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I have a lot to say about this one. This is the first piece I'm actually sort of proud of. I've meticulously gone through every part of the song and there are still things that I'm unsatisfied with (e.g. transition at 1:29). I've also tried to actually make a clear melody and not 'cloud' or 'blur' the entire song like I have with my previous two (which is kind of hard to NOT do with FL, much to my dismay of using programs where it was a challenge to blur anything) that being said, it doesn't have that intense umph that my previous two have had. I assume compression would be helpful here but I'm still amateur I'll take it one step at a time. That's about it, it's -25 degrees over here, pray for me...
Oh and yes, I'm still doing phaser/filter drops, thanks for asking.

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Aydin-Jewelz123

2019-01-29 07:21:05

Listening on my crappy 10 quid headphones so cant say too much about the mixdown..

Track starts off with a good feel vibe but almost videogamey, especially around 40 second mark.

Compositionwise it's nice dude and I like that end bit where the notes go slightly off / into another key? Dunno if I'm explaining it nice but yeah, its attention grabbing and fits the gamey theme you got going on.

For the drop, you could introduce a saw bass to sit under the other parts? Also your reverb is overpowering right around 55 and 1:06, if you cut back the low end on the reverb using the hicut / lowcut settings within the reverb (assuming you used fruity reeverb?) then it will open space for your bass to sit, especially in the drop.

Keep up the good work

Xyanp responds:

Yo thanks for feedback! Actually I used the effector's phaser+filter deviation around 55 and 1:06, in 55's case, I had it suddenly cut off after building up but then not changing the melody synth or building the volume back up. In post, however I didn't like how it sounded so I had it semi-gradually decline back to normal levels. In the case of 1:06, I have the filter and phaser sorta go up and down a bit, although maybe I got a bit reckless with how far.