[Trance] apollo

[aether]

Trying to get in the mood for the DDR song competition, so I introduce to you, apollo.

Thoughts? Suggestions? Should I enter with this? What do you guys think? Help me out!

Update
Introducing version 2. 3:39 to 4:34 needs to be fixed up. (Didn't realize the filter went wonky on me.)

Update 2
Latest version can be found here:

Shorter, diversified, side-chained, sped up by 4BPM and EQ re-tweaked.

http://marketingruinedmylife.com/mp3...%20edit)_5.mp3

[aether]

Updated! Please let me know what you think!

[PURPLE STRiKER]

sounds like an L.E.D. long mix i likes it especially that acid synth reminds me of someones song :P

[tomokosasaki]

Wow.. I love this!!
what is the synth you used throughout? Cos I love this sound you achieved..it's defeintly trance.

[helix eternal]

Hey, listening to this finally now that I'm not all sick and stuff.

The kick is too deep/muffled or something. It's not punchy enough it needs more compression on it I do believe.

I love that bass. In fact a lot of the synths you use are fantastic and sound wonderful. Great use of stereo imaging.

There's a section around 4:40-4:50 that could use a little cleaning up, I think it's mostly due to the kick. Seriously that kick is buggin me It's mucking up the bass/sub range a lot when there is a lot of sound going on.

With the type of bassline you are using also, be sure you are sidechaining the bass, I can't exactly tell if you are or not.

Overall the song was pretty good. I got a little bored at times, though. You could fix that with some dynamics to the leads (add chorus at points, change note length, add a phaser, something)

[Ætheros]

Wow, this one sort of became a favorite right away. I did like the length actually. It suited the song well, and gave you time to do different things with it. I do have to agree with Helix though, I think you could have mixed it up a bit more to keep the attention. Either way, the synths were fantastic, and melodies were amazing. Can't wait to hear more.
BTW: I would submit this to the contest. I'm sure it will do well.

[aether]

Thank you guys for all of your feedback!

Originally Posted by hi5

sounds like an L.E.D. long mix i likes it especially that acid synth reminds me of someones song :P

.. no idea who you're referring to. Haha.

Originally Posted by tomokosasaki

Wow.. I love this!!
what is the synth you used throughout? Cos I love this sound you achieved..it's defeintly trance.

Thank you! The lead is the "Dance Lineup" preset under Arpeggios in Nexus. The rest of the textures, sans the pads, are Vanguard.

Originally Posted by helix eternal

The kick is too deep/muffled or something. It's not punchy enough it needs more compression on it I do believe.

There's a section around 4:40-4:50 that could use a little cleaning up, I think it's mostly due to the kick. Seriously that kick is buggin me It's mucking up the bass/sub range a lot when there is a lot of sound going on.

Will definitely play around and rebalance things out.

Originally Posted by helix eternal

With the type of bassline you are using also, be sure you are sidechaining the bass, I can't exactly tell if you are or not.

Not yet!

Originally Posted by Ætheros

I do have to agree with Helix though, I think you could have mixed it up a bit more to keep the attention.

Mrm. Agreed. I think the last chorus stretch is painful. I'll play around and post an updated version.

Thanks again, guys!

[DJ SymBiotiX]

Very very nice, im enjoying this very much. Not sure if its dancy/energetic enough for DDR, but I would definitely give it a shot if your thinking about it. Reminder though, the max limit for submissions is 7 minutes, so you might wanna cut it a bit I guess?

[Ætheros]

Originally Posted by DJ SymBiotiX

Very very nice, im enjoying this very much. Not sure if its dancy/energetic enough for DDR, but I would definitely give it a shot if your thinking about it. Reminder though, the max limit for submissions is 7 minutes, so you might wanna it a bit I guess?

well it could use a bit of cutting anyways. While I do like a long trancer, I must say I think often times, shortening a song and removing unnecessary and/or overly repetitive elements, can actually improve the overall quality. The first piece of advice I ever got on my music (and I got this a lot) was to shorten my builds, and make things less drawn out. That's not to say this is drawn out. it's more repetitive if anything. And also, it could still work at th length it's at now. If you amped the energy up at the last repetition of the main climax, and mixed things up a bit in the other repetitive areas it could prove to be a long and powerful track. Can't wait the hear the next version though.

[I LOVE MY DAUGHTERS]

Hey, when boadjam for UM4 opens up, put this in there. It would be awesome.

[aether]

Hi folks.

Okay, been plugging at this and it's getting frustrating so it's time for me to step away for a while.

http://marketingruinedmylife.com/mp3...%20edit)_5.mp3

Shorter, diversified, side-chained, sped up by 4BPM and EQ re-tweaked.

Would love to hear your thoughts on this. Am I going in the right direction, or should I go back to what I had before? Do you think I should add percussion to the build at 2:27?

Thanks so much, guys!

[vanityangelfixx]

Sounds so incredible. I will be creating keyboard steps to this eventually.