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[Butane <Duba>]

excellent!

Nicely done man! the drums are eq'd really well, sits nicely in the mix. bassline is a good sound too, and also sits at about the right level in the mix.

Imho, your best effort at dnb thus far!

9/10
4.5/5 (5)

darthduba responds:

Thanks buddy. Glad you liked it. Because of zerobombers, I never know what to think.

[Drifter < Duba >]

This is much better than the last one i reviewed!

Much better!Tthe melodic elements fit together nicely on this track. I noticed this on one of your other tracks too, you seem to have a reverb on the bassline, and the drums..try changing the reverb so its set to low cut, so the kick doesnt reverb too!

As i mentioned in my last review, the drums aren;t pronounced enough! They should be IN YOUR FACE!!!! sharp, slightly saturated and a light reverb only on the high frequency stuff.

Plate reverbs are good for drums, as they have a longish predelay, and a short tail!

Make those drums/bass way more punchy and this track will be fucking sick! nice work man!
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darthduba responds:

Thanks for the review man. I'll send you a link trough PM :)

[Ghostbustin' @ 140 bpm]

excellent track. Great Interpretation :P

Nicely done mate :P eq is nice, its a touch on the slow side to be classed as DnB though..more like Breaks...but firmly and squarely great sounding breaks.

Drums sit nicely in the mix. I'm not sure about the choice of 909 style kick / hats / snares though. Thats just a taste thing.

I dont like the little pause / dropout at the end of each 16 bar set. It sounds like a rendering fault...although it obviously isn't. Maybe carry some reverb off a snare through the "dead" space, so It sounds less sharp.

But my gripes aside, nicely done mate :) keep it up.

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8/10
4/5

Skela responds:

Thanks for review, I'll check your stuff out.

[ellipse]

Nicely done!

Quite impressive stuff! There are a few technical aspects which makes it fall a touch short of a "10" but thats a matter of personal taste more than anything else!

For me, I wasn't very keen on the bassline reece, sounded like there was a touch too much white noise and/or resonance on the sound (as you were sweeping the cutoff up mainly). Bring the sub bass out a bit more too! As I said, minor nitpicking for me..I'm a dnb purist ;-)

Omni Trio are a drum and bass crew on moving shadow records who have some really nice piano concerto type drum and bass, they've been around for years now. If you like this sort of stuff, you'd probably like them. Fire Island is one of my personal favourites, from the Skeleton Keys album.

4/5
9/10

broove responds:

Thanks for a great review. I'm always looking forward to technical criticism. This version isn't mastered properly (mastered version will come soon).

I'm familiar with Omni Trio (Higher Ground is very good). There are some things which I can learn from them, but they're not quite an inspiration to me.

[Sashuna - Crank That Drumnbass]

bad song choice..reasonable remix though.

Its not too bad mate :)

The drums sound a bit mashed together, and the ghost hits are a bit too loud for my liking. Snare pitch should be a bit higher too, try eq'ing more high end into the beats (specifically the snare..I dont know if its a bad sample, or you have lots of lowpass on it. A touch of plate reverb on the snare won't hurt either). Bassline and lead sit quite well though.

I really want to hear this with more snappy drums. In my opinion the drums let it down! but the concept is pretty good, and everything else is great (aside from remix song choice, but i'll let that slide, as yours sounds better than the original in its current state) :) Keep it up buddy :P

I agree with Pandakore too..it would have been a good track in its own right, without polluting it with soljatool...he's a chump ;-)

Rave4Yourself responds:

Thanks dude for the very detailed review, i've gotten better now - or at least dont stink as much - and i can definitely make stronger drums now, so thanks for the ideas and review and helpful tips :)

Glad you liked it man haha ;D