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Would love to hear some feedback on production and quality. Thanks!
Hi there Paul. Sounds Great!
“The Ascension” really stood out for me, and sounds like THAT’S Your Wheelhouse!The only things I really could say is the mastering could use a bit of “Brightening”, and to be honest I would steer more towards “The Ascension, and less towards Field of Honor”.
Just me though..
Hope it helped.
Hi Paul
The compositions are solid and stick to the style and emotion chosen for each track.
As I said in other critiques, I see that the quality of tracks is getting higher so we need to pay attentions to sounds and mastering.
Being a guitarist, I can hear that the guitars are samples and it shows especially on acoustic arpeggios and lead, distorted lines. Maybe there are better samples or a more realistic way to program them. For distorted guitars you could try using ‘clean’, non distorted samples and go through an amp simulator, that may help achieving a more realistic sound. Drums and piano (I’m referring to ‘Ascension’, mainly) could use more dynamics and sample that change with velocity: accents are very important for realism. You could look for drum midis played by real drummers and that could make a big difference. I think that the mixes could be a bit punchier, listen to reference tracks and experiment with compression and limiting, compare levels and sound pressure till you get close to your references. All in all, I think your tracks are well composed and arranged and could work very well in a lot of libraries. There’s a little more work to do if you want to compete with the best tracks around, especially if you want to focus on styles with a lot of guitars playing prominent parts. Hope it helps…Mikevan, thanks for the input. Not sure what you’re hearing on the guitar end. I am also a guitarist and I play all my guitars live. Acoustics are miked up. Electrics are played live as well. I will give some attention more to mixes in the future but just know that soundcloud rips out a bit of the mix and punch. I probably should have posted the wave files. Thanks for taking the time. Best, Paul
Thanks for the feedback. I actually have a an album ready to go in “The Ascension” genre.
Hi Paul
I’m sorry, but you really fooled me… There is something though about your guitars, they sound a bit stiff and synthetic, but maybe it’s just me, or, as you say, something in the sound.. But I got a similar critique one one of my tracks last year, guess sometimes you can be fooled…
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