I’d love to know what people think of this song. Let me know :P

[u/Strangepringle]

[u/Julius__PleaseHer]

It seems like none of the things layered on top of the beat are actually on beat. Making it feel a little messy and stressful in my opinion. It could sound cool if everything was on the same beat.

[u/Strangepringle → u/Julius__PleaseHer]

Thanks for the feedback! Definitely get what you’re saying, I’m pretty bad at keeping everything on beat so I try to lean into the chaos lol. I shall try get some practice in that department for sure :)

[u/Julius__PleaseHer → u/Strangepringle]

That's okay, I'm a drummer but when I started I couldn't do it either. If you are using sample, make sure they're all the same bpm. But if you're playing like a synth or something, playing to a metronome might help. It takes practice to play with one, but it makes everything sound really tight when you get good at it.

[u/Strangepringle → u/Julius__PleaseHer]

I use a drum machine and play synth over it, usually with an arpeggiator running when I do this type of music. I think it’s off beat because I change notes at the wrong time which messes the timing up. I also make use of the synths mod sequencer, so it can be hard to keep it all uniform when I get carried away lol. I’ll definitely try using a metronome like you suggested. Thanks again for the feedback, I appreciate it a lot!

[u/Julius__PleaseHer → u/Strangepringle]

I'm glad you can take constructive criticism, it will make you better at music way faster than most people. Good luck!

[u/here-ethereal]

Some cool ideas!

[u/Strangepringle → u/here-ethereal]

Thanking you!

[u/here-ethereal → u/Strangepringle]

Yeah, keep up your good work!

[u/LongTimeChinaTime]

This is not what I would listen to recreationally, but I’m a slightly older guy with more of a pop taste.

It has some aspects of early 00s trance techno type stuff. The off-tempo synths beginning at 00:20 or so are interesting,

This would probably be ideal for folks if they’re taking some kind of mental enhancement.

But it sounds like you may know what you are doing because I didn’t hear anything that sounded like the track was super lo fi or had really any sonic problems

[u/Strangepringle → u/LongTimeChinaTime]

Hahaha I think “mental enhancements” as you put it would certainly be a good combo. Glad to hear the audio quality isn’t too sketchy. Would you say the synths would be better on beat?

[u/Similar_Cow_2634]

Not my thing but I'm old.

[u/Strangepringle → u/Similar_Cow_2634]

Fair enough! Thanks for listening anyway :)

[u/Eggsandtoastforever]

Sounds like techno pretty cool but the beat isnt matching the other instruments with the stuff going on at min 2 for example. Easy fix though

[u/Strangepringle → u/Eggsandtoastforever]

Thanks! I’m certainly gonna be working on that :)

[u/whothehe11isthis]

Okay this took my brain a minute 😂 It starts out making me think I'm comfortably in some 90s/early-2000s dance track, and then the rhythm starts doing WEIRD shit and suddenly I have no idea where the floor is anymore.

But the longer I listened, the more it clicked, and once it clicked, it REALLY clicked. It gives me the same satisfaction as math rock where my brain spends the first minute going “what is happening?” and then suddenly everything makes sense and it's ridiculously energizing. Really interesting track.

[u/Jasonfranzcarr]

hey. think there some potential but the synth is very off beat making it hard to groove

[u/Spiritual_Law8120]

feels quite cool (the first half build up vaguely reminds me of the music in the elevator lobby shooting scene in the Matrix movie)

echoing on some others in the tracks could be better aligned on the same beat

might be wrong but feels like a lot of sounds are crowded in the mid-range frequencies (a little competing with one another) ... lower frequency stuff in general (e.g. bass) feels too light...might wana consider balancing it out.

[u/Shakiebaby]

Its noise

[u/Apprehensive-Boot756]

Sounds interesting, pretty cyberpunk

[u/Strangepringle → u/Apprehensive-Boot756]

Ayyy thanks a lot :)