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Track was great! I noticed that I was waiting for a crispier snare layer to pop. A nice snappy 808 snare drum or another clap would have made a good layer! A tamb rhythm could have given this a little extra color too! You found the edges of the mix for certain, that wave is phat. So many people don't find those upper limits of what the stereo spectrum lets them use. Vocals sounded a little "washed out." I'm not 100% sure what kind of post processing would help but it sounds like the highs are getting filtered off. I'd try to get those textures back with some light EQ or distortion... no guarantees that would get you that sound back but she has a very lovely voice, and she deserves her full textural range <3

The synth at 3:17 made me stop what I was doing, I loved that break down. That's a really fun lead!

YendorNG responds:

I FORGOT THE SNARE AAAAA. :MANIC:

I think upper frequencies are getting washed out because I tend to overdue it cranking up the lows. I went over this several times and found the higher frequencies were hurting my ears. I also have a head cold so maybe not a good time go through a quick and dirty master. :/

She was a blackbelt in karate >:C

junipersona responds:

He was a something something I'm pretty sure this is from that one video game movie about Scott Turkey or whatever his name was

Yeah, I'm feeling something special from this. Great exploration of ideas and hearing you push your vibes into progressive future territory is a nice surprise. Groove is something great, love all the sounds, pads, drums, and so on. Would love to hear more like this but you do whatever makes you happy <3

Casper responds:

Definitely gonna explore this style a lot more, making my own synth sounds was so fun. This was a pain to mix but also a pleasure to get the whole idea down, I haven't been this happy with a track in a while

lmao, my fiance fell in love with 5 string basses recently. We got a Yamaha and a fretless Ibanez. What are you playing with? That extra string, you trying to drive your neighbors dog crazy with humanly inaudible frequencies?

Hyenaedon responds:

Mines an Ibanez, found a crazy boxing day sale so I just went for it. I love doing more melodic stuff with basslines so that extra high string is just perfect for more octaves and chords

Forgot you were around making awesome sounds, I hate how short lived my memory is. The mix is a bit better on this one vs Magnimonious but my mix downs are all over the place, I'm not judging. Really cool wet leads. Love how hard this is <3

Sinthology responds:

Thank you for stopping by on this one; this was one of the most fun tracks I've ever worked on

Unf, big nuero sound! Not a lot of room for much else in that spectrum is there? I've really fallen in love with the snappy snare sounds. There might be a little too much delay/reverb on that cool pad causing some distortion to the end sound but you do you. I love using an automation lanes on different sections to fix up fidelity at spots that need it, bleed in the reverb when it makes sense and less on the chorus. Nice amen breaks :D

Tight sound Mr. Sinth <3

Sinthology responds:

Thank you for the kind words and the feedback. Insisting on using large, spectrum-spanning neuro synths is perpetually causing me problems, but I can't stop; it's a sickness.

Damn, big sound kronos. Lovely synth work and crisp drums <3

kronosxl responds:

Thank you so much Quarl, i appreciate it.

Gorgeous hip hops, loved that horn. Keys were haunting. I always fall behind with your work cause your always pumping out great stuff :'C

Casper responds:

I used to upload every single track I managed to finish but now I stick to the good ones lol. There's a bunch of failed attempts that I will forever keep hidden from the world.

The horn is a sample, I'm not that good at writing melodies D:

Thank you for the quick response! I love chopping this kind of stuff up for samples because it forces me to sit down and really listen to everything. Divorced from your voice there are wonderful sounds in the background. I'm chopping up every other word and phrase because you take very responsible pauses before finishing thoughts. It leads to some very fluent sampling. You have a unique cadence and what sounds like a decent mic that captured all the right tones. You have these story telling moments with very unique gibberish that I can't sample but consistently makes me laugh.

My favorite story so far is the one about the DS. I have a very similar story but it involves a full blown drum kit. I've also had good stuff stolen from me. It's a fascinatingly relatable story. I'm not religious but have always appreciated the idea of karma. I'm much better the older I get. Had a falling out with my bestie ten years ago, had a chance to gank a gameboy color with pokemon yellow, red, and silver plus a few other classics she left at my house. Understanding how important that was to her I eventually gave it all back AFTER DELETING HER SAVE DATA AND MAKING MY OWN FILES, I'M SO EVIL. HA, I HOPE SHE CHECKS WHAT I NAMED GARY, HINT- IT'S NOT GARY D:<

Giving the Gameboy back took so much self control. I hope she appreciates it, younger me would have kept it. May she come to the realization one day while playing it that I was the realest friend and she was a total bitch- PETTY, WHY AM I STILL SO PETTY?? WHY WOULD I THINK THIS, SHE STILL LIVING IN MY HEAD RENT FREE. GET OUT OF MY CONCIOUS REALITY KATIE, YOU WERE A TOTAL- ahem. Sorry about that outburst.

I regret not keeping the Gameboy.

Xinxinix responds:

much love quarl lol :v

Did I even realize you were doing Jamuary? Is this your first track that I've commented on? I'm missing out, love your work Diossel. Jamuary feels a little disjointed this year, I liked having a thread dedicated to taking notice of other people also trudging the month. There's an unofficial thread but I've only been posting in it sparsely...

In any case, this is a beautiful track Diossel. I don't take enough time from my life to look around at what others are doing but I'm always floored when I do. This is haunting, minimal but a wonderful soundtrack for an emotional ride. I've always acted on the adage that more is more but there's something to be said about taking an idea and minimizing it down to perfect bare essentials. I recall a sophomore year foundry crit (metal art, welding, pouring) and the teacher tore into a student for not understanding the genre "minimal." Minimal isn't taking a complex idea and making it simple to save time or effort. It's taking a basic idea and making it perfect or pure, refining the art down to it's own specific reality.

Actually the teacher just hated that student but there is something to be said about using minimalism to avoid making an effort. This is a little more than minimalism but still manages to do so much with so little. This is a wonderful track Diossel, thank you for making something so hauntingly peaceful <3

DiosselMusic responds:

This year I started late again, this time I'm being a little more constant, thanks for your warm comments, regarding this song in fact I would have liked to add more things to it, not to be so minimal but after reading the comment I changed my mind Maybe I'm judging my work a lot because I don't have much time to work on a song every day, but I'm having fun in a certain way, I'll also take some time to listen to the songs for Jamuary that others have done, surely there are very good ones songs out there

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