Hey all New to the forum! Thought i'd say hello with a tune, I am quite a successful breaks producer but have started making dnb so let me know what you think ^^ Edit: UPDATED 09/12: http://soundcloud.com/refracture/refracture-take-off-1-1 Thanks Paul Refracture
really like the half time drums on the intro... pretty triphop. you definatly got the basis for something good in this tune, but personally for me, the beat was a bit flat, needs more life to it you know? really like the template u got here for a tune tho.
Hey man, thanks for listening! Yeh I agree, could do with a bit more drums going on couldnt it. Maybe add a subtle layer of another drum pattern or something u reckon? Thanks for the welcome, glad you like the tune
the kick has enough punch, but the snare is a bit too weak, so i would put a seperate short snare that has a good low end punch to it to make the snare fatter and less flimsy... i would fill out the rest of the beat with some nice short bongo/percussion bits just to make it fuller aswell thats just wot i would do tho mate!
Oh yeh, even so though dude, its always helpful to hear other peoples opinions ^^. Ive already added some more perc and made the snare punchier so will update u all v soon!
I actually like the minimalistic drumloop. I'm always overcomplicating my loops, but sometimes I think the minimal style like what you have there brings more atmosphere to the track, it lets the listener hear whats going on underneath the drums, with pads and sweeps etc. I agree that the snare needs fattening a little, but everything else I quite like.
i think the snare is nice for the intro, but the drop deffo needs some beefing up. yeh another snare wouldnt hurt @ the drop. yeh man not sounding tooo bad
yeh some good advice there lads, but glad to hear you're diggin' it overall I've updated it and will upload new version with variations/new snare tonight thanks paul
locked............ bass is big, drums do sound pretty basic tho. almost sounds like kick drum hats thats it. needs soem more layers to them to thicken them up snare also sounds too compressed jus needs some more elements to it really dude, more layers on drums, more fx and such to thicken the tune out You can tell you make music cos the sound isnt bad at all really, just listen to lots of dnb in a style you like to make to get an idea of what ur tunage needs to stand up
Hey guys, thanks for all your comments! I've been working on it a bit today and made some changes, made it a bit more of a liquid tune because it had that feel to it i think. also added some subtle 'thickness' to the drums and another layer on the snare aswell as some fx and atmosphere: http://soundcloud.com/refracture/refracture-take-off-1-1
