Chimpazilla

OMG had to see what was up with this... wow so amazing, that is some serious talent! It wasn't *totally* acapella though, he had the kitty help out at some points.

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This is utterly lovely Wes, like all your music. The ambience is divine. I feel like you could maybe hint at the drop, maybe bring in some kicks or hat hits starting around 1:12, just on the first beat of those four bars leading to the break before the drop... otherwise the drop is so totally unexpected as to be a bit jarring, at least for me. Maybe even a kick or snare roll, ramping up in volume, in addition to the reverse effect. That next section is awesome, just needs to be signaled a bit better. Signaling it will make it so much more exciting when it hits. You need a better crash sample, and need to process it a bit better, this one sounds cheapish. Some more chord/melody variations, and this is a truly amazing piece. The guitar sketch at the end is gorgeous, I hope you can work it in! And Argle... even judges need critiques on their stuff! Everyone needs crits on their own stuff.

This for me too. I can whip up a track pretty quickly but the mixing and balancing and tweaking and adding transitions and fine-polishing it can take me a month. And then another full month of second-guessing myself.

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1. Continually pushing yourself. Trying out techniques you find in tutorials, or trying to replicate a sound or effect, or trying different arrangement ideas. 2. Learning to take criticism. No one can learn music in a vacuum. Criticism, when given kindly but with plenty of detail, moves you forward. Have a team of 3-4 trusted friends who you always know you can bounce stuff off of anytime, then bounce away. 3. Work with others. Collaboration is the best way I have found to learn new things. I find that when it is my turn with a file, I want to impress the other person so I do my best and always try to go beyond my previous limits. You're welcome!

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Here is what I do. Isolate the busiest part of the track, 8 bars or so. Play it on loop, with everything muted. Turn on one instrument at a time. Like, each drum element. Balance and EQ the drums. Then, add in the bass. Rebalance as needed, especially for kick and bass to not compete. Then bring in a backing element, then another, then another, then leads etc. and don't move forward until what you are hearing sounds ok and un-muddy.

In this song you can hear what I mean about automating that formant arp. Listen to how the initial arp evolves in so many ways throughout the song. Super interesting and expressive!

I'll sign up as a star if anyone wants me. I have a collab mix accepted on which I did a humongous amount of work (arranging/mixing). And my more recent work can be heard on my Soundcloud (several of which were recently submitted or soon to be). I'd love to help out and repay the universe for all the wonderful mentoring that I have received from others more worthy than I!

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Really, really fun track, I like it a lot! Fix the muddy mixing, bring some things into clarity, and you've got something really cool here.

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The dynamic duo of "Erecto!" and "Phlacid!" LMAO!!! It has been suggested that in this same vein, I should change my username to "Limpazilla." Come on guys, I'm a girl. Think of something better than that! Still lmao...

Some awesome ideas in here! I'm still trying to figure out the timing, I think the intro is in 3/4 then it transitions to 4/4, I can't totally tell where the transition is because of the intricate drumming with irregular kick pattern (this is cool - and I love multiple time sig songs). The sounds are pretty good, a bit vanilla though, and very dry. There is so much more you could do here, adding surprising things, extra timbres, layering things, automating effects etc. The intro is pretty empty, those breaks are too long to be so empty... use the empty space to surprise me with something, some super-stereo sfx or a fun background arp or something. Nice start, looking forward to how this develops!

It sounds really good... strings still sound fake-ish, mostly where they are exposed, but I think that can't be helped in this piece. The only other teeny thing I hear is that the piano solo sounds a little ahead of the beat at 0:46-0:59 and again from 1:34-1:56, and not every note but just a few. If you only move ONE note, let it be the very first one at 0:46 so an off-beat note isn't the first thing we hear when the piano solo begins. Other than that, I gots nothin. It sounds great! Tweak a few note timings and submit!

Fun wip! That formant sounds cool, but as I listen I can't help thinking how much you could do with it, automate some changes to it so it surprises me. Fade another timbre in and out with it, auto the resonance, a band pass, some glitching, something! Otherwise it is really repetitive. I like when you start bringing in little stabs of other sounds, wubs etc., more of that please! No later than 0:40, I'd like to hear a proper bassline starting up. You may want to vary the velocity of those high hats, too. There should be so much varied drumming on this track, can't wait to hear more as you progress. Cool start.

DAMMIT... I tried to look and see if there was a thread already (or two or three) and found nothing... feel free to disregard this one! Sorry guys... blah.

...and I found it to be a beautiful, profound game. It was only a two hour adventure, but one I will do again, and soon. The gameplay was simple, the scenery was sparse but gorgeous. You meet companions along the way (real people in real time), just one person at a time, and you try to figure stuff out together until something separates you, and you later find someone else. Eventually you reach the "goal." Beautiful allegory for life. The music was gorgeous and totally forgettable... nothing catchy, all ambient... but it totally accented each mood throughout the game. Very well done adventure. Anyone else played this yet? edit: the one memorable song was the theme at the end, with the most gorgeous female vocals ever!

Well I'm not familiar with the source, but I think your wip sounds great! The lead is definitely too quiet and tame though. If this were my wip, I would layer that electric guitar lead with something else, at least one other thing, to make it really shine. Give it some nice delay too. And when the lead returns after a break, use a different lead (or layer) to vary things up. I think you should continue, who cares if it has been "done before" or whatever? Do what you feel like doing!

Happy FL Studio user here too! I also have the KRK 8's (Rokits) and love them. I have an MPK49 midi keyboard, and although I don't properly play it, I use it every day, to audition sounds and noodle around. For software my favorite things are Kontakt, Omnisphere and Zebra2.

Welcome to OCR, it is an awesome community of friends and like-minded people. Your music is really nice! What is your daw/equipment of choice? Nice to meet you!

Curious about your relationship with the Snappledude. Hope he finds this amusing!

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May your day be musical and downright snappy! Mirby, how about one of your special cakes?