Burn Dinorex/Sigma Fortress 2 Mashup (megaman x)

[Esperado]

So ive got a downtempo(?) Remix of Burn Dinorex and Sigma fortress (stage 2)

So Ive decided to stop into the workshop again with what I feel is the closest ive come to an OCR quality mix, and has the most complicated sound design of any of my mixes to date. 

 

https://soundcloud.com/jesse-mitchell-3/tiny-arms-big-heart-v2

 

Evidently Im still in love with mono synth square/saw leads. 

 

Will add a source breakdown soon! Any comments or critiques are encouraged! 

[timaeus222]

This is a good base so far! After listening through a few times, these are the things I would work on:

 

Major stuff

1. Incorporating a more well-defined harmonic backbone; the bass forms the base of your chords, but the pad is either too distant or it isn't enough to provide noticeable chord changes

2. Adding variation to your drum [loop] (notice the hip hop "yeah" at 0:46 - 0:51?) and doing further drum programming

3. Some transitions would help differentiate higher energy sections from lower energy ones, i.e. at 0:22, 0:44, 1:44, and 3:10. You might want to do something like a sweep at 0:22, reverse kick at 0:44, a reverse (delayed if you want) cymbal at 1:44, and a soft regular cymbal at 3:10.

 

Less-major stuff

4. You use the same transition several times: 1:03, 1:22, 1:52, and 3:28. However, at 1:03 and 3:28, I would keep those because I think they work well there.

5. Adding motion and increasing the width in your main pad to help add more spaciousness. (Doesn't your synth [Zebralette?] have a width knob?)

[Eino Keskitalo]

One of my favourite tracks from the compo, so I'm glad you're revisiting this! I'll try to check this out with something other than laptop speakers (ouch), but two things; I disagree (for now at least) with timaeus222 that this needed more chord changes, what's there works for this piece. Second, I feel like many of the longer synth notes towards the end could use some more expression to them; vibrato, filter stuff, bend up/down, velocity trickery.. lots of opportunity there, right now it's a sorely missed opportunity!

[timaeus222]

One of my favourite tracks from the compo, so I'm glad you're revisiting this! I'll try to check this out with something other than laptop speakers (ouch), but two things; I disagree (for now at least) with timaeus222 that this needed more chord changes, what's there works for this piece. Second, I feel like many of the longer synth notes towards the end could use some more expression to them; vibrato, filter stuff, bend up/down, velocity trickery.. lots of opportunity there, right now it's a sorely missed opportunity!

I didn't mean the chord changes themselves (the notes were there), but just chord changes that can be more clearly heard / more upfront / more easily felt.