UnderTundra's Reviews

[dj_padman - Funkmatic]

Trash Funk! with a sore toe

I'd up the snare a bit. And the bass. Down the clav and sine melody to fit within the rhythm more.

Some of the beats seem kind of stilted, but that's in a good uniquely lumbering kind of way ;) that makes this loop cool. In fact, my favorite part is the sort of dissonant wah'd fake guitar sound on every other 4-and.

In traditional funk they'd put their wallet on the snare to get a real dry thunk sound. Not that you need to do that here (the trashy sound works) but just a cool bit of info. Clavinet is a good funk keyboard sound but it's kind of hard to play it funk style. It's not helping much rhythmically here IMO.

It's nice to see you stretch out. A little funk can go a LONG way! I dig your D&B man.

dj-padman1 responds:

I appreciate the review mate! Sounds like you really know your funk. :)

I'm in massive agreement about the volume of the sine melody, I always make these really stupid mistakes. Ditto for the snare, needs to punch through more.

Thanks for the trivia too, I would try that, but my wallet is so light that it wouldnt make much difference...;P

Thanks again for the review!

[Black Lips]

Geezer factoid alert - metal plates

Metal sheets are the original "plate" reverb. It's how they did it in the old daze back when studios had real rooms dedicated for reverb and there were no electronic devices to emulate it. Speaker in one end of the room and a mike or two in the other. Not sure how they miked up the sheet metal plates but I assume they had a contact mike on one side and speaker attached to the other end of the plate.

Anyway, nice loop.

mneten responds:

Thanks :P i likes it, but i wish i could ... make songs. or something. the whole melody thing is difficult, without a keyboard or something, though i've been recording some accoustic guitar stuff that i hope to use somehow later ^.^

[-Ambient Loop-]

very pretty mood setting loop

Would go good with flash anim. More loops should be offered so good job.

Not sure you need it but i'd suggest trying a little room ambience on the drums, or as suggested a light slap or delay on the snare. Also, an additional hihat fill or just some slight variation there could improve the interest.