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I kinda wanted to try something more like deep house, and play around with FM synthesis a bit. I made this track and somehow thought of it feeling a bit like Hollywood Hacking music. Anyway, it's still a work in progress and pretty bland right now but I hope it's going in the right direction.

https://soundcloud.com/filiplamparski/wip-srs-bsns

Enjoy! Comments welcome!

Sounds nice for a WIP.

Minkovsky wrote:but I hope it's going in the right direction.

The foundation of the music track, is good enough.

Minkovsky wrote:it's still a work in progress and pretty bland right now

I could understand why you said that.
There is alot of good stuff, you could add on, or do for this track, to make it better, or pump it up more.
But so far, it sounds good.

I suggest a bit more variation, on the melody, somewhere in the middle parts of the track.
You could always go back to your original melody, later on in the track.

The voice sample you used is nice.
But another suggestion I have, is to use another voice sample, together with the "Oh my God!" one you're using in
the track right now.
One voice sample is nice, but two or a few more, might be better.

And throw in a few, not many, but a few sound effects in the music once in a while.

I was going to say more, but I'm going to let the other guys, give you some advice.

Not bad. I would add some plate reverb to your basses, and sidechain the bass and/or pad during those longer notes. Also, add an effect to the end of that vocal sample like echo or delay. Are you using OpulenZ for the FM bass? It sounds pretty good, just add some sort of reverb to fill in that empty space between the notes. Overall you have a nice house sound going on there, I would just add some variation.

0..33 epic -really good
Then you loose wibe -as already suggested try sidechain here, but the very preset is also bland. Try to 'wamp it up' with eq's (like here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mFHDyWGh9c
Or simply use a synth1 preset!
110 back to good, but the 'lead' -again bland. No egde, if you understand me?
and yes as already suggested, some effects can do a lot