This sounds really good. A very good close attempt to trance indeed.
Only a few things keep it from being full trance music. But you are very close.
You did a really good job with the melodies.
The
start up from
0 to 2:16 secs is nice, but something is missing.
Something else, could have been added in there, to make it sound fuller eg. a nice
Pad sound melody playing
in the background? That might work.
Or probably, another synth sound playing in the background etc, to full it up a bit more.
There are so many different things, that could have been added to the start up, that I have no idea what to say.
The build up, from
2:17 secs to 2:44 secs is great.
But as it came closer to
2:44 secs, more could have been done there, or should I say, another effect/sound
added to the
air rush build up sound etc, before it reaches the epic peak, that leads to the melody part that
comes in afterwards. In other words, it sounds good, but something cool seems missing there.
The synth sound you used for the melodies etc. are lovely.
A continuous
Bass with
low volume, is definitely missing.
Note that the bass sound doesn't need to be loud at all.
If it is even
felt than heard, that is good enough.
Not all trance songs have a loud bass. Some have bass sounds so low, you can't even hear it at all, until the other instruments stop playing for a while.
Note: If you're planning to use a
sine wave to make a bass sound,
lower your speakers, or synths volume, before you press any key.
Sine basses have a tendency, to cause alot of volume clipping and crackling speakers. Lol!
All in all, super lovely music and great work. I enjoyed listening to it about 4 times.
I can understand why you don't like the cover art.
It's not so bad, but yeah, it just needs to be a bit better to make it look better. Ha! Ha!
