Tech House practice - Trippin'
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RIght, updated the track to a full version. Not sure it got as minimalist as Rob wished, but yeah ... I'm getting carried away a bit.
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Zeta5 - New Track
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Excellent stuff Manix! Very nice and airy, and I absolutely love your synths.
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Hi @nigel
Others might correct me if I'm totally wrong, but I think you'll find gain staging your vst's and samples is good practice. Having them all coming in at a certain level just makes everything easier. Not least easier to control volume levels with faders. Faders are best operated close to unity, since it gives better resolution (db scale is logarithmic so same increment move at the lower end of the fader will yield significantly higher db gain/reduction as at unity).
Tech House practice - Trippin'
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Trying my luck with some tech house style - while watching Simon Shackleton's course (which is really good btw!)
Since Rob encouraged me to start off with the groove only, I hereby oblige. This is the beats and bass from what I hope will be the drop section (gonna be 16+16, but only included 8+8).
Drums are samples I found and processed a bit. Bass rhythm is adapted from a sample, but I used two instances of Vital to create the sound for it - and of course some EQ, compressors and distortion.
Now waiting with bated breath for the 'judgement' 
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Excellent session! Thanks for that, learned a ton!
Ambient/Euphoric Breaks Track
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Cool tune. To my still untrained ears there seems to be a little too much harsh frequencies - especially in the intro which is otherwise very mellow ambient. When the beat comes in, it feels too busy to me. Possibly needing some level adjustments, as it seems everything fights a bit?
I think if you mix it over and give it more of that lovely 'liquid' sound you had on the other track, this would be really nice though.
If I can humbly give a tip to try; at the breakdown 3:40, wait with the main bass synth, let it settle a bit and then filter it in along with other elements to get a bit more contrast in arrangement. And more filtering + automation throughout. I love automation, it gives such lovely movement through the song, and I'm finally starting to get the hang of it, kind of :D
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Guetta is good!
I love the sound of this set. Massive, lush and still so crisp.
More Housey' practice - All I Ever Wanted
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Top feedback Rob!! Really appreciate it.
I need loads more practice still, but yeah, I feel a little more comfortable with arrangement than the other stuff in production ...
All the small pointers on what to specifically improve is incredibly helpful at this point though - lots more ear training to do for me too before I can properly hear everything.
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So many things I need to learn properly - drums obviously another one 😅
This is gonna be an epic series!
Can't wait till I'm creating stuff sounding like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6tLJTwcp1g
(yeah, I'm rather boring mainstream 😂)
More Housey' practice - All I Ever Wanted
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Thank you very much Sam!! 
Quite happy with the arrangement actually, so great you think it's good too.
I made (and uploaded) a few adjustments as you suggested, and I think it does sound better. Working these frequencies is a bit like wrapping an inflated balloon in paper that's just a little too small I feel - always something else poking out when you think you've got it ...
Thought I was rather brutal low cutting the synths and other stuff, but tried to turn it up to savage instead. My analyser originally suggested quite good balance, and now it actually dips a bit from 250 to about 1k or so.
Also added a bit to the top end of hats and cymbals. High frequencies are difficult too - I feel it's getting harsh really quickly, especially on my monitors. But there's lots of top-end to dance music these days. Maybe it just translates better to less good soundsystems, like cars, airpods and such? I found mine sounds a lot better now on my airpods at least, even if it's a little too much on my monitors ...