I really like the sound aesthetics on this one. I saw you struggling with the mixdown on the fedi, and it's one of the reasons why I so rarely do stuff entirely on hardware. For my taste all the drums/ percussions are a bit hot, especially the cymbals and hats, but that could also be a style choice, to keep the lush chords in the background.

Hopefully this week will be less interrupted by failing hardware of all sorts!

I really like the sound aesthetics on this one. I saw you struggling with the mixdown on the fedi, and it's one of the reasons why I so rarely do stuff entirely on hardware. For my taste all the drums/ percussions are a bit hot, especially the cymbals and hats, but that could also be a style choice, to keep the lush chords in the background. Hopefully this week will be less interrupted by failing hardware of all sorts! ;)

Definitely made me chuckle, too! Good to hear that making the song did in fact improve your mood.
I think I would have given the vocal samples more presence, but then again I only listened on my phone speaker, so who knows.

Definitely made me chuckle, too! Good to hear that making the song did in fact improve your mood. :) I think I would have given the vocal samples more presence, but then again I only listened on my phone speaker, so who knows.

Thank you I especially enjoy the transition at 0:37 and the clicky thing in the second drum pattern that starts fast and gets slower.

It mostly is, yeah. But it's also because my options to mess around with individual instruments are rather limited since it's a prerecorded drum loop. (The one the song starts with, not the additional drums starting at 0:37.)

Last week I had noticed that the Deluge's builtin speaker is actually a good way to preview how things sound like on a phone, since it sounds even worse than my phone's speakers xD

The vocals being somewhat in the background was on purpose though. The first one kind of hides behind the low bass sound (which you probably won't hear on your phone) and mimics it, and they become increasingly more noticeable by opening up the LPF. If you go "wait, there's vocals in there? Did I miss some?" that's the intended effect.

Also, thanks for the sympathy, to both of you

[quote=halfbyte]I really like the sound aesthetics on this one.[/quote] Thank you :) I especially enjoy the transition at 0:37 and the clicky thing in the second drum pattern that starts fast and gets slower. [quote=halfbyte]For my taste all the drums/ percussions are a bit hot, especially the cymbals and hats, but that could also be a style choice[/quote] It mostly is, yeah. But it's also because my options to mess around with individual instruments are rather limited since it's a prerecorded drum loop. (The one the song starts with, not the additional drums starting at 0:37.) [quote=Xjs]I think I would have given the vocal samples more presence, but then again I only listened on my phone speaker, so who knows.[/quote] Last week I had noticed that the Deluge's builtin speaker is actually a good way to preview how things sound like on a phone, since it sounds even worse than my phone's speakers xD The vocals being somewhat in the background was on purpose though. The first one kind of hides behind the low bass sound (which you probably won't hear on your phone) and mimics it, and they become increasingly more noticeable by opening up the LPF. If you go "wait, there's vocals in there? Did I miss some?" that's the intended effect. Also, thanks for the sympathy, to both of you :)

Most over-engineered hats that still allow everything sound legible. Good mix. Well done.

Most over-engineered hats that still allow everything sound legible. Good mix. Well done.