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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!

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 ^.^

Very nice orchestra sounds

It sounds pretty good -- like a soundtrack, which I suppose is great for flash animation. It paints a nice mood (for those departed)... Definitely NOT a 0. What soft are you using?

dj-padman1 responds:

Hey dude, thanks for the review! This was done using Kontakt 2 string and woodwind samples, and the orchestral percussion was from Battery 2. I think the miscellaneous strange fx were from some free VST's. I think you might find some at http://www.krakli.co.uk. Cygnus really rocks, recommended!

Great mood builder

This would be a great track to listen to while sitting in the bath reading sci fi (or whatever). Lately I've been attracted to music that sets a mood but doesn't demand my attention as much. This is a perfect example of that, so good job! I can certainly hear the rain in my mind. thanks!

LJCoffee responds:

Thanks - I'm very glad to get some feedback on these latest tracks.

I hope to get some feedback to develop my audio production skills.

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