Flexstyle

Been digging this mix ever since it was released on Bandcamp. This is what I show my friends when they ask me "what's dubstep?"

I'd vote for style three, personally. Pixelized 8-bit has been done to DEATH, and if you're not gonna do the JRPG style (the sample you chose looks pretty even by today's standards, I'd love to see something that beautiful get pulled off) then that's my other favorite. Don't make it just a total rip-off of everything else that's been done before, graphics-wise.

This album has one of the highest average standards of quality across each song that I've ever heard on an OCR album. Granted, the sample size (under twenty songs as opposed to over fifty) is a lot smaller than some albums I've heard, too, but kudos to all involved--it's an album to be proud of!

Oddly enough, I'm just the opposite. I'm first a producer and engineer, second a musician, and this tends to show in my tastes. I can't listen to a song if it's recorded/mixed poorly--I just can't look past the production errors.

I think someone earlier hit the nail on the head, in saying that "if it fits your artistic vision, go for it, but if not, you got problems." That's pretty much how I feel--if a patch doesn't fit what you're doing, don't force the issue. On the other hand, I've been inspired to create certain songs by a single loop or patch which I then elaborated on, and I'm pretty sure my "artistic vision" was only helped by the existence of the patch/loop. The difference between the synthesizer users and the analog instrumentalists is that synth users are inherently given far more options. I guess I just feel like it's a shame to waste those options--mastery of your instrument includes knowing how to make it sound how YOU want it to sound, and you're not using your instrument to its fullest potential if you're stuck with presets.

This sums up my feelings almost exactly. I see nothing wrong with using your resources, provided you use them in a creative manner, but the totally preset-laden generic rap beat or "techno" song really annoys me. Don't even get me started on the Black Eyed Peas, haha.

Who put you in charge?

Reminds me a lot of here. This, in case you're wondering, is a VERY good thing, since MC is one of my favorite new artists!Great ReMix, I'm digging it a lot!

I tend to hate on a lot of country music rather vehemently, but I have my exceptions. For one thing, bluegrass music--the Appalachian-derived folk stuff with lotsa banjos, fiddlin', and general fun--is one of my favorite genres to see live. Also, I tend to hate a lot less on country musicians that I've been able to observe personally as being humble, down-to-earth, hard-working, genuinely talented musicians, like my buddy . Dude's poor as heck, waiting tables to get himself through school, but he's starting to climb the charts with singles like the one I just linked. How can you hate on that?I guess living in Nashville for a few months took the edge off my country hate, but don't even get me started on Taylor Swift.

You'll have to wait for some currently in-progress albums to come out before you hear any VGM dnb remixes from me (and there are a nice lot of 'em), but I'd like to think my original DnB stuff is quite enjoyable too: http://flexstyle.bandcamp.com/track/imago-deo http://flexstyle.bandcamp.com/track/a-sense-of-urgency http://flexstyle.bandcamp.com/track/murder-instinct http://flexstyle.bandcamp.com/track/triumph-of-innocence http://flexstyle.bandcamp.com/track/eye-of-the-storm-part-i-escape The last two are the newest ones of mine, and therefore the ones with the best production values. Also +1 to Noisia (freaking brilliant, have you seen ?) and I'd throw in a nod to Terravita as well ( ). Other favorites include and , just to name a couple.Lastly, I'd recommend OCR's own Zircon with his Mass Media Constant album. Quite worth the buy.

I can't wait to get home and install this. I've been holding off on using any beta versions cos they always crashed on me...hopefully the stability issues have been fixed for 10.0. Can't wait to use Newtone and Pitcher!

This thread has officially been given an infusion of #winning.

I endorse this project, and not just cos I've got a track! Great cause and great music!

Ace work, man. Started following your stuff on Soundcloud cos that seems like a good idea. What're your tools of mass destruction (DAW, favorite plugins, etc?)

So while all y'all were slacking on spring break (or whatever it is you do around this time of year), Wes and I got together, consumed massive quantities of sugar, caffeine, and In-N-Out Burger, and did a ton of mastering of these fine tracks here. Oh, what's that? You, O slacker, didn't have a finished track here? SHAME! Get thy butt in gear and get on this rockin' bandwagon, because this project will be FANTASMIC. tl;dr We made awesome tracks sound awesomer.

FL doesn't have freeze. So that's kinda out of the question. Unfortunately, you're probably going to have to just do some straight recording, and hope you can work with what you've got, unless I'm totally off-base.

I've never played, although that goes for most of the games covered on this site, haha.

I really dig it! Definitely getting the retro vibe, but it's a highly musical arrangement that doesn't let me get bored at all. Production is perhaps a bit below modern standards, but that's not necessarily a bad thing, since hypercompression is all the rage. Love it!

You could probably get away with buying a good, high-quality 650-watt PSU. Something from Antec or Corsair should do nicely. I'm running a similar rig and have plenty of headroom on my 650-watt Antec unit.

A few years ago at ACIDplanet, forum members created a big ol' honkin' loop package. Each forum member contributed between 4 and 32 loops each, approximately, representing various genres 'n stuff. Perhaps an effort like this would be useful here?

I made the mistake of starting out on the Fruity version when I first bought FL Studio, back at version 6. While you can indeed simply upgrade, I'd recommend just spending all the money right now--the Fruity version is, in my opinion, a crippled version of FL. Do yourself a favor and buy the Producer version! Worth the extra price for clip-based producing and Slicex alone, IMO.

@PhoenixWrightEF - I'm interested.

Finally listened all the way through this one, and I'm pretty sure I'm gonna stick this in the "very awesome" category. Loved it!

Don't feel bad if you don't have the funds, y'all! I made the pay-scheme this way with full knowledge that people could *gasp* actually get my music without paying for it. It's all about the music, money is only secondary! I must say, though, if you pimp it out to your friends, family, and neighbors, I'd be a very happy man.

@GiRS: Desert-dwellers, represent! @urdailywater: Believe it or not, Chaos Prime was my very first foray into dubstep of any sort. I'm rather pleased with the reception.