KVR Audio

Spring Goose · Post by **Spring Goose** » Sat Feb 15, 2020 7:53 pm

OK, so what do you think of this?

https://soundcloud.com/user-492255322/sets/kvr/s-sKBwG

Death Row Archie · Post by **Death Row Archie** » Mon Feb 17, 2020 6:01 am

"3 Free Your MInd": Nice texture on the intro. Cool laid back groove that drops at :30. I dig the lead part (of sorts) that drops at 1:30. The old school string stabs work well. This is well-arranged. The wah-wah part got kind of repetitive, personally would like to hear it drop out at some point. Your snare is getting buried I notice. I know it's subtle, but I'd like to hear it cut through -- you might try bussing your synths together and side-chaining to the snare. Overall nice effort, very listenable.

Spring Goose · Post by **Spring Goose** » Mon Feb 17, 2020 12:36 pm

Death Row Archie wrote: ↑Mon Feb 17, 2020 6:01 am "3 Free Your MInd": Nice texture on the intro. Cool laid back groove that drops at :30. I dig the lead part (of sorts) that drops at 1:30. The old school string stabs work well. This is well-arranged. The wah-wah part got kind of repetitive, personally would like to hear it drop out at some point. Your snare is getting buried I notice. I know it's subtle, but I'd like to hear it cut through -- you might try bussing your synths together and side-chaining to the snare. Overall nice effort, very listenable.

Thankyou very much. I haven't got the hang of sidechaining (yet).

Death Row Archie · Post by **Death Row Archie** » Mon Feb 17, 2020 10:12 pm

Spring Goose wrote: ↑Mon Feb 17, 2020 12:36 pm Thankyou very much. I haven't got the hang of sidechaining (yet).

Pretty simple: If you want the snare to cut through (i.e. duck) the synths, send your synth outputs to a common bus and put a compressor on that bus. Then add a send to your snare track and set it to the side-chain input on the compressor. Adjust the compressor settings (mainly ratio, attack and release) until you get the desired balance.

Spring Goose · Post by **Spring Goose** » Mon Feb 17, 2020 10:41 pm

Death Row Archie wrote: ↑Mon Feb 17, 2020 10:12 pm
Spring Goose wrote: ↑Mon Feb 17, 2020 12:36 pm Thankyou very much. I haven't got the hang of sidechaining (yet).
Pretty simple: If you want the snare to cut through (i.e. duck) the synths, send your synth outputs to a common bus and put a compressor on that bus. Then add a send to your snare track and set it to the side-chain input on the compressor. Adjust the compressor settings (mainly ratio, attack and release) until you get the desired balance.

Thanks. I'll give it a try.

Spring Goose · Post by **Spring Goose** » Fri Jul 10, 2020 7:56 pm

Death Row Archie wrote: ↑Mon Feb 17, 2020 6:01 am "3 Free Your MInd": Nice texture on the intro. Cool laid back groove that drops at :30. I dig the lead part (of sorts) that drops at 1:30. The old school string stabs work well. This is well-arranged. The wah-wah part got kind of repetitive, personally would like to hear it drop out at some point. Your snare is getting buried I notice. I know it's subtle, but I'd like to hear it cut through -- you might try bussing your synths together and side-chaining to the snare. Overall nice effort, very listenable.

I haven't reworked the song regarding the wah-wah part, but i have given the song a fresh mixdown including sidechaining for the snares and some of the other parts.

I don't know why but i couldn't get the sidechaining going in Reason. I've switched to Bitwig and setting up a sidechain is very easy.

Spring Goose · Post by **Spring Goose** » Fri Jul 10, 2020 9:37 pm

Also i've edited and done new mixdowns for the other 3 tracks.

Progressive house, trance, electronic, and techno (not EDM)