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Originally posted by Vortex_SA overall really nice productions, production wise i have to say i dont have anything new to write here as it seems you figured it out alone nice mixing and mastering all over, you may have some little more equing on some tracks, but thats just minor cosmetics... what i do have to say is musicially and artistically speaking... you dont have to listen or do anything i write at all, just my personal feeling... for that style your going for i would spend more time making the melodies and harmonics more complex and stand out, letting you feel more emotional if that makes any sense to you... also, your main synths are good but somewhat not crunchy enough... try adding a background synth, maybe with additive melodies on it... also, the drive and percussions could use a little breaking and smashing here and there... those are just my thoughts... my favorite is black crystal, but you can make it sound more tough and dark IMO, that would be awesome... thats my 5 cents... cheers!

Yeah that makes perfectly sense to me, most of what i make is very in ur face. What u are suggesting is more subtle approach to synths and melodies. Yeah i`ll defo keep that in mind. Thanks.

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Originally posted by Subtle Yeah that makes perfectly sense to me, most of what i make is very in ur face. What u are suggesting is more subtle approach to synths and melodies. Yeah i`ll defo keep that in mind. Thanks.

quite the contrary my friend... give a listen to the main theme here, there are two background synths accompanying the main one

http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...74&pagenumber=1

im all about "look the earth is falling into itself!"/"OMFG here comes the apocalypse!" sort of stuff

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Originally posted by Vortex_SA quite the contrary my friend... give a listen to the main theme here, there are two background synths accompanying the main one http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...74&pagenumber=1 im all about "look the earth is falling into itself!"/"OMFG here comes the apocalypse!" sort of stuff

Yeah i what u mean, its just harder to mix when u got so many sounds going on, and i like to have alot of room to get my percussions to cut through the mix all the way. Cheers.

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in ganymeda i really love this track. i think the main lead that comes in should have some change in the decay and sustains throughout or maybe just low the filter to make it more percussive. just make it evolve throughout the song a little more.

enlightmentism has a SICK breakdown. right after the snare roll, turn up the volume of that weird effect that builds up before the kick comes back in. it needs more synths in the background though. maybe some 303ish sounds or other melodic arp patterns.

the third song is my fav so far. i really love the build up and melodicness of it all. you should add some delay to the main synth however to make it a little more interesting. good use of piano.

black crystal is very unique. as said earlier i think its the most memorable of them all and the one for a potential label. maybe you could add a flanger slightly to the stabs in the back ground.

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Originally posted by piku303 in ganymeda i really love this track. i think the main lead that comes in should have some change in the decay and sustains throughout or maybe just low the filter to make it more percussive. just make it evolve throughout the song a little more.

Glad u like this one, its my own favorite. What you suggest about the lead is exactly what im going to do, The lead needs dynamic change throughout, ill work on that asap.

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Originally posted by piku303 enlightmentism has a SICK breakdown. right after the snare roll, turn up the volume of that weird effect that builds up before the kick comes back in. it needs more synths in the background though. maybe some 303ish sounds or other melodic arp patterns.

Very good suggestion, i know i need to spice up the build up and i`ll try just that.

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Originally posted by piku303 the third song is my fav so far. i really love the build up and melodicness of it all. you should add some delay to the main synth however to make it a little more interesting. good use of piano.

I`ll try that as well.

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Originally posted by piku303 black crystal is very unique. as said earlier i think its the most memorable of them all and the one for a potential label. maybe you could add a flanger slightly to the stabs in the back ground.

Yet another great suggestion, i feel there is something missing there for sure. Thanks for comment.

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black crystal needs an atmosphere to fill up the back. you could try using a pad to fill it out.

The 2nd Track is the best here. But no one has sth specific... for me 2nd track is 8/10...
and rest 5/10. :-)
but I see that Your productions are better than earlier..

Greetings

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Originally posted by seventyseven The 2nd Track is the best here. But no one has sth specific... for me 2nd track is 8/10... and rest 5/10. :-) but I see that Your productions are better than earlier.. Greetings

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interesting tracks mate! you were ver creative about the synth sounds. couldn't check the mastering of your tracks, not in studio at the moment

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