okay... here's the catch... ... ...

Sorry peeps... You may haven noticed I've been listening to a couple of tunes in the Song forum over the last few days...
 
Well, as you may have guessed, this is the reason why 
 
https://soundcloud.com/synkrotron/gargamelle
 
Just my usual blend of electronica I'm afraid... I get me coat...

Hi Lynn,
 
Thanks for taking the time to listen, and comment 
 
This is one of my generally uncluttered pieces... I usually cram anything between twenty to forty tracks into a composition. This only has nine (drums count as one because I haven't bothered to split the kit across separate outputs). It is also quite simple in its composition too.
 
The drums have their own separation, as determined in the preset used in Battery 3.
 
The bass and lead are panned dead centre.
 
Everything else is panned between 29 ~ 35% L-R, so yeah, there is certainly more scope to pan some of those tracks even wider. I'll give it a try and report back 
 
cheers
 
andy

This track had me thinking of Tubular bells and a happy day kind of feeling...nice work! -Shawn

Haha! I have a day away from my computer and look what happens! More comments 
 

Janet
Well, my dumb computer thinks it can't open Soundcloud, so I'll have to come back later...

Ah well... No worries... I can't remember if you need to be a member to listen to stuff at SoundCloud... I'm always signed in.
 

shawn@trustmedia.tv
This track had me thinking of Tubular bells and a happy day kind of feeling...nice work! -Shawn

Thanks for taking the time to listen Shawn 
 
I'm afraid that "happy" is kind of my trademark. I do try to compose darker stuff, but it always turns out happy LOL.
 

emeraldsoul
Very clean, well-balanced mix. If any suggestion comes to mind, your bass is just a tad too prominent considering it doesn't do very much in the song, except set the root. The bass almost becomes a kick drum, I found myself focusing a little too much on it, as opposed to the other neat ear candy.
 
nice job!
 
cheers,
-Tom

Hi Tom,
 
Thanks very much for listening to my tune 
 
I have tried to take on board the your comments, Tom, and those of Lynn above. I think I might have messed it up a bit now though... I went and messed with all the sliders, taking the bass down a touch, panning some of the pad parts further left/right, and generally tweaking all of the levels.
 
I also had a go of using Izotope Limiter, in SF10, which I've not used before, so the V2 version of this composition is a tad louder than before.
 
I'm now not so sure which version I like best 
 
This is the link for Garagamelle V2:-
 
https://soundcloud.com/synkrotron/gargamelle-v2
 
If anyone gets a chance I would appreciate further feedback 
 
cheers
 
andy

Hi Tony,
 
Thanks for taking the time to listen... I appreciate that, and especially your comments 
 
I could rework the bass further, I guess... I put a V2 on SoundCloud which had the bass turned down a touch and the whole track re-mastered. I'm reluctant to do any more to this just yet as I've moved onto a different project. Perhaps at some point in the future I could revisit this track yet again.
 
Thanks again,
 
cheers
 
andy

I like version 2 better. One suggestion I have would be to layer a rounder sounding bass sound with your current bass. Something with a slower attack and slightly longer release. I think that will make the bass sound less punchy and give the song a little weight. Also, a little panned delay on the lead line wouldn't hurt.
 
Regards,
Dan
 

I liked it..   it was "happy" but certainly not boring!   The lead synth carries it nicely. 
 

Ah ha! So that's why my SoundCloud plays went up by 16 in the last seven days LOL 
 
Thanks to Steve and John for stopping by to sample my wares 
 
cheers
 
andy

bapu
It's a bit repetitious in the first half before the lead synth comes in.

Thanks for taking the time to listen 
 
I think it would be safe to say that most, if not all of my "music" is repetitious. That's purely down to my lack of skills and nothing to do with the genre I attempt to emulate 
 
cheers
 
andy