2024-MAR-01 Info: Check out Songwriting Competition 079 if you're into "Synthwave" music making.

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by FixInTheMix
Tue Mar 26, 2024 00:04 CET
Forum: Songwriting Competition
Topic: SONGWRITING COMPETITION - SWC079 March 2024 - Voting until 01-APR-2024 23:59 UTC+2/CEST
Replies: 45
Views: 1320

Re: SONGWRITING COMPETITION - SWC079 March 2024 - Voting until 01-APR-2024 23:59 UTC+2/CEST

I am thrilled to be participating again. This is one of my favorite genres of electronic music, and it goes hand in hand with sci-fi, which is my favorite genre of literature and film. Usually, I tend to go for a heavier and more distorted sound, like artists such as Carpenter Brut. However, this ti...
by FixInTheMix
Mon Mar 25, 2024 20:57 CET
Forum: Songwriting Competition
Topic: SONGWRITING COMPETITION - SWC079 March 2024 - Voting until 01-APR-2024 23:59 UTC+2/CEST
Replies: 45
Views: 1320

Re: SONGWRITING COMPETITION - SWC079 March 2024 - Voting until 01-APR-2024 23:59 UTC+2/CEST

in the section from 2:53 to the end every second kick loses its impact, I'm not sure if this is intentional? Otherwise, top work. You´re right! It was not intentional :face: I had to bounce down some of the drum tracks to audio to reduce CPU usage and make some edits. It seems that Reaper's auto cr...
by FixInTheMix
Sun Mar 24, 2024 05:58 CET
Forum: Songwriting Competition
Topic: SONGWRITING COMPETITION - SWC079 March 2024 - Voting until 01-APR-2024 23:59 UTC+2/CEST
Replies: 45
Views: 1320

Re: SONGWRITING COMPETITION - SWC079 March 2024 - Submissions until 24-MAR-2024 23:59 UTC+1/CET

I'm so late, as usual, because I've been struggling to finish this track for the last few days. I wanted to find the perfect reference to guide the overall sound and vibe of the Synthwave genre, which can be pretty diverse. After some time, I decided to borrow some ideas from Robert Parker's "R...
by FixInTheMix
Tue Jul 25, 2023 23:12 CEST
Forum: Mix Challenge
Topic: MIX CHALLENGE - MC092 June 2023 - Winners announced
Replies: 177
Views: 27176

Re: MIX CHALLENGE - MC092 June 2023 - Mix Round 2 until until 25-JUL-2023 23:59 UTC+2/CEST

Almost forgot to post this :face: Thank you for choosing my mix for round 2. Followed the feedback as best as I could: - brought down the overall drums and added some more volume automation for the instrumental sections. - reduced the width of the panning for the banjo and added automation during fi...
by FixInTheMix
Wed Jul 05, 2023 21:23 CEST
Forum: Songwriting Competition
Topic: SONGWRITING COMPETITION - SWC070 June 2023 - Winners announced
Replies: 47
Views: 18146

Re: SONGWRITING COMPETITION - SWC070 June 2023 - Winners announced

Thanks to all of you for your feedback, I will keep it in mind for further tweaks down the line. Congratulations to @Doc Jon and VCA-089 I'm guessing that since one of the MusicLab guitars has already been selected as prize I wouldn´t be allowed to pick a different one right? If that`s the case then...
by FixInTheMix
Wed Jun 28, 2023 04:56 CEST
Forum: Songwriting Competition
Topic: SONGWRITING COMPETITION - SWC070 June 2023 - Winners announced
Replies: 47
Views: 18146

Re: SONGWRITING COMPETITION - SWC070 June 2023 - Voting until 01-JUL-2023 23:59 UTC+2/CEST

I always try to use this challenge as an excuse to try doing new things, in this case, it was a genre I'm not really familiar with so I spent a lot of time trying to research the most common tropes, chord progression, sounds, etc. I can´t say I`m completely satisfied with the end result but at least...
by FixInTheMix
Sat Jun 24, 2023 19:22 CEST
Forum: Songwriting Competition
Topic: SONGWRITING COMPETITION - SWC070 June 2023 - Winners announced
Replies: 47
Views: 18146

Re: SONGWRITING COMPETITION - SWC070 June 2023 - Submissions until 24-JUN-2023 23:59 UTC+2/CEST

I decided to go for a Lofi/chill beat since is heavily predominant for these kinds of videos, at least is the first thing that comes to mind. I managed to use some nice tricks like tape stop effects, DJ scratching, and some ambiance backgrounds to give the track more life. Instruments: For drums, I ...
by FixInTheMix
Sun Jun 11, 2023 18:35 CEST
Forum: Mix Challenge
Topic: MIX CHALLENGE - MC092 June 2023 - Winners announced
Replies: 177
Views: 27176

Re: MIX CHALLENGE - MC092 June 2023 - Submissions until 21-JUN-2023 23:59 UTC+2/CEST

Glad to be back I used this month´s challenge as an opportunity to try mixing with an emphasis on maximizing loudness and I´m pretty happy with the results. I also edited some takes to further polish the final result (pitch correction and time adjustments) although the raw files were already great. ...
by FixInTheMix
Thu Jun 08, 2023 02:34 CEST
Forum: Songwriting Competition
Topic: SONGWRITING COMPETITION - SWC069 May 2023 - Winners announced
Replies: 50
Views: 16721

Re: SONGWRITING COMPETITION - SWC069 May 2023 - Winners announced

Thank you to all for the kind comments, it was great hearing what other people think when hearing a song I´ve made. Congratulations to @becsei_gyorgy and @Doc Jon, both well-deserved winners! Thanks to @Mister Fox for making this competition possible in the first place. I´ll pass on the prize select...
by FixInTheMix
Sun May 28, 2023 02:13 CEST
Forum: Songwriting Competition
Topic: SONGWRITING COMPETITION - SWC069 May 2023 - Winners announced
Replies: 50
Views: 16721

Re: SONGWRITING COMPETITION - SWC069 May 2023 - Voting until 01-JUN-2023 23:59 UTC+2/CEST

Hi everyone, here are my top 7 entries 1 - "Womb" - becsei_gyorgy 2 - "One United Nation" - Doc Jon 3 - "Carnival" - ontrackp 4 - "Modular Art" - Mellow Browne 5 - "X" - Johnny11771 6 - "Swoon Waltz" - Crosshatched 7 - "Ride On" -...