Well, this is still a work in progress. I had a good idea that turned into crap because I ran out of time. It was stressful and pushed me in ways I really liked, but then I basically tripped at the finish line.
I published a few hours over the deadline, and Audiotool team has seen fit to disqualify me in the spirit of "fairness" which is fine. I was hoping my situation warranted an exception. Apparently it does not. But hey rules is rules, right? Gotta have them rules.
I 'dun good, Hasslehoff', and nobody can take away the fact that I tried.
I've learned a lot from this experience and won't stop making music.
Peace
Killer track btw, you should definitely just send it to the band directly!! They seem to be active on Instagram!
Feb 3, 24
I did. All i got was a like, amd honestly that's more than this track deserves rn lol
Feb 1, 24
ooo
Feb 1, 24
wow man!
republished
Jan 31, 24
more minor EQ changes, added a "mid bass" sort of....
Jan 31, 24
Love the new cover lol.
Feb 1, 24
I agree.
Jan 31, 24
Damnn, yeah it looks sick
Jan 31, 24
(Glad you said something before I began questioning how horrible my vision was lmao)
Jan 31, 24
thanks, me too. If you look really closely, you can see my logo superimposed on the alien's middle eye <3 (im repubbing the change now so give itlike 10 mins before you go looking lol)
Jan 31, 24
I feel like you could use a good meaty sub under your drops. Especially the first. Doesn't have to be anything crazy, just something simple that fills out the low end and give it some punch
My go to for subs is heisenberg. First 2 oscillators turned all the way up, tune one of them down to -12 semitones, no release on the envelope, give it a little bit of slide (so it moves between notes a bit)
From there it's just doing the necessary EQ, Comp, and panning to work it into your mix
Jan 31, 24
Ah okay, I listened to it in my car. But the bluetooth in it is honestly trash and my phone doesn't have a headphone jack for me to use an aux chord so that probably affects a lot haha
And that makes sense about panning the sub and basses, I'll keep that in mind 😂
But yeah I think a mid bass synth would be good. It sounded a lot better when I listened to it in my head phones, but it still felt like it was lacking something
Jan 31, 24
lol there's sub bass, I'm guessing you just can't hear it as well if you don't have a subwoofer. I'll admit it's a bit absent in the headphones, so that's something I'll need to adjust.
I think adding a mid bass synth layer will probably do the trick. Thanks for the heads up!
P.S. your subs and basses should almost always be mono, so panning will not help there
republished
Jan 31, 24
more minor adjustments (still working on a proper ending)
Jan 31, 24
The pain of not being able to fully realize your vision for a project is so real .-.
But even if this isn't all you'd hoped it could be, this still goes really hard. I like how much atmosphere and space the track has. I have a bad tendency of making my shit too busy or closed off, which I've been trying to work on some haha
Your basses and synth pads are really good. And I like your build-ups a lot, especially the one starting around
republished
Jan 31, 24
Minor adjustments: Minor levelling, EQ, and deleting unused resources
Killer track btw, you should definitely just send it to the band directly!! They seem to be active on Instagram!
ooo
more minor EQ changes, added a "mid bass" sort of....
Love the new cover lol.
I feel like you could use a good meaty sub under your drops. Especially the first. Doesn't have to be anything crazy, just something simple that fills out the low end and give it some punch My go to for subs is heisenberg. First 2 oscillators turned all the way up, tune one of them down to -12 semitones, no release on the envelope, give it a little bit of slide (so it moves between notes a bit) From there it's just doing the necessary EQ, Comp, and panning to work it into your mix
more minor adjustments (still working on a proper ending)
The pain of not being able to fully realize your vision for a project is so real .-. But even if this isn't all you'd hoped it could be, this still goes really hard. I like how much atmosphere and space the track has. I have a bad tendency of making my shit too busy or closed off, which I've been trying to work on some haha Your basses and synth pads are really good. And I like your build-ups a lot, especially the one starting around
Minor adjustments: Minor levelling, EQ, and deleting unused resources