Hello all. New to the forum, and kinda green (compared to many folks I've seen here on the forum...wow!) but trying to get better in my composition and production work. Here's an example of a track that shows more or less where I'm at. My stuff hovers over the darker side of Progressive Trance and (unlike many) I actually DO use hardware synths (Virus TI2 KB, Virus Rack, Alesis Ion, Alesis Fusion, Korg R3, Novation X-Station 61, Novation XioSynth 49, Roland JP-8000, Roland MV-8000, Roland JD-xi, Korg Minilogue, Arturia Microbrute, Korg Microsampler, Korg Microstation, M-Audio Venom, and the complete Korg Volca and Kaossilator / Kaoss lines just for fun) in addition to vsti plugins in Sonar.

Here's a link:


Listen to Mortal Metal (Meddle Mix) by brianmccalla #np on #SoundCloud

https://soundcloud.com/br...ortal-metal-meddle-mix



Yes, by the way, you DO recognize the starting point for the image used for the song!

If you hear something amiss, odds are that it's my screw-up, but it's possible that it's also an intentional glitch (as is very common to some flavors of EDM such as trance).

I'd love any feedback...the good, the bad, and the awful...I think that I can take it...even if trance isn't your cup of tea.

Thanks!

Edit-Sorry about the link. The forum keeps deleting my link unless I disguise it first.

Edit 2 - Trying again to post the proper link after some activity here.

Edit 3 - Finally, I can post links! The correct one is now above in this message.

You need more posts and time on the forum to post links (hint: listen and comment on songs here to get you post count to 25 over the next five days IIRC).
 
Here is the link to the OP's song.
 
https://soundcloud.com/brianmccalla/mortal-metal

Gotcha. As I said: new. Thanks. Will do.

We are waiting with baited breath.  Just reply to bapu's and mine comments and your post count will go up!  Oh wait, this is the song forum, maybe don'g do that.

So...confused...must...read...FAQ.

Oy!

Welcome to the songs forum.

Personal furry opinion the kick is far to present, all the synth work is just lost under that kick.
Probably a good track hiding in there if the last two minuets are anything to go by but even then the kick is just OTT.

I look forward to when you can post one of your works.  We all started somewhere.  I can guarantee that you will improve as you gain experience.  

Many thanks. I'm still trying to figure that out myself as it seemed to jump up a few dB when I rendered it to FLAC. It's likely too loud from my monitors when mixing it, but the rendering to FLAC definitely seemed to have boosted it. It's as if the FLAC algorithm has some kind of kick drum compressor built into it.

Regardless, thanks for the feedback!

Thanks. As soon as I get posting privileges, I will.

Much appreciated.