Revenge! (New mix - 11/23/2016)

Here is my new song, "Revenge!". After my last song, "Mind Machine", I wanted to do something simpler and more straightforward.

This is mostly Omnisphere/Keyscape/Trillian, with some real and virtual guitars. Drums are from BFD3, played by me using a keyboard. The bass during the chorus is NI's Rick, parallel processed through the Ampeg SVX plugin. That Ampeg adds some very nice dirt to a bass.

I must add, that the NI S88 is a wonderful midi controller. The mod slider (instead of a wheel) is supremely easy to control and very expressive.
 
Update 20161107: I've updated the Bandcamp version with adjusted guitar levels.
 
Update 20161123: Bandcamp version updated with better snare processing. Took several tries to get this where it needed to be. I think I'm done, lol.

https://dancumpian.bandcamp.com/track/revenge

or (original version)

https://soundcloud.com/dcumpian/revenge

Hope you enjoy and, as always, any comments/suggestions are always appreciated. If you have any questions about how the track was put together, feel free to ask.

Regards,
Dan

daryl1968
Nice - quite different from your recent stuff but I like it.
Listening on crappy PC speakers at the mo - I'll listen in the studio over the weekend.

Thanks Daryl!
 
Regards,
Dan

Cool tune Dan.  Great mix, IMO.

Firesong X
This sounded really nice.I enjoyed it very much. What did you use for the lead?
John

Thanks John! The lead is Omnisphere.
 
Regards,
Dan

Hi Dan

Listening through good quality headphones, I must say how much I enjoyed the sense of space and width. Do you use any particular techniques in the placement of the instruments in the stereo field?

A reallly pleasurable five minutes of music - loved it!

Bill

A real pleasure to listen. Well balanced and loud enough, clear separation of instruments. A pro mix. The suspence at 2:38 is fantastic.  The only thing that bothers me is the snare sound, like it does not match the rest of the kit.

BobF
Cool tune Dan.  Great mix, IMO.

Thank you Bob! Took a bit of work to get this mix where I wanted it due to each section of the song having a different bass. It was like mixing three songs in one. 
 
Regards,
Dan

Excellent stuff Dan, seriously
 
Very polished... Nice spectrum of sounds used throughout. Loved the lead synth sound
 
Composition of the song is really interesting.
 
Mix sounds really well balanced and I can pick up on everything that is going on.
 
Will this be going on an album at some point? Or are you continuing to build up a collection of singles at Bandcamp?
 
cheers
 
andy

 
Awesome piece Dan ! Loved the smooth yet assertive flow of the track. The lead true to its name, led the track really well. I just thought that a few sounds/fills here and there felt slightly out of tune. But I guess that might have been deliberate for creative variation or probably just my ears 
 

Great work Dan.
I really like the tension in the buildup, made me feel like something big was about to happen, cool arrangement.
Mix is spot on powerful.
Thanks for sharing!

Marshall
Hi Dan

Listening through good quality headphones, I must say how much I enjoyed the sense of space and width. Do you use any particular techniques in the placement of the instruments in the stereo field?

A reallly pleasurable five minutes of music - loved it!

Bill

Thank you Bill! 
 
Mostly, I try to avoid the center except for any instruments carrying the melody. I also like to keep things balanced, so if there is a hi-hat on the right, any other bright percussion will go opposite. Ping-pong delays are your friend. Beyond that, there are no rules that I follow.
 
Regards,
Dan

Hi, Dan,
 
Wow, this is truly excellent all the way around!
 
Well written and played, nicely textured synth work with some really cool twists and turns, cool guitar stuff, and a stellar, pro sounding mix!
 
The mix is crisp, wide and full sounding with a nice punch to the bottom end.
 
Fantastic work, Dan, really outstanding!
 
Bob
 

I liked this one Dan. Could have used some changes here and there but the mix and instruments sounded nice.

bjornpdx
Hi Dan
I liked this song a lot,  especially the guitars.
I've had the NI S61 for a while now and I'm still not sure if I like the MW and PB sliders instead of the wheel. I try to think of the slider as a guitar string but I'm just not getting the technique down. I need more practice I suppose.

Thanks for sharing.

Thank you Bjorn! I found the slider strange, at first. I really like it now though. I used both quite a bit in this song.
 
Regards,
Dan

Afrodrum
A real pleasure to listen. Well balanced and loud enough, clear separation of instruments. A pro mix. The suspence at 2:38 is fantastic.  The only thing that bothers me is the snare sound, like it does not match the rest of the kit.

Thanks Pawel! I went through a ton of snares in BFD until I found what I wanted. I like the metallic ringiness of this snare for the context of the song. I did add some space to the snare to make it a bit bigger and that did add some separation from the rest of the kit, but I'm okay with that.
 
Regards,
Dan