Introducing "Take Flight" by new artist ZMobius

Hello all. I am an electronic / jazz artist, and I have just begun uploading my works online. The first song I would like to introduce to the Cakewalk community is "Take Flight". You can view the audio here:  http://soundcloud.com/zmobius/take-flight 

EDIT: Link is broken because I updated the audio. Here is the newer version: http://soundcloud.com/zmobius/take-flight-mp3   

If you visit my Soundcloud page, you can listen to and download my music for free. I have two other songs also available at the moment, so please feel free to give them a listen.

Thanks and enjoy. Any commentary or constructive criticism will be greatly appreciated.

I have to agree with Ben , it almost sounds like Keyboard instruments and drums your recording with .
Are you programming your keyboard , alot of keyboards have tracks you can record on .
I used to do that many years ago before I even knew about computer software and your sound has that effect and sound about it .

Welcome to the club , not bad but could sound better .

James

Thanks for the feedback, guys. Getting better virtual instruments is something I've thought about before (especially for the drums), but I just haven't found anything yet. Right now I'm stuck using Cakewalk's default synthesizer for various instruments, which is why it may have a cheesy sound. Do you have any recommendations for VST synthesizers I should use?

Wookiee


As noted the mix is not bad but some of the sounds are somewhat cheesy. 

For me the drums are some what mechanical and suffer from the machine gun effect.

Are you playing or programming the tune or a mixture?

As to what instruments, what are your needs there is a plethora of instruments out there.  Some clues about sounds and style would probably prompt some well informed replies.

Thanks for sharing and keep trying we all started somewhere.

I sequenced it in Music Creator 5, none of it was played or programmed on a keyboard.


I should have said so before, I guess. I'm looking for good electronic sounds, new drum samples, and possibly something to replace the sax.

Thanks for listening! Btw I recently got Rapture and have been working with that. I've already made Take Flight sound 10 times better just with a few virtual instrument changes and other editing.

I think if you would back off on the bass and drums volume a bit, it would help the lead tones stand out a bit. It seemed like they squashed everything else. If you work a bit on the mix, it will really help. Although I'm not a fan of this particular music genre, I wouldn't call your song cheesy like some others. It has a lot of potential.