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[quote="manixdj"]

Hey Samuel, nice track and arrangement! Something a bit different again. Hard to tell exactly what it is due to my amateur ear! However I agree it does sound quite constrained and if you've not done any kind of processing yet, perhaps it is the sounds you are using? It does sound a bit muddy in places and perhaps needs some EQ to help? There is a brighter, slightly shining sound that seems to appear right at the end that perhaps stands out above the lower frequencies? Not sure that is anywhere else and perhaps using some brighter sounds would add some dynamic range and open it all up a bit more? 

Have you also tried turning the sidechaining off one by one? That could definitely be containing some of the sounds. What are you sidechaining from and how many of the sounds are affected? 

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good advice, seriously  - I tried turning off sidechains 1 by 1 and it was one sidechain that I had a few different tracks running through that was the culprit. The whole thing has come to life now - classic.

I know sidechaining is a form of compression, but it seems that if you overdoit, you can get that general 'overcompressed the entire track' vibe, which is pretty horrible.

I'll also try add some brightness too!

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Yes very true about having a good referencing point, but then going off and doign your own thing. This kind of nuance I think is one of the hardest things about learning music production, and you can only really get it after years of experience and experimenting. So well done

Not ever used Spire, but I think I'll take a look now that you've used it...

Mix help

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Hello everyone

Thanks for your recent feedback on some tunes I've posted - really helps motivation!

I've been working on something new recently:

https://on.soundcloud.com/dzKXALh34PurzBAfA

But i've been struggling with a problem where I feel like the whole thing sounds over-compressed/squashed and kinda lifeless - and I haven't done any mixing really other than volume - has anyone got any tips on why this might be happening? Is it just the sounds? I have done a bit of sidechaining, maybe over using that is causing it. Just want soem second opinions!

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Yeah, now I'm really looking forward to the next challenge

Stil got 1.2TB left on my drive, so keep'em freebies coming!!

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I need to invest in some terrabytes!

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Enjoyed the recent livestream, Rob (watching everything on catchup at the moment). Congrats on joining the fatherhood gang. Especially loving the Rave series - yes, please bring on a course. Through it I'm getting to grips with both Live12 Suite AND Vital. Also appreciating Simon's CTZ Livestream....Oi loikes it loud, oi do

[/quote] Yeah, the content has been amazing recently. It's always good but the rave course was sublime! Free course pretty much! 

For fans of the Wicker Man

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Thanks everybody if anyone else likes the moive (the original of course), then I'd recommend sampling it - some proper interesting stuff going on

Zeta5 - New Track

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[quote="manixdj"]

Hey both, thanks for the positive comments, appreciate it!

@samuelclouston - I always want to try and blur the genre lines a bit. I agree the baseline is very trance based, probably quite Psy in nature, which I like in my tracks but I always want to bring in the uplifting, melodic vibes to really contrast parts of my track from one another. 

On the Synths, the main lead is actually a sample, but the arpeggiated one is from the Hybrid3 and there is also a new synth I have just bought in there, the string type tension sound, which is from Spire. I have not had much chance to play with this yet so I am excited to see what it can bring to my productions. 

I have used Hybrid 3 loads and whilst I like it, I need to learn synthesis a bit more to get the most from it! 

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I think the mixing of genres and blurring the lines is what creativity is all about. With the internet and categories, I've always come across a lot of genre purists (having been one myself!) and realising over time that melding and experimenting is the way forward - and is how you create fresh music and potentially new genres!

Ahh Hybrid 3 - superrrrr great synth with fantastic controls and a great bank of presets - and I remember it often goes fo only £1 on Plugin Boutique, absolute steal.

Keep up the good work!

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Just heard this... wow. Proper bitta old school house with modern production. Those keys/pads are so euphoric, Good ole Kerri

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Tasty indeed! Downloaded. Gonna run out of space with all these free stuff soon lol

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[quote="UtobiaNZ"]

man this is sick! warm glitched out and wonky. also checked out some of your jungle/breakbeat stuff - sooo good! big om unit / paradox vibes- loving it :D

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Thank you! Glad you like it :D

And cheers, yeah I did a batch upload of unreleased stuff bc I wanted to get it out there - will upload more in here soon!