Base Stomp -MScope- (d-base.xm)

Posted by TMA Placeholder Account on Fri 9th Sep 2005, rated 7 / 10.

This track has an excellent theme going on about it, but the song itself feels a bit rough around the edges, and I'll try to address that issue into detail. First off, the song starts in a kind of hip-hop bass, which is successful in keeping a positive mood throughout the entire song with its variety and portamento effects, and the rhythm it has with the percussions is great. But here's the problem, at the beginning, after the bass and percussinos have been introduced, a lead piano kicks in and it has tons of potential from the beginning, but the note play with it doesn't seem to take the song anywhere since the same lead was repeated after 6 quick patterns. Also the way the track just abruptly said "Okay I've had enough" and closed; nothing but a pause in the percussions and bass save for the bass drum solo, then boom it's done. This tune can be improved quite a bit. The artist really set the scene for something really cool in this one. The artist chose mostly 16-bit samples plus a very fitting drum loop, and as far as effects go, they're pretty much focused on the bassplay. Everything else is mostly volume control, yet I noticed a few retriggers and offsets to give the percussions a little luster, and some pattern breaks. Everything was done pretty well here, nothing extraordinary, but good.