sirade Posted October 3, 2006 Share Posted October 3, 2006 http://www.myspace.com/psytance I made a few tracks and need some feed back. Thanks all in advance 1. Super Shammy 2. Fire Cricket 3. Dance of the Ion 4. Tinted Moon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alleycat Posted October 4, 2006 Share Posted October 4, 2006 Hey! Not bad, sounds kinda goa-ish. How long have you been producing? This sounds like some of the stuff I made when I first started trying to make trance. Super Shammy-total oldschool goa. The kick you use sounds a little distorted, kinda gabberish almost. IDK if thats what you were going for. Very Goa track. Fire Cricket-Kinda reminds me of Midimiliz or Kino Oko. Once again, reminds me of some of my early efforts. Not bad. Dance of the Ion-Nice and melodic, slower, the kick is a little too low. Some Moog-y synths going on. I like that! Tinted Moon-Nice intro! Not a bad little piece, the kick is the same as Super Shammy, gabberish. Nice stringy stuff in the background, though it could be a bit louder, more up-front. Although I do think your tracks could use some better mastering, it sounds to me that you've definitely got potential! What do you use to produce? I used Modplug Tracker when I was starting and it sounded similar, which is to say, not bad but not like psytrance. I dont see your stuff as dancable, but dont be discouraged! It took me 2.5 yrs to make dancable stuff. Even then the mastering wasnt shit. I like a lot of the synths you use, though once again, mastering. Sometimes your sound gets mashed up, too many things occupying the same frequency range. Do you EQ the individual tracks? EQing is a good way to separate sounds, so that its not so much a stew as a perfect piece of sushi, know what I mean? Sure sounds like you're gonna have some killer stuff in the future! Dont be discouraged if no one replies, around here there kinda snobbish. Dont be discouraged, either, if they call it crap. I used to think my songs were label-worthy, then Id post them and hear all about how they sucked. Its a good thing, you have to step back and look at it from another perspective sometimes. Keep it up! Dont spend too much time on one track either, thats a good way to chase your own tail! Keep progressing, destroy mass amounts of creative output if you must. But keep going! Eventually you'll hit upon something, when everything just seems to flow, and fit. Dont stop due to negative feedback either! We all have to deal with being a beginner, and sometimes that can last a long time. For me it was a few years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirade Posted October 4, 2006 Author Share Posted October 4, 2006 Hey! Not bad, sounds kinda goa-ish. How long have you been producing? This sounds like some of the stuff I made when I first started trying to make trance. Super Shammy-total oldschool goa. The kick you use sounds a little distorted, kinda gabberish almost. IDK if thats what you were going for. Very Goa track. Fire Cricket-Kinda reminds me of Midimiliz or Kino Oko. Once again, reminds me of some of my early efforts. Not bad. Dance of the Ion-Nice and melodic, slower, the kick is a little too low. Some Moog-y synths going on. I like that! Tinted Moon-Nice intro! Not a bad little piece, the kick is the same as Super Shammy, gabberish. Nice stringy stuff in the background, though it could be a bit louder, more up-front. Although I do think your tracks could use some better mastering, it sounds to me that you've definitely got potential! What do you use to produce? I used Modplug Tracker when I was starting and it sounded similar, which is to say, not bad but not like psytrance. I dont see your stuff as dancable, but dont be discouraged! It took me 2.5 yrs to make dancable stuff. Even then the mastering wasnt shit. I like a lot of the synths you use, though once again, mastering. Sometimes your sound gets mashed up, too many things occupying the same frequency range. Do you EQ the individual tracks? EQing is a good way to separate sounds, so that its not so much a stew as a perfect piece of sushi, know what I mean? Sure sounds like you're gonna have some killer stuff in the future! Dont be discouraged if no one replies, around here there kinda snobbish. Dont be discouraged, either, if they call it crap. I used to think my songs were label-worthy, then Id post them and hear all about how they sucked. Its a good thing, you have to step back and look at it from another perspective sometimes. Keep it up! Dont spend too much time on one track either, thats a good way to chase your own tail! Keep progressing, destroy mass amounts of creative output if you must. But keep going! Eventually you'll hit upon something, when everything just seems to flow, and fit. Dont stop due to negative feedback either! We all have to deal with being a beginner, and sometimes that can last a long time. For me it was a few years. 613804[/snapback] Thanks for the feed back. Often an outside perspective can point out areas in need of work and offer techniques not thought of. Well let me see started messing around with rebirth and fruity loops and Acid in the mid 90's. Got Cubase and Reason about 1 year ago. Been strugling with writters block til recently when i went to the Love Parade and had sensory over load with all the different types of great music. Since the last 2 weeks i have been laying track after track. Feels good to be rid of the writers block so serious making tracks for about 6 monthes. I presently use Cubase SX, Reason, alot of VST's. I also have Fruity loops, Alberton live and an Emu xboard25. pc is a 3ghz 2gb ram I know i need to work on my mastering techniques alot more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alleycat Posted October 4, 2006 Share Posted October 4, 2006 I had a feeling you'd mention reason. Ive messed with it a bit, Im not too sure I like it, even though I know a few people who've had good results. You got the gear, and the softs! Thats a better position than I was in. What really helped me make some real psytrance, is becoming a dj. Ive spent days of the last year listening to psytrance, and its given me a very clear idea of what psytrance is and how to go about making it myself. Love parade! Sounds like me again! I went to a really meaningful party in 2004 and it changed the way I thought about electronic music production, and I went home and made music. I had been messing around for about a year before then with various Trackers. I thought of it as psytrance but I can see now that it was something else, not really anything but a fusion of the styles I was into at the time. Im glad Im not the only one, Ive heard all these testimonials about people, say in Israel, who hear psytrance for the first time and 6 months later they release an album. It was discouraging for a while. But israel has had psytrance as part of the mainstream music for 10 years. Kids have literally grown up on it. Remember the EQs, keep the bass and kick in the low range, the tickaticka hats in the high, and spread the synths whereever you like around in between. Or find something else that works for you! Thats the beauty of music, if you like it, you dont have to care about anyone else's opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirade Posted October 5, 2006 Author Share Posted October 5, 2006 Ok i put a new copy of Super Shammy up. I remastered it today. pls give a listen and let me know What areas need some help http://www.myspace.com/55842379 thanks in advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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