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So I did something slightly different this time. I'm working on a track that could possibly be categorised as future bass, here's a quick snippet:

https://soundcloud.com/filiplamparski/chords-plus

Things I should probably do:

* More variety to the drop melody
* Slightly less repetitive percussion
* Make an effort at mixing it (does clip occasionally at the moment)

Note that it's a small snippet of a larger project which I'll upload once it's ready.

And now it's up - Bass to the Future is more or less complete, what do you think?

https://soundcloud.com/filiplamparski/b ... the-future

Full version is up, check the original post for the link!

I do like what you did with it at 0:16. It definitely sounds interesting.

Nice work

Hi,
Nice effort. It is not my kind of music, but lovely. Is there some special FX on at >3:00? I thought that was well mixed with the delay and phaser(?), it gave the track a sense of space that the other sections lacked.
Is the organ/harpsichord a sf2? If so, maybe give it some gentle reverb to make it more spatially present

Try adding some layers to your harpsichord. Just stuff that sounds simular and dropped an octave, be sure to automate it the same. Sounds cool when you automate the cutoff of the main layers and volume of sound variations of the layers. I heard that adding some abient sound behind the synths fills them up a little more. Shouldn't be able to pick it out in the track though.
You have yourself a nice thick kick though sounds good!
I really like your melody as well but a bit repetitive. For variation I usually take the key notes in the melody, the ones that stand out the most and erase everything else and start a new melody with the rest of the track playing. Stop it when I need to so I don't forget the melody I am laying down. Sounds completely different but still hits the same key notes giving solid variation.

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Super cool too that I don't hear too often is when you take the chords you automate for the future bass feel and arp them out to the 7th (so if you play a c chord you break it up so you play C, E, G, and B as individual quarter note instead of just C maj7 for a whole note.
Makes it harder to decipher the chord progression which makes everything awesome when you simplify it for the "drop??" If you'd call it that.
Personally future bass to me sounds more like the bass is being held back until the chorus, in which it is unleashed to do a bunch of bad assery with the synths.

Different attacks and delays sound super cool if you have then layered to different layers on the first beat of a measure.
You know the intial automate in before it does anything crazy. I like to layer mine so the bass cones first followed by low mids, highs, than mid highs to fill in the rest of the room. But that does change how you automate cutoff and volume sinceevery measure you have to wait a little longer for all that to happen. I like to keep it loose and usually takes around a half note to get it all in.

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Minkovsky wrote:Full version is up, check the original post for the link!

Hey what did you do to get that effect on your synth @1:10-1:11? I'm new to Lmms and am still learning how to use it.

Minkovsky wrote:And now it's up - Bass to the Future is more or less complete, what do you think?

https://soundcloud.com/filiplamparski/b ... the-future

I know you have improved in your music, over the past few months, but I must say this old track sounds pretty cool.