Here is my newest "in the works" track that I have really enjoyed working on for the last week. Been kind of slow on it but things really began to flow tonight as I began to structure it. I have not done any mastering, only some like eq work and mixdown between my monitors at low volume and my headphones. What do you think so far? the intro is definitely not finished, but I think I've gotten down the core of the song. Its melodic and a little driving!
Thanks!
finally listened louder....a lot of eq work needed....especially to separate the kick and bass....going to work on the filter settings.....and of course levels
Otherwise....how is the structure, flow, elements, etc....?
I like the track, and thank you for showing me that I could embed soundcloud files into TA. =)
Very nice!!
Jan-06-2011 23:15
Illumin
Senior tranceaddict
Registered: Dec 2005
Location: Long Beach, CA
Glad you like!
Ok....here's a revision, I've redone the intro, edited some levels and automation, added and subtracted some elements here and there, and some additional new layering. Oh, and an outro.
I can't really add much that hasn't already been said, but there was something in the back of my head saying that the track would work better a few bpm slower. Might be worth a try just for kicks!
Registered: Dec 2004
Location: Vernon's Wonderland
The kick is a little loud for me, and there are some DC offsets to correct with high-pass filtering. Also watch the hihat volume at for instance 5:51, though I would really need to hear it at a higher quality than SoundCloud's 128 kbps. Don't really have the patience to analyse everything in depth but I though I'd leave you with this anyhow. Are you compressing the master by the way? Everything is sounding quite tight, though that may be due to the kick being so dominant, though I really think it needs more dynamics for it to remain interesting. Or, like I said, maybe my patience is just too thin. Either way, solid track.
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Put an end to the loudness war. Don't limit or compress your mixdown until mastering; leave the master channel alone.
