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Hi, glade you like it.
Regarding you're comment, the break is long, you are correct.

Hi Oli, glad you like it.
I guess you're correct that a DJ most likely want's it harder, but that's no problem, when it ever happens that a DJ contacts me for using this track, he/she can even have the stems for remixing :-)

Thanks BaoBou, glad you like it.
Slightly changed version online now

Hi Kay, thanks, glad you like it. From 49 seconds (the drop) is the part from the mentioned video that I tried to reproduce, the idea is borrowed :-)
Slightly changed version online now

Thanks, glad you like it. Slightly changed version online now

Hi V, thanks for your excellent review, I adapted your tips (almost everything)
I added a second kick of the snappy techno type & replaced the existing risers to buildup into the drop and added a sweep at the end of the drop, both from previous projects.
New version is online

Thanks, glad you like it

Thanks Rita

Thanks, glad you like it. "Chariots of fire", nice to see what memories music can bring back.

Thank you, glad you like it

Hi Manuela, even more info in Discord.
Happy days.

Hi Manuela, glad you like it.
No plan

The BIG explanation :-)
I start in my DAW (REAPER) with a Sitala drum in the template for a "four on the floor". Then adding tracks one by one where I search for a synth preset in my list of VST's that triggers me to work with, play with the KBD till I have a MIDI (loop) item that I like. A big thing in all of this is the behaviour of the VST presets, sometimes you find hidden sounds by playing with tone velocity, length, gap to next combinations, or fadeout the attack and use the sustain only. Continue adding tracks over and over again until I have a stack of tracks that represent a section for a song like a verse or chorus. When I have a chorus and a verse I start the arrangement by placing the sections at the right place creating gaps for buildups/bridges, intro, outro, etc. Then fill in the created gaps. When done arranging I have a song, but dull, so I start to "spice up" by adding focus triggers like risers and droppers at transitions, one-shots, playing with effects, envelopes to change sounds (flangers/phasers/panning/volume/velocity/instrument settings), even adding extra Synth's, all to make it more interesting, by then I heard the complete song maybe 100 times as I loop a lot (trail and error), every time I hear something I don't like, I change it, this includes the mixing. When I get stuck I pause for a while (can be days) and focus on other things and get back to it later. On each big change I start a new project version (this song is version 9 (iteration 10)). I try to keep it neet, like proper track names "Type - VST: Preset" i.e. "AR - M: ARP - Motion" is a Arp using Massive and preset "ARP - Motion". The arrangement is split up in named sections (easy to move/shrink/extend/copy) and color the sections and instrument types to have a good overview. In this track its except the vocal drones and 3 singalongs from me MIDI only, no samples used. I got some tips from @doudei on Discord:LM during development. I don't master my tracks, the result on SC/LM is the render from Reaper.

DAW: REAPER
FX instruments:
- AIR Music Technology
- - Hype
- - - Driven EDM Lead
- - - Furry Celeste
- - - FM Timp
- - - Pitched Noise Rise 2
- Cocos
- - Samplomatic5000
- Decomposer
- - Sitala
- Native Instruments
- - Massive
- - - 1991
- - - Absolute
- - - ARP - Motion
- - - BLACK
- - - Sub Impact
- u-he
- - Podolski
- - - HS Boogle Beat - dynamic
- - - TUC Boggle Bounce
- - - TUC Boome Bap
- - - TUC Dark Wide

FX filters:
- Angelic Vibes
- - Neo
- Cocos
- - ReaComp
- - ReaEQ
- - ReaLimit
- - ReaPitch
- - ReaTune
- Linda Audio
- - Stargazer
- Native Instruments
- - Raum
- - TAL Reverb 4 Plugin
- JS (JavaScript)
- - 4-Tap Phaser (guitar/phaser)
- - Ozzifier Chorus (sstilwell/ozzifier)
- - Ping Pong Pan (loser/ppp)

Thanks, glad you like it. Didn't even check the arp if it was in key, I know I used a # somewhere, going to search for it :-)
Thanks for the remark, I should more careful in the future, that's what you get with amateurs ;-)

Thanks Kay, glad you like it

Thanks for the comment, you're correct, the kick got a bit lost behind the synths, I corrected that, drum and especially the kink more pronounced now.

Hi Anthony, thanks for the nice words

Thanks, I wasn't the only one :-)

Thanks :-)