Sorry for the late response, I thought the thread practically died after the first response.
Thanks. I'm glad you like the song...generally it takes me quite some effort to even get people to listen to my songs ^_^"
If you have the SPC or an MP3 of the original song, you might want to try listening to that on repeat as well (the SPC can even loop properly)...it really works well with the original track as well.
Thanks a lot for the advice. I'll try if I can improve the track that way.
I'll try to give an update...but for now, I'm kinda inspirationless. There are just times when all my attempts at making music fail, but that always passes after a while. I'll see if I can improve the track later.
None. Currently, the entire song doesn't use a single effect. The synth (both are actually the exact same synth, one just plays much higher notes than the other) is just the default PAD-Default-Factory preset for the Dominator VST. (Funny story: I started making this song when I was just playing random stuff on that VST and found myself somehow playing the exact same chords the 2300 AD overworld music uses. It sounded so good it didn't even need any effects whatsoever.)
It is possible that the wind sample used some effects, though, but it's been too long since I made it to remember. (I originally made the sample for a different track, Sea Journey, back in April. I just recycled it since I needed a good wind sample and it worked pretty well.)
Not really. I just suck at making drum patterns...ever since I started making music, drum patterns have been my weak point. I'll see what I can do to improve the drums.
Hm...if you like tracks 'of the chilled out variety', maybe you'll like Clouds or Relax.