"Twilight" An uplifting trance track I made.

[D1on]

This time I designed all the synths my self, that's why it took so long to get made. Please enjoy and give me your insights!

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[Hipster Bales]

Not bad for someone starting out!
On the musical side, it's solid! You've chosen an appropriate chord progression and melody.

However, in the mix there's some stuff that needs some work, for example (I'm writing as I listen):
at about 1:51 the sub-bass frequencies are too boomy and loud. I'd turn them down a little bit.
When you get the claps in about 3:43, they're audibly off-grid, which doesn't gel with me very well, I'd work on getting those on beat.

On the other hand, the kick is a bit weak, I can barely hear it. I'd use sidechain compression and add some bass to it to get the kick sitting in the mix better.
The strings are also a bit too bright and harsh, and the arpeggio doesn't do it any favours.
From 4:10 to 6:02 it starts to feel quite repetitive.

I also can't hear any low end. This is a trance tune so there should be a decent bass or sub-bass at least.

I noticed that all of your YT videos are just black screens. No-one is gonna click on them if they just see a black screen. I'd get some visual imagery on them.

Keep learning!

[Ciderwell]

I liked it, there were some nice changes. Especially the crackling noise around the 2 minute point that sounded like a humungous crowd. Even if it was unintentional, it was still very imaginative - what computer music does best.

[Benedict]

The core ideas and vibe in here are pretty cool; there are some nice moments. But there are things that you can learn.

Mr Bales may have come off a bit criticisey but I agree on many points:

Now I am not a hound for genre targets; I think they often do more damage than good, esp to newbies or even old hands with a different path. BUT at the same time, people generally want something that they can make immediate sense of in most cases. So if you define your music as Satanic Purple Metal-Octocore Country Rap Soul Trap Opera, it has to be close enough to keep the kiddies in that zone, or you lose them before they understand your thing.

Mixing is a slight issue here in that bass is wonky. What was intended is harder to be entirely sure as so much seems not to have bass at all. Which may indicate you didn't want bass -OR- you piled it all in so looooowwwww that nothing will play it - which I suspect. I can hear something trying to happen but with no hooks in the mids at all so it doesn't pull through. And I bet if I was using one of my subbed-rigs, it would be out of control. That is a fail as a mix simply because it does not translate your idea to me. Hint: don't mix with a sub or in headphones, as you are not hearing 'real world'. This is why the NS-10 was so powerful as a tool.

Musically, you start with some nice ideas - really dig the bassless bass at 1:00, but you soon run out of ideas or ways to develop them. Not at all a failing in a newbie, but do work on Composition more than mixing etc as a flawed mix of great work outlives the opposite every time. Look into Variations and Arrangement - not the stuff aimed at how to make yer first Tarnce Choon but the real stuff: practicing Variation alone puts you ahead of 90% of your competitors.