A very important question that seems to be easy to answer but for me is very hard. It started as a techno song but it evolved to a more tech house style. I still not convinced with it either.

Thank you very much for your comments. Diego 2011/6/11 <pshirkey(a)boosthardware.com>om>:

Hello Diego!  Thanks for sharing this, but could you post a direct link to a file? My browsers (all text based0 can't handle flash.  Thanks you very much.  Warm regards           Julien -------- Music was my first love and it will be my last (John Miles) ======== FIND MY WEB-PROJECT AT: ======== http://ltsb.sourceforge.net the Linux TextBased Studio guide ======= AND MY PERSONAL PAGES AT: ======= http://www.juliencoder.de

Hello Diego!  Thanks a lot for the link.  Beyond the fact, that this is a bit too minimalist for my taste, there are some nice sounds in there. but I'm not a fan of the bass drum. I've heard that style of bass drum in a few tracks, commercial ones with more or less success included. But my ears tell me it's too flat and sticky. Not enough kick or bite to it. What I liked about the track was the different processing of the sngle drum instruments. It spices up the beat and engages the listener, while waiting for the complete build-up.  Thanks for sharing!  Warm regards           Julien -------- Music was my first love and it will be my last (John Miles) ======== FIND MY WEB-PROJECT AT: ======== http://ltsb.sourceforge.net the Linux TextBased Studio guide ======= AND MY PERSONAL PAGES AT: ======= http://www.juliencoder.de

On 06/11/2011 07:58 PM, Julien Claassen wrote: I really dig the bd, it's more accoustic sounding than a regular 909 but has some of its danceability. Must admit I didn't listen to tho whole thing, but I think you could add more only-happening-once sounds to create variation. Also a little less "4-bars, then this sound is unmuted" kind of arrangement would be great, for instance try recording one or more tracks in realtime through the whole thing, it really makes it more organic. I know from experience that it requires you to walk that extra mile, but it's worth it in the end. -- Atte http://atte.dk   http://modlys.dk _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user(a)lists.linuxaudio.org http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user

On Sat, 2011-06-11 at 12:31 -0300, Diego Simak wrote: IMO everything is ok, excepted of the bass, neither by near-field monitors, nor by headphones the bass was pithy (I don't know how to say on English), the notes the bass plays are ok, but it might be to silent. Why using a compressor? Perhaps you have got an imagination I do not have, but there seems to be no need for compression. The only thing I would avoid if possible, is to quantise that hard. I know it's often nearly impossible to quantise softer. Excepted of a to silent bass and to hard quantised MIDI events this song seems to be very good. Resp. the (lets call it) HiHat should be less loud. Here I'm unable to here if the bass is in sync with the kick. It's grooving, so I think they are in sync. More bass! Regards, Ralf PS: I was listening using a brand new sound card, my setup isn't tuned yet, what I hear at the moment might be completely discoloured. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user(a)lists.linuxaudio.org http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user

Hi Diego, Thanks for posting this. While agreeing with Attes comment, I do really like it. The panned hi hats would sound more spatial if they weren't panned totally left/right. Until about 1:18, the base sounds so cheap and choppy (as Julian said). Maybe a bit of decay and release would improve it. After the said time this becomes less annoying since the base merges with the rest, and the nice part begins (glad I was patient enough to listen through this first minute). I would not add compression except for the very low end, to push it somewhat up. It seems to be the case that electronic music I regard as well produced often looks over-compressed in waveform display, until you zoom in and discover that it is just the fundamental bass frequency periodically using up most of the dynamic range. Behind a ~80Hz high-pass filter, dynamics often well exceed the k14 range in jkmeter. The very opposite of californication-style compression, in that the result requires good playback systems. Just a laymans taste, have fun producing! best, d _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user(a)lists.linuxaudio.org http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user

2011/6/11 Diego Simak <diego.simak(a)gmail.com>     Maybe it's the lack of compression that makes it sound very low in my computer. Anyway, it's cool :-) I'm not a fan of this style, but I do like electronica and some trance/dance. I enjoyed listening to this: it was like I was having a drink in some late-night club :-) It makes for a very entertaining music to have as a background.     So, in short: great job! I'll be adding you in soundcloud to be aware of your new releases :-) --         Roberto Suárez Soto