Is there to much going on here? Should I make the melody a little more defined or leave it kind of blended in with the chords?


Thanks!

- Dan Mikas

It Sounds really good, but if there could be a bit more in the high mid zone i think it would sound fuller, but that's being real nitpicky

i wouldn't say there's too much going on right now but with the state of your mix it's hard to distinguish between the arrangement being too dense and the mix being too raw. i'd spend some time parsing out the melody and the chords--you probably want to highlight the most important track element so I'd give the melody more room to breathe

The sound quality is quite good, and it's a good start of an idea.

I think what's going on is, the ducking (sidechain pumping) is too extreme on the melody. It's good for the chords because they only change every two beats. But the melody notes change while the sound is ducked. I would take down the compressor threshold and/or ratio on the melody synth.  IMNO (my noobish opinion) you don't even need to sidechain the melody at all because it's not going to interfere with the kick. Unless you really want to.

Also, the drums are too quiet!

But -- I think this one will go places. Nice work.