Refs question
Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2025 12:46 pm
Trying to find that balance between not getting too far away from the listing/ref or being too close to it. First off I’ve taken a break from this for the past four or so years and I’ve noticed a change in the response from some of the screeners. They seem a lot tougher now and harder to please. I was just told that my latest track sounded too quantized and the only thing that was quantized was the drums, which is toontracks EZ Drummer 3 which I’ve been using for years, always quantizing them, and never got a complaint. Other than that, everything else was Guitar, Bass, and a synth pad.
Anyway, my biggest struggle in writing tracks for Taxi is trying to get it to sound close enough to the original, but not too close. I was basically told that my track sounded to “karaoke.” And it was an instrumental with the ref being a vocal tune. Which is another problem I’m constantly trying to work out. Anyway, I just needed to vent a little bit. I really just need to talk to somebody about this stuff.
Anyway, my biggest struggle in writing tracks for Taxi is trying to get it to sound close enough to the original, but not too close. I was basically told that my track sounded to “karaoke.” And it was an instrumental with the ref being a vocal tune. Which is another problem I’m constantly trying to work out. Anyway, I just needed to vent a little bit. I really just need to talk to somebody about this stuff.