Discussing DHS's Human Race (Tune 4)

Romeo Knight · Post by **Romeo Knight** » 25/11/2004 - 22:44

Taken from the info of mentioned remix:

DHS:
"The remix has a really big flaw i noticed only yesterday: but unless anyone discover it, i'll keep my mouth shut."

I think you mean the following what stroke me at first listen:
There are two harmony changes that differ from the original:
@1:39 and @1:50. Before I read your statement I thought they were both made on purpose but I'm not sure anymore. In fact, the chord change at 1:50 sounds intentional because there is added something, the one at 1:39 does not because there is none where one should have been!

Someone may call this artistic freedom but IMO it just doesn't sound alright.

Discovered?

DHS · Post by **DHS** » 26/11/2004 - 8:49

Nope, 1:39 and 1:50 are intentional.

That's not the flaw i was talking about

Romeo Knight · Post by **Romeo Knight** » 26/11/2004 - 12:12

DHS wrote:Nope, 1:39 and 1:50 are intentional.
That's not the flaw i was talking about

But 1:39 still is a flaw, isn't it?

Seriously, the song misses something there and
that doesn't go with the overall great quality of the remix.
But maybe that's just me.

DHS · Post by **DHS** » 26/11/2004 - 12:43

Well, i like the chords progression, even at 01:39.
I guess it's a matter of tastes

Romeo Knight · Post by **Romeo Knight** » 03/12/2004 - 8:36

Now I got it!

The vibrato of the lead instrument at 2:07 - 2:09 is a bit extreme.
Rate and depth both run out of the rudder! Doesn't sound intentional.
Right?

DHS · Post by **DHS** » 03/12/2004 - 9:28

It's very intentional

You're looking in the wrong places

Romeo Knight · Post by **Romeo Knight** » 03/12/2004 - 10:24

DHS wrote:You're looking in the wrong places

Gimme a hint, please

!

DHS · Post by **DHS** » 03/12/2004 - 10:41

Ok, i'll tell you what is it.

Bad (very bad) eq, or, better, bad expansion on the low frequencies.

I realized that only trying it in my car; the subwoofer literally explodes when the bass kicks in.

That should teach me 2 things: never master at nighttime and never release before testing the track in my car too

ciapet.

Romeo Knight · Post by **Romeo Knight** » 03/12/2004 - 12:10

Well, from a technical point of view you're right: the analyzer tells me that it has the bass peak around 50-60 Hz and not the usual 80-100 Hz that most pop songs have. Wether this is right or not, from the musical/artistic point of view IMO this is no real flaw. The remix rather sounds like it has a real deep low end (what's obviously right

) and this carries a lot of energy with the song. On my Event 20/20 studio monitors it just sounds perfect, provided that I avoid the corners of the room....