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DJ_Ikronix

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  1. I don't have a huge problem with peer review, if it comes to that.

    On an entirely different note (or maybe not), I'd like some feedback on the overall sound I'm working on right now.

    Drums + Bass clip

    I'm just screwing around with the sounds of my drum and bass patterns, and I'd like opinions on the overall feel of it. I wasn't happy with the bass sound at first (sounded too mechanical and blatently sequenced), but the drums banging around underneath it seem to disguise the flaws a bit. I guess the 4 Scream-4 units behind it helps too. :P

    I'm debating working it over to more closely match the bassline pattern in Track 15. It sounded ugly, REAL ugly, when I tried it before. It's in the same key, but let me know if this sounds completely unrecognizable, compared to the old one.

    (Honesty is appreciated, this is just a sample. ;) )

  2. Can you try to provide me with an MP3 download? The stream on that site sucks (32K), and to download I have to register; the registration asks for home address. I'm not interested in giving that information out.

    Okay. :wink:

    The bandwith is for shit, though. If you have an Amazon account, I'll post that link once it clears through, so it won't take forever to get the damn song... :P

  3. Hey guys. Someone on another board asked me to make a supersaw sound with Reason, and I figured it will be good knowledge anyways, so I went ahead and tried. Much to my surprise, I came up with something in about 10 minutes, mainly by accident.

    Right Click, Save As (it's geocities, so if it doesn't work, wait a hour or so...)

    It's not perfect, and it could use some EQ'ing, but it seems to have helped the person who asked, so maybe it'll help those that have had problems getting the sound they want.

  4. Can you replicate that rave synth you hear in "Prodigy - Smack My Bitch" up too? The one that starts at 0:21 in the 5:43 version of the song.

    I don't have immediate access to that song right now (later tonight I will), but if it's the one I'm thinking of...sort of.

    It's that wide, distorted bassline thingy, right? I've made stuff like that before. I've never tried that type of automation before, though.

    Worth a shot, I guess.

  5. Hey, that FAQ is nice. :)

    I was over at the tranceaddict boards, and someone new to Reason asked for a demonstration (when I pressed him further, he said "Punk"), so I whipped up a quicky "Punk"-ripoff demo file. :)

    Link. Fear the lack of bandwith. :cry:

    (if it doesn't work, wait an hour)

    It's not an exact representation in any sense, but if you're new to Reason, it might help a bit. And if it sucks (it does), feel free to not let me know. :wink:

  6. If I could hear a specific sample that's clipping, I could probably offer some specific advice.

    But otherwise...

    Compress things with excessive peaks, like drums, basslines, odd FX, stuff like that. Don't OVER-compress it (unless you like the sound you get out of it), but you should be able to buy yourself a bit more breathing room simply with some light compression on certain areas of the track.

    If your bassline is causing problems, EQ it a bit. I almost always completely cut off everything below 50 Hz unless I have a very good reason for doing otherwise. That's a level that a lot of woofers can't accurately project, and you can make up for it by boosting around 150-300 Hz if it really needs it. ;)

    Actually, doing a hard cut 30-50Hz and below off your ENTIRE track isn't such a bad idea either. It's usually wasted, and it takes up frequency room.

    You can't do this in FruityLoops, but Normalization will help out too. It's something that's in most sound editing/mastering software, like Sound Forge or T-Racks. It'll make your track louder without clipping.

    There's other things you could try, but you have to start somewhere...

  7. When I saw the topic for this, the first thought that immediately came to my head was Culex from Mario RPG. 8O

    And then I remembered that I faced him when I was approximately level 13. :lol::lol::lol:

    Didn't go well for me...

    Anyways...I'm the boss of Battlefield 1942, and I'm more or less unbeatable. ( :P ) Does that count? 8):wink:

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