Care to rate my dubstep?

On May 14 2011 19:00 Last.Midnight wrote:
Care to elaborate?

On May 15 2011 01:53 sob3k wrote:
Ok, I listen to a lot of dubstep (among other things), and produce, so here's my opinion.

1. Into isn't even an intro, you just open up a few filters and then go right into the drop. This is no good. The intro is a chance for you to build some tension and introduce some kind of melody to give your tune some kind of interest. Skrillex as an example always uses a catchy melodic riff in his tracks, the only thing you had was that pad WAYYYY in the background of the first part. And that pad was actually clashing with the bassline. If you want anyone to remember your tune 5minutes after hearing it, melody is the number one thing you need more of.

2. breaks were pretty good, fine sample usage, I think your bass was interesting enough, so thats a good thing.

3. Hate to say this but the main problem: Mastering. For someone just starting out, attempting aggressive dubstep or DnB is going to be hands down the hardest genres to master correctly. You have these huuuge bass synths taking up pretty much the entire frequency range, and then you have to try to fit a kick under them and a melody in there. I'm gonna venture a guess that you don't know how to use compressors/limiters and other electronic mastering tools, and this shows bigtime in a electro-step track. Your entire composition was extremely muddy and the bass was actually sitting more in the midrange, not to mention the kick was completely obscured despite a very low overall volume level. Seriously, tracks like this are a fucking nightmare for first time producers, I would really recommend starting out with something more in the electro/house/hiphop/trance area. If you are set on making this type of music then you have to:

A. Spend ALOT of time on thin internet going through unhelpful and unclear tutorials and learn how to master correctly.

B. Find a real person IRL to show you how to do this stuff (great, but hard to set up).

If you don't do this your music is just going to sound like crap no matter how complex and cool your bass is and how long you spent on the track. Regrettably I do not feel qualified to help you out with this one, as my mastering skills are pretty bad as well (I moved to making more instrumental hip-hop stuff purely to avoid these issues ). I can tell you when you're doing it right through!

TLDR:
memorable and catchy element/melody!
mastering!

EDIT: Also you are going to need some nice studio monitor headphones/speakers if you wan't anything to sound good, gotta hear what you're doing.