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Posted by DAW on Mar-20-2006 02:56:

[Trance - Full Track] Forward

Here is a link to my latest song. Let me know what you think of it. I'm still extremely new to song writing so be easy on me.

Forward.mp3

I would be interested to know if you think it would be a song worthy of a dance/trance club...

Regards,

Adam

Posted by sterilis on Mar-20-2006 18:40:

you've got a nice rhythm going on here like the piano and lead over the top.

kick is too weak imo, i like a real driving pumpin kick if its a track for the night club.

the sounds you've created are good but i cant hear your bass, if theres one in it perk it up

piano is nice in breakdown i need to get a good piano vst, any suggestions?

although i dont like the way you've brought it back in far too weak

nice track just get it pumpin and it should lift the whole track

cheers

kane

Posted by DAW on Mar-20-2006 19:00:

Thanks! I will have to make some modifications in the future. I did something stupid last night. After I recorded the wave file of the song, I had everything highlighted in Sonar. I accidentally deleted all my tracks. I did the 'undo' and everything seemed fine at first. But, ALL my effects plugins settings were brought back with defaults!!!! This was after a couple auto-saves and manual saves!!! I'm so mad. It will take me HOURS to get it all back to where it was now. I'm glad I got the wave file done first

About VST plugins, I know there are many out there, but for this song, I just used sfz with a downloaded piano from http://www.hammersound.net/.

The Piano filename is RolandNicePiano.sf2. I was surprised how good it sounded being a soundfont file.

I would recommend you look at Cakewalk's Dimension Pro or Native Instrument's Akoustik Piano.

Adam

Posted by thoughtlessjex on Mar-21-2006 03:12:

I think the kick could be tighter.

You need a more prominent bassline, I think.

Clipping at 3:54.

3:58 could use a little something to indicate that you've reached a high point. A cymbal crash, or some kind of effect or something.

You're a little sparse on percs, I notice. It'd be nice to at least get some offbeat stabs with a 909 open hat at around 4:00, again to indicate a sort of high point in energy.

In fact, you could do to have a bit more in the high end in general.

You've got some very trippy effects going here, and a wonderful mood and atmosphere. You could just make it a bit more driving.

Posted by DAW on Mar-21-2006 04:30:

Thanks for the feedback! I just started my hand at doing this, and I know I have TONS to learn. I really appreciate the feedback, and I take it to heart. I am really lacking on my drum skills. I'll have to focus much more attention in that area on my next song.

Thanks again!

Adam

Posted by Digital Aura on Mar-22-2006 21:33:

This one's pretty great for a first effort. Unbelievable actually. I would agree with the common consensus, to fix the bass kick and maybe punch up the overall bassline.
Great work Adam! No telling how good your 10th one will be!!