timaeus222

I think I have time to vote now. lol @ avaris doing dubstep hip hop. xD Okay, general feedback: Tuberz --- The production is actually kinda quiet, especially at 2:10 (overcompression. Hard knee limiter?). You may hear how 4:08 is louder than the section before it. The sounds work in general. Great uplifting atmosphere! Really fun and engaging arrangement. avaris --- The mixing is pretty loud! The clap is pretty quiet. Putting aside my general distaste for 808 percussion and siren-style wubs, the production can objectively be tighter. The bass isn't as "grounded" as it can be, the drops aren't super impactful, and either the lead is too loud or the backing instruments are too quiet because of the overcompression. Cool arrangement. Still, as your attempt at this genre for the first time, it sounds much better than most people could have managed (though this type of hip hop production may have been popularized quite a bit). Great job! Okay, I've got my vote picked.

Mine sounds like a cold chilly forest. You could probably listen to it and fall asleep... in a good way.

I need to make more use of dat mic. I can always do granular synthesis on stuff!

http://soundonsound.com is your friend too. Lots of cool production articles there.

FYI, 6 of those 10 mixes were finished early as part of the judging test batch.

I think I said I wasn't gonna have time to make something for this album. Well... I had something way back from June that I finished yesterday, and it fits the snow theme.

Cool, I love how you actually thought about that, because... xD Just for giggles.

Yeah, the latest three were.

lol, those last 5 mixes or so were judged like 2 months ago.

Hey Jordan, Rexy might have been pretty harsh on you, but that's only because she cares. Here's what I would say after listening to this though: First of all, even though it's not immediately obvious, YouTube compresses any and all videos uploaded to their server into FLV, which in turn compresses the audio and makes it sound worse. To what extent depends on the video encoding (240p, 360p, etc.), but anyways... the point is, try using a dedicated sound hosting site, like soundcloud or tindeck. Heck, even box.com can work well. Sounds like you're using FPC from FL Studio and some basic sounds from the FL bank with a MIDI RIP, like Rexy said. Yeah, you would have to start over with a clean slate, and it will certainly help to learn about how each instrument sounds best in terms of how it plays out in the song. However, the first thing I would suggest is that you learn how to use FL Studio more efficiently. Teach yourself the basics for writing melodies and harmonies, and basic EQing, then go from there. soundonsound.com is a great resource for teaching yourself these basics. FL Studio tutorials are all over youtube. Try those.

I finish all my finals at 3PM that day. I THINK I'll make it!

There's gonna be a sale for 25% off everything on Jan. 1, 2014 there. Shameless self-plug: I'm in there somewhere with Zebranautic Revolution.

Those tutorials from zircon are the most curricular I'd recommend for FL Studio specifically, since that's what you use.

This is some top notch stuff dude! Keep it up!

Three big surprises there. Congrats, guys!

Glitch 2 is a no-brainer. Go get it. EWQLCCC is literally the entire $1000 IIRC. lol. Not entirely necessary, but if you really have the money, sure? Stylus RMX isn't a necessary resource, but if you feel like you need it, it's a'ight. Better than most if not all other drum loop libraries/hosts/collections. Shreddage II is win. I used it and Shreddage X in this (X was rhythm, II was lead and rhythm).

It's been a week. Hoping this album will work out.

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Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think you only have to pay the taxes for it if you make over $5000 a year on average.

I love this way more than I did back then. I hear that jazz fusion vibe for sure. The piano has a narrow but cool unique feel to it, and it works well with the e. piano and that sweet clavinet. Really funky stuff man. This is a style that not many people do, and you should do more of this sometime!

Yeah, the piano is really quiet. Bumping it up by around 8~12 dB should get you close to normal. The panning on the strings seems fine to me. It's 1:02 that seems awkward. Correct me if I'm wrong, but while the percussion is panned left, it's typically panned center. The weird thing is, this picture shows the percussion on the right, this one shows percussion on the left, and this one shows percussion in the center...

Haha, no problem. Actually, I'd be correcting myself too with that remark of mine.

Yeah, you're right. It's an E. Piano. It also explains why 0:25 had such a clean fifth harmony. Regular electric basses don't harmonize quite that well.

This is really nice. I can hear that there's a LOT of reverb, but ultimately it's still a-OK with that treatment!