I always feel like my leads are my weakest point. I usually like the stuff going on in the background of songs I make and like the idea of the lead, but have a difficult time balancing it and making it sound right. Any feedback on the lead or the overall track is appreciated.

This one climaxes in several places abruptly, so don't have the volume up too loud despite some relatively serene parts.

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Last edited by Trancelover03591 on Mar-19-2013 at 17:47

Good Lead, i like, very atmospheric but the rest feels like it doesn't fit with it. If it did it can sound groundbreaking, good luck mate.

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Originally posted by Trancelover03591 I always feel like my leads are my weakest point. I usually like the stuff going on in the background of songs I make and like the idea of the lead, but have a difficult time balancing it and making it sound right. Any feedback on the lead or the overall track is appreciated. This one climaxes in several places abruptly, so don't have the volume up too loud despite some relatively serene parts.

i like the beat. its deliciously 80s. break at 2:14 was epic.
but the bass pad needs to be changed. sounds way too cheap compared to the rest of the track. get something softer with more bass and warmth in it. and I'd definetely do like some pwm automation on the chip lead, to make it pop even more. just push that width to the max on the long notes.. the tiny fat snare needs to be louder.. and maybe like add some soft gating to the bass pad half way in or something, i dunno..

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Originally posted by Trancelover03591 I always feel like my leads are my weakest point. I usually like the stuff going on in the background of songs I make and like the idea of the lead, but have a difficult time balancing it and making it sound right. Any feedback on the lead or the overall track is appreciated. This one climaxes in several places abruptly, so don't have the volume up too loud despite some relatively serene parts.

really enjoyed that, thought I was watching Friday the13th. Very epic. NICE!

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Originally posted by Trancelover03591

I agree with the rest, sounds promising. I like the beat and the lead is interesting throughout, the release of it sounds awesome.

This is so incredibly civil. Well done all, well done.

TRANCELOVER - very musical track and excelent lead. Maybe change up that marching snare in the latter parts as it sounded cheap - better to use more interesting sounds maybe with some accoustic sounding drums hits in there.

Curious what you guys think, not really a genre, just doing my thing...

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Originally posted by Raphie Curious what you guys think, not really a genre, just doing my thing...

i like this, something between deep and progressive house. Summery

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Originally posted by Raphie Curious what you guys think, not really a genre, just doing my thing...

This is one of my favorites I have heard from you. I like all of the synths, the only possible change so far is maybe try another snare/clap, but the current one is OK. Also, I think a few more atmospheres and such could be added. If you listen to a track like Adam K and Soha - Twilight, there is a lot of subtle things going on in the background which give depth to progressive style tracks.


Thanks all for the several comments on my WIP. I took them into consideration, as well as made some other changes. I am OK with the bassline for now. I tried some changes on it but nothing really worked. Overall, I like where this one is going, I think it is going to be my favorite track I have made yet.

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Last edited by Trancelover03591 on Mar-19-2013 at 17:47

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Originally posted by Raphie Curious what you guys think, not really a genre, just doing my thing...

A soothing yet groovy one to nodd along to.

I'd use a different tighter clap/snare and kick, maybe quite an unusual minimal kick would suit. Also the open hat could be more special and subbtle and not so loud.

I would tend to agree with trancelover about adding subbtle background pads / fx but I know well you are trying to keep things stripped back to thier essential esscence and not over complicating.