Cover in LSDJ, sounds empty. A little advice please? :)

So here's my suggestions for the intro

-Don't use pulse kick. Unless you seriously need to, you can make kick sounds that are 1,000% better in the wav channel than you ever can in pulse.
-Use your E commands in every channel. Don't forget you can use those for echo effects but it also just helps to make the sound more dynamic.
-In general, you can get away with a lot less than you think you need, especially bass. It's easy to add a lot in the bass, but I've found that you should use the absolute minimum amount of bass notes that you need to.
-You can emulate some of the weird vocals by using both pulse channels at once. In some of the vocals they are doubled and sung at different pitches, so play different notes on each pulse. You can also use a couple of different instruments, like make one that has some difference in the fine tuning and use it in both channels at once to make it sound more doubled.
-To emulate vocal bends use L01 to do a slow legato bend from one note to the next (like the note "pants" in 0:18-0:20), or use P01 to glide up.
-Noise hi hats are typically done with noise shape FF and a very short env like E61, or E62 open hats maybe E67 or E68. Snares are greatly helped by using a table to automate the shape of it so it doesn't sound flat.
I made a short demo of what I came up with using some of these tips: http://picosong.com/t2B9/
Hope this helps you.

Last edited by urbster1 (Jul 18, 2016 2:26 am)

Wow. Holy cow. I've asked for CC in the past and usually get a quick "use more X" or something that's so open ended it feels like I was just dumped in the ocean.

I can't thank you guys enough!

Urbster, when I get a chance to, I'll be listening to that demo and I'll come back to probably ask more questions - You said a lot of things that I feel like I was too lazy to truly pull off and you pointing out the single-channel vocals being lacking for some of the more awkward pitches tells me that you also noticed the "perfect" timing throughout the song as well. I didn't deviate from standard timing at all even though Leslie does. (You've already given me a pretty good idea of what to try out since I don't think I ever even remember the Legato command for any of my songs. (I was proud for remembering that Vibrato existed for this song. I'm a sad creature.) And thank you for the advice on the Wav Channel kicks - would you happen to have any instrument recipes for a good wav kick for me to go off of? I legitimately rely on pulse kicks for nearly EVERY song I do as it stands so this would be revolutionary for my melodies. (And I won't be able to thank you enough)

Nanode, You're welcome for the cover. I'm sorry it's cut-rate and I'll try to improve on it so that you can fully enjoy it. (Also thank you for the compliments!)

When you suggest that I study tables, would you have a good resource or model examples? I'm sorry if I'm asking too much but I'm a slow learner - I really learn by doing/mimicking more than just reading or experimenting (I have little faith in my own abilities, so experimentation usually just winds up in horrid self-criticism)

Thanks for not being afraid to criticize my over use of bends... They weren't very dynamic, and I somewhat noticed that myself when listening to this again - I actually went back and replaced a few bends with vibratos just to offer some variation because I used even more than there already are. I guess I'll also have to experiment with Legato/Chords for the chorus considering the whole chorus is just a series of bends (And I now see that it's more detrimental to the sound, when I originally thought it offered some variation)

Thanks a tonne guys. I really appreciate the CC.

Last edited by jiar (Jul 18, 2016 2:09 pm)