Track critique invitation - Voynich - Alocrom

[Martin Naef]

Hi Chris,

Listening on (good) headphones at the office, so no final answer.

Definitely very 80's TD-style electronica. It has a nice flow, but not 
much "catch" or "drama".

On the mix side: The separation is fine, the elements play together 
well. I feel there's a bit of a hole in the lower-mid region after you 
fade out the initial pad. It feels a bit claustrophobic. My first try 
would be to work on the choir sound - make that one wider and warmer, 
and things might fall nicely into place. The arpeggiated synth sound 
that's prominent about two-thirds into the piece could also fill the spot.

Martin


On 20.09.2011 13:31, Chris Strellis wrote:
> Gents,
>
> I've been invited (well I forced myself upon them to be honest!) to
> submit another track for the follow up compilation album of this:
>
> http://www.groove.nl/cd/3/33644.html
>
> This time the 20 or so artists create one track that adheres to one of
> four decades from the 70s to now of classic electronic music. The decade
> I've chosen is 80s - no surprises there!
>
> Here's an early mix:
>
> http://www.voynich.co.uk/mp3/Voynich_Alocrom_V0.9_mastered.mp3
>
> http://goo.gl/Zs0w7 Short link.
>
> I'd appreciate if you could give a listen on your monitors and see any
> howlers in EQ/volume balancing, what's annoying or boring or too
> repetitive etc. This is still an early mix and things can easily be
> altered. Obviously this track may not really be to your taste but
> checking that I haven't over bassed or over brightened anything to the
> point of pain would be useful ;)
>
> There's JX-8p, Juno 60, PPG, Emulator II, DX7, Fairlight and Oberheim DX
> :D
>
> I've got a few weeks before I have to submit. I'm not sure how 1981-1990
> it sounds like now but heh ho!
>
> Thanks a lot.
>
> Chris
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