Quote Originally Posted by Gwunty View Post
For starters, please get something else other than what I assume are the default instruments that come with Cubase, they sound cheesy as hell (thats becuase there probably synthesized instead of sample based). I recommend Native Instruments Kontact, or Edirol Orchestral. Second, humanize your patterns, perfect midi info only adds to the cheesyness. Third, please add some sort of reverb and delay to your instruments to give them depth and realism, as well as cut down on the repetition, learn to use other timescales other than four beats in a measure. Last, please learn how to master your final mixdown, your levels seem wrong and your missing natural depth found in frequencies due to the lack of actual instruments that are not synthesized.
AND PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD GET RID OF THAT 808 CLAP IT SOUNDED BAD IN THE 90'S AND IT STILL DOES TODAY.

Actually your first statement is entirely incorrect - I use East West Quantum Leap's Symphonic Orchestra Gold, Stormdrum, and Cinesamples' Drums of War 2, which all run out of Kontakt Player. All are sample based.

Yeah, the perfect MIDI inputs make it sound cheesy- I don't record with my midi keyboard because it sounds too messy. It's only 2 octaves and have retarded keys that don't recognize keystrikes very well. (almost spongy) I sometimes record with the keyboard and then move it to where it's supposed to be.

I'll look on adding reverb and delay and I'll TRY to cut down on the repitition. I use 4/4 mainly because I used FL studio back then and it was a bitch to get anything in other than 4/4 out.

Yes - I am terrible at mixing - you should seriously help me!

Also, what 808 clap? Are you talking about the taiko rim strike that has no reverb?