Sanxion7 - Red Gaia

[SaxxonPike]

Hard trance track this time. It's been a while since I've done something of the sort, so I figured I'd give it a shot. It turned out to be an awesome song to wrap the year up, despite the year itself sucking for S7.

Direct link:
http://saxxonpike.googlepages.com/redgaia128.mp3

Also, the music page has changed (notice the artist name now)
http://www.soundclick.com/sanxion7

[helix eternal]

Love the gated synth and the bass.

This sounds really good, but it's only downfall is that it's kind of generic. There's a sound that reminds me of one of those little $1 piano things you can get at a dollar store or something, that's original. I'm not sure I really like the sound though, maybe it could use to be spread out more in the stereo field and use softer reverb, either that or more/different delay effect on it.

Also, at least on the hi-fi stream on soundclick, it sounds a bit overcompressed from 3:41-3:48. Unless it is supposed to be side-chained, the kick overpowers everything else and makes it sound a little mucky. Same problem right at the end. I'm not too fond of the end how it does a kick roll and a sound effect =/ It makes the ending sound forced, like you didn't really know how or where to actually end it.

Don't take my criticisms too harshly. I'm not quite as good a producer as you, I'm still learning. I'm just trying to suggest solutions to things that I personally feel are problematic, though others might not even notice these things.

Overall it's a well done track, the synths sound good, the drums sound pretty good too. I'd give it a 9/10.

[tomokosasaki]

Hi Saxxon.
I agree with that guy about the piano, it sounds a bit out of place to me (Only a bit). But maybe that's how you wanted it?
But of course, the production quality is so high. The end doesn't sound so forced to me, but something feels odd about it.

[SaxxonPike]

Having a piano is kind of a characteristic that helps define my style a bit -- a personal habit, perhaps?

And by the way, I do have to agree, this song is probably compressed a whole lot more than it should be, I did so to give it more of a dirtier, louder sound. The end isn't much to speak of, but I ran out of things to do with the song. I toyed around with it for about two weeks, and couldn't do anything with it. So, I wrapped it up.

Thanks for your feedback!

[helix eternal]

Originally Posted by SaxxonPike

The end isn't much to speak of, but I ran out of things to do with the song. I toyed around with it for about two weeks, and couldn't do anything with it.

Fair enough