Bronyquest Fundraiser: BALLOON PARTY

[ZephyrPony]

Ok, so I worked on my Balloon Party a whole lot more and added many new things, most notably a stronger percussive instrument along with new melodies and drum patterns c: Please let me know if I can improve anything on this track!

http://soundcloud.com/zephyrpony/equestrias-disaster

Also, is the volume a little too low? It's hard for me to tell because I have slight hearing problems. If it is too low, how could I raise the volume of the track in general without distorting some of the instruments? Would I compress or use an automation clip?

[Anorax]

Hey guys, I'm working on a track that'd I would like to consider for balloon party, but I don't know if it'll be good enough or not.

What I've got so far:
http://soundcloud.com/anoraxofficialmusic/this-is-a-wip

it's pretty short I admit

[Thirteen]

http://soundcloud.com/anoraxofficialmusic/this-is-a-wip

Well, it's a good track on it's own. But I don't think it's HARD enough. It's just, normal. Y'know? Take advice from this guy:

http://soundcloud.com/zephyrpony/equestrias-disaster

As for this, I dunno. I'm not sure the specifications of HARDness when it comes to orchestral music. That's more up Makkon's alley.

[Anorax]

http://soundcloud.com/anoraxofficialmusic/this-is-a-wip

Well, it's a good track on it's own. But I don't think it's HARD enough. It's just, normal. Y'know? Take advice from this guy:

Yeah, it needs some definite work before it's HARD enough. But I'm going to try and not take the typical WUB UP EVERYTHING/MAKE THE METER RED approach, and take an original approach at this.

Sure, I'll have to add some elements to make it HARDER, but I'm going to try something that doesn't follow the current Balloon Party trend (dubstep and hardcore to name two VERY popular BP genres)

[thattechnique]

Here's my teaser for my track, Fizzacyst. Or, alternatively, Resonance Cascade. Either way, it's not done. :p
http://soundcloud.com/that-technique/fizzacyst-teaser

[Mindsweeper]

Per your definition, this is hard:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MM0gB8FuCAw

^^^It's also (IMO), ear rape noise that's completely devoid of any rhythm, melody, or structure of any kind. However, it does have what you say achieves heaviness, which is extreme "technical funkery." By that standard, the song is indeed quite heavy.

Hard doesn't have to mean ear rape noise. What I meant by "technical funkery" is little things like EQ and such that add punch, not how many drum samples you can spam in a single measure.

I would actually argue that that song is not hard at all, because it's just noise without context.

[PencilEraser]

disregard this post, I messed up the youtube embed

[PencilEraser]

Hey everypony,

Just released my teaser finally... (I joined kinda late). What do you think?

[Anorax]

I feel semi stupid for asking a little over a month before the deadline, but does anyone know where I can find a vector balloon party logo with line and fill information in it (aka Photoshop PSD or Adobe Fireworks PNG)?

I could probably make do with Freehand (.fh .ft .fh9) as well


EDIT: Nevermind, found the .psd .ai collection that circuitfry linked on the facebook page.

Carry on

[Kryptage]

Yeah, it needs some definite work before it's HARD enough. But I'm going to try and not take the typical WUB UP EVERYTHING/MAKE THE METER RED approach, and take an original approach at this.

Sure, I'll have to add some elements to make it HARDER, but I'm going to try something that doesn't follow the current Balloon Party trend (dubstep and hardcore to name two VERY popular BP genres)

WEE WOO WEE WOO WEE WOO WEE WOO Hipster Alert, Hipster Alert.

For starters, making everything clip would not make it hard...just noisy and hard to listen to. One of the largest elements of intense music is the creation of tension and anticipation through either dissonance or repetition, the use of filtering and so on.

The reason Dubstep and DnB tend to be popular when it comes to hard electronic, is because they both tend to be in minor keys, where dissonance is easy to create, and they use thick saturated sounds as opposed to tradition trance, house music, or other, earlier forms of electronic.

You can take the "Original" approach, but most likely will end up with something very dissonant, something containing thick sounds, and constant changing of sounds. AKA some form music you can relate to Dubstep/dnb/electrohouse/complextro. Or maybe you'll end up with something more epic like Makkons "Dregs" which circled around the, V of the harmonic minor it was in, creating dissonance, and the yearning to hear DO again! There is a way things work ya know!

Now I'm off to work on a second track!

[K3WRO]

Holy Shnizit, I gotta get goin on my song!

[Ed Viper]

Kick Test for hardstyle song I'm contributing. This is probably gonna turn into a terrorcore kind of thing, which should be plenty HARD enough.

Any hardstyle producers have tips for making this any better? It's really the first time I've tried anything hardstyle. Well, the first time I've REALLY made a crack at it anyway.

Note: this isn't mastered or anything, and I plan to replace the kick with something deeper.

http://soundcloud.com/emperor-bermensch/kick-test

[Lethaargic]

I'm going to try something that doesn't follow the current Balloon Party trend (dubstep and hardcore to name two VERY popular BP genres)

Your not the only one. I'm sure I'll be the only one submitting a psytrance track, but that is because psytrance is what I usually make. You should make whatever you can make go HARD. Not try to make "that one track that wasn't dubstep or hardstyle.
Give those drops something to drop into. Keep that acid sound, but automate it so it really builds up.

[soup2504]

Kick Test for hardstyle song I'm contributing. This is probably gonna turn into a terrorcore kind of thing, which should be plenty HARD enough.

Any hardstyle producers have tips for making this any better? It's really the first time I've tried anything hardstyle. Well, the first time I've REALLY made a crack at it anyway.

Note: this isn't mastered or anything, and I plan to replace the kick with something deeper.

http://soundcloud.com/emperor-bermensch/kick-test

Definitely needs a deeper kick, and I think you should pop in a few hardstyle screeches every now and then, that would spice it up a good bit.

[Ed Viper]

Ah yes, I was hoping to add a deeper kick over this one, and I need to find another reverse bass that's more subby.

I like the idea of adding screeches in there, I'm trying to take a few lessons from Angerfist here.

[Anorax]

I'm going to try something that doesn't follow the current Balloon Party trend (dubstep and hardcore to name two VERY popular BP genres)

Your not the only one. I'm sure I'll be the only one submitting a psytrance track, but that is because psytrance is what I usually make. You should make whatever you can make go HARD. Not try to make "that one track that wasn't dubstep or hardstyle.
Give those drops something to drop into. Keep that acid sound, but automate it so it really builds up.

so, make it work, then make it hard?

[gnarbeard]

Holy Shnizit, I gotta get goin on my song!

Me too, dude! Unforseen set backs (technical and RL stuff) suck!

[K3WRO]

http://soundcloud.com/megapie-1/wip-balloon-party-k3wro

What I got so far

[LFP]

Soundcloud down :C

[3M0 DJ]

I just joined this, and here's a WIP of a song I wanna submit. Feedback would be appreciated.

http://soundcloud.com/3m0-dj/dark-side-of-you-luna-song/s-Z2HZE

[Thirteen]

http://soundcloud.com/megapie-1/wip-balloon-party-k3wro

You know what? That sounds pretty good there. The kick I would say has too much 'click', and there's not much going on in the background, or in terms of bass/subbass till the drop, but it's nice. Just even out your volumes when you get the chance.

I just joined this, and here's a WIP of a song I wanna submit. Feedback would be appreciated.

http://soundcloud.com/3m0-dj/dark-side-of-you-luna-song/s-Z2HZE

Hmm.... I'm stumped.

I'm not sure exactly what you're going for here, so it's hard for me to give advice. I'll leave that to others for now.

[3M0 DJ]

Hmm.... I'm stumped.

I'm not sure exactly what you're going for here, so it's hard for me to give advice. I'll leave that to others for now.

Yeah, that's my problem. I haven't gotten much feedback (if any) and I dunno how to improve the song. Right now, I am currently adding more elements into it, and possibly more bass. I also forgot to mention the fact that this song was inspired by fanart. I should have probably said that earlier.

[Circuitfry]

Yeah you guys have been getting a bit neglected.

I'll be working on Balloon Party super hard after I finish final exams next week. It'll be me, my songs, and you. I'll be ready next week. Looks like there are a lot of you who wish to help.

The Balloon Party topic here really got spammed. There are 50 pages of WIPs and requests for critique. There's no way I can really catch up with all of that so maybe next week I'll open something up to finally get some advice in. After next Thursday I'll try to answer a bunch of questions while I work on music. Sorry for not getting back to you. I was hoping the musicians would use the forums more.

Don't worry, I'll catch up with you guys in a bit. Until then, school will have my ass first.

[Anorax]

Don't worry, I'll catch up with you guys in a bit. Until then, school will have my ass first.

I'm sure you're not the only one who's ass has been taken by school-related stuff

I think people have stuck to Tumblr and maybe SoundCloud a whole lot more than here on the forums. I'm not 100% sure why, but I've realized that I follow this trend as well. Maybe it's just me, but I find these forums tedious to visit, not sure why. That actually bothers me a bit...

EDIT: No sexual innuendos intended. that was an accident

[CaptainFluffatun]

Once I raise my D anf F to acceptable grades, I'll try to help out more. You new folk have pretty much been given the shaft, and I apologize.