I've given up on wishing for anything in Reason updates/upgrades. They can't even deliver what they promised a year ago. Like that promise of Reason Studios saying they would be much more vocal and transparent about their activities on Reason Talk. That lasted about a month and then they got back i...

I get the impression Reason Studio really want to latch onto Ableton Live users more than any other target audience (and given the percentage of the market Ableton has, I'm not surprised) so I guess RRP was their attempt at doing that. What would be a better business strategy would be to go after A...

https://soundcloud.com/danclapson/press-red-now-techno-ab-min-131bpm An experimental idea here. This is PRESS RED NOW The bass-line is Arturia's DX7... with a preset I cooked up from INIT. The bass-line starts off totally dry and then brings in a little verb and delay. I used the DX7 because I am p...

Sounds good, musical choice/sounds is subjective however the overuse of compression causes immediate fatigue, to my ears anyhow Thanks for listening and comments. Interesting that you think it's over compressed and causes fatigue. In the mix there is compression on the kick and bass, but it's subtl...

craste wrote: ↑

27 Jul 2022

Sounds really polished, nice sounds, ear candy and panning, nice effects going on. Good stuff!

Even more polished and finished off... old version has been switched off...

please listen via new uploaded link...

strangers wrote: ↑

02 Aug 2022

Your link is no longer valid otherwise I'd be down to check this out.

YES - sorry... decided to pull this one and work on it more before making it public.

However... I've been really tightening this one up... take listen...

Talking about Tracktion F'em... it's currently $29 at Audio Deluxe, so in the same sale price zone as FM8.... https://www.audiodeluxe.com/products/virtual-instruments/tracktion-fem?goal=0_f9f771a7f5-8563393be8-310525447&mc_cid=8563393be8&mc_eid=97be4401cf From what I've read... F'em is the best out ...

craste wrote: ↑

27 Jul 2022

Sounds really polished, nice sounds, ear candy and panning, nice effects going on. Good stuff!

Thanks CRASTE.... appreciate the listen and comments.

I've been working on this. Version TWO has just been uploaded. I still want to work on the arrangement. But it's getting there.

https://soundcloud.com/danclapson/beast-mode-techno-ab-min-131bpm Here's BEAST MODE . Trying out a completely new master bus chain - think this sounds a lot tighter and cleaner that my previous tracks. There are 2 arps which I created in ANA 2. The rolling bass is a Jupiter 8 - with an crunchy deep...

This is GIRL BOY STYLE.

Straight up tech-house.. main room club style. Thoughts?

Version 3 posted just now: - Cleaned up the mix.... e.g. the bass is tighter. The overall mix now works much better on smaller, less capable speakers, whilst having all the low lows for those speakers that have the capability. - Vox has been glued into the mix - less "separate, on top" sounding. - D...

Version 2 posted just now: - Arrangement has been improved. - Removed some annoying resonances. - Levelled out some of the vocal stems, as they weren't consistent. And also changed some of them, as there were a few repeats that jarred. And... given more space around the vox so that they are clearer....

https://soundcloud.com/danclapson/funky-monkey-tech-house-gmin-125bpm Here's FUNKY MONKEY ... where "groove is king"! The groove gets really pushed here with poly-meter arps, with overlapping poly-rhythms. The arps are like bat (or maybe it's submarine) sonar sounds, rather than musical tunes... bu...

I leave you a comment my friend, because you don't have one. No justice. It's not a good thing because what you've done is very good. You know me, I would say to you once again "too many voice samples". :puf_bigsmile: it hides the work you've done behind it, because you make pretty sounds in the ba...

https://soundcloud.com/danclapson/flava-techno-gmin-125bpm Here's FLAVA . Wanted a ghetto techno sound. Kick is Kick 2. Sub-bass is Phase Plant. Acid line is a Jupiter 4. Modulating pad is a Matrix 12. This is version 1 - need to step away and listen with clean ears. It's 6 mins long. I want to exp...

Very solid tune, arrangement and production. Thumbs up

I used the Bass Station on the begining of my electronic music composing around 2003, had a lot of fun with it, thought it was released earlier... SAME... I bought a Bass Station when it was launched... in... wait for this... 1993. That's 30 years ago! Loved it then - and have had the VST version f...

https://soundcloud.com/danclapson/brain-tease-techno-em-125bpm-v1 Ok... here's BRAIN TEASE.... this one has quite a bit of my time and attention to mix it down properly. There is a theme here... it's all based around a bunch of weird sounds you can get from a guitar amp... like feedback, hums, clic...

V2 uploaded

Designed for a sun drenched dance floor. Enjoy!

Posted up version 3.0 ..... - cleaned up the intro. Had a few pops, clicks and mis-aligned levels. - much better levels on the vocals throughout, they were just a tad too loud in places. - panned the hats, clap, percs to give each element a little bit of space to breath and be clear. Intentionally l...

https://soundcloud.com/danclapson/curious-ben-and-len-tech-house-eb-min-126bpm Here's 'CURIOUS BEN & LEN'.... a little tech-house. Getting crazy with that Serum... getting it to sound all bubbly, gritty and modular. Munched up using N.I. Guitar Rig 6. Drums created using my hardware Behringer RD-9 ...

Version 2 uploaded. Cleaned up various sections and simplified overall. Still want to work on bits - but your thoughts appreciated.

https://soundcloud.com/danclapson/over-you-techno-fmin-127bpm Here's OVER YOU. Simple, clean and grooving. I've driven the kick and bass hard and I keep the beat going throughout. Kick is a bass drum I made in Bigkick. All those hats, toms, snares, claps, rides, etc are grooves are created from scr...

I'm another M-audio user... but not as my only listening source, as I run a number of monitors... each with a specific reason... - Adam Audio T7V, with M-audio Sub SBX-10 (modern monitoring - high quality sound) - M-Audio CX5 (not as refined as the T7V, but gives a good alternative idea of end resu...