Gotta be honest...I'm actually not really sure what you've added. :S

To me the song is like delicious dark chocolate cake, silky and sumptuous but there's no frosting. After the 6th or so listen my brain shuts off around 3:15 and refuses to listen anymore. I think said TS404 synth is to blame, and it adds a bit of unnecessary redundancy to the track. I think this is compounded with the fact that both that and the proggy plucks are bouncing up and down together and in a similar fashion, in a similar chord progression.

Might be down to taste too, but I'm not a fan of songs that progress while not really getting anywhere. Funny story, I typically doubt my own intuition with regards to my constructive criticism so I always end up sharing alot of these TA tracks with my friends to see what they say...To my surprise, they often have quite similar opinions. I don't ever say it, but alot of my feedback actually comes from 5-10 other people including my own. (Not to say that it makes mine more right, but that I'm giving a more generally noted criticism...the aim is to steer away from my own direct bias)

Anyway...the break seems to accentuate that something is about to happen, but nothing ever does. (And it makes me go HNRNRNFFFFFFFFFF inside) If anything, a less dramatic break might even up the track a bit.

Other than that, like I said earlier, the dark vibe is nice as well as the groove and I love everything before the first break, it just misses that yummy rainbow chip frosting that the break promises. (least for me)

Will be interesting to see what everyone else thinks

Last edited by theterran on Jan-15-2011 at 02:39

From around 1:06 to 1:20, starting the track of differently. I added another instrument, but it just plays in that one part. It would be cool if I could add some other parts with it too. The instrument is the Jupiter V8, btw, giving it a bit of a trippy feel. I have considered using it less in the track. Will give it another go tonight also

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Originally posted by Evolve140 From around 1:06 to 1:20, starting the track of differently. I added another instrument, but it just plays in that one part. It would be cool if I could add some other parts with it too. The instrument is the Jupiter V8, btw, giving it a bit of a trippy feel. I have considered using it less in the track. Will give it another go tonight also

Ah. No worries...(still kinda new to the names/sounds of all the synths etc...so I try to go off of sound similarity, and it is quite akin to FL's TS404)

Wasn't saying to use that synth less...but to weave something in that goes somewhere with it and defines the piece after the build.

And don't tell Brad that you used something once randomly, he might lecture you about form xD (kidding of course)

I might just take the track from start to around 2:50 or so, and keep that, while trying to build the rest from that. I like the high energy release around 1:00-1:20.