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InsideOutBeats
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Aurora - Runaway : Nice!! Everything sounds great. Instruments sit behind vocals real nice, chill vibe to drums and nice bass.
Just listened to the original and you’ve breathed life into it with this remix, nice one!
Cujo sample flip : nice vocal addition of Bill Withers ‘ain’t no sunshine’, fits nice. Drums hit nice, would like a little more on that snare though. Very chill this week @2GooD Productions, liking your diversity and not one dimensional
By that I mean you do a diverse range of music not that your tracks have been one dimensional, just incase you interpret that differently
Just listened to the original and you’ve breathed life into it with this remix, nice one!
Cujo sample flip : nice vocal addition of Bill Withers ‘ain’t no sunshine’, fits nice. Drums hit nice, would like a little more on that snare though. Very chill this week @2GooD Productions, liking your diversity and not one dimensional
By that I mean you do a diverse range of music not that your tracks have been one dimensional, just incase you interpret that differently
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@2GooD Productions Very nice beat with Runaway. Solid mix. Everything fits just right.
Cujo flip is dope too! Very good mix. Vocals fit just enough. Very chill.
Cujo flip is dope too! Very good mix. Vocals fit just enough. Very chill.
Sole Element
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@2GooD Productions both these joints are . I definitely love that remix. No critiquing needed for these. Nicely done!!
Fury Beats
Fury Beats
@2GooD Productions I like the sliding bass on the Aurora Runaway and also the range of putting the vocals to the trap beat. The Cujo flip sounds cinematic as if it could be used in a movie. Here is a track I put some vocals (Acapella to) I am trying to get better at that.
NOTE: Took the feedback and made some changes. I swear you guys have dolphin ears and can hear anything, lol.
NOTE: Took the feedback and made some changes. I swear you guys have dolphin ears and can hear anything, lol.
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InsideOutBeats
ILLIEN
Heres my Cujo movie sample flip :
InsideOutBeats
ILLIEN
Been experimenting with different concepts and themes and using those examples some of you shared with mixing and panning and where certain elements sit in the mix. It’s all a learning curve but I’m enjoying the process.
Sirens : (Watch out for the real life sirens waiting to trap a mofo)
Sirens : (Watch out for the real life sirens waiting to trap a mofo
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InsideOutBeats
ILLIEN
Busts Rhymes : Great creativity on the remix here only critique I hear is the female vocals don’t seem to sit right at times with Busta’s flow. Other than that nice work man
Jadakiss & Natedogg : WTF!! This is dope! funky vibe, really feeling this. Groove is a head nodder. Love this shit right here!
Also to add I checked ya soundcloud quick and diggin track ‘Pass This On’ nice vibe, smooth groove and vocal snippets. Keep up the good work
InsideOutBeats
ILLIEN
@Fury Beats,
I see the intention but 2pacs acapella is way out with the beat. Straight away it doesn’t fit from the start.
Keep going though man, gotta do research first like bpm and key then match that bpm up to your beat otherwise it’s just rap vocals out of sync. I had to do the same a while back through the Mpc, once you get it you get it.
If your working in a DAW, plenty of guys here can give ya help but it will basically be the same process BPM has to match and also every track start is different so need to listen to original to know exact point the drums hit at.
Fury Beats
Fury Beats
Thanks for the feedback @InsideOutBeats The BPM matched but maybe there was something else such as the key and where the drums hit, exactly. In this case, I think I got the BPM right but I pushed the Acapella a bit to the right in the pattern arranger (unknowingly messing up the sync) because I wanted him to start rapping later. Like you said, I probably should have paid more attention to where it aligned on the pattern arrangement, yet the key was still off so I need to work on matching that as well. Thanks.
I tried to fix it based on feedback received (as of 1 PM 5/31):
I tried to fix it based on feedback received (as of 1 PM 5/31):
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InsideOutBeats
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Yeah man doesn’t have to start with a beat just gotta be on point. This remix is slow to start the beat but you can hear it’s all in sync and fits nice :
Realign it and go from there. Thing with acapella also is sometimes everything can be on point BPM matching and all but just doesn’t sound right, can be some trial and error but satisfaction when it all comes together
Realign it and go from there. Thing with acapella also is sometimes everything can be on point BPM matching and all but just doesn’t sound right, can be some trial and error but satisfaction when it all comes together
Fury Beats
Fury Beats
Yes, I see that one sounds good that you posted. I remember what happened now. I found some old live footage of 2 PAC and there was a delay before he started rapping so I tried to make it seem like he was live performing to the beat and it was unreleased footage. I put the video on TIkTok and it got taken down. Here is the video (it probably matches better with the video than the beat, lol or you barely notice because you are looking at the video):
@Sole Element Woo Ha - That drum loop works really well with Busta. I think the kick needs to hit harder though, I would maybe layer one if I couldnt eq the drum loop to my satisfaction. I would consider adding a bassline too.
Times up. This is dope, but once again I think it needs a little more in the low end. With a nice mix this is a banger. I really like this.
Times up. This is dope, but once again I think it needs a little more in the low end. With a nice mix this is a banger. I really like this.
The kick sounds a bit boxy, so does the snare. Id high pass filter that snare at around 100hz maybe a little higher to remove the boxiness. Do you sidechain your kick and bass to duck the bass when the kick hits? If not, you should. Will allow you to get the most out of both. I just dont think the drum sounds you chose fit hip hip so well, so instead of doing a lot of work making them work, maybe change the kick and snare samples.
@Fury Beats The vocal is slightly sitting back in the mix, the piano sounds right up front and it makes the vocal harder to hear clearly. Personally Id bring up the drums, and turn down the piano a little, if that doesnt make the vocal a bit more present Ill put a wide boost in the eq around 1.5k to 2k on the vocal track. If that still doesnt work, Ill slap compression or saturation on the vocal to bring it out more. Another way would be to side chain the vocal to the piano, so the vocal triggers dynamic EQ compression on the piano track, ducking it by around 3 or 4 db's in the vocal sweet spot range to give some space to the vocal.
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InsideOutBeats
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@2GooD Productions thanks man, yeah I’ve seen some other mpc heads talking about that and they use an effect called mother ducker which does what you said with the kick and bass. Ok that’s my next lesson to master.
Kick and snare wise I’m always trying different variations and kinda liked those drum sounds but advice taken on board.
‘High pass filter the snare at around 100hz’ that’s why this place is so valuable as other threads asking, it’s one thing to put a beat together but another to fine tune. Knowledge like this is what we need otherwise i think my beats alright and doesn’t need tweaking. I want to have great beats not sub par shit ones.
This kind of ‘next level’ (for me) feedback is how we all grow as a community. You pass that down to me and who knows in a year I’m giving the same advice to a rookie, that’s how this shit should work, much appreciated
Sole Element
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@InsideOutBeats thanks man! I’m glad you mentioned SoundCloud I gotta update that thing asap lol. Ok so on your first beat I like it I just think you had just a tad bit going on with the kicks, I would just simplify it a little more. And the hi hats I would add more variety to the dynamics so it sounds more realistic but the groove is definitely headed in the right direction. The second beat sounds a lot better you did a much better job with the simplicity of the drums.
Sole Element
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been posting remixes for a while figured I’d start posting more instrumentals for a change.
Fury Beats
Fury Beats
@Sole Element I like the concept, seems like the beat goes off in several directions though. It does keep you guessing what sound will come in next. It's almost like an abstract instrumental. Was that your intention? Kinda reminds me of an old Saafir Boxcar Sessions Type Beat.
Fury Beats
Fury Beats
Hey Fam...I took @Armani 's not-as-lousy as originally thought's advice and returned to the beat that I had put in Warzone and this is how it came out. Any additional feedback is welcome.
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