#Making a new song. Wondering if it sounds Synthwavy

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rare dome
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here are some changes

silk rose
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yeah it does. I could see it being featured on the new retrowave channel

rare dome
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hm alright

rare dome
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@silk rose could u tell me a bit more on my song perhaps

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i know its a really short clip

silk rose
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What key is it? I also think the kick can use a bit more low end, if you make it sound boomy I think this would really improve it, also you can play with the melody that is introduced after the bass.

rare dome
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what key?

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more boom on the kick

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ok

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yea the melody needs to be longer for sure

silk rose
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no wait I listened to the first track

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second track actually has a nice melody

rare dome
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oh

silk rose
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I think you could use some more dynamic range but im not sure on that

rare dome
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i should delete that one lol

silk rose
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like make the instruments sound further apart, give some space

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imo

rare dome
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like panning

silk rose
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sure

rare dome
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maybe i can do some automation panning on the melody

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i havent done much automation yet on reaper

silk rose
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maybe give the lead melody some soundgoodizer and boost the highs a bit but other than that im not sure

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just a tad

rare dome
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sad

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i dont have soundgoodizer

silk rose
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oh yu dont use fl?

rare dome
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but maybe i can mess with some EQ

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no I use Reaper

silk rose
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yep sure

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you could also give the bass some more room to accomodate by playing with its mids as it is beefy already

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im not sure about filters tho

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thats what i would try but bear in mind im still kinda new

rare dome
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u know more than me

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its only been like 2 months since I started

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i ahve a lot to learn

silk rose
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same lol.

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but try with this advice and post back im interested to see if it will work

rare dome
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more room to accommodate?

silk rose
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yea like make room for the other instruments but taking its mids away and giving it a more background feel. I generally play with EQ till it sounds right to me, try it and if it works great. i may be wrong tho

rare dome
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sure I could lower the volume a bit and remove some stuff

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i do feel like it was droning on a bit

silk rose
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yup but you still need its power so just a bit on the background but you still keep the power

rare dome
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alright I will keep these changes in mind

lunar sorrel
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good use of reverb on the drums, really feels retro

feels like things are slightly unmixed. lead that comes in at :17 for example feels much louder than everything else and the synths in general are louder than the drums, strings would sound a bit better placed further behind, i think

i can hear that it's clipping a bit, it sounds like it's exceeding 0db

other than that, keep writing it and composing it, i'd say worry about some of this stuff later when the song is finished

rare dome
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idk how to fix that

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the drums are not my own work but they are good

lunar sorrel
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turn your stuff down so it's not peaking over 0db on the master, give yourself some headroom

rare dome
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and im using the synthwave kit

rare dome
rare dome
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@patent musk

patent musk
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listening

rare dome
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i at least dont hear weird sounds

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but dynamic range is something i cant seem to point out

patent musk
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try see what happens when you change the value at

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"display offset"

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make it smaller if possible

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and you can stick with combined rms i guess

rare dome
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hey idk if this is better

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but i changed the kick

lunar sorrel
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old kick is better

rare dome
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ok

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what about the rest of the song