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This file has expired and is no longer available here. The owner of the topic can re-upload the file, or post a link to an off-site file. <BR><BR><a name="planetz-tag"></a>Genre: Electronic<BR> <a name="planetz-tag"></a>Uses: Pulsar Effects,Pulsar Mixers,Pulsar Synths<BR> copyright © 2004zaphop<BR> _____________________________________<BR><BR> This song is under development (and has been for some time). I used:

Prophet Plus on all the synth tracks
STS 4000 with yamaha CP-80 samples
A guitar loop from the Pocketfuel site (now closed)
A drum loop made by Neil Conti

If some would like to comment on the overall mix of the song, I would appreciate it, cause I'm new to this mixing thing.

Nice Groove! I´m rather "new to this mixing thing", too, but I think your mix isn´t bad, at least. I don´t know if you intended that, but the delays and gated synths are sometimes out of sync. Apart from that, I liked it.

Thanks calippo, you're right, the delayed synth sound is not in sync with the drums in the first section of the song. It was not my intention to make them in sync, but I think I will now try a different delay setting and see if that sounds better.

Nice groove. The mix was a little muddy, but that was working until the really bright piano came in, so basically I would dampen the piano or brighten the over all mix of the drums, guitar and synth.
Maybe the muddy sound was caused by a delay swamp - but that's not a bad thing creatively - gives the tune a little mystique. There are some timing issues with the guitar loop, seems a little behind on the accent note - this would be fine once in a while because it seems to push the beat - but when it's there all the time it just seems really noticeable and a bit distracting.

If you can play with that guitar loop a little and maybe drop the accent note from an "E" to a "D" on the third repetition of the loop over 4 bars (?)
Try chopping the loop up and see what variation you can get from it and play with the timing.
I like the overall feel, just needs some tweaks.
Hope this helps.

Thanks for the analysis blgrace !
I will try and make the changes you are suggesting.