All users can post new topics in this forum. All users can reply to topics in this forum
Author
Thread
redwingz Advanced Member
United Kingdom
2,483 posts Joined: Jan, 2005
Posted - 2009/04/30 : 12:50:55
Alot of people, me included, have problems producing gabber. No matter how much we try, the dutch do it best.....So i thought Id do a thread for people to post their tips on gabba.
Im listening to Catscan - The Agency and heres what I notice:
- Low synths, do make it sound dark and not happy.
- There is NO off beat bass like in UK hardcore, its just thump, thump, thump etc, the distortion on the thumps and the synth seem to take up the blank space where the bass would be. This makes it sound harder to.
- All the percussion seems to be with the kick. Is the bass on the kick to?
- I cant hear pads on the main synthline
lozowen Advanced Member
United Kingdom
533 posts Joined: Dec, 2008
Posted - 2009/04/30 : 13:25:20
quote:Originally posted by redwingz:
- There is NO off beat bass like in UK hardcore, its just thump, thump, thump etc, the distortion on the thumps and the synth seem to take up the blank space where the bass would be. This makes it sound harder to.
- All the percussion seems to be with the kick. Is the bass on the kick to?
What else is there?
both things that i noticed too earlier, it just seems to be a really ferocious & distorted kick & the distortion seems to drive through the off beat too.
f*ck knows.
__________________________________ EMPATHY ON MEDIAFIRE
-
LIVE & DIRECT EVERY WEDNESDAY @ 5 -6pm (GMT)
on www.NARCOTICRADIO.co.uk- Upfront Hardcore & Gabber
Meathead Advanced Member
United Kingdom
4,217 posts Joined: Sep, 2006
Posted - 2009/04/30 : 15:09:06
Rap samples lol.
The kick in Gabber seems to act as the bass too. The kicks are done using synths so you could play them in piano roll to go along with chord progression in the song, although that's more a Jumpstyle thing i think.
The cheesier Gabber eg Evil Activities - Hidden Place, seems to have pads or strings but the darker, more pounding stuff doesnt.
__________________________________
"Music creates order out of chaos; for rhythm imposes unanimity upon the divergent, melody imposes continuity upon the disjointed, and harmony imposes compatibility upon the incongruous." -Sir Yehudi Menuhin
Printer friendly
Posted - 2009/04/30 : 12:50:55
