The 4 hour challenge.

[Stace]

I am too easily distracted to keep my mind on one task for 4 hours

me too....my psychotherapist says that from the evidence I showed all the signs of ADHD as a child (but cos it was the seventies/eighties I was just labelled a naughty little cunt

Yeah, I am the same. I wasn't really a naughty cunt but really think I show a lot of signs of it. My friends think I do as well. It is well annoying at times

[terryfalafel]

My effort was so shit I am going to have a redo. I'm having one of those weeks where after spending a couple of hours with all the gear switched on, I just want to chuck it out of the window. Fingers crossed some inspiration will strike over the weeekend.

Just had a listen through page 2. Some great stuff in here!

Here's my track, definitely took me out of my comfort zone to pick up the bpm and not use reverb and delays. I did take away that I should use more distortion on the rest of my tracks for sure. Cool challenge overall.

Nice! The whole thing is good, but from 4:38 it really rolls along. This track takes me right back to the 90s (in a good way)!

Enjoyed doing this, always good these type of exercises. I need to stop getting so bogged down in details, so this was fun.
3 hours, 10 channels, 126bpm because......
I liked just committing to decisions and making much more immediate mix choices.
https://soundcloud.com/voidloss/heretic ... ns/s-AChz6

Great textures and atmospheres in this. Like the previous one, I love the groove that ends the track following the last breakdown

This one's almost got an old jungle vibe running through it. Big!

Nowhere near enough time for me to do more than a kind of 2 min arrangement. The mix is worse the normal (if that is possible) but this is the end result. I actually really really enjoyed doing this. Thank you for the direction Ronnie

https://soundcloud.com/stacieannechurch ... os/s-w6f1s

Track not found

Here is my effort. Time was limited I spent 2 hours on it, maybe a little less. Would have like to have sat on it for a bit to get objectivity. Not sure if its cheating- but if it sounds like I used reverb its the sample of a factory in the back ground. Also if it sounds like I used delay, its because I manually created them rather than using a plugin!

Oh yeah and 135 wow thats too fast for me...

Smooth and groovy - lovely synth sounds! Can't hear much distortion though!

[rktic]

thanks dude. will drumazon do?

Whatever floats your boat.

[Stace]

Nowhere near enough time for me to do more than a kind of 2 min arrangement. The mix is worse the normal (if that is possible) but this is the end result. I actually really really enjoyed doing this. Thank you for the direction Ronnie

https://soundcloud.com/stacieannechurch ... os/s-w6f1s

Track not found

I took it down as it was a bit shit. This is where I currently am with it - https://soundcloud.com/stacieannechurch ... ng/s-P8juy I guess I have spent about 5 hours on it now.
I have used some verb now but in the initial 4 hours I stuck to the rulez.

(The mix is a mess as on shit earphones shock)

[Will Frances]

yeah one mans distortion is another mans saturation! I did use it though in subtle degrees Mr falafel ha ha

[Lost to the Void]

Spent another hour on this to make it up to 4 hours.
Cleaned it up and changed stuff a bit.
Liked it enough to finish it properly.

Fun exercise overall. Going to listen to everyone else`s after me din din

[bram2000]

Here's my attempt;



I mixed into buss-compression (ala Steve's recent guide) for this, and learned that:

- I find it hard to hear compression release time - perhaps because I have too much bass
- 10 tracks is not enough
- you can get a lot done in four hours
- I should use more distortion (but not on the kick drum)
- if you're not careful with limiting the master you can ruin any drops in your tune
- vocoder can sound great on percussion