Furore: My first full track (trance) made on Logic

[Clarinetdude]

Hi everyone.

This track, Furore is my first trance track which I have created entirely on Logic Pro 9. Thanks to everyone on this site who helped me and answered my questions-you were invaluable in helping me create this.

I have started out as a total beginner and over this track have learnt so much on logic. I'm really happy with the result!

The track has been only slightly compressed and eqed at the mastering stage in Wavelab. Unfortunately, I had to upload the mp3 version of the bounce down as the wav file was too big and was taking ages to upload.

 

Please feel free to offer constructive criticism and praise alike. I welcome a chance to improve.

Thanks so much.

Enjoy!

PS: Oh yeah- If its too soft-please turn your volume up-I didn't compress and limit this track to the max so the overall volume is not very loud.

 

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[tristancalvaire]

Biggest problem with this otherwise nice song- your kick drum is completely invisible. A very important part of EDM, even softer more ambient genres like trance, is a booming, danceable kick drum. Yours is completely lost in the mix.

 

Find a better, bigger, louder kick drum sample. Boost anywhere from 180-240 hertz depending on the sample for extra transient punch, and in the 60-100 hertz range for extra boominess. Side-chain compress any sounds which might cause clipping troubles (such as basslines) to the kick drum.

[Clarinetdude]

Biggest problem with this otherwise nice song- your kick drum is completely invisible. A very important part of EDM, even softer more ambient genres like trance, is a booming, danceable kick drum. Yours is completely lost in the mix.

 

Find a better, bigger, louder kick drum sample. Boost anywhere from 180-240 hertz depending on the sample for extra transient punch, and in the 60-100 hertz range for extra boominess. Side-chain compress any sounds which might cause clipping troubles (such as basslines) to the kick drum.

Thanks so much for the review ttoxique! It is really appreciated. In terms of the kick drum I completely agree with you and I was trying to get it punchier. However my main problems were that I was only increasing the volume of the kick drum and all this caused was a load of clipping. When you refer to boosting the 180-240 hertz and 60-100 hertz range are you referring to boosting in the EQ? How do I do this? Do I open up the general EQ on the kick drum audio track and play around with it there are is it something else you are referring to.

At the moment in the track all I have side chained compressed is the pads.

Thanks in advance.

[tristancalvaire]

Biggest problem with this otherwise nice song- your kick drum is completely invisible. A very important part of EDM, even softer more ambient genres like trance, is a booming, danceable kick drum. Yours is completely lost in the mix.

 

Find a better, bigger, louder kick drum sample. Boost anywhere from 180-240 hertz depending on the sample for extra transient punch, and in the 60-100 hertz range for extra boominess. Side-chain compress any sounds which might cause clipping troubles (such as basslines) to the kick drum.

Thanks so much for the review ttoxique! It is really appreciated. In terms of the kick drum I completely agree with you and I was trying to get it punchier. However my main problems were that I was only increasing the volume of the kick drum and all this caused was a load of clipping. When you refer to boosting the 180-240 hertz and 60-100 hertz range are you referring to boosting in the EQ? How do I do this? Do I open up the general EQ on the kick drum audio track and play around with it there are is it something else you are referring to.

At the moment in the track all I have side chained compressed is the pads.

Thanks in advance.

Yes, boost with an EQ. Open up the channel EQ, turn on the visual analyzer with a high setting, then start boosting and changing your Q to get the tonality you want. Make sure to pay attention to your levels while you boost, so that you don't clip.

 

To prevent clipping, you can do a few things- subtly side-chain compress many of your synths to the kick drum to duck them a little, carve out their frequencies with an EQ around the area where the kick drum thuds and booms, slightly dampen a kick drums higher frequencies so as to not occupy the ranges of other instruments, and lastly, an old trance trick is to arrange bass synths to that they lie on the eighth right after the kick drum, not at the same time. You could also simply lower the volume of other instruments.

[Clarinetdude]

THanks a lot for that-very helpful!!