PlastikBag Posted March 2, 2008 Share Posted March 2, 2008 Here's the finished DnB track I posted a WIP of in my other thread. I'm pretty proud of this one. I learned a lot about synthesis before writing this, and I made all of the synths with Thor. Check it out: Concealment Enjoy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nav Posted March 3, 2008 Share Posted March 3, 2008 Love that first pad. Swelling, doesn't feel a lot like drum and bass, but nice anyways. Needs to be more gritty. I like that lead. Bass not so much. The stabs seem a bit basic. They work fine now. I want to see how this is gonna progress, and what it will come to. Lots of blending melodic work... very unlike drum and bass. I'm starting to get the feeling that there is no build.... oh wait. Piano, again unlike drum and bass (unless you're Geier). Hm. Again with the sidestick. So yeah, its pretty simple. Try to make a heavier snare. Add distortion, compression, etc. The upper synthwork was nice, but the reese (bass) is pretty simple. You should listen to some modern drum and bass. Check out Spor's Lifted Music Podcast. Search for it on iTunes, or listen: http://podcast.liftedmusic.com/podcast/Lifted_Music_Show_003_-_Spor_and_Chris_Renegade.mp3 That's show 3. Once you get a good idea of what drum and bass is, try and tweak your track to fit. I like the concepts here, and the melodies are nice, but its not drum and bass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skrypnyk Posted March 3, 2008 Share Posted March 3, 2008 I thought this was pretty sexy. I think I was expecting to get into some beefier drums at an early point in the song to get an adrenaline flow going, but as is it's fine. This is like, drum n bass lite. Atmospheric Jungle if you want. Good good stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlastikBag Posted March 3, 2008 Author Share Posted March 3, 2008 Thanks for the feedback. Skrypnyk is right, this might be better labeled as atmospheric jungle, and I really don't want it to get too heavy because I'm not really into heavy mainstream DnB type stuff. I guess that I should have specified that in the thread intro. I personally like it the way it is, as I was trying to go for a somewhat light flowing feel. Using the label DnB seems to be rather controversial in general around here these days. After reading about it on Wikipedia (which claims DnB to be a broad genre with many subgenres), I feel that this track fits under the DnB genre, though it is lighter than most modern DnB. I honestly don't pay much attention to subgenres. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlastikBag Posted March 5, 2008 Author Share Posted March 5, 2008 I put up a slightly new version up. It's just mastered a bit differently since I thought some of the bass attacks where a tad bit overbearing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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