It's definitely an enjoyable piece with a good groove and plenty of "punch" packed in almost five minutes. While the progression isn't bad and it welcomes plenty of transitions that feel pretty smooth and flowing, the first noticeable thing is just how loud the mastering is. I suggest you to turn down your levels a bit in order to leave some breathing space for each instrument and ultimately some rest for your ears. The problem is not just volume but compression that leaves your mix almost brickwalled. It's good to have a fair degree of dynamics between the synths and not having them all over the place. Other than that, it's a fairly enjoyable tune and that quite fits the artwork of choice.
//FD
Reviews for "Cosmic Stream of Life"
EctiBot responds:
Thx alot for the feedback :D. Really glad you enjoyed it :).
Thx for the tip about the mastering. This song is basically only the 3rd song where I've actually touched the mixer at all X3. Thus I'm still learning and it's really helpful when people comes with comments on it :D. Will try tweaking the levels around a bit :).
I'll also look into compression a bit more. Real novice when it comes to that X3.
Again thank you for the review. I'm glad that you think it fits the art and that you found it enjoyable :D.
-enochcity
This is great! I'm really loving the melodies sounds like something you'd hear on the radio today.
I agree with EasyEvil the kick seems a bit buried, maybe you should bring it up a bit.
Good job, very catchy! :)
EctiBot responds:
Wow thx :D. Glad you liked it :). I'll try tweaking a bit around with the levels so the kick is a bit clearer.
Makes me happy that such an awesome musician as yourself enjoyed it :).
-enochcity
I think the melody you went with fits the style very nicely. If I'm being honest, I don't really listen to a lot of house and dance, but I think you layered your synths pretty well here. Some advice I would give you here is to maybe turn down some of your leads and risers. The kick is getting buried by the of synthesizers you've got going on. All you need to do here is level it differently and then I think it'll really sound weighty. I think the mixdown is pretty solid though. Nice melodies. Really positive and euphoric, as well as varied. Good song!
EctiBot responds:
Hey! Thx for the review :D. I'm glad you liked it even though you don't listen to this kind of music that much. The layering of the synths is probably the thing I worked the most on with this track. Got 7+ layers on the main lead alone plus another 3 layers on the progression, 3 bass layers and 5 kick layers so the xact that you didn't think it ended up all messy helps alot :).
As for the kick, I know what you mean. It's probably the sweep that is drowning the kick so just need to turn it a bit down.
Used 15 hours in total on the mixing(even though I was using a mixing template from a previous song of mine), so I'm glad you liked the mixdown :D.
Thx for the reviw :D. Helps alot every review helps me improve including this one so Thx alot :D!
-enochcity
5/5 love it
EctiBot responds:
wow :D. That pretty much made my day :). Thx for the nice worlds. I'll definetly continue making music like this so keep an eye out for my music ;).
its still repetitive to be honest
i liked 0-0:30 analog lead . Then you used what should be background as lead.
i wish the song was build more around clear analog . Also if you make song 4 minute long it needs more variety in melody .
EctiBot responds:
Thx for the review :D.
I know that it's still pretty. Repeative. Still have some problems with making varied songs, but I hope that I will be able to make more varied songs, but I hope that with the help of honest reviews like this I'll be able to improve the structure of my songs and implement more of my own style in my tracks.
As for the stuff about the analog lead and backround lead, The reason why I used that lead was because I wanted to give the song a feeling of light and energy so I used very bright leads.
Again thanx for the review. Really helps alot :).