I like the changes you made to the piece. It progresses well, and seems to have a bit more subtle variation. I like the different drum patterns.
The snare seems a bit thin in places, maybe you could also layer on a lower sample or two? Also, I think a ride cymbal loop would work well when the reese comes in.
Finally, I think that you bring in all the elements before the middle of the track, and then restate them. A drop along the line of the intro would be nice in the middle of the track.
Not trying to rebuild your track for you, just a few ideas I had while listening.
The idea behind the track and the music is nice, but the mix drags it down big time.
Snare is too thin, which is emphasized by the sharp reverb on it. The kick and snare should form a unity. The hats are very weird, a lot of reverb on them, and actually sounding darker than the snare.
Also most elements are placed too deep in the mix, because they have too much reverb on them. Less reverb will make them more upfront.
And watch out with the compression and phase!! A lot of the sounds are out of phase, and together with the pumping compression the mix becomes annoying to listen to and very aggressive
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like the keys, nice chords creating uplifting vibe like the recent futurebound/matrix stuff
Not sure if that was the drop at 46secs just comes in all abrupt.
Have to agree with the chron that the snare is way to thin and is getting a bit annoying to listen to
where you drop shaker at 56secs sounds wrong, it just drops out and then sounds a bit empty afterwards.
Musically this track is very strong just the technicalities let it down.
chords and keys in intro are nice, start the track off with a chilled out vibe straight away.
build up is all good, synths is good,
bass is nice and deep, kick is really padded to my ears, doesn't work too well with the bass.
drop at 1:50 is a bit sudden, track doesn't really build up it, it gos back to the chilled vibe too quickly too, different sections dont seem to progress that well.
not keen on the snare either, could use another layer or two to beef it out a bit, phatten it up.
not a bad track overall tho, sounds like you've plastered everything with reverb tho, makes the main drums sound too distant in the mix, need to make em more upfront. id say stick with the nice chords and keys from the intro and keep this as a chilled out mellow tune.
Agree with the others that the snare is way too thin. It's has no real oomph to it at all. Same with kick and hi hats. If only you sorted out the beats this would be a super tune. You seem to gel two very different styles into one track. You don't hear that very often in Dnb, and when you do, it's usually done badly. But this tune is different.
Can't really add much that hasn't already been said. I still think this is a good tune. Enjoyed.
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hello dude, nice tune, mixdown sounds nice load and crisp, not too much to add, thought the originaly was pretty good anyways! i guess i agree with the snare thing too lol