Lada Laika thread

I'm loving the melody on this! It seems random but consistently dark. I think that it might be a little to muddy in the middle, but that could also be the result of the $20 headphones that I'm listening on. I dig all the instrumentation and the varied sections. I like how "un-looped" it feels. Good stuff yet again!

transsister v2:

i dig the pad sound and melody, very bittersweet. i think some of the retrigs are a bit OTT as others have said, but only a little.

burulyn:

again i like the melody and pads, though mix wise i'd put the pads up just a touch and the melody lower.

same again with the retrigs, they demand a lot of attention, especially the kick being retriggered so quickly and often. i prefer the drums in the later section where they feel a little more fine tuned.

God, it's been a fucking crazy month. This past week I started finally getting around to mixing a pile of tracks I've been sitting on for a while. Hoping to compile a bit of a release by the end of summer. 

This one is a little outside my wheelhouse, but it was fun to make. More on the way~

https://soundcloud.com/ladalaika/garish-acid

Melodies and bassline in particular are good, but the whole thing is a little loose for my taste. I think it could use work but that bassline is nice and complete feeling to me. Keep it up, hope you can get to your goal for a summer release of stuff :)

I really like the 1st half but unfortunately it seems to get a bit lost for me after that? The melody, bass and counterpoint are all nicely done (although I'd use a bit more reverb but that's down to taste). Track develops nicely but then I'm not sure where it goes, not that it's bad but it lost direction maybe? 

Thanks guys, I definitely agree that the second half kinda of runs out of steam. Still trying to figure out where I want it to go or if I should just lop off the last minute or so...

another one from the pile, on the cheesy side so I hope you brought some crackers

https://soundcloud.com/ladalaika/p1-1-kit

Really wicked squidge going on in these. Be cool to hear them a bit louder I take it this has got nothing on he master?

  On 6/6/2017 at 5:36 PM, Chesney said:

Really wicked squidge going on in these. Be cool to hear them a bit louder I take it this has got nothing on he master?

Thanks for listening! Yeah I can totally see wanting the squidges louder. Haven't started the master yet, lol. 

Nah, squidges are good, mix is good, I mean the whole thing louder. I had to turn up quite a bit to have a good listen.

  On 6/6/2017 at 9:41 PM, Chesney said:

Nah, squidges are good, mix is good, I mean the whole thing louder. I had to turn up quite a bit to have a good listen.

Oh yeah once the rest of the tracks are mixed I'm going to master them all in the same session to bring em up. I'm currently rocking 6-8dB of headroom on these to leave room for compression on the masters.

more, a bit minimal

transsister is fucking dope. those bass tones rattle my brain

  On 6/21/2017 at 5:27 AM, Del Dot said:

transsister is fucking dope. those bass tones rattle my brain

haha thanks, been meaning to do more with that arrangement, at least get it mixed a bit ... still feel like it could go further

ms20 jams

https://soundcloud.com/ladalaika/untitled-ms20

album is almost done, just have to give my ears a break / listen to the mixes / then master. anyway here's one that didn't make the cut

That's purty pretty man. I think the main synth could maybe be dirtied up a bit, but I like that kinda shit. Love the bells and such. 

  On 7/6/2017 at 12:12 AM, Auditor said:

That's purty pretty man. I think the main synth could maybe be dirtied up a bit, but I like that kinda shit. Love the bells and such.

thank you! It does sound a little too clean doesn't it? I like grittiness too

New album up, finally, and my first since 2009. Hope you like it.

https://ladalaika.bandcamp.com/album/summit-avenue-tracks

Pong v1 is pretty cool man.Got this light and relaxed vibe.Spaced out in delay.Smooth.

  On 7/26/2017 at 1:42 AM, fxbip said:

Pong v1 is pretty cool man.Got this light and relaxed vibe.Spaced out in delay.Smooth.

Thanks man! Definitely has that airiness going on... plenty more like it in my B-sides folder, ha...

bought 

  On 7/30/2017 at 6:35 AM, nikisoko said:

bought

Thank you!!

^ Thank you! Don't know how I missed your comment...

Anyway, back in the saddle, feels good to be making tracks again.

https://soundcloud.com/ladalaika/echolalia

Real nice first track, very u-ziq or saw1 with some TRDJA/HAB glitch, slightly Last Step vibes too. Love the smooth mastering tone, the melodies are pretty and delay echo is always welcome in my house, really lovely Analord bridge chords and melody!

Real nice first track, very u-ziq or saw1 with some TRDJA/HAB glitch, slightly Last Step vibes too. Love the smooth mastering tone, the melodies are pretty and delay echo is always welcome in my house, really lovely Analord bridge chords and melody!