Dirty Bass - The sins of Freck

[Tyrisia]

This is dirty bass and an attempt at obviousness and jumpy pumpy, rather than voidloss as an attempt to make you give up on life.
But yes, it is obvious, in the way that if it was a keyboardist playing a keyboard they would just be running their fingers up the keyboard playing every note on the way.

Well if that's what you're after then that's fine, I did point out that less obvious would just be my personal preference. The bass sound is pretty rockin and I just had an image of it goin somewhere completely different than it did, that's all.

I`ll take a look at the brightness, I thought I might have gone over the top, with the tops. Do you mean brightness on everything else? or just the top end?
As I may have left the mid range sounds a little dull, and could maybe if that`s what you are refering to, give them more sparkle.

When I say it could do with being a bit brighter, I mean more top end, the cymbals sound a little dull that's all (and maybe the top mid stuff, I'd have to have another listen). Maybe sparkle would be a better word.

[dirty_bass]

Well if that's what you're after then that's fine, I did point out that less obvious would just be my personal preference. The bass sound is pretty rockin and I just had an image of it goin somewhere completely different than it did, that's all.



When I say it could do with being a bit brighter, I mean more top end, the cymbals sound a little dull that's all (and maybe the top mid stuff, I'd have to have another listen). Maybe sparkle would be a better word.

No, no problem, I mean, I literally when making that bassline just randomly started on a note, and then pasted a note higher every half a beat or something, until the end of 32, then shifted the whole pattern up and down until it fit with the percussion. Very little thought went into it, other than the sound I used worked best with the pattern in that particular range. I wasn`t even thinking in scales or obviousness, more, I want something that goes up and up, and then down a bit, hehe.

If it was voidloss I probably would have spent 3 hours working out a nasty key with psychoacoustic properties, and then another 2 tweaking the sound.

As for the top end, yeah, I think my ears were well fatigued when I mastered it, so I `ill be looking into that.
Those rides also could do with more life I think. Might have squashed em a little too much.

[Tyrisia]

no probs dude, it is a good track and it would definitely appeal to the masses, at least the bass ain't just one bar looped, it actually does something and progresses which is a definite plus in my book.

I'd say have another go at mastering it, I'd love to be in a position to give you advice about mastering but i'd say your experience out-numbers me 1000 to 1 on that score hehe.