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  • Come on Baby (p.2)
2016/02/07 18:21:53
daryl1968
Very nice Kakku my mate.
The drums could do with some work on the eq. What are using for drums?
2016/02/07 18:24:22
kakku
ABull
I didn't read any of the previous comments.
 
As the intro kept going, I kept thinking 'where's the singing?' and then I realized...
 
I like the 80s vibe to this and have no crits except (isn't there always an 'except' or 'but'?) this could have been turned into a nice song with vocals what with the melodic backing and all. But, that's just my thought :)
 
Allan
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Actually I made lyrics to this tune too but they are in Finnish and they are also so embarrassing that I decided not to try to translate them. This is a love song with beginning lines something like "you, you are my sweet heart, but you already knew that" and it goes the same syrupy way. I made this tune so I could send it to a song contest but I managed only to make words to one verse and chorus so I could not send it. Also somebody should have sing it and I knew nobody suitable for that task. Thanks for commenting.
2016/02/07 18:31:56
kakku
daryl1968
Very nice Kakku my mate.
The drums could do with some work on the eq. What are using for drums?

The drums is just two samples. I am too limited with my mixing abilities that I could hear the needed eq things. Thanks for commenting.
2016/02/09 02:07:29
BenMMusTech
I will try and have a listen tomorrow Antti ok :) I need to send the signal through to one of my listening systems.  And I'm about to do a little mastering of my own.
 
Ben
2016/02/09 02:22:28
kakku
BenMMusTech
I will try and have a listen tomorrow Antti ok :) I need to send the signal through to one of my listening systems.  And I'm about to do a little mastering of my own.
 
Ben

Thank you Ben,I hope the experience is a pleasant one.
Edit:Good luck with the mastering as it is not always an easy task.
2016/02/09 14:49:17
stevec
I think this sounds like you - and that is a compliment.  
 
Mix-wise I do agree that the drums could use some work...  less reverb, more variation & fills.  When you say you're using two samples does that mean two loops?   If so, you should have a nice selection included with SONAR for more variation.  But personally I would use a drum VST instead (and/or along with).  
 
The choice of synth tones works for me.  It has that 80's sorta-Vangelis thing happening. 
 
2016/02/10 02:50:18
BenMMusTech
Hi Anitti...sorry I think you might have been confused...I meant I was mastering my own track...however I could be persuaded into mastering one of your's...we have the tech via cloud sites and the like.  But you would have to convince me, and it would have to be a super track ;)
 
Anyway, the bass is too heavy in the first section, it's alright once track gets going though.
 
Look you've got to learn to think outside the square or the box or stop being a round peg in a round hole lol ;)
The problem is the piece sounds too much like a pre baked cookie, yea, and I'm trying to help, I'm not being mean.  The mix is inoffensive, apart from the initial bass, but it sounds like you've just taken some midi loops and hit some pre-sets.  I know you're learning, and I use to sound...well not as good as I do now, that's if anyone else apart from me actually thinks I'm any good lol.
 
Anyway, keep going you know what you are doing...practice is the key, to be an elite anything...you've got to practice ok, remember The Beatles didn't sound like The Beatles until 1962ish...in fact if you have a listen to a track on Youfool called In Spite of All The Danger you will know and understand what I mean.
 
Anyway I'm always happy to answer any questions you have.
 
Ben
2016/02/10 11:04:35
kakku
stevec
I think this sounds like you - and that is a compliment.  
 
Mix-wise I do agree that the drums could use some work...  less reverb, more variation & fills.  When you say you're using two samples does that mean two loops?   If so, you should have a nice selection included with SONAR for more variation.  But personally I would use a drum VST instead (and/or along with).  
 
The choice of synth tones works for me.  It has that 80's sorta-Vangelis thing happening. 
 

Thank you Steve for your review and tips. I used two different drum loops.
2016/02/10 11:12:36
kakku
BenMMusTech
Hi Anitti...sorry I think you might have been confused...I meant I was mastering my own track...however I could be persuaded into mastering one of your's...we have the tech via cloud sites and the like.  But you would have to convince me, and it would have to be a super track ;)
 
Anyway, the bass is too heavy in the first section, it's alright once track gets going though.
 
Look you've got to learn to think outside the square or the box or stop being a round peg in a round hole lol ;)
The problem is the piece sounds too much like a pre baked cookie, yea, and I'm trying to help, I'm not being mean.  The mix is inoffensive, apart from the initial bass, but it sounds like you've just taken some midi loops and hit some pre-sets.  I know you're learning, and I use to sound...well not as good as I do now, that's if anyone else apart from me actually thinks I'm any good lol.
 
Anyway, keep going you know what you are doing...practice is the key, to be an elite anything...you've got to practice ok, remember The Beatles didn't sound like The Beatles until 1962ish...in fact if you have a listen to a track on Youfool called In Spite of All The Danger you will know and understand what I mean.
 
Anyway I'm always happy to answer any questions you have.
 
Ben

Actually I wished luck for your track mastering. Thanks for the review. I used biab in the backing department so that might hopefully explain some of the pre bake thing unless you mean the melody which is all me and the middle 8 also. This old tune has gotten so many such reviews that clearly say it is not good. I would try to drown it if I could although I am not violent by nature. Thanks for the tips also.
Edit: I believe most people think that you are a good composer as you think.
2016/02/10 14:33:11
stevec
kakku
stevec
I think this sounds like you - and that is a compliment.  
 
Mix-wise I do agree that the drums could use some work...  less reverb, more variation & fills.  When you say you're using two samples does that mean two loops?   If so, you should have a nice selection included with SONAR for more variation.  But personally I would use a drum VST instead (and/or along with).  
 
The choice of synth tones works for me.  It has that 80's sorta-Vangelis thing happening. 
 

Thank you Steve for your review and tips. I used two different drum loops.



Gotcha.   Then I think that's the first area I'd tackle.   I don't recall which synths are included in X1, but if Session Drummer is there I think it would be a good candidate - you could substitute MIDI loops for audio loops to define the general groove, but with so much more flexibility when it comes to adding fills and variation.
 
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