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  1. chaotic intro... empty space... what the hell is coming?

    anxiety... darkish atmosphere... rise and... breakbeat fields

    voice and the kick arrives! techno beats, too messy for my taste, not very enjoyable to the ears... it's dificult for me to follow the story idea, i'm a bit lost... the sub bass is good, but doesn't ground the track also.. i think this is not the right style for me to comment, i'm not into it enough to give you a constructive review :)

     

    Boom

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    i tried very hard to master this ... there are no redlines ... try and make sounds clearer, fuller. its very tough tho and havent achieved the sound i want!! <_<

     

    i agree the music is quite messy, but i like tunes full of noises.

    when i hear a minimal-tune i get bored fast!

    its a personal thing :)

     

    thx for the listen and comments

  2. hmm... *taking notes*

     

    :D

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    hehe. to illustrate better:

    create like this:

     

    SUB

    MATRIX

    SUB COPY

    MATRIX

     

    then in each Matrix alternate full notes:

    F_F_

    _F_F

     

    its just something u cant do with one matrix alone, but u can do it with the sequencer!

    plus u can do some other neat tricks

  3. well the man did say he is new to producing, got to start somewhere ;)

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    ya! sorry, i didnt want to rain on this thread or your advice.

     

    stick with reason, its a wonderful tool. :)

     

    dont pull your hair out trying to get the perfect psy bass with it.

    i tend to use the Bass Guitar setting alot. works pretty good.

    another thing u can try, if you are using Matrix for your bassline,

    is make two Subtractors with the same bass, then use full Matrix note,

    and alternate every other note in each Matrix. hope that makes sense!

    it will make your bass fuller.

  4. im kinda new to producing psy and dont know which program to concentrate on(reason or fl). i know both get awesome results, but i just cant get that hard dark rolling psy bassline i want. with nrg, i found reason had the best synths but couldnt get that rockin bassline i wanted.  FL was a litlle easier, but again couldnt get that dark bassline. so basically, the bassline is my problem. which plug-ins should i go for? and does 1 program have better stuff or do most programs work with both? any help is appreciated. cheers

    sean

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    ive been using reason for over a year and can never get the kind of bass i truly want for psy. i can make some nice bass, but not the stuff u hear from the pros.

     

    i really think u have to go to a VST to get the best bass!

  5. i know lots of artists who don't mind people downloading their stuff.......as long as they buy it if they like it. wich is actually the philosophy of the mp3 scene...u like a release? buy it...fair enough. don't forget...the one reason the scene exists is to make it possible for people to listen before they buy..so labels actually release some good stuff:p don't forget there are lots of countries where the cd shop isn't just around the corner....

     

    and about these ppl who rip at full quality: thank god for them ;) if they hadn't done so i probably would have only like 5% of the pre-2000 music-knowledge i have now. What else should you do when you really really really want a cd, but you just can't find/buy it? thank you mp3 !

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    really good points..

    altho i still think that its wrong to be instantly ripping the new CDs at highest quality and distrubiting them. makes it tough for people to justify buying!!

    hopefully the labels will try something like the strategy i mention above.

     

    yeah, if it wasnt for mp3 there are many tracks i would never have heard, or be able to listen to now. like MFG Sunshine!! i wish i could buy the CD but its not for sale.

  6. It's exactly like a guy who says "No means yes" when it comes to sex.  Or she was dressed like a hooker so she deserved it. 

    not at all. how can you equate an artist not getting $20, and a girl getting raped? thats bullshit and you know it.

     

    Well fuck it, I'll steal your wallet and digital camera and car cause it is just there for the taking.  And if you want it back, you delete every mp3 you own first.  It is a criminal act, and the only reason you get away with it is because the psytrance scene is so smal, so lacking of money due to your downloading, they cannot afford to sue you lame arse.  I think Metallica was 100% right to sue Napster.  I wish the sued every other pirating wank out there.  There is no excuse in this world!!

    i think people who dont buy CDs are idiots too, and hurt the scene.

    the worst are the people who RIP all the CDs at high quality for everyone else to get free.

     

    but stealing an mp3 and stealing a wallet are two different things.

    in one case you are copying an idea.

    in the other case you are moving a material object.

     

    if an artist truly does not want people to listen to their music for free,

    then they should never release their tunes to the public!!!

    they know the risks, and the facts about this world,

    as soon as they release these tunes they will be everywhere.

     

    a smart artist keeps some tunes and plays them first at festivals,

    so that people come pay to see them, then release them later.

    the real living that a musician makes, IMO, is from playing gigs.

  7. my favorite is Converting Vegetarians.

     

    it has Elation Station, i love that song!! well, the middle of it is a little odd, but the rest is amazing. also Jeenge and Drop Out... so good. plus many other incredible moments hidden throughout.

     

    i really didnt enjoy their dancey tunes until IM the Supervisor.

  8. Scum of the earth, raping the artists of income is as bad as raping a woman on the street!

    you are messed in the head to say that.

     

    i buy all the CDs for which i want to own the tracks. but they all get a listen by download first... how else can i know what to buy?

     

    what artists and labels might do,

    is release 128bit versions of albums early on the mp3 networks,

    with little promotion clip at the end of each song.

    before the RIPpers put out the 320bit VBR versions.

    that way the medium-quality version spreads.

    and more people would opt to buy the full quality versions.

  9. astrix uplifting? i think of him as "cool dark", not evil, but hardly happy

    ive built a nice collection of uplifting psy.

    i wont mention the very obvious ones, like IM or AP

     

    try:

    fractal glider - tabla trek (my favorite)

    pop stream

    g-light

    psysex

    ticon

     

    also, try a search for my mix "dont let go of the moon" on soulseek.

    it will appear somewhere ;)

    also some tunes i made, which im not sure if i should release publicly.

    if u want one, pm me :lol:

  10. well iv been djing for a while now. and iv decided to get into producing :D

    iv got cubase sx3 and reason 3... and i have a few questions:

    what plugins do i need exactly to optimize the quality of the outcome?

    do i absolutly have to buy a midi controller?

    besides these questions any advices useful links and replys will be much apprichiated =D

     

    thenx in advence ;)

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    you need Waves

    it will greatly improve your sounds, and has quick, effortless mastering tool

    and Sonic Maximizer is good for high end sounds.

    you must also learn side-chain compression (with Waves)

    as for more, i dunno... cuz no one in my area produces so i cant see how its done.

  11. I just does the job perfect  B)

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    I also give thumbs up to Cubase+Reason

    Unfortunately its not too stable, and you must learn alot. But its the best software setup I can think of... great for psy!!

     

    some notes:'

     

     

    STARTUP

    start cubase

    start reason, then load your reason song

    load your cubase song

     

    CLOSE

    close your cubase song

    close reason

    close cubase

     

    i find these orders are the fastest way.

  12. loop knob is not for reversing samples.

    when you press a key, the sample could sound by 3 ways:

    1) from the start to the end

    2) like 1) but looping so the sound never ends until you quit the finger of the keyboard  :D

    3) from the beggining to the end, and when the end arrives go to the start and again to the end and again to the start, the sound changes...

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    yeah its not perfect, or intuitive.

    you have to set other things too, not just the loop knob.

    set sample start to the end.

    and some other tricks.

     

    i read this trick in a magazine somewhere but forgot.

    i find its easier to reverse everything with Soundforge

  13. I find Live very simple to use

    but it is perfect for livePA

    really good for drums and short melodies.

    but terrible for quick stopping/starting, bad for long melodies and complex.

    I believe Live is designed for house and techno music.

     

    for composing the midi editor is nasty, worse than reason's

    Who wants to press ctrl+1 and crtl+2 everytime to draw a long/short note.. grr

     

    if anyone knows how to use the MIDI composer interface better please give me tips!!

  14. I think in this website we all love  :)

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    love it? i hate it! it eats up my time ;) jk

     

    its good to find psyheads here that arent too worried about $$$

    just love the tunes!

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