It's pretty nice. You'd ought to work on your mixing and mastering a bit more. Overall it feels rather empty, but mostly because there's not one thing to focus on that truly cuts through the chords and the free-sounding almost ambience-like quality of Synthwave. I also think that whether it's the kick you used, or simply the compressor plugin quality, that sidechain has a ton of nasty artifacts that muddy it and for a few ms after give it some flutter. I recommend using a midi-triggered volume automation tool such as Cableguy's VolumeShaper product.
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I like synthwave.
From my new EP, Empire: https://entropicvoxels.bandcamp.com/album/empire-ep
entropicvoxels responds:
Thanks for the feedback, I really do need to work on my sidechaining. I usually use my DAW's stock compressor for the sidechain which isn't the best, and creates a lot of weird bits here and there. I think it sounds okay for some songs but just sounds a bit fluttery in this song. Also I think the sidechain is way too strong, and sidechain isn't extremely necessary for synthwave.
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