https://soundcloud.com/the_user5/slack
Not overly proud of the song structure in this one, but would still like some feedback on the sound design! 
Tips, hints, observations, anything will be incredibly useful! Thanks! 
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it works well. every voice is clearly distinguished, its sufficiently fat. by standards of normal bands with drumset etc. the hihat is too loud, but its alright here. if you have the software, you could try putting some equalizer on the bass, but its not necessary.
personally, i like to put all percussion on one channel and everything else on the other one, so i can equalize the drums separately.
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Yeah okay, I don't really have anything available for post-production stuff, so it all just has to be done on the gameboy...
But thank you for the feedback, I don't really know much about drumset, but I'll look into it! Thank you!
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Panda Chan wrote:
Yeah okay, I don't really have anything available for post-production stuff, so it all just has to be done on the gameboy...
But thank you for the feedback, I don't really know much about drumset, but I'll look into it!
you could achieve that with audacity, a widely used free application for audio recording (you probably already used it for recording).
the thing with the hihats really isnt that obvious, and i frequently made that mistake myself. but its definitely useful to learn the lingo. i played bass in a rock band before doing electronic music, so i kind of got a headstart on that.
keep chippin
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I actually have to record it straight from an emulator... 
haha
Fair enough, I play bass in a band too, but we've never recorded anything, so I know nothing about drums But I shall learn!
Thanks, I plan too 
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geez, did everyone play bass in band ??
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From most people I talk to, it seems that everyone has/does/is learning to play bass... haha
Playing bass well on the other hand....
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yeah, very often its a "you cant play an instrument? here take the bass its easy" or "worst guitar player gets the bass" kind of thing. playing interesting bass parts is indeed hard, though
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Worst guitarist plays bass and/or worst bass player plays drums... ahaha
Oh yeah, totally agree with that! Tried learning some Jaco Pastorius pieces for my music exams this year... that was quite a challenge to say the least
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pastorius is INSANE. id have gone with some simpler funk lines, because i like things that make you dance... pastorius probably sounds better by itself, though.
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Yeah, I play simpler stuff for fun, but the music course I did was really classical based, and the standard they set for bass was really high for some reason...
...way off topic, but anyway haha
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i enjoy bass talk
thats weird, as far as i know bass lines in classical pieces are extra simpel. but maybe thats just orchestra pieces.
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me too
Yeah, but the course is really aimed at classical music in other instruments (mostly piano, and traditional orchestral instruments). So, for bass you just had to play music that was "really difficult"...