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Finished Tracks / Re: Abissica - On Fire (Progressive Trance)
« on: January 16, 2016, 11:57:42 am »
Quote from: manducator on January 15, 2016, 10:40:13 pm
Ok, my time to bite back.  ;D

The first thing I notice is the clarity of the mix, you mixed this to perfection according to my ears (on Audioteknika M50x headphones). I dream of such crispy hihats! And the mix isn't crushed to death into a limiter. It takes courage to sacrifice loudness to let clarity and dynamics take the upper hand. Congratulations!

The part starting on 3:40 reminds my of Underworld and I like them! Is it a familiar arpeggio, I can't pinpoint it but my head is nodding while typing this. :)

I would call it house but the name isn't important when it's as groovy and contagiously as this.

Cheers for the listen back!  That's interesting, I've considered getting some ATHM50s for close monitoring (cheap Sennheisers for now) so good to know it comes out well on reference cans.

Definitely Underworld (and FSOL / BT / Sasha) aimed for, used the G-Force impOSCar as Rick Smith stated the OSCar was all over their tracks, and it pretty much is the sound of early Underworld.  Would recommend.

I'm confused over the genre thing!  House to me is classic vocal house, and when it gets more than 50% synths it veers toward trance / progressive.   ???

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Finished Tracks / Re: Abissica - On Fire (Progressive Trance)
« on: January 16, 2016, 11:45:31 am »
Quote from: Cosmic Fugue on January 15, 2016, 01:06:01 am
It sounds like House when the hats and snare are going -- they're really high-end and open and I like the way they sound with the track. It sounds more like Trance when they're absent. If I had one criticism it would be the drastic changes between those two -- for example at 4:10 the hats and snare drop out. It still sounds good, but I miss that airiness, and there wasn't a transition to signal that something was changing. Maybe fade them, or end them with a crash or other dramatic note?

Nice track, though, I love the bass sound and the repeated vocal lines.

Sorry, thought I'd replied to this!  Thanks for listening, and some great feedback - very comprehensive!  Transition signposting is a strange one, for some tracks it is a definite thing to do, often the harder, faster or minimal tracks to keep pace.  Then on some it doesn't fit for some reason.  It's odd as sometimes its good for it to be a surprise or for the listener to feel it's coming without it expressly being pointed to.  Went for the drop/echo idea here, a sort of alternative, as it was the idea to ebb and flow, not always full steam ahead, but I can see what you're suggesting could help.  Cheers!

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Finished Tracks / Re: Manducator - Richie Hawtin Inspired minimal (will return feedback)
« on: January 15, 2016, 10:30:28 pm »
Best distortion plugin is a good question for the effects forum - the d16 I use is good though for distortion I prefer Soundtoys' Decapitator.

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Finished Tracks / Re: Manducator - Richie Hawtin Inspired minimal (will return feedback)
« on: January 15, 2016, 10:07:53 pm »
Ok, I'll bite  ;D - it's got that FUSE sound, certainly, and if you're strictly looking to nail that early / mid 90s Hawtin, you've more-or-less done so - there's space in the mix and the flow is good. However, if you're looking for it to be a more modern approach, more akin to his Orange or later Minus stuff, it needs to be shorter, tighter and compressed more to 'breathe' and flow.  Don't take it as criticism, as such though!

Regarding the 303 sound, personally I just had to go hardware in the end, albeit a x0xb0x, it's a sound you need to nail to have right effect. We did a remix with Phosycon, was OK but then redid it with the x0xb0x and it made all the difference. If you can get one, even borrow one, do it, so much better.  You can here what I mean here -

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Samples/Plugins/Software/Gear / Re: Good free Compressor/Eq plugins?
« on: January 15, 2016, 05:24:48 pm »
If you're using Live, then the stock Glue compressor is one of the best anyway.  If not, the Klanghelm freebies, DC1A and MJUCjr, are amazing for nothing, and while they aren't free, the 'pro' Klanghelm stuff is so cheap and so good that it's worth finding €20 or so for the DC8C or MJUC (edit - as someone has already said, oops).  The TDR EQ is one of the best full stop, paid or not.

http://www.klanghelm.com

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Finished Tracks / Re: Abissica - On Fire (Progressive Trance)
« on: January 15, 2016, 11:58:07 am »
Quote from: Vae Victis on January 14, 2016, 10:03:54 pm
I'll like this track. It's a bit Psychedelic but slow :D
Nice mastering too.

It's precisely 128 bpm, the official 'magic number' sanctioned for all electronic music by the high council of EDM that makes the hunnies go wild, apparently.

Psychedelic though?  Thanks!

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Samples/Plugins/Software/Gear / Re: Korg Minilogue - Budget way of getting into hardware you've been looking for?
« on: January 15, 2016, 11:50:22 am »
Quote from: Kinesthetics on January 15, 2016, 11:40:24 am
Thanks, now I can't get it out of my head  :D


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Inspiration/Creativity/Motivation / Re: What dance label would you want to sign to?
« on: January 15, 2016, 11:30:23 am »
R&S or Bedrock

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Samples/Plugins/Software/Gear / Re: Show us pictures of your studio/workspace!
« on: January 15, 2016, 11:11:46 am »
Quote from: khs_anders on January 15, 2016, 11:00:37 am
Quote from: KickingPlastic on January 15, 2016, 10:37:03 am
This is Studio Telex, where the majority of Kicking Plastic material passes through or originates from.

Related to the Moskow Discow-Telex?

Partly that, definitely! Love that late 70s & early 80s eurodisco / Kraftwerk sound.  Also because the original studio some years back was a nest of cabling, like a telex exchange.

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Samples/Plugins/Software/Gear / Korg Minilogue - Budget way of getting into hardware you've been looking for?
« on: January 15, 2016, 11:06:32 am »
Many of you who making electronic music will, at some point, consider stepping into the arena of hardware synths, often to break away from those contemporaries who use the same plug ins as you, or just to have a more hands-on approach.  Korg's newly announced Minilogue might just fit the bill then, a four voice polyphonic (one filter per voice, not paraphonic - one for all voices - like the Volca Keys) analogue synth, a proper knobs-and-sliders interface, program memories, even and oscilloscope (a real help in learning subtractive synthesis).  Looks and sounds great too, and $500 / £425 ish, it's a killer price point.

Check Music Radar's demo on YouTube

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Samples/Plugins/Software/Gear / Re: Your favourite Hardware Synths...?!
« on: January 15, 2016, 10:52:37 am »
Favourites I own -

Roland System 1 - I'll defend to the hilt, the SH-101 plug out is spot on and the System 1 synth is very worthy. 
Yamaha CS01 - PWM like no other, a beast in a Casio case
Elektron Analog Four - Has that warm Roland sound, plus Overbridge DAW integration.

Favourites I sold :( -

Roland JX3P - Gorgeous pads and now going up in price.
Roland JX10 - The lushest, warmest 80s pads I ever heard but a total dog to program
Yamaha AN1X - Sorely underrated, equal or better than the JP8000, please make a module (not the AN200)
Roland JD800 - The look, the sound but sadly the size too.

Worst: Roland JV1080 - so uninspiring, a real bland pop toolbox.

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Samples/Plugins/Software/Gear / Re: Your favourite Hardware Synths...?!
« on: January 15, 2016, 10:46:12 am »
Quote from: trifonic on January 10, 2016, 05:36:27 am
My favorites that I own are SCI Pro One, Roland SH-09 and Roland Juno Alpha.

I had a Pro One after coveting it for years and the thing that most surprised me about it is the shitty build!  Great sound (did a track with a huge bass from it) but definitely a budget release.  As for the J-Wire keyboard...

Switch from AJ to MKS50, still a sorely under-rated Roland, and unlike the other under-rated JX3p, the AJs can be fully programmed from midi.  They're can't compete with anything that has an IR3109 filter but they are equal to a JX8P at least.

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Samples/Plugins/Software/Gear / Re: Show us pictures of your studio/workspace!
« on: January 15, 2016, 10:37:03 am »
This is Studio Telex, where the majority of Kicking Plastic material passes through or originates from.



 
 

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Samples/Plugins/Software/Gear / Re: favorite synths?
« on: January 15, 2016, 09:11:25 am »
If I have CPU to spare then Diva, or Reaktor 6 Blocks. Monark too, that sounds amazing - and I have a Little Phatty. Finally Razor for pads that slide into gaps in the mix.

Unless Analog Four via Overbridge AU counts, then it's that most of the time.

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Samples/Plugins/Software/Gear / Re: What's your go-to reverb plugin?
« on: January 15, 2016, 09:07:14 am »
Eventide Blackhole mostly, big part of my sound. Or live's convolution reverb with Lexicon and H3000 impulses or D16's excellent Toraverb. For fx-style, Echoboy.

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