Opinion on an Ambient, Lo-Fi, Hip-Hop Beat.

Discussion in 'Mixing and Mastering' started by black.afrika.zulu.x, Oct 23, 2017.

  1. black.afrika.zulu.x

    black.afrika.zulu.x Platinum Record

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    I'm new here...and I would really like to improve quickly.

    Here's my beat. Let me know how to improve:



    THANK YOU!
     
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  3. spyfx

    spyfx Guest

    welcome to the site/forum my friend ! thanks for sharing,i like your track a lot :wink:
    sounds and has elements of trip-hop in it,also if you like "lofi/ing" things have a look at xln audio
    RC-20 RETRO COLOR
     
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  4. black.afrika.zulu.x

    black.afrika.zulu.x Platinum Record

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    Oh word? I've never actually listened to trip-hop nor do I know what it really is. I'll be sure to check out XLN AUDIO. Thanks.
     
  5. spyfx

    spyfx Guest

    i'm sure you will like bands & artists like Massive Attack,Portishhead,Tricky,Emancipator,Morcheeba,Bonobo to name few ! :wink:
     
  6. nikon

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    Your track is super. Only that tom sound is annoying to me. Somehow it not belongs to this arrangement and this type of music.
     
  7. black.afrika.zulu.x

    black.afrika.zulu.x Platinum Record

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    Hahaha! Everyone is complaining about the damn tom! I shall remove it. The people have spoken.
     
  8. Thankful

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    If you can imagine a little, archaic, wooden figurine acting out your track how do you think you would feel? Bored? You need to make your track interesting if you want your listeners to have something interesting to listen to. the easist way is to have sounds appear and disappear, fade in and fade out etc. This would trransform your track into a work of art.
     
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    Hmmm. Rather cryptic. Point taken, nonetheless. You're saying it's too static and repetitive? No surprises.
     
  10. beatmagnus

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    This track is actually dope. What the people in this thread might be referring to is that it might have a slight dragging feel. A quick fix is to add a few double-time hats or perk elements that might help the sexy feel the track has going as its currently at a very slow bpm (which could work). If you could find some vocals (or vocal chops) to ride this track it would really finesse this overall. Anyway I like what you've started
     
  11. black.afrika.zulu.x

    black.afrika.zulu.x Platinum Record

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    Ok, I'm gonna cry (pause).

    Thank you fellas and felines!

    This is encouraging.
     
  12. beatmagnus

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    da fuk? none of this was negative, man you've got a good start, do you know how hard it is to get that? I can tell you haven't started submitting to labels yet
     
  13. black.afrika.zulu.x

    black.afrika.zulu.x Platinum Record

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    NO, I actually meant: I'm overwhelmed by the gracious reviews...lol. I really appreciate the feedback.
     
  14. black.afrika.zulu.x

    black.afrika.zulu.x Platinum Record

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    Bro, I just gor RC-20 RETRO COLOUR. It's amazing!
     
  15. saltwater

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    there is definitely some magic going on in this track, i like it :)
     
  16. Futurewine

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    i think the track its already great in mix and need to be mastered. you can try ik lurssen or izotope ozone plugins for that. after that make video and i think with continuous promotion.. 1M view is no joke. well done. :like:
     
  17. black.afrika.zulu.x

    black.afrika.zulu.x Platinum Record

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    ARE YOU SERIOUS?

    Whoa! Okay, I'd rather give it to someone else to master...

    Thanks for your kind words.
     
  18. rickbarratt

    rickbarratt Producer

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    Don't really have so many pointers for you but something that sticks out to me is your intro.

    Personally not keen on the start (literally the first note) at 0.00, 0.02 sounds like that should be the starting point to me it sounds more like a softer intro

    but thats my personal opinion.
     
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