Thanks Babasmas by the reply, so the point of ''I don't know enough about the genre/sound design)'' makes sense, but not in a ignorant/novice way you know?
Sound design isn't my weak in general but the fact of I can't follow some straight direction, makes that I don't go further, in depth in some genre and eventually I don't master certain sonorities,
but almost all the genres that I listen I can replicate, the characteristics, metric, timbres, mainly after I start to DJing.
You usually produces what kind of music? what is your state of mind when you decide to start some project? maybe I should pause a bit as you said but I can't see me breaking in this moment, I get very anxious to take some hours to produce daily, It's complex haha.

You're over thinking a little to much man, especially if you're getting anxious before you produce. No need to force this, because it's going to take some time.

typically i have no idea what it is i want to do with a project, but i always start by making drums.

It also took me a solid 5 years to actually figure out wtf i was wanting to do? i eventually found my groove when i slowed down my music so that i could play the key board to it the bpm that is typical is actually double the speed i make my songs in. The feeling and the clarity is just there for me.

I also would have trouble piecing my songs together, even though i had good individual ideas.

you might have to analyze yourself a little more, and be introspective to actually get you to perform the art you want to do. gather information from any where and every where, and start analyzing and applying to see what works for you. over time, you'll get it easier and easier. but the problems become a little more complex at that point.

did any one mention insert effects yet?

that's where i often find myself getting the BEST results when using reverb or really any other effect.

Look into the different between pre and post fader settings, because it's pretty awesome.

on top of that, if you're treating that insert layer like any other instrumental element, you should be good to go.(eqing and panning. the amount of send dictates the volume, as well as the pre and post fader options)

I think this would qualify as techno.

The song could be shorter. it kinda drags.

you need a better drum mix, turn down your synths and turn up your drums.

that "DOOH" sound on the upbeat, is rather harsh. and overall the song is way to loud and a little unpleasant to listen to, even at low volumes.

I like that little acid sounding synth at the middle break.

Structurally i think you can use some variation, because it's basically the same thing over again. Also consider silence in creating suspense, it's just a run on sentence if we were to use writing terminology here. (i had to get use to that as well,but it definitely helped break apart sections better)

*edit* it's pretty modular though, but i think some silence would help you out

Quote from: Pszuk on January 09, 2016, 04:54:26 pm

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I can definitely see where you're going with it. I would try to make the kick a bit more predominant throughout the mix. I assume you were aiming more for a deep house kind of thing so the kick isn't so intense like in trance or electro but I think it could use a bit more mids/highs to stand out. Just my subjective opinion 

Idk man, i think if you made the kick more prominent, it would ruin the sort of indie vibe it's given out.

What i think you could do is maybe layer the kick and snare a little better.

i think that there's maybe to much of a high cut on the kick and to much of a low cut on the snare.

You should blend them together a little bit so you get the sound and feeling of them playing at the same time but still hearing both characteristics when played individually.

that bass line can come up too i think.

little more sub in the bass and less from the kick. (to make it sit with the added sub in the bass line)

agreed, good idea.

You gotta use both perspectives, but mostly rely on the monitors.

I pop my headphones on just to get a different perspective and to look at some tiny details. i'd consider it to be a microscope.

math is the alphabet, physics is the sentences.

That's really what it boils down to.

your level of understanding dictates how far you're willing to go in using all of what you have available to make sense of the world around you and the things you do. nut once you start talking about math and physics, that's literally the cusps of human behavior.

But you really don't need that much of an understanding to do things that you want to do. there's no need to over complicate.

"you can reach enlightenment at the end of a wine bowl."

I'll start. Mine's heavily based off The Pegboard Nerds template. My goal was to automate as much of the mixing process as I could to the Ableton template so that I could spend more time composing melodies etc.

Everything except keys is sent into the pre master bus. If you want more detail on the busses i'm happy to explain/show plugins etc. In general all busses have eq, transient shaping (reduction except the drum buss) and very soft compression + M/S eqing.

Feel free to post yours.

edit: that image did NOT come out good.
https://i.imgur.com/5ADfNjI.png

pretty much a good way to set things up. I don't know if you're using groups or not. My template is pretty much the exact same concept except i group the individual channels.

I will say, sub bass is not optional....it's  mandatory lol. It's neat you put up a reference track, never use those things -_-