astralprojection

Not sure what people are hearing but it sounds really awful on my end. Pretty much everything is bad. I'd recommend you go back, don't post anything for 2 years, and try again then. But society these days is that Everything is great, Everyone is accepted, There are 5437 genders etc. But maybe it's me! Maybe my speaker setup is bad and I can't tell good from bad.

Who is The Messenger?? 🤔

https://www.discogs.com/master/671392-Various-Voyager-First-Plateau

no negativity! and i dont care what it was made with either. if you read what i said it would be clear. Software can and do sound amazing. Its not about that at all. Its about it sounding worse than previous releases.

@Tsotsiyep you're on to something there! I think what you are describing is the same thing that bothers me. Too polished, too clean and upfront. That said Im far from an old school fanatic either, I just want good sound quality, and to at least not sound worse than before. Astral went that path with some new tracks, filteria did with his latest lp, artifact303 did with his latest, etc. It just annoys me that they know how to make the sound feel genuine and organic and also high quality, yet they "choose" to go backwards. Artifacts first album to my knowledge is software, but sounds great with tons of depth and quality... And it's not about hw vs sw at all, sw can and do sound great you just have to think outside the box a bit more with the production and mixing to make it feel authentic and organic, which you kinda get "free" with hw. Anyway not gonna start a whole debate here. And it's just my opinion

I listened to it but it was bad so didn't merit a reply 😋 Sounds nothing like hallucinogen. Sure, the music does but the sound is plastic fantastic. Horrible kickdrum and that damn software sound.. Tbh it hurts my feelings personally whenever I see an old favorite move from the hardware stuff into software, and thinking it sounds good enough. There are many ways of making software sound just as good as hardware but they don't know how to do it, it seems. Or they just don't hear the difference. Or they do but they don't care. Not sure what it is tbh.

It doesn't really sound like astral, especially not for 2003. It has a more amateurish sound imho compared to them. Especially the main lead towards the end seems a bit simple.. A slow lfo modulating cutoff on a pwm lead sound wasn't really their style in 2003, just seems a bit basic for ap! And at that time they had a very advanced sound (amen). It fits more with their 1996 style but I really doubt it's astral. Looking forward to seeing who it may be, cause its a pretty nice track. Edit: and since the sound quality of the clip is very low it's even harder to really hear if its an ap mix or another artist

Please necro old threads. 🙂 Also yes, I don't know what new releases to check out cause the forums are so empty now 😐

Yeah, why not? That's rude.. He's done several melodic tracks... Jeez

also here @ 5:14

i get that thing @ 6:12. @MikroMakroyes that thing is very very nice.

Cringe

2:12>

4:25 > goosebumps

Nice. Seba is probably my favorite. Netsky very close in terms of production quality, I just cannot get tired of secret agent. You seem to like a bit more hard and darker style, meanwhile I like it a bit more light and melodic. In any case there's plenty to go around. It's my favorite genre besides goa trance. In fact they are very similar in alot of ways. Transcendental feelings, levitation, elevation, euphoria and high production quality. It comes from the same part of the brain

Cool. Which tracks are your favorites from the thread?

Just had to log back in to say what the fuck. Whoever is running this account and paying this dude to do things is messed up bro

im very sorry to hear this. how are you holding up? putting a child into this fucked up world is a big mindfuck to me. hope you can get back to doing reviews shortly and let the little bugger run off on his own. and whatever the reason is people are not engaged anymore, i think many people lost their minds along the way and quit forums, internet, music, what have you. most probably live in a home for LSD damaged invididuals. And some are alcoholic, trying to get to the next day. And some are really depressed not even able to check out forums anymore. And the healthy people grew up and realised they have lives to live, kids to raise, and that lame ass shit. A sad state of affairs, whichever it may be.

ok heres the deal. if you get a release that you think may be a mp3 in disguise, then open it up in audacity since its free. check out the frequency spectrum. if you see a sharp cut at around 20khz, then its most likely an mp3 in disguise. if you see the cut higher up like 22khz, its more likely a lossless format. but the point is, most songs that are supplied in mp3 format, i will assume 320kbit for this, will have everything above 22k cut out. and this is good, cause you dont hear it anyway. the only reason flac is better than mp3, is for vinyl records, cause they dont have a filter at the end. you can find vinyl records that has information all up to 40khz. but since human hearing stops at 22khz (and honestly for most people its 16khz) it really doesnt matter. but that being said, i dont think its right to sell flacs that has been transcoded from mp3s. thats a foul practice. if you buy flac, you expect to see information way above 20khz. and if you buy mp3, you DONT expect to see anything above 20khz. Ill let you contemplate and realise the rest.

damn is that respectable! i completely fk with that approach. good on you.

very nice, can hear some psychopod, psychaos, and slinky wizard in there. very cool sound edit: but it needs a bit of mastering

Why are you guys saying "everyone" when it's one guy lol. Let's hope HE is ok. Cause I know for a fact he was deep in the dumps for a while like really deep down. @technosomy Facts. Can't take away from that. He did make tons of fucked up comments. I don't think anyone condoned his conduct about that.

fact of the matter is you bullied a guy who had problems. He had a crosseyed sight, he couldnt hear very well, and he couldnt speak very well.. If you watched some of his videos back in the day he sounded like he was handicapped. And he complained about his hearing and eyesight alot. He obviously wasnt normal. Now noone has heard of him in years and years. I had him on facebook. He was very depressed, talked alot of deep stuff, that you normally dont get into with someone you barely know. He didnt have many friends, and he always thought his friends was bullying him. He kept writing topics about this, and people here kept bullying him also. Yes he made some fucked up comments about his sexual fantasies which turned many people off about him, and I get that.. but I think he just didnt really know better. He talked about steep mountains all of that and Imba was quick to mock him and make fun of him. And many others, not trying to call out imba. But honestly, man was struggling with life alot, and who knows if he k**** himself by now... Does anyone know whats going on with him now, does anyone care? Anyone heard anything? I havent had that facebook in almost a decade now and I have no idea if he is even alive.. But last time he wrote here was about 8 years ago and knowing how depressed and sad this guy was, no friends, horrible parents, Im not sure if he even is alive... And those thinking he was a meme or a troll, no, he wasnt. I just hope he is ok to this day, and alive. And if youre reading this please come back. This forum is damn near dead so who cares . Just tell us youre alive and well brother. Thats all.

dj premier is a genious AKAI S950 AKAI MPC60 the sample is from the first few seconds final product