This is some progressive Trance
I'm not so sure what genre this track fits into, but for now I'll leave it as trance since there aren't many options anyway.
This one's not what I usually do, because it was more like an idea me and my friend made up. Shout out to jade for the feedback :]
We are planning on making a type of webcomic that includes animations, and this might be the song we'll use in one of the possible animations, but it's pretty much just a concept since we haven't even started, and we'll probably start in years.
Looking forward to it though :)
This is some progressive Trance
I agree, wasn't really sure at first but it does sound like it
This pretty damn good. I really like the vibe you're aiming for with this.
I have a couple notes if you're open to that:
The reverse hits that start at like 0:45-ish, would recommend cutting the initial few milliseconds off those. Reversing a kick or snare without cutting off that first initial hit ends up creating this weird click noise you probably don't want. So if you cut that off you'll still get the swelling vacuum-y effect you're looking for, just a little cleaner.
At 1:17 when that melodic synth stops there are just a few delay/verb artifacts that remain. If you straight up drop the volume to -inf at that moment it'll cut your artifacts out. Unless you want to keep those artifacts, in which case I'd recommend maybe even increasing the feedback on the delay effects to keep them ringing out a bit further. Better yet, play with the "release" knob on that synth and automate it to release slower as it goes out.
Also: EQ more of the low end out of your synths. They're very bassy when they don't have to be and I feel like it's detracting from the hits of your kicks.
Speaking of EQ, I feel like your snare and kick are competing a little more than they have to be. Try aiming to make them more complimentary, not in competition (if that makes sense).
I'd also recommend looking into parallel compression/ducking specifically for your kicks/snares. If your kick triggers an EQ to drop all the low-end out of your synths when it hits, it'll hit that much harder. You can do something similar with the snare to duck some low end from the kick when it hits, which would give it room to breathe as well.
But overall this is really solid, quality stuff and I adore where it's going. Keep it up! You can only get better :]
Thanks for the advice!
I indeed wanted to keep the delay/verb artifacts, I'll play a little with the feedback next time since it sounds good. And yea, I agree with the EQ, synths, kicks and snares.
I did use 2 different drumloops on top of eachother (might be a reason to why the kicks and snares sound like they're competing), didn't really think about it but I'll make sure to fix that next time lol.
The track was overall a bit harder to work with since it's not what I usually make, but hey, I can take this as practice!
Thanks again, it was really helpful! :)
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