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Matthew Aaron
Fri Oct 06, 2017 7:56 pm

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Untitled|Criticism Wanted|Synthwave

Howdy y'all!

Time to put another track through the grinder. I decided to take the sage-like advice of steevm and finish the basic composition first. So please keep in mind the following:

1. This track is very lightly mixed and not mastered. I will be asking for that advice later on. (edit: like now)
2. Might need to add more layers, unsure as of yet.
3. The track comes to an abrupt end because I will eventually fade out. (edit: fade out included)

Thanks in advance, please critique away!

Edit log:

Did some more mixing and added a multiband compressor to the master.
Added some lower notes and sub to add more depth.
Stereo panned a few instruments.

Edit log: 10/12/2017

Made a few minor changes. Took Cognetix's advice. Added an 808 under the light snare to give it a touch more punch and I added a touch more release to the sidechain as suggested by Johnny Nintendo. That however, is a balancing act, because too much release and the chord progression of the bassline is lost and it just becomes another generic pulsing bass like the bass in every 90's dance song ever made.

I'll do more later. I want to play Star Wars Battlefront and watch football.

Feel free to comment on mixing, I am certainly terrible at it.

Edit log: 10/18/2017

I really need to be more diligent with this track. Anyways, I spruced up the intro a little and that's all I got done. Not feeling too well today.

Edit log: 10/19/2017

I think I'm done. I really am finished with this track I need to move on. I might make a few changes if need be. Please let me know what you think. Especially mixing. I've tried to apply what I have learned from others. Anyways, here it is:
synthwave1.mp3
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Matthew Aaron
Sun Oct 08, 2017 12:14 am

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Re: Untitled|Criticism Wanted|Synthwave

Thanks, I appreciate that. Now do you think I s...


steevm
Tue Oct 10, 2017 5:34 pm

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Re: Untitled|Criticism Wanted|Synthwave

I like it, sounds very nice and chilled. I thin...

Aleix Fontanet
Wed Oct 11, 2017 10:03 pm

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Re: Untitled|Criticism Wanted|Synthwave

IMHO, the release of the sidechain kick is far ...

Cognetix
Thu Oct 12, 2017 1:39 am

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Not bad. The echoy snare sounds fine. It's the ...

Matthew Aaron
Thu Oct 12, 2017 12:50 pm

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Steevm, you are a man after my own heart. I f**...

Matthew Aaron
Thu Oct 12, 2017 12:55 pm

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Cognetix wrote:Not bad. The echoy snare sounds ...

steevm
Thu Oct 12, 2017 1:26 pm

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Matthew Aaron wrote:Steevm, you are a man after...

Matthew Aaron
Thu Oct 12, 2017 1:51 pm

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steevm wrote:Matthew Aaron wrote:Steevm, you ar...
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steevm
Thu Oct 12, 2017 2:29 pm

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Matthew Aaron wrote:It first went looking for a...
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Matthew Aaron
Thu Oct 12, 2017 2:45 pm

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steevm wrote: One thing you can do (if you wan...

steevm
Thu Oct 12, 2017 4:16 pm

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Matthew Aaron wrote:I find (and it is probably ...
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Matthew Aaron
Thu Oct 12, 2017 4:23 pm

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Steevm, do you have a good arp that you use? I ...

steevm
Thu Oct 12, 2017 4:49 pm

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You mean a preset? Harmor's Analog bass 2 pre...
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Solarski
Fri Oct 13, 2017 12:10 am

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Hey, I like it all apart from the sound of the ...

Matthew Aaron
Thu Oct 19, 2017 1:11 am

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I actually need to get out of the habit of usin...

steevm
Thu Oct 19, 2017 11:10 am

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Matthew Aaron wrote:Yeah. I don't use arps ofte...

Matthew Aaron
Thu Oct 19, 2017 12:28 pm

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steevm wrote:Matthew Aaron wrote:Yeah. I don't ...

Matthew Aaron
Thu Oct 19, 2017 2:49 pm

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steevm wrote: Not spotted a whole-tone-up-and-r...


Matthew Aaron
Thu Oct 19, 2017 7:26 pm

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Gloomer wrote:great oldskool synthpop.. I liked...

steevm
Thu Oct 19, 2017 9:46 pm

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Had another listen. Re the mix, a few things I ...

Matthew Aaron
Thu Oct 19, 2017 11:19 pm

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steevm wrote:Had another listen. Re the mix, a ...

Matthew Aaron
Mon Feb 26, 2018 3:45 pm

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TranceCrafter wrote:I like this man! I'm still ...

Aleix Fontanet
Mon Mar 05, 2018 1:25 pm

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Hi Mattew, good to see a song of yours posted, ...

Skyzzyrd
Tue Mar 13, 2018 9:31 pm

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Re: Untitled|Criticism Wanted|Synthwave

Hi hat could be a bit louder maybe? I didn't ev...


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