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WIPs / Kawaii bass song with memes.
« on: April 05, 2017, 09:09:36 pm »would be great , if you leave what you think...
thanks.
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this is one of my all time fave songs!!
i think the main thing holding this back is a lack of dynamics. the verses are all pretty loud, and the "drop" (the De La Soul verses). i would consider using a softer kick & 808, or just turning them down, during the verses. that way the drop hits harder. and also the mid-range frequencies feel kinda muddy in the chorus (0:18 ish), you might want to give those some attention. high passing the vocals a little bit and checking the relationship of the bass to the pads may help.
anyway i like what you did with the vocals & chords though, excited to see how it turns out!!
I love the vibe of this track. I would say in the beginning it feels a tiny bit out of time. This is especially when those ha ha's come in. So I would go through the vocals and make sure they are always in time.
The sound design on this is interesting but the sounds you used aren't mixed very well... Some of the sounds you used are really fucking loud and that sound you have in the beginning is quiet in comparison and the vocal thing you have in the background throughout the drops is pretty repetitive
Right off the bat, it sounds undermixed/mastered, like everything could be brought out more than they are.
The vocals definitely don't fit with some of the chords too, like at 0:27 for example, like ZUDDOX said.
One thing I definitely noticed too at 0:50 - the vibe and percussion is working really well with the vocals, but there's hardly any low end to back any of this up. I would add a sub bass, and a low pad to help give the track more energy.
Some things that are good though:
- The gated synths are really nice, and I like the kick work.
- The cymbals sound really nice, as well as the timpani rolls.
- The piano at 3:09 is LOVELY. Would love to hear more of that!
- Actually, all of the percussion is pretty awesome. I'm not huge on the snare samples you used, but that's just more personal preference than anything.
But yeah I would say the main things would be to mix and master this track to bring out the dynamics more, work on matching the vocal pitches with your chords underneath, and add some low end and low/mid.
The mix is really uneven. It suddenly gets loud at certain points in the song, are you using a limiter on your master channel? Lovely voice, some parts are off-key, just use a pitch correction plugin. Reminds me of Grimes little bit, not really my kind of music but interesting!
Love all the elements at the beginning, and they come together nicely at 0:17. However, the bass is way too wide. Stereoization with bass is almost never a good idea, you can achieve a much harder and intense effect by keeping the bass mono and in the middle of the mix.
That being said though, the vibe of this track does go really hard. I like the pulsing lead accompanied with the percussion, and the samples throughout add good layering and variation. Really liked the "Panda" sample too, would've loved to hear more of that.
I would like to hear some more processing in the different elements such as more reverb, EQing, filters, etc., but like I said the vibe is perfect for what you're going for.