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Scott – Kenada posted in the group WTMO-Track Feedback

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Reworked an old idea that felt like two tracks in one. Any al all thoughts welcome on the arrangement especially. I’m pretty happy with the mix. Cheers, S.

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Krigsvin
1 week, 6 days ago

Not already Synthpop, not yet EBM. Something between and sounds relaxing. I would put it on for a long car ride to the middle of nowhere.
DEHN / STATIC CORN
1 week, 4 days ago

This is so 80s and I love it. The arrangement totally worked for me 🙂

Scott – Kenada posted in the group WTMO-Track Feedback

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Working on a remix comp. Any thoughts on this one?

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DEHN / STATIC CORN
3 weeks, 3 days ago

Better than the original. The mix is pretty cool, just take the kick 0.5dB. down and its good. If you want to keep the punch, then remove some of the kick from 350-550.

And yes I complain about kick all the time, even my own. But if you take your track on speakers, and begin turning the volume down, it ends up with a very dominant kick in the mix.
- Scott - Kenada
  3 weeks, 3 days ago
  
  Cheers Piv, I took out a bunch already, but will notch out a little more in the low miss. Considering it’s the one sound that plays for at least 80 to 90% of your track the kick is pretty important 😉
- Scott - Kenada
  3 weeks, 3 days ago
  
  One trick I’ve been using lately to control the low end frequencies is using soothe as a dynamic eq. Dialing in frequencies from about 130 and below, and then setting attack time so it really only affects the end of the kick and releases quickly. If you take about a lot fo that sub info it really cleans up the low end. 100% of my earlier tracks…Read More
  - DEHN / STATIC CORN
    3 weeks, 2 days ago
    
    I use Fabfilter MB limiter for that trick . I really dont like these new plugins. They got so many phase issues because it basically a 48k band dynamic EQ.
    
    Im not saying there is no need for kick. But this one is headphone mixed, and you can hear it on speakers.
    - Scott - Kenada
      3 weeks, 2 days ago
      
      I hear you on phase issues. Especially in the lows. I’ve been using shaperbox to look at the wave of my kick in real time while processing, to see what the impact of any editing is. That’s helped a lot to confirm the change’s and avoid mis aligning the phase. I’ll post some screenshots when I’m home over the weekend.
PR23
3 weeks, 2 days ago

mix sounds good, as for the kick, I’ll take Piv’s word on that! Love the movement on the main bass/synth. Getting the low end to sound right has always been my biggest problem…
- Scott - Kenada
  3 weeks, 2 days ago
  
  Cheers Paul. Get the low end right, and the rest falls into place. It’s a journey for sure.
  - Ben Hunt
    3 weeks, 2 days ago
    
    Not a fan of the vocal, but then I guess it wouldn’t be much of a remix if you took it out Rest sounds great to me – really like the bass and shufflly hats (???) from the get go. And, yeah could maybe take a little off the kick without losing much.
    - Scott - Kenada
      3 weeks ago
      
      Made some updates to the mix. Dropped kick by a full DB, better EQ on claps, some additional compression on the mixdown, and some serious reduction on the background foley that was just creating a noisy floor. Aced the car test, I’m thinking this one is done.…Read More

Scott – Kenada posted in the group WTMO-Track Feedback

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Tim mentioned putting two up for the new release, how’s this proper house number sounding?

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DEHN / STATIC CORN
4 weeks ago

Not home before tomorrow, but will give it a listen then. and yes compilations are back on track
Temple01
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Hi Scott Thanks for Posting up really liking this one nice flow, groove and feel, sounding good my end mix wise really liking those vocals and the percs give a nice latino feel on this good job m8
DEHN / STATIC CORN
3 weeks, 6 days ago

There is nothing wrong with the mix, it sounds great. even your saturation works out of the box on this one. DONE!
- Scott - Kenada
  3 weeks, 4 days ago
  
  Awesome, thanks guys!
PR23
3 weeks, 2 days ago

good latin feel drums , solid mix, vocals good. Has a great bouncy feel to it.
- Ben Hunt
  3 weeks, 2 days ago
  
  Sounds good to me, love the synth that comes in to accompany the bassline around 1’15, and vocals sound great too. Nice one.

Scott – Kenada posted in the group WTMO-Track Feedback

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Potential submission for the WTMO compilation. Need any edits?

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DEHN / STATIC CORN
1 month ago

There are some problems with the kick, but I think it’s down to lower et 0.5 to 1dB.
Really nice track, the vibe is insane and dark.
- Scott - Kenada
  1 month ago
  
  Cheers Piv, lower kick db by 1 or so? That’s my new focus, getting the bass and kick transients to sit right, rather than overwhelm. Been mixing on headphones as my wife is 34 weeks pregnant, and yeah, it’s rarely a good time for monitors 😉
  - DEHN / STATIC CORN
    1 month ago
    
    Yeah just try that out first before doing anything else, and yes headphones got this tendency to do kick to loud, but it’s only a matter of you know this. Like I have said to some of the others. I lower my kick and bass by 2dB before going to bed and save, and then in the morning it is usually fine.
  - mr_melvis
    1 month ago
    
    Congratulations Scott (pre-Daddy)!!!
    - mr_melvis
      1 month ago
      
      I really dig at the 3:00 mark when that little vocal kicks in… Nice dark track!
    - Scott - Kenada
      1 month ago
      
      Cheers Todd! We couldn’t be happier!
      - Ben Hunt
        1 month ago
        
        Congrats Scott, enjoy the wild ride!
        
        (Very cool track too – love those chord stabs.)
AFL
4 weeks ago

Great track Scott! I’m feeling it right from the get go.

I dig the vocal, it’s familiar but I can’t place it.

The synth at 1:10 is great. Fantastic ear candy throughout and the stuttery synth after the first drop that keeps building is an awesome element.

Definitely a dark, kinda warehousey vibe to this.

Scott – Kenada posted in the group WTMO-Track Feedback

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Hey all, it’s been a while. Really happy with how this Melodic Deep House Number has come along. Any and all thoughts are welcome.

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DEHN / STATIC CORN
2 months, 1 week ago

Really great track.

A mixnote. Your kick is really heavy and eats up a lot of space in the mix. It can be turned down or as a last resort, turn the deep lows on it down with a shelf.

Other than that it sounds really good.
- Scott - Kenada
  2 months, 1 week ago
  
  Thanks Piv. Thinking a solve for that could be the reducing the db at fader or low shelf and adding transient to keep the level consistent.
Scott - Kenada
2 months, 1 week ago

That did it. 6DB shelf, and make up the gain with smack attack to reshape the kick a little. Might do some more work to the vocals, and maybe add a piano under the main synth for color. Or, maybe she’s…Read More
- Ben Hunt
  2 months, 1 week ago
  
  Realy nice track Scott, reminds me of some of Hot Chip’s deeper stuff which is a big compliment from me. Only issue I found was there was a bit too much saturation on the instruments, seemed like you could tone it down on the bass and leads for a cleaner sound – got particularly noticable around 2:40 ish, just felt like everything could be dialed…Read More
  - Scott - Kenada
    2 months, 1 week ago
    
    I’ll take that compliment, cheers mate! Also a huge HC fan here. Yes, there’s a filter that’s opening on the Dotted 4th main lead that’s driving that section. Will try leaving the filter movement but perhaps dialing back the decapitator a bit.
- DEHN / STATIC CORN
  2 months, 1 week ago
  
  So much better. Melodic Techno is not kick focused, its just there making the groove. 🙂 This is by far the best you have made. The saturation Ben is talking about seems right. Do you open a filter a bit that makes your saturation sound more dominant, Now I didn’t notice it on first run. Maybe because I listen on speakers. Second time I noticed…Read More
  - Scott - Kenada
    2 months, 1 week ago
    
    I know what you mean about headphones vs speakers. Definitely more noticeable on the cans than monitors or hifi. Will see what reducing the saturation a bit does.
    - Scott - Kenada
      2 months, 1 week ago
      
      Took 7DB shelf out of the bassline too. Reduced the saturation and filter cutoff of the main synth to open the mix up. Added a vocoder to the vocal which found it being way more in-line with what I’d originally had in mind. Thanks for the feedback, made a big difference.…Read More
Temple01
2 months ago

Hey Scott nice work has good groove /feel i like those stabs in at 1.20 sound cool and has a good chord progression nice work mate

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