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[Hello, world!]

I was expecting dnb immediately based on the tags (out of curiosity I selected a tag I just submitted to!), but I think you got something going on here lyrically. Would love if you posted those below

The only thing about this mix is it's pretty low and low mid heavy. It's nice that the hihats aren't in your face, but it's a bit hard to hear the drums. I would turn the sub down quite a bit and push the vocals forward more.

Cutting the low reverb wet signal will help significantly, same with any delays. A reverb or delay that will allow you to control these values with a hipass is very helpful for cleanliness of mix. Sidechaining things out of the way of the kick and snare will help too. Flux is a free fake sidechain plugin that I use religiously. I discovered it while searching for what to post onto my monthly free plugin/resource magazine, posted on my blog the 15th of every month.

Besides the bass being pretty loud throughout and overpowering the melodic elements of the track, I really appreciate the writing, especially the hook. You have great songwriting and I encourage you to keep going!

solenlovesyou responds:

tysm for the feedback ⸜(｡˃ ᵕ ˂ )⸝♡ i adore getting detailed advice and i will be sure to apply ur mixing advice when the song gets remastered for the EP's release!!

as for lyrics, a video is available on my youtube! i just updated my links to include that
thanks so much again!

[Is this justice?]

I gotta know what kind of lead that whistle is. It sounds super versatile. If it's not in fact modeled after an actual instrument, props for making it sound like it is.

I think some things could be done to make this pop

For one, make sure the kick and snare cut through. They're pretty quiet in the mix relative to the lead and side synths -- but I am very thankful the lead is audible.

You could do to cut out a lot of the low end reverb wets and hi-pass those to 250 hz or even higher if the instrument is in the low register. I hear a lot of reverb which is sucking out the power from those chords!

It also sounds like you are using stock drums for the kick and snare which is not bad. They just don't seem to have a lot of character.

Really the only thing that is holding this back is mix. Compositionally it sounds great!

DumbOctopus responds:

That whistle is just whistle preset from FLEX with some effects. Thank you for your comment!
Yeah, mixing is hard for me, but I'm trying to improve!

[Mᴀɢɪᴄᴀʟ ꜱᴘɪʀɪᴛ.]

Not bad for a first! I think you could do a lot more with it. Only rating low because it's very short.

If you ever need music resources, you can check out my profile. I try to do my best to help independents as much as I can.

Anyway back to the track, you have a solid lead riff. It works fine. I think you could have taken a basic song structure you found on the internet and broken that down (like say what happens in a chorus, usually all the instruments are in and so on, whereas on a verse you might just have the percs and riff)

You can take that knowledge and apply it here to your track to make it more interesting and dynamic. Don't let that fool you into thinking you didn't do a good enough job. This is your first music! Keep going and I have no doubt you will go onto great things!

[Bellscape]

Интересно! Классик рок от тебя совсем не ожидала, но это не классик рок а что-то другое. Может быть поп? Жанр конечно есть -- просто я не очень много знаю о нем, чтобы конкретно назвать. Все равно делает меня немного счастливее, слушав трек исполнен тобою с моими семплами. Обязательно ставлю ссылку в описании на него.

Есть одна вещь -- возможно просто не могу слышать, но на слух кажется что только один семпл для каждого барабана выбрал, тарелки, хэты, малый и басс барабаны итд. Библиотека была предназначена для того, чтобы возможно было скопировать все семплы одного типа из папки через драг энд дроп, чтобы представлялось больше вариантов velocity, артикуляций итд. Но вполне возможно, что я просто плохо слышу.

Рада что пак тебе понравился. Трек и понравился мне! Делаешь треки в невероятном темпе. Не знаю что еще мне сказать, кроме что в том же духе продолжай!

G2961 responds:

Спасибо за отзыв! Да, так и есть, просто я всё-таки делаю электронную музыку в жанре EDM, а тут такое. В следующий раз я буду тщательно использовать FPC в FL Studio, который позволяет загрузить несколько сэмплов для каждого отдельного звука

[Dangerous Amounts Of Cherry Dissolve Melatonins Just Got Taken]

I can totally relate. But usually I'm staying awake doing music when I shouldn't.

I appreciate the energy, or lack there of, that I can hear coming through. Also, you could maybe throw this in Dance or something. It sounds like perfectly normal music to me. I think of like, avant-garde, when I think of Experimental, and on NG it's kind of a throwaway genre, like misc.

Mix could be better, but the 808 is where it's at

["afmci299621]

I think it's in the right category. Breakbeat falls pretty much into dnb, and you got the standard basses and so forth.

Only thing I'd recommend is watch your reverb wet signals. They sound both long, pretty loud, and like there is a constant resonance. I think you can accomplish a lot of the effect you were going for by limiting the use of reverb, hi-passing the wet to 250 hz, and using pingpong delay. It seems to create an illusion of even more space.

Also, you could really use to throw some mastering compression on here. The waveform of this looks like a premaster, and your breaks are fantastic. They absolutely deserve the royal treatment <3

[zima]

Wow, you're really cranking out tunes. I'm always shocked at your output and the relative quality.

I would watch for clipping on the mix, as I hear some. Otherwise I literally have no complaints. Great synthwave track!

G2961 responds:

Спасибо большое! Да, есть проблемы с миксом, а то есть барабаны, например, приглушаются из-за басса и синтов, но я это исправлю. А так спасибо за отзыв, действительно было неожиданно увидеть твой отзыв :)

[Cataclysmic Decision of the Decade]

I'm not sure if this belongs in hip-hop or not. I think so. One thing I would suggest, study a bit of youtube university on mixing levels of drums relative to leads. I would like to hear more of the snare and the kick.

Writing wise, this is pretty fire, and I'd love to hear you revisit it :)

[SKY GARDEN]

Mmm, here from your news post. That 808 sent me right over here to give you my 5!

I think overall the track could do without the EXTRA hard brick wall block -- look at that waveform, and some cleanup here and there with the low mids, but I understand you were ultra pressed for time! Amazing work considering!

[02. Alone]

Coming here because this track deserves more love. An absolute vibe.

No real constructive criticism because I have to do life things, but I just finished your EP and left my reply in the forum. The most I can say is that I would look at the wet signals of your reverbs and probably hipass them to 300 hz or so, and I may remove the little what sounds like vinyl clicks or cracks throughout. If you enjoy that, ignore me about removing them, but think about making them a bit quieter. There's nothing in the high frequencies really to make them fit into a wider canvas, imo, so they should be a bit quieter.

EVLanche responds:

Noted, thank you for your input! I will keep that in mind for the future :D