Chimpazilla

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!

OMG a penis wizzard.

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

Here is a to get you started. It explains what EQ is for and generally how it is used.

This is a totally AWESOME story and I love it so much... (except the part about no time for remixes, haha) Congratulations on becoming a daddy this way!!!

I've got you guys all beat. Married 14 years, 8-year-old son. I guess I'm the "den mother" here. Haha!

Master compression and limiting are ways of adding cohesion to all instruments and drums together while keeping everything in the same-ish volume range. If you have mixed well, you shouldn't need too much master compression to get cohesion. Limiting of course keeps the track from going over 0db at any point. (or less... -0.1 or so). Snappleman is right, you can't do this on the individual tracks only. Keeping in mind... none of this should be considered actual "mastering."

First things first, Joe! At your rate of speed, you'll be here in a month or so.

I like to gently compress my drum bus, and gently compress my bass, if needed and if it adds punchiness to the sound (as desired to taste). On the master, I gently compress again, no more than 5db GR and only on the high peaks (snare, kick, usually snare), tiny bit (2db) makeup gain if needed. Then, soft-knee limiter, only a couple of db (2-4ish) GR and again *only* on the wild peaks, unless I'm looking for that smashed effect (typically NOT haha!). "Eyeblink" is a good descriptor for what I like to see happening in my master compressor and limiter. -6db RMS holy shit dude. *covers ears* I was taught -12 is a good number but I usually end up in the -11 to -10 range, -9 tops and certainly not for the entire track!

It's a good early attempt for sure. Very nice progressions, I can get a flavor of where you are going with it. You have tons to learn about how to produce though, how to arrange and write and mix and how to get it sounding good. I suggest watching some Youtube tutorials on anything you might be interested in learning. I'd also recommend getting a book or two, like the Dance Music Manual (2nd edition by Rick Snoman). Also, practice with your different sounds. You can take a track you like, take one aspect of it and see if you can replicate the sound. Practice, practice, practice!

Thanks Argle!

Oh DAYUM I'm so attracted to you all right now... wow... elderly shut-ins, livestock, and financial parasites... oh whom would I choose, if only I could... if only I were single. *sigh*

I have the world's most awesome 8-year-old son named Tom. He is smart, funny, handsome, and has the biggest heart of any person I've ever met so far in this life. Lucky me (and my husband)!

Thanks Mirby... but... the image has to be on the web somewhere then, not from my machine? Sorry, I feel so dumb about this.

Well I'm just an Old Anyone then. Haha! Well it's new for my son, who is in love with it.

May I then show my ignorance and ask how some are able to post images? And how might I do the same, should I want to? Thanks.