The Encouragement Thread.

[soliptic]

ta guys

my current problems:

- there's a rhodes part for the slow bit which really makes it hang together and groove a lot better, but i cant sort it out engineering-wise
- lack of drum variation in the downtempo bit, cant seem to alter or add owt to barry without it standing out like a sore thumb
- dont know what to do with the very long breakdown bit, & the drop itself, to make it a bit less boring (did have something else going on but it was a bit rubbish)
- the drumnbass beats are a bit of a mess altogether. the Ty break needs cleaning up a lot, the war bongos need variating throughout, the aretha break isnt convincing me yet either
- first section after the drop needs to work out what its doing
- need somebody with speakers that extend below 100hz to confirm my suspicion that all the subs are 7 times louder than necessary

thats about it ... not a lot to do on paper but i'm blowed if i can do it!

have been thinking about throwing the project @ you (sax), as usual its a messy one though, and runs to about 85% cpu. more plugins than france, i'm not sure if you've got them all. lemme know what you reckon?

 

[makdaddy]

Anyone got any spare webspace that I can use >?

hey jamez, no need - we have a soundclick account mate, sorry i forgot to tell you...whoooopsie

anywhoo i have tracks in MP3 but no cd''s to get em down onto t' internet machine downstairs.


BRING ROUND SOME BLANKS MATE and we'll get em posted.

imak x

 

[saxopholus]

have been thinking about throwing the project @ you (sax), as usual its a messy one though, and runs to about 85% cpu. more plugins than france, i'm not sure if you've got them all. lemme know what you reckon?

Mine usually run at 90% anyway, can't hurt to give it a try. Will seek it off u later. :ph34r: Will sort u out for files for a remix as well.

 

[soliptic]

Yes but if your CPU were 85-90% the speed of mine, then a project running at 85-90% on mine would give you serious issues... Cant remember what you've got....?

Its probably over a gig or three so cd-rs might be the way forward... donno how big yours is either? If it comes to it, we'll swap CDs on the 18th.

[Edit - yup, 2.44GB.]

 

[Ott^]

Bloody hell - tons of new music to check out.

Top-smart!

Good job i got my super-quick 1mb ADSL this week....

 

[Reconstructed]

I just made another rough mixdown of sections from 3 other pieces I am working on too:

Small chunks of 3 tracks

 

[Ott^]

not a lot to do on paper but i'm blowed if i can do it!

Absolute killer in my opinion. I'd love to play it in a DJ set. Puts me in mind of Bill Laswell and Jah Wobble,

As the sax fades out into the delays and it all breaks down I'm waiting for it to change direction - and then the little sequence rises up and its perfect. The breakdown isn't at all boring - its huge and contemplative - and when the double time drums come in it really works.

The only thing I would change are the words "Draft" and "unfinished" in the mp3 tag.

 

[Ott^]

By the way I would be extremely happy to have critisism or advice as well if you want to pm me to keep this thread bursting with joy and positivity.

Right up my street. Love the phlegmy voice and the wierd boingy drums. Bassline is a classic. Can hear exactly what you're trying to say.

Reckon the bass should come in with the drums.

Keep stacking up the whacky noises and get a bit tricksy with your reverbs and stuff and it'll be superb.


[P.s. Doesn't all have to be fawning praise in here - just trying to avoid a situation where people sit and write lists of what they don't like or offer spurious advice about minute technical details.]

 

[Ott^]

its the one called return to the floating island

Thats a great tune.

It'd go straight into my "Top Tunes" folder and I'd play it in any set.



Nothing more to add really.

 

[Ott^]

Twilight Dub

I love the 3/4 time - makes me want to start something in a non-4/4 time sig.

Like the way the bass is really disconcerting in the intro - couldn't guess what the groove was going to be until the drums dropped.

Great swirl-factor on the fx and stuff - love it when things whizz round your head. Nice contrast to the small spaces that the drums sit in - smallish realistic rooms vs. big swooshy psycho fx is always a great combination.

 

[psyfi]

Why didn't I come across this thread earlier? Just uploaded a redo of my new tune and still not sure if it working yet.
The tune is called Impermanence and I've been up all night :trippn: trying to sort it out.

http://www.psyfi.rezn8.co.uk/music.htm

 

[Warwick Bassmonkey]

thats about it ... not a lot to do on paper but i'm blowed if i can do it!

Fookin' hell, man.... this is wicked. The rhythms and stuff at the beginning are so chilled and... love the way they seem to be trying to sort themselves out.

And that's the most mental bass riff I've heard in ages that hasn't crossed to the wrong side of tasteful.

And the breakdown at 3 mins is lush....

Yummy. :jump:

 

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my current problems:
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Sol, you don't have any problems. It's lovely, funky and inventive and with enough human sloppiness to make it groove like a bastard. The bass/sax really caught my attention. Job done mate!

 

[Continuum]

I just made another rough mixdown of sections from 3 other pieces I am working on too:

Small chunks of 3 tracks

Really like the strange creepy atmos on the first one, 3am smoky jazz club feel on the last one

 

[soliptic]

not a lot to do on paper but i'm blowed if i can do it!

Absolute killer in my opinion. I'd love to play it in a DJ set.

:o

well.

thats amazing, but i'm still really struggling to believe this bit...

The only thing I would change are the words "Draft" and "unfinished" in the mp3 tag.

...considering the first bit was so blatantly made with an ear on the 80bpm ish just-too-damn-head-nodding grooves we know from the likes of "Smoked Glass".

Now.... come on... dont try and tell me you dont hear a distinct quality difference between that and this :tongue1:

And you're not the only one!

Sol, you don't have any problems.

I mean... really... GUYS... I'm blown away by the appreciation here but honestly does it not sound the teeniest bit unfinished to anybody?

Not even the scrappy beats with the dnb break i couldnt get to sound tight so decided to (lazily, and as usual) hide the fact with a shitload of filter + delay? Or the three minute bit with only one unspectacular pad and one v-station preset playing the worlds dullest arpeggio to hold your attention, with not even a whispy FX to be heard? Or the subs which are seven times too loud? Arent they? :huh:

I'm quite used to the whole producer-cant-be-satisfied-with-themselves syndrome but even allowing for that I'm convinced there is work to be done here

Puts me in mind of Bill Laswell and Jah Wobble,

just by the by, these two file very prominently in the "everybody keeps banging on about these guys and i'm aware their long-term output/standing merits serious attention, but somehow I've never got around to checking out anything they've done" file (exceptions excepted).

right I've clearly got a lot of favours to repay now... unfortunatley I'm off out to newcastle straight from work today then off to dj in carlisle tomorrow night so it'll be sunday night at the earliest that i get a chance to post any opinions

 

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I mean... really... GUYS... I'm blown away by the appreciation here but honestly does it not sound the teeniest bit unfinished to anybody?

Course it does. The teeniest bit - But there's ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WRONG with where it's at right now. The top end was a bit crispy (maybe the MP3 encoding is to blame) and some aspects of the mix could be construed as slightly rough-ish, but that could equally be because you wanted it to sound slightly furry
Maybe it's not matching up to the standard that YOU want but for me, it's working as it is...

The problem with this thread is that a couple of the contributions so far have completely blown me away, so there's no fecking way I'll be posting my 145bpm clockwork psy rubbish!

 

[Warwick Bassmonkey]

I mean... really... GUYS... I'm blown away by the appreciation here but honestly does it not sound the teeniest bit unfinished to anybody?

Only in terms of a bit of knob twiddling, a nip here, and a tuck there... but as a composition and arrangement, sounds like a done job to me.

If I'm not able to buy this on a CD within the next 9 months, I'm going to be extremely disappointed.

The problem with this thread is that a couple of the contributions so far have completely blown me away, so there's no fecking way I'll be posting my 145bpm clockwork psy rubbish!

I know how you feel. :sad:

 

[Warwick Bassmonkey]

My 145bpm clockwork psy rubbish!

I'm currently sitting here listening to something called "acid vibes" which is currently making me extremely glad that loudspeakers were invented. :bananada:

So, stop feeling so berluddy sorry for yerself!!!!

 

[Continuum]

My 145bpm clockwork psy rubbish!

I'm currently sitting here listening to something called "acid vibes" which is currently making me extremely glad that loudspeakers were invented. :bananada:

So, stop feeling so berluddy sorry for yerself!!!!

I must admit, that one did fecking rock, didn't it?

worst kik in the world EVER though :no:

 

[soliptic]

If I'm not able to buy this on a CD within the next 9 months, I'm going to be extremely disappointed.

hehe

well, i cant remember what i ever told this forum as opposed to any other

did i ever mention i had a cd album on the way?

well if i did, forget it, cos its not happening any more. broke ass labels having difficulty selling straightforward Psy are less than inclined to spend money launching sublabels for ambient/experimental psy jungle, which doesnt even exist. as for dnb labels, well, dont even go there. there simply arent any that would dream of releasing 11 minute spirally flute ozrics nonsense

so, best prepare for that extreme disappointment in 9 months.

unless you count getting a CD-R from me for the cost of postage.