Golden Sun, Tolbi-bound Ship - Electronic Remix

[KaS]

https://m.soundcloud.co  m/user-166733596/kraken-of-the-karagol-golden

Want feedback on this to know what I do wrong, what I could do better, and how to make it more interesting. 

[Gario]

You got a nice meaty drum to start with, so that's good. The side chaining on this one is pretty brutal, though - you don't want that pulsing effect to happen on all of your instruments like that. It can create a cool effect on the bass and sometimes the pads, but on everything it's just distracting. The drum beat seems to drone throughout the song, too. You use a few fills, which help, but don't be afraid to utilize different hat patterns, or add a bit of a different flair in your snare pattern from time to time, as well.

Aside from the drums, most of your instruments sound too quiet. There's little bass, and the pads don't fill the sound space very well, even despite the heavy side chaining. Your melody carrying instruments seem to be mixed very far behind your drums and other instruments.

The arrangement is pretty straight forward. I find it a shame personally that you really only use one part of the source - there's about a minute of really awesome stuff that's happening in it, and you stick with about ten seconds of it throughout. That's up to you whether or not you use all of the source, but man I do miss all of the tasty chords and themes that the source uses in your arrangement.

I hope some of this helps!

[KaS]

It's very helpful, thanks Gario! I should have used more of the source. Mixing is an area where I really want to improve, so thanks for the advice! 

[shaboogen]

Out of interest, what kind of style are you seeking to make here?

The BPM seems to place it in the hard trance region. The bass sidechaining seems to also suggest that you're aiming for reverse bass?

I feel like some questions about what you're seeking to achieve would help target advice a little better.