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New deep house track, check it out!

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babujib
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Made this deep house track the other day with Ableton 9. Shit really changes up in the second half, so let me know what you think! Any comments/criticism greatly appreciated! http://soundcloud.com/therealmaalik/darkend-soul-newest-edit/s-2VPPg
Apr 13 2013 4:42AM
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Alex_G
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if i sound too much like a hardass i apologize now.

the groove is cool. layer your claps with a snare sound (watch that dada life tutorial i just posted, will help a ton). as for the sound maybe something tight and snappy. layer one clap a hair before the snare and and one a hair after.

beef up that kick, or get a new sample. i know this is deep house but you need to have a present kick if you want the track to be effective.

be aware of the spectrum. download and save the frequency map on this page:


thats all i got for tonight
Apr 17 2013 5:04AM
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babujib
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yeah, def agree about the kick, good video! my kick is just turned down a bunch because I'm having trouble with clipping. i dont like to use any samples, but any tips on how to beef up the kick without interfering with the sub? I really like the sub/deep synth sound on my monitors, but def need to beef up the kick.
Apr 17 2013 10:05PM
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Alex_G
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if you're on ableton pull in an eq 8 for the sub part of the kick you don't want anything above 40-60hz so get a lowpass filter on filter 8 and pull the freq nob to the left so that you don't get anything past 40-60.

NOW for the kick sound set filter 1 to highpass and pull the frequency right so that its letting the frequencies just after the sub go. maybe compress this sound a little bit and put the attack very low and the release at around 8:45 for punch.

THEN: adjust the levels of each so they are smooth and then run both into a bus/group and compress them together.

btw are you on ableton 8 or 9?

and dude with kicks, just make your life easy and use a sample. eq, mix and mash different kicks together. making a good solid kick from scratch is one of the hardest things you can do.
Apr 17 2013 10:38PM
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Alex_G
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oh and also try numerous methods of distortion, and always put a limiter at the end of your fx chain.

experiment until you find some shit that sounds good
Apr 17 2013 10:41PM
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