So, I've been producing uplifting trance seriously now for about 6 months, and just like everyone else I'm trying to spread my name a bit.

Please check out my tracks, and if you have some constructive criticism, please share, I want all the opinions I can get.

Dennis L - Flying the Skies (re-mixed & re-mastered) by Dennis L
RE-MIXED/MASTERED

http://www.youtube.com/user/DennisLMusic
http://soundcloud.com/dennis-l/sets

Thanks!

Last edited by DennisL on Jul-15-2011 at 23:21

Very pretty. The highs feel really bright. That my be my own case of mix-ear, but what I've noticed about this genre's producers is, particularly when they're starting out, the high-end gets a little too much emphasis. If Atlantis-AR pops in and tells you your mix is too loud, I'd echo that sentiment, as well.

The break also seems to wreck the flow a bit and it seems to suffer from a lack of unifying direction with what follows it. The percussion you have in there is woefully understated and I'm not really certain it's building the tension you want. The re-introduction of melodically appropriate chording, on the arpeggio, along with the subsequent drop absolutely kills, in all the good ways, though.

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Originally posted by EddieZilker The highs sound really bright

+1

Aside from that...nice intro. The release was nice. Good melody's/harmonies. Sounds a bit disoriented around 3:30 in terms of chord progression.

Second drop woulda been awesome, but the low-end bass was lacking and the highs killed it.

And that's about all my poor ears can handle even at 20% volume.

Geef ears rest, remix, re-up and it should be a killer track man.

Alright thank you guys! First time I received some criticism, now I know what to work on.

Great track, productionwise bit too "NEXUS" to my taste (arp styles n stuff), but lovely melodies.

Mix is not so good, see the previous comments, hold back on volume and addtive EQ, instead try to cut what's hindering these sounds to come through and you'll be fine.

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Originally posted by Raphie Great track, productionwise bit too "NEXUS" to my taste (arp styles n stuff), but lovely melodies. Mix is not so good, see the previous comments, hold back on volume and addtive EQ, instead try to cut what's hindering these sounds to come through and you'll be fine.

If you're referring to the reFX plugin I can assure you that I haven't used any of them.

Anyway guys, I've now worked a lot on more on the track. I lowered the highs greatly on pretty much everything, on the master too. Also lowered the mids a bit, made the kick more powerful and the drops too.
Also done some other changes here and there.

Listen and tell me what you think of it now. I'll leave the original one up there for a while so you can compare.

Dennis L - Flying the Skies (re-mixed & re-mastered) by Dennis L

Sounds pretty good man. I'd say the only thing left is that the snap on the kick, still a little too much and could be brought down a bit...It's the only thing that prevented me from turning it up. Low-end also seems lacking (just a little bit) to me.

The rebalance in the mix also did wonders for that middle section imo. Sounds more focused.

I liked! gl on the release.

2nd version sounds better,
overall the track still lacks low/mid and slam
though.

The mids sound very nasal and not open at all. and the low could use a bit less sub and more oomph.
But the track itself is great. fix the mix, huge potential.

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Originally posted by theterran I'd say the only thing left is that the snap on the kick, still a little too much and could be brought down a bit...

Yeah, I wasn't really happy with the kick either to be honest...

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Originally posted by Raphie 2nd version sounds better, overall the track still lacks low/mid and slam though. The mids sound very nasal and not open at all. and the low could use a bit less sub and more oomph. But the track itself is great. fix the mix, huge potential.

How do you mean "nasal" and "not open"? How do I fix it?

Thanks guys for your comments, I'm learning. :

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Hello again guys. I've finished a new track, tell me what you think, how is the mixing and all that stuff... Thank you.

Dennis L - Orbis (newest track!) by Dennis L