@Alex Leondis DUDE say less, I got a few things to work on this weekend (Ben and I have a track to finish and have to finalize our set list for the 31st) but my plan is to have it polished mixed and mastered by next week. 👀

@Richard Holzhauer duuude thank you so much

Dude having your own sample pack is so nice. It’s also really nice to learn sound design to come up with your own drums n such. Makes me feel so proud to be able to use my own synths and drums (I’m not a purist though don’t worry lmao) I had a sample pack that I posted here but every sample was just an alias so it didn’t open right bc I’m a dumbass 😭

I checked out your mashups! Super cool! I love that you added the file explaining each song and what it means to you dude that’s sick. Great to have you! Since someone here finally mentioned legos, what do you think of the new Lego Smart Brick? 🤔🤔

A motor is a pretty cool idea. When I was a kid I loved the Lego Chimas and Lego Star Wars. I still somewhat collect Legos but not as much.

@Mani Kamara yo! I listened to it about 7 times. First I wanna say take everything I say with a grain of salt. I’m not a professional producer. Everyone’s ears are different and there is no right or wrong way to produce (unless you put reverb on a sub) The drums are really good and will for sure punch through on some decent speakers. I know a few guys in here are commenting on pad side chain, but honestly it sounds good enough that you can leave that up to preference. The main bass synth is decent but I do feel as if it’s a little muddy. Nothing a little eq can’t clean up (honestly if you’re gear isn’t a flat response or if you genuinely can’t hear it, don’t even bother. You could just end up ruining it. I have a few other things like also caught my attention. 1) The chords and pads get a bit repetitive. (This is what I would focus on the most. Most listeners won’t skip a track bc of mixing issues, they’ll skip it if it’s repetitive or boring) Try to add some elements in there that kind of flip the script. Maybe pull the bass or chords away and add some atmos. 2) when the female vocals came in on my car speakers, they were def a bit tinny or sharp. (This is definitely caused by aliasing from pulling the vocal stems out of the track) Cutting back on the high JUST a tad (not enough so they drown in the mix) will definitely help protect people’s ears when playing it at ridiculous volumes lmaoooo. 3) the drop bass didn’t really feel deep enough. When playing it in the chorus it sounded fine, but when paired with the kick, it really felt like the kick was doing a lot of the heavy lifting. It doesn’t need an insane amount of work (because it is a sustained bass and you don’t want just straight sub pouring out of the speakers) but bumping it up a few db OR just adding a sine (alright) or triangle wave (goated) in the sub freq would help quite a bit. Just sidechain it with the bass and you’re golden. Be careful if you decide to cut the sub out of the drop bass to add the sub. That would def be preferred just try not to cut too much or you’ll lose a lot of punch from the low mids.

@Mani Kamara dude I’m so down! All in all I would say it def passed the car test and if I were you I’d be proud af to show that to the boys and play it out. Also I’m eating 7 eggs this morning. 😭😭

Yooo dude this track is fire you should let me remix it