Ben Stevens / Fireball

What's up with that new synth he's been using lately? I think I would buy a fair amount of his tracks (or from his label) if it didn't sound so cheap and light...anyone else feels the same way?

It doesnt sound cheap ... what do you want instead, an overdone, nasely sounding lead with loads of pointless excessive mids smashing through etc because the producer has been spending too much time in the studio?? lol 

 

ok he uses that main lead sound alot but thats part of his style and the lead patterns and those old school synth sounds in his tracks are off the hook, really good producer imo and has come along way since he started

If people went into his studio and asked him to use different synths/sounds and had their own ideas then I'm sure this wouldn't be a problem. Ben will be giving the people who go into the studio with him what they ask for.

Exactly ive started making more groovier stuff with him, and did my preperation took all my idas in and said what i wanted and nobody can tell Ben is behind it. Problem is people just go there and say 'i want a tune like this' and maybe take 1 vocal, then he has to do the rest. I know though he tries to involve people as much as he can. He's always asking 'what do you want next'? You can say the same about any other enginner, Owens, Nardi etc etc if you dont take most of your own stuff, then your tune is going to sound a lot more like the engineer, than it should.

Agree with that fact he is using the same/similar synth in his recent work. Think most engineers go through this phase, helps to be familiar with your sound I guess. 

Didn't mean to make it controversial but thanks for the answers. I guess i'm not a fan of that main lead and wondered if some of you felt the same or not

That!
the tracks the the person didnt give any input in stand out a mile off compeared to his solo tracks and the ones he does with adam m.

People need to make more effort to not sound like him as ben has a very distinct sound

could u give some examples out of interest?

Ben Stevens & Adam M - Covonia


Ben Stevens - Tell Me Why


Chris Edwards - I Wanna Know (Ben Stevens Remix)


Ben Stevens - Confusion


Ben Stevens & Tenchy - Moonshine


Ben Stevens - Move Your Feet


Ben Stevens & Adam M - Mind Bender




I like some of the rave pianos in there...i know this is his style right now and i'm not bagging on him for overusing it, no. i mean look at grady g and his tracks, he's still a fucking boss even though he overused the nasty hoovers.

Grady's newest tunes just sound like some of Doms tough stuff like hyperscum etc and he's changed 1 or 2 things.

Don't even like hardhouse any more, but just had a listen to a few a those tunes and that reminds me of the hardhouse that i loved.. that twisty synth, reminds me of tinrib and the mighty OSC Oscar synth.

all amazing tracks tbf

everyone got their own sound, ben makes amazing tracks and its up to people requests in the studio really. he has made some amazing tracks this year! 

Me and JoJo made this with Ben last week - http://www.soundcloud.com/garyoconnor/jojo-gary-oconnor-jump-shout he is more than capable of of adjusting to people's requirements

Tuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuune!!!

Massive fan of Ben's work- as an artist and an engineer

my god that is dull, goes nowhere!

a friend of mine did a track with ben for the riff raff album and it doesnt sound like ben at all compeared too all the other tracks he's engineered

got a whiff of old karim there in that tune by ben

Don't see how it's dull as it has about four changes in it, not looking for your opinion on the track in anyway it was just an example to show Bens adaptability, he can do more than his usual sound that just depends if the 'producer' has any ideas or maybe they just like that sound they like..

Really....?

I love how your so opinionated Mr Dull as dishwater, why dont you show everyone how its done?? You talk a good game!

if i had money like the rest of you then i would trust me

he needs the vengeance dubstep pack! 

Get a job then ya fucking bum

it's not the same synth, it's a production technique which produces a signature sound... god forbid as a dance music producer you have your own style.

so now people are moaning about a certain sound in a producers tracks. wow

^ this all the shit people complain about on here about producers because they fancy delivering pointless critism to an engineer is getting boring.. "this isnt right, that isnt right".. and because they probably are not doing it themselves (aimed at no one in particular)

 

you could of argued back in the day that tinrib used the same synth sounds in his tracks but the fact is every one of his tracks sounded amazing and were structered differently regardless of the same sounds...

 

if you was a producer, how far outside the box could you actually go with hardhouse thus still making your style sound like you and at the same time keeping up inspiration to complete the track?... have ago then come back and argue

 

When it gets to the point when every track lacks ideas for the track as a whole and sounds boring thats a good point to criticise not little bits like this

ROFL you guys are idiots. I've already stated that I couldn't care less if they use the same sound over and over, for fuck sakes who says you can't?



I'm just saying that the main lead sounds like it's being played from a toddler's casio keyboard. My conclusion is that many of you enjoy his latest work, fair enough !

It's late news but why the fuck is there a person going around with "Tom Parr is a fag?" Something you say to piss em off?

I hear you're a bit of a cunt but your Hard House tracks are pretty savage dude.

My comment was not aimed at you in particular just to quote, it was a generalisation of the whole picking at tracks and making a big thing of it from some on this site, theres no need for it, if there was big improvements that needed to be made then yeah why not say it to the person away from the music disscusion forum as feedback on their actual tracks.

 

Being honest with feedback is a good thing though but a thread like this does kick up abit of a storm between people.. just a pointer dude

How many tracks did RR Fierce use the Doc Scott - Surgery hoover in?  Fucking loads!!  But he used it in many different ways so it didn't always sound the same

  jezus

 

but then how will he have time to troll the net & badmouth other peoples music ??

Priorities 

i seem to remember a thread on here some years ago about justin using the same clap in too many tracks 

Waaaaaaaaat?? hahaha

It certainly is a love it or hate it sound but for me it has loads of power in a club and cuts right through a mix more than a synth with loads of voices layered together

Gotta love these threads :-)

Yep,  it makes change from the smokey arse blowing threads! 

How about not going what you 'hear' and comment when u have actually met him! If he's a cunt to u, u prob deserve it!

haha thanks gem.

no he hasn't been a cunt to me but i enjoy his work !



i hear you're a cunt gem but i haven't been hearing anything quality, sorry

I read on teh internets that Tom Parr is definitely a fag.

Is that the way they all smoke teh ganj these days

Personally I love that sound in his tracks, and those tracks you've mentioned are the some of the best hard house tracks this year by a country mile.

who asked you stevens.get back in your hole(k)