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To be honest, I don't think much of any of those tracks. Are they all parody/jokes?

Take it up with my label. When you start paying me I'll make things you like. Until then your opinion really doesn't matter now does it?
 
There's only so many sounds a drum kit can make, and a guitar, and the human voice. But they're doing pretty well musically.

And it sounds like you've created a Moby backing track.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low-frequency_oscillation

Placed over a bassline, and adjusting the oscillation speed, frequency cutoff, or other parameters, over any incoming source sound will produce a similar output sound. Unless you set the cutoff rather high, probably around 10khz, but that's not suitable for the application at hand.


Because you're using the cutoff on the low end, say 500Hz, you're left with 20hz-500hz of the incoming sound (If you know what you're doing. You can play with frequencies lower than 20hz but no one can hear it). There is not much difference between an electric guitar, and a synth bass, at that range. Most "good" tracks have post processing effects to add a little more warmth or dynamics to the sound, but all in all it's the same thing.

Much like playing a guitar through an amp.

Individual notes are lost, chords are pretty useless, dubstep is quite simply the newest evolution in complete lack of musical (but quite a bit of software/electrical) talent.



Edit: I have an electric guitar sitting next to me, I could make a file with the LFO applied to the guitar and an LFO applied to a synth bass and you can compare the differences in sound, if it comes down to it.

I was playin' around with that last night, "dubstep LFO" settings on a guitar with a slightly higher cutoff sounds pretty mean to be honest, but as I said, individual notes are lost, so it becomes a bit of a mess of *wubwubwub* that only changes pitch on long, held notes. Setting the frequency cutoff even higher creates a wah-wah pedal, basically.
 
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i got into dubstep about 2 years ago. i usually play it when im playing shooting games. ill play trance when im racing/drifting. i like it.
 
Take it up with my label. When you start paying me I'll make things you like. Until then your opinion really doesn't matter now does it?

Well, my opinion always matters :)

What's the label called?

Edit: I'll take back some of what I said. The song "Trying Too Hard" is quite good.
 
HTMG. Indie label. Total release count is currently zero. There's two singers signed (that I know of) and one producer (me).

Everything I do is meant to have vocals added, then mix/mastered (again) thus I don't do over-the-top ridiculous because I don't want to make it impossible for another engineer to mix these tracks. I don't have a soundproof room set up for recording vocals at the moment, so that's done in a "real" studio.


I'm also employed by a "real" studio as an engineer but they basically never have clients, so I never actually have to go there.
 
Ahh ok.

I noticed the levels on soundcloud are very consistently high through most tracks and was wondering about the mastering.

I'm a bedroom producer :).

Nothing definitively released yet either. I've been playing guitar for almost 20 years, and can dig around through ableton and maschine quite aptly.

Just need more time damnit!

I like dubstep because it still feels like its something new (and not completely over done like trance, dnb, house etc). In 98/99 I would DJ dnb sets at 33rpm because it would fatten up the bass and slow down the frantic amen break. The style of dubstep is very similar to the slow dnb result.

There is definitely a generic type of dubstep, which is all that wobwobwob stuff, but there are gems in the genre that do not rely on the overused sound.
 
I noticed the levels on soundcloud are very consistently high through most tracks and was wondering about the mastering.

It took me quite a long time to figure out how to get it right. It's loud, but there is zero clipping/distortion in any track I've done. You can go over them in an analyzer, never, ever, exceeding 0dB (but potentially inaudibly brick-wall compressed) and most with a 40hz/12khz roll off.

It's so much easier to work with loud (but not too loud) material than it is to work with wacky volumes, especially with the commercial nature of it.



Anyway this is way off topic and I'll let everyone get on with their "I love dubstep" discussion, I threw my 2 cents into the pot.
 
If you have enjoyed any of the tracks already posted, you have got to check out eastern jam by chase and status. I was not expecting such a heavy hitter from these guys. It starts all jingle jangly but then OMG it drops it like it hot!!!. I'll post a link when I get to my computer in a bit. In The mean time check it for your self you really won't regret it.

Ps the dubstep.fm podcast always has the latest tunes usually whitelables or "dub plates" as they can be known. It's likely you won't have heard too many of the tracks they play unless your a hardcore fan. Plus it's about 3 hours long every week. For free, can't be bad!! Let me know what you think
 
Absolutely have tried hard to get into this but it's just crap in my opinion. Electronica and Indietronica does the job much better personally.Didn't come here to offend anyone though.
 
Absolutely have tried hard to get into this but it's just crap in my opinion. Electronica and Indietronica does the job much better personally.Didn't come here to offend anyone though.

Did you try Broken Note - Channel Zero?
 
Its a cool idea, but i prefer music that uses tasteful sprinklings of dubstep, rather than full on in your face "this is a dubstep song".
 
Absolutely have tried hard to get into this but it's just crap in my opinion. Electronica and Indietronica does the job much better personally.Didn't come here to offend anyone though.

Went to see Magnetic Man last night. That was intense, I was right at the front :lol:
 
Its a cool idea, but i prefer music that uses tasteful sprinklings of dubstep, rather than full on in your face "this is a dubstep song".

Yaaa for someone to hear full on filth for the first time, it can make them not like it. Kinda like Hearing Slayer for the first time when you grew up in a Pentecostal family... you wont appreciate how good a band/group/DJ is unless you have heard others that are similar in a way. Btw i love dub.

Here is a new track in action.

And the same one but just the song

Here is a Bring Me the Horizon (Tek One Remix) p.s. have underwear ready.


And this is for the other music lovers with a slight taste for dub :D

To me, this is one of the better remixes, and i have like 3 or 4 different ones haha XD
 
Roommate - Rocksteady




Blackheart - Airbag




Some of that bay area dubstep. Classic. Both are on my custom soundtrack while I race as well. :cool:
 
prefer DnB over dubstep, mostly crossover genre stuff tho, artist like Cooh, Counterstrike, SPL, DJ Hidden, Eye-D, Current Value, The Outside Agency and so on


 
Now here I am the guy who's in the dubstep club most weekends. :dunce:
 
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