Behind your minds

pseudojazzer · Post by **pseudojazzer** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 9:24 pm

This file has expired and is no longer available here. The owner of the topic can re-upload the file, or post a link to an off-site file. <a name="planetz-tag"></a>Uses: Pulsar Effects,Pulsar Mixers,Pulsar Synths copyright © 2004 Gil-T _____________________________________ ok, so this is my first music post, and i've been loving listening to everyone elses, so i hope some of you might dig this, its just a snippet really, part of a longer soundtrack to a short flim called "behind closed doors" - hence the title. i think that the bass is probably too high but i've kinda got used to it. comments and critisims welcome - in fact needed!
and no - this is not jazz!
cheers, and enjoy.

[ This Message was edited by: pseudojazzer on 2005-04-14 10:22 ]

kensuguro · Post by **kensuguro** » Sat Mar 05, 2005 3:10 am

very full, creamy bass, I like that. The jazz/dnb fusion style is nice too. Great way you took both essence and mixed them. The pitch bend thing definitely works for me.

There was a point in the tune where I was wondering if you wanted it to be a busy tune, or a chill tune.. perhaps you were going for a middle ground. Personally, I would have settled for the chill tune, and made the drums more light and dextrous. (so you could be busy and light at the same time)

pseudojazzer · Post by **pseudojazzer** » Tue Mar 08, 2005 10:13 am

thanks Ken, glad you liked the bass, simple but effective.
you are absolutely right about the tune being in the middle ground - i was aiming for that - the pad provides the chill and the drums are a bit more upfront. my hope was that you could both chill to the tune and also get your head bobbing- depending on your mood and when you listen to it.

Post by **hubird** » Tue Mar 08, 2005 10:43 pm

beautiful!

don't like the reverb on the drum (samples), specially during the drum intro.
along the song I get used to it, yet I would change it.
If it's a loop, slice it up in a slice editor, to differentiate that reverb over the editors VSTi outputs.
Anyway, great atmosphere

pseudojazzer · Post by **pseudojazzer** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 6:51 am

thanks hubird,
i'm glad you like the ambience, thats really what i was aiming at, after all it was only supposed to enhance the images. i am with you on the drums, there is a little too much reverb (i used masterverb pro).
the drums are not a looped, all programmed - some sequenced in cubase (and using sounds from the sts3000) and some in reason. I could try and justify the reverb because it does add to the dreamy feel of the piece - like you say, you do get used to it - but you are right - i know that i have a tendency to "over-egg" the reverb. i'll try and post a less verby mix.
thanks for the comments and suggestions, much appreiciated

Gordon Gekko · Post by **Gordon Gekko** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 9:27 am

you might want to lose the oh and push accent on the ch instead not sure

otherwise beautiful

Post by **hubird** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 8:09 pm

at least I would be very causious with reverb on the bassdrum.
If you wanne use it, use a lowcut filter in the chain: you need the ambience, not the boom

not to include those special moments where you need that universe bassdrum...

emzee · Post by **emzee** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 7:51 am

Nice mood and sounds. Piece is out of context, (being for film), and probably so are my comments. The piano/vocal phrase caught my attention. I would have liked it at the intro, then repeated later.

Nestor · Post by **Nestor** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 11:28 am

On 2005-03-13 09:27, legros wrote:
you might want to lose the oh and push accent on the ch instead not sure

otherwise beautiful

This is too what I think.

I don't think the bass is too high, perhaps slightly too deep. But for the context where the sound is going to be release, "cinema", it should be good.

The atmosphere is real nice, enjoyable. Of course, I would like what is the plot onto it, becuase this makes things take a different mean.

pseudojazzer · Post by **pseudojazzer** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 9:28 am

Just put up a less verby mix, i think its got a little clip type sound in it at a couple of places that i cannot seem to erase - its not actually a clip cos it doesn't always happen in the same place when i was trying to record it to sound forge. Sorry the new mix took such a long time, and as always comments good and bad are welcome.
personally i think that without the reverb the kick comes through too strong.
Legros and Nestor - i don't understand what you mean by the accent on the oh and ch, could you be more specific - i'm probably just being thick!
Cheers

Gordon Gekko · Post by **Gordon Gekko** » Mon Apr 18, 2005 7:45 am

oh = open hi-hat
ch = i'll let you guess that one