Fat Dog Disco
By scottux on February 16, 2014 9:07 am
Gear: Teenage Engineering OP-1.
Ideas going in: I wanted to make a song that had a driving lead throughout, as most of my songs always seem to be wanting for a vocal line or lead line and never really get it. I doubled my lead with the same synth an octave up, but left in a lot of the messups or gross parts, because I wanted the lead to feel organic, like a voice.
Reflection afterwards: I am not sure I like the effect the compressor had on this mix. It was better with the boost and compressor on than off, but not quite up to the idea of a perfect mix in my head. Of course, mixing on the OP-1 is always a challenge, so I'm not too worried about it. Also, I clearly still need to work on connecting the different leads/parts of the song together, as, at least to my ear, it's very very obvious that we've just switched between two different parts written on different days. The "Verse" is very dark, and the middle/rhythm section is less pronounced, where the "Chorus" is peppy as balls.
I would love feedback on this! Please comment with parts you liked, things you felt could use improvement, or how much it sucked so long as you tell me *why* it sucked 
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