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The pad at 1:30 doesn't fit in with the bassline.
Try adding more layers to the bassline, or some tape stop effects or something to give it a bit more of a groove.
The drop at 3:45 needs more layers, the synths sound too "stock". Do this, take a couple of different synths with the same notes, maybe pitch some up an octave or down and octave, put them all in one bus and compress them together and give them a little bit of stereo separation.
Not bad for one of your first complete tracks, keep up the hard work and you'll be on anjuna in no time!

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Finished Tracks / Re: SUTT'N - Roaming|Progressive House
« on: January 27, 2016, 05:43:06 am »
Synth on the drop has a bit too much reverb, needs a bit more detail to it, I feel like it needs more synths layered on and glued together to make a more cohesive sound. One other area for improvement, you can practice your making your percussion more interesting and that will help it alot. I really do like the piano bits though, you're well on your way to making a lot better tunes in the future, keep at it.

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Finished Tracks / Re: you'll be fine ------- guppi -------- *final*
« on: January 27, 2016, 05:41:05 am »
Keep fine tuning your sound, I kind of dig the clipping kicks, you'll be really good at what you do when you figure out where to put all your random samples and which songs to use them in.

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Finished Tracks / Re: hey i'm guppi
« on: January 27, 2016, 05:39:26 am »
This is probably one of the most interesting things I've listened to all day. Pieces of it could make a really good track.

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Needs some more layers, especially with the bass. Now with your bass, it seems like it's really simple, not a lot going on with it, the problem is that french house/nu disco has a lot of "slide" in it, or purposefully offbeat notes, I would try to do something along those lines, because the bass is "too simple". Put in more FX to fill up the atmosphere of the track. The filtering (not the phasing) of the loop takes too much out of the spectrum. In the outro it sounds like there is two kicks and they're off one another by a substantial number of miliseconds

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WIPs / Re: Thundercloud Paradise | Future Bass/Happy Trap/Chiptune idea
« on: January 27, 2016, 05:13:12 am »
Can't see the track man, I'm assuming if it's private, then take off the "[soundcloud]" coding

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WIPs / Re: Avicii Style Progressive House
« on: January 27, 2016, 05:01:59 am »
Dude this is stellar. Only thing I would say is maybe at 0:45 something sounds a little off when the huge chords come in. It's hard to explain haha I'm sorry. The kick sounds fine to me but I'm not listening on monitors so I'm not entirely sure.

Either way... this is fantastic dude!

Cheers, yeah I did a filter right before 0:45, maybe the transient of the chords spike too much there because the filter isn't smooth enough, good catch my friend, I appreciate it.


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WIPs / Avicii Style Progressive House
« on: January 27, 2016, 03:10:06 am »
Started working on a progressive house track, and somehow a banjo got put in there, then it became avicii.

Any advice to making the kicks during the drop fit in better?

Cheers

https://soundcloud.com/benjaminwattsmusic/avicii-style-progressive/s-MYorJ

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WIPs / Re: An Old Progressive House Idea
« on: January 27, 2016, 02:42:37 am »
A lot of great ideas, The overall sound is great, I would just add details and automate some things to keep it interesting. However, where it lacks is song structure. Like 1:45 just starts sidechaining the chords but it does nothing with it.

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WIPs / Re: you'll be okay------ guppi
« on: January 27, 2016, 02:40:30 am »
You have a lot of good ideas, and a lot of the details in your song are fantastic. I would fix the popcorn synth on top of the first drop, the melody doesnt fit.

Song in general just needs more cohesiveness, It kind of feels like a collection of random thoughts

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