Trance song in progress

[Dewke]

Have done songs with elements of Trance but this is my first pure trance track. Just a rough mix at the moment. Any feedback on where to go with the track will be great
Listen to Electrance (Rough Mix) by Dewke #np on #SoundCloud
https://soundcloud.com/user-330158/electrance-rough-mix

[D.Ipsum]

I like synths that sound like human voices.
It would be nice to accentuate this effect and to evolve the phrasing of these voices.

The timbre of the drums would benefit from being refined (I think more particularly the hat and clap).

[brandystarbrite]

Good work so far.
I like the start up and the rest of the track, has lots of nice melodies in it.

Believe it or not, lots of cool things can be done/added to this track.

a) An automated building up/or fading out, air rush sweep sound.

b) One or two snare/drum roll build ups. etc.

There are so many things I could write, I have no idea what to write. Lol!

Tip: The hihats sound a bit too sharp, but they're not bad at all.
If you want, you could add some calf reverb to it and turn up the wet dial
and reduce the dry dial.

[Dewke]

That's great . Thanks for the feedback. Also how can I get more space in the sound. Is it just a case of good panning and reverb or is there anything else

[D.Ipsum]

Also how can I get more space in the sound. Is it just a case of good panning and reverb or is there anything else

All other things remaining equal, the intensity stereophony obtained by paning is narrow
(that is to say that there is only the volume or the intensity which differs between the left and right channels).

To wide the stereo effect, you can consider other parameters, e.g. different delay times between left and rigth channels (reverb), different cutoff frequencies, different equalization, etc.

All this would greatly enrich the illusion of stereophony, knowing that our brain is able to locate a sound source in the three spatial dimensions (left, right, top, bottom, front, behind, closer, farther ).

Goniometers are quite useful for viewing stereo width and narrowness.
For free, you have the EasySSP
http://bedroomproducersblog.com/2014/05 ... l-easyssp/

You can also consider things in terms of contrast. If all the sounds are panned to the left, the distinction between the left and the right no longer makes sense. If all sounds are strongly reverberated, the reverb effect has less impact than if there are sounds that are less reverberated. If your snare is continuously reverberating, the reverb effect will be less impactful than if it is used punctually. Etc.

I don't know if that makes sense?

[Dewke]

That definitely makes sense . Thanks for the reply. Will start experimenting