BOL10 work in progress

[rich condor]

I'm in a race against the clock to finish this in time, and there's a lot that needs to be done still.
So I'm looking for suggestions on what to focus on to improve it the most in the next few days.

Structurally, the track is mostly done, though it probably needs a better conclusion.

[cursive mist]

the wide flutey instrument sounds good. i think the synths in the middle could stand out a bit more, volume, maybe OTT or something to give them more life.

there's some "static" type sounds that i think work, except for the first one at 0:39-0:41, felt like a riser that didnt transition to anything (imo ™️ )

tbh i would just cut after 1:29. i like that part but i dont feel like it flows well, and considering the deadline approaching, would make it easier to just refine the first half best you can.

kick could be louder. the hihats/percs could be more spread out - keep the simplest and most frequent one in the middle, pan the open hats and such a bit

[rich condor]

Thank you for the tips! I hadn't heard of OTT before, but I tried it out today and I really love it. So I added it onto some of the instruments, played around with EQ a bit, tried to make some of the transitions flow better, and here's what I've got now:

Unfortunately I haven't been able to work on the panning of individual percussion instruments... I tried doing it, but the VST I'm using wasn't responding to per-note panning. I'll have to take another look at it tomorrow

[cursive mist]

Sounds more lively now. OTT is amazing. Usually I turn down the depth knob to like 10-50% and turn down the downward compression knob a bit too

[cursive mist]

Ah if all the hihats etc are in one plugin that could be tricky. Maybe you could clone it and make them all separate tracks to be able to be panned independently?