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Posted by cartlemmy on Apr-19-2004 08:50:

Hello, and heres my 1st track

I'm brand new to this forum, and would just like to say hello to everyone. I have been working on my first attempt at writing and producing a track. If you want to listen to it and tell me why it sucks and what I can do to improve upon my skillz that would be great.

Download 32kbs

Download 192kbs

Look foward to posting more, g'day.

Sorry about the streams not working.

Posted by minchia on Apr-19-2004 13:42:

hey dude, the 2 streams don't work, might wanna fix this

Posted by Bren-F on Apr-19-2004 20:20:

I have to be honest & say this isn't my type of thing really.

Production is OK, mastering leaves a lot to be desired.
Synths have far too much hih end EQ and the Percussion is lacking.
Melody is just plain horrible imo.
I don't really like this

Sorry if I sound harsh there

Posted by AaroNoct on Apr-19-2004 20:43:

It sounds like music from an original 8-bit Nintendo game. There is something interesting going on in it. I think it's a great first effort. Did you perform those lead parts?

Posted by cartlemmy on Apr-19-2004 21:27:

Bren-F: No your not being to harsh that's exactly the kind of feedback I want. I am extemely green to writing this kind of stuff. I guess the track really doen't quite fall into the category 'trance', so sorry about that.

AaroNoct: Hehe 8-bit, yeah I am having a hard time programming the damn synth in 'The Reason'. I need hardware (Or perhaps I just don't know what I'm doing)! As far as the lead parts, I didn't play them live if thats what you mean, I wrote them in reason, if that makes any sense.

Anyway...Thanks so much for the feedback, I hear some really great tracks being posted here and hope to someday create something of that calibur. BTW, I want to purchase a good syth, any suggestions? I am having the damndest time trying to get that beautiful "supersaw" type sound with "The Reason".

Posted by AaroNoct on Apr-19-2004 21:29:

I wasn't commenting on the technical quality of your track. I was just trying to drive home it sounded compositionally like a classic Nintendo game. You're on the right track. That's some pretty good programming IMO. Listen to more trance tunes and try to write in a different key.

Posted by cartlemmy on Apr-19-2004 21:31:

Ah! Okay. I think I will definatley try something different, and a little more melancholy next time.