Silken Strand

[cfx]

'lo all. This'd be, like, my first forum post ever so -- hi.

Now that that's out of the way, tag this.

http://www.cfxmusic.com/h1d3/cfx-silken-strand-pre-a.mp3

No idea what sort of genre it is, and I threw it together in a sitting, sometime yesterday morning. I'm a little too anxious (way too anxious) to get a little bit of general feedback on it before I work on it again:

My TODO List:

* Clean up the low-end (bass is too crowded)

* Rebalance the highs (bit of EQ to help it through lower-quality speakers)

* Ensure percussion 'carries' 2nd phrase in a more defined manner

* Third section at the end, 1-2 minutes long

* Fix the 2 "incorrect" notes. Spot them, win a prize!

And,

* Add "stuff". Both phrases don't vary quite enough. I plan to solve this by adding subtleties in the highs and an ultra-subtle moving sweep pad to give the whole thing a swishy, moving texture.

Listening recommendations:

* Turn it up

* Turn down your subwoofer, just a bit, not too much

-OR-

* Really nice headphones

// No laptop speakers! It's horrible without the deep bass later on.

PS: Absolutely NO compression was used. Does the experiment work? First time I haven't used compressors since I bought my first one.

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Eat it!

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