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recursive one · Post by **recursive one** » Fri Dec 25, 2015 6:59 am

Second try

https://soundcloud.com/recursion-loop/dream-reaktor

145 bm full-on psy with some "normal trance" elements.

Aleatoriac · Post by **Aleatoriac** » Fri Dec 25, 2015 8:01 am

IT's good, it's driving, doesn't have that screechy top end I hear in a lot of the more recent trance.

Love the bit at 3:27, very plucky and bubbly

And at 3:52 when the main bit comes back in. Lots of ear candy

manducator · Post by **manducator** » Fri Dec 25, 2015 10:19 am

I loved it!! Sounds great on my headphones.

recursive one · Post by **recursive one** » Fri Dec 25, 2015 1:18 pm

Thanks for the listening, guys!

Codestation wrote: doesn't have that screechy top end I hear in a lot of the more recent trance.

I'm not a big fan of noisy "modern" EDM sound either so I try to avoid too bright top end.

Mushy Mushy · Post by **Mushy Mushy** » Fri Dec 25, 2015 2:16 pm

Superb fella.

Sadly I did get told to turn it off and put some carols on instead. Bollox.

recursive one · Post by **recursive one** » Sun Dec 27, 2015 9:27 pm

Thanks!

Not all carols are bollox, btw, this one is quite good

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eyl75ZW_BsA

I did some small changes to the mix, the link in the OP is updated.

Frantz · Post by **Frantz** » Sun Dec 27, 2015 11:12 pm

Excellent! It held my interest all the way through which is unusual for trance. The mix is perfect.

edgenet · Post by **edgenet** » Mon Dec 28, 2015 9:57 am

Really great sounds and progression ! I loved it =)

recursive one · Post by **recursive one** » Mon Dec 28, 2015 12:22 pm

Thank you, guys, glad that you like it!

Good to know that the mix sounds OK, now I can finally stop doing these obsessive-compulsive tweaks

tehlord · Post by **tehlord** » Mon Dec 28, 2015 12:42 pm

Great stuff

Usually when I see the word trance (in any form) in a music cafe post it's usually met with a sigh of despair on my part as the poster thinks that trance sounds like the techno demo in a 90s workstation synth.

But no!!

This was good. Good.

If I HAD to criticise it I would say that the acid line and lead line that come in later are a tiny bit too loud in the centre (probably because that's where the bass sits). Getting them a little bit out towards the stereo field might help them sit in the mix a little. Although not doing this doesn't really hurt the track.

recursive one · Post by **recursive one** » Mon Dec 28, 2015 2:08 pm

Thanks, mate!

The middle part of the song with these acid lines and all the other things was especially tricky to mix, I tried panning them but was not very happy with the results. But actually I'm just tired of this song like hell so I'm no more sure that I properly hear it.

seismic1 · Post by **seismic1** » Tue Dec 29, 2015 11:09 pm

Great combination of psy and some "softer", more trad. trance elements. If that was an experiment to test the validity of the combo, I would call it a success. I really enjoyed the climax, if ya' know what I mean. I thought the mix was very successful, given the complexity of the arrangement. Listened on Rokit 5s. I loved the low-end. Might listen on the 990s later.

Good work

Bubbamusic · Post by **Bubbamusic** » Wed Dec 30, 2015 12:24 am

I liked the sh*t out of it. The "ear candy overture" in the middle was tremendous.

recursive one · Post by **recursive one** » Thu Dec 31, 2015 12:55 pm

Thanks, guys! I'm really glad that you like it

seismic1 wrote:Great combination of psy and some "softer", more trad. trance elements. If that was an experiment to test the validity of the combo, I would call it a success.

Not that I'm first to do this kind of things, the validity of such a combo has been successfully tested long before me. But this is what triggers me the most - the power and the weirdness of psy combined with the euphopric "retro-futuristic" mood of classic trance tunes.

Reuploaded the mix again with some final tweaks

seismic1 · Post by **seismic1** » Fri Jan 01, 2016 1:50 pm

Sounds great on the cans too

Dream Reactor [melodic psytrance]