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Spar's Music Thread; What I happen to be listening to
Topic Started: May 7 2011, 09:12 PM (14,659 Views)
wat
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Walrus.
I corrected myself, basically. It has a little of dubstep, and some techno. They sounds similar to me.
 
Spar
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Wandering Scavenger

They sound quite different to me. It's like comparing swing to rock. Similar tempos but with very different instruments.
 
wat
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Walrus.
Well, we all have opinions
 
Spar
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Wandering Scavenger

And some of us have hearing problems.
 
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Walrus.
Hey, I never said they sounded the same, I said similar. And I do not have a hearing problem
 
Spar
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Wandering Scavenger

I can only assume you did. I can't prove it as I only have your posts to work off of.
 
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Walrus.
Well, I didn't
Edited by wat, Aug 16 2012, 11:37 PM.
 
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Example of Techno: http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/492768
Example of dubstep: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cXDgFwE13g

...They sound very different to me.
 
wat
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Walrus.
You see, you picked two samples of each, and made sure that they were as different as they could be.
 
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Wandering Scavenger

Dubstep is strongly reliant on a specific set of sounds. I'll use http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/444085 as an example for what makes dubstep what it is.

At 10 seconds in the drums kick in for a few seconds at a tempo that is drastically different from the sub-bass that is driving the song forward. The drum is slow, taking it's time and ignoring the rest of the instrumentation which creates rhythmic tension, which is required from dubstep.

At 44 seconds in the intro ends and there is a bass drop, which is also a defining characteristic of dubstep. The song's sounds cut for a second and then resume with additional intensity. Only the drum and bass sounds need to cut out to get a bass drop, but many artists prefer to cut everything.

At 45 everything returns, intensified to a faster, higher energy, sound. The artist throws in a lot of rewind effects before it reaches the 1 minute mark.

After the 1 minute mark hits the dubstep backs off for a more techno sound until 1:28 when the artist throws another bass drop in, then jumps back to a techno sound.

At 1:45 the dubstep sounds slide back in with some rewind sounds, and a slower drumline.

At 2:04 the dubstep makes a more pronounced return with off tempo drum beats, but it's short lived.

At 2:30 the song reaches the low point to signify the beginning of the outro, but stays in a techno sound til the 3 minute mark's bass drop.

At 3:00 the third bass drop kicks back to the dubstep, which stays dominant until the song's end.
 
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