Come On - SeriouslyJoking

Like THIS!

Hey SJ, it's been a while since I've heard one of your tracks and my have you grown!! I love the direction you are taking your music. Keep on experimenting it's how we learn!! Great Job.

Really cool, SJ. Not quite sure what breakbeat is, but it sounds good to me.

Cheers,
Scott

visually looks good and plump

I'd suggest getting a free limiter here:

http://www.masseyplugins.com/

Click "try em'" and download to your computer. The demo version mastering limiter (along with some other plugins) is free to use and will keep your music from clipping in the future. It's a quite effective and easy tool to use and can be very beneficial to any mix. I'd suggest giving it a try!

I actually like the mix on this one. Sure there is what to my ear sound like some lossiness on some of the sounds used, and the drums could be a tad louder in my humble opinion, but the whole structure is great. I thoroughly enjoyed this one. Beautiful piece.

ER

This is sounding good to me. Love those arp's and the swirling pad effects. The drum work is interesting and it's got plenty of "umph" The waveform doesn't look completely like a brick so your nearly there. I'm sure with a little more tweaking you'll get it sounding exactly how you want it.
To my ears it sounds fine anyway.
Cheers for sharing.
FR

Ok here is my take on this. There is a little bit of clipping I hear, lower your headroom before compressing. Your musical taste is much more eclectic than I gave you credit for my dear. I really like this though. My thoughts on effects are this....when you first get a hold of a new toy you want to try everything and you want to hear the effect slapping you across the face. But as you go on you learn when to hold back and when to use it effectively, and that just takes time and practice. So keep doing these segues as they will help you grow. I have about 26(90 min) old cassette tapes of material (from back in the day) that will never see the light of day because most of them were practice songs. For me listening to Bryan Ferry and Roxy Music, and Also Brian Eno was a master class in how to arrange sounds subtly and effectively. Some musicians used to complain that no one can hear themselves on a Bryan Ferry track which could have up to 30 musicians on it, but the whole sound together is what made it lush and vibrant...tasteful. so keep on keeping on.
Cru

Hey, this is fun to hear! I don't think of this as a brick waveform. I downloaded it to check in an audio editor, and there is only subtle clipping in a couple places. I think the mastering *level* is pretty close to good. The problems people are hearing may be due to clashing effects, or effects on the master channel that or too "wet" in their mix. Just what I thought of when listening. I like it a lot though. Has fun 15 years ago sound about it. Nicely done!

I found that some pads were a bit too loud and took away from some of the drum glitchiness, making it sound like it has a bit more distortion (probably from the clipping).

Then again I absolutely hate using ableton and probably have no idea what I'm talking about xD

But this is a very good track! :D

hi again SJ,
this is some very lovely electronic track with nice retro sounding synths.
Brick shaped waveform? This is a good example: https://www.looperman.com/tracks/detail/164089
haha

But seriously, I always enjoy listening to your tracks and this time is no difference. Good to see your music evolving.
Yes, at some point there's a lack of clarity on your recording. It's a bit like a 'filtered' listening. I thought you might try to take off the effects and simply observe what happens. Probably some synths already have reverbs (and other effects) so mixing different reverb effects might be the reason for unclear sound. Some proper order in applying effects might be eventually considered. There are many tutorials out there on YT, some amount of teory is needed at some point anyway. Myself I experiment a lot and ultimately I do not believe in strict rules. But of course there's no way around it.

Hope this makes sense. It doesn't change my perception of your track at all which again is a very lovely one.
Thanks also for checking my song and some nice words. I appreciate that.

Best to you and till next time, Alex

All I can say about you and your mixing and mastering skills - don't get frustrated if it's not perfect right now. Just keep mixing. As your experience increases, it will steadily become easier to mix and master your music with a satisfactory end-result. You're improving. I can hear it. Good stuff! Keep on making beautiful music!