Critique on mixdown, sounds, all that good stuff, please!

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Posted by ReclusNdangrmnt on Nov-09-2009 06:34:

Critique on mixdown, sounds, all that good stuff, please!

After a long break from production, I restarted about a month ago, this time armed with samples, loops, Komplete 5 (Though I'm still learning a lot, I've got a decent enough knowledge of FM8 thanks to JBJ ), and a couple AAS plugins.

If you guys can rip me to shreds on synth programming, variety, mixdown, or anything, I'd appreciate it!

Mind you it's meant to be trance, so yeah, loltrance...Not too unicorn-y though, imho.

http://www.tracklists.ca/~agray/nouv8.mp3

Posted by LoveHate on Nov-09-2009 06:41:

fuck you.

Posted by ReclusNdangrmnt on Nov-09-2009 06:58:

Posted by RichieV on Nov-09-2009 06:59:

lol I think he/she likes you

Posted by ReclusNdangrmnt on Nov-09-2009 07:01:

Or doesn't like my track

Posted by Zak McKracken on Nov-09-2009 15:55:

link is dead

Posted by DEAD_MOOSE on Nov-09-2009 15:58:

quote:
Originally posted by LoveHate
fuck you.

Posted by Storyteller on Nov-09-2009 16:33:

Honestly.

* I dislike the kick
* I dislike the clap
* Drum rythm sounds very static (try shuffle, using more dynamics, more different samples)
* The drums sound to seperated, it doesn't sound as one coherent rythm but more as seperate parts.
* Bassline is kind of cool. It's more of a mid rythm and would be cool with some real bass
* The mids are fairly busy with the synths action going on. Try to separate the instruments more by EQ and other effects possibly.
* I'm not a fan of the chord progression.
* The sound filtering in on 3:40 is a bit weird hehe. I'd like to hear it more upfront. Because of all the effects it sounds kind of background ish.
* The chords come in, they're fairly harsh. I'd tame the high end a bit.
* Then I think it will lift off but instead the chords disappear and another builup starts. Weird.
* Then some type of climax follows with the first filtering lead.

Very rough mix in my opinion. Tons of work to be done although it must be said that it doesn't sound as bad as I'm portraying.

Posted by ReclusNdangrmnt on Nov-09-2009 19:07:

Thanks for the tips, Storyteller...I was in kind of a rush to just finish out the track in terms of content yesterday, and in retrospect, that build is indeed awkward...Will fix.

I have a sine bass under that mid-bass, but I can't really get that to come through without it clipping...Any suggestions on how I can get a real bass in there?

I can tone the highs on those chords down, no problem there...Again, late at night, etc.

Regarding the clap, I've got two going in there, the synthetic one and the 'real' one (That hits on 'and-4')...Which one are you disliking?

Posted by ReclusNdangrmnt on Nov-09-2009 19:18:

quote:
Originally posted by palm
link is dead

Hrm...Try saving the link as a file. Works for me

Posted by Storyteller on Nov-09-2009 19:48:

There's a space after the http:// which you need to remove .

Posted by ReclusNdangrmnt on Nov-09-2009 19:54:

D'oh! Fixed.

Posted by Waza on Nov-09-2009 19:56:

Link doesn't work now.

Posted by ReclusNdangrmnt on Nov-09-2009 19:59:

Oh for fuck's sake...Removing the code, copy and paste it yourself :P

Posted by Zak McKracken on Nov-09-2009 20:01:

quote:
Originally posted by ReclusNdangrmnt
D'oh! Fixed.

try using the url button still wrong.

Posted by ReclusNdangrmnt on Nov-09-2009 20:03:

I think the URL button is what messed me up the first time
At any rate:
URL Button'd

God I miss my Soundcloud account