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Review #18 Of Jungle Reason
Almost there……
This track is an edgy, dark drum and bass venture. Something about that vocal sample at the beginning reminds me of Leftfields “Leftism” album…..that is a great album. I love the beat that drops at 3 minutes, it come in at the perfect time. All of the original song elements return at the end and the song wraps up nicely.
You’ve got the sequencing under control and it sounds good.
A couple of production notes that might help you out:
At this stage, your song sounds slightly muddy. The high hats, snare, cymbals and synths are all occupying the same frequency. This causes a lack of definition. Make sure you are not boosting the low end of any of the aforementioned. Try using a high pass filter to get rid of the majority of low freq. on the cymbals and snare. The bass synth and bass drum need this space to themselves.
Try a gate/expander on the bass synth track. Then key the gate with the bass drum so that when the bass drum hits, you get a subtle gain increase….about 2dbs. This will give you the extra definition you need to allow for some ooompf <—-how’s that for scientific terminology.
- kcaZ from Portland, Oregon on 11Aug2005
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Nice beats, kickin’ tables, needs a bassline
First off, I really dig the beats — excellent breakbeat work. Nice choice for the sample — it good’n'dirty but clear enough to allow for some snare stutter (which you pull off very well). Structurally, I think there’s a bit too much repetition — some decent fills, but there need to be more variation if you’re going to keep the synth this sparse. Synths/samples are well placed and fit the song well, tho. And then the tables smack in, niiiiiiiiiiice! Excellent turntablism! As soon as the tables come in, this song really starts to shine. Nice filtering on the scratches — I dig the HPF about mid-solo. One thing I found myself thinking is “What, no bass”? I want to hear a nice, rumbling, out-of-tune analog bass in there doing pitch drops… Anyway, overall, nice drum sequencing and programming, excellent tables. Good track!
- nickm_eb from West Bend, Wisconsin on 19Jul2005
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Review #1 Of Jungle Reason
Addictive bass
From the second it started playing the words “Addictive bass” popped into my head, The bass sounds really nice and well done, it really keeps the song moving and when the DNB style drums kick in it changes for the better, however maybe some more variation on the drums, get a hat or something close to the frequency of the snare and play it some so it has more of a frequency range of sound (because the hats and the snare just dont fit as good as they can)
I like the padding, it sounds cool how it kind-of echos when you play it, then you have that lower far off string (sounds like it but it could be an FX on the main pad)
When it changed, it wasnt as good as before (at the 2:00 mark onwards) the dark padding and the light padding together had a good emotion, but the song turned into more of an ambiant with that, you shouldhave kept the bass and changed it up some (it wouldhave kept it flowing way better)
the pad “solo” plus the drums got old, and i was relieved when the drums and bass finally kicked back in, i really dont like the middle of this song much, it delays the “kick” for too long (no not a kick as in a sample)
The drums were nicely done, maybe change the samples some for more frequency range (as i said before)
the padding was origional at least, it couldhave been better, but it did go pretty well with the DNB drums n bass.
- PandoraTranquil from Fletcher, North Carolina on 25Jun2005
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