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?
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!
Thanks - this'll be mega useful for the assignment
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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!
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 
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
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
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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!
