[hard trance] Xelphore - Enigma (full)

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Posted by Aquarian on Jun-14-2005 15:04:

[hard trance] Xelphore - Enigma (full)

woops, forgot the link

I think I've finally made something presentable enough for this board. I've been playing around with sound for 3-ish years, and I've recently gotten considerably better, but I'm still a n00b. Please be critical - I'm always looking for improvement.

Software used:

Fruity studio 5

instruments:

4 x V-station
3 x Sytrus
6 soundfronts
32 samples

Duration:

5:56

BPM:

140

Posted by flamingopikken on Jun-14-2005 15:22:

The kick is somehow drowning when the bass comes in.. Kinda annoyed me

I think your melo is quite cool, but maybe add a little more variation ? This track has a lot of trance elements, and to be exact I wouldn't call this hard trance. The only thing in it that is a little hard is the bass. But anyways, that doesn't matter.

I think it is a nice listen.. GJ

Posted by Aquarian on Jun-14-2005 15:29:

Yeah, I wasn't exactly sure what to call it. I know what you mean about the kick. I've tried EQing it but it didn't fix it completely. I guess I just need practice tweaking with bands and stuff. Thanks for the reply.

Posted by J.L. on Jun-14-2005 17:05:

i like your attitude... been a while since i've seen a "noob" realize that he has room for improvement instead of hyping himself to be all that...

Anyways, first thing I noticed... too much compression in the track... in the master, try to not overcompress and overlimit the track because it causes distortion and the track loses its bounce.. ITS LIKE READING A SENTENCE LIKE THIS AND IT GETS TIRING AFTER A WHILE. But, with proper punctuation, a sentence can be much easier to read; such is the case as this sentence. hehe..

Second thing, the bass and the kick don't work very well... it gets messy when you have 2 different components in the same frequency range competing for the same room.. try giving each component its own spot in the mix.. for ex, you could give the kick from 250hz-500hz and the bass from 20hz to 250hz and it would seperate things a lot more...

It's quite a nice track... has a lot of drive to it... just way too much compression kinda kills it a bit.. you've done a great job with the perc, melody, synths although it may not be the greatest, you are getting there...

great job!