What I like about the track:

- The melody is nice!
- The synth stabs (which come in @ 0:45) work nice together with the synth from the start.
- The arrangement is simple but effective.
- The hihg pitched synth (angelic voices) adds a special beautiful mood to the song.

What I would change about the song

- I don't like th sound of the drums, the kick lacks power.
- The drum programming needs more variation, add drumfills or something.
- There's a lead starting @ 2:15 and it stops @ 2:46. and it never comes back. How about changing the rhythm of that lead and let it grow in the break after 3 minutes. The part after 3 minutes need some more excitement.

Schematic has done a wonderful job to answer your questions, I can't add much to that.

Just a little example on how you can use a multiband compressor (although Schematic already answered this with his example of the bassline); on kickdrums.

Kicks can be divided into the tud, main body and low end (sub). The tud (or attack or whatever you want to call the clicky sound most kicks start with) is in lots of cases around 1 kHz, the body is around 60-400 Hz and the sub is below 60 Hz. Don't nail me on these numbers, every kick has its own sound.

With multiband compression you can change the dynamics of each component of the kick. Do some compression or volume changes on the high frequencies to change the clickiness of the kick and if a kick is too boomy, you can lower the volume of the band that spans everything below 60 Hz, and it doesn't affect the body of the kick.

With a regular compressor you can only change the dynamics of the kick as a whole.

I shall bow for You, Lord Of Music.

Browsing through the songs and it sounds very interesting, lots of detail, lots of variety. Congratulations on you first release!

Amen.

Richie Hawtin (45) and Jeff Mills (52). Pioneers.

https://soundcloud.com/manducator/pixies-under-my-bed

Here's my try on chill out. I put some glitchy drums in it.
Don't hold back on your comments.

Thanks!!
Dirk

Thanks! You mean like a build up using white noise?

Yeah, the build up could use something extra. White noise was just my proposal but maybe you know something better (risers, downlifters,...)

I have written a txt about how I mix and master, maybe it can be helpful to you.
http://theproducersforum.com/index.php?topic=1518.msg9220#msg9220

But remember to check out what works for you. Not everything what I or anybody else says is useful for you.

This isn't that bad!!

Yes, there's missing some bottom end. The bassline needs to be fattened.

I like the minimal approach although the arrangement needs something extra before the voices come in, maybe something like filter-automated white noise.

I her a snare that layered with a clap, or something but the clap is a bit shifted. That' sounds neat! Decent track!!