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Abissica - On Fire (Progressive Trance)
« on: January 14, 2016, 07:43:26 pm »
Pulsing, hypnotic synths spiral around a shuddering bassline and snapping rhythms - hope you like it!


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Re: Abissica - On Fire (Progressive Trance)
« Reply #1 on: January 14, 2016, 08:08:01 pm »
The track is good but it doesn't sound like trance at all :s it's pretty housey, I could be wrong tho
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Re: Abissica - On Fire (Progressive Trance)
« Reply #2 on: January 14, 2016, 08:51:46 pm »
Quote from: David Zavalla on January 14, 2016, 08:08:01 pm
The track is good but it doesn't sound like trance at all :s it's pretty housey, I could be wrong tho

See, I'd go with trance or maybe progressive house (the original kind) due to the arpeggiating synth lines but I guess definitions are pretty fluid these days.

Thanks for checking it and commenting though, appreciated!
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Re: Abissica - On Fire (Progressive Trance)
« Reply #3 on: January 14, 2016, 10:03:54 pm »
I'll like this track. It's a bit Psychedelic but slow :D
Nice mastering too. 
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Re: Abissica - On Fire (Progressive Trance)
« Reply #4 on: January 15, 2016, 01:06:01 am »
It sounds like House when the hats and snare are going -- they're really high-end and open and I like the way they sound with the track. It sounds more like Trance when they're absent. If I had one criticism it would be the drastic changes between those two -- for example at 4:10 the hats and snare drop out. It still sounds good, but I miss that airiness, and there wasn't a transition to signal that something was changing. Maybe fade them, or end them with a crash or other dramatic note?

Nice track, though, I love the bass sound and the repeated vocal lines.
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Re: Abissica - On Fire (Progressive Trance)
« Reply #5 on: January 15, 2016, 11:58:07 am »
Quote from: Vae Victis on January 14, 2016, 10:03:54 pm
I'll like this track. It's a bit Psychedelic but slow :D
Nice mastering too.

It's precisely 128 bpm, the official 'magic number' sanctioned for all electronic music by the high council of EDM that makes the hunnies go wild, apparently.

Psychedelic though?  Thanks!
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Re: Abissica - On Fire (Progressive Trance)
« Reply #6 on: January 15, 2016, 10:40:13 pm »
Ok, my time to bite back.  ;D

The first thing I notice is the clarity of the mix, you mixed this to perfection according to my ears (on Audioteknika M50x headphones). I dream of such crispy hihats! And the mix isn't crushed to death into a limiter. It takes courage to sacrifice loudness to let clarity and dynamics take the upper hand. Congratulations!

The part starting on 3:40 reminds my of Underworld and I like them! Is it a familiar arpeggio, I can't pinpoint it but my head is nodding while typing this. :)

I would call it house but the name isn't important when it's as groovy and contagiously as this.
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Re: Abissica - On Fire (Progressive Trance)
« Reply #7 on: January 16, 2016, 11:45:31 am »
Quote from: Cosmic Fugue on January 15, 2016, 01:06:01 am
It sounds like House when the hats and snare are going -- they're really high-end and open and I like the way they sound with the track. It sounds more like Trance when they're absent. If I had one criticism it would be the drastic changes between those two -- for example at 4:10 the hats and snare drop out. It still sounds good, but I miss that airiness, and there wasn't a transition to signal that something was changing. Maybe fade them, or end them with a crash or other dramatic note?

Nice track, though, I love the bass sound and the repeated vocal lines.

Sorry, thought I'd replied to this!  Thanks for listening, and some great feedback - very comprehensive!  Transition signposting is a strange one, for some tracks it is a definite thing to do, often the harder, faster or minimal tracks to keep pace.  Then on some it doesn't fit for some reason.  It's odd as sometimes its good for it to be a surprise or for the listener to feel it's coming without it expressly being pointed to.  Went for the drop/echo idea here, a sort of alternative, as it was the idea to ebb and flow, not always full steam ahead, but I can see what you're suggesting could help.  Cheers!
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Re: Abissica - On Fire (Progressive Trance)
« Reply #8 on: January 16, 2016, 11:57:42 am »
Quote from: manducator on January 15, 2016, 10:40:13 pm
Ok, my time to bite back.  ;D

The first thing I notice is the clarity of the mix, you mixed this to perfection according to my ears (on Audioteknika M50x headphones). I dream of such crispy hihats! And the mix isn't crushed to death into a limiter. It takes courage to sacrifice loudness to let clarity and dynamics take the upper hand. Congratulations!

The part starting on 3:40 reminds my of Underworld and I like them! Is it a familiar arpeggio, I can't pinpoint it but my head is nodding while typing this. :)

I would call it house but the name isn't important when it's as groovy and contagiously as this.

Cheers for the listen back!  That's interesting, I've considered getting some ATHM50s for close monitoring (cheap Sennheisers for now) so good to know it comes out well on reference cans.

Definitely Underworld (and FSOL / BT / Sasha) aimed for, used the G-Force impOSCar as Rick Smith stated the OSCar was all over their tracks, and it pretty much is the sound of early Underworld.  Would recommend.

I'm confused over the genre thing!  House to me is classic vocal house, and when it gets more than 50% synths it veers toward trance / progressive.   ???
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