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<p>great tip that ozone imager. having fun with it as we speak!<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Hi Tom
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<div>First off - I love this stuff and will definitely buy the
album/single/whatever these are for, but I'll dive in and
criticise a lot, as that's what you're asking us to do. I have
almost no complaints about the instrumentation, hardly
anything to say about the arrangements, but a lot to say about
mix, eq and stereo field.</div>
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<div>Indust May: I did an a/b with Front 242's "Welcome to
Paradise" and it really highlights some mix issues. Everything
seems to be a mono sound panned centre or hard left/right.
Coupled with a very bottom-heavy EQ, this makes whole track
very muddy. I'd add a lot of top, and cut a lot at about 140
and 48Hz, pan some things half left and half right, throw the
main glitchy loop sound through Izotope's Ozone Imager (free
download) and chop off the last 15 seconds.</div>
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<div>Dark Soul: Stereo and EQ much better here... Vocal samples
are a touch too loud in places, overall it's nearly mono until
it suddenly spreads out at about 5:00, I'd spread things out
in the stereo field much more. Maybe some treatment on the
vocals to make them more sinister, especially if this is on
the same release as the next track.</div>
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<div>Exp2rad Techies2: Stereo and EQ good, Vocals are a bit
quiet, I'd add a subtly synth doubling the bass a couple of
octaves up from about 3:00-ish, to give the track a lift. The
final cymbal clash sounds like in might be a mistake, I'd lose
that and fade faster.</div>
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<div>Mar Master: Best mix/master of the 4, vocals are a bit
quiet again, I'd back off the effects a bit for
intelligibility's sake (a/b with 242's "Religion", where the
vocals are more distorted but easier to understand). Vocal
sample echos are a bit loud and possibly panned too far. Not a
fan of the synth playing the 3 descending notes, just seems a
bit cheesy/hammond organ, I'd try something more distorted /
church organ, or have the gating effect on it from the start.</div>
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<div>Great tracks overall!</div>
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<div>- Andy_R</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, 16 May 2022 at 20:09,
tom adam <<a href="mailto:tom.adam@thebigear.be"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">tom.adam@thebigear.be</a>>
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a deadline from the label...<br>
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If you should find the time to listen to the next 4 tracks and
just <br>
point out the big mistakes I would be thankful.<br>
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My favorite; pulsar / virus / eurorack: <br>
<a href="https://thebigear.be/2022/adam%20indust%20may.mp3"
rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://thebigear.be/2022/adam%20indust%20may.mp3</a><br>
<br>
Ugly brother of track above, same setup: <br>
<a href="https://thebigear.be/2022/dark%20soul-v2.mp3"
rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://thebigear.be/2022/dark%20soul-v2.mp3</a><br>
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Another typical EBM song from belgium: roland Fantom 6 /
virus / <br>
quantum: <a
href="https://thebigear.be/2022/exp2rad%20techies2-master.mp3"
rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://thebigear.be/2022/exp2rad%20techies2-master.mp3</a><br>
<br>
Ugly brother of track above, same setup: <br>
<a
href="https://thebigear.be/2022/exp2rad%202022%20mar-master.mp3"
rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://thebigear.be/2022/exp2rad%202022%20mar-master.mp3</a><br>
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This is from my upcoming mini album 'the god damned preacher
tapes'.<br>
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Thanks for listening.<br>
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PS jay, if all is well, it should have the right mp3 tags now
;-)<br>
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Cheers, Tom<br>
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