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New Remix - Losing Love (it's a banger :D )

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[quote="Petter"]

@manixdj Thanks man. Appreciate it! Yes, I did master it – sort of – obviously not exactly to industry standards though ... 
I'm still focused trying to get down the technical aspects of production and mixing first and foremost, so figured it's no real point spending lots of time doing mastering until that's settled (lipstick, pig and all). So it's basically just going through the motions and pushing limiters till it's loud without creating artifacts. 
Lowend is a real is a beast to work with, I'll note your comments too and try figure it out. Thanks again.

@samuelclouston Thanks, personally thinking I'm closing in on 50% there That's the easy half. The next 50% will be ever more incremental and difficult, as with any trade. Expect it will take a few years until I'm anywhere near a pro level tbh. If ever :O  --> Practice practice!!
Joined here around Xmas.

[/quote]For someone who's only been a member since Xmas you're progressing very fast! You should be proud

New Remix - Losing Love (it's a banger :D )

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Honestly I think it was really good, profesh quality - but it's a great attitude to be humble and want to keep improving : - )

Glad to hear you've been learning loads from PT. When did you join?

New Remix - Losing Love (it's a banger :D )

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Hi Petter

Great as always! Super musical, great production and nice song arrangement. Not much I would change honestly. Hope it goes well in the contest!

Bonus EDM Samples Part 2!

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Danke schone!

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Thanks - this'll be mega useful for the assignment

Tribal Techno

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[quote="Petter"]

I for one think more people should be posting more stuff on here, it's very cool and inspirational listening to what everyone makes.

I'm no expert, and certainly not on techno (!) but it sounds pretty good to me. I won't go into the technical bits that I have no idea about obviously, but if I may suggest one thing to try, it would be to introduce some of that nice filtered pluck synth (filtering in at about 1:40 or so) earlier in the track as well - not necessarily the same pattern, just something with that sound to tie it a little together and hint of what's to come?

Perhaps.

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I agree - and I'm glad to see an influx of recent tracks for feedback from yourself and others!

Thank you for the kind words. I actually really like your idea for bringing in plucky pads. It definitely feels like a song of two halves and to bring a hint of what's to come is a great idea. I might bring in the acid 303 synth earlier then and give that a try.

Peace!

Thoughts on the mix

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Hi Tone

Another banging track and improvement from ya - big congrats. I'd say this is your most accomplished and confident track yet! Love the synthesized vocals too, pretty amazing what the tech can do now

I won't repeat anything Petter said as that's all good advice.

I'd say it sounds a little over compressed in certain parts, although that may be a volume thing. It sounds like the whole track is kinda being squashed at times, so maybe check on your compressor limiter and check that you're not over compressing stuff (I often find that somewhere between 2-4 db of reduction is the sweet spot where you are actually doing some compressing, but you can't notice it).

I'd also recommend bringing the vocal down, or the rest of the track up at 1:04, as there's suddenly a jump from the section before, which is well balanced, to a big gulf in volume between the music and the vocal.

That being said, great track, incredibly musical (love the key changes) so keep it up

Drum N Bass

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Hi Diode

That link appears to be down. Perhaps you deleted it?

Tribal Techno

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Hi all 

Sorry if I've been posting a lot but the recent feedback has been really useful so though I'd ask in here for more!

A friend of mine has commissioned me to make a sort of tribal sounding techno track for him. This is what I've got so far. I think the track is nearly there, but personally feel like it's missing a final touch. Any ideas? Can be musical or mixdown

https://soundcloud.com/tamlinspeaks/sekhmet-high-n-fly?si=872a76118ae84b148657007a7de52269&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

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Thanks for the definition - hehe! I thought you were asking us to take a sausage making course at first

Hmmm... now to decide what track to reinvent