feedback on a new track?

sequencer · 16 Oct 2006

Not normally my slice of music but I thought it was good. 😀

I did find the bass to be a little too forward, but that may be down to my monitors not being the best (Alesis M1 Mk2), or just my ears not being the best for that matter after having spent the last 4 hours trying to do some audio restoration work 😉

Can I ask what you have as Speakers/Monitors ?

You are doing far better than me. I have several tracks on the go and will probably have the same several tracks on the go until I die... 😝

rlahalla · 17 Oct 2006

Thanks for the feedback 🙂 I'm using a set of behringer truth b2030a monitors, with modded room tuning for my studio (the bass of those is a bit off straight from the factory). They're looked down at, but I A/B'd tehm with a set of event studio precision monitors, and the behringers were cleaner IMO.

I'm a big fan of enigma, so I've been working on stuff a bit more in the ambient/breaks area...don't really know how to classify this stuff tho.. 🙂

sequencer · 17 Oct 2006

If I may ask, what room tuning have you carried out ? Is it Bass traps and the like ?

I guess I am more of an electronic/space music freak myself. Early Tangerine Dream, Free System Projekt etc. I have heard a bit of Enigma, so I know where you are coming from.

As for my "studio", it's in need of some acoustic treatment with Bass Traps (DIY) which I hope to do over the winter months.🙂

It doesn't matter so much about the quality of monitors as long as you know how your own monitors sound. I mean, having heard Yamaha NS10's in a studio, a couple of old bean cans would give a much better sound, but they were the studio standard for long enough 😉

Keep up the recording, it keeps us all sane I think...

AngularMomentum · 17 Oct 2006

Nice harmonies in there, creative too....really like it. Can only hear it on my headphones as it is late here, but will listen to your track on them KRK's tomorrow. 🙂

BTW, makes me want to post some stuff up here too! 😉

Tom7777 · 18 Oct 2006

Nice track

On the subject of music im sure this gets catagorized as a genre already, retro synths, pads and leads (NES,GB, Spectrum type sounds ect) and hiphop beats? or have i gone and made a new genre (i doubt i have hehe) 😀

rlahalla · 18 Oct 2006

@AM - thanks for the feedback, I tend to forget sometimes that I'm a musician firstly (is that a word??) so I've been trying to get my music back up and running. Theres so many things to do with music though (SM, songs, samples, mixing, etc.) that it gets crazy sometimes!

@sequencer - I've EQ'd the set so they emphasize the bass a nit more, as the truth set seem to make the bass seem not-so-there. Everytime I make a track then play it on a stereo, the bass is nuts! I think the bass came out great with this track, but maybe still a little too think, eh?

@dan - I think because I'm a hip-hop producer (dead easy to make beats, and it's popular here) hip-hop gets blended with my own style. I'm typically a trance/techno/ambient DJ and producer on my own, but I'm trying to get more intricate with it. Hip hop tracks don't tend to be very involved, as usually it's the same beat over and over with small fills here and there.

Thanks for the feedback everyone! 🙂