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DistantJ

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  1. You should get somebody to do vocals for you if you're worried about it, cause there's nothing more unprofessional than using a synth lead in place of vocals.

    Besides I quite like your voice, lol, reminds me of that fella from Monty Python! Just needs a bit of pitch training, I'm convinced you could pull it off with practise.

    The "take-on-me" backing vocals should be reverberated and maybe some echoes and stuff and I think they need their levels sorting a bit.

    If I was to cover an A-Ha song, though, personally I'd pick "The Sun Always Shines on TV" ;)

  2. Every synth musician has to attempt their own Doctor Who theme at some point! That classic innovative theme which used synths (and bits of tape manually stuck together) before people even knew what a synth was, and scared people just because it sounded so odd to them, you just gotta have a go at making your own take on that awesomely mysterious theme song!

    As much as I love the dramatic half symphonic half synth version in the new show, I thought I'd have a go at a really mysterious one.

    So why don't you guys have a listen and see what you think!

    http://www.hooplanet.co.uk/distantj/music/Doctor%20Why.mp3

  3. Update: http://download.yousendit.com/31E141551E394E1C

    Drums altered for the middle section, an extra kick added to the end of each 4th bar, the lead is fleshed out to sound more powerful and less high pitched and tinny. General equalisation improved.

    I'm thinking of adding some sound effects from the game to keep things interesting, though nothing overly cheesy like ring collection and jump sounds.

  4. Update: http://download.yousendit.com/0C2700936230CE8D

    What you're probably hearing as the "bass" is actually the retro style bass-synth-thing which isn't actually providing the bass for the song. If you turn the bass up on your system you'll hear some in there which you didn't notice before, since there's a sub-bass underneath it on the offbeat, which provides the song with a real kick, but it's subtle when you listen for the actual instruments. Play it next to a bunch of professional dance music and you'll notice the bass levels are about the same.

    I'll probably add an extra kick on the 4th bar (you mean bar, not beat) later on, it is something I usually do, but I've been using pre-rendered drums rather than separate samples recently to help with the audio quality, so I've not added that in yet.

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