Squee Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 6 months ago I promised a guy from my university to make a remix for him. When I got the parts the vocals were swimming in autotune, and when I got the dry vocals they were completely out of tune. So, I've made an instrumental version for you guys because there is no way in hell I'm playing the vocal version for anyone... [uPDATE Oct 28] New and better sounding version. Your browser does not support the HTML5 audio tag http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3973285/2012/Deadly%20Final%20Dub.mp3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Frankie5fingers Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 damn, this is amazing. i definitely do not hear vocals going over this. i think it would ruin the track completely. fine as is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Mughnus Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 rub a dub dub sounds great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruising for burgers Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 sounds like chill out music played in trance parties, dub, trip hop, i dunno, not really what i'm looking after... yet, production wise it sounds very professional. good work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Piotr Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 Really enjoyed it. I'm curious how it sounds with the vocals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruising for burgers Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 Really enjoyed it. I'm curious how it sounds with the vocals. i am too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kyriakos Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 this is great. very cinematic. love when the piano comes in. i can hear a Pole influence! : D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randomAmateur Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 pretty nice man keep sharing :D vocal version the fuck? ;/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcbpete Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 Woah that's really good man - I can't imagine vocals on top, it sounds complete as it is. Love the delicacy of the instrument placing, and that piano .... beautiful ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Friendly Foil Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 As the others have already said, I honestly can't imagine this track with vocals on top. Sounds perfect as it is. very nice slow dubby stuff! 'quite good'! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squee Posted October 15, 2012 Author Share Posted October 15, 2012 Thanks a lot, guys! Truly appreciate it. I just listened to it again and I definitely need to fix a bunch of things, and I have some ideas. If I want to make an instrumental version I need something that'll keep the intro interesting. Also, I need to re-EQ the kick because I can barely hear it on my laptop - which to me is a pretty good reference :) The peak sucks so I'm gonna have to change that and somehow keep it interesting because as it is now it just loops twice and that's it. Boring! Also, because of the small latency on my soundcard some of the delay effects, I made on my hardware, are out of sync. Tits! Hm, it actually feels good writing these things down :) Again, thanks a lot, guys. And yeah, there is a vocal version, but there are only vocals during the 2 minutes or so, and no I'm posting the vocal version, hehe :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest drakmin Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 Sounds the better the more you add volume, especially the low end comes alive. I see abandoned city and light rain against battered buildings. I think the mood in this song is the strongest part even next to high technical quality. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goiter Sanchez Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 I know what you mean regarding being handed a dry, out of tune vocal, warts and all, and having to do something with it because of a promise made. I am currently working through the process of remixing with a vocal that is not my own and it has posed some interesting challenges! This instrumental is delicate and sparse so there isn't really anywhere for the vocals to hide; it would be difficult to make them work if they weren't already brilliantly recorded and performed. I for one would be very curious to hear how you eventually integrate them. As mentioned there is a definite Pole vibe going on and the piano is wonderful (as is that string-like synth). Also for curiosity's sake, why does it matter if your kick isn't audible on laptop speakers? Are you trying to get the mix to work fairly evenly across a wide range of hypothetical listening setups? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squee Posted October 16, 2012 Author Share Posted October 16, 2012 Sounds the better the more you add volume, especially the low end comes alive. I see abandoned city and light rain against battered buildings. I think the mood in this song is the strongest part even next to high technical quality. Thanks! Hehe, thanks, man. I like abandoned cities AND rain, so that's just perfect :) Yeah, the low end really pops out when you turn up the volume. I wonder if I can fix that so it'll be loud and punchy even if it's being played at a lower volume. I know what you mean regarding being handed a dry, out of tune vocal, warts and all, and having to do something with it because of a promise made. I am currently working through the process of remixing with a vocal that is not my own and it has posed some interesting challenges! This instrumental is delicate and sparse so there isn't really anywhere for the vocals to hide; it would be difficult to make them work if they weren't already brilliantly recorded and performed. I for one would be very curious to hear how you eventually integrate them. As mentioned there is a definite Pole vibe going on and the piano is wonderful (as is that string-like synth). Thanks, man :) The strings are real and so is the piano :) Also for curiosity's sake, why does it matter if your kick isn't audible on laptop speakers? Are you trying to get the mix to work fairly evenly across a wide range of hypothetical listening setups? Of course. There's no point in making music where the instruments aren't audible on all kinds of speakers. Imagine if you send a track to someone who previews it on a laptop and the kick is so deep he can't hear it. His first impression of the track will be fucked, and it will seem extremely unprofessional if you have to tell him that he has to listen to it with his headphones on or on some decent speakers. I usually listen to my stuff on my monitors, my laptop, my terrible stereo setup, my headphones, and on my iPhone speaker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impakt Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 I love it, classic danish dub techno sound. Wish it was longer. Really nice and deep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squee Posted October 28, 2012 Author Share Posted October 28, 2012 I love it, classic danish dub techno sound. Wish it was longer. Really nice and deep. New and better sounding version available now Your browser does not support the HTML5 audio tag http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3973285/2012/Deadly%20Final%20Dub.mp3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCM Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 luvverly! the beginning reminds me of vienna by ultravox a little bit (not at all a bad thing). really nice though man, deep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Frankie5fingers Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 holy hell, i wish i could make music like that. this is incredible! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest binauralbeat Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 good job man, quite professional sounding. you are a master of ambient sounds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squee Posted October 28, 2012 Author Share Posted October 28, 2012 luvverly! the beginning reminds me of vienna by ultravox a little bit (not at all a bad thing). really nice though man, deep. lol @ vienna by ultrabox. But thanks for the kind comment, man :) holy hell, i wish i could make music like that. this is incredible! Wauw, thanks a lot, man :) Just make sure to ignore the vocal version when it gets released, okay? good job man, quite professional sounding. you are a master of ambient sounds. Hehehe, thanks. I appreciate it :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest uptown devil Posted October 29, 2012 Share Posted October 29, 2012 beautiful track. i can almost see the reverb trails in my mind. it has a nice spacious atmosphere in general and super detailed production throughout. there is a lot going on without much going on. nice work man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcbpete Posted October 29, 2012 Share Posted October 29, 2012 A great improvement of an already ace track - good work man :) The precision of every element is just exceptional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sergeantk Posted October 29, 2012 Share Posted October 29, 2012 Awesome production, everything was exactly where it needed to be. Great work man. reminiscent of the Hitman soundtracks for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest taxman Posted October 29, 2012 Share Posted October 29, 2012 i dig it. nice one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squee Posted October 30, 2012 Author Share Posted October 30, 2012 beautiful track. i can almost see the reverb trails in my mind. it has a nice spacious atmosphere in general and super detailed production throughout. there is a lot going on without much going on. nice work man. Hehe, I like that description :) Thanks, man A great improvement of an already ace track - good work man :) The precision of every element is just exceptional. Awesome production, everything was exactly where it needed to be. Great work man. reminiscent of the Hitman soundtracks for me Wow, thanks, man! Appreciate the Hitman-comment because I love what Jesper Kyd has done for video game soundtracks :) i dig it. nice one Cheers, man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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