words: MICK WILSON
TECHPRODUCER
MIX DOCTOR
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JUAN KIDD & FELIX BAUMGARTNER
KILLER SOUNDS
ANDERSON
FEAT LISA MILLET
‘TIGHT FIT’
How t
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‘NOW YOU’RE GONE’
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At the door of the Doctor’s Surgery this
month we found Rob Anderson, aka
FOR this month’s Killer Sounds we put Anderson, and his funky house groover
a deserved focus on two young guns ‘Tight Fit’.
who are blazing a serious name for This was a tough one to diagnose, as
themselves in the production world — overall, the track is very good. There are
Felix Baumgartner. Made up of James some great elements, and production
Cator and James Reynolds, Felix Baum- values are high which results in a decent
gartner recently struck studio gold with mix.
their percussive house monster ‘Now This track sets up some lovely grooves, and
You’re Gone’. Produced with Juan Kidd the Doctor is loving that tight bassline.
and featuring the vocals of Lisa Millet, Turning to areas that could be improved, at
the track was fast snapped up by house over eight minutes this track could be
bastion Defected and stormed the deemed a little long. By shortening the
dance charts soon after. length of the sections and aiming for a
track length of six minutes, it will help the
Felix Baumgartner’s James Cator tells track fl ow even better and ensure things
us how they did it. don’t get too samey and stagnant.
“We always start by getting our beats Next, take a look at the scattered vox.
and bass rocking before we look for a They’re great but could be varied using FX
good top sound” explains James. or editing for a really slick fi nal production.
“We group all our drums together on
a bus in Logic and then apply a great Also have a look at the percussion and vary
plug-in by Noveltech called Character ages finding a distinctive sound for with flying colours. that in certain sections to give the track a
to fatten and sharpen up the overall the riff — which is one of the things “The following day Lisa Millet came lift and some subtle variation.
sound. We then add a limiter to maxim- that made the song so popular. We down to my studio and laid down a Lastly, if you are mixing with a compressor
ise the punch of the drums. “On ‘Now wanted a sound that had a percus- killer vocal in a matter of hours, then on the master channel while building the
You’re Gone’ we got the drums and bass sive quality to it and as always Rob I put the final mix through my trusty track… don’t. Take off the master
going fairly quickly, but then spent Papen’s Predator synth came through Phoenix compressor.” compression and do the mix. Then apply the
compression at the very end.
SAMPLE TANK: ‘ZEROG: DARK SKIES CINEMATIC AMBIENCES’
ZEROG have been in the sample library business for years and
consistently release very useful titles. ‘Dark Skies Cinematic
Ambiences’ is their latest release and aims to provide produc-
ers with everything they need to create not only cinematic
and ambient productions, but also speaker-shattering club
monsters that require some serious sound design and extra
soundscape detailing.
With over four gigs of content, it’s an extremely sizeable
library with sounds including sci –fi samples, drones, FX,
ambient soundscapes, lush panoramic pads, and even dirty,
fuzzed up ‘eerie’ samples. For any producer inspired by the
likes of Cinematic Orchestra and Squarepusher, there is a
PRICE
wealth of material to get lost in.
£89.95
There is also a varied selection of sculpted layered samples
that can be edited and combined to create further amazing
CONTACT
sounds.
timespace.com
ZeroG have gone out of their way to create a varied collec-
tion of professional sounding samples that could easily fi nd
themselves in fi lm and TV soundtracks, as much as they could
electronic dance music productions.
VERDICT
A versatile sample pack that can be used in any production
that needs a little extra detailing, ‘Dark Skies Cinematic Am-
biences’ comes as a two-disc DVD set, with samples available
4/5
in all the usual formats.
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