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Chromatrope

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Re: trap wip
« Reply #15 on: January 08, 2016, 10:00:52 am »
I am really really digging this. With just a little bit of work this could quite easily top almost all experimental Trap tracks I've heard. The 808 here is the main issue, while others are saying it needs to be more powerful in the low end, I would not necessarily say the low end is weak right now. It could use more bass, but it's not lacking right now. What is lacking, however, is a centered low-mid punch to the kick. As it stands right now, every single thing that goes off together with the 808 is wide, and you don't want everything to be wide, it just loses its definition and starts feeling weak. I'd really try doing the separate 808-like sub like others have suggested, and trying some more punchy, narrow kicks on top, perhaps not even 808's, but some more meaty drums designed for heavy genres, just keep them pure, try not use samples with hi-hats layered in them and stuff like that, they can sound extremely tacky in an experimental trap track.

The only other criticism I have is that the supersaw break in the drop sounds very dry, and such a clean tone does not fit a somewhat filthy and purposely cluttered experimental trap track, I feel it would be better off with some resonant lowpass filtering.