Was going to wait with posting feedback until everyone that wanted to join had posted their track, but since not much seems to be happening in this topic I'll post it now.
It would be nice if some of the people who were planning to join in/and/or deleted their tracks would still find time to finish what they started, or others who missed the topic the first time around want to join in on the fun.
It's a great way to practice your production skills as there are finished products using the same elements to really give you a target to improve your work. Or you can just fuck up some sounds and enjoy yourself, or maybe even both, imagine that
Now, on to the feedback:
Patrick Hughes: the bass and sub seem almost unchanged from the original, which gives the feeling not much effort went into it.
And then the static volume on that house chord thingy you've got going on stands out like a sore thumb, especially since it's a really clean, well behaved sound (it kind of sits in a space of its own, and the notes seem to have the exact same spacing between them). Makes me imagine someone smacking the keyboard as hard as he can for every note while looking like his life depends on it, and in my mind this guy is also wearing thick black rimmed glasses for some reason
Those wailing atonal pitched atmos get on my nerves a little, though that's just a taste thing I guess, and maybe because I was already annoyed by the synth stabs, they are worked out pretty well for what they are. Otherwise the mix seems balanced, though the sounds don't really seem to gel as well as they could have. And the arrangement seems to be kind of aimlessly drifting about with some random drops in between.... It is basically a good starting point for something, you would need to make a couple of improvements for sure, but then you could have a solid track here.
Also had something written down about dubdubs attempt, but he wisely deleted it (just as I did with my first one, still working on and off on both of them though)
Totalcult: starting out with some cool atmospherics, though I'm not sure whether they really fit with the kick and hihat you've got under/on top of it. I like how you cut up that bass sample and used it in another way, when the bass comes in the track seems to come together a bit more. Still I feel that those floating sounds don't really do much but distract from your groove, I think it's because they are floating about a bit in the spectrum, alternatively weighing down the bass, and then cluttering up the midrange. Those bleepy synth stabs are cool, though they could be worked a little more for my taste. Still that atmospheric sound keeps bothering me, even though it sounds cool in places.
Maybe if you'd have it evolving (much) slower(and back off from the panning for the love of god :v) it could be a
nice addition to the tune.
Your Hades remix is better imo, the vocal could use some work as mentioned, but you've kept the rest nice and
simple, while transforming it into a cool laid back lofi-ish deephouse-ish tune. Just move the kicks around, add a little more swing and you could also have a garage remix
Some interesting melodies added, if you manage to ignore the vocals this is pretty damn sweet.
You could try just crushing the fuck out of those vocals, (and then turn the volume down to take them off center stage), and throw on a little delay to make them fit the rest of the sounds better. The best/most interesting track here yet imo.
Splitcane: Interesting groove, but straight from the intro I don't think you solely have an eq problem with the
bass. Also an envelope/arrangement issue with the kick/sub, sounds overlapping each other or strange volume
envelope cutoffs or something... But some eq wouldn't hurt either. There's some other bass sweeps in there that are clipping pretty bad, and that looped bass sound (damn that's a lot of basses :v) is just way too static. But since it's a jam I won't go splitting hairs here and leave you alone now :v
TimBuys: First off, thanks for the comments/suggestions, and of course for setting this up. Pretty cool topic you've created here. Now on to your track, when the groove sets out I immediately imagine a snare/percussion just before the second kick, I think that would make it groove nicely and give it some more energy/character, like this it's a bit static. Not completely sure about the way you pitched the vocals, needs at least some additional eq to make it work I think.
Around the 1 minute mark your rhythm comes alive, the sounds could use a little more work to make it grooving as a whole, it sounds nice but it needs some connecting element(like a shaker, maybe), or maybe
just feel like it's all coming from the same space. Maybe ease up a little on the panning, and you could try bussing them together and experiment with some parallel chains.
Interesting the way you've looped the vocal sample btw, when you get it sitting in the mix properly that's going to be a nice bit to act as a bridge between your rhythm sections. Good foundation for a track, but I don't think I have to say anything about the fact that it's not quite finished yet. Would be interesting to hear the final version at some point.