Audio Mic: No Idea

I've been working on some new, different shit. This instrumental is kinda old, kinda new. I did all the chords and synths a long time ago then did the bass and drums this week.

I need some feedback, because I don't even know what to call it.

I like it!
No idea what you can call it but I could write suttin tight over that.
Dunno if it's this shitty pc I'm checkin it on but it sounds like the kick is a clap sort of sound effect so you could base it around that as far as content and titling goes.
The synth effects sound like suttin but I can't quite put my finger on it - but for some reason I'm thinking old Mario Bros game
It's nice though - I had no idea you write music too. Good job though.

Ah the woofer would explain it, i've done the exact same thing myself plenty of times, great when played through another high-bass system but nearly non-existant for production/mastering purposes. I reckon the clap would prolly be less overwhelming if there was less widening for sure.  I really liked the kick sound actually, as you say, works nicely with the clapped snare and i thin it blends beautifully with the funky hats you got going on.  Having re-listened i think that at times it also seems a little thin with the synth carrying the tune solo, the chords give it plenty of warmth so it might just need an fx send from the synth with maybe some saturation and reverb at low volumes just to beef it up a little, all in all though it's a nice lil beat, not in the league of your rockier stuff musically, but I know you already know that ;)

The synth lick is seriously sick... like that's a hit right there. For that alone you can't let this beat go to waste... it needs to be ripped

I agree about the bass as Tegro said, but you're on the case with that, so . . . cool

Love the drum kit but me being me, I'd make the pattern a little different, probably with a bit more playing around with the hats (not that the hats are bad)... I just have that impulse when it comes to drums... I'd almost limit the use of the kick and snare here (because they are powerful when put up against the synth) but increase use of hats (and not necessarily just the one hat...mix in a rim or a click or whatever the fuck might work... I'd play around with it).

I really like it though. It's almost like you've found your niche with hip hop -- you've done a bit of everything but most of the best stuff you've done in the past two or three years has been soulful and synthy... it's getting close to a signature sound

I listened to some of our old shit the other day... we should really still be doin' this shit. Glad you still get around to it occasionally at least

Thanks O. I thought about taking out some of the overpowering extra kicks and adding some more hi hat rolls, but my drum pads are at work, and I want the velocities to be natural and humanized, so I'll do that this weekend maybe.

Woods, I used two layered synths for the chords and I played those on a midi keyboard. The lead synth was also done on that keyboard. The drums were done on the M-Audio Trigger Finger using Battery 3. The bass was a Minimoog synth. In the hook section, when the chord pattern changes, there was a simple synth with a delay. I sequenced this by hand (well, on a mouse, cause I can't hold digital ones and zeroes). Everything was done within Logic Studio 9.

Just checked this and I really like it for the most part. I think the synth works perfectly until it goes into the long feel... The synth starts off sounding like old school Cali style hip hop , when it goes into that feel the synth starts sounding kinda wonky-sounding...know what I mean? I just changes the vibe of the song to me. I think if you simplified it and just kept the basic riff in it, you got something good to spit on.