Maschini is back ... 'WE KEEP GOING'

[maschinistom]

ez gyush!

took a bit of a break touring europe mainland with my family 4 weeks in the summer.
now back to tokyo and preparing for several trips in autumn to vietnam, korea etc.

so, not much studio time these days but I was able to squeeze out this little roller here last weekend ...
looking forward to your comments. THANKS and cheers chaps !!

V1 track link >>> WE KEEP GOING (version SEPT12)
V2 track link >>> WE KEEP GOING (version SEPT14)
V3 - track link >> WE KEEP GOING (Sept 16)
https://soundcloud.com/user-25280988/we-keep-going-sept16/s-J4Ylc
final version 18/9:
https://soundcloud.com/user-25280988%2Fwe-keep-going-premaster
https://soundcloud.com/user-25280988/we-keep-going-sept14/s-rhAtm

 

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[Inna Selez]

Nice tune. Feels huge amount of energy after vacation.

 

[Leniz]

drums sound muffled as if the high cutted some high frequencies off :/
Im a fan of the tune nevertheless
Maybe add a little delay on the vocal?
Like the bass variation on the 2nd drop
Nice tune man!

 

[Henry Drum & Bass]

Nice track but the top end sounds non existent! Get those hi hats sparkling and your onto something!

 

[Manu Forti]

Its alright yeah, there is defo something weird going on with the mixdown though.

As the guys say those drums arent right or even close.

its a cheery little number though and could be banging if you pitched everything down an octave

 

[MentalFrame]

Hey man, good tune! Can't say anything else than the guys before. Solid work

 

[maschinistom]

drums sound muffled as if the high cutted some high frequencies off :/
Im a fan of the tune nevertheless
Maybe add a little delay on the vocal?
Like the bass variation on the 2nd drop
Nice tune man!

cheers man! delay on the vox is a nice idea, i'll try that out.
if I would only know what's wrong with the drums .. they sound good to me.
the original break had some nasty high freq ranges which I EQed in 3 places .. now it actually sounds fine to me.
but maybe its I believe my tracks always sound too bright (so I often EQ high frq. too much) ...
old ears I'm guessing

 

[maschinistom]

Nice track but the top end sounds non existent! Get those hi hats sparkling and your onto something!

see comment to leniz ... are you sure high frequencies are cut too much?
and I thought my old ears stopped being able to hear these ...

 

[maschinistom]

Its alright yeah, there is defo something weird going on with the mixdown though.
As the guys say those drums arent right or even close.
its a cheery little number though and could be banging if you pitched everything down an octave

still nice summer here in tokyo (well above 30C) so not in the mood for dark scotish tunes mate

 

[Henry Drum & Bass]

100% cut too much!

 

[maschinistom]

boys, apologies, you have been absolute right!
I was exporting V1 using the wrong settings -- therefore it had almost no high end.
I assume my old fatigue ears didn't catch that error -- have I lost already so much hearing ability?

did quite a few changes in V2:
> increased high freq ranges (hope not too much)
> worked on bass 2nd drop (added some tiny high-freq. layer)
> EQed the drum bus to enhance transparency and definition
> worked on chorus reverb and increased volume of some vox parts
> lowered bass by -2db for more clarity
> pushed the master limiter for a bit more track volume

I hope V2 sounds a bit better than V1 ... let me know if I'm getting closer. cheers!
for easy comparison I kept both track links above .. V1 and V2

 

[Leniz]

still needs bit of high frequencies on the drums You're almost there

 

[maschinistom]

even more ????

 

[Leniz]

Percussion still sounds a bit muffled yeah

 

[Henry Drum & Bass]

still muffled re do the drums!! I really like the female vocal! where did you get it?

 

[maschinistom]

well well well ... I'll try to look at it guys. but trust me, the drum break without the EQing sounds awful. will look at it and try to get rid of the muffiness ...

 

[Henry Drum & Bass]

It's like the old saying - you can't polish a turd!

 

[maschinistom]

muahahaha ... yeah, like the Buddhist saying…”No matter how much you wash a turd, it will not come clean.”

 

[Leniz]

well well well ... I'll try to look at it guys. but trust me, the drum break without the EQing sounds awful. will look at it and try to get rid of the muffiness ...

if it does just replace the break