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I really love the vibe in this one!
« on: September 05, 2016, 07:54:52 pm »

What do you think???

Feedback would be nice :) Thx!

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Re: I really love the vibe in this one!
« Reply #1 on: September 05, 2016, 08:12:41 pm »
There are a ton of really cool ideas in this song, and I love the stereo image you have - super wide, lots of little ear ticklers with clever panning, and apart from the choruses it feels like everything is placed perfectly in its space. Great use of foley, and you clearly have a ton of creative energy.

My biggest point of feedback is that this song feels like a memory of a DJ set more than it does a complete song. You have a very defined song structure, but a lot of your transitions seem sudden and there are sections of your song that feel completely unrelated to other sections of your song. Your mixdown is kind of all over the place, with certain parts feeling pretty good and other parts (like the chorus) sounding like everything is either mono or pushed super wide, and things like the pre-drop sounds being so much quieter than everything else that it threw off the flow from the build into the first drop.

I would suggest looking for a few reference tracks - KSHMR, Sander Van Doorn, Martin Garrix, and other electro/progressive house and EDM producers who have drops that sound similar to yours - and bring them into your session. Directly compare and contrast their songs with yours, and note down everything you notice. See if there's anything they're doing that you're not doing that would make your song better if you did it; see if there's anything they're not doing that you are doing that would make your song better if you took it out. If you want, you can even mark down things that the reference tracks share with each other, and use that as a guide for where you can go next.

Keep going! Looking forward to seeing what else you have. :)

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Re: I really love the vibe in this one!
« Reply #2 on: September 06, 2016, 07:30:16 pm »
The sounds that you used in the drop and the buildup were great but your little fill before the drops are way too quiet compared to the rest and also I don't really think it flows with the direction... It feels like the song slows down too much right before the drop and there are some sounds that you have throughout that really pop out in the higher frequencies (not clipping but they still hit the ear in a way they probably shouldn't) that should probably be turned down. I'd say it just needs a few changes but other than it sounds great in my opinion.

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Re: I really love the vibe in this one!
« Reply #3 on: September 08, 2016, 09:26:53 pm »
Thanks for the feedback you guys!

In fact, I plan to put vocals so the ''pre-drop'' will be full!

Here's the project slightly modified: