Ok this is one of my weaker pieces, opting for a more drum 'n' bass type of feel but not being very successful :x sound quality is a little lacking in some parts, drum patterns around the middle (2:00) are a shambles!
i was new to the vocoding stuff, if anyone can suggest a more Mpt -friendly vocoder plugin then i would be eternally grateful! for this i used the Prosoniq OrangeVocoder
Xincbox - Home (http://www.yourfilehost.com/media.php?cat=audio&file=2363Xincbox___Home.mp3)
extended version (better):
Xincbox - Home (new mix) (http://www.yourfilehost.com/media.php?cat=audio&file=Xincbox___Home__new_mix_.mp3)
enjoy, post any comments!
Yay another Xincbox piece! I'm dloading this and the Main Reason right now, I'm on dialup, so i'll get back to ya.
QuoteI'm on dialup, so i'll get back to ya.
Ok, talk to you next month! :P
-Great piece overall
-Beautiful little melody at 0:28
-Vocoder is excellently done.
-I wish your bass could've been a little louder.
Other than that, the whole song is great! Excellent beats, and once again, sounds awesome quality-wise.
EDIT:
QuoteOk, talk to you next month
Lmfao...so sad because its true
I don't know plugins, but if you're looking for a simple free tool to vocode things, check AnalogX (http://www.analogx.com/contents/download/audio/vocoder.htm).
I thought (really exceptional) : 'this piece is too short'.
The more, because I felt the part after 2:50 more as an interlude, promising more, than as a final.
So I took the freedom to play around to make a simple model of this idea, by jumping back from the end to the post-intro-point :
Home2 (http://www.louigiverona.com/webarchive/samzen/download/xincbox/Home2.ogg) (I only will have this available for a few days)
yeah i intended to carry on that last section (using the orangevocoder on the drum pattern) into another part of the song, looping back into the main hook.. but i settled for the abrupt stop at the end
i think i'll do some work on it tomorrow as i'm not really pleased with it as it is! and yeah, a lot of my pieces are too short
thanks for the input
ok keeping your feedback in mind, i've done a longer version of this song.. oomping up the bass, and writing more sections so the piece is around 2 minutes longer. also used some of the Zxx macro stuff.. thanks for teaching me SoundCrafter. (possibility of overuse of the sweeping filter though, i tried a lot of things out and left them in)
Xincbox - Home (new mix) (http://www.yourfilehost.com/media.php?cat=audio&file=Xincbox___Home__new_mix_.mp3)
better or worse? too long? hope to hear from you guys
Can't get it. Server too busy. I did Save Target As
Xincbox - Home (new mix) (http://www.yourfilehost.com/media.php?cat=audio&file=Xincbox___Home__new_mix_.mp3)
try that^ forget the save target as.
'mooload' did sound a bit stupid, put it on yourfile host (was down before)
Major improvements I would say.
Aiie! Nice. Bass is excellent, and the 2 or so minutes you've added have really let this song build and soak in. Excellent piece. Well freakin done.
Quote from: "Xincbox"also used some of the Zxx macro stuff.. thanks for teaching me SoundCrafter. (possibility of overuse of the sweeping filter though, i tried a lot of things out and left them in)
NP. And not overuse at all. Very nice, subtle effect.
gracias!
The entire track sounds like it's sent through mpt's "surround" filter and a lowpass filter. :\
Aside from the sound quality/mix issues, this track was neat. I liked the bass.
EDIT: Typos.
Quote from: "xaimus"The entire track sounds like it's sent through mpt's "surround" filter a lowpass filter. :\
yeah, got a feeling it was :X
i'm pretty clueless when it comes to final mixing/ judging panning, sound quality, effects balance etc.. so any tips would be greatly appreciated
I wish I could offer some good constructive advice, but I'm not terribly experienced with mixing either.
1) Judge nr 1 is yourself.. If the piece is ready to play, just switch off the knowledge that you are the maker of it,
but imagine you are just a listener, tied to your chair, forced to hear some song.
2) Don't seek for 'The Final Mix', because it just doesn't exist. It's just a choice, it could be done in thousands of
other ways. And every reproduction has external circumstances, which are not under control of the maker.
3) Consider the use of something like mpt's "surround" filter, as a local preference for playing it back for yourself.
In the end, the bare content of the patterns, and the pattern-order, is the 'real' body of the composition.
The 'after-module' effects could be considered as a certain production, a version, of the song.
4) One basic rule when mixing digital tracks : Avoid all tracks normalized to 100 % volume, because digital mixing means adding up values in fact. Distortion waits eagerly around the corner.