KVR Audio

jackoo · Post by **jackoo** » Wed Jan 12, 2022 12:18 pm

Hi,
I've finished a new kind of experiment for me.
There are some melody / theme ideas I've head for over an year.

I've tried to pay more attention to the 'mastering' part / loudness.
I'd be nice to see how it translates also to other monitors / sound systems

https://soundcloud.com/vdxi/decembers-flight

Kindly let me know what you think, and thanks for the listen.

margaret0547 · Post by **margaret0547** » Wed Jan 12, 2022 10:55 pm

Great sounding piece. I enjoyed it.

aaron aardvark · Post by **aaron aardvark** » Thu Jan 13, 2022 5:56 am

jackoo,
Thank you for reviewing my music! What state or country are you from? Can't be Antarctica.....can it? Now your song: sounds rather 80's, which is right up my alley. It's probably recorded at home, but somehow I picture this being played live for some reason. Must be the violin. Nice song and melodies! I wish the nice bells played out a bit longer. Good job!

jackoo · Post by **jackoo** » Thu Jan 13, 2022 6:20 pm

margaret0547 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 12, 2022 10:55 pm Great sounding piece. I enjoyed it.

Thanks a lot for listening, I appreciate it.

jackoo · Post by **jackoo** » Thu Jan 13, 2022 6:24 pm

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jackoo · Post by **jackoo** » Thu Jan 13, 2022 6:59 pm

aaron aardvark wrote: ↑Thu Jan 13, 2022 5:56 am jackoo,
Thank you for reviewing my music! What state or country are you from? Can't be Antarctica.....can it? Now your song: sounds rather 80's, which is right up my alley. It's probably recorded at home, but somehow I picture this being played live for some reason. Must be the violin. Nice song and melodies! I wish the nice bells played out a bit longer. Good job!

Hi, I'm in Europe, currently working in Germany.

Thanks a lot for listening. I have a soft spot for 80s synths. It might sound more live, because it mostly /sort of is - at least for the drums / bass / synths. It's based on a scripted jam track played over in realtime, and there's no note quantization in the main synth (well that is when the patterns start and stop - excluding the arpeggiator) or the violins...
Cheers!

jackoo · Post by **jackoo** » Thu Jan 13, 2022 7:00 pm

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ChameleonMusic · Post by **ChameleonMusic** » Thu Jan 13, 2022 9:05 pm

Really enjoyable track - great violin melody!

Background groove works well throughout...might've liked a little more variation maybe in the middle somewhere? Bit like that lovely, short piano moment at the end (4 mins 23 secs)?

Production sounds fine on my system...maybe a little bit of muddiness, but nothing that intruded in a big way...doesn't spoil the listen.

ChameleonMusic · Post by **ChameleonMusic** » Thu Jan 13, 2022 9:07 pm

jackoo wrote: ↑Thu Jan 13, 2022 7:00 pm [duplicate - quoted myself by mistake ]

I do it as well...you think it hasn't posted and click again...and then you have two without sometimes even knowing!

Frantz · Post by **Frantz** » Fri Jan 14, 2022 5:05 am

Top line melodies are strong throughout.

The backing, other than chord changes, is quite static and therefore less intereting than it could be. The effects on the backing synths sound kind of blurry. I'm not a fan of that slow sidechaining effect on the bass.

Overall, quite good because the melody is first rate.

jackoo · Post by **jackoo** » Sun Jan 16, 2022 6:03 pm

Frantz wrote: ↑Fri Jan 14, 2022 5:05 am Top line melodies are strong throughout.

The backing, other than chord changes, is quite static and therefore less intereting than it could be. The effects on the backing synths sound kind of blurry. I'm not a fan of that slow sidechaining effect on the bass.

Overall, quite good because the melody is first rate.

Thanks so much for the listen, Frantz, it is strongly appreciated.
I'm actually most interested about the effectiveness of the melody, so thanks for your comment on that.

You make some very good points, but sometimes I need to balance the quality vs. time dedicated. This is unfortunately still only a hobby. Wish I could dedicate more resources to my music...

Thanks a lot and cheers!

markkuja · Post by **markkuja** » Fri Feb 11, 2022 9:05 pm

Good instrumental with nice groove.
Enjoyable melody lines and sounds.

Bansaw · Post by **Bansaw** » Fri Feb 11, 2022 11:46 pm

Liked the song and the elements you used.
However, mixing could be improved a lot. There's just too much going on with the mids ... lower mids downwards. Needs really cleaning up.
You could try and put some elements up an octave and high pass certain elements to take their unwanted lower freqs out.

jackoo · Post by **jackoo** » Sat Feb 12, 2022 3:10 pm

markkuja wrote: ↑Fri Feb 11, 2022 9:05 pm Good instrumental with nice groove.
Enjoyable melody lines and sounds.

Thank you kindly for listening! I really appreciate it.

jackoo · Post by **jackoo** » Sat Feb 12, 2022 3:11 pm

Bansaw wrote: ↑Fri Feb 11, 2022 11:46 pm Liked the song and the elements you used.
However, mixing could be improved a lot. There's just too much going on with the mids ... lower mids downwards. Needs really cleaning up.
You could try and put some elements up an octave and high pass certain elements to take their unwanted lower freqs out.

Thank you for the listen and the feedback. I will try to incorporate it in future work.
Cheers!

retro synth/bass meets violin / melodic