, 12:08:02 am »

Quote from: ion on January 14, 2016, 09:05:38 pm

This thread is yelling for this:
I thought using loops was cheating, so I programmed my own using samples. I then thought using samples was cheating, so I recorded real drums. I then thought that programming it was cheating, so I learned to play drums for real. I then thought using bought drums was cheating, so I learned to make my own. I then thought using premade skins was cheating, so I killed a goat and skinned it. I then thought that that was cheating too, so I grew my own goat from a baby goat. I also think that is cheating, but I’m not sure where to go from here. I haven’t made any music lately, what with the goat farming and all.

-unknown

I LOL'd.

I suppose it is similar to the sampling argument, which I think the most flagrant case is the KNAS track by Steve Angelo.
Using other people's melodies is a great idea too, but I've found I really struggle to recreate a lot of melodies. For example Audien's Wayfairer, tried to figure out how to play that by ear...Wasted hours trying to figure it out before I turn to YouTube..
But I digress about my struggles..

Composition/Arrangement/Theory / Purchasing MIDI only sound packs

« on: January 14, 2016, 03:02:12 am »

Hey all,

Not sure if this is the right sub for this topic, if not please move it to the appropriate place..

I'd like to see what everyone thinks of buying MIDI element packs on sample pack site such as Samplemagic, etc.?
Do y'all consider that cheating since someone else came up with the melody and your just voicing it? Or because your voicing it, it's still your original melody? Obviously since those packs are royalty free, it becomes your property but I just wondered how people perceive the use of these sort of tools.

Personally, I used some pre-made MIDI as the pad & piano base for this track but build around it and obviously added elements to complement that (purchased) progression. However I got a fair bit of feedback praising me for the progression but I've always felt a bit guilty due to that whole idea basis not originally coming from my own head.

As someone who is clearly not fluent in music theory, sometimes I feel that MIDI element packs are the only way to spark an idea that could take me to the "next level" of production.

What does everyone else think?

Finished Tracks / Re: Denzal Park - One Way Home (Wumbo Remix) | Heaven Trap type track

« on: January 10, 2016, 12:31:48 am »

Quote from: craaze on January 10, 2016, 12:16:09 am

I really like the feel of this track! Nice, long but to-the-point intro. I really like the melodies. Personally, I expected/hoped for the drop to have more melodic elements, to explode in a firework of synths and arps and tastefully placed white noise and all that. But I guess it's a matter of taste. Good job

See, I had that same sort of vision for the drop too but I tried a few and couldn't find anything that was transparent enough. This is probably a topic for anther time but the Cash Cash sort of 1/64th type arps in 'Take me home' 'Surrender' etc was what I was shooting for but I'm still looking to find a solid tutorial on how to reproduce that sort of sound.

Mixing/Mastering / Re: What software do you use to convert your final track to mp3 format?

« on: January 09, 2016, 11:14:22 pm »

Big fan of Audacity! Like seeing the waveform (not sure if thats available in Max) but I've been using it for awhile so for me I'm just comfortable with it (as most are I would assume).

Haha it's funny, I used to record (poor sounding) raw guitar tracks & (usually okay sounding) concert DVD's straight into it for easy Mp3 rips. Oh the Windows XP days!

Finished Tracks / Denzal Park - One Way Home (Wumbo Remix) | Heaven Trap type track

« on: January 09, 2016, 11:03:45 pm »

Hey guys,

Love the idea of this forum, hope to get some good feedback here!
A little bit about me...
I started DJing around 4 years ago, producing 2 years ago. So obviously I'm pretty raw so I'm really looking for some constructive mixing feedback.. I feel like I have a good sense of song structure and understand how to process some drums but outside of that, I'm really missing that 'shine' that all (relativity) new producers struggle to achieve with their tracks. This mix is really bass heavy due to mixing on two Rokit 5's without a sub (should have listened in different environments ie car, friend's stereo, etc) but I view my music at this point purely as stepping stones towards a better product in future years. However, getting that "hey man, this song bangs" complement certainly would improve my morale in terms of sticking with making music.

So anyway, here is the soundcloud link. Let me know what you think, good or bad. I know it's not Slander or NGHTMRE, but hopefully you'll get the idea and can give me some thoughts for my productions going forward.

Thanks

AJ AKA WUMBO

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