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  1. recursion loop
    The melody which starts around 0:20 seems to be a factory preset arpeggio from software synth Dune2, maybe reworked very slightly. Here at 2:24 (it's a Dune factory presets showcase)
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    What do you think about this bass, peeps? https://soundcloud.com/recursion-loop/proggy-bassline-test My take on typical proggy bassline. Also some synths and stuff to give it some context.
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    In Soviet Russia CD pirates you.
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    Actually yes, i didn't know about Animato before this album but he does basically the same thing I'm trying to do - he sticks to the modern proggy formula but adds more melodic and sonic variety and a bit of oldschool "balearic trance" euphoric feel. I like how the tracklist is arranged going from lighter, relaxed vibes to slightly darker and more energetic tunes. Overall it's nothing groundbreaking, but within the borders of the genre I think it is very good.
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    Really like this album, solid 5/6 from me.
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    Yet another dude with some nice pieces of hardware and no signs of room treatment. Just like me (except that I have less hardware)
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    Oh, really?
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    Now Sean Tyas also does TBH I think this track is not bad at all, I like it more than the output of many "proper" psy guys. When he was making normal trance his tracks were also better than average.
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    How the fuck could I forget about this one
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    Both melodies are based on a fairly standard pattern and a fairly standard chord progression. To me they do sound similar but not exactly the same, it may happen that they were written independently For the record, the PPK track is based on this (written in late 70's) The PPK track was released in 2002 (EDIT: actually 1999). I remember it well, basically it was one of the first trance tracks I've ever heard. And I have to say that listening to it now gives me goosebumps. It sounds dated but club trance as a whole had certain charm in early 00's.
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    I may give Zebra another go I still have a license. Actually it was my first softsynth, I wasn't so good at programming it back then so I give up and bought another synths. I love the sound of my Virus but generally I prefer software for workflow reasons. There is a Virus emulation currently in the works, I think may go full sofware when it is released, it seems to sound close enough from the demos. https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=470486 I know Soundtoys make great stuff, but I don't want to deal with Ilok. I have Satin and Saturn which I think are also good for slightly warming things up.
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    I'm currently mixing my stuff mostly in headphones too, mine are AKG 272 HD, would you recommend upgrading to the Focals? I also have monitors to check my mixes but unfortunately my room is not so great.
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    Whatever it is, it is no more funny.
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    U-He synths are hit and miss. Diva is great and so is Bazille. A bit tricky to program but I'm planning to get a license soon and then I will try to wrap my head around it. The factory presets sound great but I don't want to use them for obvious reasons. Don't like Zebra, great concept but not so good sound (hope they will improve the sound engine in v3 if it ever happens, was announced in 2012 and still no ETA of release). Hive is meh, both the sound and the fetaures.
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    What synths did you use here? Curious to hear the long version.
  16. recursion loop
    Hard, but possible. Import a reference track into your DAW and try to match the overall balance, also check your stuff at different sound systems.
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    I think it is mixed well overall, and I really like the melodies and the sounds. If youa re asking about mixing maybe i'd put the bass a bit into the background and add more reverb to the main leads The only thing it needs, except for more development/length, is a clap or snare, without this it sounds somehow static. Are you uising Spire?
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    Were there any in 1999? Ok, my contribution Love all the music in this thread, keep them coming!
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    The Rose of the World by Daniil Andreyev describes the music created by some diabolic creatures as follows: "music, which is mostly made of noise, sounds cacophonous to human ear but some of the rythmic constuctions are so intricate that they could entrance some of us". Seems to be a perfect description of some psytrance, except that it was written in 1958. The same chapter of the same book also says this "their demonurgies combine incredible light shows, clangorus sound of gigantic instruments and extatic dance-flight in a four-dimensional space" (I think a sentence like this one could pretty much appear here in some of the party announcement topics) Not that I believe there is something more in it that a funny coincidence
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    Sure. Just in case, we have our own "hard vs soft" thread in the production forum.
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    This hard vs. soft debate drags on from the moment when the first softsynths ever appeared, but it's the first time I'm seeing this in a review of a music album. Actually whenever I hear especially impressive synths sounds in psytrance, going beyong typical squelches and farts (or even exceptionally good sounding squelches and farts), it often appears that the artist who has made them owns some serious hardware. But this may just be that people who invest into expensive hardware are usually more serious about their production or are longer in the game and have better experience, rather than a sign of hardware's inherent superiority. May listen to the album later, the previous Nectarious output was not my thing at all, but just for the sake of the production quality it may be worth listening.
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    Different strokes ... I know many psy and trance producers who use Cubase and Logic. I use Studio One which has essentially the same linear workflow as Cubase. I tried FL Studio and Live too but didn't quite like them, especially this clip/session concept in Live seems somehow cumbersome to me - I understand how it works but I don't like that I have to keep in my head what is going on in each of these sections.
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    I think ITB psytrance production is not DAW-centric at all, it's more the matter of what synth plugins you pick and how you program and process them. Any DAW with basic functionality is just as fine as the next one. If you incorporate hardware synths into your workflow then some DAWs may handle them better than others.
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    Yeah, that's pretty much what a Russian who learned English in school but never had an actual chance to communicate in it would come up with. When I'm trying to write long texts in English they also look like that (e.g. the previous sentence). Still I believe most people should have better things to do in their lives than finding a 9-year old review just to accuse the reviewer of bad English. As for the music itself I agree that it is technically well made but pretty generic and forgettable.
  25. recursion loop
    I think Max Million is quite worth listening
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