"Oooh sliced" SP 404sx beat. 100% Feed return

CharlieTooHuman

CharlieTooHuman

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Once again, I have not posted anything in a good minute. Been mad busy trying to find a job lol.

Anyway, I've been making a lot of my beats with hardware lately (specifically the SP 404 and Microkorg) and I found it quite liberating from the confines of software, in my opinion... Although I can do A LOT more with Reason slaved into Ableton, but hardware has been a nice a change of pace for me.


This is like the second complete beat I've done on the SP 404sx. I haven't had a chance to hear it from some speakers, but it sounded decent on my headphones. It definitely needs some eq, especially on the low end/bass.

Let me know what you all think:



2nd mix:


I'll return all feedback.

Peace.
 
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That's pretty tight for not using any software. The chop ups are nice. I only feel that you could have let the "ooh" sample breathe a bit before the next sample kicks in (hopefully you know what I mean) it feels a bit rushed. Otherwise it sounds like something for an NYC emcee to spit on (not papoose though haha). Good stuff though
 
Thanks man! Yeah, I get what you mean, unfortunately I already formatted my SD card :( downsides to working with hardware; you gotta backup everything. But, thanks for the feedback! I'll keep that in mind for my future chops.
 
Hey Charlie Buttonup, thanks for the feed. Yeah, I'm not a fan of the intro either. It was just a spur of the moment thing since I was playing it live lol

Yeah, I have a few on my soundcloud. But, I'll be posting more in the coming weeks.

I just left feedback on your track. Dope song! Having family from Denver, I enjoyed it greatly.
 
First of all, GET THAT MONEY. Lol salute to you 4 keeping it funky bout that job hunt grind. I like the drums and "clicking" percussion on this. The chops were cool. I like the "hop" of the track. As is...you're definitely going to need a dope emcee for this to be complete.

I listened twice. The fuzzy synth wasnt working for me first go round and on the 2nd listen I didnt mind it. Maybe if you kept it as something you were ending the track off with I'd say keep it. Otherwise, I wouldnt want to hear it constantly, at least not played like that.

You can check out work I produced in my sig or you can check me out HERE. As always, drop positive feed on my cloud, I got you on yours. 1Hunnit.
 
Thanks for the feed everyone. Based on some of the suggestions, I reworked the mastering a bit. I cut down on unnecessary content on the low end, minimal boost around 60hz, and livened up the harmonics on the higher frequencies. I also pushed the hard limiter just a tinge and added minor compression to the entire mix. I still haven't had the chance to listen on some decent speakers aside from the ones in my '99 accord lol.

As for McLovin's suggestion, I also reworked the synth. Not sure if he had an issue with the actual playing or the sound, but I tried my best to make it sound better than it was before. To tell the truth, I was playing live directly off my microkorg, so it did sound a bit awkward.

Here's the new mix:


I'll drop this in the OP in case anyone wants to compare/contrast.
 
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Haha this sounds like a 404 made beat (I have the Sp-404), there's is that "chopped" vibe to it. I agree with the others posters about the intro, it sounds a little too "choppy." The rest is nice, would be easy to freestyle too.
 
GBREAL said:
Haha this sounds like a 404 made beat (I have the Sp-404), there's is that "chopped" vibe to it. I agree with the others posters about the intro, it sounds a little too "choppy." The rest is nice, would be easy to freestyle too.
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Thanks for the feed GBREAL!

Yeah, I'll probably cut the real choppy part of the intro entirely using protools. I was planning to drop the track over some video clips of a samurai movie I enjoy and then upload on youtube, so I'll definitely fix that intro until then.

And I am loving the SP-404. It's so nice to sample on the go with little to no assistance from the computer. I am considering getting a multitrack tape deck to record to, so I can get that old school beattape sound for all of my later tracks and mix my other instruments (microkorg & kP3) into the beats without having to resort to pro tools.
 
man this is too niiice..good chops...and those drums man...are they o so crunchy me liiikes...mixed well too...keep it up with that hardware man..i just bout forgot how good analog sounds
 
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