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Water | Cute Bass (the new genre I invented)
« on: January 08, 2016, 10:14:13 pm »
this is something ive been working on for a while, im not totally happy with the mixdown and its a super rough master. I am mainly looking for general feedback on structure, sound design and "catchiness" but all feedback is welcome :)

but im excited nonetheless


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Re: Water | Cute Bass (the new genre I invented)
« Reply #1 on: January 08, 2016, 10:57:15 pm »
I loved it!Though there are few sounds which don't really fit with others especially the bassline.Anyhow you're experimenting so gots to give it to this one! Keep doing what you love doing!I :)
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Re: Water | Cute Bass (the new genre I invented)
« Reply #2 on: January 08, 2016, 11:13:17 pm »
Ohayo,

I like this. It's very future bass based. Kick/Snare are perfect. The intro with the 8bit sounding is gorgeous. I like the synths you've used. Melodies are efficient, chords well used. There's not much thing to say about it. It has variation, it's not boring.

Good track :D Keep it up !

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Re: Water | Cute Bass (the new genre I invented)
« Reply #3 on: January 09, 2016, 02:39:52 am »
This is a good track and all, but I can think of a nearly 100 other producers making stuff that sounds almost exactly the same. I don't think it'd be entirely appropriate to say you invented a genre. Rustie's been doing it for over 7 years.

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Re: Water | Cute Bass (the new genre I invented)
« Reply #4 on: January 09, 2016, 02:53:28 am »
Nice track you've come up with! Reminds me of an artist called 'Waveracer', who does a lot of floaty, melody 2-step like this.

Only criticism I can think of is possibly having a little intensity going into each drop. Other than that, it's well-produced and very tidy!
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Re: Water | Cute Bass (the new genre I invented)
« Reply #5 on: January 09, 2016, 03:41:07 am »
I definitely feel the video game-y vibe. I think you have something really close to a polished track, now all you need to do is start tweaking the transitions and buildups for your track - a few more sweeps and risers just to really clue the listener in over a few bars of what's to come. Having different builds fade in at different points is a nice way to achieve this, but experiment and see what fits with this (maybe some old video game vocals?).

The other main point would be to reference your track against some tracks you like and see how they compare in loudness, frequency response, and energy. If you feel like your track isn't stacking up, it should be easily apparently what to fix. Like Kinesthetics said, Wave Racer writes in a similar style. Keep it going! This is almost done :)

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Re: Water | Cute Bass (the new genre I invented)
« Reply #6 on: January 09, 2016, 04:23:37 am »
man i gotta say i really enjoy this! not a whole lot to say on my end i think i might do some things slightly differently but honestly it's just a matter of taste and i think what you've put together coheres nicely. one thing i wanted to mention is during the building sections where you have 4 on the floor your kick feels especially (too) aggressive to me. maybe relieving some of the click with your EQ or trading out with a darker kick entirely might work better? just food for thought! i think it'd work well with the other sections too.

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Re: Water | Cute Bass (the new genre I invented)
« Reply #7 on: January 09, 2016, 06:54:27 am »
This is a good track and all, but I can think of a nearly 100 other producers making stuff that sounds almost exactly the same. I don't think it'd be entirely appropriate to say you invented a genre. Rustie's been doing it for over 7 years.

haha its kind of a joke, because I dont think "cute bass" is really a thing. Of course this was heavily inspired by SO many people and I didn't mean to say I invented this sound at all.

Thanks for the feedback everyone! I will be sure to keep this thread updated with any improvements I make on the song. :)
but im excited nonetheless


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Re: Water | Cute Bass (the new genre I invented)
« Reply #8 on: January 09, 2016, 07:05:06 am »
This is a good track and all, but I can think of a nearly 100 other producers making stuff that sounds almost exactly the same. I don't think it'd be entirely appropriate to say you invented a genre. Rustie's been doing it for over 7 years.

haha its kind of a joke, because I dont think "cute bass" is really a thing. Of course this was heavily inspired by SO many people and I didn't mean to say I invented this sound at all.

Thanks for the feedback everyone! I will be sure to keep this thread updated with any improvements I make on the song. :)

Understandable! Sorry if that came off rude or anything. I really do like the song!

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Re: Water | Cute Bass (the new genre I invented)
« Reply #9 on: January 09, 2016, 08:40:58 am »
Everything's fine but the bassline. I think it should be a bit more plucky and have a lowpass filter so it doesn't stand out that much