Hothead Bop [Trance Remix]

[Fantasy Flow]

Hi, this is my first post here but i've been making vgm remixes for a few years now. Would love some feedback about this remix from Donkey Kong Country 2:

https://soundcloud.com/sunn-5/hothead-bop-fantasy-flow-mix

[Uffe von Lauterbach]

Nice, warm ambient sound. Kind of wish the lead melody was more clearer. Or rather, a different synth to make it stand out a bit more. Maybe layering it with a piano or guitar sound? I don't know, that's just my thought on that. Overall, I like the feeling.

[Rockos]

Nice song in overall dude.

Only some hitch:

-The crash at 0:00 ? I'm not sure.

-Pass 2:53 you got a compression problem. Seems like all the synth want to be in the first row thus making things clash togheter.

Continue your great work. The ambience is really good in the song.

[Chiwalker]

O wow, great sounds and arrangement - I really get lost in this.

The overall dynamics of the elements are struggling to fit in with each other though. I don't think you should change anything in your playlist, but instead spend some time with your mixer. Bus and sub-bus all your similar elements out and then mixdown very carefully. Trance has the potential to be much more massive than your current mix shows.

Other than possibly making the build to 2:54 a little bit bigger, I love this arrangement.

Edit : I maybe recognize the dynamics problem from a 'preset' on a mastering plugin. Dunno if that's what you used but even when you use a good mastering plugin you gotta pay teeny attention to detail in the mastering process, and have to constantly check/edit what it's doing to the audio.

Edited February 24, 2015 by Chiwalker