Working Title [Progressive House Track]

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Re: Working Title [Progressive House Track]

Postby Ripley Sterling » Fri May 11, 2012 1:55 pm

Digging the intro a lot. Every time I hear some progressive house I tell myself I gotta make some, and then I never do... but that's besides the point. I can't believe I'm saying this, but the drums might be a little heavy for it. Have you tried just a kick?

The melodies that come in are nice, but they sound a little harsh over the smooth track. Maybe straight up lower them in the mix, and get some slightly smoother synths, and a touch more sidechain, at least until the little build up. During the buildup to 3 minutes the lead synths sound great.

I agree, don't be afraid of reverb.
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Re: Working Title [Progressive House Track]

Postby Dino Kid » Fri May 11, 2012 5:35 pm

I tried adding some reverb but it became very drowned, I decided to get the big kind of sound that I think a lot of you wanted from reverb I doubled some of the synths and panned them either way which worked out great. I've put up a "final" version for now, but like all stuff I am likely to revisit it :)
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Re: Working Title [Progressive House Track]

Postby AfScatterbrain » Sat May 12, 2012 11:47 am

Interesting chords, not that musically sound but it works haha. The drums sound pretty nice actually just maybe bring them up some, and some subtle EQ changes to the kick couldn't hurt, just clear out the muddy low midish area. I like the percussion break at a bit before 4 minutes. The synths sounds pretty good, maybe a bit of EQing here and there, and some more reverb couldn't hurt. The whole song is pretty quirky, it's unique, I like it. Not a whole lot needs done here, good work.
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Re: Working Title [Progressive House Track]

Postby steed of the man » Sun May 20, 2012 8:01 pm

I think you should verb the leads a little, not so much that it stands out as having reverb but just so the pieces fit together a little more nicely, right now it sounds a bit more like loops over each-other.

Apart from that its very nice, although for my taste it needs a lot more thump from the kick. Possibly sidechain a little more heavily then add a little extra reverb on the sidechained synth AFTER the sidechaining, this makes it sound like it hasn't been sidechained but allows the kick to hit harder :)
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Re: Working Title [Progressive House Track]

Postby Msk » Fri May 25, 2012 10:06 am

Melodie in the intro is not so bad, however this loop from 0:17 has no groove. It sounds like random click click :) Remove it from the intro or add some lowpass filter :) .

Here comes the main part at 1:09. NO POWER ! :( If you want it to sounds a bit like deadmau5, change the kick. Kick should be more subby, and punchy. I made such kick for you: http://www38.zippyshare.com/v/60579001/file.html . Make it mono.

Remember about sidechaining! It's gonna sounds much better.

Where is the subbass !? Cut low frequencies from every sounds except kick, add mono subbase and sidechain it :)
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Re: Working Title [Progressive House Track]

Postby Dino Kid » Fri May 25, 2012 4:09 pm

Well I was in too minds about making bass intensive or not, I was thinking of doing a bassier mix or a VIP or something. Thanks for the kick, I'll have a play. I side chained the bass a bit but I didn't want it to come out like some of the over side chained house thats popular at the moment. Thanks for feedback :)
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Re: Working Title [Progressive House Track]

Postby Rex » Mon Jun 04, 2012 12:56 am

Sounds cool, VERY chill, I expect to hear more from you!
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