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Noobie producer - looking for critques to improve
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| thefapper |
Hello!
A little background info on me. I've been working on electronic music production for the past 6 months and am looking for all the help that I can get in improving the music that I make. Currently, and for the foreseeable future I am focusing my efforts on producing Trance and was told this was the place to go if I wanted feedback.
This is my second attempt in making a Trance-type song. Critique away and thank you in advance!
https://soundcloud.com/hecomesnexx/trance-project-v2 |
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| ftbmusic |
First, the reverse crash cymbals throughout the track are very, very harsh. Way too loud. They hurt my ears.
The kick has a good bit of low end (maybe a little too much), but it lacks a good "click" -- it is lacking in mids and highs. The same counts for the bassline. That's probably the main reason that this song does not have a lot of "drive": the kick and bass sounds along with some percussion are mainly responsible for the "drive" in a trance song -- you can get them much more powerful by choosing kick and bass sounds that have a lot of punch, and in technical terms, that means some mids and highs, even in the kick and bass.
I recommend that you spend time making a few loops with only kick, bass, and percussion, and try to get those really interesting. A good kick and bass should not be boring.
As further tips, try many different kicks, and very many different bass sounds and rhythms/arpeggio patterns. EQ is also very important for bass and can make a world of difference, so try tweaking that as well. Experiment, experiment, experiment, and you will get better.
Also, never forget to listen as much as possible to tracks you like -- try to find out how certain elements of those tracks were made. This can be extremely inspiring. |
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| romos |
| quote: | Originally posted by ftbmusic
First, the reverse crash cymbals throughout the track are very, very harsh. Way too loud. They hurt my ears.
The kick has a good bit of low end (maybe a little too much), but it lacks a good "click" -- it is lacking in mids and highs. The same counts for the bassline. That's probably the main reason that this song does not have a lot of "drive": the kick and bass sounds along with some percussion are mainly responsible for the "drive" in a trance song -- you can get them much more powerful by choosing kick and bass sounds that have a lot of punch, and in technical terms, that means some mids and highs, even in the kick and bass.
I recommend that you spend time making a few loops with only kick, bass, and percussion, and try to get those really interesting. A good kick and bass should not be boring.
As further tips, try many different kicks, and very many different bass sounds and rhythms/arpeggio patterns. EQ is also very important for bass and can make a world of difference, so try tweaking that as well. Experiment, experiment, experiment, and you will get better.
Also, never forget to listen as much as possible to tracks you like -- try to find out how certain elements of those tracks were made. This can be extremely inspiring. |
I agree with this. Also the song sounds over compressed, the distortion from it is very obvious at some points |
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| thefapper |
| quote: | Originally posted by ftbmusic
First, the reverse crash cymbals throughout the track are very, very harsh. Way too loud. They hurt my ears.
The kick has a good bit of low end (maybe a little too much), but it lacks a good "click" -- it is lacking in mids and highs. The same counts for the bassline. That's probably the main reason that this song does not have a lot of "drive": the kick and bass sounds along with some percussion are mainly responsible for the "drive" in a trance song -- you can get them much more powerful by choosing kick and bass sounds that have a lot of punch, and in technical terms, that means some mids and highs, even in the kick and bass.
I recommend that you spend time making a few loops with only kick, bass, and percussion, and try to get those really interesting. A good kick and bass should not be boring.
As further tips, try many different kicks, and very many different bass sounds and rhythms/arpeggio patterns. EQ is also very important for bass and can make a world of difference, so try tweaking that as well. Experiment, experiment, experiment, and you will get better.
Also, never forget to listen as much as possible to tracks you like -- try to find out how certain elements of those tracks were made. This can be extremely inspiring. |
Thank you for your feedback.
Do you have any tips on improving the mix. Mixing is giving me a lot of trouble and i just can't seem to get it right. |
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