You can also hear reverb on many of Deadmau5' kicks, although usually it's shorter. And I remember Steve Duda mentioning in a video that dubstep producers like to use reverb to make a punchy kick, in contrast to boosting the bass frequencies. I never thought about automating it, that's a cool idea.

Don't hear any problems with the groove anymore. Nice progress!

Gorgeous atmosphere. My only criticisms are on the middle section:

- timing in the lead instrument sounds off, especially in the beginning
- that same instrument is also a bit dull sound-wise, maybe it needs more highs just to stand out as a solo instrument. And to me it sounds like it should be panned to the left for balance.
- clap sounds out of place with no reverb on it

Sounds like the release in your compressor is too long. The compressor doesn't have time to return the signal to its normal level before the kick hits again, except when you skip a beat with the kick.

E: So to add to this, play with the threshold and compression ratio to get the rhythm you want.

Thanks for the feedback! I think I'll have to bring a mau5track to reference with in this project.

- I'd go even further with cutoff automation on that stab. + wet it in reverb a bit.

OK, I'll try that. My problem has been that the stab sounds kind of dull and boxy with the cutoff set low, and I'm not sure how to fix that. Maybe a reference track will help.

- I think it needs some atmospheres or drones. ...in mau5e's manner may be.

I have been thinking about this, but thus far I've been too lazy to find samples/learn how to use those. Will help to make the intro more interesting for sure.

- Drops might benefit from a bit more percussion.

What kind of percussion did you have in mind? I kind of felt that the basses and synths were enough for percussive elements especially in the first drop, so I never even considered anything but the basic drums.

- That beak down neeeeeds some heavily reverbed pads.

Roger. I'm also now thinking to make the kick "booms" bigger. The only problem is that I'm running out of memory with this project (last one I'll do with a 32 bit daw), so need to start bouncing some stuff if I'm going to add any instruments.

Fun stuff! I think one thing that's killing the groove in the latter half is the sidechaining, the release is too slow. As for where to go, if I was writing this, I might try to use the saw pluck as a lead in the breakdown/buildup.

OK this is getting a bit off-topic but I'll respond here anyway (maybe this info could be stickied if it works). The result should look something like this: https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/241320014?secret_token=s-82eRf , and that should be put inside the forum's soundcloud tags. Funny if it doesn't work, worked for me a month ago! :/

I'm just baffled you don't have more followers! You have a great style, and the mix is pleasant to the ear, at least on my PortaPros. The chorus of this track takes me to the 90's in a positive way. Some comments:

I also feel that the growl bass is lacking some "bite". I'm not sure how to achieve this, though, so please share if you have an idea The other, KOAN sound -like wobble fill could also be more present.

In the second chorus, it might be cool to hear the melody taken to more epic proportions, like an octave up and longer notes in the ends of phrases maybe.