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2020-10-07 19:52:24

Tight amen breaks. It's cool to see someone ripping it up in Reaper. Between that and LMMS, which is doing which? I'm not super familiar with either DAW :)

Rakshal responds:

Thanks! I use LMMS for arranging and mixing, then put the tracks over into Reaper for mastering since I'm not super familiar with how to arrange things like melodies and pads and such in Reaper.

LMMS is stupid easy to use and is the first DAW I used so I'm the most familiar with it. Though LMMS isn't great for arranging drums on a piano roll since there isn't a MIDI to piano roll sampler, so chopping even fairly standard breakbeat patterns can be really time consuming.

followin the sun

2020-10-07 19:50:42

lol, I saw the country tag and had to check it out. Good stuff kids. Probably the best country I'll hear all year. Probably the only country I'll hear all year :o

LunacyEcho responds:

honored to be your country fix for the year!!

Sunset

2020-09-25 11:07:19

This is some really top notch four to the floor. This track had great diversity and originality. I'm one of those hardstyle dweebs that leaves my HXC cave every so often to experience sunlight. If I brought this track back to the DNB tribe they'd execute me on the spot but I wouldn't care. I'd demand they play this song as they nail me to a cross. This song would play into the night and a crowd would form to dance under my body as my breathing got ragged and tired. My final words would be "meganeko... sunset..."

Nostalgia Engaged

2020-09-23 18:28:42

Ouch, this hits really hard and has a super original vibe going for it. Loved this much, crazy snare <3

betrayal

2020-09-23 09:52:41

"i like the way this sounds...But you tell me what you think about it"

Well, we all have unfinished projects we liked but never posted for fear of not being liked. I have a fat folder of tracks I felt were "too experimental" or just shitty. The fact that you like it is the only important detail. I'm glad you still posted it.

For criticisms, there is so much reverb dulling the mix, I'd start by turning down the reverb on the claps. You can always automate spikes in the snare reverb if you like the sound but there needs to be a little bit of control on it if you want to clean up the drop.

No joke, with a cleaner heavier drum kit this track could bang just as hard as anything else. Can't tell if you layered your drums at all but I'd add some kicks and snares under what you got until I found the right complimentary kit parts. I usually use three to four different kicks and snares per song that work together to create the kits I like to hear. You can than use the different parts individually to create variety as the track progresses.

I don't know a whole lot about FL but in Reason I like to patch my drums so that they all get some EQ and compression. In dance genres, the drums are basically the most important element of the mix. So treat them like the heroes they are and polish them until they shine to the front of the mix.

Side chain the majority of your instruments with the both the kick and snare signals. It wouldn't noticeably effect the synths and it would let the drums pop.

Sorry for the book length review but I took your "tell me what you think" seriously. You got some good acid house here, just needs a cleaner drum kit. Much love Bary, keep it fresh :)

baryiscool responds:

I never noticed it had to much reverb..
maybe i never noticed it because i love reverb like that

And i have layered the snare and kick but only 2 times.. one low end and one high end
i could layer 4 but for me the drum kit sounded messy and to fat
but yes i could have done with more snares..

ill have to work on my drum kits
i always had a lot of work with those and i never get the hang of it
but i'm glad you liked it and told me how i could fix it

And the bigger the review.. the better

-bary