Electro house IDM

[chim]

One of those tracks that sit around forever and you're never really quite sure where they're supposed to go, but you keep adding to them for the fun of it. So I'd call it fun but not finished. Any thoughts?

 

http://soundcloud.com/derelic7/techno-basedbeat-2012

[Guest Frankie5fingers]

thats really cool. i hear a lot of potential with this. i love the opening. id say work on the drums a bit more. they seem a bit generic to me, and kinda outaplace compared to what the synth is doin. overall, great track! :)

[Squee]

Lots of potential like Frankie5Fingers said.

I would keep it more simple if I was you - something along the lines of what you've got going around 2:40. It's just too melodic and IDM-ish to be electro - but hey, it's only a plus that you can make something melodic.

It's almost as if the drums are too human. Too many fine details for it to be fully danceable - also, why is there a cymbal on three? Just keep the drums simple and make them more punchy. Like you said, you've been adding things to this tune for quite a while, so maybe that's the problem? Isolate all the tracks that you like (that you REALLY like) and then build something new up around those tracks. That's what I would do :)

 

I would also cut away the first 18 seconds from the intro.

[chim]

It's almost as if the drums are too human. Just keep the drums simple and make them more punchy. Like you said, you've been adding things to this tune for quite a while, so maybe that's the problem? Isolate all the tracks that you like (that you REALLY like) and then build something new up around those tracks. That's what I would do :)

 

Thanks for the great advice. You too Frankie.

 

Too many fine details for it to be fully danceable - also, why is there a cymbal on three?

Lol - this is an issue from making too much dubstep and probably doesn't make sense in the techno context.