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iamseafarer

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Song in progress : Flight
« on: January 06, 2016, 05:39:59 am »
https://clyp.it/zwikrjil

let me know what you think, critique would be great, especially problems with mixdown, flow, ideas. 

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Re: Song in progress : Flight
« Reply #1 on: January 06, 2016, 05:49:22 am »
first thing that i noticed is that the kick is pretty messy. go with a simpler synth kick, like a short 808. i think your structure is pretty good as it is. it flows well and sounds good chronologically, so i think you're doing pretty well on that front.

if you're not already, try bussing your chords and bass together and sidechaining the bus to the kick drum. for future bassy stuff you probably wanna mix around the kick and snare, so solo those two, set them at a fixed level and bring in your other tracks one by one in order of importance. that should get your levels in a pretty good order.

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Re: Song in progress : Flight
« Reply #2 on: January 06, 2016, 08:11:56 pm »
first thing that i noticed is that the kick is pretty messy. go with a simpler synth kick, like a short 808. i think your structure is pretty good as it is. it flows well and sounds good chronologically, so i think you're doing pretty well on that front.

if you're not already, try bussing your chords and bass together and sidechaining the bus to the kick drum. for future bassy stuff you probably wanna mix around the kick and snare, so solo those two, set them at a fixed level and bring in your other tracks one by one in order of importance. that should get your levels in a pretty good order.

Could not have asked for better feedback and hardly from anyone else but you!  you're a huge inspiration to me man :)

Thanks a ton. I agree with all of that.  I already have my synths and basses bussed, and I do that exact thing but in this one I overcompensated and made the sidechain too weak because I have been critiqued for having too extreme of a sidechain.  Im excited to keep working on the tune.  Thanks for the advice Andreas :D

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Re: Song in progress : Flight
« Reply #3 on: January 06, 2016, 08:44:19 pm »
I really like all the little elements that make this track unique. Very well written. I would work on sound design and bass/808 mixing.
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Re: Song in progress : Flight
« Reply #4 on: January 06, 2016, 09:56:00 pm »
Love the track when all the other elements came in. Def thought the kid was too loud in the beginning. Love the sidechaining!!!!