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  1. Yeah, but then what was the first electro house song? Seriously, I don't remember ever hearing any electro house at all anywhere until Satisfaction came along.

    There is no "first" electro house song. There are several songs that have electro elements that became more and more popular as years passed by.

    As Blind said, Electro is broadly defined, and it's hard to judge based on what other people say about songs, especially popular songs. Electro does have at least 2 umbrella sub genres: (north) American Electro [something like blind does] and European Electro [something a little more like what I make, at least when it comes to video game remixes]

    One thing you will come to appreciate about Electro is that benny benassi is sooooo no Electro hahah

  2. Actually, I thought Benny Benassi was the originator of electro house as well. Didn't "Satisfaction" precede the rise of deadmau5 and similar artists? It was the first big song to have that style of extremely tight, minimal drums and buzzy saw synths.

    Just because a song achieved mainstream success doesn't mean that it was the originator of a genre. That's like saying the Beetles invented rock music in a way...

  3. Electro House is just people trying to imitate Benny Benassi. Usually with overcompressed simple oscillator synthlines. I never liked it much.

    If u knew much about the genre you wouldn't make such an over generalized assumption... Benny Benassi is the imitator, and besides, that's not even electro-house...

    Here's an *incomplete* remix (by incomplete, I mean I haven't even posted it to the work in progress section) remix of the over-remixed "Vampire Killer" from Castlevania 1...

    Doni - omg Robot Vampires!

  4. Hey yo

    Sorry for the late reply. I've got a few more ideas on your mix:

    1. I'd like the street sounds to kind of incorporate into the backspin scratch... it might sound a bit more natural

    2. the piano sounds nice, but it sounds way more pronounced and "above" the mix than all your other lead sounds. For me it still doesn't sit inside your mix as well as it could

    3. The snare that you bring in jsut after the piano comes in makes me feel strange. It's too powerful and for me its not a good match for the groves of the song

    4. I really like the guitar, but it comes about a bit too abruptly. I'm not sure how I would bring this in differently, but it warrants a bit of experimentation

    5. I like the ending, maybe I'm being picky, but I think if you dragged out a more full sound instead of just the one synth note it would sound better. Also I would drag it out for longer, at least twice as long.

    Hope that makes sense. You're close, and overall I really like it. And to be honest I don't like much of anything I hear, not just on this forum, but in the world of music in general

  5. @doni

    Just listened again on a "proper" setup and I liked it. I think it need to lower down a bit but definitely needs this. Thanks! I'll update my track.

    Well, what's a proper setup? I always want my tracks to come through nice on a flat EQ. Testing out tracks on a juiced setup isn't really the best idea. Actually a juiced setup with extra EQ's is really only for listening to old music I'd say.

    All I did to your track was run the mix through a mastering tool called Ozone Izotope 3. This tool is magic once you learn how to use it

  6. lately I have been doing nothing but electro-house mixes, but most aren't finished yet. My golbez remix has a lot electro-house elements

    http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01876/

    my lufia 2 remix im working on is on my myspace music page, also has electro house stuff in it, as well as "pitched in suspense" for megaman 9 found here -

    http://www.blind-music.com

    pm me if you want to hear what else im working on

    the golbez mix is a littel trancey, but still bumpalicious! Do you mind if I play it in my sets?

  7. Not bad work here. The glock kind of pervaded the mix for too long I think. Ultimately it goes on for a bit too long. I think the mix could have had some subtle percussion and there were some sounds that felt like they were sitting a bit too high on the mix. Overall if we could de-harshify that glock (it sounded digitally altered, which was odd compared to the lush sounding strings, etc.) then I think the mix would sound alot better.

  8. update:

    http://www.fileupyours.com/view/218181/SM_Medley_Metroid_Mess_verB2.mp3

    changes:

    added bassline for first segment

    made drums more punchy

    balanced out EQ more on certain areas

    Edited out the last segment, because it was sorta going overboard imo.

    What I'd like to change is...

    the transition. how can i go about it without massacring my whole piece??

    I'm not sure how I feel about the bass when it comes in. I'd rather the drums come in clean and for you to add the drums in later.

    drums more punchy, check. I'd love the bassdrum to cut through the mix a bit more. You might try layering another kick underneath.

    The transition: try putting a bit of reverb and delay on that build sound and carry it over to the next section a bit more. Might sound a bit cleaner but it doesn't sound bad.

    At around 3:54 there is a drum hit that doesn't sync quite right. It's out by a millisec or two hahah 

    Edited the last part out, ok, but now the song just kind of ends... semi-abruptly. I think this one is good though. It is kind of varied though. Less songlike and more like mood music... but that's the plague of the source a bit isn't it? the music in metroid is mostly background-esque kind of stuff, so it's hard to work into a "song type" remix. This isn't a problem unless you want to submit this one though, I think

  9. Oh noez weather sounds intro :<

    Overall quite nice. The key change came as a surprise to my ears. Oh no more weather soundz... it's very nice but the source is a little too far away for my liking. Also mia is a kick drum, or its being overtaken by the bass too much. At around 4 minutes there are some odd note changes on the synth. Kind of goes on foreverish and then it ends with more weather soundz...

    Again, it sounds nice. I just wish it had a kick drum (even a softish one) , was a bit shorter, and worked on that key change transition a bit.

  10. Good arrangement and all, but is it just me or are the fruity loops programmed metal drum patterns just getting boring? I felt the drums sounded like little bursts of air being blown from a straw really close to your ear. If they were crunchier and less overkilled in terms of arrangement I think this mix would be much more of a winner.

    Yea this game did have some rocking tunes didn't it?

  11. I like this one. I just wish the bass wasn't so much of a funk slap. This one could have rocked a lot harder for me if the bass wasn't so slapped out. Oh the temptations of a good slap synth. I have almost succumb to these myself. The solo was well executed but I feel all the solo'ing is just unwarranted.

    But I do like it, even despite the bass synth wanking and that keyboard wank in the middle there somewhere. I'd like to remix the remix hahaha.

  12. Not bad, but I get the feeling this might have been rushed a bit. There are little weird sound artifacts throughout, the intro bells are overly verbed and echo'd and kind of shrilly, and it feels like some of the rythms are a bit sparse; is the case of the latter, almost as if using a different sample was favored over "awesomeness". Also it seems like the bass is changing volume throughout. Was that a backspin around 3:00?

    The arrangement is a winner, thats for sure. Just something to be desired in the execution in places. Also, fade out... I dunno...

  13. I'm more of an electronica producer but here's my 2 cents nonetheless:

    Not bad. I like the lone ranger, dustball in the wind vibe here. That said, I just feel like it could have been taken up a notch tempo-wise and perhaps gone a bit more country western; like John Wayne era. (not country music, I mean like the music in classic western films)

    But, you did think to take it this direction. SO cowboy hats off for that. :nicework:

  14. Overall I like how this one sounds. The sounds all really work well together and the production is really quite good. Here are some things I noticed though:

    agreed on the water sound, actually it doesn't sound as fake as much as it sounds like it should be in a yoga relaxation soundtrack :<

    When the drums come in I wish the snare would be a bit more snappy. Overall the drums in this section don't match the quality of the rest of the instruments for me. I think you want the drums to sit a little more quietly in this section though, so the adjustment would be slight methinks.

    Actually overall the snare just doesn't punch well enough for me. There are places where the hihats cut through the mix more than the snare. The reverb on the drums sounds a bit cheap as well. They sound more "fill with air" rather than "filled with epicness". Try to put a tiny bit of chorus on them, or whatever you need to dirty them up just enough to sound a little nicer.

    Also, at around 4:40 I think one of your notes lags a bit. It sounds out of place and I don't believe this was intentional.

    The mix kind of peters out for me too. It's 5 minutes, so that's a good length. I guess I just had hoped the song would go to another place.

    THAT SAID, I think that alot of the sounds are great. I think your production is good enough that the advice I'm giving you will be taken to heart. Hopefully it's helpful!

  15. Hey Mansoor:

    Hopefully this helps:

    I like this! It's less hip hop and more chillout though. I'd like the piano, strings and all the non-drum instruments to be dirtied up a bit myself. It sounds a little too clean and not really "street". YOu just wanna warm up those sounds with compressors and warmers so they fall into the mix a bit more. Right now they sound a little too "keyboard preset".

    Your drums are sitting well, I might put some slight reverb on the snaps and claps that come through from time to time. As for the arrangement of the drums, I'd go for a more "aural" feel. Less mechanical, like as if they were being played by a human. I might make the kick a bit louder, but it depends on what you want. Some people want the kick to come through the kick really well, some people want it to pillow the mix...

    Hope that helps, it's not a bad start. I think the piano line could turn into a bit of a solo... it sounds like it should go there from what you are doing!

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