I've been reading the forum here for a long time, even if I haven't posted much. i spent a lot of time on this track. I'd love to hear what you think. How can I make it better?
melodic concepts are solid - nothing groundbreaking but not bad.
It could use some work with adding transitional effects, and relatedly, some kind of cymbal or other crash to add excitement and demarcate phrases.
Also would add some atmospherics/incidental noises, and play with having some other percussion or textures in there.
The bassline could use a bit more agressive production to my ears - some light distortion and equing, or layer with another, to bring out some mid bite...
Keep it up man!
Atlantis-AR
Maybe you can add something to play alongside the kick at beginning - at least after a while it sounds pretty boring...
When you add the bass in shows a classic example of too much compression being applied - the amount you're using sounds far too much.
Also experiment with transposing everything (apart from drums of course) a few semitones up and seeing how everything fits then (the bass will fit in better with the kick, but like I say do experiment).
Make sure you high-pass the low-end of anything but the kick and bass (typically, but not always) to remove mud.
Are you applying any master compression, because it sure sounds like it. This would make it harder to judge the levels of elements, and is generally not advised.
Generally don't pan your lead off-centre.
Overall, try to increase treble brightness to your mix by cutting away the low end and boosting the high end.
Evolve140
The kick drum has an interesting body to it, but it reminds me of a little kid slamming his head on the desk.
not too fashionable in the club. the bassline does interact with it decently though.
the supersaw has a tingy resonance and a preset quality that makes it really really crappy. sorry dude. your pad is panned too much to the left.
please stop stacking up nexus synths :-p
Beatflux
If you're going to use 16 bar phrases, you need more musical content than what you have right now.
Most of your ideas are extremely static, they lack expression and movement.
One thing you want to start doing is writing in 8 bar phrases. Every eight bars something new should come in.
kingmob
Thanks for all the input. I'm aware this is not ground breaking stuff, but I feel like I'm getting a better idea of how it goes together. I'm constantly working at it and I'm excited to make my music better.
