new acid techno thumper -crutch

[Barely Human]

Just checked your track out.

Your obviously new to the game, so i'll keep my comments as direct as I can.

You should really render your tracks to a minimum of 192kbps, you lose a lot of quality on the high end and it generally makes the mix sound muddy.

In terms of the arrangement, I think it needs some more stuff going on. The first break comes in very early. Try and suck people into the first break with a nice build towards it. Word of advice, be very carefull with ride cymbals. If they are not right, they will take over the mix and sound quite washy.

In terms of production, it seams fairly balanced but its all a bit off in each frequency. I think this stems from having the kick and bass not sitting right with each other. The kick needs more boom in the bottom end, and the bass is too wide and too low overall to make an impact propperly with that kick. Try changing your kick and bass and use some compression to get a nice round sound to the bottom end.

The acid doesnt sound that bad considering. Very old school sounding.

Dont take this post the wrong way because it is important to get honest feedback. We all had to start somewhere.

Keep at it man.

[techno_smack]

thats just the kind of helpful advice i was looking for, cheers man.

i know what your saying about rides, do you not think those rides sound too good? I was fairly happy with them .

the bass is a bit over powering and def needs some compression etc.

And cheers about the acid, Im getting very nostalgic about the old school acid sound recently. I really want to add another line or fatten it up more but im new to working with 303 sounds properly.

Any thoughts about the percussion at all?

I will def have a go at building up the first break.

thanks for the comments