[Breakcore] A New Beginning

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Was this good / bad from a composition standpoint? How about the mixing?

No comments on songs make me sad

Edit: Yeah they'll further help me to mix my tracks better which I have been obsessing about recently, such as going back and remixing / mastering old tunes of mine.
(because first I mixed on broken turtle beaches and now I'm mixing with random 1990s headphones from my grandparents going into my sound interface lmao)

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One comment on song makes you happy. I liked. I really liked.

Those studio monitors are really going to come in handy, I take it?

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This type of genre is so far removed from my personal taste and experience with music that I really don't feel comfortable giving you criticism as far as composition goes.
Honestly, that goes for many of your tracks. I just don't know how much of what I'd be saying would be nonsense based solely on personal preference.

Mixing-wise I don't really have anything to add. I tend to find the main issue with songs like these is usually that the kick overpowers everything else, but everything's audible here and sounds perfectly fine to me.
As far as filling out the frequencies for a broader soundscape, that's something I often struggle with myself 'cause my ears are gay and bad so I can't really help you there either. :/

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Funny enough, soon I'll start introducing another project (aka a different alias) of mine in a totally different genre to FFR, perhaps that will resonate with more people.

But I have to agree, breakcore or the bastardized versions of that genre that I make are hard to critique. Many even argue about what makes breakcore, breakcore. Is it the breaks? The samples? Does it have a defined structure? Many say it's just the general character, but I digress.

Thanks for checking it out.

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so now you have an interface, do you use it to record anything or just for your monitors? I need to get an interface as well - when I get my monitors/xs rackmount I'll have loads more fun.

edit: btw also loved the kick, its got that dist crunch to it and nice atomsphere on that pad.

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I bought it obviously for my monitors in mind and for having a pretty much latency free interface for use in my DAW

It'll allow me to obviously connect so much more, like drum pads and keyboards (midi controllers) once I wish to purchase those again.
Perhaps even some real synths for shits and giggles if I find them for the right price. Basically, it's the centerpiece of my slowly-assembling Homestudio haha

PS: Someone should make a thread where we compare what hardware and software we use to make our lovely tunes. Too lazy atm xD

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yeah ill want a interface mostly to record external hardware because its dedicated :X I don't want ram or processing power to be an issue of any sort in my future studio. All my computer will have to do is feed midi to my synths/sound modules and record the spdif inputs 8)

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dat be some well mixing you have there 10/10

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I feel like the melody in the first half is out of tune on some notes, giving the melody an awkward sound and the song is very structured/layered for a breakcore song. Out of tune melodies can work (and is done a lot in breakcore) but this melody doesn't bring something interesting in doing so. Some of the instruments overpower the others a lot, obscuring things such as melody in the second half and the ending of the speedcore part is kind of cheesy and sudden lol. I do like how it picks up to speedcore at 2:18 but imo the song needs more variation in instrument usage and more breakdowns / buildups too. The way you seem to structure songs is you layer instruments, fade out one and add another, fade out one and add another, etc. which gives a very monotonous feel, and that's something you should work on because it's applicable to every genre.

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It's in harmonic minor (iirc) and all notes are in harmony with the chords I created.

Precisely the breakcore I enjoy producing and listening to.

The kick is supposed to sound the way it is, as is with everything else.
And yes, the kick and amen do take priority over the melody in the latter half, this is intended.
I will give you that the introduction of a speedcore part (didnt even think about it that way) is too sudden and random. Perhaps more buildup for this.
Everything is EQ'd at the right (k)Hz and should sound proper.

Yup that's how I structure songs, except not always with fading but rather via the introduction of FX.
Although this isn't applicable to everything I make, I don't see how it's a bad thing -- many other successful artists do this to, but obviously more successfully than me.
It's not like I'm making free jazz or something where this would be utterly horrible as a concept and execution.

That being said, if you don't enjoy this composition or even the way I structure things is I can only say you won't like future works either.
(think of this as a signature, it's unique but some may think it looks ugly, it's hard to read etc.) Sorry you didn't like it but I can't please everyone.

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Just sayin.

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Just sayin'.

PS: It was shitty criticism, dabbled in subjectivity and was vague. I told Tristan this also and he's gonna re-reply seeing as apparently I made him and you butthurt.

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Even if all of this were true, none if it changes that you're handling criticism like a four year old.

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Uh, what?

Am I being trolled or are you literally a fucking vegetable in the brain? Not quite sure.

Regardless of how shitty his critique was I addressed every single point, fairly and gave my reasoning as to why it is the way it is.
No profanity, no hostility, just my reasoning, like it or not.

You just butted in with a flamebait and now you got what you came for. Go back to lurking and spare me having to read your shitty posts.