Quote Originally Posted by Dj-Richie-Parker
Quote Originally Posted by xfive
Overall this is very dry and the sounds are quite digital. This needs a lot of warmth and should be spread out a lot wider. Everything sounds like its in one little box.
I would consider changing the horn sound as it is a tad loud in the mix, and does not really complement it well at all.
Also where's the bass?

I'd say you have a good basis here for something... but it sounds like it was tossed together with a very quick arrangement. Drop a loop in.. take a loop out... repeat.
Don't mean to sound blunt but the production is not of a very high standard.
Try to use some compression, reverb, eq, and panning to treat the sounds and really make things fuller and not so digital and cold.

It would help a lot.. as you definitely have ideas, but no matter how good they may seem... if they aren't put together well, then you are not doing it justice.
thanks for listening, i dunno i like things to be in their box, well for this track anyway, like take a loop out and put one in..is not done just for the sake of it, its tying to acheive something, personally adding decorations like reverb and panning etc i just dont buy into, i understand what you mean by saying it would make the track sound more fuller and widespread rather than just straight down the line layering, but i kind of like this way../?!!

Thanks
Erm decorations?
It`s called professional production.
I gotta agree here, I mean considering this is something you are thinking about releasing the production is very amateurish.

For a start their is no balance with the levels.
The main chordal synth (that sounds way too dry and cheap) totally overpowers the kick.
the kick itself lacks any punch.
there`s no bass.
The hats are very very thin and lack any presence or dynamic in the mix.

this sounds like it was made with a losse collection of raw, unprocessed sampled and wacked together in reason.

Not that things can`t be imporved though.

The bass could be enhanced with a nice analog eq. Also a little compression on the kick would give it a touch more oomph.

Some verb or delay, or maybe chorus on the main synth would stop it from sounding cheap. Also maybe look at adding some small velocity changes to make the synth more dynamic over the whole tune.

the hats could maybe have a little compression, and some boosting in the top end, maybe some kind of stereo split to widen them in the mix too. and again, some little velocity programming would make them much more interesting than the flat straight velocity they have now.
Also maybe some quantise shuffle somehwere would suit this kind of tune.

It`s a nice collection of samples, but overall for this place, a pretty low standard, so don`t be surpised by the critisism. everyone here gets it, but it`s helped us all develop our production skills.
If you think you have nothing to learn, then it`s time to quit.