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[Fuckt up!]

And you said I was underrated...

I like the intro you've added and hearing that synth again was nostalgic and reminds of when I first came across this song. How long does your project say you worked on it?? Everything sounds very crisp on my setup. I like that it has a dance hook that you could play at a club but also has little background elements to make it fun for people who are just listening closely. I fucking love the lead synth that comes in at 1:15, everything is perfect about that. Are you sidechaining manually (via envelopes) or are you using the percussion peak to directly control the sidechain on the instruments? Both techniques definitely work, I'm just curious.

I would play with some heavier reverb on the violins though and maybe go in an randomize the velocities on the notes and do some subtle adjustments of the violins to make them not all start at grid points (to kind of emulate human error in playing real instruments). Obviously it's up and it's good so no need, just ideas to explore in the future.

The-Cockenator responds:

Haha thanks this song has been coming and going for the last 3 years lost the save files so i had r create the violins but 60% of the song is content here from ng or soundcloud and the sidechain is really simple :/ just cotrolled with fruity limiter so super simple and easy i have done manually but it takes to much time and fruity limiter works just fine and the synth lead i used is just WASP something i learnd from seamlessR it is just one modulator throu allot of filters and distortions :D

[Synthestesia Dolis - Red Mountain Shuffle]

Not bad! Pretty catchy lead, a lot of your sounds don't fit together in the drop. What might help is letting your drop sound shine through and ditching your lead temporarily. When you're using you chords in the drop, I would volume gate the release off, so that the chord stop right when another sound comes in. Some transitional elements would be nice too, whether it be noise ramps or an evolving bass.

You have a great idea here! Especially the hook you have

SVibes responds:

Ok. Thanks for your feedback :) I had a lot of fun working on this track. I'm actually not much of a house fan, but my house songs seem to get the most attention lol

[TranceStep]

For how long you've been doing this you're not too bad.

Don't be afraid to put some modulation on your instruments, it would be nice to hear some of the instruments evolve into something else as they are playing. You can do this to foreshadow drops or just make an interesting synth. Also using sidechaining (definitely a technique you should look up on yourtube or something) on your instrumental bus is usually good for letting the attack percussion through.

Everyone starts somewhere, I was soo much worse when I was your age. Keep at it!

K-oztron responds:

thanks for the feedback, Ill take into account next time :D

[The Adventures Of Bafga]

That lead is very deadmau5y, I like it! I like how you use reverb for evolving the stab synth thingy, modulating the high cut of a reverb slowing can be an interesting effect for sustained instruments.

I think you would benefit from some subtle sidechain compression, nothing like house music where the sidechain is overbearing, just enough to allow the attack of your percussion through. And I wouldn't have it on all the time, because the attack of your synth is pretty vital in some areas.

The-Cockenator responds:

yea true studio headphones get allot of bass so i am not hearing the errors you are but i like howw you pointed out stuff that i could do better thanks man :D

[Lunar]

Love the variety throughout this song. Before playing I was like, omg this song is too long... but then it was over. 22 hrs for the amount of work is relatively quick, major props for that! You have found ways to be expressive with all of your sounds.

[Circuit Bored - Brain Case]

I don't give enough credit on how you're able to keep a song sounding so 'analog'. You give all of your instruments a space and it really makes each sound stand out especially on higher end speakers. You shot yourself in the foot by not taking notes? You can pick out notes from a spectrum or play by ear. Still, I really want to see a short film or something with one of your songs. I still can't get around to doing something like that myself.

I also reeaaally like the illustration. Honestly the 2D illustration style seems very fitting for your character.